Center for A Rural Alternative
El Limon, Dominican Republic

REDSER

RED DOMINICANA para el DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE DE LAS ENERGIAS RENOVABLES 
(Dominican Sustainable Energy Network)

Tercer taller de REDSER "Comunidades en Desarrollo"
Dias 9 y 10 de febrero en Blanco, Bonao.

Work Camps in El Limon

Come help build our first classroom building, a ferrocement structure with lots of opportunity for technical and artistic innovation. Work camps are usually held over school breaks and the summer. The most recent group, from Cornell University, was in El Limon from January 4 - 11, 2012.

Vision Hembra

"Vision Hembra" ("Female Vision") is our video project with 14 young women. Their first video Hoy por Ti, Mañana por Mi (Today You, Tomorrow Me) tells the story of two disabled women of El Limon.
More Information Here

Vision Hembra es nuestro proyecto de video con 14 jóvenes mujeres. Su primer video Hoy por Ti, Mañana por Mi trata de dos mujeres discapacitadas en El Limón.
Mas Informacíon Aqui

Sonia's Many Friends

As of September, El Limon resident Sonia Presinal is back on health insurance while she awaits her kidney transplant! The call could come at any moment, or not for many months. In the meantime, we need to raise $ 550 a month for copayments, transportation, and other essential expenses for the dialysis that keeps Sonia alive. Please keep those donations coming, we're almost there !
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CAREL: Building Innovative Models for Rural Development

Over the last ten years, the Rural Alternatives Center of El Limon (CAREL) has been helping Dominican villagers create their own future by facilitating access to apropriate technologies, within the framework of a participatory, community-oriented, hands-on methodology. CAREL has become a national leader in providing technical support for innovative village-based projects, particularly micro-hydroelectric mini-grids and wireless internet access. Much of this support has been delivered on-site, on a project-by-project basis. Now, as the demand for CAREL’s assistance increases, CAREL is re-focusing on creating a unique educational center in its base community of El Limon, San Jose de Ocoa, Dominican Republic. The facility will be structured on a university-like model, providing courses, workshops, and extension services, but will be directed to immediate rural needs, be run by and for rural residents, and operate in an actual village environment.