History and Associations
Dr.
Tom Camp, a member of the first mission to Honduras from Alabama
offered this history.
Honduran Missions began with 12 people 4 years
ago on a medical mission to Limon, Honduras. Dr. Henry Gibson
and the Carolina Honduras Foundation had a clinic in Limon.
Their goal was to send one group for a week each month to the
clinic there. I understand they have already surpassed that
goal.
We are sent from Christ United Methodist Church,
Jasper, Alabama. We go under the umbrella of Volunteers
in Missions, United Methodist Church. We are interdenominational.
Last year we sent three groups for a week each time with a total
number of 45 "week-end missionaries".
All donations are tax deductible and you can specify which of
the projects you want your money, donations, etc. to go to.
We are always looking for new people and new
ideas.
Some of our present projects are:
Medical Teams: seeing from 75 to 200 patients per day
Dental Teams: extractions, filling, and dental hygiene/education
Pharmacy Teams: supplying medicine to 100 to 200 patients
per day. We always need vitamins, Band-Aids, Tylenol, cold
medicine, etc.
Eye Team: providing free glasses and eye exams with each
group that goes to Honduras.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Mission: providing free food to
the children who have walked for up to 6 hrs to see the medical
teams.
"Help a Kid" project: this is a new program for
anyone who wants to sponsor a child in Honduras. For $50 a month,
the child will get vitamins, food, school books, and tuition to
a local school. Anyone wanting to "help a kid" would
be welcomed and the child will send you regular letters on his/her
life and progress.
School Projects:
Sewing School: Our team has set up a
sewing school in the village of Limon. The purpose is to
teach the adult females of the area a viable trade.
We need new and used sewing machine, materials,
and instructors (for one week at a time). Also, thread, needles,
tape measures, patterns, scissors, etc.
The school can be kept open for $200 a month.
There are two classes of 20 students each. The age ranges
from 18 to 50 years old.
This school is run by two ladies from the local church.
Woodworking School: This is our newest
project. This year we build and supplied the village of
Plan de Flores with a building for a woodworking school for the
youth of this small village. The first class began Oct. 6, 2001
with 20 youth. They will learn the fundamentals of safe
furniture building.
We need: new or used hand tools and designs
for marketable items.
The school can be kept open for $200 a month.
This school is run by a local minister. We need an instructor
one week this coming summer.
Local Schools:
This is an ongoing project to supply the schools
in the areas we serve with pencil, paper, school supplies, Spanish
reading books, and just about anything you can imagine being needed
to supply a classroom. The
classroom kids will respond with a letter and set up "pen
pals" if anyone would like feedback on their contributions.
Future Plans:
We will begin planning for next years work with-in December or
January. If interested contact us by going to the “How to
Contact Us” page.
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