Service Project: The Dominican Republic

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The area I am choosing for my potential service project is the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has many areas that suffer from a lack of good education. Therefore, I think a good service project could be some form of trade school. This could be something along the lines of farming, glassmaking, or another form of hands on work. Not only could this trade school be used to teach adults, it could extend even to children to teach them how to read, write, and other endeavors into education.
A main reason for my choosing of this area is I sponsor a child named Oliver who lives here. He is one of the fortunate few who is actually receiving an education. His parents are very poor, and only through the organization I give to, and other

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