Hola hola mis amores!

We can’t believe it has already been so long since our Dominican Republic trip ended! We can still
hear all your vivacious laughter from over the palm trees and among the skwarks from the chickens
and bleats from the goats… Do you miss chicken and rice yet? We knew you would! We miss you
all here at the lodge. We still reminisce about our lollipop moment closing ceremony and those fond
moments we shared….you were such a memorable group. We want to say thank you for your effort,
participation and energy that you put into the project this summer. We could not of done it without
you.

We have fond memories of waking up peacefully and heading down to the beach to yoga, meditate
and watch the sunrise. Of heading to work sites at Caño Dulce and Polanco, and the adventure
days, anticipating the beautiful waters, white sandy beaches and delicious virgin piña coladas. We
know that you guys are probably starting back with school (or college YAY) but we wanted you to
know that we will forever remember the laughs and good times that we shared. I hope that you know
your time spent in the Dominican Republic did truly make a lasting impact on the communities here,
you have left your stamp in the cement and in our hearts.

You will forever be a part of the work done in el Bronx, providing water filters for 14 families in need.
Clean water management is fundamental to global health. Almost one tenth of the global disease
burden could be prevented by access to clean water, and you guys have played a part in this
important puzzle by helping to install a water tank and provide bathrooms to numerous families. We
are paving the way to better health for these communities by putting in concrete floors, which not
only aids the living and cleanly conditions of a family, but helps keep them safe from infectious
preventable diseases and respiratory infections. Our brigade days and vitamin distribution were very
successful, you guys treated 80 patients and handed out vitamins to 34 and 65 children and
pregnant women, which is integral to their physical and cognitive development.

We hope that you take the skills and knowledge from this trip into all aspects of your life, and that
you remain to be globally engaged, hardworking and motivated to make a different to the wellbeing
of people all over the world. We were so impressed with the effort put into participating in our
lectures, and capstones, thank you! The quality of your capstones were great and have given Us as
a team a lot of inspiration.

Not to mention the hard work you guys did, we also had so much fun! And we will NEVER forget the
talent show on the last night, with the alien music, belly dancing and hair tossing.You guys made the
group as great as it was as you all brought your individuality to the table. We were all blown away
from how well you all worked together and provided each other strong emotional, mental and
physical support. This is what true leaders are made of, we give each other a step up so we can
grow together.

GHI – you were amazing! The level of care and concern that you showed to each other, the staff and
the members of the community will never be forgotten.

Here are Some special moments from our trip:
-Jumping into the blue water from the zipline at Dudu Lagoon
-The dance class with Ideliza and Guillermo
-The beach sunrises.
-Richard the spider and his vacations.
-The lollipop leadership moment ceremony, and all the happy tears….
-Painting the houses at Caño Dulce, and learning about the families stories
-The Clinic Brigades, and the playful and cheeky children
-The candle lit Talent Show
-The star gazing night.

Please stay connected! We hope to see you again.

Abrazos,

Hilary, Averi, Guillermo, Michaela and Javier

 

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Hello everybody!

I can’t believe it’s been so long since you were all here together at the lodge! It seems like just yesterday you were all saying your tearful goodbyes. Michaela, Mic(k?), Javier, and I miss you all and I’m sure you all miss each other! I hope some of you will be making plans to see each other over the next year (or even having a GLA reunion trip like some of you were doing this summer). You are probably back to school or will be starting soon, but I wanted to let you know that here at the lodge we are still talking about you guys and the impact you had on us and the communities we work with this summer.

After you guys left, I got to see other groups finish up the bathroom we were working on in cano dulce, hear about how great the cement floor that we did on our first day, and see how nice the house turned out that we painted in cano dulce. It was amazing to see the progress that has been made by so many different groups working together! You guys got the luck to be one of the last groups of the summer, so you got to see a lot of different phases of our health projects. I also got to see the trenches and water tank at Polanco be completely finished and the water tank is now set up and working! Thank you so much for helping to finish off a year-long project. The 200+ people that now have water thank you! We also are finishing up the community center in NY Chiquito that you all helped to bottle. The community is busy planning activities for the center!

