Honduras, the second poorest country in Central America, has an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income and high unemployment. The economy relies heavily on a narrow range of exports, notably bananas and coffee, making it vulnerable to natural disasters and shifts in commodity prices; however, investments in the maquila and non-traditional export sectors are slowly diversifying the economy. [The World Factbook, U.S.C.I.A. 2009]
Most street children are boys and leave their homes around the age of 12. Market children are in general younger and the gender distribution is more equal. Overall, street children face more and more severe risks than do market children. They suffer from physical violence and arrests. The number involved in prostitution is increasing and is estimated that up to 90% of the street children sniff glue. Illiteracy is widespread and only around 8% of the street children of Honduras attend school. The lack of education among street and market children prevents them from earning a steady income in the future and hence they are trapped in a vicious circle of poverty.
Please pray with us and intercede for these children. They are precious in God's sight. "He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. and when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, "whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me." Mark 9:36-37
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