This article is about a non-profit organization, Los Ninos de Leonardo y Meredith, which has been working hard in fund raising money in order to help children in poverty in the Dominican Republic with educational needs. The program is having an event this Thursday in order to raise money to help these children. I was very interested in this article for two reasons. One, I am Dominican and everything that affects the country is always important to me and two, last Spring Break I volunteered to be part of an alternative Spring Break service trip to the Dominican Republic. Throughout this trip I was able to see the social inequalities of the country and how this affected the educational opportunites of many children and young adults in the Dominican Republic. It makes me happy to know that there is a program out there that is willing to help these children get the materials that will help them become successful and even provide food that they may not recieve at home. As the article states, a quality of education may be the best tool to break the poverty in the country. It is sad that the program is only able to help a few children, but I believe it still makes a big difference. I found this article at:
http://www.ethnicnewz.org/en/fiesta-benefit-children-dominican-republic-los-ni%C3%B1os-de-leonardo-y-meredith-nov-5
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