The following programs are functioning on a daily basis. There are thirteen paid Honduran employees who work in these programs.
Hope Housing is a program for short term mission teams to build houses. The residents must have title to their land and sign a contract with H4H not to sell or rent the house for five years. The teams provide the funds for materials and furnishings. The houses have concrete floors, cement board walls with 2x4 framing, laminate roof, a pila, guttering, lights and electrical outlets, solid wooden windows and doors, an outhouse, beds, and other furnishings.
Hope Clinic provides medical care from our medical clinic located in El Centro de Vida Y Esperanza. Our Honduran doctor, Dr. Deborah Carranza charges L50 a consult which is about $2.50 and the medications are free…this program is only for residents of the project area. Short term mission teams and other donors provide all medications, equipment and supplies from the states.
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League of Life and Hope (Began in early 2006) is a soccer league with two categories…9-14 years old and 15-19 years old. There are 12 teams to date with 300 youth participating each week. This program is designed to help keep the youth of the project area out of the gangs and help them get out if they are already caught in that trap. Each player and the coaches are required to attend 1 hr of discipleship training per week before being allowed to play the following Saturday. Our desire is to change their hearts and soccer is a privilege for participating in the program.
Escuela Esperanza (Began in early 2006) is a pre- and after-school Bible kindergarten which teaches 100 children a day ages 4-10 years. The cost is free. They receive Bible instruction, social skills education, basic reading, writing and arithmetic, some English language education and a hot meal. The Director of the school is a Honduran as are the teachers and assistants.
Hope Youth is a youth group which teaches basic Biblical principals, social skills and gives the young people of the project area a place to go for acceptance besides the gangs.
Women of Hope is a women’s group which teaches basic Biblical principals. Marlene Alfaro, a Honduran teacher and pastor, is the Director of this program.
Hope Feeding Program feeds children in the public school and the streets of Nueva España a hot meal Monday through Friday. We purchase all the food and supplies for this program via donations from the states. We received food from the World Food Program several years ago, but they restricted our distribution only to the children in the public school. We decided to purchase it ourselves in order to take care of those children in the streets who also really needed the food.
Men of Hope (Began in early 2006) is a men’s group which teaches basic Biblical principals. The Director is a Honduran Pastor whose calling is to the men living in the poor colonias. The church we personally attend in Honduras, Christian Community International El Hatillo, is coming along side us to expand this program.
Parents of Hope (Began in early 2006) is a parents group which teaches basic parenting skills in order to help stop the domestic violence which persists in these colonias. The Director is a Honduran Pastor.
Church of Life and Hope (Began in early 2006) is a non-denominational church teaching basic Biblical principals. The Pastor is an employee of H4H and a Honduran. He does not live in the colonias, but works there 6 days a week. This church has planted a new work farther up the mountain in a very poor area called Nueva Berlin. Cell groups are prospering in both locations!
Work For Goods is a program in conjunction with the government of each colonia in the project. The leaders of each colonia designate work projects such as digging storm drains, building a soccer field, picking up trash, etc. for the residents to do for one or two days. Each resident that works get a ticket he/she can redeem for food, clothes, blankets, etc. when H4H receives them from donors in the United States.
Children and Families of Hope is a financial support program which helps the children and families of the project area pay for basic living needs, school and medical expenses. North Americans who participate in the short term missions programs often fall in love with a child or family and want to help them financially. After returning to the states, they begin sending financial aid to these residents through H4H. The support is distributed each month according to the wishes of the donor.
Hope Designs is a project designed to train the residents in skills that will help them find employment other than making tortillas and digging ditches. The first project was learning to manufacture high quality leather items which could be exported to the United States. Two of the women continued after training and now have a leather products business of their own. They sell their purses and other leather goods at the Center of Life and Hope to mission teams coming to work with Hope For Honduras.
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