It all started with a journey to Honduras...
In June of 2000, the EFP family began when Allison Alexander traveled to Honduras for the first time, as a short-term volunteer to work in an orphanage. What began as a summer volunteer opportunity became the next two years of the God leading, teaching and opening her eyes to the needs of the children of Honduras as she lived and served at the orphanage. During this time she witnessed the stark realities of the lives of abandoned and abused children in Honduras. It is typical of many orphanages that children are not educated beyond a basic middle school level, creating struggles as they reach the age to be released. They are faced with limited choices, having little education and job skills. Girls and boys, once they hit puberty, often live on the streets, many times resorting to crime and/or prostitution for survival. For the girls, they sometimes may be offered a job within the orphanage, essentially becoming enslaved, with no other options. Allison saw that many of the children left the orphanage only to return to the streets of gangs, crime, prostitution and death, God prompted her to do something about it. After researching and finding that at the time, there were no halfway houses or young women’s shelters to help these girls, she planned to create a better solution that would provide them with a stable home and a real future of opportunities.
In August of 2004 Allison moved back to Honduras and into the future of the service that the she was called to do. With the help of her sister Abigail and friend Crista, the Eternal Family Project was born. They rented a house in the coastal town of Omoa, just west of Puerto Cortés, and invited nine young women (ages 18-22), which they had known from the orphanage, to be a part of the EFP family. |
Impact on the Girls
Our mission is to offer a loving home and family environment that provides for and nurtures the children of Honduras that have been abused, abandoned, and neglected by their families. We offer a safe and supportive family, ensuring that each family member receives an education, proper health care, and spiritual guidance and support. We strive to help them become established as productive, strong members of society to break the cycle of poverty and abuse they were victims of. In Honduras, even more so than elsewhere, education is alpha and omega in acquiring a job. That is why giving the girls a quality education is a top priority for us; the girls attend private bilingual schools and are involved in extracurricular activities when available. We have had multiple girls graduate university and medical school, and are so excited to see what is next! The future is bright for the girls!
We ensure their physical, mental, and spiritual needs are met by providing a safe and nurturing environment where the girls can heal and grow. By meeting their needs, we can help these girls thrive and become healthy, empowered women.
EFP extends its impact beyond its own home by volunteering at various organizations around the city. Whether it’s visiting the orphanage or organizing the clothing and food pantry at the local church, the girls love to serve. Through volunteering, the girls have grown in compassion and gratefulness, learning to show God's love to others.
The scars and abuse that all of these girls have endured, whether visible or not, will always be there. However, by God’s grace they are continuing to heal each day.
We ensure their physical, mental, and spiritual needs are met by providing a safe and nurturing environment where the girls can heal and grow. By meeting their needs, we can help these girls thrive and become healthy, empowered women.
EFP extends its impact beyond its own home by volunteering at various organizations around the city. Whether it’s visiting the orphanage or organizing the clothing and food pantry at the local church, the girls love to serve. Through volunteering, the girls have grown in compassion and gratefulness, learning to show God's love to others.
The scars and abuse that all of these girls have endured, whether visible or not, will always be there. However, by God’s grace they are continuing to heal each day.
The Start of A Vision
The vision has changed since EFP opened its doors- from helping girls over the age of 18 transition from orphanages they grew up in to now bringing in younger girls, from toddlers to teens. We continue to provide loving care, education, and spiritual guidance to equip young Honduran girls with the Christian life skills needed in their journey to becoming thriving women of God, healthy in mind, body and spirit.
A VISION FOR THE FUTURE
With over 60% below the poverty line, the country is filled with children who cannot even have their basic needs met. Clothing, food, basic nutrition, and healthcare are scarce or completely foreign to them. EFP is changing this - it is already breaking this cycle of poverty - but the vision is to continue to multiply that success and aid those in our local community.
LAND AND A HOME
For many in Honduras, features such as a ceiling are considered unnecessary. Roofs may be in disrepair. Floors may be dirt. EFP plans to build a quality home that provides a safe environment for raising children.
It has been a dream since EFP started in 2004 to have our own property and a house to fit our needs. There have been ups and downs along that road when we have thought that something was right only to have it fall through in the very end, but we always knew that it was in God’s hands and that we could peacefully wait on his timing.
In the town of Pena Blanca, sits 11+ beautiful acres of farmland and lava rock. With enough land to fit our vision of a homesteading pocket neighborhood and school, with lake access for adventures and fishing, this property will serve us more than we could have ever imagined. The property provides EFP the ability to locate more missionaries to Honduras to begin their forever families. While saving each child in Honduras from the cycle of poverty is a large task, EFP wants to continue building the kingdom of God one forever family at a time.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We would love for you to get involved to carry out EFP’s vision! Learn more about OUR GIRLS, consider becoming a DONOR, find out other ways to GET INVOLVED!
A VISION FOR THE FUTURE
With over 60% below the poverty line, the country is filled with children who cannot even have their basic needs met. Clothing, food, basic nutrition, and healthcare are scarce or completely foreign to them. EFP is changing this - it is already breaking this cycle of poverty - but the vision is to continue to multiply that success and aid those in our local community.
LAND AND A HOME
For many in Honduras, features such as a ceiling are considered unnecessary. Roofs may be in disrepair. Floors may be dirt. EFP plans to build a quality home that provides a safe environment for raising children.
It has been a dream since EFP started in 2004 to have our own property and a house to fit our needs. There have been ups and downs along that road when we have thought that something was right only to have it fall through in the very end, but we always knew that it was in God’s hands and that we could peacefully wait on his timing.
In the town of Pena Blanca, sits 11+ beautiful acres of farmland and lava rock. With enough land to fit our vision of a homesteading pocket neighborhood and school, with lake access for adventures and fishing, this property will serve us more than we could have ever imagined. The property provides EFP the ability to locate more missionaries to Honduras to begin their forever families. While saving each child in Honduras from the cycle of poverty is a large task, EFP wants to continue building the kingdom of God one forever family at a time.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We would love for you to get involved to carry out EFP’s vision! Learn more about OUR GIRLS, consider becoming a DONOR, find out other ways to GET INVOLVED!