We had so much fun our little group at Laguna Dudu (where you survived the zip-line), Laguna Gri Gri and Playa Caleton, and our last day at Rio Yasica! I had a blast with you all!

I really hope you all are still thinking about the impact you had both during the brigade in the batey La Grua (with so many patients!), and with vitamin distribution in NY Chiquito (which was one of our best vitamin distribution days all summer-congrats on your hard work and organization!), as well as all of our public health projects such as the bathrooms in cano dulce and NY Chiquito, the water tank in Polanco, and cement floors in cano dulce.

Please keep in touch!

Saludos,

Katherine, Michaela, Mic, and Javier

 

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Hola hola mi gente!

We can’t believe it has already been so long since our Dominican Republic trip ended! We can still
hear all your vivacious laughter from over the palm trees and among the skwarks from the roosters…
Do you miss chicken and rice yet? We knew you would! We miss you all here at the lodge. We still
reminisce about our lollipop moment closing ceremony….you were such a memorable group. We
want to say thank you for your effort, participation and energy that you put into the project this
summer. We could not have done it without you.

We have fond memories of waking up peacefully and heading down to the beach to yoga, meditate
and watch the sunrise. Of heading to work sites at Caño Dulce and Polanco, and the adventure
days, anticipating the beautiful waters and the white sandy beaches. We know that you guys are
probably starting back with school (or college YAY) but we wanted you to know that we will forever
remember the laughs and good times that we shared. I hope that you know your time spent in the
Dominican Republic did truly make a lasting impact on the communities here, you have left your
stamp in the cement and in our hearts.

You will forever be a part of the work done at Polanco, providing water for a community of over 200
people. Clean water management is fundamental to global health. Almost one tenth of the global
disease burden could be prevented by access to clean water, and you guys have played a part in
this important puzzle by helping to install a water tank and provide bathrooms to numerous families.
We are paving the way to better health for these communities by putting in concrete floors, which not
only aids the living and cleanly conditions of a family, but helps keep them safe from infectious
preventable diseases and respiratory infections. Our brigade days and vitamin distribution were very
successful, you guys treated 89 patients and handed out vitamins to 58 children and 4 pregnant
women, which is integral to their physical and cognitive development.

We hope that you take the skills and knowledge from this trip into all aspects of your life, and that
you remain to be globally engaged, hardworking and motivated to make a different to the wellbeing
of people all over the world. We were so impressed with the effort put into participating in our
lectures, and capstones, thank you! The quality of your capstones were astonishing and have given
Us as a team a lot of inspiration. We remember you as garbage eco- friendly, mental health
awareness raising kitchen safety crew!

Not to mention the hard work you guys did, we also had so much fun! You guys made the group as
great as it was as you all brought your individuality to the table. We were all blown away from how
well you all worked together and provided each other strong emotional, mental and physical support.
This is what true leaders are made of, we give each other a step up so we can grow together.
GHI.A – you were amazing! The level of care and concern that you showed to each other, the staff
and the members of the community will never be forgotten.

Here are Some special moments from our trip:
-Jumping into the blue water from the zipline at Dudu Lagoon
-All the evenings dancing with Ideliza, Loubens and Guillermo
-Playing basketball after the vitamin distribution
-The impromptu beach surprise afternoon at Playa Alicia
-The lollipop leadership moment ceremony, and all the happy tears….
-Painting the houses at Caño Dulce, and learning about the families stories
-Getting caught in the thunderstorm ay Rio Yasica!
-Playing the panuelo game on the beach
-The Clinic Brigades, and the playful and cheeky children
-The Last sunset together on the final evening.
-The star gazing night.

Please stay connected! We hope to see you again.

Abrazos,
Hilary, Averi, Guillermo, Isabella and Ideliza

 

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Hello everybody!

I can’t believe it’s been a whole summer since you were all here at the lodge! Michaela, Mic, and I miss you all and I’m sure you all miss each other! I hope some of you will be making plans to see each other over the next year (not counting the twins of course). You are probably back to school (or for 2 of you, have started college!), but I wanted to let you know that here at the lodge we are still talking about you guys and the impact you had on us and the communities we work with this summer.

