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Our Goal
Our Goal
Our goal was to raise around $2,000 to get running water to the community of Monte Llano. This cost accounted for a water pump and plumbing to get the water to the people. We did it! Thank you to everyone who donated!
Our goal was to raise around $2,000 to get running water to the community of Monte Llano. This cost accounted for a water pump and plumbing to get the water to the people. We did it! Thank you to everyone who donated!
The community of Monte Llano
The community of Monte Llano
Monte Llano is a very small mountain community in the northern Dominican Republic. There is one main paved road through the town with small dirt roads coming off of it. There are a few small shops throughout the town and a fairly large high school. The houses are small, though they all have solid walls and roofs. Currently families either have to walk to get their water or try to capture the rain water. It's a tight-knit community, everyone knows who everyone else is.
Monte Llano is a very small mountain community in the northern Dominican Republic. There is one main paved road through the town with small dirt roads coming off of it. There are a few small shops throughout the town and a fairly large high school. The houses are small, though they all have solid walls and roofs. Currently families either have to walk to get their water or try to capture the rain water. It's a tight-knit community, everyone knows who everyone else is.
Why do we want to do this?
Why do we want to do this?
During the past summer a small group of 14 students and our teacher visited the small village of La Cumbre in the rural Dominican Republic. We stayed with host families, each of which had two or three students, for the duration of our trip. La Cumbre is very close to Monte Llano, and for two days we visited the High School students at their school in Monte Llano. The students and staff were very welcoming and were all very happy to come back to school and meet us even though they were on summer break as well. For lunch on those two days two students from our group would go to the homes of one of the students to eat lunch with them and their families. The student's families were equally as happy to see us and get to know us. Everyone in that community was so welcoming and did everything they could to make sure we were enjoying ourselves. The students even came to La Cumbre the day before we left to tell us goodbye. Because of their immense hospitality we want to do something for them, and actual running water would help them immensely.
During the past summer a small group of 14 students and our teacher visited the small village of La Cumbre in the rural Dominican Republic. We stayed with host families, each of which had two or three students, for the duration of our trip. La Cumbre is very close to Monte Llano, and for two days we visited the High School students at their school in Monte Llano. The students and staff were very welcoming and were all very happy to come back to school and meet us even though they were on summer break as well. For lunch on those two days two students from our group would go to the homes of one of the students to eat lunch with them and their families. The student's families were equally as happy to see us and get to know us. Everyone in that community was so welcoming and did everything they could to make sure we were enjoying ourselves. The students even came to La Cumbre the day before we left to tell us goodbye. Because of their immense hospitality we want to do something for them, and actual running water would help them immensely.
Donations
Donations
Obviously for us to be able to achieve this we need the money to come from somewhere. That's where we need you. We're asking for donations of any amount you're willing to contribute toward this project and toward the community of Monte Llano. Any extra money raised will be given to the Monte Llano high school where we met the students. Click the GoFundMe link below if you are interested in donating.
Obviously for us to be able to achieve this we need the money to come from somewhere. That's where we need you. We're asking for donations of any amount you're willing to contribute toward this project and toward the community of Monte Llano. Any extra money raised will be given to the Monte Llano high school where we met the students. Click the GoFundMe link below if you are interested in donating.
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