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Roatán CTC protects, diagnoses, feeds and educates
by Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalThe island of Roatán, 40 miles northeast of the Honduran mainland, is a tropical paradise. White sand beaches and warm turquoise water greet...
Buckner seeks to turn families around ‘180 degrees’
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalZAACHILA, Mexico – Fifty Mexican families are working with Buckner staff turn their lives around by participating in the "180 Degree Project" through the...
Buckner domestic CTC walks with families for change
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalPENITAS, Texas – Alberto Diaz’s five-year-old daughter used to ask him why it would continue to rain inside their trailer though it stopped raining...
Buckner and Esperanza partner to provide self-sufficiency in Eduardo Brito
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalThe Buckner Dominican Republic Community Transformation Center has teamed up with Esperanza Bank in Eduardo Brito to offer families microloans to propel them out...
Models of Transformation: Community Transformation Centers
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalAnd let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, not abandoning our own meetings, as some...
Mana CTC extends its reach to nearby communities
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalNEZA, Mexico – The Maná CTC in Neza has opened a satellite CTC in the Las Villas community, a squatter community of extreme poverty...
Long-Term Volunteer Takes on Parenting Role in Guatemala
By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalGUATEMALA CITY – Looking at spit from one of her students on the floor of a newly renovated classroom, Krista Edmonds realized her volunteer...
Radio Stations Collect More Than 46,000 Pairs of Shoes
[caption id="attachment_4555" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Carmen Brown of The Joy FM goofs around with band members from MIKESCHAIR on their shoe collection day in Florida. (PHOTO/Ezekiel Merino of...
Buckner Employee Honored as Distinguished Alum
Henry Jackson, Buckner’s senior director for international operations, was named the Angelo State University Alumni Association’s 2011 Distinguished Alumnus.Jackson, who graduated ASU in 1994, came to Buckner...
Musicians Serenade Shoppers for Shoes at Grapevine Mills
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Music Starz Studio and Serenata Strings musicians are serenading shoppers with violins, violas and guitars to raise money for new shoes for orphans this...