Honduras

• basic info

  -in Central America

  -boarders Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala

  -former spanish colony

  -21% of its raw materials is coffee

  -pop of 10.2 million
• background

  -one of the least developed countries in Central America

  -LE of 71 years

  -infant mortality of 17.8/100 live births

  -historically military control until 1982 then politically unstable elected governments

  -frequent natural disasters
• hr issues pre-intervention

  -highest murder rate in the world 74.6/100,000

  -corruption in police - mafia

  -gang culture

  -child labour and prostitution

  -harassment and violence against women

  -poverty

  -limited education access

  -discrimination of indigenous people
• what global governance strategy came from the EU

  HR advisor requested by the Honduras government with aims to strengthen gov. institutions working in hr and implement and action plan
• what global governance strategy came from US Aid

  teacher training, an increase in accountability in gov., an increase in agriculture diversification
• what global governance strategy was from an NGO

  Care International

  -established its country office in 1959

  -works in support of a sustainable development program

  -worked here since 1954 originally for hurricane victim aid

  -4 current projects:

  maternal and child health and nutrition

  small enterprise development

  environmental education

  micro-watershed protection

  -have reached 221,700 people in 2023 (77% girls)
• what global governance strategy was from an MNC

  Kenco: coffee vs gangs

  -114,000 coffee farmers in Honduras

  -a pilot project to provide young people in Honduras with the chance to stay out of gangs and give them a valuable skillset

  -young people were selected from inner city and rural communities who were at risk of falling into a life in a gang

  -have had lots of success, one side he now hopes to create his own coffee farm

  -only recesses a very small no of people