NPH Dominican Republic: Supporting Children & Families

Country Facts
NPH Dominican Republic at a Glance

Country Facts

Understanding Dominican Republic’s geographic and social landscape helps explain the challenges children and families face and the need for long-term, community-based support.

Area

18,791 square miles – slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey

Population

10,815,857 (2024 est.)

Languages

Spanish, English widely spoken

Issues

Marked income inequality, high unemployment, and underemployment; water shortages, soil erosion, deforestation; subject to severe storms from June to October.

NPH Dominican Republic at a Glance

NPH Dominican Republic has supported children and families for more than two decades through family-style care, education, healthcare, and community-based programs rooted in long-term stability and opportunity.

Opened

January 6, 2003

Location

Casa Santa Ana is outside of San Pedro de Macorís, about 40 miles east of Santo Domingo

NPH Operates

Family-style home, school (grades K – 12), medical clinic, farm and greenhouse, vocational workshops. Community Programs include transitional homes, the Extension San Marcos Program for people with special needs, and the Ambulatory Surgery Center – a collaborative project with our partner organization, One World Surgery.

2024 Impact in Dominican Republic

These 2024 outcomes reflect the impact of NPH programs in Dominican Republic.

Children and adults supported

Local people employed

K – University graduates

Beginning in January 2003, the NPH Dominican Republic home began with seven children in a rented house in the town of San Pedro de Macoris.

NPH home provide the facilities for children to be active and get exercise, play sports and build friendships through teamwork.

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Interesting facts

Program Highlights in Dominican Republic

In 2004, the bishop of San Pedro de Macoris, Francisco Ozoria Acosta, donated land to NPH on behalf of his diocese. Two adjacent parcels were purchased and construction began on the NPH home, Casa Santa Ana. The NPH family moved to the property in September 2005.
The property is on nearly 50 acres and has small family-style homes, each with its own kitchen and garden.

Approximately 11 acres are used for cultivation and livestock (pigs and sheep). This provides a healthy, sustainable source of food for the home, reducing expenses and time required to travel to the city to buy food.

The baseball field was built and improved by Lindos Sueños, a community outreach program of the Boston Red Sox.

Niños de Dios (“Children of God”) in Monte Plata is a temporary home to provide protection, emergency, or short-term care to children and adolescents, focusing on family reintegration.

The Extension San Marcos Program provides economic support, food, medicine, and transport to people with limited resources who live with severe disabilities or health conditions.
NPH collaborator One World Surgery at Casa Santa Ana carried out 18 medical missions in 2024.
In 2024, official permission was obtained to develop a polytechnic school. By expanding vocational and technical education, students living at NPH as well as many in the surrounding community will be better prepared for self-sufficiency and success in the workforce.