Island Friends Roatan

Island Friends is the 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 for help needed. Over seventy five non-profits and volunteers 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 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.

Meet with us at Plaza Mar Restaurant (3rd floor) in Coxen Hole, 6:15 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month. Meetings start promptly at 6:30 p.m. and finish at 8:30 p.m. (Food and drinks are available – 10% off the menu price.) If you can’t make one forum, come to the next one.

List of Projects under the umbrella of Island Friends – January 2008

Clinica Esperanza - Peggy Stranges
Roatan Daycare Center - Judith Allred & Kim Dueffert
Partners in Education - 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 & Grazzia Matamoros
Sol International - Education through tutoring and sports - Dave Elmore & Brandon Raab
Funnio - Arlie Thompson
Educational Consultant - Charles Parchment
Steel Pan Alley - Deborah Prieskop
Roatan Boys and Girls Club - Joseph Solomon
Little Friends Foundation - Kandy Hyde
First Baptist Trade School - Matthew Harper
Littlest Angels - Nancy Agnew
Roatan Women's Club - Susan Jensen
Medicines for Roatan - Susie Ebanks
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

    
Click the images for larger views.