Honduras

Our impact

Context

Since 2003, Socodevi has been supporting the strengthening of the co-operative movement, sustainable forest management, and inclusive economic development in Honduras. Over time, interventions have evolved toward agroforestry, financial inclusion, and the economic empowerment of women and youth, particularly in the coffee and honey value chains.

The projects implemented have improved the governance and performance of associative enterprises, promoted forest certification and value-added wood products, developed resilient agroforestry systems, and strengthened access to financing, innovation, and markets. These actions contribute to sustainable, inclusive, and resilient rural development for thousands of Honduran producer families.

Objectives and expected results

  • Strengthen the performance, governance, and sustainability of co-operative organizations.
  • Increase the economic empowerment of women and youth.
  • Consolidate sustainable and competitive value chains.
  • Improve access to technical and financial services and to markets.
  • Support climate and environmental resilience.
  • Strengthen the business environment and the co-operative legislative framework.

Areas of activity

  • Co-operative development and associative enterprises
  • Institutional strengthening and enabling environment
  • Governance, entrepreneurial management, and economic viability
  • Sustainable forest management, certification, and wood valorization
  • Agroforestry (coffee, cocoa, and diversification)
  • Beekeeping and the honey value chain
  • Financial inclusion and innovative finance (blended finance)
  • Economic empowerment of women and youth inclusion
  • Climate change adaptation, environment, and “deforestation-free” traceability
  • Market access, collective marketing, and social enterprise
  • Energy efficiency (diagnostics and improvement pathways)

Results and impacts

Agroforestry and associative enterprises

Support to 42 associative enterprises bringing together 3,467 families (17,994 people); establishment of approximately 1,000 hectares of coffee, cocoa, and rambutan agroforestry systems; professionalization of organizations (post-harvest, inclusive governance, PerformCoop) and improved market access.

Financial inclusion and youth

11,639 direct beneficiaries supported through adapted financial mechanisms (guarantee funds, savings), the development of rural microentrepreneurship, and the strengthening of the local ecosystem (rural credit unions, CDMYPE).

Women’s and youth empowerment

16,958 direct beneficiaries; implementation of innovation labs in coffee and beekeeping; deployment of climate-smart practices; access to credit and structuring of an export-oriented social enterprise.

Pioneering and institutional projects

Structuring of the co-operative movement, sustainable natural resource management, institutional strengthening, women’s financial inclusion, improved livelihoods, and access to land for women and youth.

Testimonials

In Honduras, Cathy Fraser (Sollio Groupe Coopératif) and Nicolas Hamelin, both proud producer members of Novago Coopérative and owners of the Galyco farm, met with co-operatives and farms as part of the SABORES project. Their mission was to lead workshops on shared responsibility, leadership, and positive masculinity, as well as practical sessions on knowledge assimilation. This enriching immersion made it possible to share new ideas and strengthen participant engagement.

“The co-operative approach is the best because participants feel equal, take part in the process, and can clearly see the changes to be made in their own situation.”

  • Cathy Fraser (Sollio Groupe Coopératif) and Nicolas Hamelin
    Proud producer members of Novago Coopérative and owners of the Galyco farm

Projects in Honduras

Projet SABORES de Socodevi au Honduras

SABORES

Through the SABORES – Sabores de Honduras project, Socodevi contributes to the sustainable economic empowerment of women and youth involved in the coffee and honey value chains, in a context marked by climate change and socio-economic shocks. SABORES mobilizes the local cooperative movement, public institutions, the private sector, and civil society organizations to strengthen the […]
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    Global Affairs Canada
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TRASOL

With the project Solidarity Care Workers Organized in Cooperatives for Our Rights (TRASOL), Socodevi works to promote and defend the rights and needs of women and adolescent girls who are members of worker co-operatives in the paid care sector in Guatemala and Honduras. The project also supports the participation of feminist and Indigenous organizations in […]
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    Global Affairs Canada
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Partners

Donors and co-financers

  • Global Affairs Canada
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Contact

Honduras Office
COL, Palmira, Casa # 2301,
Ave. Re. de México,
Tegucigalpa
(+504) 2236-8809

Countries where we work

Colombia

In Colombia, Socodevi has been supporting for more than a decade the professionalization of rural economic organizations, the upgrading of the cocoa value chain, and the strengthening of agricultural and financial services, with a consistent focus on gender equality and the inclusion of Indigenous peoples. Our interventions cover the entire value chain—from inputs and production […]

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    Global Affairs Canada
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Peru

In Peru, Socodevi works in territories where rural families face multiple challenges: economic vulnerability, limited access to markets and services, persistent gender inequalities, climate and environmental pressures, and—in some regions—socio-economic impacts linked to extractive activities. In this context, our interventions aim to strengthen the capacity of families and collective organizations to build sustainable and competitive […]

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Ukraine

Since 2008, Socodevi and its Ukrainian partners have been working to professionalize dairy and grain value chains, strengthen the co-operative movement and, since 2022, increase the resilience of rural families—particularly women and displaced people—facing war.

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