Meet the Team

Antonia lived and worked in Honduras for one year in 2014/15, working as a teacher in a home for ex-street children and doing a variety of other work for charitable organizations in the El Progreso/San Pedro Sula area. She also co-produced a political documentary about Honduras. After a BA in International Studies with a specialization in Latin America, she is now doing a Masters in International Development.

Watch a ‘Team Spotlight’ interview with Antonia here.

Lisa lived and worked in Honduras for a year and a half in 2014/15, first teaching English in nine rural public schools and an orphanage in the department of Santa Barbara for one year, and then at an international school for the remaining six months. She is now studying Economics and International Relations in Amsterdam.

Watch a ‘Team Spotlight’ interview with Lisa here.

Marit was born in the Netherlands, but lived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras with her family for 3 years while her parents worked for NGOs in the area. Now back in the Netherlands, she is relearning Spanish and reconnecting with her friends and family in Honduras. She studied Computer Science in Amsterdam and now works for an Amsterdam-based startup.

Watch a ‘Team Spotlight’ interview with Marit here. 

Fionnuala is from Northern Ireland and spent a year in 2014/15 working in the north of Honduras as a teacher in an orphanage for ex-street children, as well as co-producing a political documentary about Honduras. She is now studying PPLE (Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics) in Amsterdam.

Watch a ‘Team Spotlight’ interview with Fionnuala here. 

A lawyer and former Non-Commissioned Officer in the Australian Army, Lachlan has traveled through Honduras and Central America and now lives and works in Amsterdam.

Ramon Edgardo is an English teacher at the largest public high school in the rural town of Trinidad, Honduras. educate.‘s scholarship programme has partnerships with several schools in the area, and Ramon acts as the in-country leader for this project. He is there to assist students with the scholarship application process if needed, and he is a key figure in the selection process of scholarship recipients.

José Luis is the director of the largest public primary school in Trinidad, Santa Barbara, where educate. recently started a library. He led the planning and implementation of this project on the ground, and continues to work with the staff to maintain the library and keep educate. informed of the project’s progress.

Maria Jesus, originally from Spain, is one of the staff at the El Hogar de Niños orphanage in Santa Barbara, Honduras. She acts as a mother to the youngest group of girls at the home.

educate. supported the start of an animal therapy programme at the orphanage with the purchase of two donkeys, and Maria Jesus runs this, working with the children and the animals to help children from traumatic backgrounds learn to cope with mental health issues and develop social skills.

Carlos Urbina: Nutrition Centre Project Leader

Carlos is the founder and director of the local Honduran organisation Manos Que Ayudan Talanga. He and the rest of the team run the educate.-funded school-based nutrition centre in Los Pozos, Talanga.

José grew up as a street kid in Honduras, but now works as a carpenter in a village outside the city of El Progreso. He is passionate about philosophy and psychology, and has taught himself English over the past two years.

José supports educate. voluntarily as a cultural adviser and problem solver, working on a variety of tasks and acting as a contact person on the ground.

Watch a ‘Team Spotlight’ interview with José here.

Karim is a farmer in a small village near the north coast of Honduras, and his daughter Stephanie is one of educate.‘s scholarship recipients. Karim volunteers his time whenever he can to support in educate.‘s work, from collecting books from the airport to attending meetings on educate.‘s behalf.