The foods – consisting of rice, lentils and dehydrated greens – had been packaged and sealed in six-serving luggage. They’ll be disbursed by means of Youngsters Across the International to deficient communities within the Dominican Republic, Uganda and Ecuador.
“My freshman yr, I went to the Dominican Republic with Shep on a venture shuttle,” mentioned scholar Joshua A. Gutenson, of Oakton, Virginia. “I were given to look the folks there and the lend a hand they wanted. When I used to be instructed this meals would pass to lend a hand there, I believed it might be a good chance.”
Sheppard and Rob Cooley, professor of anthropology/environmental science, train Cultural Immersion & Provider Studying, a category that culminates in a shuttle to the Dominican Republic, the place, for the previous two years, scholars have constructed properties, disbursed water filtration techniques and supplied different services and products. (In 2024, the category was once additionally taught by means of Christine Kavanagh, a lately retired member of the nursing school.)
The scientific packs scholars assembled at Enjoy Missions are full of gauze and hygiene provides and disbursed thru a spouse ministry known as Voice of the Martyrs. Enjoy Missions additionally packs and gives hygiene kits and faculty provide kits.