Volunteer in the Dominican Republic

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See Volunteer in the Dominican Republic by Jessie Feller for more.

If you do not see the volunteer program you want, look under Worldwide for volunteer programs located in several different regions.
Contact the program directors to confirm costs, dates, and other details.

Promote Youth Leadership Through Sports in The Dominican Republic
Spend your summer as an AMIGOS Volunteer working, living, and learning with a host family in beautiful rural San Juan. Learn a new language and a new culture while promoting leadership skills, team-building, and youth empowerment through sports. Partner with local youth to run camps for 5-12 year old children. Collaborate with community members on the planning and implementation of a Community-based Initiative tailored to your community’s specific needs.

Volunteer in the Dominican Republic with Amigos de las Americas

Cost: The participation fee is $4,600. Scholarship and fundraising support is available.
The Participation Fee includes:

* Round-trip international airfare from your gateway city
* Food, lodging, and transportation in Latin America
* All project related supplies
* Training materials and workshops
* Veteran supervisory Project Staff
* 24-hour emergency On-Call Communications System during the program
* Supplemental short-term international medical insurance

Contact: Amigos de las Américas, 5618 Star Lane, Houston, Texas 77057.
Tel: (713) 782-5290 (Dial Ext 126 (Allison Fishbein) or Ext 116 (Daniel Pacheco) to speak to our volunteer managers directly)
Email: info@amigoslink.org
Website: www.amigoslink.org

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Orphanage Outreach
Since 1994, this Christian- based interdenominational nonprofit organization has supported three orphanages in the Dominican Republic and sent individual volunteers and groups to work with the children educationally or on projects that have transformed the orphanage facilities. Its Touch the Future Summer School (mid-June to mid-August) provides invaluable educational enrichment to prepare children of all ages for formal schooling. Scheduled family camps also provide memorable volunteer modeling opportunities for grandparents and their grandchildren. Thirty-five percent of volunteers are older adults (review by Alison Gardner).

Contact: 6611 West Robert E. Lee St., Glendale, Arizona 85308; 602-375-2900, fax 602-375-2907; volunteer@orphanage-outreach.org; www.orphanage-outreach.org.

Sunset Dream
Help a poor community in the Dominican Republic to be autonomous. Set up a teaching program, make them aware of work possibilities and present them with health and hygene norms.

Contact: sunsetdreamapts@hotmail.com; tropicalhouse.tk