The Dominican Republic is the most visited country in the
Caribbean and, according to CNN, the second-happiest place on the
planet. However, most of its workers make less than fifteen dollars
a day, it has around two million stateless people, and 70 percent
of its schools do not offer students safe drinking water.
The island is certainly a fascinating place for students to
research, so why not take a social justice trip there so they can
see it for themselves? That was what Kevin LaMastra had in mind
when he took his students to the DR for some snorkeling, horseback
riding, and waterfall jumping, but also to check out a garbage
dump, a sweatshop, and an HIV/AIDS orphanage.
We learn the most when we step outside our comfort zones. That's
not exactly LaMastra's sales pitch when he's looking for students
to sign up each year, but it becomes the leading philosophy of the
trip when he takes them to bond with survivors of Haiti's 2010
earthquake, to visit communities hidden deep inside sugarcane
fields, and to witness an actual Vodou ceremony.
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