Rotarians from California, USA, and Honduras attend the opening of two micro credit banks in El Marillal in February. Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of Simi Sunrise, California.

New entrepreneurs sign loan documents. Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of Simi Sunrise, California.

They say that when life gives you lemons – make lemonade! When we learned our long-time partner, District 4250 (Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras), was in the Future Vision pilot, I certainly thought we had landed in a pile of lemons.

Clubs in my non-pilot District 5240 in California, USA, had been partnering in grants with the Rotary Club of Tegucigalpa, D.C., Honduras, for 10 years to provide corrective surgery for children born with club feet. We were also involved in an “Adopt a Village” project in El Marillal, Honduras, with the Rotary clubs of Choluteca, Choluteca, and Real de Minas-Tegucigalpa, D.C.  Continue reading →