Mission Possible

Mission Possible was established in December of 2006 as an outreach effort from The FEST and Saint Ambrose Parish. The instigation for the mission trip to Higuey was a conversation with Archbishop Timothy Broglio, then Papal Nuncio, to the Dominican Republic. He recounted story after story of the extreme poverty and lack of advocacy that challenged... the Haitian refugees living in the Dominican Republic. Archbishop Broglio made the introduction between a community of religious sisters serving outside of Higuey addressing the needs of the poorest of the poor who were living by the river (tin city). After initial conversations, we outlined the mission projects to build a community center/chapel, a school, and additional housing for the Community of Saint John the Evangelist for displaced Haitians. From the initial trip in late 2006, there have been two formal mission trips each year and numerous smaller excursions. In six years that followed, we have completed our initial projects of: a community center, school, a staffed medical clinic, provided water and septic for the initial sixty houses, helped construct housing, and worked to provide social skills and socialization for this disparate group of neighbors. In 2012, Mission Possible began work on a second community, just down the road from our first community. This new community we have plans to develop the land to provide 80 homes for those most in need. We have completed our initial projects of: a Church with Sunday services, a community center, 15 new homes, provided water, septic, and electric for the new homes, installed water filters in 75 of our homes and provided a much needed sense of community based on faith. Today, the communities are growing in cooperation and understanding of each other and of our efforts. In light of the disaster in Haiti, we are ramping up development and construction of additional housing units for those who have been fleeing Haiti for the Dominican Republic. The need for our presence, support and efforts is greater today than ...Read More