Cabarete can boast its model community outreach program, DREAM Project’s public library, youth music program and 2 adjoining Montessori preschool programs as of this summer. Children from the poorest families in the community now have access to first class education resources, many not even available to children at expensive private schools.
The facilities were opened on 2 July thanks in great measure to the contribution of the Rabinovitch Family.
In these years of global recession, the Rabinovitch Family says it saw in Cabarete’s DREAM Project the perfect investment in the future. Family heir Donald Rabinovitch felt that investing in the future of thousands of Dominican children was the best way to honor his father, his mother and the very special life they shared.
When Donald learned of the DREAM Project’s campaign to find a small group of visionaries to build the facilities, he knew he had finally found his match.
Over 75 DREAM volunteers that are participating in the annual Guzman Ariza Summer Program participated in the opening ceremonies. And the guest of honor was 92-year old retired public school teacher from the Bronx, Flora Rabinovitch, who traveled from New York to be present at the ceremonies with her son Donald.
The moving moment of the event was when Mrs. Rabinovitch capped off musical and singing performances by the children with the story of what the donation meant for her son, Donald. “There was once a little boy who wanted to see the world and give back to the country he loved so much,” she told those in attending. “To the country that gave so much to our people. That little boy was my son Donald and this is how he has accomplished his dream.”
The DREAM Project is a non-profit organization whose mission is to end poverty through sustainable education models in the DR. The organization’s 10 different projects are located throughout the North Coast, with its base in the community of Cabarete.
The new Dona Flora and Benjamin Rabinovitch Education Center hosts the annual Summer Camp and School, along with the “Estrellas Jovenes” at-risk youth program, a Montessori Preschool program with over 180 children and the Public Library, which offer thousands the chance to escape from poverty through general literacy programs, computer literacy programs, English programs and many more.
The DREAM Project is all about volunteerism and creating synergies to make a difference for the less fortunate youths in the North Coast.
For more information, please go to www.dominicandream.org or call 809 571-0497.