Minister of Justice and Social Affairs Mr. Rocco Tjon, visited the Centro de Bario Dakota, in the framework of the Veilige Barrios project and received a comprehensive tour from the Centro de Bario Dakota’s directorate, where he was able to see the different activities offered. As is well known, one of the pillars of this project is to reactivate the various ward centres and for this reason it was necessary to restructure the way the ward centres receive the subsidy.
The Ministry of Justice and Social Affairs has closed an association with CEDE Aruba, and already Even the movements that are going on in each center of the neighborhood are noticeable.
Daily, the Dakota neighborhood center receives about 150 children who visit it.
the center of the village and participate in the various activities that they have to offer. Notably, the football section and sports in general are very popular as well as the art and dance section.
In addition, preparations are underway for the infrastructural part of the so build a Youth Corner , which will provide different types of activities to the children, will also take into account the cyber part, there will be a dedicated part to it, so that the children can participate in this part.
As for the sports aspect, the basketball part is also getting its attention, which is an investment of the Ministry of Education and Sports. Dakota City Center will be the first city center to have a basketball court and will be the first to have a basketball court that meets all the regulations of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
In addition, there was also an overview of what is offered to the children in terms of the social part. Additionally, it touched on the education part, which is a very important part.
The important thing is to pay more attention in the village center to this. So in a way, providing the part of personal leadership to the children, has gone through of sports, art and dance, which educates our children on this topic.
The President briefly spoke with the activity supervisor, which is something new that has been made possible through the restructuring. This is how through CEDE Aruba has hired activity supervisors for the different neighborhood centers, whose fruits can be seen today.
Finally, I would like to thank my fellow Minister of Education and Sports, Mr. Endy crosses for her Investments made, also sent greetings to the management of the Bario Dakota Center which is doing a great job. So more and more people are looking for more activity in the village centers.
