How People Can Get Involved
There are multiple opportunities for you to participate and/or donate funds in support of the various Foundation for Peace activities.
Participation Opportunities
Partners in Healthcare
We create opportunities for individuals and groups to provide direct medical care and health education to Dominican and Haitian communities in partnership with local physicians and medical staff. Persons from all medical specialties are needed and those with expertise across the many allied health professions are encouraged to participate. Specific opportunities for nurses to receive CEU credits for their mission work in the Dominican Republic is available.
If you are interested in participating in the "Partners in Healthcare" program, please contact ken@foundationforpeace.org
Partners in Education
This program provides a number of opportunities for participation. Trips are available for educators and college students studying education to experience a cross-cultural exchange with educators and college students in the Dominican Republic. Educators from countries abroad are invited to work in partnership with teachers in the country's schools. There are also opportunities to sponsor and help support individual schools and students in the Dominican Republic through the "Dominikids", "Dominiversity", and “Dominigrads” programs, providing educational opportunities to students who would not have schooling otherwise, from preschool through graduate school.
If you are interested in participating in the "Partners in Education" program, please contact wendy@foundationforpeace.org
Economic Development
We can use your assistance in marketing handcrafted items produced by Dominican and Haitian women and men. Retailers, churches and individuals can sell the items, thereby providing an income for families. Any proceeds derived by the Foundation for Peace from their sale are then used for poverty relief projects in their communities. The list of items is growing.
If you are interested in participating in the "Economic Development" program, please contact ken@foundationforpeace.org
Summer Mission Trips
A variety of churches and other groups from the U.S. participate in mission trips co-led by Foundation for Peace staff members each year. While most occur in the summer, they can be scheduled throughout the year. In 2007, the Foundation for Peace will be leading trips to serve hand in hand with the people in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya.
These multi-faceted trips are focused on developing relationships with the people with whom we work and serve. Typical activities include construction (e.g. schools, clinics, water purification systems and churches), provision of medical care, and educational programs (e.g. disease prevention, games). For church-based groups, evangelism and children's Bible school programs are also included. .
If you are interested in participating in the "Summer Mission trip" program, please contact ken@foundationforpeace.org or sign up online on this web site.
Fall, Winter and Spring Mission Trips
Church and non-church groups from the United States can schedule fall, winter and spring Mission trips under the leadership of Foundation for Peace staff. These trips are multi-faceted: focused on developing friendships with the Dominicans and including construction, medical care and educational programs. While the summer programs are all Christian mission trips, trips in the fall, winter and spring may or may not be depending upon which group is organizing them. The cost will also vary depending upon the length of the trip and the type of construction project.
If you are interested in participating in the "Fall, Winter and Spring Mission Trips" program, please contact ken@foundationforpeace.org.
Partners in Ministry
This program provides for cultural exchange between pastors and church leaders from abroad with those in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya. Field education opportunities are also available for seminary and college students.
If you are interested in participating in the "Partners in Ministry" program, please contact cindy@foundationforpeace.org
Fundraising Opportunities
Latrine construction
In rural areas of the country, many people not only lack clean drinkable water, but also sanitary facilities. As a result, they have to take care of basic needs by means such as walking into sugar cane fields. For $400, you can provide a desperately needed latrine (outhouse) or a septic tank for a group of families. A share of the latrine construction cost is $40.
Eliminate Leprosy and Prevent Malaria
Leprosy is still a threat. We are working in cooperation with Dominican scientists and healthcare workers on a program for early diagnosis and prevention of leprosy. Diagnosis, general medical care and nutritional assistance will be provided; screening is a mere $5 per person. Net Benefits is a malaria-prevention and education program we are offering in cooperation with community leaders and government officials to purchase, deliver and install mosquito netting and window screens. The cost is approximately $5 per net or screen.
Sponsor a Student
These programs enable needy children and adults, who could not otherwise, to attend school by providing tuition and supplies. Donations of educational materials including backpacks, one-subject notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, maps (Spanish), and Spanish classroom books are also needed. Children in the "Dominikids" (primary school) program can be sponsored for $10 per month ($120 per year); students in the "Dominiversity" (secondary and college level) program can be sponsored for $30 per month ($360 per year) and you can make graduate school a possibility for $50 per month ($600 per year) through our “Dominigrad” program.
Clean water and Healthcare
The burden of illness in the poorest communities is significant. Much of the infectious illness can be eliminated through the provision of clean, affordable water. A clean water system costs $20,000 (a share of the cost is $500 each) and not only makes hundreds of people healthier, but also provides jobs and funds for additional community projects. Please consider sponsoring all or part of a water system. In addition, chronic illness plagues many, especially the elderly, who lack access to basic healthcare. The Foundation has opened one full-time clinic to serve the needy and we would like to open two more. We are seeking funding for physician and nurse salaries, medical supplies and medications for these three clinics at a cost of $1,000 per month (a share of the cost for one week is $250).