U.S. Launches New English Program in Nueva Suyapa

December 9, 2011

Ambassador Kubiske gives a book to girls at the Nueva Suyapa Outreach Center. (State Dept. Photo)

TEGUCIGALPA — Ambassador Lisa Kubiske visited the Nueva Suyapa neighborhood December 9 to launch a new English language teaching pilot program at the Nueva Suyapa Outreach Center sponsored by the U.S. government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The new teaching program brings teachers from the English Language Department at Honduras’ Pedagogical University (UPN) to teach English four days a week to support the education and job prospects of vulnerable youth.

"If you, the youth of Honduras, can’t change the world, we are all lost," Ambassador Kubiske said in remarks.

The Outreach center—managed by the Association for a More Just Society (ASJ) and funded by the U.S. government—offers a safe place for young people to socialize and develop job skills to improve their economic opportunities and keep them away from involvement in crime.

During the visit, the Ambassador donated nearly 150 books in Spanish and English on a range of subjects including history, biography and culture.