CARLOS MERCEDES - INCENDIO (3) - Fundación Loma los Pinos

Details: Last Updated: 12 April 2019

On January 23, 2019, the tragedy occurs, Mr. Mercedes and his family, they lose their house and all their belongings due to a fire that originates in the power lines that fed the humble home Located in the Urbanization Los Alcarrizos in the western part of the city of Santo Domingo.

The accident leaves the whole family in the street, and it makes the situation worse for Mr. Mercedes who is without a fixed job, since at his age (69 years) it is very difficult to get a stable job with which he can support his wife and her two granddaughters.

For the good heart of the neighbors now the family shares a small room in the house of some friends, their situation is quite precarious, as they barely live with the most basic and that is why the Los Pinos Foundation decides to help rebuild the humble Carlos Mercedes' home.

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Loma los Pinos Foundation with the ID number RNC. 4-30-10392-6 is a nonprofit institution founded on March 10 2008. The provisions of the Law 122-05 Dominican Republic that regulates and promotes Nonprofit Associations. The motivation to create the foundation was the need to protect the resources of La Loma Los Pinos ...

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