Los Campos

In places where there is a struggle for the basic basic necessities of life there exists an unprecedented sense of community. Though they have little they will be quick to offer you a plate of the best chicken and rice they have. Even when it is the last. There is a real sense that there is something valuable and meaningful beyond the material, or perhaps in spite of it. In the Dominican the people have a great envy for the consumerist westerners and many would jump at the chance to leave their island for the U.S. and understandably so. A review of the Dominican Republic determined "hunger and malnutrition are at the center of economic development: malnutrition is an indicator of poverty, social exclusion, and deprivation, and is a major constraint to national economic
development."