Listos,
The Embassy of Honduras in Washington, DC and projecthonduras.com
today agreed to work together to disseminate information on Hondurans
and Honduran-Americans who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
The Embassy of Honduras will regularly post updates regarding
Hondurans and their families on its webpage at
http://www.hondurasemb.org, while projecthonduras.com
(http://www.projecthonduras.com) will make available its Honduras
Emergency Support Forum
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/honduras-emergency) to allow
individuals and groups interested in providing support to coordinate
efforts. Support can range from financial and material contributions
to offers of transportation and temporary housing. The Embassy will
also post their updates on the forum.
The Honduras Emergency Support Forum was originally designed to
mobilize and coordinate assistance to Honduras during crises such as
hurricanes, flooding, and drought. It was established following
Hurricane Mitch in 1998. The forum will now be used to allow
Hondurans and Honduran-Americans living in the US and around the world
to respond to the emerging needs of those living along the Gulf coast
of the United States.
There are more than one million Hondurans and people of Honduran
ancestry living in the US alone. The state of Louisiana, and
especially the city of New Orleans, has one of the oldest and largest
communities of Hondurans in the US. Others cities in the US with
significant Honduran and Honduran-American populations include New
York, Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, and Washington, DC.
There are 10 Honduran consulates in the US, including Atlanta,
Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Phoenix,
San Francisco, and Washington, DC. For contact information, see
http://www.hondurasemb.org/visas.htm.
To subscribe to the Honduras Emergency Support Forum, send a blank
e-mail message to: honduras-emergency-subscribe.....com. Key
staff from the Embassy of Honduras and Honduras' consulates in the US
will be on the forum to monitor the exchanges and provide up-to-date
reports.
Thanks,
Marco
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