Lempira, Honduras Debriefing Report
The Project Staff in Lempira looks back on the last six weeks with a feeling of great success. The Volunteers here have successfully worked with their host families, local youth groups and the partner agency, Plan Honduras, to implement educational classes and activities in all of the 25 communities where Volunteers worked. Apart from discussing important health topics like dental hygiene or disease prevention, these classes have helped build leadership capacity among our Volunteers and the local youth groups. In addition, each community has completed or has nearly completed a community-based initiative, which range from sewing indigenous dance costumes to building bus stops to installing electricity in schools.
And these are just the tangible activities. Equally as important, Volunteers in Lempira have become part of the communities and the families they’ve lived with this summer. At every step of the way, Volunteers have shared their own experiences and cultures with our Honduran counterparts. Project Staff is proud to have been a part of these exchanges, and we’re impressed by the extent to which Volunteers have grown as a result of them.
On Aug. 11, Volunteers will travel with their host families to Gracias for the beginning of debriefing. Project Staff will hold evaluation sessions with the host families and Plan and hold a slideshow shortly thereafter. The following day, the project will travel to Copán Ruinas to explore the Maya ruins there and shop for souvenirs. Volunteers and Project Staff will finish up debriefing in San Pedro Sula and drive to the airport on the morning of Aug. 14 for the Volunteers’ flight home.
