La Estancia, DR, visit on February 23, 2024

Passion for Life and Baseball

Noah and Andrew Martin visited La Estancia with members of Food for the Hungry/Striking Out Poverty ("FH").

We had the opportunity to meet with FH Domincan Republic leaders and learned about the fundamental issues facing communities like La Estancia and the root causes of poverty including family structure, teen pregnancy and limited education.

While at La Estancia, we met with community leaders, elders and visited the school, where we spent time with students from La Estancia, to learn about specific issues facing members of La Estancia and their hopes and dreams for the future.

We toured the village and evaluated sites to construct a water treatment system to provide potable water for residents of La Estancia and a future multi-use community center.

To conclude our trip we provided baseball equipment to the La Estancia coach and players.