VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Amor y Vida Home for Children w/cancer, affiliated with the World Opportunities International, a non-denominational Christian organization based in Hollywood, California. The home is located next to the Romero de Callejas Cancer Center in Colonia Payaqui, Tegucigalpa. Director - Joe L. Mays. Write: Joe I. Mays, Centro de Amor y Vida, P.O. Box 20588, Comayaguela, Honduras or call (504) 39-0618.

Nuestro Pequenos Hermans, an orphage run by the Catholic Church. Located on the road to Olanlcho on a 2,000 acre ranch. "Anyone is welcome to volunteer, after going through a screening process." Volunteers come from the U.S., Canada, Europe as well as Latin America. For more information contact Reinhart Kohler at 36-7320.

El Sembrado is a combination farm, school and orphanage. It is home to 180 boys from all across Honduras. It is operated by the World Gospel Mission of Marion, Ohio, a U.S. based missionary organization. Terry Hawks is the director. It is located seven miles outside of Catacamas in the Olancho department and comprises 2000 acres. Founded in 1954, it has been the home for many disadvantaged boys. Visitors are welcome and they will be happy to give you a tour.

The Paths of Love Boys Home provides a home, schooling and agricultural training to 53 boys. For more information visit or write the home at 2nd Avenida, 2nd Calle in Colonia Country, San Pedro Sula.

Save The Children focus is on health, education and nutrition. For more information call in San Pedro Sula 53-1631 or in Tegucigalpa 32-6815. Or write Save The Children, Barrio Medina, 5 Calle, 6 y 7 Avenidas, San Pedro Sula.

PARTNERS OF THE AMERICAS, is a nonprofit (organization) which links individual US states with Individual Latin American countries. Vermont is linked to Honduras. There are 60 partnerships, I believe. The Washington address is 1424 K Street, NW Washington DC 20005, Tel: 202-626-3300. TYMNET:(On Tyme) DNA.NAPA. Some of the projects I know about have brought educators, farmers, business people, artists and others to Vermont where they stay with families and attend workshops, visit sites, classrooms and the like. There are student exchange programs and cultural ones, too.

The Vermont-Honduras Partners' address is 655A Spear Street, South Burlington VT 05403. Hope this helps. Information on Partners of the Americas thanks to Karen Seeger, Kaseeger@aol.com

The Honduras Project is a non-profit group of college students that seeks to improve the economic and sociological well-being of the people of Honduras. We will be going to Honduras on March 28, 1996 - April 8,1996 to install a gravity fed water system to a village of 1800 Hondurans. The purpose of this water project is to bring irragation water so that the entire village can plant and harvest crops year-round instead of sessionally.

Biola University - Honduras Project 13800 Biola Ave. Box 1933 La Mirada, CA 90639 Attention Casey Overcamp >Casey_Overcamp@bubbs.biola.edu<

Christian Commission for Development (CCD), their address is: Col. Florencia Sur Ave. Los Pinos; 2da calle casa #4022 Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Phone: (504) 32-3189/32-8223 E-mail: andres%ccd%sdnhon@sdnhq.undp.org Contact Person: Noemi de Espinoza, President Ejecutiva This group does service work in various rural areas of Honduras. Construction is one of their services. It is not necessary an evangelistic organization, dispite its name. Volunteers from all faiths are welcome.

Rev. 3/7/96

This article does not include medical organizations volunteering in Honduras, if you would like a copy please let me know.

Brad Martin “Honduras Travel Guide”

Honduras1@aol.com