Honduras
In Honduras, HI implements an inclusive humanitarian response focused on protection, inclusion, and disaster risk reduction in the northern, central, and western regions of the country, with particular attention to persons with disabilities and other populations exposed to violence, displacement, and disasters.
Tegucigalpa city. | © G. Morales / HI
Actions in process
In Honduras, HI has operational coverage in Francisco Morazán, Lempira, Copán, Santa Barbára and Cortés, with offices in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. The organization works across three main areas of intervention: protection against violence, disaster risk reduction, and inclusive humanitarian action. Following its relaunch in 2024, the country programme has consolidated a presence focused on protection through case management and on early warning systems within disaster risk management.
Currently, HI implements a project in Copán, Lempira, Santa Bárbara, and Cortés, aiming to strengthen inclusive early warning systems and disaster preparedness at national, municipal, and community levels.
In the protection sector, HI participated in a consortium alongside NRC, Plan International, and Médecins du Monde to respond to populations affected by other situations of violence and forced displacement in Tegucigalpa.
Complementarily, HI provided technical assistance to the Humanitarian Response consortium in the Central American Dry Corridor, promoting more inclusive humanitarian action in Honduras and Guatemala. This led to a disability-inclusive approach, the identification of access barriers, and the linkage of more than 900 vulnerable households to social protection programs or networks.
Through these actions, HI has positioned itself as a technical reference in disability and inclusion within the humanitarian response, strengthening community mechanisms, referral pathways, service accessibility, and the capacities of humanitarian actors, authorities, and organizations of persons with disabilities.
- Number of HI staff: 6
- Number of people supported by HI in 2025: 4,196 people
- Programme re-opened in: 2024 (originally launched in 1999)
Areas of intervention
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Situation of the country
Honduras continues to face a complex humanitarian context shaped by structural inequalities, violence, forced displacement, and high exposure to climate-related hazards. These interrelated factors exacerbate protection risks, particularly for women, children, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, limiting their access to basic services, protection mechanisms, and durable solutions.
According to the Humanitarian Network’s 2026 Humanitarian Action Plan, approximately 1.4 million people in Honduras are estimated to have humanitarian needs. The response strategy prioritizes 33 municipalities with high severity levels, focusing on populations affected by climate shocks, human mobility, and violence, and aims to assist 825,000 people, with an estimated financial requirement of USD 75 million.
Honduras remains highly exposed to climate-related hazards, including droughts, floods, tropical storms, and other extreme weather events. These recurrent shocks disproportionately affect the Dry Corridor and key river basins such as the Ulúa and Chamelecón, undermining livelihoods, damaging infrastructure, and limiting access to essential services, particularly in rural and hard-to-reach areas.
This is compounded by a persistent context of violence and forced displacement. Honduras continues to report significant levels of internal displacement linked to generalized violence, while mixed migration flows—both northbound and return movements—further increase protection risks and strain local capacities.
In this context, children and adolescents, women, persons with disabilities, and other groups with specific protection needs face heightened barriers to accessing services, humanitarian assistance, and protection mechanisms. These challenges are further exacerbated by systemic exclusion, limited institutional capacity, and insufficient inclusion of disability and gender-sensitive approaches across sectors.
- Population: 11.1 million (2026 estimated)
- HDI: 0.645 (2023)
- GDP: USD 37.09 billion (2024)
- GDP per capita: USD 3,426 (2024)
