Fr.
Emil Cook, OFM Conv. an American missionary, began
his work in Honduras in 1970, arriving in Flores in
1981. Working with several former students, now
university graduates, the Honduran corporation
known as APUFRAM was established. APUFRAM is an
acronym for "Asociacion de Pueblos Franciscanos de
Muchachos y Muchachas," which translates as
"Association of Franciscan Boystowns and
Girlstowns." Its purpose is to provide academic and
spiritual education to the poor children of
Honduras. Mission Honduras is the US-based support
arm for APUFRAM.
Through education, which is unavailable to the poor beyond about the sixth grade, the children receive the skills necessary to become self sufficient and eventually to be competent leaders of families and communities. The goal is to teach the poor "how to fish" instead of simply providing a fish. Only through this method of self sufficiency can the poor help themselves out of the long cycle of poverty.
APUFRAM currently operates in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Liberia. The non-profit organization consists of elementary and high schools, orphanages, boystowns and girlstowns, a trade school, university housing, and a shelter for abandoned mothers and children. APUFRAM has educated thousands of young people who are now helping their communities in various fields such as agriculture, business, engineering, medicine and teaching.
Through education, which is unavailable to the poor beyond about the sixth grade, the children receive the skills necessary to become self sufficient and eventually to be competent leaders of families and communities. The goal is to teach the poor "how to fish" instead of simply providing a fish. Only through this method of self sufficiency can the poor help themselves out of the long cycle of poverty.
APUFRAM currently operates in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Liberia. The non-profit organization consists of elementary and high schools, orphanages, boystowns and girlstowns, a trade school, university housing, and a shelter for abandoned mothers and children. APUFRAM has educated thousands of young people who are now helping their communities in various fields such as agriculture, business, engineering, medicine and teaching.
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