Fe y Alegría Honduras

What Fe y Alegría Honduras does

Fe y Alegría Honduras operates as the Honduran national presence within the International Federation of Fe y Alegría, a nonprofit, Jesuit-managed popular education movement. It serves children, adolescents, and adults excluded from or at risk of leaving formal education because of poverty, rural isolation, migration, disability, gender discrimination, or child labor. Its activities include state-aligned formal schooling, non-formal literacy and equivalency programs, vocational training, teacher development, and informal community learning, with contextualized curricula and targeted programs for early childhood, migrants, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, and Garifuna communities.\n\nDelivery is built around educational centers, community programs, and radio institutes. The federation reports 1,783 centers, 98 radio institutes, 785,115 students, and 30,168 teaching personnel across its network; these are federation-wide figures, not Honduras-only metrics. Its core operating framework combines formal, non-formal, and informal education, while the Sistema de Mejora provides a federative quality process and the Virtual School extends educational access through digital delivery.\n\nAccess is largely free at the point of delivery. The Honduras branch is funded through a mix of public education contracts and subsidies, institutional grants from governments and development organizations, and charitable contributions; the source data does not disclose commercial pricing, total revenue, donor concentration, or Honduras-specific funding. The organization is a direct provider rather than a reseller-led model and participates in a federation that shares pedagogical frameworks, quality systems, and partnerships across national associations.

Name

Fe y Alegría Honduras

Legal name

Federación Internacional de Fe y Alegría

Website

https://feyalegria.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fe y Alegría Honduras is a nonprofit, Jesuit-managed education network serving marginalized children, youth, and adults through free formal, non-formal, and community-based learning, supplemented by radio and virtual delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary and Secondary Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Homeless, Foster Care & Highly Mobile Youth Education Services (EDAJAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Service & Service-Learning Programs (School-Run) (EDAJAJAI), Adult Basic Education (ABE) & Foundational Skills Remediation (EDANAJAK)

Keywords

• Popular education
• Formal schooling
• Non-formal education
• Radio distance learning
• Jesuit education services

Headquarters

HQ city

El Progreso, Yoro

HQ country

Honduras

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. International donor funding and institutional grants: The international federation and its national branches rely on funding from institutional donors, foundations, and international development organizations. Sources include governments (AECID, national governments), religious institutions (Jesuit provinces, entreculturas), and private foundations (Porticus, Inditex, Accenture, IBM).
2. Government educational contracts and subsidies: Fe y Alegría schools operate in partnership with national ministries of education, receiving public funding and recognition while adapting state curricula to contexts of social exclusion. Schools are largely free for students, with costs covered through a mix of public subsidies and charitable contributions.
3. Donor contributions and philanthropy: The organization maintains a donor database ('DONANTES') registered with data protection authorities, processing charitable contributions for social projects and educational programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fe y Alegría Honduras delivers free, quality primary and secondary education along with non-formal and informal learning programs to children, youth, and adults in marginalized and rural communities in Honduras, as part of the international Fe y Alegría federation. Services are provided through directly operated schools, 98 radio institutes for distance learning, community-based programs, and digital platforms (Escuela Virtual and Biblioteca). The organization adapts state curricula to contexts of social exclusion and offers contextualized, culturally relevant education funded by government subsidies, international donor grants, and charitable contributions.

