Well, you're not disagreeing with me. I concur 100% and will also add that these missions ARE a Godsend to these people and I can't for the life of me understand the criticism.
As a side note, I have been to Honduras many times and my physician brother-in-law here in Michigan is from Honduras.
He had two nephews (both have died in the past 3 years) who were both doctors in Honduras and one of the requirements following graduation from medical school is that you have a 2 year obligation to the country to perform medical services for whatever location you are sent to. Mario was sent to a wee village along the El Salvador border and the photos he provided of the conditions there you would never believe. Without that forced "community work" those people would never see a doctor in their lifetimes............And the same holds true for this humanitarian medical ship.
About half of the permanent seamen on my ship are from Honduras. I’m proud to see them make a good living- The 50k they make between regular work and overtime doesn’t kill them, plus, back home it allows them to be men of means... I find them to be excellent workers and very warm, caring people. The conditions that they describe at home are often very shocking and disturbing. I’m glad we can help. Cheap at the cost, as I said.
Funny, isn’t it, that I can’t find any 2nd-generation-plus US citizens to work for 6 grand a month and a pension? Thank God the Honduranians are there to pick up the slack, elsewise it’d get tough to get gasoline from the refinery to the pump.
About half of the permanent seamen on my ship are from Honduras. I’m proud to see them make a good living- The 50k they make between regular work and overtime doesn’t kill them, plus, back home it allows them to be men of means... I find them to be excellent workers and very warm, caring people. The conditions that they describe at home are often very shocking and disturbing. I’m glad we can help. Cheap at the cost, as I said.
Funny, isn’t it, that I can’t find any 2nd-generation-plus US citizens to work for 6 grand a month and a pension? Thank God the Honduranians are there to pick up the slack, elsewise it’d get tough to get gasoline from the refinery to the pump.