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| The founder, Shin Fujiyama and I this summer. |
I'm so so excited to tell you all about this amazing non-profit! If any of you are interested or have every been interested in volunteering abroad, this is a great organization! S.H.H. is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness and funds to provide opportunities to children in Honduras. Central American Children’s Institute (CECI) is the sister organization of SHH that carries out all of the projects on the ground in Honduras. Shin Fujiyama and his sister, Cosmo, started the organization in 2006. They began raising money for orphanages in Honduras. Throughout many failed bake sale attempts and fundraising struggles grew into a huge movement of college students all over the world raising money for the kids. Since then, S.H.H. has raised hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have built some 14 schools throughout northern Honduras, have built a village named Villa Soleada for 300 people from a shantytown, provides school scholarships to girls, and runs two small children’s homes. Every year, almost 1,000 volunteers from the many high school and college S.H.H. chapters come down to Honduras. The organization has a goal of one day building 1,000 schools in Honduras.
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Joselin, Islani, Mercedes, and Yanet
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A typical week in Honduras volunteering with S.H.H. begins with a fun day touring around the village of Villa Soleada and making baleadas with the families of the village. Personally this is one of my favorite days because you get to know the families and how they cook in their houses! A baleada is the Honduran burrito, it has beans, eggs, and optional avacado all wrapped in a flour tortilla! IT IS SO GOOD. Throughout the rest of the week you will do construction work, play several games of soccer, learn how to salsa dance, play with kids, and at the end of the week GO TO THE BEACH!
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| On the beautiful Tela beach, riding horses! |
I have such a personal connection with this organization. For the past four years I have been volunteering with S.H.H. I have spent every summer down there and recently every winter break. The people and kids in Villa have become my family and I cherish every moment I spend down there. The organization has several other volunteer opportunities such as a Spanish Language program during the summer and a teach english program. I have done both and both experiences were amazing!
If you are really into volunteering, you can stay for one whole year and teach english at the bilingual school and/or volunteer at one of the children's homes.
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| View of Villa Soleada |
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| Escuela Bilingue, the school I taught at. |
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| Girl's Childrens Home |
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| All the boys and girls from the Homes! |
I'm so so excited to tell you all about this amazing non-profit! If any of you are interested or have every been interested in volunteering abroad, this is a great organization! S.H.H. is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness and funds to provide opportunities to children in Honduras. Central American Children’s Institute (CECI) is the sister organization of SHH that carries out all of the projects on the ground in Honduras. Shin Fujiyama and his sister, Cosmo, started the organization in 2006. They began raising money for orphanages in Honduras. Throughout many failed bake sale attempts and fundraising struggles grew into a huge movement of college students all over the world raising money for the kids. Since then, S.H.H. has raised hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have built some 14 schools throughout northern Honduras, have built a village named Villa Soleada for 300 people from a shantytown, provides school scholarships to girls, and runs two small children’s homes. Every year, almost 1,000 volunteers from the many high school and college S.H.H. chapters come down to Honduras. The organization has a goal of one day building 1,000 schools in Honduras.
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