Countries:
Honduras
Themes:
Children,
Education,
Sport
SOL International Foundation operates a co-ed youth baseball program on the island of Roatan, Honduras to provide at-risk children an opportunity to learn about teamwork and dedication and to raise self-esteem through organized sport. This program offers a safe and positive option to keep children away from drugs, alcohol, and crime in a developing international tourist destination.
Countries:
Honduras
Themes:
Climate Change,
Environment,
Health
Train local tradesmen to produce fuel-efficient stoves for 40 rural Honduran families, improving the health of approximately 500 people in the first year and increasing long-term income potential.
OYE develops the leadership and capacity of at-risk Honduran youth through academics and integrated training. OYE ensures youth have the knowledge and the power to take control of their own lives.
This project aims to assess and help with repair and/or replacement of an existing water delivery system which delivers insufficient and unsafe water to a semi urban community in Honduras.
SOL International plans to operate an Educational Community Center in Roatan, Honduras for dozens of at-risk youth. We will offer free daily tutoring sessions, computers with internet access, and a safe, positive environment for children to study after school. The Honduran education system is extremely underfunded and lacking resources. SOL International seeks to supplement the public school system in Roatan, Honduras with our education center.
In the Aguan River valley in Honduras communities of about 11,000 people lack sufficient clean drinking water sources. EcoLogic is working to conserve and restore forests in micro watershed areas with the goal of preserving wildlife habitats and protecting water sources. At the same time, we hope to establish a sustainable process, through which these communities can become effective stewards of their natural resources.
The exotic lionfish has invaded the Mesoamerican Reef, and has become a serious threat to the marine ecosystem. We will raise funds for lionfish control activities such as communication campaigns, training workshops on capture and handling methods and field activities to control this species. The funds will be used to support fishers organizations, NGOs and authorities within the four MAR countries that are involved in lionfish control initiatives.
Approximately 500 people in Segovia lack access to safe, clean, potable water. EWB will help provide water to every house by means of a new well, a storage tank and a distribution system.
Countries:
Honduras
Themes:
Education,
Children,
Economic Development
There is a network of 53 rural community libraries in Honduras that is longing for new books and programming support from their central office. A "bibliobus" that can be outfitted as a mobile library is badly needed to service these libraries and even more rural communities with no libraries. Currently some of the more remote communities are being served on horseback. While the volunteers and horses are willing there are limitations to what can be transported by this particular "pony express.