Reminds me of school last year, in Las Lomas de Azua, where many rural children live too far away from school to walk, plus most are too poor to take the public transportation (motoconcho). To solve this problem, the Secretary of Education purchased thousands upon thousands of Chinese made bicycles and distribuited them among families with the agreement that the bicycles should be returned at the end of the school year, in perfect condition. Well, to make a long story short, before the second month, all the bicycles were beyond useless. I can just imagine taking one of these children on the Santo Domingo subway (metro). Somehow it would seem obscene. Of course, this is one country you know, and there should be priorities... Just mho
Mirador
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