Win a trip to Dominica by showing off your adventurous spirit

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3-20-2010 @ 1:38PM

Carie said...

To those of you who are "questioning the sanity" of other posters. I live in the Dominican Republic and it is also "required" for children under 15 to attend school. They do not. It is very naive of you. In fact in the feeding program we run only about half go to school. Those are MY statistics...I LIVE here. Most children would love to go to school but because the countries "Free school" requires things like shoes and note books, uniforms and a backpack they can not afford to. Our goal is to get all of our children we work with in school.
Margie, your comments are just appalling.

Yes, the people on the islands are wonderful and the children have a lot of joy. BUT, we have been mobbed many times by children AND adults in poor areas.
Enjoy the beauty of these beautiful islands and its people...just don't be naive.

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