Trevor,
Here is what I know as a common Honduran citizen. All school supplies are available here at different prices depending on quality and store you visit and amounts purchased. I do know that notebooks and books are heavy and if you put that in luggage you will reach the airlines' 50 pound limit per bag pretty quickly, maybe since you comming in a group you could be able to get it all in several bags.
Price and availability aside, I do know that kids and even their parents get excited when they get supplies from outside the country. It feels nice to know that someone went thru all the hassle of carrying this stuff from far away. I guess you could try bringing some stuff over and buying the heavier or bulkier stuff here.
As for large quantities (school size quantities I think they might have, San Pedro Sula usually has more supplies of everything since they have so many smaller cities nearby. Beware if you are comming during february you'll come right when regular school is starting everywhere and everyone is buying school supplies so that time might be bad to purchase here because they might run out or get pricier than usual.
As for donations and gifts i know there is a limit as to how much you can declare as such (around $1000) , but I don't know much more than that.
I think others in the group can better answer this as they might have done humanitarian trips over here and gone thru the whole experience.
Angel
----- Original Message -----
From: Trevor Ray
To: travel-to-honduras.....com
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 1:40 PM
Subject: [travel-to-honduras] ?'s about bringing Donations to Honduras
Hello everyone-
A group of us is traveling down to Honduras as a family doing Humanitarian
work. One of the organizations near La Ceiba is in dire need of school
supplies.
Does anyone have suggestions on what to bring from the US and what to buy
in Honduras? Will prices be significantly lower in Honduras? Will most
supplies be readily available there also (children's scissors, pencils,
papers, crayons, notebooks, backpacks, etc.) to purchase in large
quantities?
We were also wondering if anyone knows general laws for bringing donations
like that into the country. Is there an import tariff even if it is being
given away as a gift to a Honduran non-profit? We were also looking at
donating dental hygiene supplies and children's books.
Thanks!
-Trevor
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