NEWS & EVENTS
Follow the posts of the FOB Mission Teams as they report on their travels and experiences. If you would like to receive these posts (eJournals) by email, please contact Katie at katie@fobf.org.
NEWS: Barnabas Blog e-Journals
June 26, 2020
Dear Friends,
We have good news to share!
We are pleased to announce that Friends of Barnabas has received a $5000 grant from the ISA Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on healthy nutrition and support for underserved children, wellness education for all,...
June 12, 2020
Dear Friends,
We hope you and your families are doing well.
We continue to be blessed and are COVID free in all 30 of our partner communities.
Our communities are continuing to receive weekly health education via Whatsapp in the form of videos, fliers, devot...
June 5, 2020
Dear Friends,
We have good news to share from our team and families in Honduras. Last Friday, our Extended Care patient's medicines arrived in Honduras just in time for our scheduled medicine distribution week. Usually our patients' families come to our...
May 15, 2020
Dear Friends,
This week we welcomed our new Development Director, Michael Hughes.
Michael Hughes has more than 15 years of development experience in the fields of social services, higher education, and cancer research. Most recently, he was the Director of...
March 17, 2020
Thursday, March 12th 2020
The Sus Manos team had another fantastic day serving the people of Honduras. Today we visited Arenales, Gualala. This community has approximately 900 habitants divided into 240 families and was by far the largest village we served...
March 12, 2020
Tuesday - March 10, 2020
The team and staff began our day with breakfast and a time of centering as we introduced ourselves to one another. This gave everyone a chance to meet those with whom we might not be working directly as we enter into another day of...
March 11, 2020
Monday, March 9th 2020
The day began with anxiety for some of our team as it was the first day in the clinic. What would this look like? How might we work together when many of us had only met for the first time just two short days ago? For new team member...
March 10, 2020
Saturday, March 7th 2020
It was an early morning for the Sus Manos team as we came together from near and far to meet at the Avianca check-in at Dulles International Airport. The day was filled with travel as we made our way to El Salvador and then Hondura...
February 15, 2020
Friday, February 14th 2020
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Hampton Roads Team in Pena Blanca! Our day started off with lovely Valentines at our breakfast places and our usual lively morning meal. Carlos received a wonderful morning text from his daughter st...
February 14, 2020
Thursday, February 13th 2020
The Hampton Roads team had yet another fantastic day serving in Honduras. Today we visited El Encinal, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara. This community was founded in 1985 and has a population of 159 people. The community members must...
