Friday, February 8, 2013
Amanda Nocera is being recognized as a student, athlete and her humanitarian work to raise awareness and resources for Batey inhabitants in the Dominican Republic.
A Sewickley Academy senior dedicated to helping raise awareness and resources for Batey inhabitants in the Dominican Republic is being recognized this month by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh. Amanda Nocera will be honored Wednesday, Feb. 27 as the Student of Distinction for the month of February, according to Sewickley Academy. Nocera, 18, was chosen because of on her outstanding leadership as a student and athlete and her commitment to service. As a McAdams Global Fellowship scholar, Amanda had the opportunity to travel to the Dominican Republic. As a result of that trip, she initiated “Project Batey: Giving Young Dominicans a Future,” an effort to raise $4,000 to purchase 100 birth certificates for people living in various Batey …
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Club Batey, led by senior Amanda Nocera, aims to raise $4,000 to purchase 100 birth certificates for people living in the Bateyes. Nocera launched "Project Batey: Giving Dominicans a Future" as part of her senior project.
When Amanda Nocera visted the Dominican Republic last summer, the Sewickley Academy senior was unsure of what to expect traveling for the first time on an airplane to an unfamiliar country. She never expected this trip would change her life and her way of thinking. To tourists, she said the country with its pristine beaches seems like a tropical paradise. But she quickly learned that beyond the resorts and the white Caribbean sand, thousands of dispossessed Haitians toil under armed guards on sugar cane plantations, called “Bateyes.” “It really changed how I look at things,” Amanda, 18, of Darlington said. Amanda's experience led her to launch Project Batey: Giving Dominicans a Future as part of her senior project. She also started a club …
Saturday, January 26, 2013
The birth certificates will be sold at tonight's International Dinner and cost $40 each, the price Haitians are required to pay for such documentation. The dinner is free and open to the public.
Sewickley Academy senior Amanda Nocera will be selling mock birth certificates today at the academy's annual International Dinner to help individuals in the Dominican Republic who otherwise wouldn't receive one. The birth certificates cost $40 each, the price Haitians are required to pay for such documentation. The International Dinner is free and open to the public. Amanda launched Project Batey: Giving Dominicans a Future after visiting the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation where tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that just a few miles away, thousands of dispossessed Haitians toil under armed guards on sugar cane plantations, called Bateyes. Amanda explains that the major problem of the Bateyes is the Dominican …
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