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COSTARICANEWS
| Tuesday 17 August 2010 |
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Presidenta
Chinchilla
Announces
National
Daycare
In Costa
Rica;
Reduce
Unemployment
Costa
Rica's
first
woman
president,
Laura
Chinchilla,
made
good on
one of
her
presidential
campaign
promises
last
night,
announcing
officially
the
creation
of the
Red
Nacional
de Cuido
(National
Daycare
Network)
with a
pledge
of ˘11
billion
colones
to the
poorest
communities
in the
country.
The
program
is
expected
to
benefit
some 400
children
under
the age
of 5,
enabling
mothers
to work
outside
the
home.
Chinchilla
said the
program
is a
high
priority
item for
her
government
that in
its
second
phase
will
also
provide
care for
seniors.
The
presidenta
signed a
directive
to
allocate
resources
to Fondo
de
Asignaciones
Familiares
(FODESAF)
- family
allowance
program
- that
will
manage
the
child
care
network.
Chinchilla
now
hopes to
sign
deals
with 10
municipalities
for the
construction
and
remodeling
of day
care
centres,
According
to the
presidenta,
the day
care
program
will be
funded
by the
IMAS
with
˘890
million
colones
and ˘150
million
colones
from the
Municipalidad
de San
José,
with the
first 10
centres
opened
next
year.
Chinchilla
affirmed
that
social
management
will be
a
priority
during
her
administration
and that
with the
help of
the
private
sector
to
create
some
340.000
new jobs
to
reduce
unemployment
from
7.8% to
5% by
2014.
In
addition
to the
daycare
network,
the
presidenta
says her
plan to
reduce
poverty
by
increasing
internet
coverage
in
schools
from the
current
40% to
85%
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