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Hands to Honduras is a partnership bringing together North American and Honduran communities to provide educational, technical, cultural and humanitarian assistance to the Trujilo, Colon and Honduras coastal region.
If you have a hand to lend, join Hands to Honduras on a mission or pledge to help in our fundraising efforts.
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2008 Projects
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2008 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
TRUJILLO, COLON, HONDURAS
FUNDRAISING RESULTS
$90,619.94
TOTAL PARTICIPANTS
53 U.S.A. volunteers
(and countless villagers, Honduran Rotarians and other Honduran volunteers)
Texas 12, Vermont 20, New Hampshire 18, Florida 1, Virginia 1, Colorado 1
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2008 PROJECTS
Professor Ramon Galan Rodriguez School, Comunidad 18 de Abril
School Electrification
In 2007, we built a new two-classroom school. Frank Condron, Edna, Texas, Rotarian, and Jesus Romero Reyes, a local electrician, wired the two new classrooms. Most of the materials came out of inventory.
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 Power project
In 2008, thanks to a Matching Grant, we are providing the 30 homes in the community of 18 de Abril and the school with power. This project should be completed by October, 2008. |
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 School Window Screening
Thanks to 5930 PDG Tom Moore, McAllen, Texas, we screened the windows of the new school.
ANTICIPATED TOTAL EXPENSES FOR 18 DE ABRIL
$17,000.00
Special thanks to the Harlingen, Texas Rotary Club for their support of these projects in 18 de Abril.
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BARRIO CRISTALES
This barrio of 750 households on the north coast did not have a water supply. Thanks to a matching grant, we funded the construction of a 26,000 gallon water tank that will tap a pre-existing dam to provide water to the community.
The townspeople built the tank and various levels of government and the government will provide the PVC and pumps. This project should be completed by the end of 2008.
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE TANK
$7,020.00
Special thanks to the Harlingen, Texas, Sunburst Rotary Club for their support of this project. |
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SILIN
Escuela Republica de Colombia, 158 students
This four classroom school was overcrowded. We built two new 20x20 classrooms with electricity. Classrooms were dedicated to Rotary District 5930 past District Governor Tom Moore and past Treasurer Bill Mann.
TOTAL EXPENSES AT SILIN
$6,580.97
Special thanks to Rotary District 5930 for funding this project. |
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CUNDA, SANTA FE, Escuela Noemi Siomara Rodriguez, 23 students
This termite infested barn board school was in sad shape. We built a new 20x30 school. The school was dedicated to Carol and Tom Plumb.
TOTAL EXPENSES AT CUNDA
$4,517.25
Special thanks to the Port Isabel, Texas, Rotary Club for funding this project |
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MORADEL
Pech Indians, Escuela Elvira Tome
The old adobe and thatch kindergarten was falling down. We replaced it with a new 20x20 school. We also built new latrines and wired the school
(in anticipation of providing power to the community in 2009)
TOTAL EXPENSES AT MORADEL
$5,474.04
Special thanks to Bill Mann and the Hopkinton, New Hampshire Interact Club for shepherding this project along. |
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COOPERTIVA 13 DE JUNIO, Jardin “Justa Silveria Gotay”
The existing kindergarten was using a private home. We built a new 20x20 kindergarten with electricity and new latrines.
TOTAL EXPENSES AT 13 DE JUNIO
$5,839.94 |
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BARRIO BUENOS AIRES, Jardin de Ninos
Taufick E. Bendeck
We built two new 20x20 classrooms with electricity and latrines.
TOTAL EXPENSES AT BARRIO BUENOS AIRES
$7,961.92 |
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 ENCINAS AND TIGRIS
These two schools were built in 2007. This year, Tom Moore provided them with new window screening.
TOTAL SCREENING COSTS
$456.24 |
COMPUTERS
Thanks to a Matching Grant, we provided 153 computers to 16 schools along the north coast. 61 of these computers went to 10 Trujillo schools.
Dr. Mary Curtis, University of Texas, Brownsville, and Edward Argueta, Principal of the Brownsville Math and Science Academy,spent two weeks training Trujillo area teachers.
TOTAL COMPUTER COST
$6,861.00 |
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 SCIENCE EQUIPMENT
We provided science equipment to 9 schools in Trujillo—microscopes, telescopes, bug watches, magnets, solar systems, etc. Dr. Curtis and Mr. Argueta also trained the teachers in the use of the new equipment.
TOTAL SCIENCE EQUIPMENT COST
$5,954.30 |
SUPPORT COSTS
We, of course, need to rent vans and buy gas to transport volunteers around Trujillo. We also provide plaques recognizing donors at each site as well as Trujillo club flags to give to our volunteers. We require cell phones to communicate with each other and have other support costs to make all this happen.
TOTAL SUPPORT COSTS
$20,391.20
TOTAL EXPENSES
$88,117.79
as of 10/14/08 (not counting some minor remaining expenses) |
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