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•Bob
Duncan – President
•Bob
has graciously provided over
2,000 pounds of scrap
leather as well as
industrial leather tools.
This scrap is being turned
into Bible covers, “daytimers”,
and purses. Sewing machines
have been donated to
accelerate the
manufacturing. Distribution
and sales are currently
being done through the
mission groups and
sponsoring churches.
Internet Café & Computer Training
•Jeff
Smith, Founder
•Laptop
computers which
have been
completely
depreciated by
Life Church and
SensorLogic have
been installed
at a small
building
purchased to
create an
Internet Café.
Additionally
classes have
been arranged to
train the local
people on the
use of these
computers. The
internet café’
and the training
classes are set
up as a business
utilizing both
cash and barter
coupons.
•Wireless
internet access
was set up by
Jeff from over 7
miles away.
Thrift Store
Rather
than
giving
away
donated
clothes
and
other
household
items –
the
“Goodwill”
concept
was
employed
in a
thrift
store.
This
allows
locals
to work
at the
store
for both
barter
coupons
and cash
and
others
to
“purchase”
goods
using
the
same.
Stephen Jones, President of the Dallas Cowboys graciously donates hundreds of “seconds” which are constantly returned from retail outlets in the US and cannot be sold.
Medical
& Dental •A Medical and Dental clinic have been set up by “Hope for Honduras” in the community. A small fee is charged for the services. Locals are employed to help provide these services.
•Jeff has coordinated a container of medical supplies including an X-Ray machine and baby incubators – obsolete in the US – to be shipped to the facility. Additionally. A software provider was matched with the project to provide a patient management system.
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Mission teams are coordinated to bring in medical professionals to help provide the services. One medical technician has committed to stay for a year while working remotely for a cancer treatment startup in the US. The matching of the software provider and the technician was coordinated by Jeff and Entrecorps. Electronics Repair & Power
•Corlectro
Water 
•The only two water supplies on Mogote are the collection from the rooftops to a cistern, or the fee based city water truck. Alternatively, a clean water supply is available for a small fee from the Center for Life and Hope. A “clean water” service is invaluable to the community.
Thanks to Noah Water Systems, a water filtration system has been installed and donations are being solicited for a water well. Eventually, this precious resource may be sold to nearby communities to continue to promote the eco-system by attracting cash through filtered water “export” to other communities. Another Mogote citizen employed and out of the mud. Kitchen Training & Restaurant 
Initially the feeding centers purpose was to provide the local children at least one good meal each day of rice and beans. Local ladies are employed to provide this service out of their homes with food provided by the World Health Organization.
In the USA, restaurant equipment is often discarded when a new restaurant concept replaces an old one. Guillermo Perales of GC Corporation, a very successful immigrant entrepreneur from Mexico, has several franchise operations in the United States. His organization has provided kitchen equipment which Entrecorps has arranged to be delivered to Honduras to set up a Kitchen Facility in Mogote, this has expanded to a full fledge restaurant operation. The trained kitchen and restaurant personnel are readily employed by the local Manager of the Tegucigalpa Marriott.
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