Growing Knowledge & Building Partnerships

"You never get satisfied in your paid job at the extent you can get as a volunteer because your effort can bring smiles on the faces of needy people" On April 28, 2019, Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Volunteer Ram Ray, Research Scientist of Praire View A&M University in Texas, traveled to the Dominican Republic (DR) to work with three unique communities that are facing serious issues with soil erosion, flooding, and landslides.  Although this is his second assignment with F2F (his first F2F assignment was in India), this is his first time visiting the beautiful country of the Dominican Republic. When he landed in Santo Domingo, he enjoyed seeing the coastal city similar to his current hometown of Houston, Texas. Originally from Nepal, he was surprised to find a similar topography and terrain in the DR.  The overall objective of his F2F volunteer assignment was to increase the resilience of the vulnerable populations on the impacts of climate change and weather patte

Since it's founding in 2015, the Yaque del Norte River Basin (YNRB), Fondo Agua Yaque del Norte ,  has been working to promote the conservation and restoration of the watershed of the Yaque del Norte River, Rio Yaque del Norte , the most important river in the Dominican Republic. Their work consists of increasing and managing their financial trust that finances their organization and provides funding to watershed-focused groups in the region. The Yaque del Norte River Basin also includes an educational and promotional arm known as the Development Association, Association para el Dessarollo Inc .  Kent Reid, Farmer-to-Farmer  (F2F) Volunteer, traveled to the Dominican Republic in May 2019 on assignment to work and review overall operating activities with the YNW Fund. This was Kent's second F2F assignment with the YNW Fund, having worked with the Development Association partner, ISA University, in October. The two main goals of the F2F assignment were to review the strategic