World Vision’s framework for addressing children’s vulnerabilities in urban contexts, promoting just and inclusive cities where children thrive in safe, healthy, resilient, and prosperous environments.
Location
Valle de Sula, Honduras
Cities for Children City-wide Approach
Key Stakeholders
Children
Women
Other Stakeholders
Local NGOs, CSOs, CBOs
Faith Groups
City Authorities
State / Federal Actors
Academia
Schools
Media
Private Sector
Donors
Multilateral Organisations
Relevant SDGS
Disruption
City and Sector
Scaleability
International
Summary
Context
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Valle de Sula is Honduras’ manufacturing and commercial hub, generating around two-thirds of national GDP.
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From 2011-14, it was one of the world’s most dangerous metropolitan areas: in 2013, San Pedro Sula, the main city, had a homicide rate of 173 per 100,000 residents, reportedly the highest in the world outside a war zone.3
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Organised crime and street gangs account for 35% of all homicides.
Interview
In this interview, Aline Rahbany, the Technical Director for Urban Programming at World Vision International, and Karen Ramos, Public Engagement and Strategy Director at World Vision Honduras, tell us how the ‘Cities for Children’ urban learning framework is radically transforming the organisation’s impact in dynamic environments like the Valle de Sula metropolitan area in Honduras, by engaging at neighbourhood, district and city-wide levels.
In the short excerpt below, Aline briefly explains the big idea behind World Vision’s ‘Cities for Children’ city-wide approach. For the FULL INTERVIEW, please visit Soundcloud or Spotify.
Key Programme Activities
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Community engagement
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Data/technology
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Education/behaviour change
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Employment/livelihoods opportunities
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Community infrastructure
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Organisational training/skills building
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Policy/advocacy
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Improved service delivery
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Stakeholder co-ordination, network-building
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Technical support
Key Outcomes
Since 2016, World Vision Honduras’ work has:
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Impacted 70,000 children and 6,000 youth living in fragile and marginalised neighbourhoods. 25 peace clubs were created with 680 youth involved.
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Delivered alternative education programmes for 1,400 youth and 2,000 women, with 490 youth and 46 women starting a business or other employment.
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Influenced local actors to develop child protection actions impacting more than 4,900 children, involving 40 local churches and 39 communities with Child Protection Committees.
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Influenced both local government plans and national public policies to be more inclusive of children’s rights and protection needs, including the Policy of Childhood and Adolescents, and the Law for Prevention and Protection of People Displaced by Violence.
- Photo Credits
- – World Vision Honduras
- Notes
- – 1 Statistics from UN World Urbanization Prospects (2018), for San Pedro Sula, the biggest city in the wider Valle de Sula metropolitan area.
- – 2 Statistics from UN World Urbanization Prospects (2018), estimated average annual growth rate (2020-25)
- – 3 Statistics from The Guardian (2015)
