Venezuela Launches New
Child Care Program
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez has
announced the launch of
a new child care social
program designed to
assist children in
situations of risk or
separation from their
families.
Chavez announced the
three-step social
program at a ceremony
here to mark the annual
National Day for
Children and Teenagers,
observed on the third
Sunday of July.
For the first nine-month
step, Chavez has
approved a budget of
over 122 million U.S.
dollars.
Investments during the
nine-month period in the
child care sector covers
the implementation of a
national plan to
designate substitute
families for 250
children, the
construction of 10
shelters for 300
children and the
construction of communal
houses for 2,400
children in situations
of risk arising from
their living
environment.
The program also covers
correctional facilities
for of 540 children and
therapeutic treatment
for teenaged drug
abusers.
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