AUSTIN HELPS HONDURAS

Austin Helps Honduras supports scholarships for children and young adults living in Colonia Solidaridad and Colonia Los Angeles in Juticalpa Honduras. Following devastation from Hurricane Mitch in Central Honduras in 1998 that left thousands homeless AHH helped build infrastructure for Solidaridad housing water system electricity sewer school building in 1999-2000 and hundreds of hurricane refugees moved into the new community. AHH segued into scholarship support for the community's children in the early 2000s after construction projects wrapped up. In 2020 AHH added support for students in the neighboring colonia of Los Angeles