We need your help!

We are the children of Honduras. We see poverty all around us and know that the only way to break the cycle is through education. Unfortunately, we can't afford the supplies necessary to attend school. It only takes $15 a month to cover our educational expenses but that's 1/3 of our household income! The average Honduran family lives on $2 a day! When the choice is between food and notebooks, food always takes the priority. We want to learn and even hope to go to college someday. Will you help us?

the BECA program

Beca is the Spanish word for scholarship. The BECA program was begun in the 1990s by Doctor Tony Tabora and his wife, Maria Clara Torres de Tabora. The couple, both doctors, ran a medical clinic which primarily served the economically disadvantaged of Trujillo, Colón, a small town on the North Coast of Honduras, Central America. Through their experiences, they determined that one of the most effective ways to break the cycle of poverty was through education. Because of this conviction, they formed a scholarship program that aided local students in the church.



In August 2002, Dr. Tony was murdered. As a result, Maria Clara moved to San Pedro Sula to live near her parents. She attempted to run the scholarship program from afar, but in 2005 began looking for someone to take over the responsibility. Because I was living in Trujillo at the time, I was approached to manage the program. Though I am currently living in the States, I continue to coordinate the scholarship program because I see its importance in Third World Honduras.



Because there is a Christian school in Trujillo that supports elementary age children, the BECA program currently sponsors 15 young people, all high school age (7-12 grade). These students must maintain passing grades (70% or higher) in order to remain in the program. In addition, there is also a general fund that helps to send students to college and to provide aid in medical emergencies. I return to Honduras once a year to visit the BECA students, who I know personally.



Would you consider making a one-time or monthly gift?



All gifts are used to benefit the Honduran students. There are NO overhead costs! That's right! One hundred percent of what is given goes straight to the BECA program! How many organizations do you know who can make that claim?!



Recommended donation: $15



All donations can be sent to:

Rochester Church of Christ

c/o Karen Owen

250 West Avon Road

Rochester Hills, MI 48307



Please make checks payable to the Rochester Church of Christ and write Honduras Scholarship Fund in the memo.





Blessings,



Nadine Taylor

BECA coordinator


P.S. Sometime in the future, I may make it possible to donate online. Send me a message and let me know what you think about that.