Education

The most significant barrier children face to obtaining an education in Honduras is cost. Ten percent of the children never go to school because their parents simply cannot afford it. To help combat the growing need for education, Honduras Outreach, Inc. began an extensive Education Program. The program involves many facets and opportunities for education from early years of kindegarten to the high school level for those students with the drive and desire to learn.  Located in the town of Culuco, there is the Ranch kindergarten, Aldersgate Elementary School, Hope Middle School and Grace High School. All of these schools are funded by donations.  The cost  for HOI to educate one student is $600 per year. Through our Culuco Sponsorship program, donors are matched with a student. The sponsors can communicate with the student through letters or visits if the sponsor travels to the Ranch.  A full year sponsorship is $600/yr and a partial sponsorship is $300/year.  Please see the link below if you are interested.

Here is some additional information about our work in Education:

In-service training sessions are held annually for volunteer teachers in 41 rural kindergartens, built by Honduras Outreach.

Teaching and student materials are provided on an annual basis for 41 rural kindergartens.

Parent Societies were formed by parents of children attending HOI's Ranch kindergarten, elementary school and middle school. They help to support the schools with local fundraisers and manual labor to help maintain the school facilities.  

Annually, over 100 students are enrolled in the Aldersgate Elementary School, 145 are enrolled in the Hope Middle School and 30 in Grace High School. 

Over 100 young people receive scholarships to attend middle and senior high school through our Scholarship Program each year.

HOI has a Teacher Training Project which gives education professionals from the United States the chance to share techniques and experiences with Honduran teachers. Through our Teacher Training Project we now have 63 trained voluntary kindergarten teachers. 

We recently constructed a library on the Hope Middle School campus. This library, built with donations and in memory of Martha Fuller, is the first of its kind in the valley.

Click here to download the Culuco School Sponsor form.

  

Scholarship Program

This program enables motivated and qualified students in the Agalta Valley to continue their education beyond the government provided elementary years. Our scholarship program, funded by generous contributions from North American sponsors, supplies tuition, room and board to qualified, deserving students. For the students who must travel from home and live with a sponsor family in another village, scholarships of $700 per year are provided. For students who are fortunate to live near a village with a school, scholarships for $300 per year are provided.  Sponsors receive letters from their students and can meet them if they travel with HOI on a mission trip.  These scholarships are for students who do not live near the HOI Culuco Schools.

Click here to download the Scholarship Program form.