On a steamy August night on the Honduran island of Utila, 10 Spanish backpackers volunteering with the Spanish fair trade organization Copade - short for Fundación Comercio para el Desarrollo (Trade Foundation for Development) - lounged in deck hammocks, reminiscing about the day’s snorkeling trip while imbibing on rum and Coca-Cola.
But the conversation quickly turned from details of multicolored fish and nurse shark sightings to more serious discussions on how they could continue helping the Honduran women they served with their technical business and communications skills over the past month.
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