Why sponsor communities?

While other organizations focus only on certain acpects in a community, Transform Honduras focuses on serving the community unit. We have seen the life changing effects that transforming the entire community has, transforming the lives of children and families. We believe and have witnessed that helping communities find ways to care for their children and others at risk produces long term results.

Where are the communities located?

Transform Honduras serves communities in areas with the highest levels of poverty and need in Honduras, seeking to transform them into safe, stable communities.

How does Transform Honduras achieve transformation?

Transform Honduras works with each family and with the community in five key areas:

1. Physical: Facilitate access to water, food, shelter, healthcare and teach health and hygiene.

2. Social: Teach families how to interact with each other and the community.

3. Educational: Provide families access to basic education.

4. Spiritual: Share and show our faith.

5. Economic: Identify and build adequate sources of income.

How are communities chosen?

Transform Honduras has established community transformation projects in many needy Honduran communities. We meet with each of the families to help them more clearly identify their challenges. Communities are chosen to participate in the sponsorship initiative after we have established a personal relationship with the families in the communityand have completed an extensive analysis of the communities challenges. Next, we develop a strategy for helping the communities recognize, address, and overcome these challenges based on our five-fold approach to community transformation.

How much is required to sponsor a community?

We have three levels of community sponsorship available. Please contact us to help determine what sponsorship level works best for you or your organization.

What types of assistance does Transform Honduras provide to families?

Transform Honduras provides access to drinking water, food, shelter, healthcare and education. We assist families in developing best health and hygiene practices. We coach families in interpersonal relationships and help them learn to interact with other families as well as provide spiritual guidance. We teach families to serve each other and those around them. We assist the family in starting a micro-business to provide long-term economic stability. We also teach families how to preserve natural resources and protect the environment around them.

What types of assistance does Transform Honduras provide the community?

Transform Honduras builds homes, schools, community centers, churches, sidewalks, water wells, latrines, community clothes washing areas, community showers, and other infrastructure the community requires.

Is this a handout and will it cause dependency?

Each sponsored community must agree to contribute at least 250 work hours per month toward community development projects. These work hours are monitored and recorded by an elected board of individuals within each community. It is important to our mission that each sponsored community feel that they have earned the help that they receive, while not taking away from hours individuals might put into starting their own business. Also, it is important to the community transformation project that families learn to work alongside their neighbors towards common community goals. We work diligently to ensure that communities are helped, and not hurt, by our service and assistance. Each community's success strategy comes with a corresponding exit strategy. We are personally present in the communities we serve to ensure we stay true to our mission.

What long term social benefits are there in community sponsorship?

As families begin to succeed the positive effects are seen in many areas including:

• Keeping young children from human traffickers.

• Curbing illegal immigration to USA.

• Keeping children from joining gangs, prostitution, and criminal activity.

• Preservation of the family unit.

• Providing a foundation for healthy communities.

• Helping to preserve natural resources and the environment.

How many people are benefited directly and indirectly through my community sponsorship?

• Directly: Typical communities include approximately 100 families.

• Indirectly: We have found that positively influencing one community typically provides residual benefits to another 2 to 3 more communities.

How does Transform Honduras ensure my sponsorship reaches my sponsored community?

While most sponsorship organizations use third parties, agents, or representatives to administrate assistance, Transform Honduras works directly in the communities we serve. Our "boots on the ground" approach ensures assistance gets where its supposed to.

How long am I committed to give?

While there is no minimum time, we do ask sponsors to consider giving for at least 12 months. Community sponsorship for an individual community is typically for 36 months. Our goal is to provide each community with positive momentum while not creating dependency. We've proven that the 36 month model gives the community the time they need to succeed and with close monitoring we can keep dependency from developing.