Our work in San Juan, Elías Piña and Azua
AMIGOS directly supports Plan’s efforts to raise awareness about the rights of children and promote youth action in communities. AMIGOS Project Staff and Volunteers work with local youth and community members to carry out the following activities:
I. Extracurricular activities and youth fairs: Focus on the development of leadership skills. One leadership topic is selected for each week of the project.
II. Community-Based Initiatives (CBIs): Volunteers collaborate with their host community in the implementation of a small-scale community initiative (e.g. developing a sports equipment rental bank, improving a recreational sports area, or supporting a project that is a part of the local community`s long term development plans).
About our Partners
AMIGOS partners with the Dominican branch of Plan International, a development organization with global reach. Plan International works in 45 developing countries on health, education, livelihood, housing, water and sanitation projects and cross-cultural learning. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. It works with a participatory approach. Children, their families and their communities are involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of all of Plan’s programs. Child sponsorship is the foundation of the organization—there are about one million sponsors in 15 donor countries helping over one million children all over the world, together with their families and communities.
Plan has been working in the Dominican Republic since 1987, helping poor children to access their rights to education, health, protection and sustainable livelihoods. Our work focuses on the South West of the country, helping children and their families in 148 communities to empower themselves to lead their own development.
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