Deconstructing Poverty

Today we went back to the community Paso Bajito, but this time with some friends! After picking up some local doctors we headed to the community with boxes of different medicines that we would assist in handing out to patients. Throughout the year a Christian non...

Immigration Day

Hola! Today’s theme was immigration day. We woke up with a seven o’clock wake-up and had a breakfast that consisted of oatmeal fruit and cereal. We really missed cereal. The point of today was to learn about the immigration issues that exist between Haiti...

Free Day #1

Hi everybody!  🙂   Today was our first free day (8/5). Everybody went out in groups of 4 or more for safety.  Most of the girls got their nails done (they all look so cute). I decided not to get my nails done but only because I wanted to spend my money on food!...

Living Like a Local

Hello from Jarabacoa: today we were up before 6:15 am and had to wake everyone else at the same time so that we could be ready for breakfast at 7:15.  Since today’s focus was living like a local, we had no electricity or running water. Therefore, we used candles...

Aid and Development Day

Today, we woke up at 6:30 am and went to Los Calabazos, a community that is extremely isolated from other towns, people, and communities in the Dominican Republic.  It took us about 20 minutes to drive from outside Jarabacoa to get there. Our driver, Samuel (and his...