BOTANICAL/ARCHEOLOGICAL PARK, BAYAHIBE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
DATES:
June 12 - July 25, 2006
ACCOMMODATIONS 2-DAY ORIENTATION:
Hotel in Santo Domingo
ACCOMMODATION BAYAHIBE:
Pensiones (youth hostel or boardinghouse accommodations)
MAXIMUM NO. OF VOLUNTEERS:
15
PROGRAM FEE: US$2600
(Includes: Room and Board, in-country transportation, 2-hr Spanish Conversation instruction each day, airport transfers, 2-day orientation in Santo Domingo.
Does not include airfare)
 Project Leader: David Luther, executive director and founder of IDDI (Dominican Institute for Integral Development)
David Luther is the executive director and founder of IDDI. David Luther was born in Brazil, but has lived the past 45 years in the Dominican Republic. IDDI is the major non-profit organization in the Dominican Republic involved in urban development having a full time staff of 75 professionals and an additional part time staff of 226 community and health/environmental sanitation promoters. IDDI has promoted the creation of networks and federations of networks of grass roots organizations in the city of Santo Domingo accompanying them with training in areas such as human rights, formulation of national budgets, project planning and implementation, democracy and political participation.
 Project Description:
The Botanical and Archeological Gardens are being built in Bayahibe, on the southeast shores of the Dominican Republic. This area is a very well known tourist destination, famous for being environmentally friendly. Hotel owners, along with IDDI, are trying to preserve the unique animal and plant life found there. Recently, this area has also been declared as an official archeological site of Taino (pre-colonial Indian) ruins that include cave dwellings and cemeteries.
 Volunteers will help educate the local population about this project, build pathways throughout the park, create park signage, assist in the identification of animal and bird species, and possibly restore some of the original Taino caves.
If you have questions please contact Liv Vesely at 845.223.3570 or liv@dominicanfoundation.org
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