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Centro Educativo Jardín del Saber Sets up its First Urban Roof Garden Thanks to EcoHuertos
May 3, 2016 - 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... Continue Reading >
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Drafting the School Garden´s Present and Mapping out Its Future at Liceo de la República de Paraguay
May 2, 2016 - In order to give continuity to the schedule of the EcoHuertos program and follow up on the work done by the students, Cristiana Cruz Minier, Coordinator of the GFDD´s program, visited, on April 28, Liceo de la República de Paraguay’s school garden. The interactive workshop involved 25 high school students accompanied by the Director of... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode Signs an Agreement with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
April 28, 2016 - Dr. Leonel Fernández signed yesterday, on behalf of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), a memorandum of understanding with the Graduate School of Journalism of the City University of New York (CUNY), with the perspective of future inter-institutional academic collaborations. Inter-institutional commitment is executed with the objective... Continue Reading >
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Leonel Fernández Praises Jimmy Sierra’s Intellectual and Literary Career
April 27, 2016 - The cultural event was held at the headquarters of the Union League Club in New York, with the support of GFDD/Funglode. The President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), Dr. Leonel Fernández, attended Tuesday April 26 to the launch of the novel "Idolatría", by the well-known... Continue Reading >
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Leonel Fernández Highlights Funglode/GFDD’s Efforts to Promote Dominican Republic Film Industry in the U.S.
April 26, 2016 - The president of Gobal Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo(Funglode), Dr. Leonel Fernández, pointed out yesterday in New York the foundations’ efforts to promote the Dominican Film Industry in the United States. As example of such, the former president of the Dominican Republic announced Monday April 25, during the... Continue Reading >
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Cuba Welcomes with Great Enthusiasm Dominican Environmental Films and Recycled Art
April 26, 2016 - The Dominican Environmental Film Festival, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), was present at the 12th Festival del Cine Pobre de Gibara, in Holguin, Cuba, held from April 20 to 24, with a busy agenda: screening of three documentaries—two GFDD productions and the winner... Continue Reading >
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Nobel Prize Rajendra Pachauri Meets with Dr. Leonel Fernández at GFDD’s New York Office
April 25, 2016 - Rajendra Pachauri (born in Nainital, India, on August 20, 1940) visited today the offices of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) in New York, where he met with the President of Funglode/GFDD, Dr. Leonel Fernández and the Executive Director of GFDD, Natasha Despotovic. Pachauri was leader of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change... Continue Reading >
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“The PLD at the Heart of April”, an article by Dr. Leonel Ferná;ndez
April 25, 2016 - The 1965 April Revolution was the direct consequence of the September 1963 coup d’état against the government of Dr. Juan Bosch. The two events together marked the end of the first phase of the Dominican Republic’s democratic transition after the collapse of the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The end of the Trujillist period had... Continue Reading >
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UN Secretary-General stated that “We have the collective responsibility to turn these landmark agreements into tangible actions.”
April 25, 2016 - GFDD/Funglode participated in three major conferences at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the week of April 18, 2016. Although the events covered different topics they were all interconnected in providing the pathway to achieve the post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through interactive panel discussions and presentations led by... Continue Reading >
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Strengthening the Partnership Between DREFF and Cinema Planeta in Mexico
April 25, 2016 - Under the motto "Because we can do something", Cinema Planeta, the Mexican International Environmental Film Festival held its eighth edition between April 19 and 24, with 73 films screened and 20,000 attendees. The Dominican Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) was present during the six days of the event building bonds of collaboration with the festival of... Continue Reading >
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The Queen of Merengue Dazzles the New York Audience in the Second Dominican Get Together of 2016
April 22, 2016 - The Dominican. Latin community and lovers of Dominican culture turned “outside and inside” last evening to be part of this intimate gathering with the famous singer Milly Quezada who very pleasantly shared anecdotes about her life and her career with the audience in an auditorium filled to its capacity. Global Foundation for Democracy and Development... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode Call for Protection of the Public Health Rights of All Women and Girls at the 49th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
April 21, 2016 - GFDD/Funglode was present as the 49th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) concluded on Friday, April 15th, following one week of negotiations. UN Member States committed to integrating population issues into sustainable development, including the post-2015 Development Agenda. A set of agreed conclusions called for enhancing the basis for rapid progress of... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Author Jimmy Sierra”s Latest Work Will Be Presented Next Week in New York
April 19, 2016 - The latest work of the Dominican writer Jimmy Sierra, Idolatría, will be presented next Tuesday April 26 in New York, in the prestigious Union League Club. The writer will attend the event, sponsored by Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), accompanied by the President of both... Continue Reading >
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More than 300 Students Attend the ReCrearte Workshop Series Hosted in Collaboration with Eco Escuelas Program
April 19, 2016 - Friday, April 15 concluded the series of creative recycling workshops offered by the GFDD program ReCrearte, as part of the Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de la República Dominicana´s project Eco Escuelas. The workshops were taught in a total of nine schools, with the aim of raising awareness about today''s environmental challenges and promoting good practices... Continue Reading >
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Students Encounter the Beauty of Lake Enriquillo
April 18, 2016 - As part of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Funglode’s initiatives to deepen knowledge and understanding about environmental issues and raise awareness of the problems affecting the environment, on Friday April 15, several academic institutions participated in an excursion to Lake Enriquillo. GFDD through its program RDescubre and in collaboratation with Plan Lea,... Continue Reading >
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Year Round Environmental Film Screenings Program Reaches Cooperativa Altagracia in Santiago de los Caballeros
April 18, 2016 - With the participation of more than 180 members of the cooperative La Altagracia, the DREFF Year Round Environmental Film Screenings Program projected, Thursday, April 14, the documentary "Lake Enriquillo: Prelude to Climate Change" in Santiago de los Caballeros. The environmental screening took place within the framework of the event Tertulia Cooperativista, "with the intention of... Continue Reading >
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Milly Quezada, Inside and Out
April 15, 2016 - Latin Grammy-winning Dominican merengue singer Milly Quezada will take the stage on April 21 at Symphony Space in New York for the second Dominican Get Together of 2016. La Reina del Merengue will have an open heart conversation with GFDD and the audience about her life and her musical career, about her accomplishments and challenges.... Continue Reading >
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Students from 8 Different Academic Institutions Learn About Lake Enriquillo and Climate Change
April 14, 2016 - Within the framework of the program of the Week of Geography and in collaboration with Listín Diario’s Plan Lea, DREFF’s Year Round Environmental Film Screenings Program presented to more than 160 students from 8 academic institutions the documentary Lake Enriquillo: Prelude to Climate Change, produced and directed by the famous Dominican filmmaker Fernando Báez. In... Continue Reading >
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Celebrating the Global Youth Service Day
April 13, 2016 - GFDD/Funglode participated at the 14th Youth Volunteering National Fair, hosted to celebrate Global Youth Service Day and to recognize the impact young people have in their communities. The foundations joined with a stand promoting their programs and publications and showcasing opportunities for young people to volunteer at the Dominican Republic Film Festival (DREFF) and other... Continue Reading >
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“We Need to Localize and Integrate International Policy Development into Local Development Agendas” States Ambassador Elisaia of Samoa During GFDD Event at World Bank
April 13, 2016 - GFDD co-hosted a panel discussion at the World Bank today as part of the 2016 Civil Society Policy Forum. The event, entitled Financing Tools for Reducing Social Inequalities, looked to engage with World Bank and IMF staff, their peers, and government delegations on a wide range of topics, including financing for development and international development... Continue Reading >
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