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 mission-minded people to work alongside local leaders — helping children, families, and refugees thrive in communities across the globe.
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Core programs
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Locally led partnerships
Global
Reach & impact
Our Mission
Restore dignity. Break cycles of poverty. Transform lives.
We pledge our support to local communities and leaders, providing essential resources and creating safe spaces where individuals and families can find strength, growth, and renewal — guided by values of faith, compassion, and hope.
Together
Mission-minded people working alongside local leaders
Who We Are
A world where vulnerable communities experience hope, justice, and opportunity.
HOPE Life Global mobilizes volunteers for mission trips and community initiatives that provide practical support to vulnerable populations across the globe — serving refugees, addressing exploitation, improving child nutrition, and expanding access to education.
We believe lasting change is built through collaborative, locally led partnerships. By walking alongside the communities we serve, we help children, families, and refugees 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 a ministry that now reaches across borders — and into the next generation of the family.
Today, Vicki Dominguez leads the work as Founder & Director — a teacher, speaker, writer, and advocate for women and children who have faced poverty, abuse, or hardship. Alongside her husband and fellow founder Ruben Dominguez, who helped lay the foundation of the ministry, the family continues to serve through education, feeding programs, leadership development, and community projects that help people move from crisis to lasting transformation.
Vicki Dominguez
Founder & Director
Ruben Dominguez
Founder
“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 refugees and addressing exploitation by creating safe spaces where families find renewal.
Our Local Partners
Walking with churches & children
The heart of our work is the local church. We come alongside Dominican congregations and the children in their care — strengthening leaders, supporting families, and making sure no child is overlooked.
Equipping leaders
We train, ordain, and encourage pastors and church leaders so they can shepherd 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.
Worship & community
We join local congregations in worship and celebration, 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
Give Now
Your gift creates lasting hope
Every contribution provides essential resources, safe spaces, and opportunity for vulnerable children, families, and refugees. 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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