Life in the Dominican Republic (Bateyes)

A montage of video footage created by Lynn Sheehy after traveling to the Dominican Republic and its bateyes in 2006 on an Exposure Trip.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Dominican Republic
• ACCESS Charity
• Nonprofit
• Bateyes
• Poverty
• Developing World
• Education
• Haiti

[janler]

im dominican and im not going to lie we are a poor country and this could be in dominican republic, but places like the one you juxt saw it's called "batey" where the HAITIAN live , it could be in DR. This's just like if i take a footages of 'The Getto' IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!

[accesscharity]

The video of course does not represent life overall for the entire country. It is specifically showcasing what was experienced on an exposure trip to the impoverished bateyes.

[AmandaWithLov3]

Whats with the song, your making everything look all sad

come one summer with me to DR

and you would see a totally different world

where the hell were you?????

are you sure your even in DR?

[accesscharity]

This video footage was shot in the Dominican Republic on a few bateyes. It is for a charity that provides education to those impoverished Dominicans and Haitians on the bateyes.

[gloreeya]

Not for nothing... but where is this in DR? I mean I have never seen so many Haitians like that O_O and I have family members who live in barrios... but even then... you only see a few here and there but not so many... the only time where I saw so many Haitians altogether... was when I went to the border... there were lots of Haitians selling stuff and whatnot. Anyway, I don't really think this video depicts life in the Dominican Republic very well... =\

[accesscharity]

This particular video was filmed on the bateyes of the Dominican Republic. There are many Haitian sugar-cane (and former) workers and families.

[myteddy14me]

gregoryp45 I am dominican and I agree 100% with you seriously. My grandfather was dark scinned. What the hell does skin color matter . God help us. It hurts my heart to see all this hatred.

[marlene9200]

Diablo yo no se3 en que parte tu estaba esa vaina parese africa no me importanta lo que digan mira ya yo se que lo dominicano tiene parte africana pero diabl con esa musica paresemo africano pon una bachatica, siempre buuscan la parte ma fea que vallan pa Santiago, boca chica, o la romana que paso con eso???

[johnonamission]

Good video. People will always have something to say that will attempt to disrupt help to those that desperately need it. There is real racism in the world and when a person denies the holocaust we call that racism so why would people deny truth?

[johnonamission]

I got back from the DR a couple of months ago and yes there are beautiful places that don't look like this. Those places are for the tourists. much of the DR is poor and people are struggling for clean water and food. It is not just a Haitian issue. I saw Dominicans and Haitians going through the same thing. If anyone says different they are lying. This is real and this video shows the same type things that I saw outside of Santo Domingo, nowhere close to the border.

[rvalera100]

Me gustaria saber quien fue ese hijo de puta que grabo todo lo malo de nuestro pais ,en todos los paises del mundo hay probresa si no vallan a ny city de se seguro esa persona es rasista.

[esperanza813]

A mi me ensenaron desde nina que ningun ser humano es inferior a otro. Cuando vivi en DR siempr dabamos alberque a los necesitados haitianos o Dom. Nuestro empleados no trabaja mejor por su raza. Mis amistades, son cambodianos, judios, africanoe, Dom etc. y eso me hace una mejor persona.

[esperanza813]

Believe or not, there are many places in the US much worse, some areas in NY, Harrisburg, PA, except that every night id the fourth of july and the celebrat with real shots and real people die.

[esperanza813]

Please do not judge a whole country based on a 2 min. video. Do you know that DR is a subdeveloped country? Do you know that many dominican live like this as well? you will find these same scenes in Brazil, cambodia, most latin American country, India. etc. If the reason for this is racism then why the same thing happen in white rural area s un the US and urban guettos? DR and Haiti have a History. Our historiam tell un that they trid to enslaved us.

[vincentelin]

wow, looks nice.. I love the caribbean!

[platano954]

this is the batey but if you think thing are bad in the DR then go back too Haiti . Then tell me if you like it their.