Dominican Republic Service Trip
January 4 -11, 2019
Info Session this Tuesday at 12pm in WRI 255!
Give back, explore a new culture, and learn from professionals in your field!
Volunteer with a state-run orphanage, community organizations, and a fully operational PT/OT clinic in Santiago, Dominican Republic, with faculty from Play and Music Therapy programs.
Students will have the opportunity to get to know Dominican culture through observational and entertainment trips (baseball! museums! the beach!), as well as provide direct service to children and training to local staff.
Partner Organizations
Centro de Terapia Integral para NiƱos Autistas (TINA)
We are a Center of Integrated Therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder.
We offer a work program with a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team members, ranging from pediatricians, neurologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and therapists of learning and development.
http://patronatoderehabilitacion.com/en/centros/centro-de-terapia-integral-para-ninos-autista-tina/
Accion Callejera
Naz students will partner with one of their pre-schools to help train staff and work directly with students exhibiting need.
Mision ILAC
The ILAC Mission is a non-profit organization that develops and promotes the human and spiritual growth of rural villages, based on ideas of love and service.
The mission promotes the wholistic health (physical, emotional and spiritual) of its participants through programs of preventative health, education, agriculture, and surgical assistance to people with scarce economic resources, opening the windows of hope to countryside families.