A Christmas Message from HGW Board Chair, Alina Ramos (link)
Save your jewelry shopping until Dec. 20th!
Exciting news everyone! Shop at Kendra Scott, Domain Austin, Dec. 20th from 6-8pm and HGW will receive 1/5 of your purchase price! Or you can shop online all day Dec. 20 and Dec. 21 and use the code:
GIVEBACK-IFVQP
for us to receive this generous donation. Thank you for helping us help Honduras, and Merry Christmas!
HGW Chip-In 2024
Our Chip in for HGW at Top Golf October 27 was a true celebration of our 25 years of service in Honduras, and it was a smashing success. We had such a great party, as we honored those who began our mission 25 years ago: Drs. Don and Bobbi Hopkins and Cindy Smith, APN.
150 people attended in person, and many more bid on the silent auction online. A delicious fajita dinner, silent and live auction, golf games, a photo booth, and a chance to purchase a mystery wine/jewelry package were just some of the fun activities. Bobbi told us about their early days, when things were quite tentative about whether they would even be able to return, and we also heard from a volunteer who came for the first time this year, pharmacist Carla Portnoy. It seems many of us have had similar experiences: initial hesitancy about stepping so far outside our comfort zone, a realization that God is doing something amazing here, and a full embrace of the experience and a commitment to return and to make it even better!
2024 Medical Brigade Report
Another amazing medical brigade is history! One of our best yet! A team of 50 from the US and 32 from Honduras spent a week together serving 2200 villagers in rural Honduras with medical and/or dental care. We divided into 4 teams so that a total of 20 villages were visited over 5 days. There was a lot of road reconstruction,(which is great!)which caused our drives to be long, and our days to be very long! But everyone had a great attitude and God provided a way for us to get all the work done…
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE BLOWN AWAY BY STUDENTS' ENTHUSIASM FOR EDUCATION
Five members of the scholarship committee recently traveled to Honduras for the annual meet-up with our students and their parents. Dr. Alina Ramos, as chair of HGW, went for her first time on the scholarship trip this year. In her words:
This was my first scholarship trip and it was a true blessing to be able to go. It was an eye opening experience. I felt I knew enough about scholarships but talking to these kids, their parents and the leadership of these communities gave me new perspective on the Honduras education system and how we have impacted these communities. The scholarships have caused a tremendous shift in education especially in the more isolated, distant villages…
As we celebrate 25 years of service in Honduras, we thought it would be great to talk to the founders, Don and Bobbi Hopkins, and Cindy Smith, about some of their memories of those early days.
2023 Brigade Report
Our team of 66 volunteers from the USA and Honduras had an intense week of work and of joy! 2000 plus medical and dental patients were served in our 5 days of clinics. We had to cope with many new rules regarding our medicines, and with the absence of some of our key volunteers due to health problems. But God provided. Our medicines arrived with barely enough time to get them packed, but packed they were, with the help of our scholarship students. We had so many new volunteers from the States and from Honduras, all with a heart willing to help those less fortunate. Thanks to their time and talents, their hard work, and their patience, grateful villagers received much needed care and medicines. We couldn't do this without all the help and support from our donors as well. THANK YOU!
Our Purpose
HEALTH
We provide health care to Hondurans in underserved rural populations.
EDUCATION
We provide encouragement and financial support to the education of Honduran youth.
SPIRIT
We strive to nurture the spirit of Honduran villagers and the volunteers who serve them.
Working in partnership with our Honduran brothers and sisters, Honduras Good Works offers our time, commitment and resources to improve the health of rural Hondurans; assist underserved Honduran youth in getting an education; and nurturing the spirit of the Hondurans we serve and the volunteers who serve the Hondurans.
Our Mission
See what we’ve accomplished for those we serve in Honduras in our latest annual Report.
Thank you to the donors, advocates, and volunteers who make this impact possible.
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Children’s Vitamins
Your $25 donation will supply vitamins to five elementary school children for one year.
Water Filters
For $100 you can provide a family with a water filter, hygiene education, a follow up visit, and 10 years of clean water!
Scholarship
A $300 donation will allow a student to attend secondary school for a full year!