Haiti + DR Vision Trip March 2019

Registration Information

General Registration

Before registering for this trip, please note that this cost is subject to change pending the final number of trip participants, variability of flight costs, and final itinerary and accommodations.

$2,500.00

Trip Cost

Not Available

Trip Requirements

About this trip

We are so excited you have chosen to join Help One Now on this Vision Trip to Haiti and the Dominican Republic! The Help One Now ethos is to remain invisible in our communities and focus our efforts on resourcing key leaders instead. Help One Now leads a limited number of Learning Journeys for committed, long-term supporters (Church Partners, Child Sponsors, Foundation members, and Love Hope Partners) each year. On these trips, emphasis will be placed on connecting with a community, building deep relationships with the local leaders, and brainstorming how you can unlock your human capital to partner together and support their work back home.

On this trip, we are excited for you to:

● meet and fall in love with our local leaders and the children they serve

● learn from our local leaders by hearing their stories and engaging in their communities. Doing this helps us, the visitors, understand the unique issues in different environments

● see the impact of our projects firsthand and gain a new understanding of how complex working in these communities can be

● become advocates of the country, people and orphans that you meet when you return home. You are the tribe; we need you to run with these stories and partner with us to make an impact

General trip itinerary:

Mon 3/25

Everyone arrives PAP around 2pm
Quick lunch at Haiti Design Co
Head up to hotel for check in
Leaders share backstories and the work they do
Visit Jean Alix's business
Dinner together in Petionville

Stay at Best Western

Tue 3/26

Breakfast at hotel
BLP training at Agape
Meet with some potential BLP families
Lunch in Petionville
Visit Guibert, meet micro loan recipients
Drinks at Boutilliers
Dinner at Jean Alix's house

Stay at Best Western

Wed 3/27

Fly to CAP at 9am
Tour Ferrier Village and schools
Lunch at Village
Meet with potential BLP families in Ferrier
Dinner at hotel

Stay at Christophe or Satama

Thu 3/28

Early morning drive to border
Head to La Vega
Justin, Emily, Rutherford fly home from STI
Visit La Vega community
Meet with some potential BLP families
BLP training at Rod's

Stay at TEARS Guesthouse

Fri 3/29

Wrap up together over breakfast
Head to Santo Domingo
Beach time
Dinner at hotel

Stay at Casa Hemingway Hotel

Sat 3/30

Everyone flies home from SDQ in morning or afternoon
Brennon, Jean Alix, and Jhon cross back over border

A few things to note about this trip:

Airfare and all expenses on the ground (meals, lodging, transportation) are included in the trip price, but any other costs associated with your trip would be your responsibility (those costs may include spending money, or appointments at a travel clinic before your trip, for example). We do allow our trip participants to fundraise through their registration pages in order to make those trip costs more manageable!

Those traveling are required to carry a passport with an expiration date further than 6 months away from the date of travel. Should your passport have already expired, or should your passport expire within the 6 months after your intended trip dates, you can mail in your old passport to get it expedited and renewed. HERE is where you can find more information on how to renew your passport.

If you are under the age of 18 and are traveling without a parent or legal guardian present, we will email out a form to get signed by parents or legal guardians, giving permission to travel out of country with the team!

In addition, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends various vaccinations for international travelers depending on your destination country. Please visit a medical professional or a travel clinic as soon as you know you are traveling abroad, as they may recommend particular vaccinations or medicine based on your destination, some vaccinations are not always immediately available, and some vaccinations need to be administered over the course of months. **Please ensure you are up to date on all routine vaccinations. These vaccinations include a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, and a flu shot! Most of you are up to date on these anyway!**

Both Haiti and the Dominican Republic do not currently have any required vaccinations; however, we recommend the Hepatitis A vaccination, a Typhoid treatment (pill or shot), and Malaria medication as well.