Welcome to the Haest Project
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Why help Honduras
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In 2010, 925 million people where reported as being hungry
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53 million are located in Latin America and the Caribbean
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In the U.S. in 2010, 14.5% of 17.2 million households were defined food insecure
...about Honduras
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Because of their underdeveloped economy, most families live in poverty
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Chronic malnutrition can reach 48.5% in rural areas, with a stunting rate of 34%
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Honduras ranks 112th of 177 countries in the UNDP Human Development Index
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Statistical information shows that the state of the public education system remains poor.
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Figures cited by the Ministry of Education suggest that Honduras suffers from widespread illiteracy (more than 40 percent of the total population and more than 80 percent in rural areas)
The HAEST Project