This is after the fact but we are two couples from Canada who stayed at Casa Del Mar Feb 7-21/04. We took a variety of school supplies (pens, pencils, coloured pencils, crayons, scissors, rulers, solar calculators,note paper, scribblers, colouring books and a variety of small stuffed toys and dinky cars - we weren't sure what to take) and delivered to the school in Bayahibe at 8:00am.
The male teacher could not speak any english and we had very little spanish. All items were happily accepted and he indicated by pointing around the small school room that the items would be useful. Our only regret was that we didn't have enough spanish to get better info from the teacher. Perhaps if there is someone out there who knows the local scene he/she could post a list of most needed items so that others who wanted to help would be able to focus on specific needs of the school.
The school is visible from the resort as it is at the end of the point accross the the small bay in front of the beach and an easy 5-7 min walk along the beach that runs to the left of the resort and into Bayahibe.
