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| From Honduras 2008 Photo Album |
Today, our base was Escuelo Rafael Pineda Ponce in Comayaguela, the twin city of Tegucigalpa, just over the river. This is a school in a tough neighbourhood. We distributed 720 bedkits to children from the host school and six others. When we arrived at around 7.30 a.m., the street outside the single iron gate into the walled school courtyard was packed with people. There were three armed guards on duty. We were welcomed most warmly, both outside and inside the gate. When we left much later in the day after distributing all our bedkits, the street was still packed and we needed an escort because there were so many disappointed people. I suspect that we could have given out all 5,000 of SCAW's Honduras quota, to worthy recipients at this one location.
Our team is approaching the end of its work in Honduras. We have 600 or so bedkits to go. We are beginning to think about our personal overall trip assessments and the wind-up discussions with our partners here, the Rotary Club of Tegucigalpa. These are quite formal assessments of all aspects of SCAW's work this year. The results and the Rotary report to the SCAW board form the basis for next year's bedkit distributions in Honduras.
At this time, we are increasingly aware of the fine work of SCAW teams that came here before us. Their experience and the relationships they built are the foundation upon which we work. Our leader, Harry, is on his third trip. He captures, in himself, the SCAW system of volunteer work overseas. We are all grateful to him. We are relieved that he is with us!
Peter Adams
for the SCAW Honduras team
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