Honduras Child Alliance is an International Effort
The heart of our program lies in the combined passion of our volunteers, managers, interns, donors, and directors. In collaboration with Honduran community members and supporters from around the world, our diverse perspective is our greatest strength.
Eve Horowitz(USA-PA)
As the founder and Executive Director of the Honduras Child Alliance, Eve is always looking at ways to build relationships. Both within Honduras and around the world, her philosophy for engaging supporters is to grow connections that allow each of us to be part of something together that truly makes a difference. Her goal is not to see how large Honduras Child Alliance can grow but to always consider what kind of organization we will grow to be, and how each person who participates can be nourished as a result.
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Elizabeth (Liz) Bender(USA-OR)
Liz is HCA’s Director of Programming and Finance. Liz started working in El Porvenir by doing four volunteer stints from 2009-2012, spending about one-year total volunteering before returning as our on-site Program Manager for an additional year in 2015-16. During her time in El Porvenir, she’s realized that beyond teaching basic academics, she is passionate about providing education and support in keeping the children healthy, sparking her recent completion of a degree in Public Health.
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Edwina (Eddy) Moran(Australia)
Eddy is HCA’s Director of Volunteer Engagement. Currently working in community resilience programming for local government in Melbourne, Australia, Eddy first volunteered in El Porvenir in 2016 and then returned as the 2017-18 Program Manager. As a director, Eddy is active in strategic planning, and in the oversight of HCA's grant applications. With a wealth of multi-talented volunteers who wish to remain connected from afar, Eddy’s role also includes the development of committees and...
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Rustom Dalal(Ireland)
HCA’s Treasurer. Currently working with KPMG as an International Tax Consultant, Rustom has been associated with HCA since December 2015 when he came to El Porvenir for a month as a volunteer to help with budgets and finances, and draft up a report on HCA’s Healthy Snacks program!
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Dania Mejia Ochoa(Honduras)
Serves as HCA’s Education Coordinator. She graduated from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán and is a teacher in La Ceiba. Dania has worked with HCA since 2018, leading PEP classes and teaching Adult English classes. She hopes to use the role of Education Coordinator to continue inspiring and motivating students in El Porvenir to follow their dreams.
Taber Merren(Honduras)
Serves as HCA’s In-Country Admin Manager. He first became involved with HCA when he began attending our English classes. From there, he became a volunteer, then an intern, and now is an essential member of ourin-country leadership team. When he is not busy with HCA, Taber is a university student studying Business Administration.
Position Available
HCA's 2021-22 Development Manager position is currently open. This is an in-Honduras role that typically is for one year.
Lynda Lawrence(USA-NY)
Lynda serves on the Honduras Child Alliance advisory board as a nutrition mentor for the in-country Healthy Snacks coordinators. Lynda is currently a Health Coach for a non-profit clinic in NYC for the underserved population with chronic diseases.
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Ruth Martin(Scotland)
Ruth volunteered in El Porvenir in 2017-18 and now serves as HCA's Donation Manager. In addition to making sure that all donors receive a personal thank you email, Ruth also follows up on our monthly donors to keep their payment info current.
Dra. Amanda Radisic(USA-MD)
Doctora Amanda wears many hats at HCA and is actively involved with the scholars committee. She has also been the liaison for our healthcare volunteers and has previously served as our Donations Manager. Amanda made her first trip to Honduras in 2011, and from that point on, she was hooked.
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Victoria (Tori) Montemurro(USA-MA)
Tori was HCA’s Development Manager for 2020 and is also Co-chair of the Scholars Committee. Tori was serving as an in-country Development Manager until COVID-19 forced her to return to the states. She continues to stay involved in fundraising and development for Honduras Child Alliance, in addition to her work with the Scholars Committee, and hopes to return to El Porvenir soon!
Eduan (Eddy) Nieuwoudt(South Africa)
Currently working with KPMG Ireland as a Financial Services Auditor, Eddy joined the Honduras Child Alliance team in 2020 and is assisting in general presentation and finance-related matters.
Maggie Dekker(USA-PA)
Serves as Co-chair of the Scholars Committee and as a Reference Reader for incoming volunteers. She first volunteered at HCA in 2016 and returned for a full year in 2017-18 as HCA’s first-ever Outreach Manager. Maggie’s big heart translated to great success in Outreach as she...
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Erin Dowd
(USA)
Serves on the HCA Advisory Board in the area of Curriculum Development and has an ongoing involvement in the implementation of the PEP+ curriculum. In her professional life, she is a global education consultant and founder of JRNEY, a website dedicated to amplifying teacher voice through global stories from the field.
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Rikke El Ofir - Soendergaard(Denmark)
Has done a broad range of humanitarian work, and research in Honduras since 2005. Currently, Rikke coordinates our training partnership with the Bomberos Porvenir (firefighters) which focuses on first aid, pre-hospital care, and community service.
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Andy Long(Australia)
Andy started volunteering with HCA in October 2013 and ended up returning on 3 separate occasions since, for 7 months total. Andy continues to support HCA by helping with our volunteer recruitment. He says, “I support volunteers going to Honduras because it is important to experience...
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Christina Durso(USA)
Christina volunteered at HCA in 2014. Prior to coming to Honduras, Christina was an elementary school teacher. Her passion for education and desire to help expand opportunities for children in underserved populations is what led her to volunteer.
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