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Impact & Progress
The vision is growing.
The work is already happening.
Vias RD is still in its early chapters, but students, families, coaches, and community leaders are already helping build a stronger future in Barahona.
See The Progress
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Vias RD creates ways forward through education, athletics, mentorship, faith, and opportunity.
Progress Timeline
Built one step at a time.
The goal is not to grow fast. The goal is to grow faithfully, with the right relationships, standards, and local leadership.
2020
Founded the nonprofit
The work began with a focus on helping Dominican youth stay connected to education through baseball.
Learn more about Vias RD →2021–23
Built relationships in Barahona
Local coaches, families, students, and community leaders became the foundation of the work.
Read student stories →2024
Strengthened education-first standards
The program moved toward stronger school accountability, mentorship, and long-term student development.
Explore Education Via →2025
Grew Los Piratas del Sur
The Baseball Via became the clearest proof of concept for building trust through athletics.
See Baseball Via →2026
Launched the Vias model
Education Via, Baseball Via, Girls Softball Via, and the Learning Center vision now form a broader ecosystem.
Help build the Learning Center →Impact Snapshot
Real progress.
Real students.
Real relationships.
Impact does not begin with a finished building or a polished program. It begins when students keep showing up, leaders keep investing, and a community starts building something together.
2020
Founded as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
46+
Student-athletes currently connected through the Baseball Via.
3
Baseball teams serving different age groups.
1
Community where the Vias model is being built first.
Vias RD's work sits inside a larger need for youth development, education, and opportunity in the Dominican Republic.
Additional context: UNICEF Dominican Republic
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See The Mission In Action
Statistics only tell part of the story. Meet the students, families, coaches, and community leaders helping create new ways forward in Barahona.
What We've Learned
Students Need More Than A Field
Over the last five years, Baseball Via has shown us that athletics can open doors, build trust, and create opportunity.
Every practice, every conversation, and every relationship has reinforced the same lesson: lasting change requires more than sports alone.
Students also need educational support, technology access, mentorship, English instruction, and safe places to learn and grow.
Baseball helped us discover the need. The next chapter is building the infrastructure to meet it.
See how Baseball Via opened the door →
Additional context: Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic
The Next Chapter
The Vias Learning Center
Over the last five years, Vias RD has built relationships, trust, and accountability through Baseball Via.
The next step is creating a permanent community space where students can access tutoring, English classes, technology, mentorship, STEM workshops, and educational support year-round.
$60,000
Annual Operating Goal
✓ Local Staff
✓ Facility Rent
✓ Utilities
✓ Technology & Laptops
✓ English Instruction
✓ Educational Programming
✓ Student Support
✓ Community Access
Annual Vias Baseball Camps, local partnerships, volunteers, coaches, and supporters have helped build the relationships and momentum that make the Learning Center possible.
Learn more about the Learning Center vision →
Impact Context
Local work. Broader need.
Vias RD is focused first in Barahona, while staying connected to the larger education, child development, and nonprofit accountability landscape.