Product overview

Fe y Alegría is a comprehensive international popular education movement offering educational services through multiple initiatives and modalities. The portfolio includes federative programs (Formación Pedagógica, Calidad Educativa, Evaluación y Medición de Impacto, Formación para el Trabajo, Educación Inclusiva, Juventud, Ciudadanía, Género, Migración, Primera Infancia, Identidad y Espiritualidad, Ecología Integral) delivered across three educational modalities: Formal Education (state-aligned schooling), Non-Formal Education (flexible programs for out-of-school populations), and Informal Education (community-based learning). The movement operates 1,783 educational centers, 98 Radio Institutes for distance learning, and maintains digital platforms including the Biblioteca and Escuela Virtual. The Sistema de Mejora provides quality assurance across all operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formal Education (Educación Formal) State-aligned primary and secondary schooling delivered through 1,783 educational centers across 22 countries. The primary modality of the federation, comprising roughly 75% of operations, provided free to students and families in marginalized communities.
• Non-Formal Education (Educación No Formal) Flexible educational programs for out-of-school youth and adults, including technical-vocational training, equivalency programs, and skills development aimed at improving employability.
• Institutos Radiofónicos (Radio Institutes) A network of 98 radio broadcasting stations that deliver educational programming to communities in remote and frontier areas where physical schools are inaccessible, functioning as both a primary delivery mechanism and complement to in-person learning.
• Sistema de Mejora (Quality Improvement System) A federative educational quality management framework used across all 1,783 educational centers to drive continuous improvement, validated through international congresses and shared across the 22-country federation.
• Escuela Virtual (Virtual School) Online educational platform providing virtual learning opportunities to students and educators across the federation.
• Biblioteca (Library) Federative digital and physical library offering publications, research, and educational materials accessible to educators and researchers across the network.
• Educación Inclusiva (Inclusive Education) Programs focused on educational inclusion for students with disabilities, indigenous populations, and other marginalized groups across the federation's centers.
• Formación para el Trabajo (Vocational Training) Technical and vocational training programs aimed at improving employment prospects and employability for youth and adults in marginalized communities.
• Primera Infancia (Early Childhood Education) Early childhood care and education programs for young children, preparing them for entry into primary schooling.
• Migración (Migration Programs) Educational programs addressing migration and human mobility, supporting migrant and displaced populations along Central American migration corridors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dropout rates in Fe y Alegría schools are significantly below national averages in member countries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Keeping Children SafecoreOthersThe International Federation of Fe y Alegría holds certification from Keeping Children Safe, demonstrating commitment to child protection standards across all its educational operations worldwide.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFe y Alegría works with UNESCO on global education frameworks, participates in consultations on education beyond 2030, and contributes to international education policy dialogues. UNESCO is listed among Fe y Alegría's strategic international partnerships.
• CLADE (Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFe y Alegría co-organizes webinars and advocacy campaigns with CLADE on education financing and the right to education, including joint work on innovative financing mechanisms for education with NORRAG and GI-ESCR.
• Entreculturas (Fe y Alegría España)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEntreculturas is the Spanish arm of Fe y Alegría and a major international development actor. It leads on youth programs (Red Solidaria de Jóvenes, Red Generación 21+), global education campaigns (SAME), and co-funds educational projects across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
• Jesuit Conference of Provincials of Latin America and the Caribbean (CPAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFe y Alegría is an obra of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). CPAL provides institutional support and coordination for Jesuit educational works, including Fe y Alegría, across Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJRS and Fe y Alegría collaborate on educational programs for refugees and migrants, particularly in Asia (Cambodia, Philippines) and Latin America, sharing approaches to education in displacement contexts.
• AccentureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among Fe y Alegría's strategic private-sector partnerships, providing skills-based support and funding for educational technology and quality improvement programs.
• IBMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among Fe y Alegría's strategic private-sector partnerships, contributing technology expertise to educational programs.
• Ausjal (Asociación de Universidades Confiadas a la Compañía de Jesús)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAUSJAL unites Jesuit universities in Latin America. Fe y Alegría collaborates with AUSJAL on educational research, impact evaluation, and university-level programs (IUJO institutes in Venezuela).
• FLACSI (Federación Latinoamericana de Colegios de la Compañía de Jesús)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLACSI represents Jesuit schools in Latin America. Fe y Alegría collaborates on shared educational quality frameworks and student/educator exchange programs.
• Erasmus University RotterdammajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Instituto de Estudios Sociales of Erasmus University Rotterdam conducted Fe y Alegría's multi-country Educational Impact Evaluation (2017–2020) covering Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, financed by Porticus.
• Jesuit Mission Australia (JMA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJMA supports Fe y Alegría's expansion and operations in Asia-Pacific (Cambodia, Nepal, Philippines) through funding, relationship building, and connection to local Jesuit networks. The Noel & Carmel O'Brien family foundation is a key allied donor through JMA.
• World Jesuit Alert (JGSN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among Fe y Alegría's Jesuit network partners, supporting global Jesuit education initiatives.
• Jesuit Asian Youth (AJI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among Fe y Alegría's Jesuit network partners, supporting youth engagement across Asia.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF Education: UN agency providing global leadership and funding for children's education; broadly comparable as a much larger institutional actor that shapes the same donor landscape and policy frameworks in which Fe y Alegría operates.
• Plan International: International development NGO with global education programs for children, particularly girls, in low-income and crisis-affected settings; comparable as a broad-incumbent working on inclusive education, gender equity, and youth empowerment in overlapping geographies.
• Save the Children: Large international NGO running education programs for marginalized children globally; comparable as a broad-incumbent education non-profit operating at similar scale and serving similar populations in many of the same Latin American and Asian countries.

Direct peers

• Room to Read: International non-profit focused on literacy and girls' education in low-income communities across Asia and Africa; directly comparable as a non-profit education organization scaling proven interventions across multiple developing countries.
• Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS): International Jesuit organization serving refugees and forcibly displaced people through education and accompaniment; directly comparable as a Jesuit-affiliated provider of education in displacement contexts, with documented programmatic overlap with Fe y Alegría in Honduras and Asia.
• AUSJAL (Asociación de Universidades Confiadas a la Compañía de Jesús): Association of Jesuit universities in Latin America; comparable as part of the same global Jesuit education ecosystem that supports Fe y Alegría and collaborates on impact evaluation and research.
• ProFuturo: Digital education program backed by Telefónica Foundation and 'la Caixa' Foundation, serving marginalized schools in Latin America, Africa, and Asia; directly comparable as a large-scale non-profit education provider for vulnerable populations in Fe y Alegría's geographies.
• FLACSI (Federación Latinoamericana de Colegios de la Compañía de Jesús): Federation of Jesuit schools across Latin America; directly comparable as a Jesuit-affiliated K-12 school network serving similar geographies with shared pedagogical frameworks and quality standards.

Others

• Entreculturas: Spanish arm of Fe y Alegría and major international development NGO; comparable as a sister organization within the Fe y Alegría federation that co-funds projects and runs global advocacy campaigns.

Emerging players

• Educate Magis: Global online community platform connecting Jesuit schools and educators worldwide; comparable as an emerging Jesuit education network player that supports pedagogical exchange, similar to Fe y Alegría's federative model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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