After you guys left, I got to see other groups finish up some of the bathrooms and houses we worked on in cano dulce. It was amazing to see the progress that has been made by so many different groups working together! The 3 bathrooms we worked on are done and look fantastic! I also got to see the trenches at Polanco be completely finished and the water tank is now set up and working! Thank you so much for being the one of the first groups to start making trenches for the pipes. The 200+ people that now have water thank you! We also were able to have another group go finish the cement floor in the school you all worked on in La Grua.

We had so much fun our little group at Laguna Dudu (where you survived the zip-line with relatively
little injury), Laguna Gri Gri and Playa Caleton, and our last day at Rio Yasica where we got so lucky that it didn’t rain! I had a blast with you all!

I really hope you all are still thinking about the impact you had both during the brigade in el bronx (with a lot of patients), and with vitamin distribution in La Cantera (with not many patients, but still an impact on those few individuals), as well as all of our public health projects such as the bathrooms in cano dulce, the water tank in Polanco, and cement floors in La Grua.
Please keep in touch!

Saludos,

Katherine, Michaela, Mic, Javier, and the mysterious (but very real) Bert

 

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Hola hola!

We can’t believe it has already been so long since our Dominican republic trip ended! We can still hear all your vivacious laughter from over the palm trees and among the moos from the cows. Believe it or not, we even miss the boys rapping along to music in the mornings. Do you miss chicken and rice yet? We knew you would! You were such a memorable group. We want to say thank you for your effort, participation and energy that you put into the project this summer. We could not of done it without you.

We have fond memories of waking up to the smell of crispy bacon and the shrills of discovering 8 legged friends in your rooms. Heading on our way to work sites at Cano Dulce and Polanco, equipped with our speaker and singing on the top of our lungs. And the adventure days, anticipating the beautiful waters and the white sandy beaches.

We know that you guys are probably starting back with school (or college YAY) but we wanted you to know that we will forever remember the laughs and good times that we shared. I hope that you know your time spent in the Dominican Republic did truly make a lasting impact on the communities here, you have left your stamp in the cement and in our hearts.

You will forever be a part of the work done at Polanco, providing water for a community of over 200 people. Clean water management is fundamental to global health. Almost one tenth of the global disease burden could be prevented by access to clean water, and you guys have played a part in this important puzzle by helping to install a water tank and provide bathrooms. We are paving the way to better health for these communities by putting in concrete floors, handing out vitamins and building bottle houses for families in need.

We hope that you take the skills and knowledge from this trip into all aspects of your life, and that you remain to be globally engaged, hardworking and motivated to make a different to the wellbeing of people all over the world. We were so impressed with the effort put into participating in our lectures, your feedback has helped us shape future programs, thank you! The commitment and consideration you all demonstrated on our clinic days was truly heartwarming.

Not to mention the hard work you guys did, we also had so much fun! You guys made the group as great as it was as you all brought your individuality to the table. We were all blown away from the variety of talents and confidence you showed during our show.

The stunning sunsets over the lodge, the screams over the spiders (and cows) GHI.A – you were amazing! The level of care and concern that you showed to each other, the staff and the members of the community will never be forgotten.

Here are Some special moments from our trip:

-Jumping into the blue water from the zipline at Dudu Lagoon

-The talent show! And all its surprises and cringes.

-Dancing on the side of the road in Caño Dulce.

-Learning how to make bottle bathrooms and sustainable health issues with Javier and Cameron

-Learning how to dance Bachata with Ideliza and Guillermo, and the dance off!

-Hilary attempting to save spiders from the rooms

-Getting caught in the thunderstorm on the beach at Gri Gri Lagoon

-The Social Justice lecture and all of its impact.

-The clinic brigades, and the playful and cheeky children

-The boat ride down Yasica River and trying sweet sweet fruits and sugar cane

Please stay connected! We hope to see you again.

Abrazos,

Hilary, Averi, Guillermo and Ideliza

 

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