Good morning from from La Ceiba, Honduras to all HHK supporters!
The BIG event, the inauguration of our Hogar de Amor (Childrens Home), took place on Sept 22-23. This program is in partnership with the Lisa Lopes Foundation.
On Saturday night at the Quinta Real Hotel on the beach in La Ceiba, the celebration began at 5pm and ended about 10:30. 
The VH1 Rock-Doc, The Last Days of Left Eye, was shown to honor the memory of Lisa Lopes.
About 75 people were in attendance, including the press, national and local TV, Margie Dip the governorof the Atlantida Department, Doris Eggenberger from the Swiss Hospital here in La Ceiba, the president of the Rotary Club, Ron and Wanda Lopes and Carol Frazier of the Lisa Lopes Foundation, Eve Horowitz and Karl Ralian of HHK, Karen Scheeringa of Hearts in Motion, 
5 members of the Octo Design group from Philadelphia and a host of other invited guests interested in helping children in our programs.
There was music, dancing by a Garifuna group and a delicious buffet dinner.
A special thanks to Eve Horowitz, Ron Lopes, his LLF board members and family and Dr Blanca Morillo and Gustavo Aguilar for helping to make this event a success.
The following day, there was a tour of our JungleSchool in the mountains and the Grandma's Kids and DayCare (under construction) on the beach in El Porvenir.
From 1-4 pm, a large group gathered at the Hogar deAmor for a BBQ lunch, a tour of the Hogar and a program put on by the children. The Hogar children did an excellent job with their dancing and singing performances, and we are very proud of them. Thanks to Cecilia Groessing and Canadian volunteer, Tara Talwar for directing the children's music & dance program. Thanks also to Muggdy Hiza for the bus transportation.
This 2 day event marked the beginning of a collaborative program to provide a loving family environment to orphaned,abandoned and abused children from IHNFA (government child welfare agency). There are presently 17children, 3 housemothers ('Tias'), 1 housefather ('Tio'), 1 teacher (weekday mornings) and 4 volunteers at the Hogar. The children are receiving English and sewing instruction and will soon receive computer classes. These children all arrived together to the Hogar on May 7th of this year. We are very proud to be a part of this partnership with the Lisa Lopes Foundation and in helping children at social risk.
We invite you to sponsor one of these beautiful children, volunteer or make a donation to help us provide quality care and love.
Thank you for caring,
Dave Ashby
