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To: Clark Hansen, CEO, Anima Mundi Development Partners From: Brigitte Ricalde Buntin Subject: Global Access Network Date: December 4, 2024 Global Access Network(GAN)    Our mission Global Access Networks is committed to empowering people to be the change they want to see. Through community engagement and a team of dedicated volunteers, we hope to help communities take control of their lives.  About us Global Access Network is an organization that focuses on assisting those in need. GAN's main areas of focus are education, housing, and food insecurity. We believe that these are issues affecting many people around the world. GAN takes several approaches to combating these issues. First, we identify the country and community we want to assist. For our first job, we want to focus on North and South America. After we have identified a community we communicate with local leaders and NGO’s around the area to obtain a clear understanding of what issues the community is facing. W...

Growing up in a small country like the Dominican Republic and then coming to the USA made me realize the huge gap between a first-world country and an underdeveloped country. Access to healthcare, education, housing, and food which I see as things everyone should have access to is limited to none to a lot of people around the world. Growing up I always saw children working in the streets, kids who were unable to finish school, and people who lived in dire conditions. Reading this book and even keeping up with world news has allowed me to see the issues that need to be addressed.  How can we make this world a better place, the world we imagine? The issues I have mentioned above are things that people are aware of. However, due to the bubble we most times are in we are unable to truly see the issue for what it is. For example, homelessness food insecurity, and healthcare are huge issues in the United States, one of the most affluent and powerful countries in the world. Now imagine h...

Dominican Holidays My favorite holidays as a child were Christmas and Easter/Holy Week. Unlike the US we don’t celebrate things like Halloween and Thanksgiving. Our major holidays are Easter, Independence Day, and Christmas. Independence Day  In the Dominican Republic, we celebrate our Independence Day on February 27th. This is a huge celebration. In 2024 we celebrated our 140th year of independence. We were under the Spanish and then Haitians before we gained our independence. For this holiday we have big parades in every region of the country. We are divided into 31 provinces and the National District, the capital of Santo Domingo where I was born. The women and men in the picture are dancing Mangulina which is a typical dance of the country. In the other picture, you can see a Diablo cajuelo. They are part of our carnivals together with the Taimáscaros, Guloyas, Indios, Africanos, Trasvestis, and Roba la Gallina. Easter  Semana Santa(Holy Week) is a fun week during the year...