Dominican Republic has one of the most neglected services for citizens that we know of. For a normal citizen to receive a medical emergency, it is almost imposible. You need to things, to know someone important or have money. Many die or are sent home. There is no protection to the citizens. Tourist or outsiders are taken care of more then there own people. The neglect of the needy, the disabled, is very tragic. Education is horrible. That is what maintains this country in poverty. We work in the poorest part of the nation, the south (El Sur). Its known as the worst, many many Dominican have never visited nor heard of the town we live and work in. Even the government for many years have forgotten completely the south. Just now 2008 - 2010 the current government has done some efforts.
The small clinic in our town measures approx., 34 x 20. And in 2009 received medication only in the month of Feb. The doctors that are sent are interns. Add to that, no one from the capital wants to come here. Its known as the "desert" because it hardly rains here. No rain means to life. No food, no crops. I know, that for many of you to understand this, its hard. It took us a while to understand ourselves. But rain is needed for people to eat. Were we live, there is only 1 radio station. We will celebrate our 2nd year living here and don't have cable tv, nor tv channels, nor internet. We don't have closets, rats sometimes eat our clothing, spiders, taranchulas, snakes are seen in our property. Children usually have parasites. Children, teen & adults suffer from stomach pains because of the contaminated water. Locals say there are two seasons here, the summer and hell. That my friends is a crash course on Dominican Republic & the town we work in. There is one great thing, the Dominican culture is awesome! They are very joyful people.
The entrance to the our ministry/property right of the main street. Many visitors say; "There is so much peace here" Named after my father, Guillermo and Fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Its a property of hope for many.
.. What are we doing in Dominican Republic? A brief letter from our founder.
Many things! Apart from feeding families & local schools we bring education, bringing visitors, missionaries, medical outreaches, clothing, hygiene, we also try to bring what we believe is the most important, a conscienceness of God as a father. As a dad. Believe us, it is really needed here! The father figure here is non existant, thus children grow up to be drug addicts, criminals or harsh with there children with abusive verbal language as there fathers were. After being here close to two years, we have understood our role much better. It's so important, as a missionary or just someone who wants to help, that visiting and living within the poor are to different things. I had done 12 trips back and fourth from the US in 3 years. And the things me and my wife have learned living here is priceless! If your church helps in other countries, I encourage you to sponsor a couple to live among the place your helping. Its a whooole lot different and effective!
One quick note, don't expect your congregation to help effectively if you as a leader or pastor don't take the time yourself to do a missionary, real missionary trip!
At times it can be so frustrating! Because there is so much to do that involves finances. Yet, we are determined not to ask for money. I love that phrase in Live Aid "We don't want your money, we want your voice" We count on those that know
us or have visit us to help us live. We do ask for donations of the items we need!
That's why we have a - WISH LIST.
We ask for you to visit. Human time is MUCH more important than money. My wife and I have noticed that. Just us being here, sharing time with families, with children, has made a dramatic change for the good in there lives. Many have even understood how they can improve there living. We have educated them. Shown them that breading animals is a way to move ahead. So we have already set several families with sheeps or goat. But, we need more help. We need a cow - for milk and cheese. We need more sheeps, goats, a horse. We are here fulltime to build up this ministry. Cement, blocks, chairs, paint, wood, solar panels, batteries for the solar panels, a small tracktor, even a mini van to take children to the hospital which is an hour and 40 mins away, and that's even limited, many times they are referred to the capital - Santo Domingo a 4 1/2 hrs drive. Even though, there are needs, we are so determined to be grateful. And we are. We don't have cable, or tv channels, no internet! That's right..Our lives have changed dramatically. The poor have shown us what life is about. I had it wrong all this time. Its so satisfying to help. Can you imagine, we have the opportunity to feed people! A human being! That's our career move!!
By the way, my wife teaches children ages 4 to 7 Monday - Friday. She is very brave, she is an amazing woman, leaving behind her family, her mom and 5 brothers and sisters. To me she has been of great motivation. We sleep amoung snakes, rats, and even tarantulas. She protects me!
