Honduras
Photo: Geoff Oliver Bugbee for Mercy Corps

Honduras

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The land of Mayan kings and vast biological resources is also home to a fragile economy, massive unemployment and a yawning gap between rich and poor. In the second-poorest country in Central America, Mercy Corps and its local partner — Proyecto Aldea Global — provide more than 650 villages with a variety of education, health and environmental programs that offer families the opportunity to build better lives.

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At a glance

Population: 7.6 million
Land area: same size as Tennessee
Human Development Index rank: 121 (of 187)
Mercy Corps began work here in 1982

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