Where We Serve
Dominican Republic
Over the past 17 years the Foundation for Peace (FFP) has been blessed with the opportunity to serve in 26 communites in the Dominican Republic: Alcapulco, Bani, Batey Algodon, Batey El Torro, Batey Gautier, Batey Naranjo, Batey Nayjo, Brisas de los Palmares, Callejon, El Brisal, El Milioncito, Ensanche Quisqueya, Herrera, La Caleta, Las Americas, Los Alcarrizos, Los Guandules, Los Mameyes, Los Palmares, Los Leones, Pantoja, San Francisco de Macoris, San Miguel, San Pedro de Macoris, Tres Brazos, Villa Mella and Yaguate.
In , we will be expanding to additional communites while continuing our work in many of the communites in which we have partnered in previous years.This includes an expansion to the southwestern portion of the country, in particular the bateyes around Barahona.
Bateyes are villages of sugar cane workers, in or adjacent to sugar cane fields. The residents are primariy Haitian or Haitian descendants. The conditions in most of these are quite harsh (see http://www.thehjc.org/batey.html). The Foundation for Peace is working in partnership with the local community to address their priority needs in conjunction with government and non-governmental organizations.
Haiti
During 2006, our first FFP team worked in Haiti, using Pedernales as a base in the Dominican Republic. Medical teams of North Americans and Dominicans crossed the border to work in Anse-a-pitre in partnership with Haitian physicians, nurses and healthcare workers. In 2007, through a grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the FFP will be building a medical clinic on the Haiti border (just accros the border in the Dominican Republic). This clinic will be fully available to Dominican and Haitian patients alike at no costs. Members of the Dominican government and Dominican non-governmental agencies have agreed to provide the medicial staff who will work to prevent, educate and treat tropical diseases (e.g. Dengue, malaria, filariasis) and other diseases (e.g. HIV, TB and leprosy) in this medical clinic. This care will be supplemented by specialists coming from the United States in an effort to augment the quantity and diversity of care available. The goal is to provide a place dedicated to delivering long-term care for infectious diseases on both sides of the border.
Kenya
From July 13-29, 2007, the Foundation for Peace will be taking their first mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. We will be working in partnership with African Enterprise (AE) (http://www.africanenterprise.org) and their Kenya Team Leader, Stephen Mbogo. We plan to make home visits to AIDS patients, work on construction of a new building for the orphan's at the ByGrace Children's home, provide free medical care in the Mathare slum in Nairobi and vacation bible school at the Eastleigh Presbyterian church school.