Dominican Republic 2018

The CVU Dominican Republic trip is 10-12 day trip that combines Spanish immersion with community service that happens every other year. Students live in a rural village in the San Jose de Ocoa province of the DR, and build a house with members of the same community through the Dominican .  While in the village, they work, share, present on their own culture and, occasionally, give English classes. They get to experience first-hand rural Dominican culture, learn Bachata and Merengue, and test their Spanish outside of the classroom. The total trip cost is $1900 and this includes everything, including international travel and medical insurance. There will be no fundraising, and there are several full/partial scholarships available. Students need to be enrolled in Spanish 4 or 5 at the time in order to participate.

2018 Itinerary:
2/24- leave CVU, spend night in Jamaica, NY near JFK airport.
2/25- arrive in Santo Domingo, take bus to San Jose de Ocoa and spend night at center Padre Arturo.
2/26- ADESJO orientation, take bus to village (Los Alemendros de La Horma in 2018), eat lunch, start construction work
2/26/18-3/5/18- Live in village, work, explore, visit local schools, spend time with community members
3/5/18- Return to San Jose de Ocoa, excursion to Monterio, Azua, DR with celebration dinner  with ADESJO, and occasionally, community members.
3/6/18- Return to Santo Domingo, spend night, visit la zona colonial, closing dinner with just trip participants.
3/7/18 Return back to CVU

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