Father’s Day is in one week! Do you have anything for your dad yet? And school is almost out for the summer. Have you gotten anything for...

Where is the first place you’re going to travel to when travel is allowed again? We are going to hop on a plane to the Dominican Republic...

We’d love to tell you a story about our amazing elementary school. We are currently providing funding for the operations of Centro...

*UPDATE* The government has postponed the opening of schools in Puerto Plata because it is such a tourist destination. They want to...

We are so excited to tell you about Kelly’s debut children’s book I am Emmanuel!! Yes, Ruben’s Shoes founder Kelly Strongitharm has...

Our high school is done! Against all odds (nothing like building a school in another country during a global pandemic!)... we did it!!!...

We did it! We have been campaigning to purchase enough desks to fill our new secondary school and thanks to the help of our incredible...

With the holidays just around the corner we are so happy to see that our students and their families have received a third round of food...

Our students began home-based learning back in November and as you can imagine, many of them did not have the means to virtually learn...

It's hard to believe that we went from a small 4 classroom school with just 24 students to this! Our elementary school now has over 300...

Meet Dacheline! In 2014 we met a woman named Aris Toribio who had converted her 4 unit rental apartment complex into a school to provide...

The Dominican Republic has recently seen an increase of COVID cases and the newly elected Minister of Education announced that classrooms...

After years of working on the purchase of the land, then raising enough funds to purchase the land and keep up with construction costs,...

The Dominican Republic surpasses 95,000 coronavirus cases today, September 2nd, including the 648 new positive cases in the last 24...

We had big plans for our 3rd Annual Ruben's Ruckus and we couldn't let a global pandemic get in our way! So in light of COVID-19 we...

Across the lower mainland, many youth and their families are unable to access computers because of financial concerns, most which have...

We are collecting laptops to help deliver access to Education to children in need in the Greater Vancouver area to support...

A massive thank you to Aris Toribio, her husband Pedro and our staff, Jose Vasquez Ortiz Ameidy Toribio Bisono, and Angie Toribio for...

We are over 70% complete and to date we have sent $245,000 to the Dominican Republic all of which has been used to hire local contractors...

Struggling to find a meaningful gift for that person who is impossible to shop for; has everything and doesn't like anything?! Why not...