Honduras
In Honduras, HI works to ensure the protection and inclusion of populations living in a context of humanitarian crisis and widespread violence.
Tegucigalpa city. | © G. Morales / HI
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HI worked in Honduras between 1999 and 2010. In 2024, it relaunched operations in the country to meet the population's protection needs. It is implementing a consultancy contract to provide technical assistance on the inclusion of people with disabilities to member organizations of a consortium active in three countries in the region: Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Furthermore, in July 2024 HI launched a new project to support internally displaced people who have fled violence and clashes and who need support to guarantee their protection.
HI is particularly attentive to the needs of the most at-risk, such as young children, unaccompanied adolescents, and people with disabilities. Through this project, people with specific needs are identified and referred to specialized services for appropriate assistance.
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Background
Honduras is experiencing a complex humanitarian crisis due to systemic poverty, deep socio-economic inequalities and widespread violence.
Forced displacement, gender-based and sexual violence, rights violations, and the consequences of various migration movements have exacerbated the crisis in a context where the State's capacity to respond to the challenges of protecting the population remains limited.
Criminal groups and organizations control the country, and the population is denied access to health, education, employment, and the use of public spaces as areas of protection and civic life. In this context, children, adolescents, women, and people with disabilities are particularly at risk. Furthermore, Honduras has long been a country of origin, entry, transit and, to a lesser extent, destination for refugees and migrants.
The diversity of shocks experienced by the population has reduced the availability, quality, and access to basic services. The reduction in commercial and economic activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic and tropical storms reduced tax revenues and public investment, disrupted social programs, and weakened social safety nets, disrupting economic recovery. In 2022, heavy flooding in September and the aftermath of tropical storm Julia led to many health centers being flooded, often in the same areas as those affected by storms Eta and Iota in 2020, with the loss of medical supplies and equipment.
According to the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan for 2023, the humanitarian needs analysis conducted in 2021 revealed that 2.8 million people in Honduras were in need of humanitarian aid. This analysis was updated in 2022 and indicated that these needs had been exacerbated by a food crisis, violence, population displacement, climate change and disasters, bringing the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance up to 3.2 million.
Number of HI staff: 4
Program opened in: 1999
