Honduras - Orocuina and Luire Food Assistance Project
| Lead Member: |
Mennonite Central Committee Canada |
| Country: |
Honduras |
| Region: |
Southern Honduras |
| Implementing Partners: |
Evangelical Brethren in Christ of Honduras |
| Vulnerability: |
High |
| Duration: |
2 months |
| File Number: |
1705/1735 |
| Food/Inputs: |
450 mt yellow corn, 80 mt beans, and 23 mt rice(Note: 1 mt = 1,000 kg or 2,204 lb) |
| Budget: |
$349,338 |
| Time Period: |
01-Sep-02 |
Program Description: This project will distribute food to 5,450 families living in
77 rural communities in the Orocuina and Luire areas of
Honduras. Each family will receive a monthly distribution of 41
kg corn, 1.3 kg rice and 5 kg beans. The church workers will do
the planning and distribution of the food. The distributions
will be made at the congregational level to community members.
MCC staff are also working together with the church on the
planning and reporting aspects of this project. The corn and
beans are being shipped from Canada and the rice is being
purchased in Honduras.
Beneficiaries, Vulnerability, and
Targeting: The beneficiaries are 5,450 families (27,250 family members)
living in 77 communities in which the Evangelical Brethren in
Christ of Honduras has a presence in Honduras. Most are
subsistence farmers who lost their harvests from the twp
previous crop season due to drought and who do not have access
to cash to buy the food they have been unable to grow. Numerous
nutritional surveys show that the young children are facing
very high rates of malnutrition.
Program Impacts: The purpose of the project is to increase the availability of
food in the affected communities. The objectives include
increasing the quality amount and quality of food that people
eat and increasing the frequency of food consumption. This
project will allow most people to eat two meals a day.
Other Comments and Issues: The Evangelical Brethren in Christ of Honduras is a long-term
partner of MCC in Honduras. They have initiated social program
to minister to people's physical needs, as have many other
local churches in Central America.
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