Bringing a Computer Lab to EL Porvenir, Honduras!

El P & Honduras Children

Last fall, I volunteered for 3 months with Honduras Children in El Porvenir, Honduras. I fell in love with the people, their generosity to volunteers, the community, and Honduran culture (well, some aspects anyway). Read a little bit more about one of my experiences here. There is a pretty regular volunteer presence through Honduras Children, and they work with a good number of kids through the Porvenir English Project & VAP (Vacation Acitivites Program). They do a lot of english education, but I was imagining that it might be really nice to also have the benefits that a small computer lab might offer -- english lessons online, basic computer skills, access to members of their family who live & work in the U.S., and maybe eventually more advanced computer classes.

What will we need to do & consider?

A small team of us are planning on going down in December. We'll be setting up the lab, doing some short training sessions with members of the community, as well as doing some advertising of the lab for the community. We'll also do some training with the current long term volunteers of the Honduras Children organization. Below I've created a Wish List. Some items on the Wish List are material goods -- and if you have an extra, feel free to donate! Some items on the list are simply things that we'll need to do or will need funding for. Items that might need to be purchased (either here or in Honduras) are marked with a $ symbol. This area will serve as informational for both us & others who are interested in partnering with us to make this project a reality!