Here’s some interesting information about Honduras, from a combination of the CIA website & Jeff, our campus minister who has been there a few times. (US info. is in the parentheses for comparison.)

Population 7.6 million (303.8 million)
Median Age 20 years (36.7 years)
Infant Mortality Rate 25 deaths/1,000 births (6 deaths/1,000 births)
Life Expectancy 69 years (78 years)
Literacy rate 80% (99%)
Gross Domestic Product per capita $4,300 ($45,800)
Unemployment Rate 28% (4.6%)
Electricity Consumption 4 billion kWh (4 trillion kWh)
Exchange rate 18.9 Lempiras to 1 US Dollar
Internet users 344,100 (223 million)

In Honduras,
The average working man works for about $5 USD a day.
No one wears a watch.
Smiles are always returned on any street in Honduras.
There is no waste management system (i.e. Trash, recycling, etc).
Soda pop is more accessible than clean water.
A personal pizza at Pizza Hut in Honduras costs 27 Lmps. (~$1.40US)
About 80% of villagers have parasites/worms from drinking water.
97% of the people are Roman Catholic, 3% Protestant.

Women in Honduras love to wear high-heeled shoes.
Honduras is the second largest country in Central America.
In 1969 a fight broke out at a soccer match between EL Salvador & Honduras; it escalated to an actual war.
The primary language is Spanish.
Honduras is about the same size as the state of Tennessee.
Capital City – Tegucigalpa
Agriculture: bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp, tilapia, lobster; corn, African palm (the village we will be working with is based around palm farming)
Industry: Sugar, Coffee, Textiles, Clothing, Wood Products
Nickname: The Banana Republic
Honduras often experiences hurricanes and earthquakes.
Christopher Columbus Landed there in 1502.