Honduras was one of the worst hit nations by COVID-19. With an extensive lockdown stretching over almost a whole year, more than 96000 cases and high mortality and the economy hitting rock bottom, its people have greatly suffered.
Besides the pandemic aftermath, there has been a series of natural disasters that struck the coastal country. Repeated tropical storms and floods have caused around 4.5 million people to lose their families, occupations and get dislocated from their homes. The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), a collaborated effort by the Government to address the climate change and COVID-19 issues through a well-targeted and coordinated approach. It comprises more than 50 national and international organizations all working together collectively to tackle the novel coronavirus, drought, dengue and other hazards. In 2020, the HCT drafted a Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for COVID-19 to address more than 1.2 million people. When Eta hurricane befell, within two weeks the HCT launched an international appeal to mitigate the emergency generated, and successfully assisted more than 1 million people and raised more than 78 percent of funds in less than half-year.
With back-to-back storms surging the poverty rate by 4.2 percent and keeping more than half a million children away from school, Honduras is now among the Latin American countries with most displacement among the population due to climate change.
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