Hey everybody. I want to say thanks for taking the time to watch/read my presentation. I hope it answers some of the questions that you have had. But if you do have more questions, please visit the website www.rostrodecristo.org or email me. Also, if you feel moved by what you saw, there is always an opportunity to donate. You will find all the information you need at the above stated website.
Dominican Starfish Foundation Humanitarian Trip, November 2017Louise ZoBell
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October update for Dominican Starfish FoundationLouise ZoBell
Dominican Starfish Foundation focuses on 5 different areas of help for the Dominican Republic. Shelter, Food and Clothing, Health and Wellness, Education and Employment.
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Este documento describe las características de una práctica educativa. Señala que los programas deben ser elaborados en una página web y sustentados en clase, y que es ideal que los padres participen en el proceso educativo de sus hijos. Los estudiantes desarrollan talleres propuestos en la página web y en Facebook, sustentándolos en clase o mediante evaluaciones. La práctica ha traído ventajas profesionales al maestro como orientar contenidos con herramientas digitales, y los estudiantes han comprend
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Dominican Starfish Foundation Humanitarian Trip, November 2017Louise ZoBell
This document summarizes the activities of the Dominican Starfish Foundation trip from November 1-21, 2017. It describes delivering funds and supplies to families in need, visiting construction projects including a new community center and family homes, distributing food, clothing and school supplies, and fundraising efforts to help individuals with medical needs. Key accomplishments included raising funds for a new leg for Luis Jeronimo, finding sponsors for homes, and progress on the new Starfish Center building. The trip involved working with donors and volunteers from Canada and the United States to carry out projects helping impoverished families and communities in the Dominican Republic.
The document is a book that describes the lives of two boys, Luís and Richard, who live in Peru. It explores their daily lives through photos and stories they share about their family, town, home, school, faith, and traditions. The book is intended for children in the UK and Ireland to learn about life in a different part of the world. It discusses what life is like for Luís and Richard living in a desert town in Peru, including details about their family, housing, access to water and food, education, and Christian faith.
Our humanitarian efforts in the Dominican Republic began by providing assistance to an orphanage. However, we soon discovered that poverty exists outside of orphanages. Through guided walks near our resort, we encountered extremely impoverished communities lacking basic necessities like adequate housing, water, and sanitation. We began regularly providing these communities with food, clothing, school supplies, and medical assistance. Over time, our efforts expanded to building infrastructure like a playground and supporting a free school. We've helped hundreds of people through small acts of generosity.
October update for Dominican Starfish FoundationLouise ZoBell
Dominican Starfish Foundation focuses on 5 different areas of help for the Dominican Republic. Shelter, Food and Clothing, Health and Wellness, Education and Employment.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against developing mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Este documento describe las características de una práctica educativa. Señala que los programas deben ser elaborados en una página web y sustentados en clase, y que es ideal que los padres participen en el proceso educativo de sus hijos. Los estudiantes desarrollan talleres propuestos en la página web y en Facebook, sustentándolos en clase o mediante evaluaciones. La práctica ha traído ventajas profesionales al maestro como orientar contenidos con herramientas digitales, y los estudiantes han comprend
Este documento resume la campaña realizada por la organización EPA Paraguay durante el mes de abril de 2016 para crear conciencia sobre el autismo. La campaña utilizó un spot de video, redes sociales e instituciones de apoyo para difundir el mensaje "Sigamos hablando de autismo". La campaña logró una amplia cobertura en medios de comunicación y redes sociales, aumentando la visibilidad de la organización y generando discusión sobre el tema.
A search engine is like an online phonebook that allows users to find web pages, images, and other files by entering search terms. The largest search engine is Google, but others like Bing and Yahoo are also available. Search engines allow users to modify searches to find exactly what they're looking for. Filters like Safe Search can block certain content and images, making search engines safer if a computer is shared with children. To start a search, users open their internet browser, go to a search engine website like Google, enter search terms, and click search to view results.
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E-mail addresses have a username, @ symbol, and host name. The document provides steps to set up a free e-mail account with Gmail: open a web browser, enter Google's website address, find the Gmail link, create an account by providing a name, login, and password, fill in additional required fields, and accept terms of service. Once complete, you can sign in to your new e-mail account.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
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The document provides an overview of humanitarian efforts in the Dominican Republic over time. It describes initial visits to an orphanage and poor areas, distributing gifts and clothing. It then details expanding efforts like building a school, helping flood victims, and ongoing community projects like a cleanup program. Photos show the conditions in poor communities and progress of foundation projects like building a distribution center, repairing a school, and planned construction of additional schools and homes.
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A search engine is like an online phonebook that allows users to find web pages, images, and other files by entering search terms. The largest search engine is Google, but others like Bing and Yahoo are also available. Search engines allow users to modify searches to find exactly what they're looking for. Filters like Safe Search can block certain content and images, making search engines safer if a computer is shared with children. To start a search, users open their internet browser, go to a search engine website like Google, enter search terms, and click search to view results.
