On February 25, Dominican Republic
President´s Danilo Medina decorated Dr. Liliana Mayo
Ortega, founder and executive director of the Ann Sullivan Center of Peru
(CASP), into the Heraldic Order of Christopher Columbus, Official Degree, given
through Decree 57-14.
The award
ceremony took place at the Ambassadors Hall of the National Palace in the
presence of the First Lady, Cándida Montilla de Medina, the Minister of the
Presidency, Gustavo Montalvo, and representatives of the Central American
Country.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Liliana
Mayo was invited by the First Lady of Dominican Republic,
Cándida Montilla de Medina, to expound about her experience in the care of
children with different abilities and to strengthen ties between the Ann
Sullivan Center and the Center of Comprehensive Attention to Disability (CAID).
Dr. Mayo is
recognized for her 35-year work through the Ann Sullivan Center of Peru in
favor of children with special abilities, as well as her constant support
offered to the Dominican Republic in the implementation of methodologies to
help in the development of the Center of Comprehensive Attention to Disability
(CAID).
CAID is a diagnostic and rehabilitation
center for children, age 0-10 years, with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy
and physical developmental delays (motor ones), which was developed by the
office of the First Lady.
“But above all, CAID is going to make the
difference in the life of the children, the families, the professionals and all
the visitors who come to the Dominican Republic and everyone, because, as the
First Lady says, ‘It is a little piece of heaven in our Latin America” Dr. Mayo
said after giving thanks for the recognition and highlighting the possibilities
of CAID, which she defined as an advanced and innovative center.
“You have a First Lady, Mrs. Cándida, who
has put passion and persistence into a center that I believe will give much
light to children who are waiting for this opportunity to receive an
education,” the Founder and Executive Director of CASP added.