The January NY/HELP mission trip to Honduras was
abruptly cancelled by the sudden illnesses of family members of the leaders in
both countries. All who were to travel have
gotten airline credit for a future trip.
We hope this trip will take place later in the spring.
On March 21, there will be a meeting of the NY/HELP
Steering Committee at Noon on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Honeoye UCC
in Honeoye, NY. We will be working on future plans. Anyone interested is welcome to come.
In the meantime, our previous coordinator in
Honduras, Yovany Munguía, has left, leaving a void in our program. Jorge “Joel” Ramirez, the president of the
Tribal Development Committee, has agreed to step in as coordinator at this time.
Joel has been working with NY/HELP on community
development projects for several years, and has been very helpful and efficient
in that role.
The January
group had planned to work with the indigenous communities of El Chorro and Las
Brisas to construct a small Kinder (kindergarten) building in each community. Although the January trip was postponed, the
communities have gone ahead and constructed these buildings themselves, under
the supervision of Joel. NY/HELP has just
sent funds to pay for the final work needed to complete these projects.
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| Joel Ramirez |
