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Brooke Stephens visited the Dominican Republic in March 2024 with a humanitarian group directed by Pearl Giles of Dominican Starfish Foundation. Her heart was so touched that she returned and determined to help a family have a new home.
Brooke got her family involved and started fundraising right away.
This is what she had to say about the project. "We baked twenty loaves of sourdough bread in the last 24 hours! This week we sold 29 loaves and raised $405 thanks to generous donors! We are 1/15th of the way to our goal of funding a home for Yazira and her family in the Dominican Republic. My kids chose her out of three options.
Spring Break was dedicated to our sourdough project. I’m so proud of the kids for working hard. Sourdough is very labor intensive. The starter has to rise for three hours, then the bread rises overnight. We have one oven and three Dutch ovens to cook a loaf in each. While I was in a meeting this morning I turned the whole operation over to Leo. He had to have three timers on his phone, each labeled with the color of the Dutch oven so he knew which one to remove and refill with another loaf. We baked for six hours straight, not counting the prep the day before. And each one turned out so pretty and delicious. Now they are singing, dancing and cleaning the bowls and kitche n."
HERE IS THE CHOSEN FAMILY
Yazira lives in great poverty in the Dominican Republic. She is 25 years old. She and her husband, Rolando (31) have 3 children, Yendry (9), Ariel (5) Emil (2).
Rolando was hired by a fishing boat. Sadly the captain sailed into international waters and the whole crew was jailed in Miami. Yazira was forced to move in with her parents who live in a tiny 2-bedroom home. 8 people live in the house. Her father has diabetes and is very sick. They have been unable to afford medication. He was previously the sole provider for the family.
It is also a huge stress for her mother.
Through the generous donations of Roxane Quaranta and Walt Lorgan, we have a plot of land in Loma de la Bestia where we can build a home for Yazira and family including Rolando when he is released from prison.
Please help the Stevens family and others who are working to provide a home for this family. You can help in any of the following ways.
Any size donation is greatly appreciate and charitable tax receipts will be issued for all donations in USA and Canada.
Please help the family if you can and this sad little boy who is missing his father.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!
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