The founder of Sociedad Amigos de los Niños is Honduras' Mother Teresa. Sr. Maria Rosa has raised, educated, and left her lasting impression on destitute children by providing homes, care, schools, clinics, and training for a better future. You can own a LIMITED EDITION AUTHENTIC IMPRESSION of Sister Maria Rosa's thumbprint, representing the generous work of her hands. Jewelry artist Myra Risley Perrin has captured the print in beautiful simplicity, much as Sister would want to be remembered, on an oval of sterling silver. Only 500 pieces will be crafted. Each necklace costs U.S.$80, which includes domestic shipping; delivery will take 4 weeks. To order: name address quantity Make check made out to Friends of Honduran Children Indiana. Mail to: Friends of Honduran Children Indiana, P.O. box 501213, Indianapolis, IN 46250.

Anne Ryder to be Keynote Speaker for Friends Gala in April




Anne Ryder stepped away from 20 years in the fast lane to find a better balance between her faith, her family and her work.

She was the longest-tenured anchor in the history of NBC’s Channel 13 in Indianapolis when she stepped away in 2004.

Anne remains a freelance journalist, writer, and national speaker.

President of Ryder Media LLC, she’s a contributing columnist for several magazines and maintains a freelance affiliation with WTHR-TV.
Anne's reporting has taken her all over the world, including Bosnia, Albania, Rome, Belfast and Calcutta, where she was granted a rare interview with Mother Teresa.

She has also interviewed the Dalai Lama.  Anne tells stories that celebrate hope, faith and the resilience of the human spirit.

She has earned 16 regional Emmy Awards and five national honors, including two Edward R Murrow awards for excellence in television.

In 2009 she was inducted into the Indiana Broadcast Hall of Fame.

Anne graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School and has Honorary Doctorates from three other Universities.

Anne and her husband Kevin O’Keefe are passionate about children’s health issues, cancer, the homeless and prisoner rehabilitation.

Their daughter—Jennifer Teresa—is in high school.

Friends of Honduran Children, Inc (FHC) is a public not-for-profit  501(c)(3) corporation, established in the state of Indiana in 2001. Our goals are to support the health, education and welfare of the children of Honduras; to promote Honduran self-sufficiency through one-on-one or group training and mentoring; and to receive, administer, and distribute funds, gifts, donations, bequests, contributions, and other receipts of money or property to further FHC’s charitable purposes.