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From:  David Ashby

Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:56:38 PM

News about our HHK children and our programs

 

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  Good afternoon,

The enrollment at our free Jungle School has increased this year to nearly 50 children, including kindergarten. If this school was not available, most of these children would not have an opportunity to go to classes and would be condemned to a life of poverty. Two of the Jungle School's kinder children are shown here. The little girl on the left is our newest addition, and Waldina on the right has been with us for the longest time.  The Jungle School also participated in a soccer tournament in El Naranjo, and we had a great rooting section ( - - we lost).

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  We recently celebrated a big event at the Solares Nuevos Campesino ("peasant") village where we have been helping since last year. Our new kinder building   was inaugurated with a party that included a BBQ, games and toys for the children and speeches by all. The youngest participant was all decked out in a new pink dress,and the village soccer team made an appearance.

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  The Hogar children have had several recent outings, including yesterday to Helen's Restaurant on the beach for swimming in the 2 pools and the ocean. The van is always packed for these trips.

 Our building program has been in full swing with the recent completion of the kinder at Solares Nuevos (campesinos), the initiation of construction of our Hogar (orphanage) school the ongoing construction of our new classroom at the Jungle School and the kinder/day care in El Porvenir which is nearly finished under the watchful eye of Charlie Kirkhum.

  While we are able to obtain funds for construction projects, we are experiencing some difficulty in paying the daily expenses for our 180 children. Our costs for food, salaries (teachers, housemothers, guards, maintenance men), medical attention, school uniforms and supplies, etc. now run well over $4000 per month. The Hogar de Amor is the most expensive program due to the necessity of having full time staff there day and night. We are in urgent need of funds for these daily needs, and therefore appeal to each of you for help with sponsorships and donations to operating expenses. We are confident that with your help we will get by this "bump in the road" and our children will continue to receive the quality care that we want to provide.

Thank you each for your part in helping us to make a real difference in the lives of children who are but innocent victims of a messed up society. We invite you to visit these children anytime and see for yourselves how much better off they are and what HHK is undertaking on behalf of our "kids".

Thank you to all of our HHK supporters who have switched over to our new EFT option for their child sponsorships!

IT'S MORE CONVENIENT - - - No more having to remember to send a check each month!  And, more importantly, your support will go even further now because our book-keeping will be reduced and our income will be more predictable. 

Here’s how it works:

While viewing our website, click on the Donation-Net button in the top right corner.  Enter your payment information and note the name of your sponsored child and which project they are from (Hogar, Jungle School, etc.) in the comments section. When you participate, your sponsorship gift will be transferred conveniently each month from your checking, VISA or MasterCard account directly to Helping Honduras Kids! EASY!

This is an optional service that is for the convenience of our sponsors and with the intention of maintaining our low overhead.  A record of your gift will appear on your monthly bank or credit card statement.   You may increase,  decrease or suspend your gift at any time by contacting us by mail at Helping Honduras Kids, 305 Vineyard Town Center,  #253, Morgan Hill, California, 95037 or by email at hhk@helpinghonduraskids.org

The Helping Honduras Kids Jungle School is the first and only school in Honduras to participate in the international Dream Flag project.   Using paint and flags and other art supplies donated by Project Learn School in Philadelphia, PA, students at both the Hogar and Cuenca locations worked with in-country volunteers to write about and paint their dreams . . .  

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Here are some thoughts from volunteer Julie McK. who helped introduce the project during our vacation-care project:

 hello eve! how is everything? i hope you are well.. Unfortunately, I AM SOO SORRY! i took like seriously over 50 pictures of the dream flags, but later on that month, one of the kids was using my camera and accidently somehow clicked the delete all button! so i lost all my pictures so i'm really sorry i don't have any to give you, but i seriously took soo many they just got deleted, along with all my other pictures. Now i always lock my pictures. but  i can still tell you about it.

They really enjoyed painting the flags and having their very own flags. Especially glueing on all the little jewels and sparkley stuff. There was paint left over afterwards in their pallets and we had many paintings in the room and many dirty hands, faces and clothes. But it was very colourful, and the kids really enjoyed using all those new and special things.

 

Good morning,

The Jungle School “back to classes” party was a big success and we want to extend our appreciation to Emita Gaboury  for making it possible. The 60+ children had a wonderful time.

   
Soon, we will be repairing the sewing machines and getting the sewing classes underway at the Jungle School and at the Hogar de Amor. 

Thank you to Emita Gaboury for all of her help!  Here are a few photos that I took yesterday.

Dave

Hogar volunteer Tara T. left in November but, after going home and doing grad school apps., decided to return in January.   YAY!   The kids were thrilled and we're really glad she's back.  Here she is doing 'magic' at the Hogar de Amor!

Also, thanks go out to Dan C. who has been with us since November as well, working at the Jungle School Vacation-Care project.  Dan has agreed to lead the group that will be the first to work at the new kinder at Solares Nuevos.

Our volunteers in this group have come from Canada, the U.S., Belgium and Australia.  Our kids are very fortunate to be meeting people from all over the world!   A HUGE THANK YOU to our in-country volunteers!!!

Jean - - thanks so much for your help and our trip to Cayos Cochinos!  We hope you come back to visit soon!