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Muco’s Vision Hector ( Muco) Cordona grew up in Copan Ruinas, Honduras picking worms off tobacco leaves. But Muco always understood the importance of family, hard work and an education. Somehow, Muco taught himself English and began guiding tourists to the Mayan ruins of Copan. A job he loved and worked at until the end. But, Muco knew there was more to life and he never stopped learning. He left Copan Ruinas and went to university in Italy, where he became fluent in Italian. He later moved to the United States, where he perfected his English. Someone said one time, “Copan, you’ll either love it or you won’t but, you’ll never be the same because of it”. Muco took Copan with him wherever he went and several years later finally found his way back. He said once that no matter where he was, Copan, its mountains and its people kept calling him back. Muco had a love affair with Honduras and beckoned others to love it to. His dedication to teaching others his culture and life’s lessons drove him to become the person that he became. |
| Muco realized the power his education had given him and wanted others to have all the same opportunities he had enjoyed. He organized school supply trips to various mountain villages. Giving children, who would otherwise have gone without an education, the ability to attend school. He explained that when you have several children, even though the education is free, if you cannot afford even the most basic of supplies like pencils and paper, you have no opportunity to learn and better your life. Muco’s observation grew into a program that now supplies 23 schools totaling approximately 1,300 children the opportunity to stay in school simply by providing them with a basic school supply packet 4 times per year. Over the course of the last seven years, children who would have otherwise grown up to work in the fields, have gone on to high school and even university. |
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More than anything, Muco loved children. He felt that it was every child’s right, to have a safe haven, a clean warm bed and a full stomach. This dream was acted upon after helping to organize a Christmas party for a children’s home called Angelitos Felicez. This home houses anywhere from 20 to 90 children at any given time in approximately 6oo square feet. There is no green grass for the children to play on, 1 bathroom, and no shower facilities and yet, because of the generosity and kind heart of one woman, these children know they’re loved. Muco’s dream was to give these children a more normal life. He wanted the kids to be able to run and to play and to receive an education. He simply wanted to give these children, and the ones who will come later, a happier childhood. Muco’s ultimate dream was to find a suitable piece of property large enough to build a play area and a new building(s) resembling more of a home. A place where each child can have a bed without having to share. A place where the older girls and boys can sleep separately from the babies and a place where these kids can feel like they are at home. |
| This is the one dream that Muco was not able to make a reality. Hector (Muco) Cordona
suddenly and enexpectedly passed away at the young age of 38 on March 7, 2006. Muco was taken way too soon, but
his dream remains and need not die. With the help of the “Regan Marie Memorial Trust”, Paramedics For Children,
Muco’s friends, family and especially you, we can all join forces to make his dream a reality for the children
and for him. Sufficient funds have been donated to purchase the land, people have volunteered to build the play area for the children, but we still lack the funds to erect the structure. By making a donation today, you can change the life of not just one child, but many, and you can help keep Muco’s dream and his spirit alive. Please, Give Now and Give Generously   On behalf of the guardians of a dream, we thank you. |
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