Students Helping Honduras

Here’s a great story from CNN.com. Shin Fujiyama, 25, is the founder of Students Helping Honduras, an organization that aids children and families in need through service trips and fundraisers. The back story is inspiring. Fujiyama told CNN his childhood was dominated by health concerns. Born in a fishing village in Japan doctors told his parents he had a hole in his heart and they weren’t sure how long he would live. It was during a later visit to the doctor, Fujiyama says, when his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama said. “And I had a second chance.”

During Fujiyama’s sophomore year at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, he took a volunteer trip to Honduras with a campus group. His visit was eye-opening. Seeing children living in such poverty made Fujiyama realize he could help give other kids their own second chance.

Be sure to check out the video links of Fujiyama in Honduras. His organization has grown to 25 campuses and has raised more than $750,000.