As a Christ-centered organization, our emphasis on spiritual transformation is key to building communities that work together to honor God and live out their faith in all they do.

We do this by incorporating spiritual disciplines through the work in our other program areas and in partnership with local church leaders.

HOI’s pastoral staff coordinates marriage and family workshops, Biblical lessons at the HOI schools, in-home prayer visits, children’s Bible school in communities with our visiting mission teams, and staff worship experiences. They also work in partnership with the local pastors to provide training in family ministry and with the staff of Young Life to support the local teens in their spiritual formation.

Each experience is aimed at developing a deeper personal relationship with Christ and providing opportunities to spiritually strengthen the family.

HOI’s focus is to partner with community leaders who have a desire to create a sustainable community and have the vision to improve the quality of life for the families.

By investing in spiritual formation and health education in the communities, HOI’s partnership helps to empower the leaders in their decision making. These opportunities give them the tools to develop sustainable communities that will improve the physical and spiritual health of the families.

Major spiritual and health initiatives in the community include children’s Bible school and in-home prayer visits by volunteer mission teams, church leadership training, home improvements for improved health, family gardens for improved nutrition, and water purification systems.

Through training opportunities for small business entrepreneurs, HOI partnerships encourage and empower individuals to help increase financial capacity for the entire community.

Our desire is to see the spiritual, social, physical, and economic transformation within a community through their partnership with HOI.

HOI is responsible for providing healthcare to 33 villages in the Agalta Valley of Honduras, as assigned by the Honduran Ministry of Health. This is administered by HOI’s Honduran medical staff, community development staff, and short-term medical volunteers at HOI’s main clinic and three rural clinics.

The medical staff focuses on the physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being of each individual in efforts to develop healthy communities.

All of our clinics provide vaccinations, health education, and serve the basic health needs to over 16,000 patients annually. The HOI staff and short-term medical volunteers travel to communities to educate the public about best health practices and prevention such as maternal and dental health, proper nutrition, and the benefits of clean water.

Over the past 30 years, HOI has increased the vaccination rate in the Agalta Valey from 15% to 98%. Our health services have decreased the infant mortality rate from 69 infant deaths per 1,000 live births to zero.

Through a multidisciplinary community health team (doctors, nurses, physical therapists, dentists, psychologists, nutritionists, and health promoters) we are able to create a healthcare system that can serve as a model for all of rural Honduras.