Our mission is to foster cross-cultural understanding, and to promote – with our Honduran partners – sustainable programs for health, education, agriculture and economic development.

Our Principles

Recognize local leadership as a key element of community development

Health, education, infrastructure development and economic sustainability all fall within the broad topic of “community development.” As such, we work to address immediate needs of the community: building infrastructure, and transferring skills to help people become more independent.

Support programs that encourage learning and leadership among adult and youth communities alike

We support programs that encourage learning and leadership among adult and youth communities alike.

Attend to people with special needs

ACTS and its partners often focus on programs that help broad sectors of the community, but there are individuals who have special needs – usually medical needs that exceed the ability of their community to address. In these cases, we seek to match those individuals with resources in Honduras or elsewhere that can help.

The people of El Rosario and surrounding villages are our primary partners

They decide what is most important to them, and for the most part, they are the ones who carry out what is needed. We are fortunate to have other partners as well, including people and organizations who bring their specialized interests and skills to the area.

Good work takes time

ACTS has been working in Honduras since 1986. El Rosario is a very different community compared to what it was when we first visited. We rejoice to see past investments of ACTS and our partners yielding dividends in El Rosario, and more recently in the surrounding communities. We celebrate these successes, while recognizing that there is much more to do.