The Society of the Good Shepherd's ministry in Honduras

Serving the poor in Honduras

Lasting helpfor the poorof Honduras

For 25 years we’ve found the most effective ways to help the poor of Honduras — interest-free microloans and rural health clinics. 100% of gifts reach the field; our U.S. team serves without pay.

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No commitment to join — add your name and we’ll reach out when a trip to Honduras comes up. Specific trips are announced as they’re planned.

Our impact

A quarter-century of patient work

Decades of trial and error, focused on the highest impact per dollar.

25+ Years serving in Honduras

0% Interest on every microloan

100% Of gifts to the field

~2,000 Weekly patients, newest clinic

What we do

Six ministries, one mission

Concrete, efficient help — from clinics and microloans to widows, schooling, and clean water.

Rural Medical Clinics

Since 2019

We build rural health clinics; the Honduran government then staffs them with doctors and nurses and supplies medicines. One clinic serves a community for years.

Interest-free Microloans

0% interest

Interest-free loans give hardworking families the capital to grow a small business. Repaid loans are re-lent again and again, so the same gift keeps helping.

Supporting Widows

~$50 / month

For widows with no family to care for them, we buy and deliver groceries and necessities in person each month — and check on their medical and dietary needs.

Special-Needs School

30 scholarships

We co-sponsor a special-needs school in Siguatepeque — building fixtures, painting classrooms, and paying tuition for many of the children.

Building Sanitary Units

~$750 each

A complete backyard sanitary unit — toilet, shower, and pila — for a poor rural family. The government then connects them to water and sewer for free.

Dialysis & Specialty Clinics

Two floors

Beyond general care: a two-floor dialysis clinic in Taulabé (plus dental and diabetes clinics already built) bringing specialty treatment within reach.

In focus

The two ministries at our core

Alvaro standing in his lawn-equipment store among chainsaws and trimmers.

Interest-free microloans

Capital that keeps on giving

A small, interest-free loan gives a hardworking family the capital to grow a business. Because loans are repaid and then re-lent, the same gift keeps helping new families year after year.

Alvaro’s store began in 2007 as a stall just four by ten feet. Today it’s a thriving lawn-equipment business.

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A health clinic under construction in Honduras, with workers raising walls.

Building health clinics

One clinic, years of care

We build rural health clinics; the Honduran government then staffs them with doctors and nurses and supplies medicines free or at nominal cost. A one-time gift to build a clinic keeps giving for years.

The newest builds include a finished clinic at Las Conchitas and a two-floor dialysis clinic underway in Taulabé.

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Stories from Honduras

Real people, real change

A few of the people and projects your support reaches.

Doally Melgar smiling and holding a fan of colorful calligraphy pens.

Doally Melgar — “Doa Letters”

Doally turned a lockdown hobby into a real business — personalized planners, mugs, and gifts. A ~$400 loan let her stock up for her busy December season, and she is repaying ahead of schedule while finishing a marketing degree.

A $400 loan, repaid ahead of schedule — and a growing business.

The newly built teal health clinic in Las Conchitas, nearly ready to open.

Las Conchitas Health Clinic

Built by a U.S. team and finished by a Honduran crew, the Las Conchitas clinic is nearly open near Lake Yojoa. The Society builds the building; the government provides the doctors, nurses, and equipment.

Built by the Society — and soon serving about 2,000 patients a week.

Students and a teacher celebrating an anniversary at the special-needs school.

Special-Needs School, Siguatepeque

At a charitable special-needs school the public system can’t fund, donors covered all 30 scholarships this year — alongside the Society’s help building fixtures, painting classrooms, and paying tuition.

Donors funded all 30 scholarships this year.

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Where your help goes

All of it reaches Honduras

Almost all of our work is in Honduras — one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere — focused on the department of Comayagua. Specific trips are announced as they’re planned.

The work happens in the department of Comayagua — including Siguatepeque, Taulabé, and Comayagua.

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There’s no commitment. Add your name and we’ll reach out when a trip is being planned, to see if you’d like to come.

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100% reaches the field

Pick an amount and finish securely on our checkout. U.S. administrators serve without pay, so every gift to the Honduras ministry goes to the work.

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