The mission of El Hogar Projects is to provide a loving home and education in a Christian environment for abandoned, orphaned and hopelessly poor children, enabling them to fulfill their ultimate potential as productive human beings in Honduras.

A new a version of the Work Team Handbook is now available.
Click to download the El Hogar Work Team Handbook - Version 6, 2010.
To learn more about El Hogar Work Teams click here.

El Hogar’s supporters in the Cincinnati, Ohio area are holding a large gala fundraiser, the Cincinnati Fiesta for El Hogar, on March 7, 2010. Special guests include: Rt. Rev. Thomas Breidenthal, Bishop of Southern Ohio; Rich Kunz, Executive Director of El Hogar Projects; Lazaro Juarez, Honduran Executive Director of El Hogar Projects; Liz Kinchen, Executive Director of El Hogar Ministries; and Walter Brueggemann, famed Old Testament scholar. There will be a silent auction, raffle, entertainment, great food, many activities and a lively and festive atmosphere. All who are in the area and able to attend are welcome. If you cannot attend, but would like to support this fundraiser, you are welcome to participate in that way. Click here for more information on the Cincinnati Fiesta for El Hogar.

Bowl -A-Thon Fundraiser in Natick MA
The Mathworks, a software company located in Natick Massachusetts, has taken three work teams to El Hogar over the past few years. The volunteers who went have been inspired to create a unique fundraiser for El Hogar – a Bowl-a-Thon. These enterprising Mathworks employees have set a goal of knocking down 8000 bowling pins in one evening, on December 10, 2010, and raising $10,000. They are seeking sponsors among their friends, families, and co-workers. These creative athletes can be supported by donating online by clicking on the Bowl-a-Thon icon on this page. Those wishing to donate by check can make out a check to El Hogar and mail to 70 Church Street, Winchester MA 01890, with Bowl-a-thon in the memo line. Thank you to all who support this event!

Winchester based Walk-a-thon raises $30,000!
Sunday October 25, 2009 was the first annual National El Hogar Walkathon, held in Winchester, MA. Surrounded by days of rain and cold, Sunday turned out to be the most beautiful Fall day so far this year in the Boston area. The sky was blue the sun was shining, the air was clean and we had at least 200 walkers participate in a 5K walk around residential and downtown Winchester. Read whole story here.


Updates on the arrest of President Zelaya in Honduras

Thank you for your concern for El Hogar and Honduras, and stay tuned for further developments. We will continue to post updates when there are significant changes to report.

Recent Update from Honduras: December 2, 2009 -
Dear Friends, I apologize for not doing an update for a while. Politically, we were in a kind of holding pattern. Nothing was actually advancing or being resolved. Meanwhile, almost every night there were one or two explosions set off by the "resistance", targeting places where votes were stored, or polling places, or one of the evangelical churches, or government buildings. Fortunately, these attacks were amateurish, and caused little damage. The main intent was to intimidate the population so that they would think it too dangerous to go out and vote. There was definitely a sense of tension over everything. .... Read the more on the ongoing political situation in Honduras from Rev. Kunz.



Please contact El Hogar Ministries at info@elhogar.org or at 781-729-600 if you would like to schedule a visit from Rev. Rich Kunz on his next visit to the US.

Read our Fall / Winter 2009 newsletter, or look through our newsletter archives to view past issues.


Read Reflections from Rev. Kunz. about life in Honduras.


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