Through Love, Shelter, Education, and Opportunity
We Provide Hope for a Better Future.
We are the Friends of Honduran Children.
Est. 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana
Why Honduras?
Fourth-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
Third highest murder capital of the world
2/3 of the population lives below the poverty line
More than 150,000 Honduran children are orphans (per UNICEF)
More than 10,000 children live on the streets, subject to violence and recruitment by gangs
How Do We Help?
Friends of Honduran Children, Inc. was founded in 2001 to offer education, shelter, opportunity, and hope to Honduran children at risk. In partnership with the Honduran organization Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos, we sponsor children, give scholarships, lead mission trips and brigades, mentor Hondurans in business development, raise funds, and respond to whatever needs arise. Our mission is to give these children a brighter future.
Where your donation goes.
With your help, we are able to give the children of Honduras a hope for a brighter future.
100% of sponsorship donations go directly to the child or family.
LOVE
To Sponsor a Child is to Show Care, but Also to Show Love.
The Issue
42% of the country's population is under the age of 18 and nearly half of Honduran families are headed by a single parent.
The Plan
Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos has rescued tens of thousands of abandoned, neglected, or abused Honduran children by creating homes where they can feel safe, get healthy, attend school, heal from traumatic experiences, and prepare for a brighter future.
FHC administers nearly 400 child sponsorships with 100% of donations going to the direct care of the children.
Children in Need of Sponsorship
SHELTER
Small Group Homes Create Families.
The Issue
More than 4,700 children in Honduras belong to gangs (UNICEF ) and 90% of Honduran street children inhale deadly shoe glue to resist hunger pangs.
The Plan
SAN's concept of small group homes creates a sense of family within each children's house in Nuevo Paraiso and the Pedro Atala homes in Tegucigalpa. FHC board members lead mission teams to Honduras to help maintain the homes, work on new construction, support SAN's schools, and conduct medical and food brigades.
EDUCATION
Hope for a Self-Sufficient Future.
The Issue
Hondurans are required to attend school through 9th grade but in 2018 enrollment in 7th through 9th grade was only 43% and in 10th and 11th grades only 26%.
The Plan
SAN's kindergarten, elementary, and technical high school at Nuevo Paraiso serve 600 students, and its Reyes Irene Valenzuela Vocational Center in Tegucigalpa enrolls 450 young women.
FHC has supported the Nuevo Paraiso School for more than a decade, and its annual scholarships assist students who have the desire and ability to attend university.
Meet Our Scholarship Recipients
OPPORTUNITY
Breaking Generational Cycles of Poverty.
The Issue
A third of Honduran children are married by age 18 (nearly 10% by age 15), and about 16% ages 5 to 14 are employed--many in hazardous labor such as coffee and sugarcane harvesting, mining, fishing, factory work, and sexual trafficking.
The Plan
SAN's priorities are not just to rescue children but to give them the tools to earn a living and become self-sufficient adults.
FHC has helped develop micro-enterprises for SAN's grown children and has raised funds toward a Transition Plan to help SAN high school graduates get started on their paths to productive adulthood.
