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The Caribbean Social Immersion Program helps to understand the social realities in the Caribbean with social immersion and academic programs for college and high school students.

 

Our Services

The Caribbean Social Immersion Program creates “all-inclusive” and customized social immersion, academic and service experiences in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Guyana, Colombia and Perú.

The Caribbean Social Immersion Program offers social and academic immersion programs to college students, and service immersion programs for high school students.

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Ignatian Roots

We like to work closely with several social and educational institutions led or inspired by the Society of Jesus in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Guyana, Colombia, and Peru.

Originally co-founded and inspired by the Jesuits in the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean Social Immersion Program does not have a formal institutional relationship with the Society of Jesus.

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Why the Caribbean?

Knowing the Caribbean helps to understand an important wave of 3.5 million immigrants in the United States. 

This region is a convection of many different cultures: French, Spanish, Briton, American, Creole, and Amerindians.

We showcase and provide meaningful and informed encounters with leaders and communities across society in every country we visit.


Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

We offer several different immersion trips in the Dominican Republic: from the border with Haiti, to City of Santiago in the center of the Island, to the complex realities of migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent living in Santo Domingo and the Eastern region.

 
 

A social immersion program is an intensive encounter with the social reality of a country or region, guided by local social studies professionals, that provides a deep and comprehensive understanding from a human, economic, social, cultural and historical perspective.

 

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Cuba

With the help of local partners, we meet with Christian communites and learn from the great people of Cuban about their culture, problems and hopes in their past, now and in the future.


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Haiti

Landing in Cap-Haïtien, the historic northeast shows us the soul of Haiti, we visit local organization working in education, development and immigrantion sisues at the border with the Dominican Republic.


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Guyana

We visit the beautiful capital of Guyana: Georgetown, then fly south to the border with Brazil, to the City of Lethem, to learn about the past, present and future of Amerindian communities.


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Cuban Music Service Trip

Full immersion program for US students seekin meaningful intercultural experience while sharing and teaching music skills to Cuban teenagers.


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Colombia

8-day immersion program visiting rural communities around Quebradaseca, small village located one hour north of Cali, Colombia.


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Perú

8-day immersion program visiting Cuzco, Peru, and surrounding villages with meetings with local Amerindians, learning about their traditions and community organizations.


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High School Service Immersion

For US high school students, two days of service, one day of beach and three days of interaction with K-12 Dominican students.