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DREFF Commences Screening Tour of Environment Documentary, Bag it Across the Country
January 22, 2013 - As part of the follow up to the II Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), second edition, which took place this past September, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), in partnership with its sister institution in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracy and Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), has organized four screenings of the documentary film Bag... Continue Reading >
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New Perspectives: Dominican Republic Photo Exhibit and Publications Benefit Dominican Youth
January 22, 2013 - On March 7, 2013, the New Perspectives Dominican Republic Photo Exhibit, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, will be on display at an event to benefit The DREAM Project, a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving the educational needs of over 4,000 children and youth born into poverty along the northern coast of the Dominican Republic. The benefit,... Continue Reading >
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University of Rhode Island Winter Programs Conclude “Al Sabor Criollo”
January 18, 2013 - The two University of Rhode Island Winter Programs hosted by InteRDom Internships in the Dominican Republic came to a close on Thursday evening, January 17 amidst the colorful scene of the restaurant El Conuco, where students danced merengue, bachata and perico ripiao, ate traditional Dominican foods and enjoyed the sounds of live Dominican music played on instruments... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Host Launch of Spanish Edition of UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFAGMR)
January 17, 2013 - On February 11th, GFDD and FUNGLODE will host the launch the highly anticipated Spanish edition of the UNESCO’s Educational for All Global Monitoring Report. Senior Communications and Media Experrt of the EFAGMR, Marisol Sanjines will be discussing the findings and implications of the initiative, which is in its tenth year. The Report focuses on six... Continue Reading >
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DREFF Joins Forces with Samaná’s Second Annual Humpback Whale Festival
January 15, 2013 - As a way of promoting the Samaná Peninsula’s impressive natural and cultural heritage, as well as commemorating the start of the 2013 annual whale watching season, the Second Annual Humpback Whale Festival was officially launched today in the coastal city of Santa Barbara de Samaná. The whale season, which runs from January 15 through March... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Publication Points towards the Sustainable Development of Santo Domingo via its Metro Transportation System
January 15, 2013 - On January 15, 2013 a report published earlier in 2012 regarding “El Metro and the Impacts of Transportation System Integration in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,” was presented by Carl Allen, 2009 GFDD/FUNGLODE Fellow and graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Master’s Program in Public Policy and Urban Planning. Carl Allen, who is currently Director of... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Initiates 2013’s School and Community Garden Program
January 11, 2013 - On Saturday January 12, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s initiative, Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) will launch its 2013 School and Community Garden Program with a workshop and creation of a vegetable garden at the Rene Descartes School in Bani. Subsequent garden workshops will be conducted on January 14th, 18th and 19th at... Continue Reading >
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Thirteenth Edition of “The GFDD Global Roundtable” To Discuss Demography Issues with Chief of UNFPA Population and Development Branch
January 8, 2013 - The thirteenth edition of Global Foundation’s online broadcast program, “Global Roundtable,” and the first to take place in 2013, will feature a discussion with José Miguel Guzmán, Chief of the Population and Development Branch of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The upcoming program will focus on how timely and accurate data on population dynamics... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom to Third Edition of University of Rhode Island Short Programs
January 4, 2013 - The InteRDom program is pleased to announce that it will continue to strengthen its partnership with the prestigious institution of higher education, the University of Rhode Island, this January, hosting two groups of students who will perform service learning activities and explore cultural, political and social elements of Dominican society. This year there will be... Continue Reading >
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Former President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, and Current President of GFDD and FUNGLODE opens the Arab-Latin American Forum: Proposals to increase relations between Latin America and the Middle East are Unveiled
December 18, 2012 - The former President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Leonel Fernández, and current President of GFDD and FUNGLODE delivered the key note address on Sunday during the opening of the International Arab-Latin American Forum, which is taking place in Abu Dhabi with the participation of representatives of several Middle Eastern and Latin American countries. In the... Continue Reading >
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United Nations Ambassador from Angola Discusses Post-War Efforts for Sustainable Development
December 10, 2012 - In the most recent installment of its highly regarded Global Roundtable series, GFDD and FUNGLODE had the pleasure of hosting the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations of His Excellency Ismael Abraao Gasper Martins, who is also Vice Chair of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nation’s General Assembly. Democratic development,... Continue Reading >
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La Vega Featured in the Final Dominican Get-together of 2012
December 7, 2012 - The School of Visual Arts in New York City came alive with color, dancing and the lively sounds of the Dominican Carnival in La Vega on Friday night, December 7th during Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s final Dominican Get-together in the Big Apple of 2012. The night began with a screening of Centro Cuesta... Continue Reading >
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The Dominican Film Showcase opens its program in collaboration with the Cinema Studies Program at City College, New York
December 6, 2012 - The Dominican Film Show Case program launched on Thursday, December 6 in New York with the documentary Ball Player: Pelotero, a film by Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jon Paley. The screening is the first of a series of film events to take place in collaboration with the Cinema Studies Program, City College of New... Continue Reading >
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UNADR Opens the 2013 MODOSI and NYDRMUN
November 30, 2012 - On Friday, November 30th, the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNADR), in association with Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and its sister organization in the United States, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), officially launched the third annual Dominican Model of the Inter-American System (MODOSI 2013) and the ninth annual... Continue Reading >
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Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) Launches Online Shopping Site
November 28, 2012 - In this Season of Giving, GFDD is thrilled to offer unique gift ideas for everyone on your list through its new online shop. If you are looking for something special and meaningful, look no further than the charitable gifts offered by GFDD. From photobook publications, to educational books, to stunning posters and charming personal note... Continue Reading >
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DREFF Raises Awareness on Importance of Conservation at the Dominican Children and Youth Library
November 26, 2012 - As part of its mission to elevate awareness of environmental challenges and to promote protection of the natural world and its resources, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), joined forces... Continue Reading >
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Students Experience the Richness and Diversity of the Dominican Republic at GFDD and FUNGLODE Environment Exhibit in Cibao
November 23, 2012 - A group of some 100 students from Centro Educativo Jean Piaget and accompanying teachers got the opportunity to discover the awe, wonder and rich biodiversity of the Dominican Republic at an environment exhibit currently on show at the Gran Teatro de Cibao in Santiago. The Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment Photo Exhibit, inaugurated on November... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Film Showcase Program
November 19, 2012 - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), in partnership with the Cinema Studies Program in the Department of Media & Communication Arts at The City College of New York (CUNY), is pleased to announce the opening of the Dominican Film Showcase Program in New York with a screening of the documentary film "Pelotero", on... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Launches Exhibit “Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment” in Santiago
November 13, 2012 - On November 8, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) inaugurated their exhibit “Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment” at Gran Teatro del Cibao in Santiago. The exhibit presents graphics and scientific information from the Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment, a reference book published by GFDD and... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Announces Next Dominican Get-Together in New York
November 12, 2012 - The next Dominican Get-Together in the Big Apple on Friday, December 7, continues to celebrate the rich and vibrant cultural heritage of the Dominican Republic with a presentation of a documentary screening of "Discover La Vega: Pride of my Land". The film provides a fascinating journey into the religious customs, folkloric traditions, natural diversity, history... Continue Reading >
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