The Global Volunteer Network currently has opportunities to work with rural communities in the Central American country of Honduras. Volunteers can become involved with teaching or building projects. This program will give you a chance to make an important contribution to the people of Honduras. Both the building and teaching projects are based in the town of La Esperanza, located in Honduras' highlands.

Building Project: Tasks on the building project include renovation, laboring, painting, decorating, making bricks, building walls, digging, and building wooden playgrounds. Volunteers will assist with cement mixing, sand sifting, cutting wood, and transporting building materials; there is little equipment and it is mostly manual work. The building projects are to help families build or improve their homes and schools, and the community decides which projects are in need of assistance. Be prepared to be very patient and flexible, and to get your hands and clothes very dirty.

Teaching Project: On the teaching project, volunteers can help with teaching English, sports or computers. There is no set curriculum for teaching English in rural areas, but past volunteers have left behind their notes, recommendations and teaching materials, both at the schools and with our partner organisation, so that volunteers will have a good idea where to start and to give some continuity to the teaching process. Bringing teaching aids is suggested, as well as leaving those behind for further use in schools.

Please visit http://www.volunteer.org.nz/honduras for more details.

4-Sep-2008: Sue Pazinko - School and our Trip home

Tues Aug 26th WE are becoming manic depressive. One day we'll wake up thinking it's a good day and only 4 left,and another day we'd think another crummy day and still 3 to go. Today it was over cast and a slight mist as we walked to our pick up spot. As we waited for our ride it began to actually rain. We'd lost one of the ponchos . Lisa did have a windbreaker jacket. Sue wanted to go home but...

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