After
nearly 10 years of providing security services in Honduras, my husband
Roland and I founded Friends of Honduras USA with the goal of offering a
path out of poverty and corruption for the children of Honduras. Our
first projects were kindergartens for the young children so that they
could begin their education in a safe and comfortable environment in
their local communities. Since 2009, our foundation has constructed
eight schools, two medical clinics, and sixty-five houses in addition to
installing water filtration systems, providing medical supplies, and
delivering thousands of pounds of food to families in remote areas. Our
most recent project is the rehabilitation of an abandoned sewing factory
into a medical facility that will provide a wide variety of medical
services in the remote department of Santa Barbara.
Each
year in Honduras tens of thousands of children die before the age of
five (the biggest percentage younger than two years) due to non-potable
water, malnutrition, unsanitary living conditions, and limited health
care. As you can imagine, the pandemic has ravaged an already vulnerable
population. And, now, Eta has washed away innumerable lives and
immeasurably compounded the suffering. The corn, bean, rice, and banana
crops and the livestock of the fertile Sula Valley are a total loss.
Due
to the pandemic, we have not been able to travel to Honduras since
January 2020. Throughout the year, Friends of Honduras USA has worked
through one paid employee to coordinate volunteers to assess the most
critical needs and purchase and distribute food and medical
supplies. All funds collected are currently being devoted to this
ministry.
The
odds for improving the well-being of the people of Honduras seem
insurmountable at present. With God’s help, your prayers and financial
contributions will save lives and restore hope for improvement of the
most basic living conditions that we take for granted every day. You
have our pledge that each dollar donated will put food and medicine into
the hands of some of God’s most desperate children. Please see our
website, www.friendsofhondurasusa.org, to donate through PayPal or call me at 919-210-6809 for more information.
