Grace Honduras is a NGO dedicated to fulfill the integral needs of the families (especially children) who live and work in the garbage dumps of Honduras. With a school located in front of the trash dump entrance of San Pedro Sula City we serve 200 students from nursery to university; providing: free education, a nursery, high school, and university scholarships, projects to create micro businesses for moms, healthcare, psychological attention, spiritual support, recreational activities and more.

Challenge

Due to corruption, lack of education, and gang violence, families in extreme poverty work collecting recyclable materials in the garbage dumps. Children suffer from prenatal abuse, malnutrition, acute diseases, domestic violence, family disintegration, psychological, sexual, and physical abuse. All that abnormal situations combined cause persistent brain damage that creates learning and personality disorders. Grace works to serve these children integrally and stop the cycle of poverty.

Long-Term Impact

1) New generations (babies taken care since nursery) will never attend to the dump, thus stopping child exploitation. 2) Overall better health conditions (no malnutrition, diseases that can be catch in the dump, death caused by accidents). 3) Gang recruitment prevention. 4) Job opportunities on site and educating 8 different communities to get better payed and safe jobs. 5) Educating since they are babies until they finish university, forming new professionals 6) Teaching emotional resilience.

References

1. http://www.gracehonduras.org
2. https://www.gracehonduras.org/
3. https://www.facebook.com/gracehonduras/
4. http://www.youtube.com/v/uzh7VXvnZZc
5. https://www.canva.com/design/DAEJNoJf7fU/a2CczTz-AOUGC7mAP4MUxg/view?utm_content=DAEJNoJf7fU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton

Additional Documentation

https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/43436/projdoc.pdf

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