Comments on: Where there is despair, there is also hope! Musings from my visit to the SOS Children’s Villages with Air Transat https://mayahoodblog.com/where-there-is-despair-there-is-also-hope-musings-from-my-visit-to-the-sos-childrens-villages-with-air-transat/ A blog about parenting, family-friendly travel & product reviews Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:58:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Sandy https://mayahoodblog.com/where-there-is-despair-there-is-also-hope-musings-from-my-visit-to-the-sos-childrens-villages-with-air-transat/#comment-36161 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:58:40 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=12564#comment-36161 Oh my goodness! What a phenomenal experience for you, Maya! It must have been wonderful to spend time with these children (look at those smiles!) yet, so difficult to know the conditions they live in and the fact that they are abandoned or orphaned. I have traveled to the Dominican once for a vacation. After our bus ride to the resort, and spending some time wandering around the nearby town, I felt awful for some of the conditions I saw people living in. Thanks for sharing this info.

]]> By: oldermommystill https://mayahoodblog.com/where-there-is-despair-there-is-also-hope-musings-from-my-visit-to-the-sos-childrens-villages-with-air-transat/#comment-36160 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:26:25 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=12564#comment-36160 This is an absolutely wonderful program, I had no idea that Air Transat had an affiliation with it! It breaks my heart to see children suffer and I’m so happy that Air Transit stepped up and are doing the right thing.

]]> By: Paula Schuck https://mayahoodblog.com/where-there-is-despair-there-is-also-hope-musings-from-my-visit-to-the-sos-childrens-villages-with-air-transat/#comment-36159 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:38:21 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=12564#comment-36159 First of all what an amazing experience for you! Second of all we have been to DR many times and had no idea that Air Transat had an affiliation with SOS Program. DR is a beautiful country but there are definitely many impoverished neighbourhoods. Tourists often don’t see that. Air Transat is a great example of a travel brand using their platform for good. Very impressive. And finally we have travelled many times over the years with Air Transat. I always recommend to my family and friends that they go Air Transat because I have also travelled with many other options and found service to be fantastic with Transat. Now I feel like this would also help to sway my future travel decisions as well. I know firsthand the impact these kinds of trips can have on raising awareness in future so this is wonderful to see here.

]]> By: A Lynne https://mayahoodblog.com/where-there-is-despair-there-is-also-hope-musings-from-my-visit-to-the-sos-childrens-villages-with-air-transat/#comment-36158 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:29:01 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=12564#comment-36158 It’s so very heartwarming to know that SOS Children’s Villages exists!

I’ll be sure to donate to Air Transat’s Small Change, Big Hearts program. Thanks for the heads up! 🙂

]]> By: Jenna Em (@SnyMed) https://mayahoodblog.com/where-there-is-despair-there-is-also-hope-musings-from-my-visit-to-the-sos-childrens-villages-with-air-transat/#comment-36157 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:49:48 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=12564#comment-36157 What a great cause, I was unaware of Air Transat’s SOS programme My heart goes out to all the children. You are very fortunate to have had this life-changing experience.

]]> By: Heather Lynne https://mayahoodblog.com/where-there-is-despair-there-is-also-hope-musings-from-my-visit-to-the-sos-childrens-villages-with-air-transat/#comment-36151 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:44:51 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=12564#comment-36151 What an amazing experience! I love what you shared about perspective and hope despite difficult circumstances. I’ve been thinking a lot about that lately.

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