THE ROTARY CLUB OF TOCOA
A Friendly Hand …
Projects of the Club
Projects that Have
Being Finished:
In the past 4 years or so, our Club has undertaken several community
projects that are benefiting or have benefited more than half a million people,
not only in
1. - Maternal Home
(1998):
A 150 sq.-meters home built in
the premises of Hospital Tocoa to
take pregnant poor women from the villages about to give birth and that do not
have how to pay lodge. This
project was completed with Club funds raised with its own fundraising
activities and later on, was expanded with the financial support of the NGO
Medicos del Mundo (Spain, 2003), and several other
local organizations and institutions.
The Club pays two persons to take care of this center.
2. - Dental Clinic
(2002):
Built in the facilities of the Tocoa Health Center to provide dental
services, (with the assistance of intern dental doctors sent by the National
Government through the Honduras National University School of Dentistry), at
symbolic prices to poor or needed people of surrounding areas of Tocoa and
beyond. The dental chair and equipment
was donated by a Dentist from
3. - 10 Duplex
Homes (2001, partial Matching Grant #13263)
This project was built in the
community of La Ceibita, Tocoa to benefit more than 20 families displaced by
Hurricane Mitch and made thanks to the support of Friends from
4. - 12 Houses
(2001):
Built in the community of La
Ceibita, Tocoa to benefit more than 12 families displaced by Hurricane Mitch
and made through the financial support of District Funds
5. - 25 Houses in
To benefit same number of Garifuna families in Santa Rosa de Aguan
displaced by Hurricane Mitch and carried out with the support of The Monroe
Rotary Club and others in District 7680,
6. - Donation of a
1990 4x4
This truck was donated to the Tocoa Fire Department on behalf of our
fellow Rotarian Hector Armando Chacon,
who acted as Head of the Duplex Housing project, and he donated this in-kind
obtained from his offered honoraries.
7. - Donation of a
1994 GMC Ambulance (2002):
This truck was donated to the Tocoa Fire Department on behalf of our
fellow Rotarian Hector Armando Chacon
and Paul Jennings, who worked
together at a personal level to make this project possible. We received a very kind donation from
Rotarians Dick & Sally Briggs,
from
8. - Donation of 2
Rescue Boats (2001, MG #14691):
These boats were donated to the Tocoa Fire Department to respond to
emergencies local urban and rural floodings during the rainy season in Tocoa
and the whole Department of Colon. This
project was made with the financial help of Clubs in District 5110 and The
Rotary Foundation, through the Rotary Club of Coos Bay-North Bend, Oregon.
9. - Construction
of a Water Dam (1999):
This project was built completely
with Club funds and was intended to have a reservoir of water in a nearby
community in order for the Tocoa Fire Department to have a place to fill their
fire units in case of emergencies since we have no hydrants locally.
10. - Fire
equipment and bunker to Fire Departments in
Throughout these years we have
had a closed partnership with the International Fire Service Assistance Organization,
IFSAO, lead by Mr. Paul Jennings, to provide and equip several Fire Departments
throughout
11. - Donation of a
1999 Ford Van (1999, MG #8878):
This vehicle was donated to the
orphanage “Finca del Niño” (Farm
of the Child) in
12. - Chartering of
the Tocoa Fire Department and the
We are proud to have being the
precursors to the chartering of these two organizations that have and will
bring plenty of assistance to the social development of our region in
13. - Donation of 3
Fire Units (2000):
This equipment has being donated
to the Tocoa Fire Department and consists of two fire units and one water
tanker plus related equipment. As in number 10, this also has being a fruit of
our relation with the International Fire Service Assistance Organization,
IFSAO, lead by Mr. Paul Jennings.
14. - Equipment for
Primary School (2001, MG #14729):
The elementary school “Guillermo
Ayes” in the Favio Ochoa subdivision of Tocoa was completely
equipped with school desks for kids and teachers, a full playground, teaching
materials and preparation of a computer room.
This project was also made with the financial help of Clubs in District
5110 and The Rotary Foundation, through the Rotary Club of Coos Bay-North Bend,
Oregon.
15. - Donation and
Installation of Water Purification Systems (2003, MG #17775):
Five Living Water Treatment
Systems units were donated to Hospital Tocoa,
16. - Donation of
Medical Equipment (2002-2003):
We have requested and obtained
about 8 containers full of used and working medical equipment that has being
donated to every health unit in Colon (Hospitals and Health Centers) and part
of this equipment has even being donated to national hospitals in Tegucigalpa
and San Pedro Sula. These containers
have come from organizations such as Rotary World Help Network (RWHN), Medical
Equipment Sent Abroad (MESA) and Rotarians from
17. - Donation of
Computers (2002-2003):
We have obtained a significant
numbers of used computers from the above mentioned organizations that have
being rehabilitated in-situ and donated to elementary schools, high schools,
fire departments, municipalities and police departments in Colon.
18. – Construction
of Primary School (1995)
This primary school is located in
one of the poorest areas of Tocoa and is called “Escuela
Rotaria #1” (
19. - Donation of
Chlorine Generators (2002-2003):
One of these units has being
donated to each of the five municipalities benefited in 3H Grant #02-1290 and
they are managed by the local Juntas de Agua to
produce the disinfectant chlorine at 0.6% to treat their drinking water at
2ppm. Each of these units produces 400
liters in a 24-hr cycle, enough to treat 1,200,000 liters of water.
