Esperanza International Begins Reconstruction of the Palmar Arriba/Jose Reyes Baseball Diamond
On November 18, 2008, Esperanza International together with their international partners Major League Baseball, the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, the New York Mets, Omar Minaya, and Jose Reyes as well as See details
Major League Baseball and USAID Sign Unique Alliance to Help Dominican Poor
Major League Baseball (MLB), USAID and local NGOs hit a homerun with an historic alliance that puts baseball to work for at-risk and out-of-school children, fragile community health providers and See details
The Oakland Athletics - True Heroes
The Dominican Republic is home to the Oakland Athletics training facility named after Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal. Pick any corner of this country and you will see people See details
PADRES COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Ever since John Moores and his family assumed stewardship of the San Diego Padres in December 1994, active participation in the community has been at the heart of the franchise's See details
Major League Baseball, USAID and Pedro Martinez join to help poor in the Dominican Republic
Carolina Cruz de Martinez and her husband Pedro Martinez, perhaps the most dominating pitcher in baseball during the last 15 years, are demonstrating how baseball can give back to poor See details
UN development agency honours baseball stars for relief aid Dominican Republic, Haiti
30 June 2006 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has joined the Dominican Ambassador in honouring Dominican stars from the United States Major League Baseball at a pre-game ceremony See details
Yankees donate $60,000 in hurricane relief to the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua
The New York Yankees announced today they have donated a total of $60,000 to the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua to aid in both countries' hurricane relief effort. Yankees players Robinson See details
Plan International Plan International is a humanitarian, child-centered community development (CCCD) organization without religion, political or governmental affiliation that works in over 45 countries. The Global vision which unites Plan around the world is “a world in which all children realize their full... Read more...
Esperanza International Esperanza International is a Christian based institution. It was founded by Dave and Vicky Valle in 1995. Esperanza’s programs are set up through an Integral Development Model (IDM), which consists of four strategic programs for human development and transformation: 1) Microfinance Services, 2)... Read more...
World Vision World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. World Vision was founded in September 1950 by Dr. Bob Pierce, a Christian leader, in... Read more...
BRA Dominicana The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) was founded in the state of New York in 1997 as a tax-exempt, non-profit, non-political, humanitarian aid organization to address the socio-economic and health needs of children and their families severely affected by poverty, disease and hunger in the Caribbean.... Read more...
IDDI An NGO created in 1984 with the purpose of overcoming poverty in the rural and urban area. It is composed of men and women that work with local communities and organizations interested in taking on the responsibility of improving theirs and their neighbor’s life. It provides training and... Read more...
Save the Children - FUDECO In the year 1972 the American Foundation Save the Children started to work in the Dominican Republic in the Loma de Cabrera Community in the Dajabon Province, located in the border with Haiti. This institution is a leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children... Read more...
USAID USAID is an independent United States federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. USAID supports international development and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agriculture and trade, global health,... Read more...
Major League Baseball The Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball is an unincorporated association made up of the 30 member MLB teams and does business as Major League Baseball. Within MLB, there is a Department of Community Affairs and each one of the 30 MLB teams has a department in charge of liaison with... Read more...