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Honduras drought corridor creating malnutrition this summer

(Louise Wallace/Honduras This Week)

The failure of crops this summer in southwestern Honduras would be classified by the United Nations World Food Program as a 'silent emergency'. It is unlikely that the disaster will attract international attention; nor will it irreparably damage Honduras' agricultural industry. • FULL STORY

Malnutrition is weakening the future of Honduras

(The following was taken from the Honduran Times)

A third of the world's population is children and a third of those children suffer from malnutrition. The highest rates are found in Yemen and Bangladesh but Guatemala and Honduras are not far behind. This grim issue affects at least 44% of Honduran children.

Protein-energy malnutrition is found in Asia, Latin America, the Near East, and Africa. It is defined as the insufficient intake of both protein and energy. • FULL STORY

Economic growth failing to help the poor

Honduras This Week

The UNDP found that in 2004:
• the human poverty index increased to 34.6 per cent for Honduras
• 15.4 per cent of Hondurans had a life expectancy of only 40 years
• 67.2 per cent of children under five were malnourished
• 29.1 per cent of the population did not have access to good quality water.

There have been several advances in Honduras's economy but the benefits have not been passed down to the needy. • FULL STORY

Back to School 2005

In various international conferences on development, Third World countries have asked donors to help them achieve universal primary education. This is the origin of the project known as EFA—Education for All.

The first premise of this project is that Honduras has achieved 100% coverage as far as ensuring access to schools, and what is needed is to improve the quality of education. • FULL STORY

Amnesty reports human rights violations in Honduras

More than 350 violent deaths of children and young people were reported during the year.

By IRENE O’BRIEN
‘Governments are betraying their promise of a world order based on human rights and are pursuing a dangerous new agenda’. This is according to Amnesty International’s • FULL STORY

Children

In Honduras, 5.93 per cent of 10-13 year olds and 7.58 per cent of 14-17 year olds work and study at the same time, while 6.69 percent of 10-13 year olds and 33.96 per cent of 14-17 year olds work without attending school at all, according to statistics taken from the National Commission for the Gradual and Progressive Eradication of Child Labor’s Survey of Homes. • FULL STORY

Proposals for legal reforms regulating child labor are set to be brought into congress this month. But as the giant National Action Plan for Gradual and Progressive Eradication of Child Labor slowly rolls into motion, critics are already condemning it for being ineffective and children throughout the country continue to be used as cheap labor, sex slaves and household maids.• FULL STORY

Lack of Education Blamed for Poor Housing Standards
By RUSSELL S. BROWN

As Japanese Mathematicians formulate a new and improved curriculum for Honduran students, the vast majority of the population still lack any basic form of education which, according to the National Institute of Statistics' 29th Survey of Permanent Homes of Multiple Purposes, • FULL STORY

The educational system in Honduras is the most backward in all of Central America; hardly 32 of every 100 students finish primary school without repeating grades, indicate statistics from the United Nations.

Data from the Program for the Development of the Organization of the United Nations (PNUD) reveal today, moreover, that 51% of the matriculates finish primary school, in an average of 9.4 years, • FULL STORY

The problem of water in Honduras - an integrated approach

Out of 186,000 homes in the city of Tegucigalpa, 92,898 lack access to sewage services. These services have collapsed due to lack of maintenance. (LA TRIBUNA, Jan. 2003)

SANAA announced that water would be turned off between 8pm and 11am in. • FULL STORY