Rosie Swidler's Fundraiser
Building new houses for families in La Guama
Help families raise their children in a house they can finally feel proud to call their home.Donate today!
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Charles Morgan
"Well done Rosie!"
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Eghosa D Omoregie
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Geoffrey Kent
"Congratulations on what you are doing. Geoffrey Kent"
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Karena Garriques
"Proud of you, Rosie!"
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Alina Uspenskaya
"Wishing you to have many more meaningful meanings and discoveries on your journey of helping others! "
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Michele Seiche
"Well done Rosie!!!"
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"What a wonderful trip for such an important project! "
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Molly Borthwick
"Dearest Rosie, Well done! Molly Lowell and David Borthwick"
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Benjamin Macklowe
"Congratulations on putting your conscience into action."
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Brian Walsh
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Amelia Barzilay
"Good luck Rosie! Amelia x"
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Sadia Ayub
"So proud of you Rosie!!! Xx 💞"
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Marjan Teymoori
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A supporter of Rosie Swidler
"kol ha kavod for setting an example! "
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Dominic Lowe
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"Good luck, Rosie! JC"
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Pamela Lauren Bathgate
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Zach Cohen
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syvia Dhenin
"Wonderful that you are carrying on the help by your family Love Syvia"
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Odelia Zucker
"Well done on the initiative! 👌👍😊"
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Michael Beutler
"Great work by our next generation taking action! "
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Cameron Saul
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Christian Lawless
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Eleni Henkel
"So impressive! Wonderful effort to help others."
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Joe Richards
"Such an inspiration!"
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Alisa Swidler
"Love you xx"
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- Hi I'm Rosie Swidler and over the summer I will be going to volunteer in La Guama in the Dominican Republic.
Over the summer I will be traveling to a 1,500 person rural village called La Guama, located in the mountains of the Dominican Republic, to build homes for a family whose home has been deemed below sub-standard. I am able to go to the Dominican Republic with the help of Bridges to Community, a charitable organization whose mission is to build a more just and sustainable world through service learning and community development by engaging volunteers to work in developing countries—building community and changing lives.
Over the course of seven days I will work six hours each day amongst locals who volunteered to construct the walls and floors of the houses. In addition, I will be immersing myself into the culture by mainly speaking in Spanish, eating the local food (rice/beans/plantains), taking showers in the river, playing and coloring with the children and painting all of the villagers' nails with polish.
This trip was extremely appealing to me and enjoyable which is why i am going on it again as it not only made me realize that I could truly make a difference in someone's life but it allowed me to immerse myself in a country with a different language and culture and helped expand my horizons to understand what people's lives are like who live in severe poverty.
My previous trip and my future one will continue to change my perspective on the world and impact my future goals because it showed me how lucky I am to live in an amazing town l and how I should be more focused on improving the lives of people who are less fortunate than I am – both locally and across the globe.
I enjoyed this trip so much that over the Summer I will be going back to La Guama to continue to build houses for those who cannot afford one otherwise and I encourage everyone to help by donating!
One home does make a difference.
My goal is to raise $10000 to support Bridges' community development work which includes this housing program, as well as health, education, and economic development programs.