¡Que susto! Or in other words.. golly gosh what a fright! Last night when the earth suddenly moved under our feet here in Casa de Campo, and in fact the entire eastern region of the Dominican Republic, we were understandably all a little frightened.
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Earthquake of 5.8 reported to the East of La Altagracia
We were all quite scared as suddenly we felt how the floor beneath our feet began to shake and the computers before us began to move.
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The Walkabout Foundations Donates ‘Off-Road’ Wheelchairs to Haiti Quake Victims
Just over a year ago, part-time Casa de Campo residents Luis Gonzalez-Bunster and his sister Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster founded the Walkabout Foundation, to promote awareness of paralysis and disabilities and fund research for spinal cord injuries.
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Casa de Campo resident Ginette Adesky helps co-ordinate the relief effort in her beloved home country Haiti
Well known part-time Casa de Campo resident Ginette Adesky, who is also a Haitian, was in Haiti when the earthquake struck, and has since then been helping co-ordinate the relief effort.
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HELP HAITI: donate money now! Links to reputable charities.
On Tuesday January the 12th, Haiti was hit by a brutal magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which as you know wreaked havoc; killing hundreds of thousands of people and destroying the homes and businesses of hundreds of thousands more.