Hello everyone, I shall be running my first ever marathon on the 24th October from Buffalo to Niagara Falls. They claim that this is the only marathon to start in one country and finish in another, so not only is it a long way to run, but also presents an interesting border crossing issue. With less than 4 weeks to go, training has not always gone to plan, but I'm on track now and very much looking forward to the event. I have decided to run for OYE Honduras, an organisation which provides education opportunities for at-risk children in (you guessed it) Honduras.
A few years back I spent a short amount of time in Malawi and Zambia and was taken aback by the issues faced by the young people there. After a bit of reading round, I discovered that the social environment within those countries experienced is very similar to that in Honduras. Because of this (in addition to personal ties to the charity directors), I was attracted to support this particular organisation.
Honduras is one of the poorest Latin American countries and as such many families cannot provide the resources their children need to complete an education. Honduras has a high rate of illiteracy (over 40% of the population) and accounts for over half of all Central America's cases of HIV/AIDS. OYE provides scholarships and other capacity-building and communication programs to provide tools to combat some of these problems where it is most needed. If you are interested in finding out a bit more, here's a link: http://www.oyehonduras.org/
Thanks,
Ben
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