International Operations

In keeping with Lisa’s vision to help those less fortunate, the foundation has built an orphanage, Hogar de Amor (Home of Love) in Honduras. The 10,000 square ft. facility, just outside the city of La Ceiba, Honduras, will give children in one of the most underdeveloped regions in the country access to basic health, education, literacy, and self-awareness programs.

Hogar De Amor (House of Love)

HOGAR DE AMOR Children's Home (Orphanage):

In the town of Agua Caliente, The Lisa Lopes Foundation and Helping Honduras Kids are sharing a wish come true. On Monday, May 7, 2007,Lisa Lopes Foundation and Helping Honduras Kids welcomed 18 orphaned children to live in a new 10,000 square foot children's home (orphanage)

About 30 minutes from La Ceiba, this modern building is called, “Hogar de Amor” (Home of Love) and will eventually house 40+ children. We will accept infants and older children and every effort will be made to keep siblings together. Within a loving family environment, we can quickly improve the level of dignity, education, health and opportunity for children who would otherwise be in government institutions.

As an ongoing outreach to the local community, LLF and HHK operates the Lisa Lopes Rural School as well as a dental and medical clinic at the Hogar de Amor. With donations and volunteers, LLF/HHK has built beds and tables and installed a safety fence, septic system and outdoor lighting. We welcome long term volunteers to help care for the children and assist in the school.

Our children at Hogar de Amor will be provided with educational opportunities such as computer classes and English lessons but, most importantly, they will be safe, loved and nurtured so they can enjoy the kind of childhood that every child deserves.

While the Honduran government does not currently allow adoption from private orphanages such as ours, we are looking for sponsors for these children who will help support them. In Latin America this is called a padrino or madrina (godfather or godmother.)

As an LLF sponsor or godparent, you will be considered to be a member of this child's family, and vise versa. Your emotional support and frequent contact with “your” child is strongly encouraged. Speaking from personal experience, we can assure you that being a padrino or madrina is a rewarding and life changing experience!

Lisa Lopes Foundation and Helping Honduras Kids invites you to visit and volunteer at the Hogar de Amor.

For more information on HHK visit www.helpinghonduraskids.com.