Having returned to Santo Domingo, for GFDD’s ReCrearte Program, it’s back to business as usual. And that means discussions and workshops with communities in need in the capital’s metropolitan area of nearly 3.7 million inhabitants.
The first activity of the week took place on Monday, October 2nd, when program coordinator Lucía Marte hosted a creative recycling workshop at the Escuela Unidas 27 de Febrero, where children and adults alike participated in discussions on the importance of recycling, followed by creative recycling workshops. The event inspired at least one participant – Rafael Vladimir Pérez, who expressed his desire to continue working with recycled materials to help his community.
On Wednesday, October 4th, ReCrearte’s second workshop of the week took place in the Escuela República de Perú. There, the discussion focused on the accumulation of plastic in the world’s oceans and the impact that it has on marine life. Though new technologies are being proposed to combat this, the best solution is to be conscious about what you use, to reuse what you can, and to assure proper management of solid waste. After the discussion, attending schoolchildren created arts and crafts out of recycled materials.
During Wednesday’s workshop, Noelia Cuevas Contreras stated: “United, we can save Planet Earth.” ReCrearte couldn’t agree more.
About ReCrearte:
The ReCrearte program works with the most disadvantaged communities, who receive training in the art of recycling and creating new objects from waste and simultaneously learn to develop an alternative source of income. The program revolves around the “three golden rules” (or 3Rs) for the proper management of solid waste: reduce, reuse, and recycle. The workshops demonstrate and emphasize the idea that recycling waste and transforming it into art and objects for daily use strengthens individuals and communities alike.
More Information:
www.recrearte.org
http://globalfoundationdd.org
Niños y adultos desbordaron un amplio salón de FUNGLODE, para seguir las instrucciones de Bertha Santana y Moses Ros, sobre creaciones con botellas plásticas y cartones desechados.
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