Hope to hear from you soon. Let me know where your from, if you would like to do the same in your country, etc., nchildorg@hotmail.com with love, Jorge. Founder.
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(Above is a pic of the land. What you see in red is the need/vision of
what we need to build. As of March 2010 the building No. 3 was donated.
built and ready to work. The home measures 19x34, that's where the founder & his wife live for the moment. Its made of tin roof, metal walls with cement floor.
it needs a lot of fixing. Painting, floors, frig, stove, closets. It might become an orphanage in the future, not sure yet, but that's why it needs to be remodeled)
March 2010 We have received a donation!! A long awaited prayer! a cabin "type" of building for visitors, youth retreats, missionary groups, meetings, its a multi function structure until we get one separately for church meetings.
Here's the pic of building No. 3 (the cabin)
Back in Nov. 2007 we purchased a 15 acre land. More then 50 families contributed to this purchase. But, we must ackowledge 2 main contributors. My father, Guillermo and an awesome group of folks in California called "Fellowship of the Holy Spirit". They have been very generous. We have named and dedicated this property to them both.
This property serves as;
A FUTURE orphanage building (waiting donation)
feeding, missionary visits, a cabin for visitors, outreach, spiritual retreats, weekly devotionals.
This land produces food.
We cultivate it. Plant, clean it, etc. with no machinery. Its all done with an ax, shovel, and "pico" Very, very hard work. It is our prayer that we can receive the donation of a farm tracktor (small one) to be more efficient. (They are available in Santo Domingo) Because the way we work now is almost in-human! Add to that the extreme heat!
There is no supermarket here.
No best buy, no target, no grocery store. The nearest ATM machine, just to give you an idea, is 1 hour away. The nearest grocery store is an 1 hr and 30 minutes and its not a complete US style grocery store. It has approx., 30% of a normal grocery store. Our property is like a free grocery store that provides food to 2 local government owned schools and many other families. With over 2,000 fruit & vegetable trees. The mayority of the families eat once, YES, that's 1 time a day! And what they eat is usually what there own land produces. Please try to imagine working dirt, land with your hands, with hand made tools. To then wait for it to rain. If it doesn't rain, there is no food. Which it hardly rains here. I can't stress to you just how difficult there work is. And they hardly ever have enough to be able to buy meat or any other thing. Just rice and beans, rice and beans, rice and beans every single day of there lives. That is why many children are under developed. And that's why we are trying to breed chicken. So far we have 15 & 2 of them just had 10 new chicks.
Our property contains;
1,500 bannana trees and plantians. 60 Avocado trees, 20 mango trees. lemon, lime, orange, sour orange, oregano, aloe vera, red beans, corn, pear, yuca, mapuei, ñame, ceresa, guava, chichara.
All of this is to feed the hungry.
(Below is the pic of the home where the founders live. Measuring 19x34 The founder says, he can't believe he's living in a home that measures what his bedroom in the states almost measured! Yet, he feels content with these living conditions. He acknowledges only God can change a heart and mind!
We are trying hard to plant, cultivate and grow vegetables & fruits, lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, green peppers, cilantro, culantro, and many more. I say hard, because the ground needs to be broken by hand. And since it rains maybe once every 2 months, the dirt is very hard. Just this fact is why people literally starve on a daily basis. Including children. We are trying because its hard to work with the little we receive. About $400. a month. And almost half of that is for gas.
How the fruits and vegetables need to be cultivated.
Although it seems simple, it is a back breaking job to set this 4 "canteros". The dirt needs to be very soft, to do this, we must mix it with cow manure. and wait for the water to arrive, usually around 7pm at night. It is shut of at 10 am. Can you imagine life without water during the day!? That's our life here.
We desparately need? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Machinery, to cultivate (farm tracktor) it hardly rains here, if it doesn't rain, crops don't grow and produce the food. That means hunger. So we also need to install a sprinkler system. About 400 ft of 1/2 inch pvc pipes $100. An electrical water pump $100., Two 100 ft water hose each $35., Sink, toilet, faucet - $150.
