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Served more than 2,000 students in ten schools and community centers affecting the lives of over 10,000 people in nine different communities Constructed seventeen classrooms, six libraries, six bathrooms, three equipped computer laboratories, two community center buildings, one science laboratory, one sports field and a 100-foot square foot pavilion Successfully worked with professional architects to design new education center as an in kind donation and completed construction of a 6000 square model foot center Solicited and distributed over $250,000 US worth of educational materials, books, chairs and computers Welcomed 20 fulltime yearlong volunteers, recruited over 300 part time volunteers, and solicited over 50,000 volunteer hours for local communities Administered over 2,000 eye exams and provided eyeglasses for all children needing them Recruited and developed ten service trips to work in five different communities in Rio San Juan, Finca Alta Gracia, Batey Caraballo, Cajellon de la Loma and Los Brazos Successfully founded and implemented an annual summer camp program, which has engaged over 400 at-risk youth in educational programs and brought over 100 international counselors to the community in three years. Sponsored and led 15 educational excursions bringing 185 disadvantaged youth to three cultural and anthropological museums, botanical gardens, mountain tops, marine life parks, ocean shores and local fauna preserves Implemented an Apprenticeship Program that placed over 30 youths in local businesses to develop job skills Organized a community of illiterate Haitian and Dominican women in Batey Caraballo, near Montellano, with over 40 active members Created a library at the Caraballo Batey and hired fulltime librarian Opened a trilingual Montessori preschool at the Caraballo Batey allowing 60 children of sugar cane workers educational opportunity Trained three Haitian and Dominican women in Montessori teaching methods Organized an after-school program for over 50 teenagers in Batey Caraballo Opened two preschool classes at the new DREAM Center with a total enrollment of 60 students Solicited and trained 10 DREAM Center Dominican staff members Initiated a volunteer parent group consisting of 100 parent and community members Conducted two International Step by Step workshops with 40 Dominican teachers, parents, and volunteers Paired teacher-certified volunteers with Dominican teachers to develop model classrooms and develop replicable curriculum at three public schools Transformed an old house in Los Brazos into an adolescent cultural center Transformed a school marshland into a vegetable garden, providing student hands-on agricultural training and a sustainable income source for the school Implemented a Sponsor a Class Program that has provided a higher standard of education for 80 children in the community of Islabon Taught music classes, including violin, and started an after school art program at La Colonial Nueva Initiated an after-school youth program for teenage students at Colonia Nueva serving over 50 youth and assisted in creating a youth coalition in Los Brazos consisting of 150 youth and community members Trained two local youth in Grassroots Soccer (HIV/AIDS awareness) Assisted in opening the Ruth Plaut Preschool for 30 children Developed a preschool curriculum and daily plans Designed an addendum to the School Curriculum emphasizing Health Awareness and Hygiene Programs Hosted Girl Scout camping weekend at Finca Alta Gracia for 80 national girl scouts from around the country
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