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Pictures from Reyes Irene Valenzuela School for Girls
Choni, the director of Reyes Irene Girls’ School and Mary Jaynes, FoHC board member while on tour at the school in the fall of 2017. The students at Reyes Irene school present their stories through song poetry and presentation to all...
English Classes in the Children’s Village
The Saturday morning English classes that are offered on Saturdays to children in Nuevo Paraiso Children's Village continue to be a success, thanks to the high-quality instruction provided by ESL teacher Luis Aguilar. Luis teaches four different classes with a total...
Grace Brigade (November 16-28, 2018)
Thirteen brigaders from Grace United Church will be travelling to Honduras to undertake an other build project at the Nuevo Children’s Village. Continuing with Friends of Hondurans Children’s strategic plan for the village we will construct new washroom facilities at...
Summer Sports Program at the Children’s Village
We are happy to let you know that the very successful summer sports program at the Children's Village will run again this coming December, January and February when the children are out of school. The December 2-9th brigade is taking 90+ towels to go with the 90+...
25th Anniversary Celebration Followup
Sunday afternoon, October 14th, over 50 people gathered at McDonnel St. Activity Centre to celebrate FoHC. Jim McCallum spoke about the early days and his work with Sister Maria Rosa. David Cain, past president created a wonderful video of archival footage along with...
Global Kids Initiative
Friends of Honduran Children’s Education Committee is launching a new initiative called “Global Kids”. This 90-minute educational program, which is designed to help local children learn more about children around the world, will be offered to grade 2 teachers at...
Feliz Navidad from Nuevo Paraiso
Jan Carlos is delighted to display the Christmas tree he made to celebrate the holiday. As you read this, the children in Nuevo Paraiso are as excited as children in Canada about Christmas. But what is Christmas like for them? It is a tradition in Honduras to have a...
Thank You for Your Life-Changing Catalogue Gifts
In the short time since our Gift Catalogue launched last year, you have given almost $6,000 with your donations. Gifts have ranged from a laptop to vitamins and medicines for the children in the village. Many of you have chosen gifts that will help children in the...
The Brigade Experience
So many lifelong memories but one stands alone. My 16 year old nephew, Hector, 13 other volunteers and I stood outside the one-room schoolhouse without electricity but with an outhouse perched on a hill. We had arrived in this remote, mountain village after a...
A Young Visitor’s Perspective of FoHC
By Ivin Roxana Medina Matute Ivin arrived in Nuevo Paraiso in 2008. She is presently attending Fleming College thanks to generous sponsors and the support of the College. Thank you! We asked her to write about FoHC from her perspective. Seeing innocent kids on the...