Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with the country of Haiti. Tourism and agriculture is the mainstay of the economy of the Dominican Republic. The mainstays of the country’s agricultural crops are rice, sugar cane, beans, coffee, tobacco, bananas, and cassava.
There is a strong sense of family among the people of the Dominican Republic. It is common for members of the extended family, including grandparents, cousins, and other relatives, to live in the same house.
Plan’s work
Because families, particularly in rural areas, often can’t afford to send their children to school, education is one of Plan’s main concerns. We improve children’s access to primary schooling and to learning opportunities by helping to build schools and with the supply of books, research materials and uniforms. We also focus on child health issues such as immunisation, malnutrition, diarrhoea control and treatment and de-worming.
Another area of Plan’s work with families is improving their immediate environment by helping to repair their houses and by making improvements in sanitation and the supply of water and electricity.
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Tina's first visit to Haiti
A Plan programme to promote better understanding between people living near the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti recently gave one teenager the chance to find out more about her near neighbours and dispel some myths |
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Child workers find a space to grow
The Space to Grow project, run by Plan in Dominican Republic, gives children and adolescents who would otherwise be working in the fields the chance to learn and play |
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Babies get an edge on life
Rosa is smiling widely as the health worker weighing her 18-month-old daughter Nina in the Dominican Republic, gives the young mother the best news she has heard in months |
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