Paul and Laura Manship, Author at Shoulder to Shoulder, Inc.

December 10, 2021August 3, 2023

Almost at the End of our First Year

By Laura Manship – Executive Director

Maria, her baby, and her hens

It’s hard to believe — but we’re almost at the end of our first year of Hens Hatching Hope: Un Huevo Cada Dia.We started this project in January 2021. This is what we have accomplished so far:

– 25 women, in 25 different communities, are raising hens

– 300 mothers take their children (6 months – 2 years) to monthly check ups at the health centers. They receive a ticket for 30 free eggs.

– 300 children receive an egg a day through the project.

– Children’s heights and weights were taken in January 2021, July 2021, and again in January 2022. We are working with a professor at the University of Southern Georgia, to analyze the data.

Currently, we are in the process of evaluating the year, and working on improvements we want to make for our second year.

WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RUN THIS PROJECT FOR A SECOND YEAR.

We couldn’t have done it without our wonderful donors and supporters!

September 27, 2021August 3, 2023

Working with the US Embassy to Enhance Education

By Richard E Buten – President, Board of Directors

StS and US Embassy in Honduras working together

The United States Embassy in Honduras and Shoulder to Shoulder, Inc., work with the Honduran Ministry of Education to bring digital learning to rural HondurasThe U.S. Embassy Honduras, Public Affairs Section provided $110,000 in funding to Shoulder to Shoulder, for the development and distribution of digital curriculum via the Kolibri platform to more than 1250 children. This work supports the official Honduran textbooks and is being closely coordinated with the Honduran Ministry of Education who is assisting in the implementation.

This effort enhances educational opportunities of vulnerable youth in areas with low Internet connectivity. This project brings digital textbooks, video lessons, and a library of digital library books right into student homes via the Kolibri Learning Platform. With this, they can continue to learn during times when schools are closed due to COVID-19. The U.S. Embassy has provided funding for the transcription of Honduran textbooks onto inexpensive Android tablets and their deployment to students in 30 public schools in Southern Honduras.

Kolibri is developed and maintained by Learning Equality. It delivers a growing library of open educational resources designed for offline teaching and learning via open source software. The software and content are entirely free. It is centered around a learning platform with built-in educator support that can run on a local server device, e.g. laptop. It is complemented by tools to organize these resources and others to the local curriculum. In Honduras, Shoulder to Shoulder has implemented the complete set of textbooks needed for K-12 education plus a digital library of over 1000 books organized by grade level.

August 21, 2021August 3, 2023

My Recent Trip to Honduras

By Laura Failla Manship – Executive Director

Marela likes the daily egg she receives.

Dear Friend:Greetings from Honduras. I just returned to the US from a two week trip to Honduras. I had a busy, but very enjoyable, time.

I was excited to go and visit two of the women who are raising hens, and two of the families who are recipients of the daily egg program.

Gabriela used the micro-loan StS provided to purchase hens and build an enclosure for them. She currently has 30 hens. With these hens, she provides 30 eggs per month to 20 children in the program. Gabriela is not selling eggs to anyone else. The extra eggs are eaten by her family (her husband and 5 daughters).
Reyna used her micro-loan to build an enclosure for her hens. She currently has 150 hens, and has room to raise 300 hens. She provides 30 eggs per month to 25 children. Her husband takes the extra eggs and sells them to local stores. He does not have a car, so he puts the eggs in cartons, and carries them on the back of his horse.
Wendy and her daughter (in the photo above) are very grateful to be part of the program. Her husband works in the fields, and they have very little money. Wendy feels that her daughter is healthier, now that she eats eggs every day.
Sarai is a 24 year old mother. She has a 1 year old daughter, and they live with Sarai’s mother, grandmother, sister, and niece. The family is very grateful to receive the 30 eggs/month.

We are in the 6th month of the program, and are very pleased with how it is going.

Thank you for your support,

Laura Manship