BURSARIES

Ipswich Circle provided a bursary to Louise Rutterford in 2005 prior to her planned trip to The Dominican Republic. Louise has kindly supplied photographs of her trip, these are shown below.

These are just some of the memories I have of my gap year spent in the Dominican Republic 2005-2006.
It was an amazing experience, I met some wonderful people who as soon as they met me invited me into their homes and shared with me what little they had.
Teaching English in a primary school was a major part of my year but it proved to be so much more than that.
I helped translate for visiting missionary groups....
, travelled around the country....
built a basketball court....
ate freshly picked mangos from the tree and learnt to cook Dominican style.
The money I was kindly given from the Ipswich Catenian Bursary fund helped make this possible and I sincerely thank them for that and encourage anyone thinking about taking a gap year or volunteering in a developing country to definitely go for it as I'm sure the experience will be one you remember forever. Louise Rutterford