Students Helping Honduras

Founded in 2006, Students Helping Honduras is a non-governmental organisation based in Stafford, United States working on education, children & youth, community development +1 more.

Students Helping Honduras (SHH), also known as One Thousand Schools (OTS), is a US-based non-profit founded in 2006 by Shin Fujiyama and his sister Cosmo while they were students. It works to alleviate extreme poverty and violence in Honduras through education and youth empowerment, with a stated goal of building 1,000 schools across rural Honduras and training teachers. The organisation runs an 8-day volunteer service trip programme in which international volunteers help build schools alongside community members, and it operates the Villa Soleada community in the El Progreso area, which includes a bilingual school, a childrens home, a guest house and a scholarship programme. Its programmes are directed by Honduran leaders, and most of its staff are Honduran nationals. Funding comes from individual donations, personal fundraising pages, and income-generating ventures. The organisation states that its contributions are tax deductible under its 501(c)(3) status.