Amor, Fe, Y Esperanza (Love, Faith, and Hope), [The Dump in Tegucigalpa]
There are approximate 300 children working at the dump in Tegucigalpa – some as young as 5 and 6 years of age. They collect trash to sell and make less than a dollar a day. They face the challenges of disease, forced child prostitution, and death – a life with little hope. That is the reality that Jeony Ordonez saw when he brought his 5 year old daughter to the dump to dispose of some trash. His little girl begged him to help the children and that is how AFE was started. The ministry started addressing the educational and spiritual needs of the children on the dump site and then across the street next to a soccer field under a tree for several years. A mission group built two buildings where they were meeting under the trees and the government gave them the right to land. Two more buildings are being built, a kitchen/cafeteria and a high school building. God is blessing Jeony’s faithfulness and his daughter’s compassion.
The school has classes from Kindergarten to high school and serves approximately 120 students. Many of the children still are forced to work at the dump but are in classes at least half a day. Orphan Outreach is working with Jeony on Social Justice ministry to advocate to chance the laws so no more children will be able to work in the dump. Orphan outreach is working in collaboration with AFE in providing operational funds for the school, providing funds for connecting electricity to the campus, and other construction projects. On mother’s day Orphan Outreach, AFE and Washington Cathedral Church provided a celebration for mother’s of the children from the dump.
WaYfm Team Ministers in Honduras [June 2008]
Thirty WaYfm listeners and staff ministered to the children at Amor, Fe, Y Esperanza School through medical missions and a carnival, which included a puppet show, carnival games and face painting.
The team also distributed backpacks, carnival prizes, Bibles and lambs to all the children attending the school. At the conclusion of the carnival, the team traveled to the city dump to minister the families of the children attending the school.
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Infant Mortality Rate total: 25.21 deaths/1,000 live births
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Population below poverty line: 50.7% (2004)
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Est. # people living with HIV/AIDS: 63,000; 1.5% adult (15-49) prevalence rate (2005)
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Unemployment rate: 27.8% (2007)
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Literacy Rate (age 15 + can read & write): 80% total population (2001)
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Estimated 180,000 children (0-17) orphaned (2005)
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Type of Government: Democratic Constitutional Republic
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Language(s): Spanish; indigenous languages
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Religion: Roman Catholic (97%), Protestant (3%)
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Honduras is located in Central America, and is bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua and has Caribbean and Pacific coasts.
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Honduran society is rife with economic inequality. Malnutrition, poor housing and infant diseases are widespread.
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UNICEF estimates that there are more than 180,000 orphans in Honduras.
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Only 43 percent of children enrolled in public schools complete the primary level. Of all children entering the first grade, only 30 percent go on to secondary school, and only 8 percent continue to the university.
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Figures cited by the Ministry of Education suggest that Honduras suffers from widespread illiteracy (more than 40 percent of the total population and more than 80 percent in rural areas).
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Honduras is the second poorest country in Central America, and one of the poorest in Western Hemisphere with 53% of the population living below the poverty line.
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Honduras was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. At least 10,000 people were killed and millions were left destitute. The damage was estimated at $3 billion, setting development back by decades.
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