Learn to Lead Your Own Medical or Educational Brigade by Joining the Río Team!

 

Río de Agua Viva 2025

LEARN and Teach!

Over the last eleven years, AHMEN’s Rio de Agua Viva team focused primarily on sharing knowledge with community leaders.  We ask focus communities what types of education would be beneficial for our team to bring and plan around those concepts.

This last summer I visited with my dear brother, Dr. Luther Castillo Harry, Secretary of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Republic of Honduras.  I asked him what AHMEN needed to do to remain relevant.  He encouraged us to keep bringing the medical brigades, keep partnering in community development, but he recommended we take our mission a step further.  “The focus of the world has been on Honduras as a victim of the narco-state and U.S. politics.  Very well-minded people seek to ‘help’ Honduras.  You come to teach, but why not bring people to learn?”

As always, we welcome all those called to join us, but we specifically aim to recruit teachers, professors, college students, and high school graduates to come to Honduras with us on a leadership training team.  This team will have three main objectives:

·       Address local needs via educational training

·       Facilitate team membership as community service hours, school/university credits, and/or CEUs

·       Train and equip volunteers to lead their own learning and teaching teams in the future

The team dates (7-10 days) for Summer 2025 will be released by Halloween 2024.  The team fee will be around $1,200 per person which includes all in-country travel, food, and lodging.  It does not include airfare or one’s worldly pleasures.

Where will we go?  It depends on how large our team ends up becoming, the greatest need, and the common interest. 

·        Cruzadas del Evangelio (AHMEN’s base operations in La Ceiba and home to the Shalom Dorm for At-Risk Young Women)

·        The mountain community of Yorito welcomes a strong planning focus to help the dozens of NGO members and community agents ensure every home has clean drinking water.  The mayor seeks help long-term planning in sustainable development.  Medical brigades are also welcome.

·        The shoreside community of Ciriboya hosts the first public Garifuna hospital in Honduras.  Medical and education brigades requested.  Additional goals involve evaluating the revitalization of the healthcare facility.  You will be speaking Garifuna after just a few days!

·        Journeying up the river in La Moskitia to conduct medical brigades and lead community health seminars entails adventure few ever have the opportunity to experience elsewhere.  A linguist and nature lover’s delight!

·        Las Islas de La Bahía: We will participate in the first interest group meeting with future potential community agents on the beautiful Roatan island.  SCUBA and snorkeling encouraged!

As you can tell, AHMEN can introduce you to many places where you may begin to open the doors of your educational institution to learning in Honduras.  By joining the 2025 Rio de Agua Viva team, you will not only engage deeply with leadership in multiple areas where AHMEN teams serve, you will train as a team leader to plan the ways you will partner with AHMEN in the future.  Email us for more info at AHMENinHonduras@gmail.com today!