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 students at the Centro Básico Educativo (middle school) in near-by Mataderos. At times, we have young people in CEVER (the E&R church-related vocational school) in the small near-by city of Yoro.

  

   The August mission trip to Honduras is underway with seven people from western and central NY traveling to La Laguna to work there for two weeks. Thanks to generous donations of computers, they were able to take two laptops to be used in the middle school.

   Wednesday, August 11, six of the group went out into the community of Kiloma, loaded with materials for families, and school supplies for three schools and a kindergarten. They will stay in the community and work there and in El Paraíso, building latrines and improved stoves. They will be there until Saturday, returning to La Laguna in the evening. Everything is going well so far.

   Dr. Gordon remained in the medical clinic working with the clinic nurse, Mirtila. Sunday, August 14, there will be football games (soccer to us), which happens every time NY/HELP is in the villages. Participating teams are La Laguna, Mataderos, El Paraíso y Kiloma, which are communities where the group will be working on this trip.

   If you are interested in going on a future trip, please contact Gordon & Ginger Comstock at the email or phone number below.
   Spanish-speaking ability is not required -- but is very helpful, both to the individual and the group. And it helps you get more out of your trip!
   Fund-raising for these various projects is encouraged.
   For more information, contact Ginger and Gordon Comstock at gkcomstock@gmail.com, write to NY/HELP, C/O Arcade United Church of Christ Congregational, 297 Main St, Arcade, NY 14009; or call 585-492-2810.

Donations may be sent to NY/HELP, C/O Arcade United Church of Christ Congregational, 297 Main St, Arcade, NY 14009

REPORTS FROM THE JULY 2010 TRIP TO HONDURAS

   

A group of nine NY/HELP volunteers spent two weeks between July 26 and August 7, 2010 working with the people in the mountainous communities around La Laguna, near Yoro in northern Honduras.  The volunteers on this trip included a doctor, two medical students, a math teacher, a Spanish teacher, a college freshman (in the fall) and a family of three.

We worked with the community on improvements on the clinic, especially a new roof, fencing in the clinic property and planting trees. Other projects included helping to build lorena stoves and school visits. We met with the Tribal Council and discussed future plans and the relationship between NY/HELP and the Mataderos Tribe.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF REPORTS FOR THE JULY 2010 TRIP

More trip news is posted on our NY/HELP blog.