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Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, taking in many Haitian immigrants following the 2010 earthquake
Dominican Republic is the most visited tourist destination in the Caribbean
Spanish is the national language, with Haitian Creole being the largest minority language
God is working in
Santo Domingo!
Please pray for...
Continued protection from COVID-19 for our students and dedicated staff especially as restrictions are relaxed and activities restart.
A relaxing July break for our teachers after a challenging year.
Spiritual, physical and emotional growth for students in our popular sports discipleship program this summer and beyond.
Funding to add books to our library and to pay for a computer teacher for our new computer lab that we completed just before the pandemic.
Prayer requests updated 06/2021
Known to locals as “Jesus in the Children School,” the Santo Domingo East school is a center of love and attention for over 200 kids. Our basic education program offers quality academic instruction through 5th grade, and our after-school sports program has grown to serve more than 80 boys and girls.
In addition to education, our holistic care includes nutritious meals, after-school enrichment, medical and dental care, and Biblically-based counseling. We recently received government recognition as an accredited school, which allows us to add 6th grade. Our first computer lab is finished, allowing our students broader educational access. In partnership with Samaritan’s Purse, we completed a 12-lesson discipleship program for students, and each graduate was presented with a Bible.
Objectives for the coming year include adding 6th grade, hiring a full-time computer teacher who can integrate computer skills into our curriculum, finishing two preschool classrooms, and continuing our progress with health care, nutrition, sports, and spiritual initiatives.
Country Director Vic Trautwein says, “I am amazed at God’s mighty provision every time I visit this school as I remember when the project began in a carport of a rented home. God has transformed the site over the last eight years into a beautiful 12-classroom school that serves as an oasis of His love and Holy ground that changes the lives of students, staff and visitors.”
Once again, we greet you from the ministries of Kids Alive in Dominican Republic, where your partnership and your gifts are helping to plant hope in the lives of at-risk children and young people. We rejoice that this is not simply a hope for escaping poverty or for a better career – you are planting the living hope (1 Pet. 1:3) in their lives which means an eternity with the One who loves them!
Within Kids Alive DR, we have the privilege of working with over 2,000 kids between the ages of 3 and 22. While this seems like a large window of opportunity to cultivate these seeds, the culture here often works against us, making the labor difficult. And nearly all the children we serve come from, and still live inside, backgrounds of abuse, exploitation, or extreme poverty. These “hard places” make the sowing of hope a real challenge.
However, one of our great joys is seeing the visible, healthy growth in these young lives and watching them blossom into beautiful new creations before our eyes. They are developing strong roots, watered by your compassion and love, and are going on to have a positive impact on their families and communities.
All our ministries are benefiting from unprecedented favor with government officials. Our schools are receiving awards for excellence; our homes are receiving commendations for our quality care, and we’re increasingly being asked to take additional children that Dominican officials have identified as abused or neglected. We see this as a tremendous privilege – and a great responsibility. read more »
Vic Trautwein
Co-Country Director
Dominican Republic
Ramon Prenza
Co-Country Director
Dominican Republic