HONDURAS
• LOCATION: Tegucigalpa, Honduras •
LOCAL PARTNER: PROYECTO ROHI (ROHI PROJECT)
Working in Honduras since: 2009
This is where it all began. Upon returning home from a visit to the Tegucigalpa, Honduras landfill in November 2008, Trash Mountain Project was founded. Our small team of three was so taken by the overwhelming need within the trash dump community that it changed our lives and paths forever.
Since that time, teams serving with Trash Mountain Project have completed multiple projects including home construction, bed and furniture construction, day camps, a medical clinic, and more.
If you are interested in joining TMP on a future mission trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, please contact us at info@trashmountain.com.
For more information on ROHI Project, please visit their website at rohiproject.org.
Partner ministry info: ROHI Project is dedicated to providing comprehensive care for the children and their families who live and work in the Tegucigalpa municipal dump. They strive to provide spiritual, physical, emotional, educational, social support for their students. ROHI Project offers an alternative education school for the students, allowing them an education they otherwise would not receive.
SOLUTIONS IN USE
Discipleship: Weekly devotional and Bible classes, monthly church service with students and families
Education: early-childhood education, alternative education program for pre-K through high school and technical school scholarships for a total of 166 students
Health Care: medical appointment and medication assistance
Nutrition: 2 daily meals (each weekday)
Infrastructure: School building and home construction
Country facts:
The population of Honduras is 10.3 million, and 56% are under age 25.
Honduras is one of the poorest in Latin America, and more than half the population lives in poverty. Nearly 13% of the population lives on less than $2.15 a day
Tegucigalpa, the capital and largest city, is situated in the south of the country.
Spanish is the official language, although English is spoken in the islands and Amerindian dialects are spoken in the north.
