The Interact club of Mayatan Bilingual School in Copán Ruinas, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Copán Ruinas. Young people ages 12 to 18 who learn to lead by serving their community.
Rotary doesn't start at thirty. There is a club for every age, and each one is mentored by the one before it.
Clubs for students, sponsored by a Rotary club. Every Interact club carries out at least two projects a year: one that serves its school or community and one that promotes international understanding. In Copán Ruinas, that is Interact Mayatan.
Clubs for young adults and university students who want to keep serving after Interact. Copán Ruinas does not yet have a chartered Rotaract club: the club is working to form one. If you are between 18 and 30 and interested, sign up on the Rotaract page.
The Rotary Club of Copán Ruinas, club No. 65655 of District 4250, sponsors Interact Mayatan and mentors its members. How to join the club.
Interact Mayatan brings together students of Mayatan Bilingual School, a nonprofit school in Copán Ruinas. Like every Interact club, it chooses and runs its own projects, with the Rotary Club of Copán Ruinas as sponsor and mentor.
Interact members identify a need, plan, and carry it out. The club's projects will be published here as the club documents them. Several Mayatan School students also take part in Days for Girls in Honduras, an independent organization.
An Interact club has its own board, meetings, and budget. Young people learn to organize, speak in public, and account for what they do, with adult Rotarians who accompany without taking over.
Interact exists in more than a hundred countries. A project with an international organization, like Days for Girls, is local service and a window on the world at the same time.
So that no girl in Copán misses school because of her period: menstrual health workshops and washable kits in the villages of the municipality, run by young people from Copán Ruinas.
Days for Girls in Honduras is the Honduras chapter of Days for Girls International. It is its own youth-led organization, with its own leadership, licensed brand, and contact; several of its members are students at the Mayatan Bilingual School. It is not an Interact Mayatan project: the Rotary Club accompanies it and presents it in its communities section.
Meet Days for Girls in Honduras: figures, team, how to help, and direct contact.
If you are between 12 and 18 and study in Copán Ruinas, ask about Interact at your school or write to us: the club will put you in touch with Interact Mayatan. No experience needed; what it takes is wanting to do something for your community.
If you are a parent or a teacher, Interact needs adults who show up: a place to meet, a ride to a delivery, an afternoon of sewing. If you are between 18 and 30 and past Interact age, write to us too: that is Rotaract's age, and the club is forming one.
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It is Rotary International's program for young people ages 12 to 18. Every Interact club is sponsored by a Rotary club and carries out at least two projects a year: one for its school or community and one that promotes international understanding.
Students ages 12 to 18. The club is based at Mayatan Bilingual School in Copán Ruinas. If you study elsewhere and are interested, write to us and we will point you the right way.
Not yet. Rotaract is the club for ages 18 to 30, and the Rotary Club of Copán Ruinas is working to form one. If you would like to take part, sign up on the Rotaract page.
No. Days for Girls in Honduras is an independent youth-led organization, the Honduras chapter of Days for Girls International, in which students from the Mayatan School take part. It has its own page, with figures, team, and direct contact.