Covid has presented new challenges to our organization in so many ways. Since March, Hondurans have only been allowed out of their homes one day every other week. Buying food at the markets to distribute to our families and keeping our artisan shop open presented huge obstacles. We did have to temporarily close our shop, but Roberto, our director, got creative with distributing food. Local friends also helped him on their days off delivering food to families on motorcycles.

We partnered with our Honduran friend, who has a construction ministry, to build a home for a Second Wind Family who had gone through some tough things in life. The father, Melvin, had a head injury and was not able to return to work. The mom, Nidiya, suffered from depression. Together, they have three kids. In Honduras, a new home means a new life. Melvin has since helped other families repair their homes out of his gratitude!

Each family receives two weeks of food per month. Every month, we deliver 865 pounds of food. Our foundation strongly believes in Hondurans helping Hondurans....

We started two sewing programs in different areas of Tegucigalpa for our families who want to make a living sewing items. So far, they have made school uniforms, athletic bags for collegiate student athletic conferences, and race shirts for 5Ks. Our program has graduated twenty sewers who now have jobs at sewing factories.

Second Wind opened an artisan and coffee shop in the Valley of Angels. We invite artisans who don't have their own shop to display their amazing handwork in ours! We serve coffee to provide in-country income for our foundation. Our families work in the shop to learn business, managerial, and customer service skills.

Our families recently helped sell doughnuts to raise money for a water mattress for a young man, Cristiano, in our foundation. Cristiano was driving a bus when he entered gang territory. Because the bus company didn't pay a bribe to the gang, they shot Cristiano leaving him partially paralyzed. The mattress provides relief from bed sores.

A family in our foundation was in need of a concrete floor. A team from Tennessee graciously provided the materials and manpower to put in a floor for this family who has several children as well as a new baby. Dirt harbors parasites so this family will have less of a chance of contracting germs and parasites.

A team from New Jersey blessed nine of our families with brand new water filters. Some of our Second Wind staff hand-welded stands for the filters to sit on in their modest homes. We're so grateful for this gift of clean water that will keep our families healthy for years to come.