The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- School of Public Health is doing a program with Crossroads, a non-denominational outreach mission near Puerto Plata, in which students will travel to the Dominica Republic to provide support to those in need.
The students will be undertaking public health projects in a number of Haitian “bateyes”, which are extremely poor communities of sugar cane workers and their families who live without clean water or toilettes, in tin and cardboard shacks, without access to health care or schools for their children.
They assist with parasite control programs, present health education sessions, and help facilitate a health clinic. Students also participate in a feeding program in the villages. Donations collected through the project have been used to help cover the cost of medical care and medicines, building a water system including fresh water taps, showers and toilettes, building a portable outhouse, and for the purchase of a “village” cow.
For more information about the effort and about signing up for the course please view the various pages on the site.
