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Thank you so much for thinking of the girls and donating again! I will get the money to them this weekend and do a check in, then post an update. There were a few ups and downs for the girls over the past few months so I'm hoping the latest update comes with some more ups! :(

I'm in Cabrera, close to him. No power in our area since early this morning. Was pretty wild here between 3pm to 5pm but just heavy rain now. Hopefully he is okay! I know of a few families around town who lost their roofs, lots of trees down, doesn't seem to be much flooding in town yet but I...

Pretty windy and wild in Cabrera now!! Can't see past my own property but so far I just have a lot of branches down everywhere.. nothing too bad... just a big mess (glad we canceled school tomorrow, as well as today). Think we are about to get the worst of it in the next hour or so as it passes...

Thank you so much!! I will get that to them this weekend. I am sure that will mean so much!!

Thank you for checking in and reminding me to come back here to update!! All 3 girls are doing really well. They are mainly staying with their grandmother in Rio San Juan now and continue to have weekly check ins from my friend (who they were staying with after the death of their mom), who also...

In Cabrera you could definitely get the vaccine with passport only when I went to get mine last week (or two weeks ago? Whenever that was). I have a cedula, but some of my teaching staff do not. Also, I went at first early in the morning and it was jam packed so I left. Returned at 3:30pm on...

As a teacher / school director I received my first dose this week. No bad reactions. Was not nervous.

Photos of Grandma's house, where the girls are currently staying. Also, I believe I was wrong in my post above. I don't think this is the same house they were in before with their mother.. just the same neighborhood and same sort of awful housing situation.

Also, so sorry for the late response and not seeing your earlier messages!! I will try to do better with checking in and posting updates!

Hi! I just wanted to post an update on the girls! Firstly, they are all doing really well overall, which is the most important thing. After a while of staying exclusively with my friend, MC, who originally took them in after all this happened, their maternal grandmother began asking to have...

Wonderful wonderful!! Thank you so much for your kindness and getting us to the goal.. and to you PlayaCaribe especially for really getting the motivation moving. That means a lot. I will definitely keep the GoFundMe open and keep everyone updated on the girls. Currently I am definitely most...

Thank you all so much for your wonderful support so far! It was truly so nice to come back on here tonight and check back on this thread to see your lovely support for these three beautiful girls. I agree with what was mentioned above that keeping the GoFundMe open would be a great way to keep...

Hi! I am not sure if the news story was posted here but a few days before Christmas, in the town of Rio San Juan, on the North Coast, a lady was stabbed and murdered by her ex-husband and father of her 3 daughters (news story...

Yes I agree.. this is what I predict will happen. I think it would be crazy to close borders again right away so that I agree will stay open but restrictions hopefully back on other things soon, especially big crowds in indoor spaces! Silliness!

Yes, sorry, not everything everything... I am aware schools are closed.. I am the director of one as I mentioned in my post. My concern with schools is that here in the DR (unlike Sweden and Denmark), most students (at least at my school) either live with their elderly grandparents or spend a...