Dominican Republic
Region: Latin America and The Caribbean
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Strengthening Human Security and Resilience to Transnational Organized Crime in Coastal Communities
Duration: February 2023 - August 2024
Budget: US$299,951
Implementing Agencies: UNODC (lead), FAO
Many coastal communities in Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing an increase in violence and transnational organized crime, which is undermining the rule of law and threatening multiple dimensions of the human security of local populations. -
Duration: October 2012 - December 2015
Budget: US$2,569,600
Implementing Agencies: UNHCR (lead), UNDP, UNICEF
Geographically and socially isolated, bateyes lack basic healthcare, adequate water and sanitation, and access to education, while employment and income generation opportunities have grown increasingly scarce. Moreover, many residents in the bateyes, including an overwhelming 85% of adolescents, lack civil status documentation including birth certificates (either Dominican or Haitian) and are therefore unable to access education, vocational training, employment opportunities or healthcare offered outside of the bateyes.