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Everybody Loves Salsa!
Before a packed auditorium, the Dominican documentary Yo Soy la Salsa was screened at the Ibero-American Film Showcase in Washington, DC. This event was organized by the Ibero-American Cultural Attaches Network in the nation’s capital, with the purpose of promoting the culture and heritage of the region.
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UASD Environmental Law and Management Students Learn About Environmental Challenges and Best Practices in the Dominican Republic through the GFDD Short Value of Life
The Lawyers Association for the Protection of the Environment (INSAPROMA for its acronym in Spanish), in coordination with FUNIBER and within the framework of the DREFF’s program Year Round Environmental Film Screenings, screened at Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), GFDD/Funglode latest production Value of Life. Directed by Natasha Despotovic, the documentary features the importance of the natural value of the Dominican Republic and the main challenges
the country is facing to achieve socioeconomic sustainability, as well as some of the best practices being applied in the area.
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Dominican Flavor Takes Over More than 8,000 Visitors during Passport DC 2016
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) partnered one more yesterday with the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the United States to present the very best of the Dominican Republic during the 2016 Around the World Embassy Tour, a signature annual event in Washington, DC part of the Passport DC initiative.
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Music Performance, Special Guests and Dominican Pride at the Launch of “Lo Dominicano/All Things Dominican” in New Jersey
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution Funglode presented their newest publication, Lo Dominicano/All Things Dominican, last night at the William V. Musto Cultural Center in Union City, New Jersey. A book that compiles 5 years of research and presents the essence of the Dominican Republic through fun facts, images and perhaps unknown information to the new generations and people from other
cultures.
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GFDD and Funiber Join Efforts to Raise Awareness for a More Sustainable Planet
The Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (Funiber) organized yesterday the Conference “Effects of Climate Change Globally and in the Dominican Republic”, addressed to professionals in the environmental sector, and companies and professionals interested in issues related to the phenomenon of climate change and how to face it. As part of the activity, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), within the
framework of the program Year Round Environmental Film Screenings, presented their latest documentary, Value of Life. The short film shows how historically little value has been placed on natural capital when looking at growth equations and socioeconomic development, and highlights the most outstanding initiatives that public and private companies are developing to support sustainable development in the Dominican Republic.
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A Caribbean Experience at the Dominican Embassy during Passport DC
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) will be partnering again with the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the United States to present the very best of the Dominican Republic during the 2016 Around the World Embassy Tour, a signature annual event in Washington, DC part of the Passport DC initiative.
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Pediatric Hospital Doctor Hugo Mendoza Partners with DREFF in the Goal of Becoming the First Green Hospital in the Dominican Republic
Within the framework of the GFDD and DREFF program Year Round Environmental Film Screenings, yesterday the Pediatric Hospital Doctor Hugo Mendoza in Santo Domingo hosted the screening of the documentary A Thirsty World, within the programming of the Environmental Week that the medical center is celebrating these days. The hospital aims to be the first green institution of health in the Dominican Republic.
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“All Stakeholders Must be Turned into Partners” States Vice President of ECOSOC at 2016 ECOSOC Integration Segment
GFDD/Funglode participated in United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 2016 Integration Segment, under the theme “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through policy innovation and integration” at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 2 May to 4 May, 2016. This meeting served as an interactive platform for dialogue and exchange of best practices, lessons learned and recommendations to guide all stakeholders
present to implement the 2030 Agenda.
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All Things Dominican Launched in the Heart of Santiago de los Caballeros
Lo Dominicano/All Things Dominican, a unique GFDD/Funglode publication, was launched yesterday in Santiago de los Caballeros at the iconic Centro León before an avid and diverse public interested in learning about some of the less known and picturesque aspects of Dominicanness. The Director of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) in New York, Yamile Eusebio Paulino, said that "with this publication, directed by the Executive Director of GFDD, Natasha
Despotovic, we seek to reach to the heart of Dominicans who live in the country and abroad. It is a book that compiles many years of research and presents the essence of the Dominican Republic, capturing all the virtues of Dominicans and their land."
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Centro Educativo Jardín del Saber Sets up its First Urban Roof Garden Thanks to EcoHuertos
In order to complete the creation of the organic and sustainable vegetable garden started last April, EcoHuertos Program Coordinator Cristiana Cruz Menier, worked last weekend with fifty people linked to the Centro Educativo Jardín del Saber, in La Zurza. The construction of the garden, an initiative without precedent in this area of the capital, laid on recycled materials and much creativity from the community. The garden, installed on the roof of the Center, is now a
reality.
