CFI-Honduras - Centros de Formación Integral is a Christian-faith (HON-69)

Type: Socially Excluded Groups: Minorities - Country: Honduras

Brief description and main aims

CFI-Honduras - Centros de Formación Integral is a Christian-faith based non-profit organisation in Honduras supported by its US American organisation Connected to Serve, which since 2015 started to provide access to education to youth of the departamento (district) La Paz, who are mainly indigenous-descendant of the ethnic group Lenca, and who for many economic reasons have not continued their formal education studies, training them comprehensively with moral principles, citizenship responsibility and fostering positive and active leadership skills.

It currently works in a very small rural village called El Porvenir, near to the town San Pedro de Tutule, about 30 minutes from the town La Paz, and also in the main town La Paz. It works together with “Educatodos,” a governmental programme of the Ministry of Education of Honduras that provides distance education for youth and adults who are not able to start, continue or finish their primary and secondary education due to economic, social and geographical reasons.

Cultural Exposure

Main Activities

• CFI-Honduras works wmainly with youth, aged 13-18, who are Lencas, one of the biggest indigenous ethnic groups of Honduras.
• With the programme “Educatodos,” the youth receive a distance education, studying the different subjects of secondary education 
• The members of the project  provide reinforcement classes and tutoring of everything included in the study plan.
• The organisation also trains the teachers of the local public school on math, English and IT.
• The members of the organisation also give educational speeches and workshops to the parents of the students, as well as sometimes providing shoes and clothes to the families of the students.

Volunteer tasks

Volunteer requirements / Skills

• be at least 18 years old
• have fair knowledge of Spanish and good enough English to teach it
• be be organised, patient and motivated to structure well her/his classes
• have a vocation to work with youth

Location

The project is located in San Pedro de Tutule, La Pazand La Paz, La Paz. 

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The volunteer will live with a host family.

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