Teams

The YAC team will be travelling to Ensenada, Mexico and serving at the El Refugio (The Refuge), a safe house for at-risk girls ranging in ages from 6–18. During the week, the team will be living life with the girls and also participating with in various other ministry work with the girls. These Ministry projects include visiting a rehab centre, a migrant camp, seniors home, and youth centre. The team will also be spending time with the community kids, sharing bible stores, playing games and having fun with crafts.

Our Dominican Partner Proinfancia is organizing a 3-day summer camp for 70 girls from the Batey villages Vasca and Paraiso.

The girls in those communities grow up in difficult living conditions, which makes them more at risk of teen pregnancy.

GIVE plans to send a team of ladies to work alongside Proinfancia in running this camp.

During this camp the girls will do fun acitivities as well as different training programs that will make a positive impact on their lives. The girls will learn about pregnancy and feminine hygiene, and focus on Christian life values.

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Empowering change! The EVE team travelled to the Dominican Republic to work alongside Hungry For Life's partner organizations: Pro Infancia, Empowering Action, and Fudesa Ministry located close to Santo Domingo. The team embarked on a transformative journey the first week of June 2024  with the goal of fostering safe and supportive environments where violence is not considered common place. The goal was to support the work of local organizations in empowering the community leaders to develop and transform their community. The team held group sessions with community leaders to educate about violence awareness and prevention, as well they taught in the elementary and middle schools, and supported care and compassion projects for at risk families.

In March 2024, a team of 12 people from the Calvin Christian Community Group travelled to the Dominican Republic to partner with Carlos Pimentel.

The team worked on a variety of hands-on projects in the different communities where Haitians and Dominicans live in poverty and don't have access to many basic necessities.

Coming alongside the local church and leaders in these communities, the team helped at the local school, construction, maintenance, and the distribution and training of Days For Girls kits.

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Six team members from the Fraser Valley Group travelled to the Ukraine to support the ongoing emergency relief efforts. They met with our partners in the country, who they have known for years in order to support and encourage them through prayer and spending time together. In addition they spent time with 50-60 parents of fallen soldiers as well as hosting a week of rest and spiritual retreat for social workers and then a week of the same for pastoral couples. The team supported these partners by providing a retreat and time of rest for them, away from their daily lives.

In March 2024 a team from Renew Church travelled to the Philippines to work along side Strong Roots Ministry. The team participated in a house build, food hamper distribution, school feeding program, after school program, Grade 6 English tutoring, volleyball ministry, camped with a group of boys, and taught Sunday school classes.

A team of 25 youth and leaders from the Heritage Reformed Church of Jordan, Ontario travelled to the Dominican Republic in March 2024. Te team worked alongside our partners in a variety of community development projects, children's ministries and school construction projects.

In March, a team of 7 ladies led by Sue Koopman from Voice of Hope will be returning to Kenya to serve alongside our partners as they engage in the widow care program, provide spiritual and healthcare teaching in the community, and assist with a variety of community development projects. Follow their daily blog for stories and photos from the team!

A team of 15 students and leaders from the Camp Qwanoes Kaleo program travelled to Guatemala, to partner alongside AMG Guatemala in February 2024. The team  participated in running a camp ministry for students of one of the AMG Guatemala schools, and they worked together with Guatemalan students on painting one of the schools in Guatemala-City.