Holly Meyers began her service in El Pital, Honduras, on August 1, 2001. She spent her first two weeks reviewing the Un Mundo mission and values with board members and settling into the community and her living situation.

Holly was accepted by the community to teach English, literacy, and assist in community development. As one of five faculty members at the recently opened public high school, Elvira Pineda Madrid, she taught three levels of English six hours a week. The school offers three grades of study and has an enrollment of fifty-three students. Holly reported directly to the Director of the college.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Holly helped to oversee an Un Mundo implemented trust enabling the transportation of students from various local villages to the high school. She also set up an international letter exchange with a school in Breckenridge, Colorado, that provided the college with equipment for the sports program, books, and basic school supplies.

At various times throughout the year, Holly taught first and second grades at the elementary school. She introduced a check-out system with a limited supply of books, stimulating an interest in reading in the village. Holly's also taught six hours of literacy classes a week to local children, and an additional 10 hours a week of English in the community church.

As a community leader, Holly established relations with other development organizations such as Friends for Honduras. Through the relationships she forged with other nonprofits, Holly was able to provided and oversee the distribution of various donations to El Pital. These donations included medical supplies and medicines for the local health center, mandated educational materials, children's games, and clothes.

Holly also acted as a liaison for a nurse practitioner from the United States who volunteered her services for three months at the village health center. In addition, she sourced a donation for prescription glasses to assist the vision of the elderly in the community.

Holly was able to expose her many students and the community at large to various new perspectives. In conjunction with local environmentalist Pepe Herrero, she helped to educate the community about the pros and cons of a proposed hydro-electricity project that would inevitably dry the Cangrejal River, on which the community is heavily dependent. She also had the opportunity to engage her students in a slide show/cultural exchange in a neighboring village in coordination with "Photo Kids" — an organization that helps children to express, understand, and combat their poverty through the photography of village youth.

Working with other Un Mundo volunteers, Holly sourced seeds from a horticulturist in the United States and organized a community garden. The garden was created to improve the diets of three families consisting of thirty individuals. Holly completed her twelve months of service for Un Mundo in July 2002.