by International Samaritan | Oct 21, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | October 21, 2022 When we lined up to run the Great IntSam 5K in San Pedro Sula last week, I knew I could take at least half of the 40 or so kids lined up around me. Sure, it felt like 110 degrees, but they had to run in the same heat too. I had...
by International Samaritan | Oct 18, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Tucker Rossmaessler | October 18, 2022 IntSam Director of Engagement Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away,...
by International Samaritan | Oct 7, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | October 07, 2022 When she was a young girl, Yessenia was forced by the conditions surrounding her to work in the garbage dump in El Ocotillo, outside San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to pull out as much plastic and cardboard as she could from the teeming...
by International Samaritan | Sep 30, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Tucker Rossmaessler | September 30, 2022 IntSam Director of Engagement All of us have different ways that we’re motivated. Some of us prefer the encouragement from a coach or mentor, for others it’s a a team of friends running alongside us...
by International Samaritan | Sep 23, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | September 23, 2022 What a joy it was to be a part of Ronia Romero’s barnstorming tour across the United States this past week! Ronia leads our mission in Tegucigalpa and has personally led the charge for bringing water to her community there. Over...
by International Samaritan | Sep 9, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | September 9, 2022 Roberto Contreras grew up in a small neighborhood near San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The El Ocotillo dump reached the edge of their town and after school some of the kids would go there to pick through the mountains of garbage and see...
by International Samaritan | Sep 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Mike Tenbusch | July 1, 2022 As we come together with family and friends this weekend to celebrate the courage that our founders had in 1776, our children may also want to give thanks for the wisdom of the leaders who passed laws in 1938 forbidding child labor in...
by International Samaritan | Sep 2, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Selam Terefe | September 2, 2022 IntSam Director in Ethiopia ‘Everyone deserves a second second chance’… This was the quote running through my head that afternoon, something my mother often said lovingly to me and my siblings growing up. Little did I know the...
by International Samaritan | Jul 8, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Sister Gloria Xól Chun | July 8, 2022 Principle of the Francisco Coll School in Guatemala The Francisco Coll School is located just outside the Zone 3 garbage dump in Guatemala City. For more than 25 years, Francisco Coll has provided free education for...
by International Samaritan | Jul 1, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | July 1, 2022 As we come together with family and friends this weekend to celebrate the courage that our founders had in 1776, our children may also want to give thanks for the wisdom of the leaders who passed laws in 1938 forbidding child labor in...
