Olancho Aid Spotlight: Sonia Cruz This week we're highlighting Profesora Sonia Cruz! Even though she has only been a part of the Foundation for about a year and a half, this September she won the distinction of Instituto Oscar Cardenal Rodriguez's (our monolingual college-prep high school) Teacher of the Year! Congratulations and thanks for all of the work that you and your family do for the Foundation and our community. Age: 29 Hometown: Guarizama, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
How did I get here?
SPOT CAMERA REFLECTIONS How did I get here? A year after my stint as District Governor, I saw a PowerPoint presentation by a Lion named Claire M. Sullivan. I knew Claire from the Westport (Mass. 33-S) Lions Club. Her presentation was about a religious (Catholic) based organization in the Central American country of Honduras. This organization is known as Olancho Aid and is based in the city of Juticulpa. Olancho is the Department (State) in Honduras where Juticulpa is situated. Her … [Read more...]
Traveling 3,000 Miles for Clean Water
This past August, Will Zolpe of Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin traveled over 3,000 miles to Olancho for a service learning project to assess Olancho Aid Foundation's water purification program. Enjoy reading Will's reflection below. Visiting Honduras, although only for two weeks, really surprised me in the sense of how different of a life it was from what I am used to. I was invited to fly down to help create an in-depth analysis of the current water projects that the Olancho Aid … [Read more...]
Olancho Aid Spotlight: Gabriel Vasquez
Olancho Aid Spotlight: Gabriel Vasquez Gabriel (right) with the 2017 Santa Clara Summer Camp counselors Age: 17 School: Instituto Bilingüe Santa Clara (IBSC) Grade: 12th What is your favorite part of school? Might sound crazy but, class time is my favorite part of school. Do you have a favorite memory of school? More than just a single favorite memory of school, I have a couple of memories which I consider important; things … [Read more...]
Olancho Aid Spotlight: Susan Cáceres
Olancho Aid Spotlight: Susan Cáceres Age: 25 Hometown: Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras University: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (UPNFM) When did you begin working with the Olancho Aid Foundation? I started working with OAF in 2015 as a Spanish teacher for the preschool program at Centro Escolar Bilingue Santa Clara (CEBSC, our bilingual elementary school). How did you find about the Olancho Aid … [Read more...]