CHECK OUT OUR NEW AND IMPROVED STUDENT PROFILES!

As part of our continual effort to build stronger relationships between supporters and Dominican collaborators, we have created expanded profile pages for all the students involved in and benefiting from our flagship education project. These new profiles offer site visitors the opportunity to learn more about each student's personal interests, family backgrounds, and educational progress, and can be found on our Scholarship Program page. Likewise, visitors are now able to acquaint themselves with the some of the youths on our waiting list, who soon hope to pursue their studies and their dreams with the help of a supporter like you.

FEATURED STUDENTS

EAB congratulates its three recent high school graduates, Oricia Emilio Sentimo, Marisela Peña Marte (pictured), and Milanda Ramirez Estasa. By finishing coursework and passing the national exam, these young women, all from Batey Libertad, now become the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th students to complete secondary school with EAB support. Besides their academic success, all three are also active and enthusiastic contributors to EAB activities, as in their assistance with our recent student exchange. They now hope to continue their studies at the university level, in tourism, engineering, and medicine, respectively.

EAB is proud to support these graduates as they study, pursue their dreams, and empower themselves and their communities to break out of the cycle of poverty.

FEATURED SUPPORTERS

This July, groups from Seattle-area Holy Names Catholic High School and Sacred Heart Parish participated in EAB's Pentecost Project immersion program. For two weeks apiece, the groups formed relationships and shared life with the residents of EAB's partner communities, as well as lent a hand to the realization of several community improvement projects that their fundraising made possible. Three families now live in dignified and cool cement-block homes thanks in large part to their efforts. Our photo slideshow documents trip highlights.

We at EAB and our community partners in the Dominican Republic thank the groups from Holy Names and Sacred Heart for their contributions and their willingness to be open to this transformative experience of service, immersion, and conscientization.

NEWS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES

Batey Libertad reacts to election results. This May saw the re-election of Leonel Fernández to the presidency of the Dominican Republic for a third non-consecutive term. Although EAB is non-partisan and its collaborators represent a wide range of political opinions, the results of this election of the election were met with dismay by many residents of Batey Libertad. Read more...

Franco Bido coffee receives international recognition. On May 30th, several individuals involved in EAB’s community projects in the rural area of Franco Bidó were prize recipients at the Dominican Republic National Quality Coffee Competition. Among these, Melvin Tejada, university architecture student and EAB collaborator, won 2nd place overall, and Juan Cristino Minaya, father of EAB scholarship student Michel Minaya, was among the thirteen finalists. Read more about this exciting development for our collaborators.

View the Where We Work page for past updates and further information regarding the communities of Franco Bido and Batey Libertad.

2007 IN REVIEW and VISION FOR GROWTH

Read a summary of last year's events and accomplishments, as well as EAB's exciting vision for future growth, in the 2007 end-of-year letter from EAB Director John McLaughlin.

To donate now toward this growth in the communities in which we collaborate, please Support Our Work! Thank you! Mesi anpil. ¡Gracias!