Who We Are

Hondurans call the Agalta Valley paradise. But the difficult journey to this remote region in the mountains of eastern Honduras has resulted in it being largely overlooked by the progress of the last century. Its 50,000 inhabitants face lives of overwhelming poverty, and a lack of schools and access to health care mean there is little opportunity for the valley’s children.

The Honduras Agalta Valley Education (HAVE) Foundation has been working with residents of the Agalta Valley since 2006 to help change that. As a secular non-profit 501(c)((3) organization, HAVE believes that education opens doors for young minds and is committed to providing them access to the knowledge they need to build better lives for themselves and their families.

As part of these efforts, an ever-expanding group of individuals calling themselves the Wilderness Team travels to the Agalta Valley every year to work on a variety of projects intended to improve the educational, commercial and health care prospects for the region’s people.

Learn how you can help the HAVE Foundation improve the lives of the people of the Agalta Valley – one student at a time.

HAVE Foundation Board of Directors

Kathy Bernhardt, Executive Director
Community Volunteer

Gerry Hogan, Chair
Endurance Business Media

David Allison, Secretary
Atlanta Business Chronicle

Beth Barnwell    
North Georgia Conference United Methodist Church

Trish Byers

Sue Church, Executive Director, Ex Officio    
Honduras Outreach, Inc.     

Kelly Colbert    
WellPoint

David Funderburk   
Retired Science Educator

Bob Hope, Vice-Chair    
Hope-Beckham

Ralph Katz    
CooperKatz & Company

Laura Luttrell

Darryl Salerno

Major Snow

Diane Napier Wilson

You can also learn more about HAVE by visiting our profile on GuideStar, a non-profit resource database.