Where is this sosua dump? What are people doing there?
YouTube - ISV Dominican Republic - Dump and Hospital
YouTube - ISV Dominican Republic - Dump and Hospital
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Sosua Dump?
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Holacanada from the French part of America !!!!
Sorry for my bad english writing !!!
Holacanada from the French part of America !!!!
HolaCanada...Did you bother to watch the whole YouTube Video?
This is really disturbing and I am grateful that I would never have to be hospitalized like that.
I have heard of horror stories in public hospital in the Dominican Republic, but never saw it as graphic as this.
So, what was this group of young people doing there and what where they trying to accomplish?
This is really disturbing and I am grateful that I would never have to be hospitalized like that.
I have heard of horror stories in public hospital in the Dominican Republic, but never saw it as graphic as this.
So, what was this group of young people doing there and what where they trying to accomplish?
Looks like a group of people from a church who are visiting and trying to help. They appeared to be offering whatever assistance or comfort they could.
I would not want to have to go to a public hospital here. I've seen much worse then this - try the emergency room at a public hospital - and I have seen better. It is very sad - substandard care caused by overwhelming numbers and not enough money.
Anyone who can gets private insurance so they go to private clinics.
I would not want to have to go to a public hospital here. I've seen much worse then this - try the emergency room at a public hospital - and I have seen better. It is very sad - substandard care caused by overwhelming numbers and not enough money.
Anyone who can gets private insurance so they go to private clinics.
Looks like another missionary group well-intentioned. Get off plane, check in at hotel, visit dump, hospital, school, whatever, shoot video, put on Utube, show compadres back home, learn they are very lucky. If this was the dump in Sosua it is behind La Union and is a REALLY big dump.
What are they doing there? Seeing poor folks struggling to survive. Maybe some of them will make a difference one day after the exposure. Better than spending a summer in the Hamptons sipping martinis....or checking into rehab again before school starts!
What are they doing there? Seeing poor folks struggling to survive. Maybe some of them will make a difference one day after the exposure. Better than spending a summer in the Hamptons sipping martinis....or checking into rehab again before school starts!
What are the poor people there doing? Are they collecting bottles or something? They aren't eating garbage? I'm also curious where this dump is near? I don't know Sosua well. However, when I was there I was in the tourist areas. Pedro Clisante, Sosua Beach and etc. From the video, I see these kids trying to comfort these people by singing songs and bringing food. The hospital looks horrible. Are all hospitals like that in DR?
Any valuables they can find.
Yes they are.
They select what is still edible.
tflea responded to this in his post above.
There's no doubt about that, but there's a danger that your post be interpreted to mean that people are eating garbage all over the country.
let me clarify. it only means that getting away from sosua provides you with a different perspective on dominican life away from the tourists areas.some adventures will be good and some not so good.
disclaimer: in no way am i saying people are eating garbage all over the country.
disclaimer: in no way am i saying people are eating garbage all over the country.
Very true, although the vast majority of my adventures outside of the tourist zones, have been wonderful.
I have heard from a friend in Haina who knows some people "working" at dump there that some of these people actually earn 1000+ pesos per day "working" there and selecting and hauling stuff to sell or recycle.
No, Plaza de la Salud is much more modern and better equipped. I have also seen Hospital in Herrera and seems to be a 5 star compared to the one in video.
I stay in tourist zones to try to be more safe. I don't even know where this dump is. I'm not sure that I would want to go there, because of safety concerns. I also try to stay safe in the tourist zones, by keeping my hand on my wallet and etc. when women rub me on the street. I saw some shanty towns and how people lived in the country on my various tours (horseback riding, atv riding, mountain bike riding).
Why would they do that? It's real life not fake. You need a strong stomach to visit Ricardo Limardo Hospital. Looks to me like that group is Crossroads (Dr. Bob's Foundation) - they do terrific work here & also it sets some of the visiting teenagers to a career path of helping others.
I covered a similar group last weekend on the news on my website (item is called 'Canadian Students In Sosua') also with a You Tube video (& also of Sosua dump & an orphanage visit). That group, Hero Holiday, build homes, schools, clinics etc. Many of the youngsters discover themselves on these trips: their priorities in life. Such trips can be life-changing events for them.
Isv
I found out who they are- International student volunteers- they pay over 2000 dollars to volunteer for 2 weeks(well intentioned rich kids?)
The hospital did make me cry- wow@!!!!
I found out who they are- International student volunteers- they pay over 2000 dollars to volunteer for 2 weeks(well intentioned rich kids?)
The hospital did make me cry- wow@!!!!