Emil Cook nearly 30 years ago. The school has a new computer lab. Most schools in Honduras, the BFW group learned later, can't afford desks and chairs for the students. Nearly everyone seen at the clinic suffered from chronic malnutrition. The clinic is only open a few times a year, when volunteers are available.
Many Honduran hospitals lack basic supplies.
The leftover medicine and supplies from the clinic were to be donated to the hospital in nearby Comayagua, where crowded conditions forced women in labor to share beds. In Tegucigalpa, the group used their hometown connection to meet with Honduran First Lady Mary Flake de Flores, originally from Cincinnati. Despite some grim conditions, Bread for the World members found a renewed spirit in Honduras. This trip renewed my conviction that our work matters. Archbishop Rodriguez, an international leader in the Jubilee 2000 movement, praised the increased participation of civil society in Honduras and people like the Figueroas and Ranier Maria, saying it is a crucial element of making debt relief work.