Class Vice President Dean John Seibert writes from the small frontier city of Yoro, Honduras. “Four years ago, I established the Honduran Tolupán Education Program in order to build libraries in indigenous communities, where villagers forget how to read because there is nothing to read. For women of childbearing age, illiteracy can be more than a burden, it can be a death knell. I have been providing medical care, following and sometimes during wars or natural disasters, in Liberia, Indonesia, Haiti, Albania, Pakistan, Kosovo, the Mosquito Coast of Honduras, and, much closer to home, San Antonio following Katrina. At the grand opening of a Tolupán library in the community of El Salitre, about 300 people showed up to join the celebration. I brought my Brown cap. Wherever I go I am always proud to show our symbol of excellence and humanitarianism recognized around the world.”
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