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Drew Honduras Project

36 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ, 07940 / Phone: 973/408-3499


Drew Honduras Project:

The Drew Honduras Project is a totally student-run volunteer program. The Honduras Project is run by student board members and advised by a faculty member, Professor Sandra Jamieson. The students make the plans, raise the money, arrange the work schedules, select the participants, raise all the money (did I mention that?), organize the pre-trip meetings, lead the reflection sessions on the trip, and generally run around a lot! In the process they refine their leadership and interpersonal skills, organizational strategies, understanding of budgeting, and fundraising methods. They apply skills and knowledge they have learned in teh classroom andalso learn a lot about Honduras--and about themselves.

Where is Honduras exactly, and where do you go?

Honduras is in Central America, snuggled between Guatemala to the West, El Slavador to the south, and Nicaragua to the East. It has a northern coast on the Caribbean and a small southern coast on the  Pacific in the Gulf of Fonseca (check out Googel Earth to see the exact location). We visit Tegucigalpa, the capital city, toward the center of the country; San Pedro Sula, the main commercial city, in the north west; Agua Caliente, just east of La Ceiba, which is further east along the coast from San Pedro Sula; and Copán Ruinas, the site of the Mayan city. We also spend time between Agua Blanca and Talanga, an hour north of Tegicgalpa and Amerateca, abotu an hour west of Teguc. Explore the photographs and descriptions on this site to learn more, or send an email to the board.

How can I join the Drew Honduras Project?

We select participants early in the Fall semester so that they can spend the year fundraising and preparing for the trip the following May. Look for us at the Activities Fair the first week of school, watch email for the invitation to apply, or stop back here mid-September for more details about the application process! We welcome members who are not able to join us in-country, too. The more money we can raise, the more help we can give!

How can I help the Drew Honduras Project?

If you'd like to help the Drew Honduras Project, there are a number of things we need, but the thing we need the most is money. It costs about $1,100.00 to send each student on the trip (for airfare, accommodation, food, materials for the work projects, and donations to the children's homes and groups we work with). Each group participant, including the faculty and staff who accompany the students, must raise that money themselves, working alone and with the group in project fundraisers. Every penny we raise is spent getting us to Honduras, paying for the materials we need to do the work there, and making donations to the people with whom we work. We will happily accept (tax deductible) donations of money or frequent flier miles (Continental Airlines). If you have suggestions about how we might raise money, we'd love to know that too!

For more information, please contact Sandra Jamieson, the faculty advisor for the group, at
sjamieso@drew.edu.


PLEASE NOTE: On November 6, 2009 the US State Department issued a Travel Alert for Honduras:

"The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the current uncertain political and security situation in Honduras, and recommends that American citizens exercise caution when traveling to Honduras, while deferring all non-essential travel to the capital city of Tegucigalpa until further notice.  This Travel Alert expires on December 20, 2009."

The alert is in response to demonstrations following the ousting of elected President Manuel Zelaya and his replacement by former head of Congress, Roberto Micheletti. Although most of the demonstrations have been in the capital city, Tegucigalpa, the warning expresses concern that they might spread as the date of the electon approaches (November 29).

See the "News & Information" page for an attempt to explain this sequence of events, updated as new developments are reported.

THE DREW HONDURAS PROJECT WILL NOT TRAVEL TO HONDURAS IN 2010 UNLESS THE TRAVEL ALERT IS LIFTED AND THE COUNTRY IS SAFE. IF WE DO GO, WE WILL NOT VISIT TEGUCIGALPA.


Meet the 2009-2010 board!

2009 trip itinerary

Packing list

Honduras Project Packet for Members

Insurance PDF

Health Form

Fundraising Sheet

Fundraising Letter

New Member Application

Returner Application

Peer Evaluation (required)


Upcoming Events

The application deadline for the 2010 trip has passed. Watch email for announcements and events!





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