Sports, sports, sports!

There is lots happening this month at DOVE’s Youth Centre! The jewlery program for our older girls has now come to an end, and we will soon be starting a jewlery microloan program with some of the girls and their Mother’s who were part of the program. Stay tuned for more information and how you can help!

We are really trying to incorporate English into every class we run. Over the past few weeks, our English teacher has been doing 45-50 minutes of English with the kids - no matter what age group. It is important for everyone to learn English; and important for us to teach it.


Mother’s Day in the Dominican Republic is different than in North America. It is on May 29th this year, and we have many projects planned geared towards this special day. The kids have already began making gifts for their Mother’s, and they are so excited to take them home...but we are storing everything at the club until the big day.

Over the past couple of weeks, we have decided to combine the older girls and boys classes and play two hours of sports every Saturday afternoon – all together. It has started as boys vs. Girls and the girls are loving it. The girls are so excited to compete against the boys and all are very eager to learn. We are spending some of the time teaching, and most of the time playing and teaching along the way. Some of the girls are nervous to try in front of the boys, but with some instruction, their confidence level is rising. It is so much fun to watch everyone play together and help each other.