Introduction

This blog was created for The Leadership Center in Honduras, a small university supported by Art For Humanity (www.artforhumanity.org) to train and educate poor women in Honduras. This blog will be regularly updated and maintained by the students, volunteers, and staff members of The Leadership Center.

The Leadership Center began operating in 2011 as a means to educate and train young Honduran women to be the future leaders of their country, and to end the continual cycle of poverty that currently makes Honduras the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. The leaders of The Leadership Center believe that education is one of the most powerful methods of providing sustainable change to an impoverished community or country. It is through education that young women in Honduras will be empowered to inspire and initiate change.

The mission of The Leadership Center is to graduate young women of integrity who will become successful leaders in a wide variety of professional careers. This is accomplished by providing high quality education and practical leadership opportunities, thus enabling every graduate to be well prepared as a future leader in Honduras. Additionally, The Leadership Center only accepts students from poor families who would otherwise be unable to obtain an education after graduating high school. It is a foundational belief of the Center that everyone has the right to an education, not only those from elite families.

Every teacher at The Leadership Center is an educated and trained volunteer who is passionate about the mission of the school. As the Center strives to provide every student with a well-rounded education, having a wide variety of volunteers is important to achieve the desired results. With an incredible student-to-teacher ratio of 4:1, every student is given the opportunity to spend an ample amount of one-on-one time with teachers. This allows students the opportunity to graduate in less time than the average university in Honduras.

To date, The Leadership Center has accepted two cohorts of students and are planning to accept a third in early 2012. The first students are scheduled to graduate in 2013. The current students have learned from a wide variety of volunteers, including men and women from diverse academic backgrounds. While the focus of the Center is to teach English, Leadership, and Business, the students have also learned history, speech, sociology, psychology, math, music, and much more.

The leaders of The Leadership Center are dedicated to providing the best education for every student, and thus are regularly evaluating the curriculum and educational methods we use. The Center is in a constant state of improvement in order to constantly provide quality education. We have no doubt that the opportunities for The Leadership Center and for our future graduating students are endless.