Education Honduras Project #43436

From trash dump to classrooms, transform 200 lives

by Grace Honduras

From trash dump to classrooms, transform 200 lives

Summary

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.

$55,000
total goal

$5,963
remaining

116
donors

1
monthly donor

2
years

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.

Solution

Grace serves 107 families (200 students) that work in the garbage dumps of Honduras. By: Intellectual: A school in front of the entrance of the dump, scholarships programs for university and high school students, creation of microenterprises, adult education. Physical: Nutritional, medical, dental, and family planning programs. Emotional: Psychological support, prevention of gang insertion, recreational activities, spiritual support. Familiar: House construction, crisis relief, and settlement.

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.