Where We Serve
United States
In the USA, we focus on the education of students and community groups about those who live in poverty and we offer opportunities to work for peace and provide hope, without leaving the US. There are a variety of opportunities for participation in the USA that work for peace, justice, evangelism and poverty relief in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Kenya. Go to the How To Get Involved in the USA page for more details.
International Options
We are focusing our work in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Kenya. There are a variety of opportunities for participation in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Kenya. Go to the How To Get Involved Abroad page for more details.
Dominican Republic
Over the past 20 years the Foundation for Peace (FFP) has been blessed with the opportunity to serve and work "mano a mano" (hand in hand) with local churches in more than 30 communities in the Dominican Republic: Alcapulco, Bani, Batey Algodon, Batey Oyo del Torro, Batey Gautier, Batey Naranjo, Batey Nayjo, Brisas de los Palmares, Callejon, El Brisal, El Milioncito, Ensanche Quisqueya, Haina, Herrera, La Caleta, La Javilla de la Cruz, Las Americas, Los Alcarrizos, Los Arqueanos, Los Guandules, Los Mameyes, Los Palmares, Los Leones, Pantoja, Pedernales, San Francisco de Macoris, San Miguel, San Pedro de Macoris, Tres Brazos, Villa Maria, Villa Mella, Yaguate and Zumbon.
During this time we have constructed 8 schools that now have more than 1,200 students, more than 15 churches with several thousand worshippers, one orphanage, 6 water purification systems and 3 medical clinics. In addition, we have cared for tens of thousands in our mission team medical clinics free of charge and taught thousands through our vacation Bible school and health education programs.
We continue to work with a number of bateyes in conjunction with governmental and non-governmental organizations. Bateyes are typically isolated villages of sugar cane workers, in or adjacent to sugar cane fields. The residents are primarily Haitian or Haitian descendants. The conditions in most of these are quite harsh (see http://www.bateyrelief.org).
Haiti
During 2005, our first FFP team went to Anse-a-pitre, Haiti using Pedernales in the Dominican Republic as a base. Medical teams of North Americans and Dominicans crossed the border to work in partnership with Haitian physicians, nurses and healthcare workers. In 2006, we initiated a partnership with a local church in Anse-a-pitre to expand the FFP ministry to serve the impoverished in Haiti.
We have since worked "men a men" (hand in hand) with Pastor Andres Pierre, members of his congregation and other members of the community to complete the concrete church structure, which houses both a church and a school for over 250 children. As we learned more about the needs of the community and met with community leaders, we agreed the next project would be the installation of a water purification system as there is no source of clean water in the community of over 30,000 people. This system, attached to the church, provides clean water at an affordable cost to all regardless of race, religion, gender or socioeconomic status.
In 2009, we are continuing the clean water educational programs, expanding the school and working on the development of economic development programs.
Jamaica
Members of the Foundation for Peace took its first mission trip to James Hill, Jamaica in February, 2009. We worked in partnership with Rev. Dawn Bryan of the United Church of Jamaica. In 2010, the Foundation for Peace will partner with the Presbyterian Church in Morristown to send a mission team to continue work in James Hill and surrounding communities.
Kenya
The Foundation for Peace took its first mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa in July, 2007. In both 2007 and 2008 we worked in partnership with Rev. Stephen Mbogo , Kenya Team Leader of African Enterprise (AE) (see www.africanenterprise.org) and also with Oliver Agufa, Pastor of the Living Word Church in Mathare North. In 2009, we expanded our partnership to include ByGrace ministries. In 2010, we will co-sponsor the trip with Compassion Corps.
Our construction project each year has been building classrooms for the school at the ByGrace Children's Home an orphanage in Ngong. We also cared for AIDS patients in the slums around Nairobi with members of the AE Home Based Caregiver (HBC) program and we provided free medical care for 2 days in the Mathare slum. We also provided vacation Bible school programs at the Living Word Church in Mathare and at the Eastleigh Presbyterian Church school.
In 2010, we will continue to: construct the ByGrace School, provide medical care in Mathare, care for patients with HIV and provide educational and vacation Bible school programs for children.