Honduras Country Support

In collaboration with USAID Honduras, the HEARD Project is supporting the government to build on past efforts and to advance a national response to violence against children. Honduras was the first country in the continental Americas to implement a VACS and the first to incorporate modules on migration and gang violence into the VACS. Honduras publicly launched the VACS findings in 2019, and in 2021, the National Response Plan to Prevent Violence Against Children based on the VACS and rooted in INSPIRE strategies (NRP), was released.

In early 2024, the ISC partnered with COIPRODEN, coordinator of institutions that support the rights of children and adolescents in Honduras. COIPRODEN will develop and implement the country’s National Response Plan aimed at preventing violence against children and adolescents. This will include implementing training programs for public officials, civil society members, rights defenders and journalists and the national and municipal levels.