Third Goal

Niñas con Ticucos

My little friends hold up the ticucos we just made, and which they will sell door to door that afternoon for 3 lempiras a piece. 

Traditional Dances

The dance group of el Centro Basíco line up to preform their traditional dance la tusa.

Las Chicas de Barrio Lempira

The hard working little girls of Bo. Lempira pose for a photo. 

los chicos de barrio lempira

The tough boys of Bo. Lempira pose for a picture.

atol in the yard

Doña Linda has prepared a large thermos of atol chuco, and has it ready to go, sitting on her wheel barrow. 

pila window

Here the family's pila becomes a window to the clothes on the line, the vegetable garden, the countryside.      

Scarlet & toys

Scarlet, a descendent of the Maya-Chortí, is busy crawling around her toys in the center of her family's main room. 

el Fogón

the fogón is the wood-burning stove used throughout Honduras. 

la Venta

Doña Catalina awaits costumers at her pulperia. 

Pulperia Treats

Doña Catalina often makes topoios (pronounced To-Po-E-Os) to sell at her pulperia. For one Lempira kids can buy these frozen fruit juice treats, rip open one corner of the plastic baggy with their teeth and suck away! 

Pila Love

The Pila--the water storage of rural Honduras. Here we wash our clothes, our bodies, and our food. Here we hang our tooth brushes and hats. This pila is located on the farm of Don Juanquis in la Cumbre San Lucas, Cabañas Copan, Honduras.    

Doña Elvira

Doña Elvira lives in Bo. Lempira, Cabañas, Copán, Honduras. She was my host mother's mother, and became my adoptive grandmother. She is a beautiful woman who taught me how to make breads, orange-leaf tea, and many other little lessons of the campo. 

A Small Peace - A Big Change