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4:53 am
Thu January 10, 2013

URI students' trip does double duty: learning and helping

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Elizabeth Dore with Hernando at Batey Libertad
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URI students working out with their hosts in the makeshift Batey gym
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Typical pathway in The Batey
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URI students hiking and swimming with new friends from The Batey
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URI junior Britanny Alejo with young learners at literacy center Batey Libertad, Dominican Republic
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URI political science and nursing students visiting the National Palace of the Dominican Republic
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URI political science student Hannah Tickle volunteering at an organic cocao farm in Dominican Republic
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URI student Amy Homan with youth at Batey Libertad
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URI students with their Dominican and Hatian hosts at Batey Libertad

(PROVIDENCE, RI) A group of URI students is spending their winter vacation in the Dominican Republic studying politics and health care.  The trip is part of a semester long class on political and social change in the Caribbean.  URI Political Science Professor Maureen Moakley and nursing student Alexa Wilson talk about the trip and what it means to both students and the people they visit.

URI senior Alexa Wilson at RIPR studios
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URI senior Alexa Wilson at RIPR studios

  • URI Political Science Professor Maureen Moakley and nursing student Alexa Wilson talk about the trip


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University of Rhode Island
Maureen Moakley
Alexa Wilson
Dominican Republic
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