Jardin Y Escuela Christiana "Proverbs 22:6", [Tegucigalpa]
The Proverbs 22:6 School started with the dream of a young girl who lived in the worst slum of Tegucigalpa. Reyna, the founder of the school, had a dream as a young girl to start a school for the community where she grew up. She worked her way through school and became a teacher, saving her money so she could start the private Christian school. Her ultimate goal is to train up the children to be ambassadors for Christ in the mission field.
Proverbs 22:6 has approximately 75 students and serves the local community and children from the Nueva Suyapa slum. Orphan Outreach works in collaboration with Proverbs 22:6 to provide operational funds so that orphans can attend the school from the slums of Tegucigalpa. Our prayer is that we will be able to assist Reyna in expanding the school and enhancing the curriculum that is provided for the students.
WaYfm Team Ministers in Honduras [June 2008]
Thirty WaYfm listeners and staff ministered to the children at Proverbs 22:6 School by providing a carnival and puppet show. The carnival included face painting, side walk chalk, tug-o-war, jump rope and additional games. The team also distributed carnival prizes, Bibles and lambs to each of the children.
Your commitment to travel with Orphan Outreach allows the children we serve to know they are not forgotten. In ministering to these children you become the hands and feet of Christ and profoundly impact their lives as well as your own.
Your financial gifts to Orphan Outreach will help meet the physical, spiritual, and educational needs of children living in orphanages and substandard situations around the world.
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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