Homelessness in santo domingo

Saludos,
hope you all are fine.
I guess my earlier post was erased.
to the administrators, as i mention we can meet!
i am a dominican, social worker of many years and togther with some freinds and volunteers, are going out two or 3 nights a weeks and reaching out to the homeless, food, blankets, etc they are all over the city, but we do concentrate more at this time in zona colonial and malecon, because it is a safer area after midnight.

in a couple of weeks journalist judith lecrec of CDN will showcase our work in her show WEB SHOW MIL HISTORIAS CON JUDITH LECLERC - YouTube

We are just concerned citizens and hope to concern others as well,if any folks in santo domingo are interested, please let me know!
thanks
fraternally
felix
felix.cepeda@gmail.com

Hey Hope you are fine.
our imediate and main goal, is to make them feel that they are not alone, its really cool, that soemthing so simple as spending some time, speaking to them and giving them a sandwich, means so much to them and it also means a lot to us!

our long term goal, is to start a dorothy day house of hospitality in santo domingo.
Info on Dorothy day: she was featured in this book, the 100 greatest americans of the 20th century, a social justice hall of fame.

The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame: Peter Dreier: 9781568586816: Amazon.com: Books
Dorothy Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Please let me know if you are interested, I can email you more information, or you can google her, there is a lot of reading material, and videos on her, we need all the help possible.
thanks
fraternally
felix

some information and pictures of some the hospitality houses for the homeless in the usa, hope we can have our own house here in santo domingo!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/n...-of-religion-and-politics.html?ref=dorothyday

https://www.google.com.do/search?q=....com.au%2Farticle.aspx%3Faeid%3D33593;378;291

https://www.google.com.do/search?q=...arolyn-griffeth-and-teka-childress%2F;252;247

sounds great!
good luck!

just in case it helps, and you do not know about them: the idustrial areas foundation:Industrial Areas Foundation

has done really interesting work in creating housing in poor neighborhoods in nyc and all around the usa
fraternally
felix

thanks, i have some experience with the homeless and its true what you are saying. i am a Scaredy Cat, but i always hope, that fear does not stop us from doing good, which does not mean that we dont have to be carefull.
fraternally
felix