LOOKING FOR SOME REAL HUMAN INTERACTION!!! LEAP OF FAITH

Haha, that's not a simple question to answer. It depends on your personal situation. Here in Las Terrenas, we have a growing group of North American expats. All are excited to be here, and are a fun group to hang with.

As far as deep connections, that is possible, but more likely with expats. I got very lucky in meeting a Dominican woman with interests common to mine.

As for a cost of living, having income in the mid-teens(USD) is do-able, north of 2k/month is fine. I retired with a 700-1000 per month budget. My circumstances have changed dramatically for the better since then, though. So many of the the things we think are necessary, like a car, are not here.

Welcome to the forums. I am a single woman, been here over 13 years. I will be very honest with you - looking to make meaningful connections here - happens but it takes time!

Goodness will be taken advantage of here if you don't develop very strong boundaries!

Service to others is needed here but not often appreciated but do it anyway.  Life coaching - people are mostly in survival mode, not sure about this one.  Good quality teaching - absolutely. Language teachers - absolutely.

The only way you will start to figure out of this is for you - come down for several months and get a feel for it!

Welcome.
  As planner said come and visit for a few months and see if it works for you.
Making deep connections here are the same as anywhere else.  You have to work at it.

Bob K

There is an Canadian NGO called "Free the Children". They are very active in the DR.

They recruit kids 12-18 years old and send groups of 10-20 kids to the DR where they work under adult supervision on social projects

One project I know about well is in the Puerto Plata area. They built a school for Haitians in an area where the DR government is not willing to do it (because they Haitian families are in the DR illegally).

You may be the kind of person that they need to manage the kids. Some of the supervisors an chaperons of Free the Children live in the DR.

Just an idea on how to get out of Canada and do something worthwhile.

Good luck

Walter

Good evening Dan,

Thank you for responding to my question.  I have the same skin complexion than your partner, I know it's very different for men than women.  I am single, and have been for the last seven years because I went back to school, at that time,  my priority was my schooling.  since I could no longer continue working with special needs kids after my head injury.  Are you American or Canadian?  What brought you to Dominican Republic beside the beautiful weather and your lovely partner? you told me that you met her while you were in Dominican Republic, have a wonderful evening.

Good evening Walter,

Thank you for the tip regarding "Save The Children" I already looked into this organization, in North America usually, the NGOs are for kids from 16 -21 years of age who wants to travel abroad, have that on their resume, and they have to pay for their trip we talking about between $5000,00 to $7000,00.  Nowadays, in Canada this is a big business for these organizations.