Transforming lives through education and workshops.
Because every girl deserves the chance to learn, grow, and build a future free of violence and full of opportunities.
At Niña, we believe every girl deserves the chance to learn, grow, and lead.
Niña, which means girl in spanish, is a nonprofit organization fostering global, conscious citizenship to transform the lives of Honduran girls at social risk. We ensure their access to and success in school, through integral support grounded in values and human rights.
Context
Honduras is rich in culture and resources, yet faces deep inequalities:
301,100 girls in Honduras are currently out of school
By secondary school age, more than 40% of girls are no longer enrolled, and by upper secondary, that number rises above 50%.
Over 1 million children ages 3–17 are not attending school nationwide.
What We Do
At Niña, we work so every girl can stay in school, graduate, and achieve her dreams. We make it possible through:
Essential resources
School supplies, uniforms, and hygiene products that remove financial barriers.
Continuous encouragement, tutoring, and human rights education to build leadership and active citizenship.
Mentorship & values
Emotional support
Art therapy workshops and sports activities that foster self-esteem, resilience, and emotional well-being.
At Niña, we believe education goes beyond the classroom. Each year, we run 4 to 6 transformative workshops designed to strengthen girls’ self-esteem, creativity, resilience, and leadership. Our workshops blend art, writing, sports, and community experiences, with family involvement at their core.
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In partnership with Colectivo La Ele Ele, we run a series of writing workshops through the project “Girls that Write / Ser Niña”. Girls experience the full editorial process: conceptualization, creative writing, illustration, and handmade book production. Each edition ends with a collective book where the girls become authors of their own stories.
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We take the girls beyond the classroom to emblematic places like La Tigra and El Picacho, where they plan traditional games and activities themselves. Mothers are invited too, reinforcing family and community bonds.
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Hands-on workshops where girls learn to repurpose materials and care for the environment, building ecological awareness from an early age.
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Creative spaces with muralism, theater, painting, and drawing that help girls express themselves, heal, and discover their artistic talents.
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We promote health, discipline, and teamwork through sports such as taekwondo and the launch of an all-girls soccer team in 2025.
How We Do It
We secure funding to cover each girl’s essential school needs.
We partner with the educational trio: teachers, principals, mothers, and the girls, producing quarterly progress reports.
We build strategic partnerships (e.g. Grupo Intur) to support transition to secondary and higher education.
We mobilize national and international volunteers to deliver art therapy workshops through muralism, poetry, drawing, and sports.
IMPACT
🚸 1 in 2 students dropped out during the pandemic; Niña works to reverse that.
💜 Each additional year of schooling increases a girl’s future earnings by 10–20%.
👩👧 Secondary education cuts teenage pregnancy rates by over 50%.
One girl in school for one year creates ripple effects that last generations.
Our team
We were once girls with access to education. Today we are women committed to ensuring the same opportunity for others.
Martha María Salgado Ochoa – President & Founder | Education Specialist
Elibety Padilla Miralda – Co-founder, Vice President
Maryoriet R. Salgado – Co-founder | Communications Director & Partnerships
Victoria Mendoza – Co-founder | Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Abril Ochoa – Co-founder | Processes & Procurement Specialist
Emma Velásquez – Volunteer | Social Media Management
Get Involved
Make a one-time or monthly or yearly donation.
Sponsor a girl’s education.
Volunteer locally or internationally.
Share our mission on your networks.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
info@ninahn.org
Phone
(504) 99704620