Empowering kids through communities of faith, hope, and love.
Empowering kids through communities of faith, hope, and love.
Our GivingTuesday campaign is designated to provide Christmas blessings for under-resourced children that Breakaway serves through our partnerships in the Dominican Republic. These programs include ministries for orphans, Haitian migrant/refugee children, and families impacted by severe poverty. Thank you for considering our Dominican friends and families with your GivingTuesday generosity.
Vova grew up in an orphanage in Ukraine. He was adopted and brought to America when he was 15-years old. In 2021, he had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, where he shared his testimony at an orphanage and worked with a sports ministry for underserved children. That experience captured Vova’s heart for the Dominican people and he’s never been the same since. On another visit to the DR, Vova asked God for a vision of how he can help give opportunities to less fortunate children in the region. The D.R.E.A.M. initiative was born as an answer to Vova’s prayer.
The D.R.E.A.M. (Dominican Republic Equipping Athletic Ministries) initiative aims to equip local Dominican leaders/coaches with resources to help develop young athletes through gospel-centered programs, and to mobilize sports ministry mission teams to go and serve in the DR.
Some of the D.R.E.A.M. goals include:
Here are some ways that you can partner with the D.R.E.A.M. initiative:
GIVE: You can support the D.R.E.A.M. initiative by making a monetary donation or donating sports equipment.
GO: You can go and serve with our partners in the DR, bringing gospel-centered sports ministry to youth and children.
PRAY: You can pray for God’s work in the DR. Pray for the leaders we are resourcing, the youth/children being served, and the local churches we partner with to multiply disciple-making movements through sports ministry.
Breakaway’s KidVenturez program is expanding to the Dominican Republic in 2022. This May, we will be partnering with our friends in Barahona to offer a weekend adventure camp experience on the beach for hundreds of children living in bateyes. Bateyes are villages comprised of mainly Haitian sugar cane workers who live in extreme poverty. Many in the DR are committed to raising the living standards of batey residents through development efforts and community initiatives. We are thrilled to be giving children in these villages—many who have never even had the privilege of leaving the batey—an unforgettable weekend retreat that will include swimming, recreation, worship, Bible discussions, and much more! It only costs $25 per child to make this beach camp possible.
DONATE to give a child the gift of a KidVenturez weekend at the beach!
We have a missions opportunity for those interested in helping to launch a new youth summer camp in the Bani region of the Dominican Republic. This can also be a great opportunity for a U.S. sending church to develop a new partnership with a local host church in the DR. Contact us for more info if you are interested in helping to pioneer a new ministry venture that will serve for years to come in raising up a new generation of young Dominican leaders and shapers.
Bless underprivileged children with baseball gear! You can donate new and used baseball equipment to be used at our baseball camps/clinics serving children in West Africa, Dominican Republic, and other regions. We can also use other sports equipment such as flag football gear, soccer balls, and basketball balls. How to help:
Monetary donations are also helpful and will be used to cover shipping and distribution expenses.
2021 Dominican Republic Mission Trip
When: December 11-18, 2021
Where: Barahona
Cost: $475 plus airfare
Mission description: Our team will be facilitating English camp, baseball ministry, Christmas programs for orphans, and outreach to Haitian migrant/refugee children.
Contact us for info about how to sign-up for this trip and where to attend upcoming team meetings. This is a great missions opportunity for youth and young adults.
*This initiative has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
In 2020, we have the opportunity to take our KidVenturez (KV) program to a level we never imagined. Through one of our international partnerships in the Dominican Republic, we are working on a project to give orphans in the DR the ultimate KV experience. For several years, we have sent teams to serve these children by providing VBS and sports programs at the orphanage in Barahona. A few years ago we built a basketball court for the orphanage. Now some of those orphans will have the opportunity to realize something they have only dreamed about—coming to America.
In the summer of 2020, we envision bringing a group of these orphans to the U.S. for the ultimate KV experience. The kids will attend our summer camp near Greenville, attend a MLB Double-A baseball game, visit Dollywood, and see the stunning Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee.
Want to help sponsor one of the orphans? The full scholarship for one child to attend this trip is $925 (includes airfare, lodging, meals, camp scholarship, baseball game, and Dollywood ticket). Other partial gifts that can help collectively reach the scholarship goals are:
or mail your gift to:
Breakaway Outreach
P.O. Box 3452
Cleveland, TN 37320
How will your gift empower kids when they return from the U.S.? In the same way that KV has a cycle of redemption domestically, that cycle can be realized internationally as well. Just ask Edwin (pictured below). At 9-years old, Edwin was a homeless Haitian refugee in Barahona when the orphanage took him in. Today he is in his early twenties, serving on staff at the orphanage, and attending the local university. Because others gave him experiences of redemption, he is now giving back to others as a mentor and youth worker. As orphans return to the DR from their TN KidVenturez experience and a dream realized, they will want to give back to others as they continue to grow up as well, because of the tangible ways they have been blessed.
Together, we have the awesome privilege of shaping redemption cycles through KidVenturez and many other Breakaway initiatives. Thank you for making a difference for young people facing hardship!
It’s been a joy seeing the way God’s people have demonstrated such contagious generosity in serving the less fortunate in our communities this Christmas season = 560+ kids served with shoebox gifts in homeless and domestic violence shelters. 400+ juvenile inmates experiencing the gospel in word and deed. 100+ children of prisoners sponsored for gifts. 40+ Chattanooga area low-income families adopted for Christmas gifts. Dominican orphans and Haitian refugees experiencing God’s love in abundance. Thankful for all the volunteers and partners who make it possible. To God be all the glory and may many come to know the Prince of Peace through these indelible expressions of His love & kindness.
Jesus reminded His disciples: “As you did it to one of the least of these… you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:40)
Your Bed Boss purchase will enrich the lives of vulnerable children this summer. Every purchase of soft and comfy mattress sheets and pillow covers benefits our Summer of Hope outreach initiatives.
Contact us for instructions on how to purchase: by telephone (423) 400-1358, or email.
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Through our missions partnership in the Dominican Republic, Breakaway Outreach is seeking to construct a new basketball court for the Barahona orphanage. The total amount for the project is $2,400.
Basketball is the primary means of daily recreation and routine exercise for the kids at the orphanage. Currently they play on a dilapidated slab of broken concrete and slippery rubble. You can partner with us to help give these precious children a brand new court by donating to the basketball court construction project. Any size gift today will go a long way in providing a source of daily joy and physical wellness for orphans in the Dominican Republic.
You can make a secure online contribution right now by clicking on the “Donate” button below. Also, please “donate” a Facebook post or Tweet by sharing a link to this campaign with others. Thank you for your partnership to bring heaven’s joy to vulnerable children.
| Goal: $2,400 | Raised: $2,400 |
Below: Photos of the children you will be blessing at the Barahona orphanage.
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