EDUCATION AND HEALTH

The vast majority of Hondurans rely on public systems such as education, health, and security. However, Honduran government institutions are inefficient and full of corruption, meaning that these systems often fail to meet people’s basic rights or give them access to justice. We work to strengthen government systems by providing technical support and accountability to government institution, so that all Hondurans have access to basic services.

Improving Public Health and Education Systems

In 2009, ASJ helped form Transformemos Honduras (“Let’s Transform Honduras”), a coalition bringing together organizations and groups of people from across Honduras to challenge corruption in some of Honduras’ most vulnerable sectors – education and health. Even though Honduras spent more per capita on education than any other Latin American country, test results were the lowest in Latin America. Honduran children were not receiving a quality education that would prepare them for the future, and the majority of Hondurans were unable to receive proper medical attention or medication for treatable diseases.


While we work to call out corruption in the education and health sector and to create institutional change through government auditing, we also empower community members to bring about change in their local schools and health centers.

We work with 150 community auditors to make sure teachers show up to school and health centers have the medications patients need. These empowered community members hold their local schools and health centers accountable and advocate for change in their community.

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