Learning about bananas
Written by: Charissa Zehr
Every January we have an MCC Honduras team meeting to do planning for the year ahead. This year, our meeting was in El Progreso, an interesting city not too far from San Pedro. The "v...
La Bestia
By Chris Hershberger Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City.
On Sunday, a cargo train derailed near Villahermosa, Mexico. Aboard this cargo train were 250 Centra...
Honduran music sampling
Honduras has a wide variety of local music talent, and so this afternoon we would like to share with you some samples for your enjoyment.
Sopa de Caracol - Polache
Garifuna (Afro-Honduran) traditional...
Honduras trivia
Test your knowledge of Honduras facts!
Here is a fun way to learn a little more about Honduras. Some of the answers might surprise you.
Enjoy! Let us know how you did in a comment.
Want to learn more about H...
Honduras: ‘Light through the cracks’
Photo by Margaret Penner, MCC Mexico
Lynn and Mark Baker recently returned from a two-week trip to Honduras visiting friends, churches, and programs. Here are some excerpts from a post-trip letter of refle...
Plague threatens Small-Scale Coffee Producers
Coffee time at INESIN, Rick Block on the far right
By Rick Block is an agronomist working with MCC Mexico partner, INESIN, in Chiapas Mexico. He describes the situation of small farmers losing 75% of their co...
Honduran Elections: Is change possible?
While the upcoming election in the US dominants the news in much of the world, the small, often forgotten country of Honduras is also gearing up for November elections. Here Charissa Zehr, of MCC Honduras, prov...
For the sake of humanity: The Need for Immigration Reform
Tammy Alexander, Legislative Associate for Domestic Affairs, MCC Washington D.C. Office reflects on the individuals and families behind the policy debates in the USA. This post originally appeared in http://pea...
On the Move: Mariposas and Migrants
In Fall each year about 100 million migrants travel from the Great Lakes area of Canada and the United States to central Mexico. Yes, you read that correctly – 100 MILLION migrants….
It is about a 3000-kilomet...
A message to my fellow gringos…
Charissa Zehr, an MCC service worker in Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, shares her thoughts on a book written over 20 years ago, and wonders if anything has changed for the rural people of Honduras since then. "...