Hungry For Life fundraising gala

In partnership with our Dominican partner, Carlos Pimentel, and his ministry Proinfancia, we support the Days for Girls (DFG) program in the Dominican Republic. Proinfancia focuses on menstrual health education and the production and distribution of menstrual kits containing supplies that allow girls to manage their menstruation.

Since almost 100% of vulnerable girls between 10 and 18 years old, living in poverty in the rural batey villages, have no access to feminine hygiene, it soon became clear that these girls are in great need of Days For Girls education and kits. These girls are at risk of sexual abuse, in danger of child trafficking, exposed to a "teen pregnancy epidemic," and isolated due to cultural taboos related to menstruation.

Proinfancia's goal is to provide menstrual health education and DFG kits to girls in the Dominican Republic through schools and female groups. One Days For Girls kit can be used for 3 years, enabling the girls to attend school and live their lives during their menstruation period.

Proinfancia produces the feminine hygiene kits in-country in their sewing centers, facilitating jobs for women who help produce the kits. With the support of many Canadian partners and the incredible work of Dominican Days For Girls ambassadors, Proinfancia produced and distributed over 13,000 feminine hygiene kits to women in the Dominican Republic in 2022.

Come alongside Proinfancia and support their goal to provide every girl in the Dominican Republic with a Days For Girls feminine hygiene kit.

Fudesa ministry focuses on outreach projects in Juan Tomas and surrounding communities. The IBJT church community, together with many short-term mission teams from North America, reach out to people in the community. They conduct house improvement projects, provide food hampers, offer prayer ministry, organize Bible school Programs, and provide new housing for families in need. The church members come alongside in serving their neighbours and also reach out to other villages in the Dominican Republic.

Fudesa Ministry oversees the operations of the private Christian Fountain of Life School. Classes start at preschool and go through grade 12, with over 450 students enrolled and over 40 staff members. Teachers are a vital part of the school community providing students with an exceptional Christian education. Spiritual growth is a cornerstone of Fountain of Life’s mission. 

The school campus is divided by the road that leads to the village center. Classrooms for educating pre-school to grade 6 sit on one side of the road, and on the other side are classrooms for grades 7-12. 

As a private Christian school they rely on partners that support the operations of the school, so that they can support their staff members, pay for the school supplies, and provide the best Christian education that so many children are able to receive. 
With a donating for this project, either a one-time or monthly donation, you support the Fountain of Life School directly in their day to day operations.

Proinfancia and Empowering Action work closely with local churches in different communities. They strongly believe that the local church should serve their communities and reach out to people in need. Together with church leaders, they organize community outreach programs to serve the community and spread the Gospel message through word and deed.

Proinfancia provides a health and nutrition program in collaboration with nurses in the church community. The program serves families with young children, pregnant women, and the elderly who have health issues and are at risk of malnourishment. Proinfancia uses software to keep track of children who are malnourished and supports the families with food hampers and medication. Additionally, nurses visit the families regularly to conduct health check-ups.

Empowering Action organizes other community outreach programs, supporting church leaders and equipping them to reach out to their neighbors in the community. These programs include Bible School programs for children, community roundtable conversations, and house visits. Teams from our Canadian partners work alongside local churches to reach people in the community.

The feeding centres are for those who have been identified as malnourished or at-risk children. They are fed a large, mid-day meal 3–4 times a week. UCI also provides health and nutritional training and simple agricultural techniques for the parents. UCI desires physical, mental, social and spiritual development for all the children in their communities.

There is an urgent need to ease the annual variations in an environment where drought and distance from rivers can be mitigated through irrigation. The local chief has donated a plot of land for the project, and there is a well in place that has a verified flow of 7200 Litres/hour (1584 Imp Gal/hour) with a depth of 43 metres (141 feet).

The Chigumukire irrigation project is located on 5.5 acres gifted by the local chief, and is the area on which the Timotheos Foundation will grow crops. These crops will be used first by the Child Care Centre (CCC) with any surplus being sold to offset the operational costs of the farm. This project will also serve as a pilot project for future expansion that will allow the local community to also grow their own crops.

Historically, the village has irrigated through flooding irrigation ditches which necessitates a change in their management of water resources, teaching and monitoring how this project can be implemented. To this end, annual operational costs are important to the success of the project. While there is a significant upfront investment, there will be a reduction in the annual operational costs each year of success, and the expectation is for the project to become self sustainable.

L’école mixte FONSOPED de Meyes School currently provides free education and a daily meal for over 450 of the poorest children in the community. The School is administered by FONSOPED who have a vision to see the surrounding area transformed as it receives Christian compassion in action. The school has finished the third level and working towards the final finishing details of: painting, flooring and plumbing. Funds raised will help with the finishing construction of the school. The school will have 14 classrooms, 2 washroom facilities and house over 550 children once complete. Other projects include community a water well onsite and a sports fields, with hopes of a medical clinic and team housing in the future. The daily operational costs of this project are made possible through a sponsorship program administered by Southside Church called the Haiti Free School Project.

By assisting in operational expenses, ATEK carries out their mandate to serve God and their fellow man. ATEK seeks to contribute to the holistic and self-sustaining development of Quechua communities by providing training and developing tools that will aid in evangelization and in strengthening Quechua families, churches and communities.

A large part of ATEK's ministry involves training church leaders. Many times the pastor of a local church has very little Biblical education. ATEK offers regular training at its headquarters in Cusco. The objectives are to provide practical training in leadership of the Quechua church, train leaders in an integral way, and build sustainable churches with trained pastors and leaders. Pastors and leaders of 36 churches have received training.