Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Shennel Lashley
Although we had to wake up a bit early to travel from San De La Maguana to the Batey of the Sugar Plantation, we had another fulfilling day in the Dominican Republic. After an hour drive to Plataforma Vida, where the sugar plantation was, we got a tour of where they...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Claude M'Cammon & Ms. Erin-Marie Elman
Today after 11 hard days of work we finally had a FULL day of Rest and Relaxation. After desayuno we were on our way to Club Social- Coopcentral, San Juan’s only Country Club. We arrived around 11:30 and stayed till 4:00pm. This was a luxury from yesterday as the pool...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Ms. Elman
Today was a mix of work and play. In the AM after the infamous Onaney Desayuno (Breakfast) we went back to Hotel D’Angel to work on our Community Action Project Plans. When we were last at Saboneta we asked various families questions in regard to what they needed...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Peter Miles & Tevon Elcock
Hola! Our names are Peter Miles and Tevon Elcock. Today the group visited the border between Haiti and the DR. We stopped in Elias Pina and listened to a speaker talk about trade between Haitians and Dominicans’ and the silent respect between the two groups. As...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Claude M'Cammon
įHola! Me llamo Claude McCammon. Today we visited Saboneta, a rural community outside of San Juan. Today was also the beginning of our “CAP” (Community Action Project). As you may know, our “CAP” project requires us to donate $15.00 -30.00 dollars to go towards a...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Carlos & Rondel
During my experience as leader I experienced the trails of leading. I saw that I could not make everyone happy in order to be an effective leader. In order to lead one must put the priority over the group emotions. A leader does what is needed, not what is well liked...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Deidre & German
Education Day: We, the leaders of education day, gained a new appreciation for knowledge. Learning about the education system in the DR showed the advantages we have previously overlooked. People in the DR lack the resources that we have back in New York. We met an...
