2008 Journey to Cien Fuego , Dominican Republic :
JOIN
Airline Ambassadors
and Kids 4 Kids Crossing Borders...
ON A HUMANITARIAN JOURNEY TO
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC!
Join AAI and Kids4Kids Crossing Borders! You will distribute donations, tour the community, play baseball with the kids, distribute toys, enjoy art projects, and meet community leaders and project managers leading and planning future programs that will break new ground and make a long term difference
and change for the suffering. Get involved and contribute your strengths
on the frontlines. Save lives, end suffering, empower people, and give many a chance to live a quality life of future self-reliance.
ELEMENTS OF OUR CIEN FUEGO JOURNEY
- Help Hand Deliver Aid
- Learn about the affects of Poverty
- Tour empowerment education projects
- *Meet the First Lady of the Dominican Republic
- Tour the Trash dump of Cien Fuego
- Gain an understanding and definition of Poverty
- Discover ways you can help in the future
- Tour the Trash Dump and see how they salvage trash to live.
A story about the Trash Dump.
Day 1: Arrival Santiago , Dominican Republic
Morning: (suggested flight) American Airlines flight 683
Departs Miami 11:20am arrives 1:20pm
Afternoon: Check into Courtyard Marriott
Early Afternoon: Tour Established Community Projects and visit trash dump
Evening: Dinner at Church and aide distribution preparations and project briefing
Day 2: Distribution Day
Morning: Breakfast at Church and distribution of Donations
Afternoon: Visit of First Lady (pending)
Evening: Tour of Cien Fuego Community
Late Evening: Party for the Cien Fuego Community, baseball with the kids, toy distribution
Day 3: Relaxation and Thanks
Morning: Breakfast at Hotel with project and community leaders (recognition for all who have helped)
Late Morning: Relax at pool with guests
Afternoon: Departure American Airlines flight 1244 departs 2:25pm
 This trip gives you the opportunity to connect with the community in many ways and gain an understanding of their daily challenges and ways you can help change their lives.
- Meet the Community Pastor and learn about his vision for the community
- Meet with community leaders and Laura Reyes for a presentation on the new Cien Fuego
- Visit some the established training programs: Barber Shop, Beauty School , Bakery, Computer
- Experience fist hand the poverty and gain a true understanding of the situation
- Play baseball with the kids and meet the their Sports Director
- Learn the history of Cien Fuego and tour the community
- Help hand deliver and coordinate over $150,000 worth of aide for Cien Fuego
- Talk with the people and learn about their struggles and lifestyle
- Experience a special ceremony at the Church
- learn about the reality of abuse the children experience
- Meet others who are inspired through Humanitarian to create change
 HUMANITARIAN LDS/AAI for Cien Fuego:
On this trip you will be part of the
hand delivery of aide to Cien Fuego!
Child Welfare
Bedding
Twin beds:
Hygiene:
Education:
Toys:
Orphanage: orphanage modules. Hand distributed
to numerous orphanages, one per child.
Booking
Step One Hotel:
Courtyard Marriott Santiago, Utopist Durante Km. 9
Santiago , Republica Dominicana
To receive the tax free rate the hotel must be booked through Laura Reyes of Kids 4 Kids. Please email her directly at kids4kidscb@yahoo.com or call her at 717-421-0949 to book the special rate. To receive the discount, the booking must be completed by 17th at 12pm EST.
The rate is 16% higher if booked directly with Courtyard or via Orbitz.
Special Rate: 81.75 per night plus 10% gratuity with Dominican tax waiver,
each room can accommodate up to three people for the special rate and can accommodate
one additional person for $25.00.
Booking
Step Two Ground Transportation Airport Transfers:
If you are flying directly into STI Santiago, transportation from the airport to the hotel
is provided free of Charge by the Courtyard by Marriott:
If you are landing at SDQ Santo Domingo, it will be necessary to hire transportation to Santiago:
Please advise Shannon De Witt, via email believesucceed@hotmail.com and he
will provide a document with the exact instruction to utilize ground transpiration
to Santiago from Santo Domingo .
Ground Transportation will be paid for with cash by the individual travelers on site.
Estimated cost breakdown for Transfer to and from SDQ Airport
to Courtyard Marriott hotel in Santiago:
$10 each for cab ride to Caribe tour bus
$10 each for the bus ride
$ 5 each for the car from Caribe tours arrival into STI to hotel
$ 5 for tipping
Please note for SDQ arrivals: If we get a large enough group 20 people,
we could possibly rent a 30 passenger bus from SDQ to Hotel with air conditioning.
Booking
Step Three Food:
Please bring with you, about $30.00 for meals that will be prepared by the Church while we are there.
You also have the option to eat at the hotel and we have a special Breakfast Buffet rate of $9.00,
for our group.
Booking
Step Four T-shirts:
Please send your T-Shirt Size to Shannon De Witt at believesucceed@hotmail.com.
The T-shirts are $6.00 and part of the cost goes to the new Cien Fuego Little League
ball team we Laura Reyes has started. Read Laura Reyes' Inspirational Note.
Booking
Step Five Airline Ambassadors Membership, Required Paperwork & Mission Fee:
It is mandatory that each US participant sign up for Airline Ambassadors at www.airlineamb.org
and pay directly to AAI the $25.00 mission fee. Once this is done all required AAI Mission
paperwork will be sent via mail or email. All required paperwork must be completed
before departure. If you have any questions about required paperwork,
please contact Shannon DeWitt Mission Leader at 703-862-9157 or believesucceed@hotmail.com.
***If you have any questions, please call AAI Mission Coordinator
Shannon Dewitt at 703-862-9157 or email him at believesucceed@hotmail.com
Welcome to Cien Fuego! Thank you for your support!
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