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Country Profile: Honduras
Honduras is a country in Central America, military rule, corruption, crime and natural disasters have rendered Honduras one of the least developed and least secure countries in Central America. Honduras, the second poorest country in Central America and one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, with an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income and massive unemployment
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Population 7,326,496
Life expectancy: 67 years (male) 70 years (female)
Population below national poverty line: 53% (1993 est.)
GDP: $22.13 billion (2006 est.)
GDP per capita: $3,000 (2006 est.)
Religion: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Climate: subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
Honduras was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. At least 5,600 people were killed and 70% of the country's crops were destroyed. The damage was estimated at $2bn, setting development back by decades.
Honduran society is rife with economic inequality. Malnutrition, poor housing and infant diseases are widespread.
Bóthar in Honduras
Bóthar began working in Honduras in 2005. Bóthar provides project families with Training, Dairy Cows, Dairy Goats, Fish, Poultry, and Pigs.
HONDURAS
Project title: Integrated Farms Project with a Gender Focus
Location: 10 departments, 27 municipalities, 174 communities
Number of families: 1,800
Animals: 660 dairy cattle, 60 dairy goats, 100,000 fish, 9,000 poultry, and 120 pigs.
Training: animal management, feeding, stable construction, animal health
Brief synopsis: the project attempts to provide food and economic resources, security of land holdings, agro-ecological orientation, awareness of gender and environmental issues
Pass-on obligation: the number of animals they received will be passed on by the first family to the next, as well as skills
Expected benefits: Improved nutrition and economic income by for 1800 families. 7 grassroots organisations are able to implement process- planning, gender equity, higher participation rate in productive activities, ownership, etc. By the same year, as well as improved crop production for 900 farms and increased numbers of farm animals of improved genetic quality for 1,800 families.
Co-financing partners: Instituto Nacional de la Formación Professional (INFOP), Ministry of Natural Resources
Local partners: National Campesino Associación, Christian Organisation for Integral Development Of Honduras (OCDIH), Mennonite Social Action Commission (CASM), Centre for Human Development (CDH), Consultants in Agriculture (CONAGRO), World Neighbours, Popular Savings Funds (CAP); Fundación Simiente, CHMC, ARPAO, APACHI, CAMACRED, ASOPAC, Movimiento del Aguan and Project Goal
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