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GFDD and Funiber Join Efforts to Raise Awareness for a More Sustainable Planet
May 6, 2016 - 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... Continue Reading >
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A Caribbean Experience at the Dominican Embassy during Passport DC
May 5, 2016 - 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... Continue Reading >
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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
May 5, 2016 - 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... Continue Reading >
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“All Stakeholders Must be Turned into Partners” States Vice President of ECOSOC at 2016 ECOSOC Integration Segment
May 5, 2016 - 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... Continue Reading >
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All Things Dominican Launched in the Heart of Santiago de los Caballeros
May 5, 2016 - Centro León hosts the presentation of GFDD’s latest publication in the second most important city of the country with the attendance of famous musician Rafael Solano. 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... Continue Reading >
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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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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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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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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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