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E-mail addresses have a username, @ symbol, and host name. The document provides steps to set up a free e-mail account with Gmail: open a web browser, enter Google's website address, find the Gmail link, create an account by providing a name, login, and password, fill in additional required fields, and accept terms of service. Once complete, you can sign in to your new e-mail account.
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The document provides information on the benefits of attending college including higher average lifetime earnings for those with higher levels of education. It discusses how to prepare for and choose a college, including maintaining good grades throughout high school, researching career options, considering factors like cost and extracurricular opportunities, and applying in a timely manner with guidance from school counselors. The key aspects colleges review are GPA, standardized test scores, class rank, course rigor, recommendations, and extracurricular activities.
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The document provides an overview of humanitarian efforts in the Dominican Republic over time. It describes initial visits to an orphanage and poor areas, distributing gifts and clothing. It then details expanding efforts like building a school, helping flood victims, and ongoing community projects like a cleanup program. Photos show the conditions in poor communities and progress of foundation projects like building a distribution center, repairing a school, and planned construction of additional schools and homes.
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We, the Alumnae Jan2014, the official CHSAF Newsletter
Ecuador 2008 -2009
1. Ecuador 2008 - 2009 How do I sum up a year of my life? Well this is my attempt
2. Arbolito This is the neighborhood where I lived. Arbolito is an invasion, where people built their ‘houses’ on unclaimed land. As one can see, there are limited power lines, no running water, and for many, no bathrooms. Some houses are made of cane while others are cement.
3. Arbolito, Con’d The picture to the left is a common cane house. It is put on stilts to fight against severe flooding which occurs in the rainy season. The canister below is how people receive their water, since they do not have running water. Doesn’t look too safe, huh?
4. Rostro de Cristo Volunteer House The house on the left is the volunteer house. Typically, seven volunteers live in this house. The other house (not pictured) is in the neighborhood Antonio Jose de Sucre (AJS) and is home to five volunteers. The picture on the right is basically of all our property. The house on the left is the retreat house where we house about 12 groups annually. We also have various cars to transport retreatants or in case of emergencies
5. Inside the house, my room As one can see, the rooms are quite nice. Mine at the time is a little messy. But the room meets all our basic needs. The sign above was made by Colie, we each got a name and made a sign to decorate to put on that person’s door.
8. Arbolito Neighborhood Church Although this is a small church, the drums and the electric guitar and singing filled the church with joyous praise. The faith that the people display is amazing and something that filled my heart and soul.
9. Volunteers Left to Right. Back Row: Myself, Tracy, Colie, Melissa, & Andrew. Front Row: Amy, Carolyn, Gina, Lauren, Kasia, Karen and Elyse
10. Community Election Day. We were invited by the consulate to see who our next president would be. Halloween. The Arbolito community. (Those who lived with me).
11. Families & Friends Patricia and her family. I would say that Patricia was my mom of Ecuador. I spent a lot of time in her home with her and her family. She is the one next to me in the white shirt. Wellington and his family. Wellington has an incredible story. He used to have Hanson’s disease or leprosy (not used anymore). He is a guard at the other RdC house.
12. Family & Friends Cont’d Paul, Sonia, Galo, Iris and Elkin. Another family in Arbolito who opened their home to me. Oscar, Nico, Jenny and Luis. Jenny’s husband, Oscar is not present in this foto. She was very involved in the church, and is a moving example of a strong woman in a male dominated society.
13. Family & Friends Cont’d Elsia (next to me) and her family. I was fortunate enough to meet this family but unforunate to have met them towards the end of my volunteer year. Mercedes, her grandchildren, and some neighborhood kids. Mercedes befriended Elyse and I in the 28 de agosto community where we had Manos Abiertas. Two of her grandchildren attend our program.
14. Co-Workers & Friends Abrahan. He is our head of security. We call him Superman, because he can get any job done and knows a lot of people. Basically a really cool dude. Eduardo. We gave him the nickname ‘payaso’ or ‘clown’ because he is always joking around and in a good mood. An awesome guard and fun to chat with.
15. Co- Workers & Friends Left to Right.Diana, works at our afterschool program, Valdivia, in AJS (Antonio Jose de Sucre) and translates for retreat groups. Aide, works at Manos Abiertas with me and also translates for retreat groups. Ricardo, works at Semillas in the Arbolito community. All three are amazing people and role models.
16. Work Sites Rostro de Cristo’s mission is ‘to be’ with the Ecuadorian people, which means that we accompany and build relationships with the people of Ecuador. We are not so much there ‘to do,’ such as build a house. Along with being with the people, we seek to live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What do volunteers do? Each volunteer has two jobs. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. In the morning, Rostro de Cristo contracts out with other foundations. In the afternoon Rostro de Cristo has its own programs set up in our home neighborhoods to serve the needs of the communities.
