OYE work at San Jose Elementary
After two weeks in Copan Ruinas, a beautiful and important historical and cultural site in Western Honduras, at a La Guacamaya Spanish School, the group dedicated a week of their program to volunteer with OYE and learn about youth development efforts and national reality with OYE (Organization for Youth Empowerment). The 91短视频 students spent the....
Working with the MAMA Project
June 3, 2013 Starting our first day with the MAMA project was exciting. Anticipation was in the air as we woke up early, packed our lunches, and loaded the vans to go. The hour and a half van ride was up tiny dirt roads into the mountains. A memory from Adam: 鈥淥h yeah Jason, by....
A sad day: preparing to say goodbye
Today marks 29 days left. Less than a month in Honduras and less than 3 days left in Copan. What? It鈥檚 hard 鈥� and you can tell the group is feeling it too. We are just simply missing home. The realization of the actual length of 6 weeks has hit and it鈥檚 starting to cause....
Mother’s Day in Honduras
Mother鈥檚 day is a big deal in Honduras.聽 The shops are decorated and I woke up to greetings and giggles as family members dropped in to say 鈥渇elicidades!鈥� to my abuela and give her presents. I then attended my first Spanish church service celebrating mom鈥檚 everywhere! I.understood.every.word. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT. It was all about the mothers....