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REYES IRENE VALENZUELA TRAINING CENTER

Poverty has its way of weaving a wicked web of abuse and neglect. Frequently in Honduras, a teenage girls only alternative to a life on the streets is working as a household domestic. But here too there is psychological and physical abuse. Many of these young girls earn no more than one dollar a day and are expected to endure terrible and demanding living conditions. Most of them have little education and no concept or dream of a better life. The Reyes Irene Valenzuela Training Center provides the girls with an oasis of support and encouragement. Here they receive psychological and medical attention, legal counsel and training in a variety of life skills. We provide assistance to 400 girls. In 2005 over forty girls graduated from the Reyes Irene Valenzuela Center. Many of these girls have found better employment and will be continuing their studies at the university level.