The FDR Program Support Fund (PSF) provides equipment, software, and other special items or education to assist PCVs and Dominican organizations to be more efficient and effective and to enhance and amplify their efforts. The purpose of the PSF is to provide for items and projects which cannot be funded by normal sources and processes.  Please select the text below to see more details on the PSF:

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 Record of PSF Donations to PC/DR

1998 - PRESENT

 

Summary

Since its incorporation in 1998, Friends of the Dominican Republic has contributed $18,334 in direct support of Peace Corps Volunteers and their projects.  In addition, FDR arranged an in-kind contribution from Typing Master for 2000 licenses to be used in Dominican schools where Peace Corps has created Computer Rooms and assigned Information Technology (IT) Volunteers.  This contribution has a value of $15,980.  FDR also expressed its appreciation to PC/DR by presenting Plaques of Appreciation to the long-term staff at the 40^th Anniversary celebration in 2002.  The plaques had a value of $375.  Thus, FDR has contributed or arranged a total contribution of $34,689 in just six years.

 

1998 - $500

·       Hurricane Georges emergency relief                                                                           $500.00

      Barely six months old, FDR sent $500 to Peace Corps Director Natalie

      Woodward to be used at her discretion in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

      At the time, this was 25% of FDR’s total resources.

 

2000 - $400

·       Buses for Earth Day celebration                                                                                 $400.00

      FDR received an urgent request from PC/DR for $400 which was needed to

      contract buses to take Dominican participants to an Earth Day celebration.

 

2002 - $2896.07

At the 40^th anniversary celebrating 40 years of continuous PC service to the DR,

FDR donated the following items:

·       Laminating machine for posters created by PCVs and used in their “charlas.”                     $1814.30

·       A slide scanner to be used for the PC history project undertaken by PCVs.                         $198.54

·       Books for the PC library.                                                                                            $45.00

·       Software.                                                                                                             $838.23

      A 27 CD-ROM set covering Appropriate Technology

      Pagemaker for the PCV newsletter, Gringo Grita

·       Plaques of Appreciation for PC/DR staff                                                                       $375.00

 

2003 - $838.51

·       FDR responded to a request to provide six Stop Smoking kits for Volunteers.                        $630.86

·       Chocolates and cards for PCVs at year-end holiday season.                                              $107.65

·       FDR paid for the first Historical Tour of the Colonial Zone for PCVs, led by                            $100.00

       a US historian and anthropologist based in Santiago.  Repeated in 2004.

2004 - $25,380.23

·       Three CCF pilot projects, via donation to Peace Corps Partnership                                    $7,000.00

·       Spanish language educational software for use by Education Sector                                     $868.77

·       In-kind donation of typing software licenses for use by IT Sector                                  $15,980.00

·       Historical Tours of Colonial Zone for Volunteers                                                                $200.00

·       Hand-held GPS instrument with batteries and charger for Water/Sanitation                            $234.47

·       Pipe-threading equipment, also for Water/Sanitation Sector                                                $396.99

·       FDR responded to an urgent request to address a budget shortfall, caused by                      $700.00

      currency fluctuations, for PCV sponsored Parenting Workshops

 

2005 - $9547

·       Brigada Verde youth environmental workshops                                                               $2199.00

·       Flood relief following last Fall’s hurricanes                                                                       $2000.00

·       School library books and supplies (earmarked donation)                                                     $200.00

·       Historical tours of Colonial Zone for Volunteers & Staff                                                       $300.00

 

2006

 ·      Historical tours of Colonial Zone for Volunteers & Staff 

 

2007

 ·      Historical tours of Colonial Zone for Volunteers & Staff