Island Friends Roatan
An Established Non-profit 501c3

Island Friends is a coordinating point for volunteer efforts on the island of Roatan. It focuses on connecting those who want to help, with those in need. We make it easier for you to know where to put your interest in giving back. Our Forums provide information of current events, new ventures, create ideas and put them to action with help needed. Over one hundred and fifty volunteers and most of the non-profits are represented. Our data base contains contact information for these people.

The Goal:
The Island Friends goal is to organize, connect and take action on local projects for people in need. We support the efforts for better health, medical facilities, infant and child care, women’s issues, education, ending pediatric aids and caring for those already infected, reef conservation, participation in sports and music, trade and vocational schools, and the opportunities for tutoring and scholarships. We also believe in helping people help themselves.

The Forums:

The roundtable discussions include the latest concerns and ideas, identify what is going on, and speakers to inform us of plans of action. There's time to socialize and connect with old and new friends. We're also helping to avoid duplication of these remarkable efforts, unless it is needed, or appropriate.

Everyone is welcome! We invite you to join us and share in the development of our communities…because we are all neighbors.

We notify Island Friends when we have a Forum. Let us know your email contact information and we will add you to the invitation list. All are welcome and encouraged to come.

List of Projects under the umbrella of Island Friends – January 2010

Clinica Esperanza - Peggy Stranges
Roatan Daycare Center - Judith Allred, Linda Hin & Kim Dueffert
Partners in Education (PIER) - Cam O'Brien
Familias Saludables/HIV,AIDS Care - Valerie Nelson
Island to Island Midwifery and Women's Natal Care - Bernadette Ebanks
Mentoring and Supporting Opportunities for Higher Education - Charles George (Vegas)
Roatan Children's Fund - Lynn Fanelli
Roatan Marine Park Reef Conservation- Nic Bach
Sol International - Education through tutoring and sports - Dave Elmore & Brandon Raab
Funnio - Arlie Thompson
Educational Consultant - Charles Parchment Ph.D
Steel Pan Alley - Deborah Prieskop
Little Friends Foundation - Kandy Hyde
First Baptist Trade School - Matthew Harper
Roatan Women's Club - Peggy Orange
Medicines for Roatan - Rita Hojan
Roatan Men's Project - Wally Tyson

This is accomplished through donations - of time and action, materials, exchanges of island knowledge, skill, available expertise, financial assistance - from island residents and visitors, and from folks from other countries. These volunteer networking efforts are coordinated to help the immediate and long term needs of others in the social services areas.

CLICK here to view the Island Friends Project Wish List

    
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