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 The 2024 - 2025 Report on Amigos de Honduras Mission Trip and Projects 

Submitted By PDG Chris Parkinson 

Over the last twenty- five years, Rotary District 7870 (Rotary Clubs in Southern NH and Southern VT) have had 32 mission trips and provided aid to Honduras which is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere. This included twenty-six (26) trips working with the Danli Rotary Club and six (6) trips working with the Ursula Rotary Club in San Pedro Sula. 

After hurricane Mitch devastated Honduras in 1999, Rotary Clubs of District 7870 formed Amigos de Honduras, which ultimately became a program of the Rotary District 7870 Foundation, a non-profit corporation. One of the trustees of the foundation, PDG Chris Parkinson, currently heads up the activities of Amigos de Honduras. 

Since 2001, Amigos de Honduras has concentrated its efforts in four areas: 

 Medical Care - In 25 years we have seen approximately 30,000 medical and dental patients. In 2025, we saw 847 patients. 

 Medical Equipment and Supplies 

o Over 14.5 Tons of Medical Supplies Transported by Team Members 

o 7 – 40’ Containers of Medical Equipment & Supplies 

o 3 Ambulances shipped 

 School Construction & Education – We have constructed 10 schools, expanded 5 schools, and converted 2 other buildings into schools. We have repaired and painted 17 schools, and we have worked on a youth center and a drug rehabilitation facility. We have also provided school uniforms to over 400 students – which are required for children to attend school. In 2024, we participated in the construction of a new school building which is part of the El Pozo Bendito school campus and it was completed in 2025. In 2025, we participated in the construction of a new school building in Quiscamotes, a poor and remote section of Danli. 

 Pure Water - Working with another 501c3 Rotary partner, Pure Water for the World (PWW), we have installed or funded over 11,100 water filters which provide clean water to more than 58,000 people. We have also provided wells and latrines to several villages. In 2020-21, we worked with PWW and provided emergency relief to restore wáter lines that were destroyed by Hurricanes Eta and Iota. In 2022, we funded a PWW wáter and sanitation project in El Chaguite. In 2023, we worked with PWW at the CEB Francisco Morazan Scool in the town of Los Alamendros where we rehabilitated 3 latrines, built 4 new latrines, a hand washing station, installed a wáter line and cistern, and two wáter filters. In 2023, it was announced that PWW was closing down operations. Therefore, in 2024 we did not have a Water and Sanitation project. However, in 2025 we worked with Agua Pura, which is an NGO spawned by former employees of PWW. We funded and participated in a project in Ochoa, a community located over an hour from Danli.