On March 29th a group of 27 will depart Minneapolis for Honduras. This trip is a "vacation with a purpose"! We will be visiting Hogar de Ninos Tierra Santa (HTS) is located in the Small village of Villa de San Antonio about 20 kilometers from Comayagua in central Honduras. Villa de San Antonio is a town of about 7,000 nestled into the foothills surrounding Comayagua with a population of almost 45,000 people. Honduras with its 7.4 million population and an average annual wage of $1,170 US is the poorest country in Central America. (World Bank 2006 estimates)
There are over 200 children's homes in Honduras. Tierra Santa is one of several in the Comayagua Valley. It is neither the largest nor the smallest in the area, but it is the poorest. There are about 140 children crowded into a complex on under an acre of land at the home. Like most of the homes in Honduras, Hogar Tierra Santa does not receive any government assistance. It depends on the generosity of others for its survival.
We will be working on projects at the Hogar as well as building relationships with the children.
The Aquila Service Club will collect items to send to Hogar de Ninos Tierra Santa. Check back to find more specific details of the project at Aquila!
-Miss Beeman
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