Our families at an emergency shelter while they wait for the water to recede. Our families on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras were hit hard by flooding from Hurricane...

Contradictions enveloped our recent trip to Honduras. Before the trip began, concerned friends warned me that “people are leaving Honduras, not coming”. Unknowingly, I entered the country with preconceived ideas...

Youth living on the edges of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa face dangers every day in their gang-infested neighborhoods. Their poverty is extreme, cruel gang killings take many of their...

Global Pearls has been selected by Intel Corporation as a “Winner of Wonder” grant recipient to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. Why does Intel want to fund our work? Children must...

The IHER Semillas de Esperanza project was launched this month with the start of the new school year. Seventy children, who wouldn’t otherwise have been able to attend school, received...

Human Rights Issues and the Need for Lawyers To choose scholarship recipients for the Semillas de Esperanza (Seeds of Hope) program in Honduras, students were required to write short essays describing...

It’s hard to imagine American youth with such a thirst for education that they would travel long distances or even risk their lives to go to school, yet this is...

Commuting to school by horse Imagine growing up in a rural area of Honduras. Your only hope of escaping extreme poverty is through education, yet you may not live close enough...