Honduras

As in many countries around the Caribbean, there are two worlds in Honduras. The world of luxury beach resorts, paved roads, shopping centers and the Internet — the “Honduras” that tourists see — is the world of a minority.

Many Hondurans live in rural villages, cut off from most of the things that make life easier: electricity, roads, a market.

The only way to a village might be on foot or by mule. A small plane coming from the capital may land in a grass field within a few hours’ walk, once a week; but if the flight were canceled, you’d only know about it after waiting all day for a plane that never came. And what if you were waiting on that plane to take your bananas to market? They might spoil before the next flight.

In Honduras, LWR works with remote communities facing challenges like this. Our work helps families who are struggling to farm as soil fertility and rainfall diminish year by year.

With your support, LWR works the end poverty in remote regions of Honduras.

• Helping families find ways to increase their income and support themselves
• Introducing community organizations to opportunities for financing and fundraising

• Encouraging and equipping farmers to grow a variety of crops that will bring in a steadier income than coffee does
• Training farmers in effective food processing and storage methods such as using solar dryers for coffee, herbs and corn
• Connecting farmers with distributors who can buy their crops
• Installing tilapia ponds and providing aquaculture training
• Improving the fertility of the land so that it can continue to support farming, such as by introducing soil replenishing crops

• Encouraging (and teaching) forest-preserving methods of farming — because saving the forests keeps rainfall levels up and prevents desertification
• Working with community councils on public outreach to promote and teach land management to conserve native forests

7,465,998
TOTAL POPULATION

$1,800
GNI* PER CAPITA

60%
AT OR BELOW POVERTY LINE

72 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY

77% (rural)
ACCESS TO IMPROVED WATER SOURCE

71%
ACCESS TO IMPROVED SANITATION