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Photo of the Day
The walls are up, the roof is on - lots of progress with our work on the second floor of the front of the orphanage in Jaibon!
Featured Volunteer
Kelly Price
Raleigh, NC
"When you sign up to go down to the Dominican Republic with OO you think you are going down their to serve others. You expect that you are bringing something that they need, but after my month I came home and realized that they had something I needed. And I may have done some serving but the people gave me love and insight that I never would have been able to get without. And I will carry that with me everyday, until I go back! "
Our Mission
The mission of Orphanage Outreach is to provide opportunities to orphaned, abandoned, and disadvantaged children. Certainly the children who live at the orphanage are a focus of ours, but all the children in many Dominican communities are disadvantaged in some way. The economics of many towns are very poor, the children only go to school for half a day, and there are minimal extracurricular activities for the children to participate in.
College Teams
An Orphanage Outreach trip is a great option for a college alternative break team. You are invited to join us any week or weeks of the year. During the school year, our college teams are usually focused on teaching English in local Dominican grade schools. During holiday weeks and over the summer, the teams provide learning camps to children. Pre-med, pre-dental, and nursing teams are invited to join us to teach public health education classes, and to volunteer at our medical and dental clinics as part of the Orphanage Outreach Health Corps program. And college Spanish clubs have an amazing opportunity to practice and expand their Spanish through constant conversations, and teaching classes in Spanish - geography, reading, public health, and more. We invite your team to join us for your next alternative break!
In addition to the service, you will also have an opportunity to explore a part of the island for additional cultural experiences--perhaps visiting a farmer's market on the Haiti border, some significant historical locations, or a national park beach.
Some very valuable experiences get packed into a one or two week alternative break.
If you haven't led a team to a developing country before (and even if you have), you will appreciate the "turn key" approach we take. We will purchase the insurance, meet you at the airport, arrange the meals, housing, ground transportation, and projects. You'll still be busy, but it will be time well spent working with and supporting your team members, not managing basic logistics.
We invite your team to join us for your next alternative break!
College Trip Resources
- College Power Point Presentation
- College PDF Presentation
- College Brochure
- College Flyer
- University of Virginia Article
Organized College and University Teams That Have Joined Us Include:
- Adelphi University
- Appalachian State University
- Baldwin Wallace College
- Boise State University
- Boston College
- California Lutheran University
- Central Michigan University
- College of Charleston
- College of Mt. St. Vincent
- College of William and Mary
- Depauw University
- Eastern Michigan University
- Florida International University
- Florida State University
- Georgia Tech
- Grove City College
- Huntington College
- Indiana University
- James Madison University
- Johnson Bible College
- Johnson State College
- Kentucky Christian University
- Lafayette College
- Manchester Community College
- Michigan State University
- Millikin University
- New England College
- New York University
- North Carolina State University
- Northeastern University
- Ohio University
- Penn State University
- Penn State University-Altoona
- Pepperdine University
- Plymouth State University
- Providence College
- Rice University
- Rutgers University
- Saginaw Valley State University
- Southern New Hampshire University
- Spelman College
- Temple University
- Trinity University
- University of Akron
- University of Alabama-Birmingham
- University of California -San Diego
- University of Colorado
- University of Maryland
- University of Michigan
- University of Missouri
- University of North Carolina
- University of Ottawa
- University of South Carolina
- University of Tampa
- University of Vermont
- University of Virginia
- University of Western Ontario
- University of Wisconsin
- University of Wyoming
- Villanova University
- Virginia Wesleyan College
- Western New England College
- Wilkes University
- Xavier University