ACT Alliance

ACT in Honduras

Organisations with HQ in Honduras

• Comisión Cristiana de Desarrollo (Christian Development Commission) (CCD)
• Comission de Accion Social Menonita (Mennonite Social Action Commission) (CASM)

International organisations in Honduras

• DanChurchAid (DCA)
• The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
• World Renew (WR) - formerly Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

Organisations funding work in Honduras

• Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
• Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
• Christian Aid (CA)
• Church World Service (CWS)
• Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
• Finn Church Aid (FCA)
• Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
• Kerk In Actie (KIA)
• Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
• Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
• Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)

About Honduras

• Population: 7.5 million (UN, 2009)
• Capital: Tegucigalpa
• Area: 112,492 sq km (43,433 sq miles)
• Major languages: Spanish, indigenous languages, English
• Major religion: Christianity
• Life expectancy: 70 years (men), 75 years (women) (UN)
• Monetary unit: 1 lempira = 100 centavos
• Main exports: Coffee, bananas, shellfish, meat, timber, gold and other minerals
• GNI per capita: US$1,800 (World Bank, 2008)