School of Hope– In 2019, after a trip to the slums in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the dream of LIT School of Hope was born. 35 pre-school aged children were carefully selected and LIT is committed to providing free education to these children until they are ready to enter university. Not only do they receive a free education, materials, uniforms, transportation, and 2 hot meals a day, the parents of the children are given monthly parenting classes and the mothers are given lessons in creating artisan crafts that they can sell. (Most of the students come from single-parent homes; their mothers are nightclub dancers or street workers, and if the father is around, the chances are high that he is a member of the drug cartel.) 

The church that LIT Honduras National Director Pastor Pablo Cruz pastors provided the facilities and LIT provided the cost of remodeling for classrooms, bathrooms, and a kitchen.

In February of 2020, LIT’s School of Hope opened to much excitement, but less than 2 months later was shut down due to COVID-19. Food drop-offs are currently conducted weekly for the families of our students, as well as providing internet cards so that the children can connect to their classes on their mothers’ cell phones via Zoom.

The original plan was to support these 35 children through their education until they were ready for college. However, as the waiting list continued to grow and we witnessed the positive impact the school was having in transforming the lives of children and their families, we felt compelled to accept additional students, eventually reaching the maximum capacity of our current facility. Today, the school has a total enrollment of 75 students, from Pre-K through sixth grade, and is led by a dedicated team of 10 teachers and administrative staff.