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College Program Overview
A team from Villanova University volunteered with Orphanage Outreach October 10-17, 2009. They taught English and public health classes at the Rosa Smester grade school.
An Orphanage Outreach trip is a great option for individual college students or a college alternative break team. You are invited to join us any week or weeks of the year. Students of all majors are welcome and have the ability to make a significant impact in the communities where we are working.
"This experience truly changes your perspective. The children are beyond amazing and the OO staff is so well organized and enthusiastic to help you make this experience perfect. Nothing in the world beats the love, hope, and affection you receive from the kids."Taylor Deutsch, University of Virginia
Direct Service
Are you going to make a difference? Orphanage Outreach strives to provide direct service opportunities that meet the needs of the communities where we are working. Our programs are aligned with our mission of providing opportunities to orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children. We invite you to get involved to start making an impact through one of the following programs!
- Teach Corps - ESL (English as a Second Language) Program [learn more]
- Teach Corps - Spanish Literacy Program [learn more]
- Health Corps - Public Health Education [learn more]
- Health Corps - Medical Clinics [learn more]
- Medical professionals will provide needed medical care to the poor Dominican communities near the Haiti border through temporary rural clinics
- Medical and nursing students (those in a program resulting in medical certification or licensing upon completion) will assist in those clinics, as well as providing public health education.
- Health Corps - Dental Clinics [learn more]
- Spanish Immersion [learn more]
If you haven't led a team to a developing country before (and even if you have), you will appreciate the "turn key" approach we take. We will purchase the insurance, meet you at the airport, arrange the meals, housing, ground transportation, and projects. You'll still be busy, but it will be time well spent supporting your team and the direct service; not managing basic logistics.
Logistics/Health & Safety
Our philosophy is to offer a "turn-key" approach to volunteering. You and your team should not be worrying about the basic logistics of your trip; you should instead be focused on the difference you are making in the community. Because we manage all of your ground transportation, food and housing, we are also able to manage the the health and safety of each volunteer. It is natural and prudent to have concerns about health and safety when traveling overseas to a developing country. Here are some comments concerning these issues relative to traveling with Orphanage Outreach to the Dominican Republic:
Health:
- Only purified bottled water is used for cooking and drinking.
- Mosquito nets are provided for sleeping.
- A competent, professional clinic is located near the orphanage.
- Emergency medical evacuation is included in your insurance.
- Additional medical precaution information is located in the Volunteer Guide.
Safety and Security:
- You will be living and working on the orphanage grounds and the local schools.
- You will usually be living and working with 20-70 other volunteers.
- You may be allowed to walk several blocks into the center of town as an organized group to buy ice cream, snacks, etc.
- The orphanage is located in small, rural towns. The people in the Dominican Republic are very friendly, with no anti-American sentiment. Orphanage Outreach volunteers are welcomed.
- Since 1994, we have had over 9,000 volunteers working with us in the Dominican Republic, with no issues of a volunteer’s personal safety being threatened.
Insurance Information
Specialized College Opportunities
There are opportunities for college students of all studies to get involved and make a tremendous impact. Below is some additional information for some of these majors/minors:
Teach CorpsHealth Corps
Internships/Semester Abroad
Orphanage Outreach is a great opportunity to spend a semester or year abroad using the skills you have learned in school while also making a big impact in the lives of many children! We invite all majors and minors to join us. For more information about long-term volunteering visit our internship page.
Past College Teams
| Adelphi University | Appalachian State University |
| Arizona State University | Baldwin Wallace College |
| Berklee College of Music | Boise State University |
| Boston College | California Lutheran University |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Central Michigan University | College of Charleston |
| College of Mount Saint Vincent | College of William and Mary |
| Columbia University | Concordia University - Canada |
| Cornell University | Depauw University |
| Eastern Michigan University | Florida International University |
| Florida State University | Georgia Tech |
| Glenville State College | Grove City College |
| Humber College | Huntington College |
| Illinois State University | Indiana University |
| James Madison University | Johnson Bible College |
| Johnson State College | Kentucky Christian University |
| Kuyper College | Lafayette College |
| Manchester Community College | Marquette University |
| Michigan State University | Millikin University |
| New England College | New York University |
| North Carolina State University | Northeastern Illinois University |
| Northeastern University | Northwest Missouri State University |
| Ohio State University | Penn State University |
| Pepperdine University | Pittsburg State University |
| Plymouth State University | Providence College |
| Rice University | Rutgers University |
| Saginaw Valley State University | Savannah State University |
| Southern New Hampshire University | Southern Utah University |
| Spelman College | St. Francis University |
| Suffolk County Community College | Temple University |
| Trinity University | University of Akron |
| University of Alabama-Birmingham | University of California - San Diego |
| University of California, San Diego | University of Colorado |
| University of Connecticut | University of Florida |
| University of Florida | University of Maryland |
| University of Maryland - Hillel | University of Michigan |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | University of New Hampshire |
| University of North Carolina | University of Ottawa |
| University of South Carolina | University of Southern California |
| University of Tampa | University of the Pacific |
| University of Vermont | University of Virginia |
| University of Western Ontario | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| University of Wyoming | Villanova University |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Virginia Wesleyan College |
| Western Michigan University | Western New England College |
| Westminster College of Utah | Wilkes University |
| Xavier University |