Buckner International will ship $7,000 in humanitarian aid and a 40-foot container filled with shoes, socks, clothes, blankets and food to families affected by severe flooding and mudslides in Honduras.
Buckner staff loaded the container Oct. 27 for international delivery from the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid in east Dallas.
Torrential rains in Honduras have damaged crops, left people homeless and claimed 33 lives so far. And the government called for the evacuation of about 100,000 people, declaring a national emergency.
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Kevin Jones, a warehouse worker at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid, moves boxes of shoes and socks for shipment to Honduras. (PHOTO/Buckner)
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The office of the first lady of Honduras approached Buckner for aid, and the response was immediate.
“Buckner is committed to help Honduras,” said Leslie Chace, Buckner director of ministry development for Central and South America.
“In the trips we’ve taken, we’ve been very welcomed by the government and of all the Latin American countries we’ve visited, we found Honduras to be the neediest.”
Buckner services in Honduras include humanitarian aid for children’s homes and volunteer mission trips.
Buckner also is exploring the possibility of setting up a foster care program and transitional living programs.
Buckner will deliver shoes from this shipment to children living in orphanages in December as part of its Shoes for Orphan Souls ministry. For more information, visit www.ShoesforOrphan Souls.org .
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