Empowering Generations
& Communities
Under the leadership of Dr. Annette Taylor, Destiny and Purpose Academy is poised to become a leading provider of essential life and soft skills training and development programs. The Academy's commitment to quality, personalized learning, and expert instruction will ensure that students receive the knowledge needed to succeed in the workplace and life.
Our comprehensive courses in leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, financial management, and more are designed to help you unlock your potential and achieve your goals. As an added bonus. The Academy's missions outreach initiative in Barbados provides you with the chance to give back while also gaining real-world experience.
From week-long trips to six-month internships, there's an option for everyone! And with fun activities like team-building exercises, community service projects, and cultural immersion experiences, learning life skills and soft skills has never been more enjoyable. So, what are you waiting for? Let's start your success journey.
Our Core Values
Building a Foundation for Impact
At Destiny & Purpose Academy (DAPA), our core values shape our mission, drive our programs, and inspire individuals to thrive. These principles guide us as we empower communities and transform lives.
Empowerment &
Responsibility
We believe growth starts with ownership. By taking personal responsibility, individuals unlock their purpose and ignite change in their communities.
Resilience & Accountability
Lasting growth requires both strength and honesty. We turn adversity into opportunity by staying accountable and pushing forward with purpose.
Faith & Compassion
Rooted in biblical principles, we lead with love. Our faith fuels empathy and empowers us to uplift others with kindness.
Service & Integrity
True impact comes from serving with sincerity. We act with transparency and compassion, ensuring every mission is meaningful.
Transformation & Excellence
We pursue purpose with intention and high standards. Every step toward growth is grounded in a commitment to do things well and leave a lasting legacy.
What It Means to Be a DAPA Ambassador
Provide cultural, educational, recreational, and lifelong learning opportunities for young people through missions outreaches in Barbados and locally.
Offer life skill classes aimed at helping young people understand their potential as it relates to character, communication, and effectiveness. Provide mentoring services with a strong emphasis on goal setting, time management, and day to day life skills.
Promote peer-to-peer interaction between culturally diverse young people as they assist each other during mission and outreach activities in their perspective communities.
OUR OBJECTIVES
Provide activities in missions and outreach, cultural and artistic programs, financial literacy, marriage/family planning, and health programs. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of each activity as it relates to discovering/rediscovering one’s unique purpose.
Conduct life skills classes twice a year for a minimum of 8 young people. Increase knowledge and awareness about overseas Missions.
LIFE SKILLS CURRICULUM
This curriculum has three keys areas of learning with two activities geared toward helping young people build strong skills while managing the challenging passage into adulthood.
Young people can attend classes of their choice, however, everyone will be required to complete the Kendall Life Languages Profile. A tool used to help you understand the uniqueness of who you are and how to communicate with others.
The Kendall Life Languages Profile will be used to help with positive self-discovery resulting in character-centered communication.
Project Jabez is designed to assist with the bonding process while in a group setting (this is done on a volunteer basis).
The financial literacy classes teach money and credit management to include taxes and building/keeping good credit, basics of investing, and choosing life/health policies.
Personal/professional etiquette classes teach how to act properly while in various settings in this rapidly changing society.
The marriage and family planning classes share valuable need to know information about marriage, family, and raising children.
Health programs will include classes on disease prevention, obesity, mental health, sexual health, and suicide prevention. The course will also include nutrition management and self-defense.
