Huntsville, AL, USA
La Ermita, Talanga, F.M., Honduras
Refuge/Shelter for Victims of Violence
The Need for Shelter and Refuge
During 2006 we realized the need for a temporary refuge for victims and occasionally cared for victims in our mission house.
In 2007 we rented space in Talanga as a temporary refuge. May 2010, with the completion of our dorm construction (construction phase I), we moved the refuge onsite to the mission. To date, more than 400 victims have stayed with us.
We provide temporary shelter and protection for 1-15 days for
On occasion, depending on the circumstances, we provide refuge for a longer period of time.
Services:
Among the many services the shelter provides are:
Goals:
We want to assure the clients have all the assistance they need legally, physically, emotionally and spiritually and to empower them in seeking and obtaining their own justice so they can move on to live a life free of oppression.
Why is shelter and Justice Ministry so important?
Inside the world's most dangerous place to be a woman
What it is really like for Honduran women?
Honduras: where women are killed for $60
Victims are waiting for the people of God
to bring hope, love, service and divine rescue.
So many Christians miss their anointed work of rescue
because they are oblivious to the dramatic, urgent need,
or they are paralyzed by hopeless despair.
God wants to deploy our gifts, passions and training
to a place beyond safety,
beyond our ability
and beyond our power
to where God is desperately needed.
HOC Mission Center
Front view of Refuge and Visitors' Center
Rest of Refuge and Visitors' Center
Frank Lawrence Memorial Education Center
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