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GFDD Film “Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience” Nominated for International Environment & Wildlife Film Festival and Forum
The GFDD film “Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience” has been selected for nomination in the category of Environmental Conservation to be shown at the upcoming CMS VATAVARAN Competitive International Environment & Wildlife Film Festival and Forum, which takes place from October 9th – 12th in New Delhi.
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GFDD/Funglode Presents Fellows Program Publication about Local Capacity in Santo Domingo
GFDD/Funglode is excited to announce the launch of the Fellows Program Publication, “Capacidad Local para Beneficiarse de la Globalización y Aumentar el Empleo: el Caso de la Republica Dominicana” [Local Capacity to Benefit from Globalization and Increase Employment: The Case of the Dominican Republic].
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FUNGLODE/GFDD Rejects Donald Trump’s Statements, Suspends Miami Golf Tournament
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), firmly and categorically reject recent statements made by US Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump. We regard them as seriously offensive to Mexican immigrants in the United States and consequently an attack on the entire Latin American and Caribbean community, both within and outside that country.
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Leonel Fernández Addresses Research Congress on Innovation
As part of his presentation, Dr. Fernández urged the country’s universities to intensify their efforts to produce innovative knowledge.
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DREFF Arrives in Barahona for the First Time
Dozens of students from the health and education fields at the Catholic University of Technology of Barahona (UCATEBA, by its acronym in Spanish) participated in the screening of the documentary Extinction in Progress, as part of the year round environmental screenings of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF). This activity is part of the interagency agreement signed this year between the DREFF and the Red de Universidades
Ambientales (RAUDO), through which, among other things, a schedule of projections is developed all-year-round.
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“Climate Change is More than Just a Myth, it’s a Fact” Dominican Filmmaker Fernando Báez During Presentation of Lago Enriquillo: A Prelude to Climate Change
Seeking to provide a space for showcasing climate action and concrete initiatives, GFDD/Funglode put together a special UN side event on Monday June 29 that joined high-level policy experts and government representatives with the Director of Lago Enriquillo: A Prelude to Climate for an engaged debate on the topic of climate change.
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“Myths About the Regularization Plan”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernádez
In an article from June 19, 2015, The New York Times reported that the fears and predictions surrounding a mass deportation of undocumented Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic had dissipated, following the closing of the period for their regularization.
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GFDD fellow develops procedures to improve quality of life and mental state for Parkinson’s patients
Henry Montero presented in Santo Domingo his book, “Terapia cognitivo-conductual en pacientes con psicosis del Parkinson” (Cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with Parkinson’s Disease), the result of extensive research done under GFDD’s Fellow Program.
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GFDD/DREFF and FUNIBER: Promoting Sustainable Development Awareness in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) and the Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER) hosted a lecture on sustainable development. The event was held at the Barceló Hotel in Santo Domingo with approximately 100 people in attendance.
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GFDD Film “Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience” Chosen for Continued Screening for Festival 2015: Green Unplugged
The prizewinning GFDD short film “Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience” has been selected to screen at the online Green Unplugged Festival, and will be available on the Culture Unplugged website from June to December 2015. This global online festival promotes restoring the wholeness of the environment through film.
