The problem of HIV/AIDS within Honduras is widespread and the statistics are alarming.
The facts are daunting:

• San Pedro Sula is estimated to have the second highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in the world.
• 70% of all Central American HIV/AIDS cases are found in Honduras.
• One out of 100 people living in Honduras is infected with HIV.
• 6% to 8% of pregnant Honduran women are currently HIV positive.

Set upon a mountaintop, overlooking the valley of Moreceli, there is a tiny light that illuminates the lives of HIV infected children – it is a home called Montaña de Luz. A home to over twenty HIV infected children as young as one year of age. The project, managed by a small group of North American volunteers and their Honduran colleagues, is designed to support a child’s medical, social, mental, educational, and emotional needs.

Here the children grow in a loving and caring environment. Here the children feel cherished. It takes enormous effort to provide round the clock care for these children The project is a mix of Honduran and North American cultures. Birthdays are celebrated with piñatas and candies, with both Honduran and North American songs heard echoing the halls.

    

A staff of exceptionally devoted people daily walk the long journey to arrive at Montaña de Luz and often work twelve hour shifts caring for the children. With the directorship in the hands of a North American, direct care provided by local Hondurans and volunteers, these children receive the best of all worlds. Various individuals, organizations, and churches, in the United States fund Montaña de Luz.