Corporate & CSR

Corporate social responsibility in Honduras

Looking for a CSR project in Central America you can report with concrete figures? The Rotary Club of Copán Ruinas has been the local implementing partner in western Honduras since 2004: your company funds a specific project, the club carries it out with the community, and you get an account of what was spent and what is still working.

Why here

What a company needs from a local partner

A social impact investment is only reportable if it can be accounted for. These four things are what a sustainability committee usually asks for, and they are what the club has.

  • Delivery

    A local partner in Copán Ruinas

    The club lives in Copán Ruinas and works with local representatives to carry the work out: members know the communities, talk with the community boards, and come back to the site regularly.

  • Accountability

    Records to Rotary standards

    Every project carries named partners, documented outcomes, and financial records that follow Rotary International's standards — the same organization that audits The Rotary Foundation's global grants.

  • Scale

    Every project has a known cost

    A water system, a school library, a medical brigade, a batch of eco-stoves: each one is a unit with its own budget. You can fund one outright and put your name on it, or support a whole line of work through the year.

  • Multiplier

    Your contribution can grow through a global grant

    When a contribution comes in as the matching share of a Rotary Foundation global grant, The Rotary Foundation adds funds of its own to the project. The club has carried out several.

    The club's partners
SDG alignment

Four lines of work already running

There is no need to invent a project: four lines of work are already open, each with a published story and its sources at the foot. Pick the one that matches what your company reports on.

  • SDG 6 · Clean water and sanitation

    Water and sanitation

    Drinking water and sanitation systems in communities of Copán, carried out with Rotary clubs in the United States and with global grants from The Rotary Foundation.

    The Rotary Fort Mill partnership
  • SDG 3 · Good health and well-being

    Health

    Free medical, dental, and eye brigades every year, hospital equipment, and a new laboratory at the local health center.

    Seventeen years of brigades
  • SDG 4 · Quality education

    Education

    School libraries, furniture for community schools, and classroom construction, with the Chispa Project and Schools for Children of the World.

    Libraries with the Chispa Project
  • SDG 7 · Affordable and clean energy

    Clean cooking

    Eco-stoves that take the smoke out of the kitchen: less firewood, less respiratory illness, and less pressure on the forest.

    The eco-stove project
How it works

From the first conversation to the report

  1. You write to us. Through the form below or to the sponsorship inbox. Tell us which line of work interests you and what size of contribution you have in mind.
  2. We send you a proposal. With the specific project, its cost, the community where it would happen, and the timeline. No obligation.
  3. It gets built with the community. The club coordinates with the community board and with whichever institution is involved — school, health center, municipality.
  4. You get the report. What was done, what it cost, how many people it reached, and what was left in place, with photographs of the finished project.

If your company is in the United States and needs a tax-deductible receipt, the route is the IPA Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 82-1554460), which channels funds to direct project costs in Copán Ruinas. It's explained on Support Us.

Sponsorship

Your business can come along with us

Tell us what interests you and we’ll send a proposal with the detail of each tier.

That’s where the proposal goes.

Please include the country code.

It shapes the proposal. Leave it blank if you’d rather not say.

Your details are used for that and nothing else.

Fields marked with * are required.

What does the company get in return?

A project report with outcomes and figures, photographs of the finished work, and whatever public acknowledgement is agreed. The projects belong to the community and stay that way; sponsor recognition is agreed within that frame.

Can this feed a sustainability or ESG report?

The club provides what it documents: what was done, where, what it cost, and how many people it reached, with the records Rotary International requires. How that data fits your reporting framework — GRI, ESRS, whichever your company uses — is your team’s call; the club does not certify reporting frameworks.

Is there a minimum contribution?

No. Projects come in very different sizes: a batch of eco-stoves does not cost what a community water system costs. Tell us the size you have in mind and the proposal is built around it.

Can we visit the project?

Yes, and we recommend it. Copán Ruinas has an airport nearby and a road connection to San Pedro Sula, and the club hosts visits from its partner clubs every year. Write ahead so we can arrange the schedule.

Does the company have to be Honduran?

No. The club works with local businesses and with companies and institutions from outside the country. The club’s international partners have been doing exactly that for years.