
Yorkidia
Birthday
December 25, 2005
Age
Age: 17
Birthday
Girl
Yorkidia is 17 years old and lives in Dominican Republic.
Yorkidia lives with her Grandmother. Yorkidia has 1 sibling living in the household. Yorkidia helps with the following duties at home: Carries Water, Child Care, Cleaning, Kitchen Help, Making Beds, and Running Errands. Yorkidia's favourite activities and interests include: Baseball, Bicycling, Group Games, Hide and Seek, Ping Pong, Rolling a hoop, and Walking. Activities that Yorkidia enjoys through the church are: Sunday School/Church, Youth Group, Bible Class, and Vacation Bible School. At the compassion centre Yorkidia's favourite activities are: Going on Field Trips / Excursions, Learning about God, Listening to Bible Stories, and Snack / Meal Time. Yorkidia attends school. She is in the equivalent of grade 10. Yorkidia's favourite subject is Math. Her performance in school is Average. Yorkidia's family lives in the area of Batey # 6 in Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti. It has a tropical climate, but moist, year-round trade winds keep temperatures between 72° and 83°Fahrenheit.
Almost 90 percent Dominicans live in rural areas where unemployment is high and malnutrition widespread. A family's diet consists mainly of rice, beans, and fish. Spanish is the official language, and Catholicism is the state religion.
In 1492, Columbus discovered Hispaniola, and the island became the center of Spanish rule in the West Indies. Soon, the indigenous people were wiped out, and slaves were brought from Africa to populate the island. The descendants of those slaves form most of the population today. For three centuries Hispaniola was governed by Spain, then by France. In 1804, the island won independence as the republic of Haiti. Forty years later, the eastern two-thirds of the island revolted and formed the Dominican Republic. Except for a brief period of annexation to Spain, the Dominican Republic has been independent ever since.
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