By Scott Cotter

Today we paid a visit to the Dr. Miguel Paz Barahona school and got to see some of the desks that Children International has been providing for the students. Under law, each student must have a desk and because the school is packed with students, there were a lot of makeshift desks being used. The principal told me that sometimes it would be blocks piled up, or a board balanced between rocks. There just weren’t the resources available to buy desks for every student. Can you imagine trying to concentrate on your studies in 90 degree heat while sitting on a pile of uncomfortable blocks?

Each desk costs about $21. What’s really sad is that some of the families will buy one for a child and then work on paying off that desk for an entire year.

The children in this video are sitting in their new and comfy desks. And this is just one example of the educational benefits provided here in Honduras. The agency provides support to sponsored children on a school by school basis, meaning the schools and students are provided support based on what’s needed the most.