Thursday, November 01, 2007
10/31/07 update
Posted by kb at 04:28 AMClasses, usual schedule, then a weekend trip for our development class. We first visited an organization called Pancam and learned a little general information about how they are working to develop Honduras and then, throughout Friday and Saturday, we visited several different households and small businesses or organizations that they helped start . We saw how creativity can be used to do development work: this organization helped people by loaning them money to buy pigs, helping them get a fish farm started, supporting a women’s group for women who have been abused, brought medicine to rural communities and helped teach people how to administer it, and are currently starting a butterfly farm to attract tourists and help the economy of another rural community. Besides these interesting interviews and visits, we had a good time being all together as a group, hiking our around the conference center where we stayed Friday night (beautiful waterfalls and viewing points and many people enjoyed just hiking the trails as they went for night hikes), eating cookies, and talking with Jo Ann. We got back Saturday night and therefore had a little time to scramble up all our ########### and make more preparations for vacation. After a short week of classes, we are all getting ready for our first day of vacation tomorrow. All of us are going to Roatan at some point, with the exception of Professor Miller, but some are meeting up with their families first or spending a few days in the Ceiba. All of us are ready for a time to relax and enjoy the beauty of Honduras!
