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  • Rivera Hernández, on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, is known for being extremely violent and dangerous. Unemployment and poverty, are thought to be even more important factors in the wave of migrations to the US than the violence that affects the area. Here two girls carry their baby sisters through the neighbourhood.
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  • Villalobos 1, Villa Nueva, Guatemala City. Villalobos is a so-called Red Zone, because of violence. The Caja Lúdica group work to promote a culture of peace and human rights here.
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  • Rivera Hernández, on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, is known for being extremely violent and dangerous. Unemployment and poverty, are thought to be even more important factors in the wave of migrations to the US than the violence that affects the area. Here José Maradiaga digs a well because water was cut off for the whole neighbourhood four weeks previously.
    Honduras_Hawkey_migrants_20140805_03...jpg
  • Rivera Hernández, on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, is known for being extremely violent and dangerous. Unemployment and poverty, are thought to be even more important factors in the wave of migrations to the US than the violence that affects the area. Here José Maradiaga digs a well because water was cut off for the whole neighbourhood four weeks previously.
    Honduras_Hawkey_migrants_20140805_03...jpg
  • Bessi, a young woman who makes a living as a tortilla seller, rests in a hammock in Rivera Hernández, a particularly poor area of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. There is no formal employment in the area and many people live in acute poverty. The neighbourhoods on the edges of the river here are not recognised by the municipality and are provision of basic services is unstable, water has been cut off to the thousands of households here for four weeks and electricity is routinely black out. Gangs control the area and violence is endemic, children are recruited to the gangs or killed, girls are often raped. People are deperate to leave the area and many make the perilous journey to the US as illegal migrants or 'mojados'. Thousands of migrants are repatriated to Honduras each month. ACT Alliance members in Honduras provide support services to repatriated child migrants and their families.
    Honduras_Hawkey_migrants_20140805_02...jpg
  • Carlos Andrés Enriquez Hernández, 23, Tailor, Barrio La Soledad, Juticalpa, Olancho<br />
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I was in four iceboxes in the US, about three days in each. The icebox is a room where they put you with very cold air conditioning, the aim of it is to freeze you, to make you more likely to sign the form so that they can send you straight home. It really is freezing, you are on the floor, there’s no bedding, you don’t have enough clothes, your teeth chatter and you feel like you are going to die.<br />
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I was deported after about 20 days. I met someone here in Juticalpa who told me about the LWF.<br />
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I left my place because of danger. What does danger mean? Ha! Danger here is not an abstract concept. My whole family was threatened by a gang. Threats against your life are part of controlling you, subjecting you. My whole family had to leave. People who don’t take notice of threats like that are simply killed. We’ve lost a lot of friends and neighbours, they disappeared. The gang here use a tourniquet on your neck, that’s their signature.<br />
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When I came back, I moved. I had nothing, lost everything. <br />
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The LWF helped me get back on my feet. I make school uniforms, I make adjustments to clothes, I make suits and rent them for weddings. I have dreams of getting bigger to start making clothes that people here want. I have no plan to go back to the US. <br />
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With skills here, and a helping hand to get on your feet, and plenty of hard work, you can make it here, you can survive.<br />
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LWF's programme for deported and returned migrants is supported by ELCA.
    Honduras_Hawkey_migrants_20190121_46...jpg
  • Oscar Gómez, bus driver of the bus drivers' union called La Bombilla, in San José Petare, Caracas. The area is an informal barrio built on a steep hillside.
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  • Carlos Andrés Enriquez Hernández, 23, Tailor, Barrio La Soledad, Juticalpa, Olancho<br />
<br />
I was in four iceboxes in the US, about three days in each. The icebox is a room where they put you with very cold air conditioning, the aim of it is to freeze you, to make you more likely to sign the form so that they can send you straight home. It really is freezing, you are on the floor, there’s no bedding, you don’t have enough clothes, your teeth chatter and you feel like you are going to die.<br />
<br />
I was deported after about 20 days. I met someone here in Juticalpa who told me about the LWF.<br />
<br />
I left my place because of danger. What does danger mean? Ha! Danger here is not an abstract concept. My whole family was threatened by a gang. Threats against your life are part of controlling you, subjecting you. My whole family had to leave. People who don’t take notice of threats like that are simply killed. We’ve lost a lot of friends and neighbours, they disappeared. The gang here use a tourniquet on your neck, that’s their signature.<br />
<br />
When I came back, I moved. I had nothing, lost everything. <br />
<br />
The LWF helped me get back on my feet. I make school uniforms, I make adjustments to clothes, I make suits and rent them for weddings. I have dreams of getting bigger to start making clothes that people here want. I have no plan to go back to the US. <br />
<br />
With skills here, and a helping hand to get on your feet, and plenty of hard work, you can make it here, you can survive.<br />
<br />
LWF's programme for deported and returned migrants is supported by ELCA.
    Honduras_Hawkey_migrants_20190121_46...jpg
  • Carlos Andrés Enriquez Hernández, 23, Tailor, Barrio La Soledad, Juticalpa, Olancho<br />
<br />
I was in four iceboxes in the US, about three days in each. The icebox is a room where they put you with very cold air conditioning, the aim of it is to freeze you, to make you more likely to sign the form so that they can send you straight home. It really is freezing, you are on the floor, there’s no bedding, you don’t have enough clothes, your teeth chatter and you feel like you are going to die.<br />
<br />
I was deported after about 20 days. I met someone here in Juticalpa who told me about the LWF.<br />
<br />
I left my place because of danger. What does danger mean? Ha! Danger here is not an abstract concept. My whole family was threatened by a gang. Threats against your life are part of controlling you, subjecting you. My whole family had to leave. People who don’t take notice of threats like that are simply killed. We’ve lost a lot of friends and neighbours, they disappeared. The gang here use a tourniquet on your neck, that’s their signature.<br />
<br />
When I came back, I moved. I had nothing, lost everything. <br />
<br />
The LWF helped me get back on my feet. I make school uniforms, I make adjustments to clothes, I make suits and rent them for weddings. I have dreams of getting bigger to start making clothes that people here want. I have no plan to go back to the US. <br />
<br />
With skills here, and a helping hand to get on your feet, and plenty of hard work, you can make it here, you can survive.<br />
<br />
LWF's programme for deported and returned migrants is supported by ELCA.
    Honduras_Hawkey_migrants_20190121_40...jpg
  • Maria Magdalena Fuentes, Barrio El Tigre, Santa Rita.<br />
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Maria Magdalena was a beneficiary of a food programme during the Covid crisis. CASM supported people in need in the region of Copán. Covid created restrictions in the area, there were curfews, people could only go out once a fortnight, there were problems with transport too. Maria Magdalena makes a living by baking cakes and selling them, but couldn't travel to sell them so found herself in difficult circumstances.
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