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InteRDom and University of Rhode Island’s Fifth Annual Winter Nursing Program Begins
The InteRDom program is excited to host a new group of University of Rhode Island (URI) students for the fifth consecutive winter nursing program from January 4 – 16, 2015. During their two weeks in the country, students will perform service learning activities and explore cultural, professional, and social elements of Dominican society.

H.E. Ambassador Argueta reflects on the Root Causes of Social Exclusion and Child Migration in the Americas at GFDD Global Roundtables
For the December edition of its online broadcast program “GFDD Global Roundtables,” Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) welcomed H. E. Ambassador Jose María Argueta, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the OAS. The session focused on the issue of migration at the South US Border and the increasing rates of child migrants leaving the Americas.

H.E. Ambassador Reyes Stresses to GFDD the Need to Restructure Institutions in the Northern Triangle to Address the Issue of Child Migration
Concluding the final edition of its online broadcast program “GFDD Global Roundtables” on Friday December 19, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) welcomed H. E. Ambassador Jorge Alberto Milla Reyes, Ambassador of Honduras to the United States of America. The session focused on the topical issue of migration at the South US Border and the increasing rates of child migrants leaving the Americas.

GFDD Granted Observer Status with UNCTAD to Advise on International Trade and Development Issues
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) has received official confirmation from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that it has been awarded official observer status. The implications of this decision for GFDD are that the foundation will from now on be able to be represented and to participate in the Trade and Development Board meetings in the public intergovernmental meetings organized by UNCTAD.

Leonel Fernández Advocates for the Use of Technology to Promote Education and Spanish Language
The former President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, advocated on Wednesday, December 10th 2014, for the information technology and communication to be used to advance education, and thus ensure the expansion of Spanish language, which he said cannot remain a subordinate language.

Major Changes Needed for Financing Development Post-2015
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, in collaboration with the UN Association of the United States of America Council of Organizations (UNA-USA COO), convened a panel of speakers at the UN Church Center on December 18, 2014 to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN).

New Fellow Christina Davidson Explores the History of Protestantism in the Dominican Republic
The Fellows Program, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, is excited to introduce its newest scholar Christina Davidson, doctoral candidate in history at Duke University. Christina’s body of research focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean with a specialty in Dominican History. Her dissertation, entitled, “Converting Spanish Hispaniola: Transnational Genealogies and Racial Politics of Protestantism in the Dominican Republic,” explores the intersection of
national, racial, and religious imaginaries and how ideas about race, religion, and the nation change across time and within the transnational, circum-Caribbean world.

GFDD/Funglode’s Film Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience wins the award for Best Documentary at the Miami Short Film Festival
The documentary Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience, produced by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), won Best Documentary Award at the 13th Edition of the Miami Short Film Festival (MSFF), held from December 5 to 12, which showcased over 100 short films. This is the third award that the Dominican film -directed by Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of GFDD- has received from some of the
most prestigious film festivals of its kind worldwide in addition to eleven official festival selections.

ReCrearte Participates in the Biodiversity Conservation Project at La Humeadora Mountain National Park
The ReCrearte program, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), participated last December 9th in the activity “Sharing experiences for the conservation of biodiversity”, in which the Pro-Nature (Pronatura) Fund showed the cooperation work that has been carried out by civil society organizations, government institutions and the private sector to promote the effective management of La Humeadora Mountain National Park.

“We All Have Mountains to Climb”, Said Iván Gómez During the Screening of La Montaña at the United Nations
In an effort to continue raising awareness on environmental issues, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) hosted a special screening of the inspiring Dominican film La Montaña, as part of the activities to commemorate International Mountain Day at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City on December 12th.