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Six Questions and Answers about the Traveler Program

Six Questions and Answers about the Traveler Program

Six Questions and Answers about the Traveler Program For the first time, Olancho Aid is hosting trips that individuals, families, and small groups can sign up for. Since the program is new, there are lots of questions about how it will work and who can get involved. Here are some answers! If  you have a […]

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Welcome, Kerry Lindstrom!

Welcome, Kerry Lindstrom!

Welcome, Kerry Lindstrom! Please join us in welcoming Kerry to the Olancho Aid Foundation Board of Directors. With her background in education and experience living in Honduras, she will be an asset to the Education Committee. Kerry is a 5th grade English Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Fairview Elementary in Dayton, OH. Previously […]

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High Heels in Honduras

High Heels in Honduras

High Heels in Honduras By Monica P Flood Prairieville, Louisiana Through the hole in the roof… The bugs scurried in. The wet trickled in. The dust swirled around carelessly. A unpleasant carpet of dirt and grime replaced the students that once gathered here eager to learn. Poverty can be shaming. People are afraid to look […]

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Teacher Alumni Return for Mission Trip

Teacher Alumni Return for Mission Trip

Recently, Olancho Aid Foundation welcomed back four volunteer alumni who all taught for a year in Santa Clara classrooms. Here is a note from one of them, Dana, describing her experience returning as a mission team member: Going back to Honduras with some of my roommates and co-teachers from the 2014-2015 school year was one […]

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Joy and Inspiration from St. Philip's

Joy and Inspiration from St. Philip’s

Joy is the word that keeps popping up for Pat Thompson when she describes her experience in Honduras. Pat was introduced to Olancho Aid about 5 years ago, through a neighboring parish, Holy Family Catholic Church of Brentwood, TN. She joined their mission team so she could participate in the group’s clean water initiatives in […]

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Advice from a Team Leader of 25 Years

Advice from a Team Leader of 25 Years

Advice from a Team Leader of 25 Years In 1993, Mary Roy reluctantly traveled to Olancho, Honduras after being asked by a friend who needed a female chaperone for his mission team. She describes those 10 days as “life-changing” and says she knew right away she would return, but could not have imagined she would […]

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Woman on a Mission

Woman on a Mission

At age 17, Hannah made a decision. She was at the end of a 10-day trip as a member of her godmother’s mission team. Full of energy and passion about the experience, Hannah knew that this first visit to Honduras would not be her last. She decided then to lead a team herself so she […]

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My experience during Mission California 2017

My experience during Mission California 2017

Mission California was more than a beautiful and priceless experience of traveling with my friends, it was an experience where I gained a lot of knowledge and  got to know a lot of other cultures in the world. I learned a lot about education in the United States and also about the different behaviors and […]

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“Honduras Mission Trips are Transforming Lives” – Tennessee Register

In January, Bishop Bonello of Juticalpa joined Olancho Aid’s executive director, Carlos Najera, and director of advancement, Jessica Santavy, to visit several parishes and high schools near Nashville. During their visit to Father Ryan High School, which has organized student mission trips, they were invited to speak with a representative from the Tennessee Register about Olancho […]

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