Team Members: approximately 15-20 people
for 10-day commitment
The community of Del Nance is one of the areas considered most vulnerable facing many problems such as robbery and murder with the prevalence of gangs. Many youth are consistently being recruited into these gangs because of unemployment and lack of positive recreation.
Hands in Mission has been working alongside the pastor of the local church Avance Misionero and leaders of the community of Comayagua to implement a larger project named the “C.R.E.C.E.R PROJECT” whose goal is to have a positive Christian influence in this community of Del Nance through sports, recreation, Arts, and working skills.
The church that HIM built in 2008 was a great first step. Since then a preschool is being held every day there as well as Sunday School and youth group. They have a talented group of musicians who are willing to teach the youth music as part of the Arts component of the CRECER Project.
The mayor of Comayagua has recently donated all the cement for bleachers for a soccer field and they are currently being constructed. The local schools are very excited and are recruiting soccer teams.
The vocational center we will build will be divided into 3 areas of teaching: Beauty & Sewing, a Bakery and Welding & Construction. Our prayer is that it will teach new working skills to the people who attend so they will become gainfully employed in their community.
