AES Dominicana Foundation Programs

Alliance with the Asociación Dominicana de Rehabilitación (ADR - Dominican Rehabilitation Association)

Since 1959, ADR has served a highly vulnerable segment of Dominican society, having the greatest positive impact at the national level in the general rehabilitation of people with physical and cognitive disabilities, whether congenital or acquired, regardless of their socioeconomic condition. For these reasons, the AES Dominicana Foundation has created a strategic alliance with ADR to jointly manage the "AES Dominicana Foundation- ADR Community Center".Through this inter-institutional collaboration, AES seeks the progressive implementation of community and socioeconomic projects, plans and programs, in order to contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of fundamental rights in the Dominican Republic, such as integral health and the inclusion of people with disabilities.

This program, in alliance with the AES Foundation, has been carried out since 2018 and has impacted approximately one million people. Since services are not only offered at the center, but they are also taken to the communities through medical operations, and monthly technical courses and workshops are offered to community members and disabled individuals on specific topics that the community itself requests. We also offer medical consultations with  diverse specialists for preventative purposes, and partner with laboratories to safely provide medications for those who need them.

SDGs linked to the program: 17 Partnership to achieve Goal, 3 Good Health and Well-being, 10 Reduce Inequalities

Berklee College of Music Scholarships

Since 2014, our Foundation has granted scholarships to music students of the National Conservatory of Music and Berklee Collegue of Music, where outstanding students in this art have benefited. To date, 37 summer scholarships have been awarded. Most of them have continued their studies thanks to additional scholarships awarded by Berklee in recognition of their musical talents.

SDGs linked to the program: 4 Quality Education, 17 Partnership for the goals

AES Internships

Since 2008, the AES Foundation has been sponsoring the Haina Polytechnic Institute, which trains technical professionals in different areas related to the companies in the Haina industrial zone. The AES Foundation offers internships to high achieving students at the Itabo plant, of which we have brilliant employees in our generation plants. To date, we have received eleven promotions, of which we feel extremely proud since this has impacted the professional and personal lives of these young people, their families and their environment. This is the program most valued by the community in the area. Parents are eager to have their children join this program, because of what it represents for the professional growth of their children.

SDGs linked to the program: 8 decent work and economic growth , 17 partnership for the goals, 10 reduced inequalities.

Agreement with Patronato Pro Desarrollo de PADESHA

The Haina Industries Board of Trustees is a nonprofit institution aimed at promoting the sustainable development of the Haina community, integrating the sectors that compose it to carry out joint actions; The AES Foundation has an alliance with PADESHA to channel contributions and aid in the Haina community.

Through this agreement, contributions are made to institutions such as: schools, hospitals, the Fire Department, the House of Culture, the Civil Defense, the City Hall and specific donations in the community.

In addition, technical courses and workshops, community education programs, medical operations, gully sanitation operations, beach cleaning, reforestation and recreational activities are carried out within the community.

This alliance with PADESHA directly and continuously impacts 8 communities and more than one million people per year.

SDGs linked to the program: 17 Partnerships for the Goals, 4, Quality Education, 6 Clean water and sanitation, 3 Good health and well- being, 11 sustainable cities and communities

IDARD

AES Foundation maintains an alliance with the Environmental Law Institute of the Dominican Republic/ Dominican Institute for Environmental Rights - IDARD). Together we developed the Eco School program, which consists of the international environmental certification granted to schools that develop educational and participative programs and projects, where children and friends of the school, following the methodology, are involved in the implementation of environmental improvements in the center and the community. This program is administered worldwide by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).

This program has been operating since 2008 and has been able to reach more than 50,000 children since its inception.

SDGs linked to the program: 17 Partnerships for the Goals, 13 Climate action, 12 responsible consumption and production.

Energy Hall in the Trampoline Children's Museum

This is an educational project that completes the Trampoline Children’s Museum’s offerings, to be enjoyed by present and future generations in terms of energy education, benefitting more than 70,000 children annually.

This hall represents the history of energy, starting with the caveman era, when most energy came from fire or was produced by animal traction. It takes the visitor through the industrial revolution, the introduction of coal and oil until today, a world of technology with renewable energies and efficient generation with natural gas.

The hall was conceptualized in three thematic segments which involve the visitors allowing them to feel the decisive march of human progress in terms of energy, and the importance of raising awareness in new generations about its efficient use. Through graphic resources, cartoons, interactive games, and simplified non-technical language, it also communicates the value of saving energy, caring for the environment, and the secure use and production of energy.

“Love your School” 5 Educational Centers, 2,750 Students

Through this program the AES Dominicana Foundation has made it possible for students from the schools it sponsors to be taught under optimum conditions, thereby supporting the work of the education authorities to reduce the number of school drop-outs, which often causes poor conditions in some centers.

This program has meant that more than 2,750 students from the elementary schools of Bajos de Haina, Brisas de Caucedo South, in Boca Chica, and from Pueblo Nuevo, in Los Minas, have been benefited directly from this initiative, which includes educational activities about the teaching of universal values, the conditioning of the centers, repair of the bathrooms, floors, desks, and other work that has been carried out throughout the school year.

This project works hand in hand with the schools´ Parent-Teacher Associations, and with the teachers and directors of each one of the centers selected.

Program Granting Scholarships to Outstanding Students

The AES Dominicana Foundation, conscious of the importance of motivating and supporting young Dominican talent, contributes to Intec's Outstanding Student Program (PIES-INTEC) by granting scholarships to strengthen that valuable work in favor of education.

Through this strategic alliance, a total of 19 students received the scholarship: 9 students between 2007-08, and 10 more between 2009-10. In the future, we expect that some of the beneficiaries will be able to do an internship in the group's companies.

Within the bilateral agreement existing between the AES Dominicana Foundation and INTEC, the school has promised to grant a ten percent (10%) discount on the amount of the scholarships sponsored by AES Dominicana. The scholarships are donated to the PIES-INTEC program by the AES Dominican Foundation include registration costs, credits selected and investment in laboratories. The student beneficiaries must maintain a grade point average of 3.0, according to the rules established by this program.