Since
1989, many people
from the churches of the New York
Conference of the United Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ have gone to
the
remote Indian village of La Laguna, in the Yoro mountains of Honduras.
[See
MAP.] PROJECTS that we have worked on with the people of this community include a medical clinic, nutrition program, agricultural development, clean water supplies and sanitation ( = latrines!), and support and encouragement for educational programs. Several young women have been given scholarships to nursing school, and currently we support several young people in CEVER (the E&R church-related vocational school) and the colegio (middle school) in the small near-by city of Yoro.
There Were Two Trips to HondurasMore information about our program -- and about our trips to this
exciting project -- is available through the following links:
(Most links have pictures, too!)
Jeff Mason's Sermon
at Arcade UCC, August 2003
Thoughts on our changing mission in Honduras
Students
at the Colegio
2000
Students at the Colegio
2002
Funds from CRAFT SALES
of items made by village people help support the work NY/HELP
is doing in La Laguna. Contact us for more information, or visit the NY/HELP table at the annual state conference!
Medical
Advice for Travelers
CDC Travelers' Health
Page for Central America
How to prevent itchy spots on your legs
Sustainable Harvest International
This group offers rural communities long-term support for sustainable
economic development and ecological restoration through the
implementation of sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, reforestation
and other ecologically appropriate technologies.
SHI has assigned an agricultural extension worker, Jacobo, to
the La Laguna area, where he will be working with five local
communities on sustainable agricultural projects.
Water
For People
A group devoted to helping people in developing countries get safe
drinking water.
They provide technical assistance but encourage communities to help
themselves.
Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders-Lafayette is a student chapter of the national EWB-USA at Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
As engineering students we seek to use our skills to help struggling communities in the developing world with vital water, sanitation and shelter projects.
Honduras HOPE
NY/HELP and Honduras HOPE have jointly bought a house in Yoro, where the
students from La Laguna who are studying at the colegio and
CEVER are able to stay. We have hired a retired pastor, Jose Feliciano and his wife Petronida to be
the houseparents there.
Paz y salud,
Gordon F. Comstock MD, Arcade
UCC
Medical Advisor, NY/HELP
Visitors since July 29, 2001
