Open Door Ministries facilities are located in the Aguan Valley on the banks of the Tocoa river in the city of Tocoa, Honduras.

In area, Honduras is about the size of the State of Tennessee. The economy consists of agriculture which includes exports such as tobacco, bananas, coffee, palm oil and lumber to name just a few. Honduras is subject to violent storms and hurricanes that devastate the agriculture in the area and contributes to the decline of the economy. By in large, most people in Honduras are under educated with only the very few that go on to a college level. Most individuals have only a grade school education. Going to school in Honduras is free, if you can find a school and if you have the money to purchase a government mandated uniform for the boys and girls. The monetary system uses what’s called the Lempira. The Lempira gets its name from the Mayan Indian chief Lempira. The exchange rate for Lempira’s is about 20 to 1 in US dollars. 100 Lempira’s is equal to about $5 US. Unemployment in Honduras is about 40 percent overall with a literacy rate in the rural areas of only 20%.