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Rescue Honduran Mothers From Domestic Violence

domestic violence prevention Honduras

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Summary

This project will expand Honduras's only shelter for women and children at risk of violence. It provides them with legal, health and emotional support, as well as seed funds to start businesses.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,973 was raised for this project.

Received $1,973 from 34 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Women in Honduras generally are discriminated against in all social and economic arenas. They carry most of the burden for providing for their families. They have the least access to credit, technology, training, equal salary for equal work, and to land, according to CIDA. Women constitute 60% of the unemployed in Honduras. The majority of the female labor force is oriented toward the informal sector of the economy where legal regulation and protection are nonexistent.

Activities

ADP will build a larger shelter for women and children at risk of violence, providing an additional 160 women and 480 children each year with legal, health and emotional support, as well as temporary shelter and seed funds to start businesses.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,973

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,973 .  The original project funding goal was $49,738.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Women initially seek immediate protection from violence. But after receiving emotional, psychological and legal support, they realize they can attain a better life instead of returning to their former circumstances.

Project Message

“Every 20 minutes a woman is struck by her home partner, husband, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend in Honduras."
- Regina Fonseca, Representative, Centre for Women’s Rights

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Meredith Allred
Executive Assistant
1015 15th Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC, 20005
United States
202-715-3504
Email:

Project Sponsor

Geneva Global

Organization

Asociacion Acciones Desarrollo Poblacional (ADP)
Apartado Postal 2686
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Apartado P
Honduras
504-237-3353

Learn more about Asociacion Acciones Desarrollo Poblacional (ADP) and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in HondurasHonduras and can also be found under Women and GirlsWomen and Girls.

For more information about Honduras, read the Human Development Report on Honduras or the Wikipedia entry for Honduras.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 24, 2006

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