• Total population- 5.6 million
• Largest Central American Republic, slightly larger than New York State
• 30% of workforce works in agriculture
• Unemployment and underemployment- 52%
• Population 15 years of age and under- 49%
• Children 5-14 years of age who are illegally employed to supplement the bare survival income
of their families- 250,00 children
• Children, ages 10-14 who are economically active- 28%
• Children, ages 6-9, who are economically active- 20%
• Children who suffer some degree of chronic malnutrition- 33%
• Children who lack iron and Vitamin A- 60%
• Rural population without safe drinking water- 40% (total population 21%)
• Teenage pregnancy rate highest in Central America
• Surveyed 19 year old women who were pregnant or mothers- 45%
• 35% of the households headed by women
• Poor have “little to no” access to adequate health care facilities
• Leading causes of death in children under 5 years of age- intestinal diseases, acute respiratory
infections, malnutrition
• Child mortality rate six times worse than the US rate
• 5% of disabled children receive appropriate support
• Population 15+ years of age who cannot read and write- 33%
• Primary level student to teacher ratio- 37:1
• Net primary school enrollment- 88%
• Children who reach 5th grade- 59%
• Net secondary school enrollment- 40%
• One-third of primary school teachers are adequately trained and many more lack teaching
materials
"Now I'm turning you over to God, our marvelous God whose gracious Word can make you into what he wants you to be and give you everything you could possibly need in this community of holy friends. I've never, as you so well know, had any taste for wealth or fashion. With these bare hands I took care of my own basic needs and those who worked with me. In everything I've done, I have demonstrated to you how necessary it is to work on behalf of the weak and not exploit them. You'll not likely go wrong here if you keep remembering that our Master said, 'You're far happier giving than getting.'"
- Acts 20:32-35
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