Who we are
Since 2002, Projecto Honduras has worked with volunteers, supporters, and partner organizations to help families facing preventable illness, limited education, and recurring hardship.
Our purpose
The work is rooted in continuity: operating a free medical clinic, supporting a surgical eye center, strengthening schools, and responding to immediate humanitarian needs.
The organization focuses on practical help for families facing preventable disease, parasites, fungal infections, cataracts, pterygiums, limited schooling, storm damage, food insecurity, and other urgent needs.
Volunteers contribute their time and cover their own travel and living expenses while serving in Honduras.
Founders cover administrative costs so donations can support programs and aid for families.
Long-term relationships help the organization understand what is useful, urgent, and sustainable.
Our story
Projecto Honduras grew from the Castellar family's long-running connection to Honduras and a simple conviction: when practical help can reach families, distance should not decide who receives care.
Evelyn and José Castellar
Evelyn and José Castellar helped turn recurring service into a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) focused on free medical care, sight restoration, education support, and humanitarian aid.
The work has stayed personal: listen to local needs, build trust with community partners, and return with support that families can actually use.
Today, volunteers and supporters help carry that pattern forward through medical teams, supply shipments, school support, fundraiser events, and steady donor care.
See how to helpThe work began with personal service and grew into recurring support for remote communities.
Volunteer teams and local relationships help families reach basic care, medicine, and treatment for preventable conditions.
Eye care and surgery can change daily life for patients facing cataracts, pterygiums, and preventable blindness.
Education support, food, clothing, shoes, housing help, and urgent relief respond to needs as they appear.
People and recognition
Learn about the people who help guide Projecto Honduras and the honors that have recognized years of service in Honduras.
Leadership
Get to know the executive board, directors, advisors, and partners who help carry the organization forward.
Our boardRecognition
Read about honors presented to founder Evelyn Castellar for Projecto Honduras' charitable work and local impact.
Recognition stories