Jericho/Fao
From one of our Dominican partners:
Jerico School is located in Batey Fao, this community is in the town of Guerra, located in East Santo Domingo, it was surrounded by cane plantations since it started as a colony of cane. In 1980 this place started to grow with inhabitants when the cane market built a canyon which would cheer the workers and the laborers of the Council of State of Sugar, giving a way to the “palatines of the inhabitants of Batey”.
Today Batey Fao already has a population of approximately 500 houses. The community has a Chapel and Churches of diverse religions, it has a gas station, a hardware store, a furniture store, small pharmacies, grocery stores, several inhabitants have day-to-day jobs, families are composed by both parents or single mothers.
Rudy Chal Valdez
Mika’s Lunch program has been a blessing and a support for the students of Jerico, such as the case of Rudy Chal Valdez, he is the oldest of 5 children in his family and is in 6th grade, he likes to play basketball during the school recess, he likes math, during this school year he was the president of his class and is the biggest helper at home since after school he helps to take care of his brothers and sisters and works at the business on weekends, his parents sell fruits, the food provided at Jerico contributes to the nutrition of him and his 5 siblings.