We create access to basic needs. Whether we’re building a community center, offering education, health initiatives, or job training -- RNG is helping people all over the world establish access to their basic needs. We have seen communities transform when given the daily essentials that many of us overlook.
Restoration Now is bigger than a project. We believe having the greatest + sustainable impact on a community takes people from all corners of the globe. From villages in Honduras to Old Town, Fort Collins, Restoration Now Global brings students, professionals, parents, adventurers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and pragmatists together to build stronger communities.
Our approach to community development and social entrepreneurship allows us to create thriving communities. A decrease in poverty, both locally and globally, leads people to sustain a higher quality of life and reduces the possibility of exploitation.
LOCATION:
La Ceiba, Honduras
founded:
November 2018
Focus:
community development, academic, health + WASH programs, mentorship, mental health support, vocational training, agricultural development, disaster response and preparedness training
Meet our partners and friends, Carlos and Anita, who founded the Arabu Community Center in La Ceiba, Honduras in 2018. Carlos grew up in the city of La Ceiba, Honduras and after high school, moved to Costa Rica where he met his wife, Anita. Anita was at university studying criminology and social work and Carlos was studying and working in the outdoor adventure industry. Then an opportunity to move back close to Carlos’ home presented itself - they were given 300 acres of family acreage in the mountains near underserved populations and started dreaming about a sustainable, local community. Anita and Carlos moved back to the family land in Honduras and started Arabu Community Center to invest in their neighbors in the surrounding villages. Arabu offers academic and health education, agricultural development, mentorship and mental health support. By increasing access to these basic human needs, we can help empower Arabu’s neighbors through community development and social entrepreneurship.
RNG is currently partnering with Arabu to construct a bridge to provide easier access to the Arabu, and new buildings for volunteer housing, vocational training and counseling offices and Carlos and Anita’s family residence. Visit our blog to watch videos of Anita giving a tour and sharing the vision of Arabu.
LOCATION:
Siguatepeque, Honduras
FOCUS:
Youth mentorship, WASH, Outdoor leadership, Disaster response/preparedness
Meet our partners and friends, Belinda and Kike who run Ascenso, based out of Siguatepeque, Honduras. They started Ascenso to mentor youth through adventure sports. Kike and Belinda lead outdoor trips in the mountains and are building a climbing gym in Siguatepeque. They also support mountain villages outside the city by offering WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygeine) programs. Many of these villages suffer from flooding during hurricanes and RNG is currently partnering with Belinda and Kike to offer disaster response training for their team to enable them to respond to events like hurricanes and flooding. We also have helped raise funds and donated supplies for the indoor climbing gym.
LOCATION:
Tacloban, Philippines
founded:
November 2015
Focus:
Disaster relief, health education, medical clinics, unaccompanied minor support, trauma and mental health support, children's ministry, disaster response and preparedness training
Meet our partner and friend, Zuriel Bernadino from Manila, Philippines. Zuriel serves at Heroes Tacloban church and community center in Tacloban, Philippines, housed in a structure that the Roloffs helped rebuild in 2015 after Typhoon Yolanda. Zuriel and the members of Heroes church support their community through disaster relief, medical brigades, and children’s programs. RN is currently in conversation with Zuriel about adding new support programs for unaccompanied minors and continuing to offer disaster response and preparedness training.
