We have diligently contacted these excursion guides, requesting that they stop by our fair trade art shop, which is right on their route. What a wonderful way for them to use their positions to give back to the community and to earn 5 percent of all sales they bring in. However, they do not want to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Caitlin McHale’
March 28th, 2011 - 7:09 pm § in Culture, Dominican Republic
The Art of Cooking Rice
I have brought many skills to contribute to those I have lived with here... However, this is all of relative value when I do not know how to successfully cook the most basic ingredient in almost every meal: rice.[...]
Ho Ho What? Santa Claus in Haiti and the DR
I recently shared the story of Santa Claus with five young men in our program for Haitian boys who have come to the Dominican Republic in “search of life” and end up in pretty tough situations shining shoes or street vending. One of the boys mentioned “Tonton Noel” in reference to a decorati[...]
Our Smallest Patient
One of our first volunteers from Virginia Tech, Alison Smith, entered Tulane Medical School after graduating. Having had experience doing medical volunteer trips in various countries, she began leading a team of Tulane students and doctors on annual trips here to Puerto Plata where they run day clin[...]
June 20th, 2010 - 10:00 am § in Culture, Dominican Republic
A Lesson in History: Race on the Island of Hispañola
Growing up in the U.S., I got used to talking about race or describing someone by their skin color in a careful manner, afraid to offend someone or say something wrong. This inhibition has been eradicated after spending over two years in the Dominican Republic where a person’s skin color is used a[...]
