HOPE ACADEMY
Hope Academy is an education program that was born out of the need of the children from Mogote who were being sent to the private school down the mountain from the Center. As people from the United States come to work with us on short term mission teams here in Honduras, many fall in love with a child from the area and want to help them get a good education. These supporters finance the child’s education at a wonderful bi-lingual Christian school called Escuela Elliott Dover. Once the child left the public school system and entered the private school level, they immediately failed almost every class because they had no basic education on which to build. That’s where we came in.
If you are interested in sponsoring a child, click HERE to see the profiles of the kids who still need help.
We created a “study hall” setting called Hope Academy where the children could come after school and get help with their homework each day. English was a big problem for the children who had never had it before, so we knew we needed a “gringo” to help them hear the words properly. Also, the children had never had this much homework before and they did not know how to handle it all. So we jumped in with both feet and started doing homework!
Dina Melendez is the Director of this program who guides these kids to success. Dina is Honduran and has been the Director of our Bible Kindergarten for three years. She is helped by parents of the students and Ivonne Matamoros, a friend and member of our Honduran Board of Directors. We now have eighty students from kindergarten through high school who attend Hope Academy programs and school 12 months a year.
In just a short time, we could see a huge difference in the children in this program. It was difficult at first, because a lot of different things were being thrown at them all at once….more and more difficult homework, expectations of proper manners, punctuality, personal grooming and accountability. But like children every where, these kids have risen to the challenge with the careful guidance of the teachers.
In the Hope Academy program for 2012, each child’s total expenses ($2,000) are paid for one year by a supporter in the states. Each child gets their uniforms, shoes, underwear, tuition, books, supplies, a hot meal at school and at study hall, medical, dental and eye care, unlimited free internet access, use of new laptops, a resource library and a staff that loves helping them succeed. If you are interested in helping one of these kids go to Hope Academy, please contact us at contactus@hope4honduras.org!
Click HERE to see the Hope Academy Dedication Video!
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and
petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God.” Phil 4:6
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