In 2003 we came upon 24 abandoned and neglected teenage boys living in a desolate pigsty. We were amazed by their three wishes for a perfect life – food, shoes and pencils. Their needs were achingly clear: they were shoeless and hadn’t eaten in four days. In that moment our futures were changed forever. Many organizations end their support of youth when a child turns eighteen. This forces countless boys and girls to leave the protection of these projects without the benefit of training, a support network and a place to go. In a developing country plagued by abject poverty and a complete lack of opportunities, many drift back into the misery from which they originally fled. The problems in Honduras are many: the topography is 80% mountainous causing rural isolation and 80% of the population is unemployed and live in unfathomable poverty.  Once this is witnessed, you can’t turn away from it. H4HC is focused on educating and creating opportunities for the “ultra poor” living in extreme isolation, poverty and fear.