My Heart For Honduras: Blog Action Day 2008

Today, October 15, 2008 is Blog Action Day.  The theme this year is Poverty.  My Heart For Honduras, the title of this post is also the title of a web site I have set up to support the mission efforts of a mission team I am on.  The team will be going to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, July 11 - 18, 2009.

Here are some statistics of the poverty in Honduras:

Statistics
Total population (million), 2003:
7.0
Population density (people per km2), 2003:
289.0
Number of rural poor (million), (approximate) 2003:
1.6
Rural population below the poverty line (%)
51.0
GNI per capita (US$), 2003:
970.0
Population living below US$1 a day (%), 1999:
20.7
Population living below US$2 a day (%), 1999:
44.0
Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1993:
53.0
Share of poorest 20% in national income or consumption (%), 1999:
2.7
Source: World Bank

                                                                             

The area of Honduras, San Pedro Sula, is not considered the poorest of areas compared to other areas of Honduras.  But the standard of living is devastatingly poor compared to middle class U. S. standards.  I am told that despite the living conditions, the Honduran people are friendly, and joyful.


You may not be going to Honduras to serve the people, or any other place in need, but you can be just as an important member of the mission endeavor by supporting us to raise the funds to go to Honduras.  You may think that in these uncertain economic times, I have all I can do to just keep my own family from being in the "poor house".  Do you need to Christmas shop?  Click through to My Heart For Honduras to see how you can just do your regular shopping, and help our fund raising with no extra cost.

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Posted by Kathleen Couch at 10/15/2008 10:05 AM
Categories: Missions
 

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