Internship Start Dates: January or August (Program length ranges from 4-12 months)

Description: Sports and Recreation Interns work with children and youth among the three communities of Los Guido, La Capri and Las Fuentes. This site incorporates a variety of recreational activities with the goal of teaching and mentoring, and ultimately seeing the lives of young people changed for Christ. The most popular sport is soccer, but we also integrate everything from team handball, basketball, volleyball, baseball, and general fitness to Ping-Pong! Interns will build relationships while playing sports, assisting in coaching exercises, and participating in devotionals with the various groups of children and youth.

Skills/Background Needed: Passionate people who love Jesus and can handle participating in daily physical activity. Must be a team player who can create and implement a plan. Background participating in or coaching sports preferred or training in physical education, fitness, exercise science, etc.

Apply: January 2024 | August 2024

Internship Start Dates: January or August (Program length ranges from 4-12 months)

Description: Interns in the Women’s Health and Fitness site will help run a daily Women’s exercise program with ladies in the community of Los Guido. The exercise program is complimented with weekly discussions and presentations about various aspects of health and nutrition. As an intern in this site you will also attend a weekly Bible study with some of the participants in the exercise program and do home visits.

Skills/Background Needed: Compassionate and caring individuals who have a heart to see women discover their value and identity in Christ. Basic mastery of conversational Spanish is preferred. The Women’s Health and Fitness intern position is open to females only. Having education or experience related to the following fields is preferred: exercise science, nutrition, athletic training, etc.

Apply: January 2024 | August 2024

Internship Start Dates: January or August (Program length ranges from 4-9 months)

Description: The Men’s Sports site in Jarabacoa uses baseball as an avenue to build relationships with kids aged 6-14. They have three baseball teams located in the community of Buena Vista and use baseball as an opportunity to teach young boys what it looks like to live as a man of God. Additionally, the site partners with local public schools to assist their PE programs. Almost all of the time is spent outside, playing sports.

Skills/Background Needed: Must be passionate about sports and able to physically play sports for 3-5 hours a day. While no baseball experience is needed, must have some level of experience playing or working in organized sports. Ability to connect with boys ages 6-14.

Apply: January 2024 | August 2024

Internship Start Dates: January or August (Program length ranges from 4-9 months)

Description: The women’s sports site in Jarabacoa uses volleyball as an avenue to build relationships with kids aged 8-18. They have a varsity, JV, and freshman club team based out of our communities, and part of the site is training them and teaching them from the Bible. Additionally, the site partners with local public schools to assist their PE programs and form volleyball teams for younger girls. Almost all of the time is spent outside, playing sports.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Must be passionate about sports and able to physically play volleyball for 3-5 hours a day. While no volleyball experience is needed, the intern must have some level of experience playing or working in organized sports. Ability to connect with pre-teens and teens.

QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal intern would possess the following attributes:
· A vibrant Christian faith
· A commitment to serve others in ministry
· A team spirit coupled with strong leadership and people skills
· Teachable

Apply: January 2024 | August 2024

Internship Start Dates: August (Program length ranges from 4-9 months)

Description: The Men’s Sports site is in Quinigua, the same community as the base. The site uses soccer, and occasionally other sports, to teach young men what it looks like to live as a man of God. Much of the day is spent with our boys from our soccer program either doing practices, discipling, or in home visits with the families that we serve.

Skills/Background Needed: Must be passionate about sports and able and willing to physically play sports for 3-5 hours a day. Ability to connect with boys ages 6-16. Soccer experience/previous instruction is a plus

Apply: August 2024

Internship Start Dates: August (Program length ranges from 4-9 months)

Description: “The purpose of this site is to use sports, particularly volleyball, as a way to develop relationships with the young women and girls through which the Gospel can effectively be communicated. Although the site typically concentrates on volleyball, it can include other sports depending on the day of the week and time of the year. Devotionals and home visits contribute to achieving the goal of changing lives. Participants will be used to help with the bible studies and practices, as well as share their own testimony to the girls in the site.”

Apply: August 2024

Internship Start Dates: January, May or August (Program length ranges from 4-12 months)

Description: The Sports and Boys club site works with kids and youth in Magdalena, San Miguel, Buena Vista, and El Tablón. This site incorporates a variety of recreational activities with the goal of teaching, mentoring, and ultimately seeing the lives of young people changed for Christ. The site incorporates baseball, soccer, track and field, and badminton into the program. Interns will build relationships while playing sports, assisting in coaching exercises, and participating in devotionals with the various groups of young people. As part of our sports ministry, we will be running our Boys’ Club every week, in which the boys in the community will attend to listen to devotions, play games, and have time of fellowship.

Skills/Background Needed: Must be passionate about sports and able to participate in high levels of daily activity. This intern position is open to males only.

Apply: January 2024 | May 2024 | August 2024

Internship Start Dates: January or August (Program length ranges from 4-12 months)

Description: Sports site uses sports as an avenue to build relationships with kids aged 8-18. The main element they use is soccer, but they continue to incorporate baseball, volleyball, handball as well as strategy based games. They serve in 3 communities with a nearly 100 participants. Part of the site is training them and teaching them from the Bible. Almost all of the time is spent outside, playing sports.

Skills/Background Needed: Must be able to play sports for 3-4 hours a day. No soccer experience required.

Apply: January 2024 | August 2024