Honduras Partnership

Our Honduras Partnership had its beginning in our holiday Greater Good effort. In 2006, we raised $30,000 for clean water projects in a small township in Honduras called San Jose. This work was being pursued by the Global Health Program of the University of Rochester Department of Family Medicine. Since 2006, our Greater Good gift has grown into a relationship between our congregation, the Global health Program and the people of San Jose - with all of us working together to improve the quality of life for this 2000 member community. As the founder of the effort put it, "We are bringing together the best of two worlds to make a better one."

The First Unitarian Honduras Partnership Team coordinates our congregation's involvement in this effort. There are many opportunities to get involved, including school scholarships; micro financing; fostering connections between our church school kids and the children of San Jose; supporting the building of water tanks, latrines and cook stoves; participation in Spanish classes and our Latin American book club; and - for the more adventurous - future travel to San Jose!

Our Latin Connection projects were recently featured on the UUA website. To learn more select a link at upper right, or contact:

Barbara Gawinski, Honduras Partnership co-chair | email
MJ Curry, Honduras Partnership co-chair | email

April 28 2008