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Pam Wren from University of Virginia

Although you may see many teams mentioned on our web site, we have many individual volunteers join us. Sometimes people are concerned they won't know anyone, they might be concerned about transportation, etc.

Don't worry. We'll meet you at the airport in Santiago, and take you directly to the orphanage. Once there, you'll meet the other volunteers, be they other individuals or a team. It won't take long to get to know your "new team".

It is hard to describe the experience I had in Laguna Salada.  The boys there are so hardworking and eager to learn.  They are really amazing kids. To have the opportunity to teach kids who are so well behaved and hungry for knowledge is incredible. I enjoyed my experience so much that I  decided to drop out of law school so I can go back in the fall.  What is going on at that orphanage is a wonderful thing and I feel so blessed to have been a small part of it.  The other volunteers were all great people and I had a lot of fun and made some good friends.  If you are thinking about going, DO IT. 
...Katie Larson, UCLA

I was a little hesitant to go on this trip...but looking back, I don't regret it AT ALL. I learned a lot from both interacting with the other volunteers and the kids. YOU SHOULD GO.
...Amy Burkhardt, University of Colorado

This trip was a wonderfully unique way to spend my spring break. I met so many inspirational people- the kids at the orphanage, the other volunteers, and the leaders of the program. I don't think anyone can understand how great this trip was unless they experience it for themselves. I came away from this trip humbled, and with an even greater sense of myself and the things that are important to me.
...Lucy Stookesberry, University of Colorado

I had the most amazing four weeks in the Dominican Republic with Orphanage Outreach.  I left the states hoping  to have fun and make a difference. I returned having done both, but more importantly I flew home having made great friends in the other volunteers, humbled and inspired by the children, and in love with the culture and language of the DR.  I would go back in a heart beat and recommend this program to anyone!
...Natalie Taylor, Rollins College