40 chairs ($300.) 2 floor fans $80.. Four (4) solar panels $388. And 4 batteries to go with that at $100. each. Window air conditioner $200. Paint $16. each gal, we need 4 gallons, And 5 solar powered spot lights with motion sensor $79.at the Home Depot. The rest of the items mentioned can be purchase in Santo Domingo. We also need live stock. A cow to provide milk & cheese, lamb, goat to provide meat, a horse to carry guineos from the mountains and places we can't reach with car. A motorcycle at Jumbo Supermarket in Santo Domingo, cost is $950.
March 2010 we are trying to prepare/build a bathroom for the hundreds of visitors that will be served in late April 2010. Below is how bathroom are done here. Just dig a big hole! (this is why we need a toilet, sink, faucet, tiles, cement, blocks)
Please contact us through email nchildorg@hotmail.com if you can help.
Perhaps you know someone who owns a hardware store. Or a construction company. Visit the WISH LIST PAGE here.
The only bread in the area. Made by our neighbors. 100% natural and organic.
as most of the trees we plant.
In June 2007 we did our largest outreach ever! Over 2,000 people from Villa Mella came and received medical help, medication, clothing and food. World Vision in Villa Mella partnered with us, and they allowed us to use there facilities! An awesome gesture on there part!! Its not about us, or them, its about the needy! I love that unity!
(in the pic, wearing the beige Nazirite Childrens Missions polo shirts, The founder and his wife)
If you plan to travel here..
A great group! From right to left, Jorge - founder, Javier, a civil engineer for the State of Florida, Ricardo and his wife Luz, they work for Telefonica and she's an accountant at Lan Chile. Bringing shoes, and hygiene, and also, thanks to Ricardo, we have a table saw, miter saw, jig saw, extention cord, drill, and with all that we just remodeled a home for 3 orphan girls. See pic below. Ricardo used to be a musician, so he brought his guitar and the folks loved him!
A wise way to prepare a trip to visit with us. Tell your friends, family, co-workers, tell your church, your boss, put all that new stuff in a bag measuring 4feet.
not weighing more then 40lbs. Its not a missinary trip if you don't know how to ask.
What have we donated?
March 2010, The BEFORE and after. Thank you to the employees of Scotia Crecer, a home was given to 3 small girls, with no dad just there mom. The employees provided the finances, and we remolded the home. They also bought for them brand a new stove, frig, washer, plates, bunk bed, mattress. Increidible! If every company in the world would get there employees together like these have done, we can truly make a change!
AFTER
Another home we donated. The original home measured 10x7 and 9 lived in it.
With mud floors. The roof was made from palm trees. Rrats, rodents, would visit every night. Not to mention the leaks when it would rain.
AFTER.
Thanks to Milton & Martha Diaz, Johann & Andrea Bothe, Angel & Maria Morejon, Peniel Group LLC, & Fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
March 2005 we brought Coronel Garcia a retired US Soldier and a friend to visit a town called "La Tinaja" its up a moutain from the town we work in. A grueling walk. Only motorcycles or horses can make it up here. Below is how the school was before.
We brought there entire youth group a couple months after in May 2005, and together we build a new school!
Yes, in 2010 there are schools like this one below! Our pastor, Pastor Chris visits in awe. We need help to remodel, rebuid. Are you interested in helping? Come and we'll build it together. nchildorg@hotmail.com
Towards the end of 2005 we noticed we were to focused on "our proyect" and decided to give to another country. We researched and read that the abuse of children in Colombia was 10 times higher then the other Latin American countries. As a team we prayed and waited. It took 6 months for us to feel it was time. We traveled to this unsafe country in May 2006. Spending 2 months, our longest time away from home. The outcome was amazing! We would take pages after pages to tell you everything we were able to do in 4 trips to Colombia from 2006 to 2007. We are happy to say that we continue to help the local pastors in the town of Saboya. A rural town with great need.
Cicuco, Colombia a 20 hour bus drive to get here!
Read more about Colombia here.
