Hondurans

Nike violated minimum wage and overtime laws in Vietnam as late as 1996. Hired cheap overseas labor employed in the free trade zones. The University of Wisconsin was the first school to officially cut ties with Nike over its treatment of displaced Honduran workers. Cornell University followed suit. Nike issued a statement in response to the situation in Honduras, in which the employees of two subcontracted factories were laid off. Nike had previously declined to pay the workers severance…

In the book, Enrique's Journey, a boy named Enrique goes on the dangerous journey to find his mother, Lourdes. Enrique and his family are from the country Honduras. In light of the fact that Honduras is the second poorest country in Central America, many families including Enriques family are struggling financially. In Honduras, Lourdes is extremely poor and lives in a decrepit place with her two kids, Enrique and Belky. In a country where nearly half live on $1 or less a day, kids from poor…

By reading the description of each family member, it is clear that there are issue/problems that can be identify for this family. In the lens of a social worker, the Sanchez family consist of ten family member, my first insistent is that attention may not have been given to each family member equally and second this may be a poverty stricken family. The identifiable problem I found after reading each description of each family members was the education average of the family stop after high…

eyebrows, and finally take the leap down the 400 foot drop. Adrenaline surges through my veins. Soaked jungle trees completely surround me and pouring rain beats away at every inch of my body, like I am enclosed in the belly of a tsunami. The light Honduran air entraps me while the wind whispers and sings to me in a cold whistled tone. The zip line stretches across the gaping 400 foot drop and I cannot seem to locate the end of the line. I manage to latch my clip onto the zip line with my…

Since the beginnings of time corruption has something that has been hitting societies hard and making them to not progress fast. Corruption is dishonest use of authority by those who are in power, it can be seen in many ways. In ancient times corrupt leaders tend to be very wealthy while the working class barely had a plate of food in their house. Technology has been advancing to fast that in these days it is very difficult for someone to be corrupt. There are too many ways to find out if…

In the memoir, “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, the author’s grandmother advises her to, “keep your dignity and be true to yourself”. The author then departs Iran and spend four years in Vienna trying to find her true self while keeping her roots from back home. This becomes a challenge since she faces discriminatory acts alone, without her parents. While Marjane was alone in the Catholic boarding house, during the winter she decided to join the nuns watching “Inspector Derrick” while she ate a…

The immigration problem has decreased since 2000. In 2000, the immigration got to its peak, reaching 770,000 immigrants. Since then, it has decreased, in 2010, it got to 140,000. 29% of the 41.3 million foreign-born in the United States in 2013 entered between 2000 and 2009, 10 percent have entered since 2010, and the majority (61 percent) entered before 2000. By 2013 the number increased again to 322,000 immigrants. Not everyone crosses the border legally, according to the Migration Policy…

Office on Drugs and Crime (2007, p. 18), it was stated that “More than 80% of 455 Guatemalan businesses polled said they considered crime to be a major constraint on business, compared to an un-weighted global average of 23%. Sixty-one percent of Honduran businesses so reported, the third highest rate recorded (after Kenya).” The report also specified that crime discourages the amassing of assets, increases the price paid for running business due to higher insurance rates, diminishes possible…

These protestants attend church on a regular basis such as every saturday or sunday. Their religion has and dramatic impact on the Honduran society, this impact includes holding festivals for religious saints that were once part of the city. Roughly ninety-eight percent of the society speaks spanish which is the official language of Honduras. The other two percent speakers the language…

We manage our lives God’s way through obedience to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Every avenue of our life has a biblical application. Sometimes I want to stand on the street corner and shout, “Extra, extra, read all about it.” If we obeyed the Word of God, we would experience more of Him. We use keys to lock and unlock doors, and God has given us the keys to the Kingdom. As a Realtor by profession, I have opened and closed 1,000’s of doors over the years. As a child of God, I have seen Him…