Today on our Central American production “Honduras on the Move”, our special correspondent, Roberto Hugo Preza, takes us to the department of El Paraíso, located in eastern Honduras. teleSUR
00:00And we stay in Honduras. Today, our Central American production, Honduras on the Move, our special correspondent, Roberto Gopresa, takes us to the department of El Paraiso, located in eastern Honduras.
00:13There, he witnessed firsthand one of the government's programs that is changing the lives of thousands of school children. Let's see what it's all about.
00:21A striking colonial architecture adorns the small town park in the central department of El Paraiso on the border with Nicaragua. Amid small chains of pine trees is the small school of the villages of Los Tablones. The bus of children welcomes us.
00:40These little school children benefit from the government's school feeding program, which not only fills their stomachs, but also their classrooms.
00:51This year, we increased enrollment for school lunches, because many parents cannot afford to put food on their lunch tables, so they do not send their children to school.
01:02That's why all the children are excited at school, thinking about what they'll have for a snack on the next day.
01:13From the classroom to recess, and while the children play, the fire is lit in the small kitchen to prepare their meals.
01:20The government delivers the packages and the teachers together with the community, organize the preparation.
01:31School meals are very important here, because the children are from low-income families. This meal is a delight for them, because even though it is rice and beans, they are happy to receive it every day. They are not picky eaters at all.
01:43They are very happy because when they leave school, they happily go to the kitchen to receive their meal, and I have it all ready for them.
01:53Children cultivate school gardens, which produce is also used to prepare food and variety dishes.
02:00The long-awaited moment arrived. Today's menu includes tamales with fresh tomato salad and juice.
02:10They have a menu, and we make it according to what the parents can afford. If there are days when the parents have spaghetti to give, then they make spaghetti, they make chicken, and the children are delighted.
02:22Anything the children want to eat, they are fascinated here.
02:25And what do they feed you?
02:29Arroz con leche, frijoles con…
02:32Rice pudding, beans and rice, chicken and soup.
02:36Menuda.
02:37Do you like the food a lot? Yes.
02:40This wonderful experience is replicated in hundreds of schools throughout the country. The National School Feeding Programme is one of the largest and most important social initiatives financed by the government's funds.
02:54These are funds from the taxes of every Honduran citizen, and this is something that needs to be looked into in depth so that people know that they have to pay these taxes in order to benefit all these people.
03:10These are children who woke up to two hours to get to school, but they know they will have a warm meal made with love because it is made by their mother hands.
03:21The coordinators affirmed that this program guarantees children a daily rotation of nutritionally balanced foods. It also strengthens locals' economy by purchasing vegetables, fruit, eggs, dairy products and other foods.
03:42According to official records, 2,649 schools nationwide benefit from this program, which means that more than 1.2 million school children receive free meals.
03:57This program will also bless übersmmokers.
03:57Roberto Hugo Presa, Telesur, El Paraíso, Honduras.
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