| Plan Grande
Located approximately 5 km. outside of Yoro on a Tolupan Indian Reservation
Community Center/Nutrition Center
Children’s Nutrition Program
Rosa Marina Hernandez, Coordinator
 Three times a week, women from the community get together to prepare meals for the children under 5 years of age. Vitamins for the improved nutrition of children and mothers are also available.
Vocational School for Women
Rosa Marina Hernandez, Coordinator
Most of the school’s attendees are either young mothers (14-18 years old) or older women, such as grandmothers; neither group has had any formal education beyond the fourth grade or, until now, has had any opportunity to earn money to help support their families. Unity and Peace Sewing Academy Class
The village women meet several times a week to work on treadle sewing machines to make articles to sell. The school will be expanding its program from primarily making fleece baby blankets to include multi-colored and locally designed crocheted purses and pillow covers. Jewelry Making In the Jewelry class, the participants will make “Tree of Life” Pendants of sterling silver wire and Swarovski crystal beads. Soap and Shampoo Making This class revives and teaches the students the traditional Tolupan method of making soap and shampoo from local fruit and flowers.
Housing Improvement Program
Santos Adrian Hernandez, Coordinator
 Many of the homes in Plan Grande are seriously in need of repair. We are working toward the goal that all of the homes in Plan Grande receive new cement floors, metal roofs and cement walls which help provide protection against the environment, parasites and disease. Several new homes have been built for the neediest in the village.
Solar panels have been introduced to several of the community buildings, bringing the first electricity to Plan Grande.
Agriculture Program
Juan Gilberto Martinez, Coordinator of Agriculture Project
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Secretario
Mauricio Damira Martínez, Tesorero
José Lisandro Banegaz, Fiscal
Prudencio Martínez , Vocal
Coffee, beans, corn and other crops suitable to local growing conditions continue to yield nutritious foods for the village and for sale in Yoro.
Education Program
Anita Banegas, Coordinator
Fransisca Banegas, Vicepresidenta de los estudiantes
We cover the cost of education, uniforms, books and educational materials for students attending high school in Yoro and support students at the University in Tegucigalpa.
| | San Jose
Located 15 km from Yoro at the edge of a cloud forest. San Jose is accessible only by foot and horseback.
Health Clinic and NurseYessenia Solorzano, full-time nurse clinician  Clinic, salary, housing, transportation and continuing education are provided to support Yessenia, who conducts daily clinic and makes rounds on horseback.
Housing Improvement Program
 Water System Maintenance and Repair Isidro Murillo, Coordinator of Patronato, or town council; in charge of water and housing projects, which include the pilas, metal roofs, cement floors and cement walls.
Boarding House
Feliciano and Tonita, (a retired Evangelical and Reformed Church pastor) and his wife) managers of the boarding house.  An average of 19 children from San Jose qualify to attend a private high school in Yoro, while living at a “safe” boarding house. House parents supervise the students, help them with homework, and oversee household activities.
Education Program
We cover the cost of education, uniforms, books and educational materials for students attending high school in Yoro and support students at the University in Tegucigalpa.
| | Yoro
CEVER (Centro de Educación Vocacional Evangélico y Reformado) CEVER, a vocational high school, receives financial support from Honduras Hope to purchase land for the campus, and a school bus. Classes taught are welding, auto mechanics, computer skills, capentry
Culinary and Hospitality School (managed by CEVER)
Working to advance our mission to facilitate change in Honduras through small-scale rural development, Honduras Hope is in the process of building a Culinary and Hospitality School on the campus of the CEVER Vocational School, in Yoro. It is a joint venture with Alex Ray and The Common Man restaurants of New Hampshire and Rotary International. It will provide an opportunity for learning and employment for the people of San Jose and Plan Grande, and the communities surrounding Yoro.
The Culinary School will provide courses of study in food planning, preparation and service, restaurant management, and hotel operations. Interested students of all ages will be accepted. Graduates will be introduced to work opportunities in the nearby Caribbean resort island of Roatan.
The Culinary School will serve as a professional and environmental model. Its site, facing a dramatic mountain panorama, will also provide a venue for weddings and events, staffed by students under the supervision of their instructors.
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