The Dominican Foundation supports a number of community programs in the Dominican Republic that promote the following areas:
- Maternal Child Healthcare
- Water and Environmental Sanitation
- Micro-Credit for the Informal Economic Sector
- HIV-AIDs Prevention Programs
- Dominican Crafts Development
- Primary School Education/Literacy
Target Population
 These projects are primarily organized and implemented by our partners, The Dominican Institute for Integral Development (IDDI), who concentrates their activities to support impoverished communities and individuals with little resources living in urban and rural areas. IDDI has a particular focus on the capital city of Santo Domingo and the provinces of Monte Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Hato Mayor, El Seibo y La Romana. The total number that benefit from IDDI's activities and programs are approximately 300,000 people.
IDDI Successes
Our successes include a variety of areas including:
- IDDI is one of the primary urban development organizations in the Dominican Republic
- The experience and development models used by IDDI have been copied by many national and international organizations.
- IDDI was selected as the umbrella organization for 13 NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that implement programs focusing on the survival of both mother and child.
- A 78% reduction in the level of poor nutrition among children between the ages of 0 and 5 years, successfully reducing the infant mortality rate by 33%.
- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) considers the reproductive health project executed by IDDI to be a model for the Latin American Region
- The AIDs Prevention Project was chosen by AIDSCAP (AIDS Control and Prevention) of the EUA (European University Association) as one of three model projects in the world.
- IDDI supports close to 340 community organizations strengthening the creation of democratic and pluralistic entities.
- IDDI has given financial credit to more than 3,200 micro enterprises.
- IDDI has successfully reduced the number and influence of youth gangs as well as the use of drugs by youth.
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