Terry You may want to get a hold of Peggy Stranges...She is a long time nurse that has spent a long time helping Roatan out...She has a clinic and knows all the important people that help the island out....I am sure she would love to hear from you.... her address is peggystranges.....com
Best Regards
Karen Kotowski....
Marco wrote:
Thank you so much for the offer Terry. Please, let's stay in touch.
Best, Marco
--- In travel-to-honduras....groups.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....groups.com
> [mailto:travel-to-honduras....groups.com] On Behalf Of Marco
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:21 PM
> To: travel-to-honduras....groups.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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