Thank you so much for the offer Terry. Please, let's stay in touch.
Best, Marco
--- In travel-to-honduras.....com, "Terry Curtin"
wrote:
> Marco:
> My wife and I are planning on semi-retiring and fully retiring in
Roatan. I
> am an engineer (petroleum) and my wife has extensive nurse,
geriatric and
> infant nursery experience as well as business management experience.
Once
> we are settled we would like to help out in any way we can, on a limited
> basis, to the betterment of the people of Honduras. I have lived
about 25
> years of my life in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Venezuela and
Honduras and
> am fluent in English and Spanish. My wife understands a little Spanish.
>
> If there is anything we can help you out with, either here in Canada
or in
> Roatan, please let us know.
>
> Terry & Diane Curtin
> Fort St. John, BC
> Canada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: travel-to-honduras.....com
> [mailto:travel-to-honduras.....com] On Behalf Of Marco
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:21 PM
> To: travel-to-honduras.....com
> Subject: [travel-to-honduras] The Grand International Dialogue
>
> Good afternoon...
>
> With the deadline for registration just around the
> corner (end of September), the pace of people
> registering to attend the Conference on Honduras 2005
> (http://www.projecthonduras.com/conference) has
> increased during the past few days. We now have a
> total of 179 people confirmed to attend.
>
> We are ahead of last year at this time by about 10
> registrations. Last year, we ended up having
> approximately 250 people at the Conference on Honduras
> 2004. I am estimating we'll have about 250 this year
> as well.
>
> So far, 63% of the people that have registered will be
> traveling from the US. About 34% will be traveling
> from within Honduras. And 3% will be traveling from
> other countries (Canada & Mexico).
>
> I would very much like to see more participation by
> Hondurans at the conference. Perhaps one reason there
> are not more Hondurans has to do with the perception
> that the event is a North American event and that it
> will be conducted in English. Thus, I encourage
> everyone to spread the word that the conference will
> be conducted in both English and Spanish. We will
> have simultaneous translation services throughout the
> four days of the conference. We'll have more than 100
> headphones available.
>
> It is true that the Conference on Honduras is North
> American-sponsored. Both projecthonduras.com and
> Special Missions Foundation are based in the US. But
> the event is being held in Copan Ruinas for a good
> reason, and that is that we want it to have an
> increasingly Honduran focus.
>
> As some of you will recall, the Maduro Administration
> in 2003 came up with the concept of a "Grand National
> Dialogue" for Honduras. The idea was to establish a
> national discussion involving all segments of Honduran
> society with respect to developing a long-term vision for
> the country... The central question being, "Where do
> we want Honduran society to be by the year 2021?".
>
> I'm not sure what ever happened to the Grand National
> Dialogue, but I can tell you that one of the things we
> are attempting with the Conference on Honduras series
> is to do something in the same vein... but more
> comprehensive. We want to establish a "Grand
> International Dialogue", involving both Honduran
> society and those individuals and organizations abroad
> that consider themselves friends of Honduras.
>
> We already have a long-term vision for Honduras. It
> consists of a population that is extremely
> well-educated because it will have access to
> affordable education based on curriculms and teachers
> that stimulate and support creative thinking, practical
> application of knowledge, and constant questioning.
>
> It consists of a population that will be extremely healthy
> because it will have access to good nutrition, clean
> water, and affordable basic medical care.
>
> It consists of a population that will have compassion
> for everybody, particularly for children, the weak, and
> the underprivileged, and that it will passionately believe
> that the most noble thing in life is to give rather than to
> receive.
>
> It consists of a population that will believe it can
> always solve its own problems, and that solutions do
> not always require money.
>
> And finally, it consists of a population that will
> stop seeing itself in terms of red and blue,
> conservative and liberal, Catholic and Protestant,
> rich and poor, cultured and uncultured, right and
> wrong... and stop pointing fingers.
>
> The Grand International Dialogue we seek to promote is
> all about finding common ground in a few core areas that
> have the greatest potential to empower the Honduran
> people. It is also about learning to engage each other in
> a more gracious, civil language whenever we are unable to
> find that sacred ground.
>
> The vision already exists. It is a matter of sharing
> this vision with everyone and seeking wide input to perfect
> it and implement it consistently for generations to come.
>
> Best,
> Marco
>
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