New Volunteer Opportunities: Construction Division

Dove Missions has created and managed youth development outreach programs primarily aimed at serving abandoned, abused and orphaned kids living on the streets of Puerto Plata. These families live in extremely poor areas of Puerto Plata, and some of them don't even have a roof to cover parts of their home. This issue has caught DOVE's attention, and as a result, a Construction Division is now in place to help these families live in suitable and safe homes. 

One of our long-term volunteers, David Massey, is the construction lead for this new division. In the near future, any volunteer who comes to the D.R. will have the opportunity to assist David and his team repair or build new homes in Puerto Plata, if they wish. As mentioned in the previous blog post, DOVE is currently in the planning process of building a new club.

Volunteers are able to assist with this construction once the plan is concretely in place.

$80,000 USD is still needed to make this happen, so please spread the word or donate via PayPal on our website https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=9b56yf08JccDvAAQI0MVa_L-VFCFMqPuqwZGIfQNmEPS6F6e2iAMZ0fnsRW&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d4e181b3aff599f99e8c17bd6c7fe2f56. 

The Construction Division offers volunteers to help with home building, construction on the new club, and to help repair homes in the Haitian barrios surrounding Puerto Plata. Please keep checking this blog for updates with this!

Sign up to volunteer with DOVE today, or if you have already volunteered with us, please come back soon and help us build a promising future for our children and families! 

Rasing Money for New Club Building

For the past two years, DOVE Missions has been working hard to improve the quality of The Club building and the surrounding environment and community that it lives in. Liz Sunel has a vision for a NEW club to be built. Across the street, on the other side of the park, DOVE has been putting in endless effort to try and buy a piece of land so that this new building can support the children of the club and their families. DOVE recently received good news that they are able to the buy the land, and construction plans for building this new club is underway!

The land to build a new club is across the street from this park.

DOVE needs to raise $12,000 in 6 months in order to make this happen. Fundraisers will happen for this but we also need YOUR help! Any volunteer hours to help with construction, monetary donations, or prayers are more than welcome and greatly appreciated. 

This new club is important to DOVE and the community because it will offer a computer lab so that the children can enhance their English and writing skills, a clean shower to bathe in, 4 study rooms for the specific activities currently going on at The Club, and a worship area for the Haitian Community. This worship area is important for the Haitian Community because, at times, they are at risk for expressing their beliefs in public. We want to make sure that our Haitian and Dominican children and families are safe and are not faced in dealing with any dangerous situations. The Club is a safe place for them. It is a safe place for everyone!

Video of DOVE's Mission

We provide opportunities for you, your families, your church community and your friends to come and serve the poverty-stricken youth and families with us here in the Dominican Republic. You will not only bring these children joy and hope but you may have your own life transforming experience. By serving others in a powerful way, you will recognize your own personal and spiritual growth.

Any way that you can help such as volunteering, fundraising, grant writing, or simply sponsoring a child would be highly beneficial for DOVE to be a stronger presence in the Puerto Plata community.

Please take a moment to watch this truly moving video narrated by Founder & Executive Director, Liz Rooney Sunel herself. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCmUk0c9LYM&feature=player_embedded#!