Testimonial from Andrew Bennett

My experience with DREAM has made me realize that I actually can make a difference in somebody else’s life. It is not a far off concept like one may think. It’s actually a very tangible real action that a person can do to affect somebody’s life in a positive way. I know this because this is what I did, this is what I experienced. And at the very same time my life was drastically affected by the kids that I worked with. They were changing the way I looked at myself and the life I have led. This was not a profound, life-changing action, but more of a friendship or bond that makes you see the world differently. It’s when you start to see the world through the eyes of another, and that’s really when the change happens. You have changed, and at the same time the kids you work with start to see the world though your eyes, and realize that there is so much out there beyond their barrio, and they have changed as well. And this is the magical point. This is the point when you have made a difference, when we see the world through each other’s eyes.

–Andrew Bennett

DREAM Volunteer 05-06
Puerto Cabarete, Cabarete