Students Helping Honduras gets money Relief agency founded by UMW grad scores more funds for needy Hondurans. Oct 21, 2007
SHH is using the money to help the poor in Siete de Abril, a refugee village, and at Copprome, an orphanage in El Progreso, Honduras. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Americas. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Lending a helping hand Sep 15, 2007
In Honduras, SHH carries out most of its projects in El Progreso, a city in northwest Honduras, with a majority of their connection and work being done in Copprome, ProNio and Siete de Abril. "El Progreso is Honduras's fourth-biggest city, yet it seems untouched by foreign aid," Paguio said. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Felix death toll in Nicaragua hits 98 Sep 7, 2007
In Honduras, a 15-year-old was buried by mud while trying to repair a water line in Tegucigalpa, and a 34-year-old man drowned in a ditch in El Progreso. Late Thursday, emergency officials said a pregnant market vendor was killed in Tegucigalpa when a rainstorm caused a river to overflow. (MSNBC -- International)
Central America braces for Hurricane Felix Sep 4, 2007
Residents buy supplies at a supermarket as Hurricane Felix approaches in El Progreso. Hurricane Felix. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
FEATURE-Drug traffickers eye Guatemala elections Jul 9, 2007
Two of his brothers are running for mayor in neighboring municipalities and a close friend, Marvin Zepeda, is a candidate in the nearby district of El Progreso. Rivals accuse Castillo of intimidation tactics. (AlertNet)
UMW holds Students Helping Honduras Walk-a-thon Apr 22, 2007
Last year's walk-a-thon, also with the help of the Sunshine Lady Foundation, raised $148,000 to build a dormitory and retire debt at the Copprome orphanage in El Progreso. Money from this year's walk will pay for supplies needed to build permanent 22- by 22-foot concrete-block homes, each of which carries a price tag of $2,800. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Students Helping Honduras wins online contest. Money will benefit a poor village in Central America. Mar 31, 2007
SHH, founded by UMW senior Shin Fujiyama, is holding the Walkathon for Hope on April 21 to raise $100,000 to build permanent homes for residents in Siete de Abril, a squatter village in El Progreso, Honduras. Philanthropist Doris Buffett pledged to match that amount from her Sunshine Lady Foundation if the students can reach the $100,000 threshold. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Detained but not deterred U.S. Army veteran endured harsh treatment in 18-month ordeal Feb 25, 2007
Born in El Progreso, Honduras - about 20 miles southeast of San Pedro Sula - Mejia immigrated to America with his mother and younger brother when he was a teenager and grew up in Bridgeport. In 1996, he joined the Army and served in the Persian Gulf for four months. (Stamford Advocate)
Shin and Cosmo Fujiyama have worked to aid the bottom rung of society in Central America with a passion for Serving Others HELP FOR HONDURAS: Last in a four-part series Jan 24, 2007
Built a bond with the people of Siete de Abril, an impoverished village outside El Progreso in northern Honduras, providing building materials, supplies and money ... He visited Our Little Roses, a home for orphaned girls in San Pedro Sula, and other sites around El Progreso. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Helping young Hondurans build a better future through a proper diet, education and alternatives to life on the street Jan 23, 2007
Mirian E. Mejia is director of the Centro de Nutrici;n in El Progreso ... Housed in a former restaurant in a tough neighborhood called Barrios Los Angeles, OYE works with orphans, street kids and at-risk youth in El Progreso. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Copprome orphanage, run by the Catholic Church, is a home of last resort for Honduran children who need a SafeHaven HELP FOR HONDURAS: Second in a four-part series Jan 22, 2007
EL PROGRESO, Honduras--Across the road from the Copprome orphanage stands a giant factory that produces clothes for American sportswear companies. The 25 boys and girls, ages 3 to 20, who live here don't wear any of the high-dollar labels that fill store shelves overseas. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
A night with Benjamin, the 'mayor' of Siete de Abril Jan 21, 2007
The Bonillas moved to Siete de Abril four years ago when when they no longer could afford the rent on an apartment in El Progreso. Bonilla and about a half dozen village leaders want to buy their land, but no one is sure when--or if--the government will sell. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Click to read more. Jan 21, 2007
EL PROGRESO, HONDURAS--Outside this teeming Central American city sits a village on a garbage-strewn dirt road at the foot of a mountain shrouded in mist ... Every morning for a week, they board a hired bus from a Catholic retreat center in El Progreso, where they are staying, to the village ... Several others are with Students Helping Honduras, including Shin and Cosmo Fujiyama--the brother-and-sister team who have coordinated relief projects in El Progreso for more than a year now. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
