Our Team
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Anne Morawetz — Past President
Anne’s first exposure to Friends of Honduran Children in the fall of 2012 was with a brigade from Grace United. She enjoyed meeting Mae and the children at Nuevo Paraiso and was struck by the harmony and happiness that existed in the orphanage and the effectiveness of the program at the school for girls, Reyes Irene. Since 1985, Anne and husband Don Bocking have been the owners/directors of Camp Ponacka, a private boys’ camp near Bancroft. She discovered many similarities between summer camp and the Nuevo community. Anne wanted to contribute to FOHC and is currently helping out with marketing and fund raising. In her spare time, she enjoys running, swimming at Trent U, keeping in touch with her three grown children and practicing her Spanish skills!
Dr. Jim McCallum — Founder
Jim received his DMD from the University of Manitoba and went on to receive his certification as an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon while serving with the Canadian Forces. He retired from the military in 1979 and established a practice in oral surgery in Peterborough, ON. Jim first traveled to Honduras on a medical brigade in 1979, and it was at this time that he first met Sister Maria Rosa and witnessed firsthand the terrifying and tragic conditions that so many Honduran children face every day. Upon his return to Canada, Dr. McCallum, along with his wife Anne, founded Friends of Honduran Children in response to his fervent desire to help Sister Maria Rosa in her tireless efforts. Jim has three daughters, Lorraine, Sandra and Elizabeth. Jim has a dream to grow the children`s village to one day house 500 orphaned and abandoned children.
Anne McCallum — Founder
Anne was raised on a farm in Northern Manitoba and then went on to be a nurse. She worked primarily in pediatrics and was also a nurse with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Anne and her husband Jim began their charitable work in Honduras in 1980 along with their three daughters. Anne has been an active volunteer with the Shape Belgium Schizophrenia Clinic, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and was a foster parent to up to three children at a time from newborn to teenagers. She now volunteers at her church and with the St. Vincent de Paul. Anne received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.
Peter White — Treasurer
Peter has been involved with FoHC since 2006. Peter is retired from Johnson and Johnson where he held several senior management positions in Finance and Information Technology in both Canada and the US. He has a masters degree in Business Administration, is a Certified Management Accountant and holds a Black Belt in Process Excellence. His favourite part of being on the FoHC board is making a difference in the lives of Hundreds of children that are important to him. Peter works closely with the Sociedad Amigos de los Niños management team and enjoys helping them to improve how it delivers services and helping them to improve the sustainability of the organization. In his spare time he enjoys golfing, running, hiking, traveling and volunteering.
Garry Lister — Secretary
Garry has been involved with FoHC since 2007 and has participated on three building brigades at Nuevo Paraiso. Garry’s wife Noreen, son Greg, & daughter Katie have also been on brigades. Garry says the children of Nuevo steal your heart – those little beings in a country with no safety net. It takes so little to give a child a fighting chance to improve their situation and perhaps that of their country. He is inspired by the dedication of the volunteers, sponsors and donors of FoHC, and the staff & Tias of SAN. Garry is a retired Professional Engineer with working experience in 20 countries with GE. He has enjoyed managing children’s sports teams, serving as Scout leader, school breakfast program volunteer, church Outreach Committee chair, and on the Board of Directors of Telecare Peterborough. He enjoys downhill skiing, hiking, biking, travel, cottaging, volunteering, and time with his amazing new grandson, Orion, & family.
Brian Landry — Board Member
Brian is a self-employed printer and school bus driver.
Brian and his family have sponsored three different young girls at Nuevo Paraiso over the last decade or so. They are currently sponsoring Karen, who he and his wife had the honour and pleasure to visit in December of 2024 while on a Brigade. They were delighted with how they were welcomed with open arms by these children who came from backgrounds that many of us could not imagine, who were brought to Nuevo Paraiso by caring Canadians, where they were loved, fed and taught. The children’s love and laughter belied the fact they had come from an outside environment of crushing poverty and danger. It is Brian’s wish to support their sponsor child Karen all the way through Nuevo Paraiso and hopefully through high school as well. He also has a passion to reach out and help to develop the dozens of rural schools throughout Honduras where teachers show up every day to do their very best to support the children from their area, with very little help from their own government.
In his spare time, Brian likes to work in his garden, play progressive euchre, practice his piano and walk his dog, Bailey.
