Project Goals & Activities

The volunteer project goals are to help the people become healthier, to become more self sufficient and aware of solutions to their difficulties.

By motivating and working with them, we will set goals to achieve together that we are all proud of and benefits everyone.

How to reach the goals:

All the tools for improvement are at our disposal. Continually sharing knowledge, combined with a structured, realistic series of goals will move the people of Muñoz forward.

Once they begin to see results, and their own lives begin to flourish as a result, the more involved they will become in determining their own destiny.

El Puente que marca la diferencia(The bridge that marks the difference.)

Project Mission

Helping and making a difference in a poor community of Haitian Refugees, in the Dominican Republic

Aims and Objectives

Giving tools to the Haitians and Dominicans to be healthier, more self-sufficient, autonomous and aware of solutions to their difficulties. Prepare the individuals to be able to do a paid work and maintain it. Educate the children to prevent delinquency and give them the motivation to pursue education.

Volunteer projects Objectives

We need: Teachers in all fields (languages, technical, arts), animators, organizers, translators, internet professionals, writers, nurses and doctors, business people, accountants, counselor.

PROJECT #1

With Adults

Improve the life of impoverish Haitian Refugees in Munoz, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic by giving them the tools to be healthier, more self-sufficient,

Autonomous and aware of solutions to their difficulties . Prepare the individuals to be able to do a paid work and maintain it.

ACTIVITIES

Educate the people of the community with knowledge and skills that can be applied towards getting paid work. Teaching languages (English and French), teaching specific skills (arts) or techniques: plumbing, electricity, gardening, etc.) Agriculture

Setting a schedule for different age groups and levels for each activity

Conferences, seminars about hygiene, non-violence, birth control, AIDS prevention.

PROJECT #2

For children:

Use free time otherwise spent on the streets to do educational activities and prevent delinquency.

Give them the motivation to pursue education.

Activities

Education, arts, sports, animation, games  in order to use their free time.

Develop many abilities, manual work, physical activities and social skills.

PROJECT #3

Facilitate the work of future volunteers by

Implementing an ongoing Journal (blog) on the internet that all volunteers can see… the ones to come and the ones who were here!

Volunteers can follow the evolution of the program, give comments, advice and therefore give active participation in writing.

Opening better communication and information among the volunteers.

ACTIVITIES

Write a a guidance booklet for volunteers coming to Munoz , this handbook will include introduction to the history of the Haitian settlements, description of their way of living, thinking, and reacting.

Write a complete schedule and program so that the next volunteers will know what has been done and what needs to be done…

List the events, the comments of volunteers and the eventual problems to face. How to deal with the poverty and pursue the educative goals.

Gather specific datas from the volunteers with their references and recommendations.

PROJECT #4

Helping the existing business in the village

ACTIVITIES

Assist the people already in business with their management, accounting, keeping the books, setting the prices for sale compare to purchase prices. Convincing them to make themselves some products (ex. Cooked food) to have a better income. Show how to do a Budget for the family, showing them to be honest and sell the right products.

Continuous follow up by the volunteer to the chosen business to help.

PROJECT #5

Housing improvements

ACTIVITIES

Repairing, renovating, improving houses falling apart, rebuilding part of the structures.

Repairing linking roofs (tin roofs)

PROJECT #6

Agriculture

ACTIVITIES

Contacting all neighbours who may accept to collaborate in renting for a fair price their land.

Forming the groups of local people who want to participate in the agricultural project.

Inviting specialists to train how to do the agriculture.

Getting the seeds and plants needed for the production.

Making a follow up for the maintenance

Ecological awareness activities

Suncampdr has little piece of land ready to start doing the agricultural small project but we don’t have the seed,

we need to purchase them and work the land.