Refuge International Corporation

IN 2021 SUPPORT CONTINUED TO MISSION POINT RESOURCE CENTER IN CATACAMAS, OLANCHO. PROVIDING TRAINING IN ETHICS, TEACHER TRAINING, COMPUTER PROFICIENCY, AND CHURCH LEADERSHIP TO FAMILIES IN APPROXIMATELY 63 CONGREGATION IN EASTERN HONDURAS. APPROXIMATELY 3 TEACHER GROUPS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND APPROXIMATELY 5 STUDENTS RECEIVED A 13-WEEK COMPUTER LITERACY COURSE. ALSO DURING 2021 WE CONTINUED SUPPORT TO AN OUTREACH MINISTRY IN AUTAUGAVILLE, ALABAMA, A COMMUNITY WITH MANY AT RISK CHILDREN. IN HONDURAS, WE CONTINUED A BECA PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES STIPENDS TO 19 CHILDREN ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE FEEDING PROGRAMS IN THREE COMMUNITIES - TEGUCIGALPA, LAMANSION, AND JUTIQUILE. TROUGH THESE PROGRAMS APPROXIMATELY 130 YOUNGSTERS AND A SMALL NUMBER OF OLDER PEOPLE ARE PROVIDED TWO MEALS PER WEEK. IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID QUARANTINE, WE REDIRECTED THE RESOURCE CENTER BUDGET TO PROVIDING FOOD BASKETS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED. THESE REDIRECTED FUNDS WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY OTHER GIVING WITH THE RESULT THAT THIRTY FAMILIES WERE ASSISTED MULTIPLE TIME WITH FOOD BASKETS. IN ALL MORE THAN 300 FOOD BASKETS WERE DISTRIBUTED. FUNDS WERE ALSO SENT TO GUATEMALA TO HELP WITH FOOD SHORTAGES IN EL ESTOR ISABEL. TWO MINISTERS, MARIO ALFARO, AND MARLON MOLINA HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED FULL TIME. THESE TWO MEN SERVE LOCAL CHURCHES BUT ALSO TRAVEL THROUGOUT OLANCHO AND COLON TO DELLIVER CLASSES ON LEADERSHIP TRAINING - A PROGRAM CALLED PROFORLE OR PROGRAM FOR THE FORMATION OF LEADERS.