English Teaching

The bedrock of BeachCorps Education projects will be teaching English through existing great nonprofits.  English opens the doors to underserved communities, allowing the poor to obtain jobs in tourism and even as lawyers, doctors and entrepreneurs that would otherwise be out of reach, especially in Latin America.   The lack of English learning possibilities is a serious limitation on development. In addition, learning English helps create global citizens who are better able to work for peace, reconciliation and sustainable development in our increasingly conflict-ridden world.  Providing free English to beneficiaries is a powerful tool for encouraging locals to be agents of positive change in their communities.

Your BeachCorps program supporting English will include a 5-7 hour day that includes learning about the cause, people-to-people engagement, and fun activities that teach English.  Your gift of native English as a teaching assistant working under the direction of a trained Dominican teacher will help ALL the locals–including probably the teacher!

The DREAM Project

DREAM was informally founded in 1995 in Cabarete on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic to focus on education shortcomings reflected in overcrowded, understaffed classrooms and dilapidated facilities with no running water or electricity. DREAM was formally established in 2002 in both the US and Dominican Republic.  Since then, DREAM has grown from one location to now helping more than 8,200 children, youth and young adults receive a better education through its 14 programs in 27 different communities. DREAM’s programs focus on early childhood education, high quality primary education, and holistic youth development.

Puntacana Group Foundation

Episcopal Development

The Dominican Development Group (DDG), a non-profit organization within The Episcopal Church, coordinates the work of the Episcopal mission teams from the United States who work in the Dominican Republic each year and assists the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic in achieving financial self-sufficiency.  The DDG works closely with the Episcopal dioceses across the United States and helps coordinate the work of other organizations that support mission teams and other projects in the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic.  Approximately 50 Episcopal Church mission teams from the United States come to work in the Diocese of the Dominican Republic each year.  The DDG helps in a variety of construction projects and assists in promoting education, one of the primary missions of the Dominican Episcopal Church.  The DDG is a Partner Organization in the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN), and the DDG’s Executive Director is a member of GEMN’s Board of Directors.

The Kids of Fundacion MIR