Education
Access to Learning
Expanding access to education so children gain the tools and confidence to shape their own futures.
Faith · Compassion · Hope
Bringing hope where it's needed most.
HOPE Life Global mobilizes people through community initiatives that bring hope, justice, and opportunity to vulnerable communities across the globe, working alongside local leaders to help children, families, and people in need thrive.
Where we partner
- Jamaica
- Haiti
- Dominican Republic
- Eswatini
- United States
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Core programs
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Locally led partnerships
Global
Reach & impact
Our Mission
Practical support. Justice pursued. Lives transformed.
HOPE Life Global mobilizes people through community initiatives that provide practical support to vulnerable populations across the globe, serving people in need, addressing exploitation, improving child nutrition, and expanding access to education through collaborative, locally led partnerships.
Our Vision
Hope, justice, and opportunity for all.
We envision a world where vulnerable communities experience hope, justice, and opportunity, and where committed people work alongside local leaders to help children, families, and people in need thrive.
Together
Mission-minded people working alongside local leaders
Who We Are
A world where vulnerable communities experience hope, justice, and opportunity.
HOPE Life Global comes alongside local organizations, churches, and ministries already serving their own communities — providing practical support, resources, and mission teams that strengthen their work with vulnerable children, families, and anyone facing hardship.
We believe lasting change is built through collaborative, locally led partnerships. Rather than working apart from the communities, we equip and walk alongside the trusted local leaders who live there — helping children, families, and people in need thrive.
Faith
Grounded in love and service to others.
Compassion
Meeting people with dignity and care.
Hope
Building brighter futures, together.
Our Founders
A family that builds hope together
HOPE Life Global began as a family calling. In the early days, Ruben and Vicki Dominguez and their children came together to bring hope, restoration, and opportunity to vulnerable children, families, and communities in the Dominican Republic and beyond. What started around their own table has grown into an organization that now reaches across borders and into the next generation of the family.
Today, the organization continues, serving through education, feeding programs, leadership development, and community projects that help children, families, and communities move from crisis to lasting transformation. It remains a family calling, advocating for women and children who have faced poverty, abuse, or hardship.
The family is now spread across different places, each pursuing the unique plans God has for their lives, yet they remain woven into the organization, supporting and serving at various levels. What began around one table continues to grow through every member, wherever they are.
“Bringing hope that changes lives for generations.”
What We Do
Practical support that transforms lives
Every initiative is built with local leaders to create safe spaces, restore dignity, and open doors to opportunity.
Nutrition
Child Nutrition
Improving child nutrition and providing essential resources to families facing food insecurity.
Protection
Refuge & Safety
Serving people in need and addressing exploitation by creating safe spaces where families find renewal.
In the United States
Teaching youth healthy relationship skills
Alongside our international work, HOPE Life Global has a history of teaching youth relationship skills right here in the U.S., helping teens build the tools to form healthy relationships and make informed choices for their future.
Evidence-based curriculum
We've taught a research-backed relationship skills curriculum that helps teens understand healthy boundaries, communication, and self-worth.
Certified instruction
Our team includes a certified Sexual Risk Avoidance Specialist, trained to guide honest, age-appropriate conversations with youth.
Where we've taught
We've brought this curriculum into schools, churches, and youth groups, giving teens practical tools to protect their futures.
Certified Sexual Risk Avoidance Specialist
Our Local Partners
Walking alongside communities
The heart of our work is the community itself. We come alongside the local leaders, families, and children who are already invested in their own neighborhoods, strengthening what they have built and making sure no child is overlooked.
Encouraging local leaders
We train and encourage the trusted leaders already serving their neighbors, so they are equipped to care for their communities well.
Caring for children
Through gatherings, gifts, and special events, we pour into children, reminding them they are seen, loved, and full of promise.
Celebrating together
We show up for the gatherings and celebrations that matter to each community, building lasting friendships that carry the work forward.
Get Involved
Start Your Application
Join a mission trip
Travel with purpose. Work alongside local leaders and communities to provide practical support where it matters most.
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Apply & connect
Tell us about yourself and the work that moves your heart.
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Prepare together
We'll equip you with training, logistics, and a local partner team.
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Serve & transform
Roll up your sleeves on initiatives that bring lasting change — and come home changed too.
A Place of Refuge
Hope Mountain
Tucked into the mountains of the Dominican Republic, Hope Mountain is a retreat center where lives are restored, churches are renewed, and mission teams find a home base for the work ahead.
Restoration
Lives made new
For those whose lives need restoration, Hope Mountain is a refuge — a quiet, beautiful place to heal, find rest, and begin again. Here, hurting people are met with care, prayer, and the hope of a fresh start.
Retreats & Events
For the churches we serve
We host retreats, events, and activities for the churches we partner with across the Dominican Republic — from women's gatherings and youth days to celebrations and times of worship that strengthen and renew local congregations.
Mission Teams
A home base for teams
Mission teams stay at Hope Mountain while they serve. With simple lodging surrounded by nature, teams rest, gather, and prepare together — then head out to bless the communities around them.
Make a Difference
Your gift creates lasting hope
Every contribution provides essential resources, safe spaces, and opportunity for vulnerable children, families, and people in need. Choose an amount to begin.
HOPE Life Global is committed to transparency. Gifts are processed securely through our giving partner.
Stories & Updates
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From the field
Beneath the Comfort
A reflection on the children who suffer beyond our comfort, and the compassion that calls us into the cold of the mountains.
Embracing Refugees with Healing and Hope at Hope Mountain
How twelve refugees found shelter, meals, and tender care at Hope Mountain — a place of refuge and renewal.
What Do You Live For?
An invitation to live for God with gratitude — and to find purpose in a life poured out in service to others.
Before You Go…
Practical tips and heart preparation for anyone getting ready to serve on a short-term mission trip.
Ice Cream and Avocados
The warm hospitality of our church family in Moca, Dominican Republic — and the sweetness of being welcomed home.
Rescued
The story of Fabiola, a vulnerable Haitian teen, and the fight to protect her from abuse and exploitation.
Get In Touch
Let's connect
Whether you'd like to volunteer, partner, or learn more about a mission trip, we'd love to hear from you.
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Serving worldwideHOPE Life Global, 100 Airport Avenue E., STI 22437, Venice, FL 34285
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