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Help create more ways
out of poverty.
Your gift supports more than 60 baseball players in Barahona through coaching, equipment, school accountability, informal mentorship, and local leadership. It also helps three girls continue practicing as they build the foundation for a future softball team and helps Vias RD work toward a dedicated Learning Center.
Vias RD is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving youth and families in Barahona, Dominican Republic. Donations may be tax-deductible as allowed by law. Learn more about Vias RD or see our current impact.
Watch & Listen
Stories from Barahona
Real voices from the families, athletes, and supporters connected to the Vias RD mission.
What Your Gift Supports
Support what is happening now—and help build what comes next.
Baseball Via is active today. Mentorship and school accountability happen wherever space is available. Girls Softball Via is beginning with three girls, while the Vias Learning Center remains a future project that must be funded and established.
Future Project—Not Yet Open
Vias Learning Center
A dedicated space is still needed to make structured tutoring, English instruction, technology access, and more consistent mentoring possible.
Opportunity
More skills. More confidence. More choices. More ways forward.
Current Impact
The model is already moving.
Where Your Gift Goes
Real support for students in Barahona.
School Accountability
Staff check in with players and review their school attendance and grades each semester.
Explore Education Via →Baseball Via
Equipment, uniforms, coaching, field needs, hydration, local leadership, and school accountability.
Explore Baseball Via →Girls Softball Via
Three girls currently practice with Vias RD and are helping build interest and the foundation for a future team.
Explore Girls Softball Via →Mentorship
Coaches and staff check in with players at the office, on the field, and in the stadium bleachers, offering encouragement and help when needs arise.
Future Technology & Learning
Donations can help Vias RD work toward computers, internet access, English instruction, tutoring, and STEM activities through the future Learning Center.
The Learning Center
The future public-facing community education space where students can learn, receive support, and build opportunity.
Suggested Giving
Choose a gift that moves the mission forward.
$10/mo
Helps contribute to the village that surrounds every student in Barahona.
$25/mo
Helps provide uniforms, equipment, baseballs, hydration, meals, and other day-to-day program needs.
$50/mo
Helps fund coaching, transportation, mentorship, and school accountability for participating players.
$100/mo
Strengthens the coaching, equipment, league, transportation, and student-support needs shared across three teams.
$250/mo
Builds capacity for current programs, the girls helping establish Softball Via, and development of the future Learning Center.
$500+/mo
Major sustained capacity for staff, the Learning Center, and community education.
Or contact us first →The Next Big Step
Help build the Vias Learning Center.
The Learning Center will become the public-facing community education space where students can receive tutoring, English classes, STEM workshops, technology access, mentorship, and life-skills support.
It is where the Vias come together: athletes, non-athletes, students, families, mentors, and future opportunities.
Learn more about the Vias Learning Center plan and the active Baseball Via program.
Trust & Transparency
A clear mission donors can trust.
Vias RD is operated by The Straley Project, a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 85-0947825. Your gift supports youth in Barahona, Dominican Republic through an education-first model grounded in accountability, mentorship, athletics, and long-term opportunity.
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Give Today
Help create the next Via.
More than 60 players are participating in Baseball Via today. Three girls are helping build the beginning of Girls Softball Via. Your gift supports them now and helps Vias RD create the dedicated learning space they still need.