Agriculture Program
In partnership with NC State University, we started an agricultural education program in 2012. We hired a local agricultural graduate to help promote and teach important agricultural skills to students at the Nueva Cholulteca Middle and High Schools and family farmers.
For three years, the agricultural program has provided educational activities in crop and vegetable production for high school-age youth on the grounds of the secondary school at Nueva Choluteca. A Honduran university student conducted his undergraduate thesis research at the school. It demonstrated the appropriate rations of commercial feed for efficient chicken production.
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Spiritual Program
The parish is supported by its pastor, Padre Fernando and 3 Franciscan sisters. Padre Fernando’s parish covers an area close to 160 square miles including 120 remote villages, called aldeas. Each of the 120 aldeas in Padre’s parish have a spiritual leader referred to as a delegado. These “delegates of the word” make up the pastoral council and provide spiritual leadership to the people in their villages between Padre’s visits. The “delegates” travel monthly to Nueva Palestina where they receive education on their faith to share with their individual communities.
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