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Conference on Honduras

Today, 50% of Honduras' population is 15 years of age and younger.

The average woman in Honduras gives birth to her first child when she is 15 years old.

80% of all births in Honduras registered in 2006 did not name a father.

"How does one hold a society together when the very foundation of the society, the family, is falling apart and in many ways in Honduras has ceased to exist?"

In Honduras, there is a high incidence of abuse being suffered by the children. One fourth of the children arriving at the nutrition center have suffered sexual abuse these children are all under 5 years of age.

The majority of the abuse of children is at the hands of their "step" fathers and family members. This is the consequence of the serial marriages in Honduras...
One woman having children by a succession of men, none of whom take responsibility for their own children and none of whom respect the children she had by other men.

To see some of the faces of the children of Honduras, go to http://www.projecthonduras.com/ conference

"There can be no keener revelation of society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
--Nelson Mandela