DGH Reporter Vol. DGH is administered by a volunteer Board of Directors whose members have volunteered with DGH a minimum of three years and are elected by DGH Voting Members. The Board is assisted by an Advisory Council composed of over 200 physicians, students, retirees, artists, teachers, nurses, business people and others. A diverse group of volunteers provides the vital core of DGH's resources, including this newsletter. There are no paid employees.
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The founder and director, Alejandro Obando Flores, was a teacher in New York for many years before deciding to return to his homeland to realize his dream of starting a school. He began the school on his 400-acre farm in the middle of the mountains in the region of Boaco, in central Nicaragua, with the labor and financial support of friends both in Nicaragua and the United States. These two boys, shy, unable to read and uncommunicative upon arrival, are now leaders both academically and in farm work, teaching newer students literacy and life skills. Some are from Managua, the country's capital, some are from small towns and some are from the countryside right around Los Chavalitos. At the farm, the children receive an education through primary school, with a guarantee of going to secondary school in town if they so desire.