Posts Tagged Dominican Republic
What are the Sources of Conflict along the Haitian-Dominican Border?
Posted by ONeil in Publications in English on June 22nd, 2010
Fishermen from Pedernales and Anse a Pitre working together to improve fishing in their area.
As part of its MIF/OAS funded program, PADF hired Dr. Gerald Murray to conduct a study of the sources of conflict along the Haitian-Dominican border. This work was done in parallel with Dr. Murray’s study of mutual perceptions and attitudes that exist between Dominicans and Haitians. Although the bulk of the fieldwork was done in 2009, Dr. Murray returned to the island after the earthquake and updated the report based on the changed conditions that he found. Though nobody yet knows what is in store post-earthquake, Haiti will never be a replica of the country before the earthquake. The earthquake also exerts a profound impact, somewhat more predictable, on the economy and demography of the Dominican Republic as well. These impacts are already being sensed, though they cannot yet be fully charted.
Dominican-Haitian Racial and Ethnic Perceptions and Sentiments
Posted by ONeil in Publications in English on June 22nd, 2010
PADF commissioned Dr. Gerald Murray to investigate mutual perceptions and attitudes that exist between Dominicans and Haitians, with a particular focus on the border area. The context for the assignment was the concern among development professionals, created not only by negative media coverage, but also various human rights reports and academic studies, that a situation of such conflict exists between Haitians and Dominicans in the border area that bilateral collaboration will be difficult. A companion report to the current one deals with the specific conflicts. This report will deal with the opinions that Dominicans and Haitians expressed about each other during six weeks of interviewing in the months. Read the rest of this entry »
The new progress report for the Our Border Program
Posted by ONeil in Activities, Publications in English, What's New on November 4th, 2009
We’ve just published our semi-annual progress report [pdf file, 2.2MB). This twenty-two page report includes a description of the background behind our project, our current activities, and our future plans. Although it was written primarily for our donors, we are happy to share it with anyone interested.
Gold, cows, and pirates: the story of how the island of Hispaniola (or Quisqueya) ended up split into two countries: 1492-1777
Posted by ONeil in History of the Borderlands on September 2nd, 2009
Drawing of the finale of Act I of The Pirates of Penzance, found in Wikipedia
The Amazing Hispaniola
Posted by Molano in History of the Borderlands on August 7th, 2009
Spring watering in Haiti
Ryan Alexander – Volunteer, Pedernales.
As a volunteer with PADF on the border I have had the good fortune of being able to travel within the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The following story recaps a trip that I took into Port au Prince that most certainty impacted my life positively.
On Sunday July 5th, I spent the afternoon at a natural spring/watering hole 20 minutes outside of Port au Prince, Haiti. As we entered the premises, everyone looked at us mostly because this was a Haitian hangout spot, and we weren’t Haitian. We were approached by many but understood no one, nor could they understand us. All of the Haitians soaking up the sun and swimming in the natural spring spoke Creole and not French. This created a language barrier between us and them, and at the same time may have triggered some feelings of discomfort due to their uncertainty for the reason of our presence. Read the rest of this entry »
