Wow, this team took a while to assemble. 378 bloggers asked to go on the upcoming Dominican Republic trip by submitting their info through CompassionBloggers.com. Then I sought out another three dozen bloggers I’m a big fan of who had no idea Compassion Bloggers even existed. Then, almost every day,… Read More
Imagine there’s a man named Miguel. Miguel was born in Haiti but works today on a sugar plantation in the Dominican Republic. The plantation is owned by a U.S. corporation. The corporation pays Miguel $2 a day to harvest sugar during the harvesting season – if he meets his quota. … Read More
With our stomachs full of breakfast, we climbed aboard the bus and headed out for the sugar plantation. Chris, our guide from Compassion‘s Dominican Republic office, prepared us for what we were about to see. The sugar plantation is run by a large U.S. corporation, he explained – himself having… Read More
Shaun Groves