Our history

Founded in Saladillo; district Jamao del Norte, Dominican Republic, we are a non profit organization helping the local communities to pull themselves out of poverty and build a better life for themselves.

We are a small but efficient organization, spending very little on administration. We are also very flexible, and can handle all types of groups that want to come and help us.

In 2002, a group of students came through with International Student Volunteers, and through their input, the PUEBLO Project became "official" in 2003, under the sponsorship of Get Wet Adventure.

Since 2002, more than 400 volunteers have helped us with their outstanding spirit and their donations. First, we remodeled the school, near our base, The Hut. Second, we ran water lines down to the village we work in. We have built 3 houses and picked up more than 8 tons of garbage. Through all this work we have put pressure on the local authorities and they have finally repaired the water pump (out of service for two years!), delivering water for more than 8000 people.

In 2006 the new mayor in Jamao del Norte declared his full suppport for our cooperation and personally showed up to the Hut to thank the students for their work (see picture at right). He then collected the garbage we'd been picking up and declared that he will collect the garbage in the village on a weekly basis!

P.U.E.B.L.O now recruits volunteers independently and in cooperation with other volunteer placement agencies who recognise our success in improving the lives of poor people and providing valuable volunteering experiences.

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