The common tie among them was Kelly Van Unen, a friend to each and a trustee of the Universal Outreach Foundation, a family-based humanitarian organization with roots in West Vancouver, according to a written statement. Dedicated to improving the lives of children in Honduras, Van Unen assembled a team to continue to support El Hogar de Amory Esperanza, a boarding school in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. Funds raised through the organization were being dedicated to the construction of a new eating hall at El Hogar, as well as the completion of work on a new girls high school residence in Santa Lucia.