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Addressing Challenges and Promoting Growth
CHF International has been working in Honduras for the past 20 years, implementing a variety of development projects focused on housing, sanitation, disaster mitigation, municipal development, environmental management, agriculture, sustainable tourism and economic development.
Building upon past programs in both Honduras and around the world, CHF International is currently implementing three new initiatives that are designed to increase the agricultural productivity of small farmers in El Valle, engage at-risk or unemployed youth in targeted vocational training programs, and support HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care throughout the entire country.
On May 1st, 2008, CHF became the Principal Recipient in
Protecting and Supporting Victims of Trafficking
Trafficking of persons into and out of Honduras, most commonly for sexual exploitation and forced labor, has become a growing problem in recent years due to high rural and urban poverty throughout Central America.
CHF International, in cooperation with the Honduras Office of Migration and Foreigners of the Ministry of Governance and Justice and local non-governmental organizations, will work both to strengthen assistance to victims and to raise awareness of the problem with the general public. Funded by the US State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in persons, through the Integrating Protection Services for Victims of Trafficking in Honduras program, CHF will coordinate and streamline victim services currently provided by public institutions, generate mainstream employment opportunities for victims to help them reintegrate into society, and raise awareness through a media campaign that will help prevent future trafficking. Ultimately CHF will provide integrated assistance to at least 300 victims and educate over 600,000 Hondurans in how to prevent trafficking in people.
El Progreso is a major industrial hub in which youth face extreme difficulty in finding long-term employment. Limited educational and vocational training opportunities are huge contributing factors. Many disgruntled youth turn to gang activity as an alternative.
As a result, CHF International is implementing the Youth Engagement for Advancing Hope (YEAH) program with the support of the Alcoa Community Foundation. Through YEAH, CHF will work with the private sector in El Progreso to identify gaps that can be filled by newly-trained youth. By linking training with actual employment needs in the local market, participating youth will have the greatest chance of success in obtaining long-term employment. YEAH is engaging vulnerable youth in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico as well.
