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Brainstorming
Stuff I would love to see happen:
1) Support more local non-profits working in Cap (like AFASDA who works victims of domestic violence or SOIL who build composting toilets or Project Pierre Toussaint who work with street kids or AIDG (my NGO) who works on biogas and sanitation.) Give vacation goers the option of donating some of their dollars to x charity in y location or to a general RC fund the way British Airways or Virgin Atlantic support UNICEF,etc.
2) I understand that they helped build a one-room clinic in the village of Labadee (I haven't visited it so I can't confirm the state that it is currently in). Continue to make improvements to it, keep it stocked, etc.
3) Recycle/compost some of that trash that they leave at a dumping site down the road from Labadee. (The dumping site IS clean/not smelly. Everything is in closed plastic bags, but I reckon a lot of that stuff is recyclable.)
4) Fund micro-enterprise workshops (BYU Microfranchise program has some great materials) to help the folks who are making money by selling things to tourists grow/expand their small businesses.
5) A project or two or lots in Cap or events. Your typical community relations stuff.
6) This probably should be closer to the top. Since RC is all about the beauty of the islands, I think they could fund a project to clean some of the coastline in Cap which is horribly polluted with trash and sewage. That admittedly would be a non-trivial endeavor, but might fit more with their corporate mission. Plus they could employ local labor to work on clean-up activities, etc. etc.