Missions Honduras 2009

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Honduras 2009 – This year, NTM will lead over 130 individuals spanning 4 different trips to the northern region of Honduras. During these trips we will get the opportunity to minister to over 2700 children and 3000 adults through Vacation Bible School, Sports Camps and a medical/dental brigade. We will visit 13 different schools and provide construction support to the Promise Home orphanage and La Bomba school.

The village of La Bomba ( la boom-ba) was formed 12 years ago to satisfy the need to provide workers to the banana plantations located in the valley outside of San Manuel. Translated “the pump”, the village was so named because of its location in the mountains above the River Ulúa, which is the life blood of the Sula Valley. The village is very poor and only has a total 127 children. Because of the severe flooding that occurred in 2008, the banana plantations where the men worked to earn a living were devastated. This devastation has forced the men of La Bomba to leave the village for days on end in order to provide for their families. The village currently has one school building which provides education to 12 kindergarten children. The remaining children have to travel miles down the road to the village of Santiago in order to attend school. This travel occurs on public transportation at a cost to the student and in many cases, due to the cost, the children have to rely upon remote education that is transmitted on the radio.

The village is intent on building their second school building; however, because the men of the village have to leave for extended days in order to earn a living, the women and children have taken the responsibility to build the second school building. Our efforts are being focused on providing workers and funds that will help construct the second school room that will allow the children of La Bomba to go to school in their own village.