Thanks for your interest in getting involved with ACTS Honduras
Can I donate?
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Can you tell me about the ACTS Honduras Steering Committee?
If you would like to be a guest at a meeting, ask a question, or have an idea please email info@ACTSHonduras.org.
WHO: The ACTS Steering Committee is a group of 15-20 that manages the organization. Membership is by invitation to people who have demonstrated commitment to our work in Honduras. Some of us have been to Honduras just once, others have been there dozens of times. Our professions include medicine and dentistry, community organizing, research science, agriculture including veterinary medicine, and finance. We range in age from 21-85, are at all stages of our careers, and thoroughly enjoy being an intergenerational group.
WHAT ACTS Honduras offers advice and consultation to Honduran leaders in our catchment area that includes 11 small rural communities. This involves working to understand the local situations and considering options to get ahead of problems or mitigate current concerns. Because our scope is broad, from education to agriculture to health, we need an equally broad set of experts in our group. NOTE: We do not do “mission trips” putting our hands on tools to accomplish a specific task with a brigade of visiting volunteers.
WHEN The work goes on all year and we are onsite in Honduras at least twice annually. The rest of the time, we’re planning, moving projects forward, and always – fundraising. We have monthly hybrid meetings. If you would like to be a guest at a meeting, email info@ACTSHonduras.org.
WHERE Our catchment area is in the Locomapa region of Yoro, Honduras. The maps here will be helpful https://actshonduras.org/about-us/where.
WHY If you’ve read this far in our website you know we are determined to help the Hondurans in our catchment area to build better communities where people of all ages can thrive. The changing climate makes this help even more essential as much of what they have counted on from their environment is unpredictable. Wind, sun, rain, and soil are erratic, often making subsistence farming a losing venture. Abject poverty is widespread and persistent; single women have no agency; and youth are provided with substandard education. ACTS’ contributions of time, money, and expertise are helping local leaders to prepare for and be responsive in tough times.
What does ACTS do when a group is in Honduras?
Here’s what we do in Honduras – We have lots of meetings with local committees and other partnering agencies; visit projects underway and families with special needs; usually attend a special event such as graduation; and make site visits to see problems that have been identified as possible future projects. In the medical and dental clinics, we consult on difficult cases and teach the clinicians techniques to improve their capabilities. In all, it’s a mix of cheerleading for Honduran leadership and work well done, and problem-solving to resolve new situations ranging from drought or hurricanes to recruiting new students for the teen leadership program.
Here’s what we don’t do in Honduras – We don’t do what Hondurans can do and that means we don’t paint buildings, shovel ditches, work in the fields, etc.
How do the travel groups come together?
ACTS Steering Committee members lead groups that coalesce around topic areas, work needed, and availability of the Steering Committee members. Our overall need is people who will sustain the organization over time so in general, the groups are made up of people who are already involved with ACTS. If you like the idea of getting involved, email us at info@actshonduras.org and we’ll get right back to you.
Does everyone on the Steering Committee GO Honduras?
No, some people aren’t able because of work, family, or medical issues. But most of us try to get there once a year – and this is at our own expense. Usually, the total cost of a trip for one person is $1,500+ for a week with shared housing, food, rental truck, and airfare.
We are all volunteers who once took the initiative to get involved with ACTS Honduras. This team was in El Rosario April 2026. Left to right: Jeff Prileson, Danil Zuniga, Linda Kennedy, Emma Farnsworth, Laurel Ross, and Sue Burgos.
In El Rosario, we stay in a small house and take turns cooking breakfast.
When we travel to Honduras, we maximize every allowable pound and inch of luggage. The bags are full of clothing, vitamins and bandages, reading glasses, books, canes and walkers, dental supplies, and more. For our party of 8, this is just half of the bags.