Participants Blog

Heartbreaking Realizations

My work placement in Tegucigalpa, Honduras involves teaching children in the cities street markets. Though my organization works with women and other target groups I have chosen to focus my attention on the 2-9 age groups. Through my time here I have met children who are unable to receive an education, who do not have enough food to eat, and who work selling things in the markets to help their families survive. Being around these children has taught me so much about the realities of child poverty, and what it means to be a poor person in Honduras.