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Honduras

Articles about Honduras


14/05/2008: Prosecutors on hunger strike against corruption
Eight public prosecutors have been on hunger strike for 35 days in Honduras capital. The strike is a protest against the widespread corruption weighing down on civil society. NGO’s, church leaders and civilians support their claim. Read more...


09/05/2008: Prosecutors on hunger strike
Prosecutors in Honduras are on hunger strike now for more than one month as a protest against corruption, impunity and gross political interference in the Justice system. Read more...


24/10/2007: Floods in Honduras
Torrential rains have hit the Central American region as a result of a low pressure system over the Yucatán Peninsula. The rain started on October 10, 2007 and continued until October 18, 2007. Read more...


05/09/2007: Hurricane Felix
On Tuesday, September 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall in north-east Nicaragua and coastal Honduras with wind speeds of up to 260 km/h (162mph), before weakening into a tropical storm. Hurricane Felix was the second Category 5 hurricane to pass through the Caribbean the past two weeks. Read more...


01/05/2007: Partners: Support to street children and children infected by HIV/AIDS
DanChurchAid supports three different projects working to protect and support street children and children infected by HIV/AIDS. These activities are not part of the two overall programmes. Read more...


01/05/2007: Partners: Political space
DanChurchAid supports a range of partners working with democracy, human rights and access to justice in Honduras within the programme Political Space. Read more...


01/05/2007: Partners: Food security
DanChurchAid currently has five partner organisations working with food security in Honduras. At different levels, they are all dedicated to rural development and sustainable agriculture, and in the recent past have begun working more with advocacy. Read more...


20/06/2006: Sustainable agriculture and capacity building
In Honduras, DanChurchAid is working to improve food security by combining advocacy efforts for better rural development policies at the national level with local mobilisation and technical support to small-scale landholders and landless farmers in rural areas. Read more...


14/06/2006: Civic and political space
DanChurchAid’s work in Honduras on democratisation is focused on the right to equality before the law and the battle against impunity. The programme work also includes support to alternative media and capacity building of civil society and their right to participate in political processes. Read more...


24/05/2006: Advocacy in Central America
Sustainable development in Central America will only be achieved through overcoming the structural barriers obstructing the rights of poor, marginalised and oppressed people to assert their basic rights to food, health, education and a life in dignity. Read more...


11/05/2006: Disaster preparedness
Most of Central America is highly exposed to extreme natural phenomena such as cyclones, floods and droughts, which are regularly occasioning disaster situations, especially in poorer and more remote areas. Read more...