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18. My Morning Site: Chicos De La Calle ( Salesian Program for Street Boys ) -Albergue Nuestros Hijos The Proyecto Salesiano Chicos de la Calle is a Catholic foundation run by the Salesian congregation. The program consists of 3 shelters, a street outreach program, two after school programs, and a recreation and catechism program on weekends. Rostro de Cristo volunteers work in the third shelter, the Albergue Nuestros Hijos in Duran. At the shelter volunteers help teaching english, planning lessons and working with the boys in trade school workshops. Volunteers also assist the program in the office and with special projects, make home visits to the houses and families of the boys, and spending one-on-one time with boys who are having difficulties. The goal of this work is to build relationships with the students and provide safe space and support when needed.This shelter is home to about 60 former street children, who live and study there. The shelter offers both academic classes and a trade school where boys learn either carpentry or metal working. In addition to the shelter residents, about 20 boys attend the school and workshops during the day but go home at night. (RDC website: rostrodecristo.org)
19. Chicos De La Calle Here lies the church at my morning work site. We had morning mass every Wednesday at 8.
20. Chicos de La Calle The main grounds. There are about 6 classrooms, a adminstrative building, computer lab and 3 workshops. Comedor or cafeteria. This is where I had lunch. Typical lunch is juice, a bowl of soup, with a plate with rice and some type of fish or meat. ¡Que rico!
21. Chicos De La Calle Taller Carpintería or Carpentry workshop. This is where I spent most of my time, working with the boys, connecting with them. On the right is Beto, one of the instructors. He is 23 and studying graphic design. Great guy.
22. Chicos De La Calle While they do have machines, they are fairly out of date.
23. Chicos De La Calle Another part of my job, besides the workshop, was to teach 2 classes of English. As you can see it is a pretty simple classroom. The sides are windows with no screens or glass. There are 2 ceiling fans but they are pretty beat up. The desks are actually relatively new.
24. Chicos De La Calle Here is one of the four dorms that the boys live in. Pretty simple yet beats the alterative to sleeping on the street.
25. Chicos De La Calle – Boys Working in Mechanic and Carpentry Workshops
28. 28 de agosto (August 28 th ) Manos Abiertas (or Open Hands) Rostro de Cristo runs three after school programs. Two of those programs are in the neighborhoods where we live and one is outside of where we live, which is in 28 de Agosto, or August 28 th which is when the town was recognized. In terms of development, Antonio Jose de Sucre (AJS – where one house of volunteers are) is the “most developed”, then comes Arbolito, and then 28 de agosto. 28 de agosto is home to the Manos Abiertas afterschool program where I worked in the afternoons with Elyse and Aide.
29. Manos Abiertas The way the program worked is that it was broken up into parts. At 2:30 pm, the kids with homework were allowed to come in to start their homework and get the necessary help they needed. From 3 till 4 we did an educational activity to really work the kids critical thinking skills since the school system in Ecuador is not very strong and does not stress those skills in class. The picture of the classroom on the left is a typical classroom where we conducted one of our activities (we broke them into age groups). At 4:00 we had a recess to allow the kids to play in a safe environment. At around 4:30 or so, we had a little talk about Christian values such as respect, responsibility or whatever the theme of the week was. The picture on the right shows kids playing soccer during recess. After our talk, we give each kid a banana, bread, water and a vitamin (those have been donated by our retreat groups).
30. Manos Abiertas The picture on the left is of Elyse. She is from Connecticut and studied at Fairfield. Elyse and I basically ran Manos Abiertas. Every week Elyse and I switched between running the activity for the older kids and the younger kids. Aide, on the right, lives in Arbolito. She was a huge help at Manos Abiertas as she was in charge of the homework room since she is Ecuadorian and understands the school system and the language more than Elyse and I. She also helped with the little talks. Aide is currently studying at the University of Guayaquil and is at the top of her class.
33. Manos Abiertas Another neat part of our after school program is that we have the ability to take kids on field trips such as this field trip when we went to a Park, places that these kids would probably never be able to go since many are constrained to their neighborhoods.
34. 28 de Agosto Like stated before, 28 de agosto is a community in which Rostro de Cristo does not have a house. As a way to spend more time in the community, Elyse and I went to the church in 28 de agosto every Saturday afternoon to teach Confirmation classes for the majority of the year. On the left is the inside of the 28 de agosto church and on the right is Father Liam, a priest from Ireland who is living in Ecuador, who says mass in the community on Saturdays with some of the kids who come for the classes.
36. 28 de agosto On our last day of class, the community put on a little party in our honor. Since most of the kids go to our Manos Abiertas program, they made us the sign on the left. The picture above is with all of us and the parish. It was one of the most amazing experiences hearing how the kids enjoyed Elyse and I and how the community went out of their way to give us the going away party.