{"id":1260,"date":"2021-01-10T19:21:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hondurascroissance.org\/?page_id=1260"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:36:50","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v2.hondurascroissance.org\/index.php\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our history: 20 years serving education in rural Honduras<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapeau wp-block-paragraph\">From school construction to educational programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our story begins one day in the fall of 1998, when Hurricane Mitch devastated several Central American countries, particularly vulnerable to natural disasters because of their poverty..&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the face of this tragedy, many Hondurans in the diaspora mobilized alongside the French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the emotion of the moment, without even noticing it, we began to build the foundations of today&rsquo;s association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, we have moved forward, learned from our mistakes and gained experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New members have joined us gradually in Europe and Honduras and have enriched the association with their creativity and skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A branch of Honduras Croissance was created in Switzerland and Honduras after many legal obstacles to be overcome at the local level. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1998 &#8211; 2008: Construction of school buildings&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Honduras is in the reconstruction phase following Hurricane Mitch, Honduras Growth is launching the \u00ab\u00a0Builders of Hope\u00a0\u00bb Program with infrastructure projects adapted to our management capabilities at the time..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From 2008: Our new ambition is to improve the level of education by meeting the \u00ab\u00a0Millennium Goals\u00a0\u00bb.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our new ambition: to raise children&rsquo;s awareness of sustainable development through quality global education, for a more dignified future in harmony with the community, culture and environment of the beneficiary populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our association joins a global movement, pursuing the \u00ab\u00a0Millennium Development Goals\u00a0\u00bb (MDGs), &nbsp;inspired by the UNESCO guidelines for Education for Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this reflection is born the program \u00ab\u00a0Builders of Hope\u00a0\u00bb with new projects for elementary school children in rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Infrastructure, music, sports, reading, agriculture\u2026 A set of projects that are both independent and complementary within the framework of integral education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to \u00ab\u00a0Builders of Hope\u00a0\u00bb, the \u00ab\u00a0Preparing for the Future\u00a0\u00bb program offers young people and adults a more technical education as an alternative to secondary school education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/v2.hondurascroissance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Equipe-Hondurienne.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3292\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/hondurascroissance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Equipe-Hondurienne.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/hondurascroissance.org\/qui-sommes-nous\/notre-histoire\/equipe-hondurienne\/\" class=\"wp-image-3292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.hondurascroissance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Equipe-Hondurienne.jpg 448w, https:\/\/v2.hondurascroissance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Equipe-Hondurienne-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v2.hondurascroissance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Equipe-fran%C3%A7aise-pour-chargement.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3291\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/hondurascroissance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Equipe-fran\u00e7aise-pour-chargement.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/hondurascroissance.org\/qui-sommes-nous\/notre-histoire\/equipe-francaise-pour-chargement\/\" class=\"wp-image-3291\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chaac Source de Vie: drinking water is a prerequisite for development<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access to drinking water, an integral part of the \u00ab\u00a0Millennium Development Goals\u00a0\u00bb (MDGs) and an eternal problem for humanity, gives rise to our \u00ab\u00a0Chaac Source of Life\u00a0\u00bb project (Chaac = God of Rain in the Mayan civilization) with the implementation of drinking water and sanitation projects, in line with our sustainable development strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our history: 20 years serving education in rural Honduras From school construction to educational programs: Our story begins one day in the fall of 1998, when Hurricane Mitch devastated several Central American countries, particularly vulnerable to natural disasters because of their poverty..&nbsp; 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