back from honduras. mountain of paperwork to deal with. details to follow. ps. "funny" story: so i knew honduras had a murder problem... i just didn't know how bad it really was until i got down there and saw for myself; 50% higher murder rate than the second highest, El Salvador. talked to some friends down there. everyone knew someone who had been murdered recently. a friend of our group was also murdered by some gang in the past year (details on it are limited). what the fuck. things are bad down there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
thanks guys. the trip was successful for sure; we are seeing a steady decrease of patients each year. this is a good thing... less patients means more people are healthy. however, there are still some really bad cases; starving kids, sanitation issues, etc. funding has been low this year of which a small portion of that can be blamed on myself. i'm not really forthcoming with what i do with my friends and family. that may soon have to change. if the 'borg can tolerate me for it, i may in the future ask for your guys help on this. I wouldn't bother you guys with it if I didn't think it was a worthy cause. every bit helps afterall. for now, here is the website of the NGO i work for: http://www.mountainofhope.org/ The thing I really like about this team is that I know all 100% of donations is going exactly where it should (unlike some more famous charity groups). We run a very tight ship and you would be surprised how much good you can do with even a very small budget.
