Youth Group Mission Trip to Dominican Republic

In July 2010, nearly 20 members of our Youth Group went to the Dominican Republic to help the Orphanage Outreach Program. Click the button on the right to hear about their experiences.

Overview

Orphanage Outreach is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization headquartered in Glendale, Arizona, and working at orphanages in the Dominican Republic. The directors, Tom and Paula Eklund, are active members of Christ’s Church of the Valley in Peoria, AZ.

Since 1994, over 3000 volunteers have joined Orphanage Outreach in the Dominican Republic.

The objective of Orphanage Outreach Christian Alternative Breaks Program is that orphaned and abandoned children will have all the tools and resources necessary to grow up to be productive, responsible, caring members of society. Children will leave the orphanage strong and confident in their Christian faith, with a personal relationship with Jesus. Thousand of children and adults who live in the communities where we work will have found Christ and grown in their Christian faith.

Short term mission teams work in a variety of programs including tutoring the orphanage children and teaching in the local schools. We host sports camps, English camps, vacation bible school, and medical and dental clinics. There is often an opportunity to be involved in physical work projects and small construction projects.

Volunteers live directly on the orphanage grounds, and work at the orphanage and in the local schools and churches. Orphanage Outreach mission programs are professionally managed by American and Canadian missionaries living at the orphanages

www.orphanage-outreach.org