The Voice of the People
Advent has always been my favourite season of the year. The weeks leading up to Christmas are the only time I actually enjoyed the snow and subzero temperatures of my native Winnipeg. I always liked the soft si...
Connection as Sustainability
My coworker told me a story recently of schoolchildren in France who, when asked to draw a picture of chicken, drew pictures of cooked chickens like you would find in your local grocery store or market. Shocked...
Living in Harmony
Sitting in the dappled sunlight by this remote stream in southern Honduras, it was hard to believe that 20 years ago, there were no trees here at all. In October of 1998, Hurricane Mitch sent a roaring torrent ...
Building a Bridge
It’s well known that relationships can be hard, but they can be even harder when we are trying to establish a relationship between people from different countries, and it’s extremely hard if those countries hav...
Mujeres Valientes
These five Honduran women are making a large impact in their country. They work with organizations that teach peace workshops, work with victims of domestic violence and minister to troubled youth. I was inspir...
That I Would Go For My Family
I first saw David* sitting on a curb, his frame outlined against the Suchiate River in the distance. The Suchiate separates Mexico from Guatemala, a natural border turned political. To the right of us stood the...
Returned to Honduras
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras ‒ The cellphone vibrates against David’s pant pocket as he rides on the bus, but he does not dare pick it up. It is risky to use his phone because it’s an easy target for thef...
Gender equality as presupposition: the story of ANADES in El Salvador
Founded among women of rural base communities towards the end of El Salvador’s brutal civil war of the 1980s, the Asociacion Nuevo Amanecer de El Salvador (ANADES) has a long history of accompanying colectivos ...
Introducing Konbit Peyizan
For 37 years, the Haitian staff who operated from MCC’s office in the town of Desarmes have walked for miles every day, up mountains and through rivers in Haiti’s Artibonite Department, to work in remote and vu...
“Lord, the people are crying … “
This post originally appeared here.
Lars Ackerson is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC-Honduras.
March 7, 2019
Buenos dias! I’m Lars Akerson (pictured right), the Connecting P...