Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Honduras Heifer Tour

Santa Rosa, a historic colonial town in Honduras. My partner Cara toured indigenous communities participating in Heifer International projects. This town housed a potter who had become a beekeeper with the support of Heifer.

Basilica in Tegucigalpa

Boy in Trinidad.
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Below, Chorti Maya people and scenes.







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Above, a Heifer-supported orphanage. Below Cara with a Lenca girl, her family, and the cow they received from Heifer.


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Roadside oven.

Above, manure composted to collect methane. Below, the stove it supplies.

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Community corn grinder.

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Banana trees.

Coffee-roasting plant near Tegucigalpa.

Political ad for election year.

Honduras is home to several cloud forests.

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Mayan ruins. In the foreground is the killing stone.



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Wedding in Santa Rosa.

Honduran 5th graders in Trinidad.