The Village Mountain Mission Project

Welcome to The Village Mountain Mission Project.  Our goal is to organize high adventure trips to the Dominican Republic for Boy Scout, co-ed Venturer, church youth, and similar groups.  The intent is to provide service to mankind that can also change your understanding of the world while having fun and adventure at minimal cost.

Hike and camp in the mountains near where Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.  There are lots of HIGH ADVENTURE opportunities: hike the mountains, swim in the ocean, ride horseback, take a waterfall excursion, etc.

The heart of your trip will be a meaningful mission project in a nearby village where we construct homes for the poorest of families.  You will understand the people and how they live near the town of Luperon on the north coast.  In addition, we have a medical mission that regularly participates to minister to the health needs of the families in the villages.

You will construct homes that are clean, dry, and cool.  See our past results and how we build homes in our Construction Manual.

To participate, go to one of our reservation forms below:

Reservation Request Form.doc - use this form to open Microsoft Word compatible word processor and attach to e-mail.

Reservation Request Form.pdf - use this form to print a hard copy and fill out by hand to be mailed.

See the attached list of Available Dates for future years to locate a time period for your group to attend.

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Living arrangements for participants are primitive and meals will be truly Dominican.  The schedule will provide the fun that you want and the time to do the service project “mission”.  For us safety is a priority.

One of the goals is to provide a life-changing experience for participants.  You will leave with a new understanding of what it means to be in the Third World, and you will think about World Citizenship in a new way.  Many of our Boy Scout participants have said that the experience was better than any other activity they have done in their Scouting careers.

We can handle groups of up to 18 people, with a minimum age of 13.  Each group provides its own two-deep leadership and its own safety program for events such as ocean swimming (e.g. Safe Swim Defense from the Boy Scouts of America).

For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions or contact us at villagemountainmission@yahoo.com or by mail at:

The Village Mountain Mission Project

R.R. #1, P O Box 631

Sugar Grove, Ohio 43155, USA. 

Additional information on the project is available in our Information Booklet.  We also have a Leaders Guide for groups that have decided to participate with additional details. 

To speak to the program director (Bill Benson) from the USA, phone 800-500-0860 pin 56.

For another outstanding high adventure opportunity in the Caribbean without construction and service content, visit the website at www.venturingcrew.org.