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Since the inception of our first school in 1996, the Olancho Aid Foundation's mission has remained the same: to provide youth an education that will empower them to transform their communities and country.

Economic poverty in Honduras forces the majority of children work to support their family, rather than attend school. Many children do not have one or both parents in their home, as many leave to seek employment in other countries like the United States. Olancho Aid responds to these children's needs by giving them options and creating opportunities for societal change through learning.

The key to our programs is not to give simple replies to poverty, but rather lasting solutions. Each school day we make an investment in our students, who have the individual and collective power to be leaders, decision makers, activists, entrepreneurs and conscious world citizens. Our organization seeks to turn those living marginally into active participants within their communities.