Honduras Weekly
The decision last year by the Peace Corps to pullout its 158 volunteers from Honduras and temporarily suspend its work there has prompted a wave of online discussions by members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that send short-term mission teams or maintain a more long-term in-country presence. These organizations -- ranging from medical brigades, Rotary Clubs and church groups to hospitals, university students and foundations -- send more than 2,000 teams to Honduras each year, work with thousands of Honduran counterparts, and spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the country. Many of them have expressed concern about the security situation in Honduras and have been re-evaluating their presence in Honduras -- not because they've had a bad experience or suddenly felt threatened, but out of a sense of uncertainty and a simple desire to keep their members safe.