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Thank you for your participation in a Help One Now Learning Journey! The Help One Now ethos is to remain invisible in our communities and focus our efforts on resourcing key leaders instead. Help One Now leads a limited number of Learning Journeys for committed, long-term supporters (Church Partners, Child Sponsors, Foundation Members, and The Circle ) each year. On these Journeys, emphasis will be placed on connecting with a community, building deep relationships with the local leaders, and brainstorming how you can unlock your human capital to partner together and support their work back home.

On this trip, we are excited for you to:

●  meet and fall in love with our local leaders and the children they serve

●  learn from our local leaders by hearing their stories and engaging in their communities. Doing this helps us, the visitors, understand the unique issues in different environments

●  see the impact of our projects firsthand and gain a new understanding of how complex working in these communities can be

●  become advocates of the country and people that you meet when you return home. You are the tribe; we need you to run with these stories and partner with us to make an impact

A few things to note about this trip: 

Airfare and all expenses on the ground (meals, lodging, transportation) are included in the trip price, but any other costs associated with your trip would be your responsibility (those costs may include spending money, or appointments at a travel clinic before your trip, for example). We do allow our trip participants to fundraise through their registration pages in order to make those trip costs more manageable!

Those traveling are required to carry a passport with an expiration date further than 6 months away from the date of travel. Should your passport have already expired, or should your passport expire within the 6 months after your intended trip dates, you can mail in your old passport to get it expedited and renewed. HERE is where you can find more information on how to renew your passport.

Due to the nature of our work, Help One Now requires special approval from the trip lead, and director of international operations to join the trip if you are under the age of 18. If approved, we will email out a form to get signed by parents or legal guardians, giving permission to travel out of country with the team!

In addition, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends various vaccinations for international travelers depending on your destination country. Please visit a medical professional or a travel clinic as soon as you know you are traveling abroad, as they may recommend particular vaccinations or medicine based on your destination, some vaccinations are not always immediately available, and some vaccinations need to be administered over the course of months. **Please ensure you are up to date on all routine vaccinations. These vaccinations include a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, and a flu shot! Most of you are up to date on these anyway!**

Haiti and The Dominican do not currently have any required vaccinations; however, we recommend the Hepatitis A vaccination, a Typhoid treatment (pill or shot), and Malaria medication as well.

Some travelers choose to receive the Cholera, Hepatitis B, Rabies, and Yellow Fever vaccinations, but REST ASSURED: we know these lists may seem overwhelming, but all of these vaccinations are entirely optional and are merely precautions!

We’d love to encourage you to familiarize yourself with Help One Now’s philosophy regarding international mission. In preparation for your potential Learning Journey, please try to read Doing Good Is Simple by Help One Now’s founder Chris Marlow. Another great resource is When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.

Tentative Trip Schedule

Tue 3/10
  • Team arrives at Cap-Haitien (CAP)
  • Dinner at hotel, time with Pastor Jean Alix Paul
Stay Cormier Plage

 
Wed 3/11
  • Breakfast at hotel
  • Spend day in Ferrier community, meet families going through empowerment program
  • Lunch at village
  • Tour schools and hear about education empowerment
  • Dinner at hotel
Stay at Cormier Plage
 
Thu 3/12
  • Morning/early lunch in Ferrier
  • Team will cross border and drive to La Vega
  • Dinner with Rod Davis and team, hear their stories and vision
Stay at TEARS guesthouse
 
Fri 3/13
  • Full day in La Vega - meet families, film with Rod, see school
  • Dinner at Mofongo restaurant
  • Cigars and debrief with Rod and team
Stay at TEARS guesthouse
 
Sat 3/14
  • Part of team will depart Santiago (STI)
  • Breakfast at guesthouse
  • Rest of team heads to Santo Domingo
  • Lunch and time to explore and shop in Zona Colonial
  • Head to beach hotel, afternoon at beach
  • Dinner and final debrief at hotel
Stay at Casa Hemingway Hotel
 
Sun 3/15
  • Team departs Santo Domingo (SDQ)

*More details will be emailed to you. In the meantime, please reach out to trips@helponenow.com if you have any questions*


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March 2020 Haiti/DR Trip
Trip ID# MarchHaitiDR2020

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