20. - 3H Grant
#02-1290 (2002-2005):
In order to know more about this
grant, please follow the link in the main page or Click Here.
21. – Reforestation
of Green Areas (1994):
The main entrance to the town of
Projects under
Process of Completion:
22. - Donation of
an Ambulance (2003, MG #23192)
This is a project that has
already being approved by TRF to provide the Maternity Clinic of Bonito
Oriental, a municipality of Colon, with an ambulance for their use, and is also
being made with the financial help of Clubs in District 5110, through the
Rotary Club of Coos Bay-North Bend, Oregon and in cooperation with the
Municipality of Bonito Oriental.
23. - Donation of
an Ambulance (2003, MG #23192)
This is a project that has
already being approved by TRF to provide the Savá Fire Department with this ambulance,
and is also being made with the financial help of Clubs in District 5110,
through the Rotary Club of Coos Bay-North Bend, Oregon and in cooperation with
the Municipality of Savá.
24. - Donation of a
Fire Truck (2003, MG #23192)
This is a project has already
being approved by TRF to provide the Sava Fire
Department with this desperately needed fire unit , and is also being made with
the financial help of Clubs in District 5110, through the Rotary Club of Coos
Bay-North Bend, Oregon in cooperation with the Municipality of Savá.
25. - Donation of a
Fire Truck (2003, MG #23192)
This is a project that has
already being approved by TRF to provide the Tocoa Fire Department with this
desperately needed fire unit , and is also being made with the financial help
of Clubs in District 5110, through the Rotary Club of Coos Bay-North Bend,
Oregon.
26. - Donation of a
2003
This project has being approved by TRF and it
will provide to buy this truck for use in the activities of the 3H Grant
#02-1290 in the five municipalities of
Projects Looking
for International Cooperation or Funding:
27. – Street
signing and house numbering for downtown Tocoa
28. – Obtain
Equipment for Community Workshops:
Sewing, Wood and Metals
28. – Donate Patrol
Vehicles, Velocity meters and Equipment for Colon
Police Department
29. – 20 LWTS Water
Purification Systems for rural communities and health centers
30. – Provide 100
Chlorine Generators Units for community water treatment (AC100 &
Solar-powered Models)
31. – Search for
financing of Urban Treatment Systems for Potable Water Lines in Tocoa
32. – Look for
donation of 1000 Pentium+ Computers for Schools, Municipalities, Police, FD´s,
etc.
33. – Look and
Install Oxygen Generator Systems for Tocoa and
34. – Industrial
Laundry Systems for Tocoa and
35. – Construction
of Sanitary Landfills for Solid Wastes in Tocoa, Savá and
36. – Obtain at
least 10 Garbage Dump Trucks for Savá, Tocoa, Trujillo, etc.
37. – Construction
of an Orphanage in Tocoa
38. – Provide
39. – Provide and
Install 20 Fire Hydrants in Tocoa
40. – Implement a
“Merienda” or Snack Program in several elementary poor schools
41. – Obtain a
Wheeled Well Driller to perforate water wells in rural communities
42. – Install two
or three Recycling Centers to be implemented in future Landfills
43. – Construction
of two Public Libraries: Tocoa and
44. – Provide 1000 Scholarships
to students into Seventh grade from less favored sectors
45. – Construction
of 5000 latrines for the same number of poor households in
46. – Provide 250
wheel chairs to handicapped persons in the Department of Colon
47. – Construction
of 10 water systems for rural communities in 3H Grant project area
48. – Obtain
funding for construction of a central Fire Station in Tocoa
49. – Donate and
install first 5 traffic light systems in school areas on CA-13 and downtown
Tocoa
50. – Construction of
our own Rotary Home in Tocoa
51. – Provide about
30 12-kbtu and 18-kbtu air conditioning units to emergency rooms in Tocoa
Hospital and Trujillo Hospital
If you have a comment or need
more information about the list provided above, do not hesitate to write to us
or e-mail us at the Contact listed in the main English page or Click
Here.
A full detailed budget for each
of the projects has been or it’s being prepared and will be available for
anyone upon request, and the respective photographs will be attached. The Department of Colon is one of the most
abandoned areas by government agencies and the vast majority of development
activities are made through the cooperation of friendly countries or
international organizations, such as Rotary, and other NG-agencies.
There is also another type of
needs not listed here for obvious reasons.
Local governments of the
- sewage
systems for urban and rural communities,
- water
and water treatment systems for urban centers,
- hydroelectric
power generation,
- solar
power generation,
- telecommunication
centers for mountain villages,
- waste
treatment systems,
- acquisition
of waste dump truck and related equipment,
- urban
and rural low-cost housing development,
- street
and road development (paving), etc.
We have mentioned these projects
as part of our close cooperation with local authorities, and as members of
their communities, we are as well interested in making any type of contact for
them in order to search for new sources of funding for their planned
projects. For detailed information about
this segment of our webpage, please contact us and mention you want to contact
a local or municipal government in
Last Updated: 2003-06-06