The efforts of Art For Humanity result in less poverty, less crime, fewer divided families and a better environment.  For each of these efforts, volunteers are needed.

Projects Here

Many of the things we collect and send to Honduras are things that would have gone into the landfill. We have shipped hundreds of refrigerators, stoves, freezers and washing machines all of which were headed to the landfill.  Most of the shoes we collect, would have gone to a landfill. Local County governments gives us thousands of gallons of paint that would otherwise go into a landfill.  The efforts of Art For Humanity not only help the poor, they also help the environment.

Projects In Honduras

In partnership with Peace Corps volunteers in Honduras, we are developing another new environmental project which will provide very interesting volunteer opportunities.

Work Hard, Experience a New Culture, Make a Difference!

High-altitude jungles thrive on top of the highest peaks in Honduras.  These jungles are called cloud forests, with perpetual mists and fog.  Temperatures and evaporation levels are low, so these forests retain a great deal water.  Vines, bromeliads, mosses and ferns are wrapped in mist and dripping wet most of the year.  The cloud forest is a unique and magical ecosystem.  Due to its rugged geography, lack of development, and relatively low population density, Honduras has conserved much of this precious bionetwork.  Montaña de Santa Barbara is a prime example of pristine cloud forest.

Santa Barbara Mountain, the second-highest mountain in Honduras at 2,744 meters, rises majestically to the east of Lake Yojoa in the west-central part of the country.  Santa Barbara National Park covers about 13,000 hectares of the mountain.  Along with the usual tropical vegetation, travelers discover pine, oak and maple trees in this beautiful cloud forest.  A diverse variety of animals, birds, butterflies and insects live in this magnificent area, along with an amazing array of orchids, other bromeliads and a profusion of wildflowers.  The mountain is part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, an area of immense ecological importance that runs from Mexico to South America.

Surrounding the National Park, known as the Nuclear Zone, is the Buffer zone.  Here, campesino communities toil to wrest a living from the mountainous terrain.  This is coffee country.  The people are kind, hard-working, proud of their way of life and proud of their land.

Would you like to get to know the campesino culture in coffee country, while helping to protect this extraordinary environment?  You can stay with a host family, experiencing first-hand the customs, food and lifestyle of a mountain village in Honduras, while working to improve the National Park.  You may spend a day developing park entrances with visitor centers, latrines, picnic tables, and trailheads; you may be building trails or campsites; you may be working on a reforestation project or initiating flora and fauna inventories.  Although the work is demanding, the rewards are worthwhile.  Imagine seeing as many as 50 different species of butterflies while clearing underbrush with your machete.  Imagine discovering a rare species of orchid, hidden on the shady side of jungle tree.  Imagine uncovering Mayan artifacts in a hitherto unknown cave.  Imagine forming new friendships, discovering a new culture, making a difference.