Going to school amid violence in Honduras | Unreported World

san pedro sula has the highest murder rate in the world but it has another claim to fame in just four months two and a half thousand unaccompanied children from this city have been arrested crossing illegally into the United States I'm in the toughest part of town Chameli con this place seems to be pretty undeveloped and the building's not really quite basic and it's like everyone's living on top of each other feels very claustrophobic this part 2 minute con is controlled by the Myra self 'true chicane we've had to get their permission to film and out of sight they're watching every move we make I've come to meet Hector an extraordinary head teacher Hector wants to convince his kids that education is the way to get a future only 10% of Honduras is poorest kids get through school but Hector's determined to turn many of these children into University graduates children like Roberto three months ago he tried to get into the US illegally come on young man yeah yeah yeah no girl my free idea if you don't examine me then there's your Lenny he wants to be the first person in her family to go to university I'm Brian torn between the need to start earning money and his dreams of college they don't apologize Hector believes education will give these kids the confidence needed to resist the gangs Hokkien signing in football piensan en el castillo e in Stella before mandolins when you like algun dia our grande para el Toro Oh No Mas I would okay where's a la whatever la calle the Mara Salvatrucha gang are fighting a rival gang barrier 18 for control of Germany : and the rest of the city of san pedro sula una pelea para la san pedro sula the violence started building a decade ago when honduras became a major route for smuggling cocaine into the u.s. [Applause] I've come to Roberto's house I want to find out more about why he tried to escape to America with his mum Marta as well as his mum Roberto six brothers and sisters also live here welcome to Channel es Ihnen is two people and macaw and the whole key point in Inglaterra you know this say I'm a West Ham record is take you boy Roberto explains that when he's not at school he stays indoors he's desperate not to get on the wrong side of the gangs his cousin was recently murdered the gangs pressure kids like Roberto to join and kill them if they refuse eight teenagers were recently executed just a few streets away then you memory for can you cancel the people a little that they're being taken mandala cuidando you yes I'm learning the inch American people are too frightened to even use the word game aside over to dinner policy dollars per dollar is Versailles a cocaine for your tech [Applause] Roberto knees mum only made it as far as Mexico before they were caught and bused home 70% of all child migrants are pretended at the US border are from Honduras [Music] 6:30 and 14-year old year Lenny is getting ready for school she's just weeks from the exams that will allow her to go on to senior school and perhaps University she too has been affected by violence Joanna's yurikano eternity resume yeah you know the a key K know attaining our behind okay hold on double helix Yolanda Yolanda yeah for London Quadra even a desperado you know mater as the middle say mucho Mia the murder made you Lenny's mum and dad think about leaving for the US but for now they've decided against it [Music] they're dummies they want you Lenny to concentrate on school and have plans for the future what is wrong to the augmentation and press up okay you're kiddin let me prepare in prayer sir the school's called caminando polar path walking for peace it's special because unlike most schools around here it keeps teaching no matter how bad the violence gets it's funded by Catholic churches in America and school fees of $15 a month head teacher Hector the state-run schools in Tamela Khan are in crisis they often shut because of strikes or because gang violence leaves teachers too frightened to turn up nearby Hector shows me how bad things can get this is one of the largest state schools and it's simply been abandoned people every day are killed here how's your school able to survive in this area which has so much violence especially when a school like this has been closed down yes well when I talk like oh yes if you had kissed ie in nunca I still in trot okano Pandya no tenemos este tipo de problema porque nosotros trabajamos positive Ament a no trabajamos nada en que puede Palace malice [Music] and what none of the people I've met want to talk about gangs the moment I bring up the subject now you can feel the fear you can see the fear even Hector refuses to admit that it's a problem it's like this whole community has been traumatized [Music] ferrari further general if they wear them in Pentimento 15 year old brian is another of Hector's hand-picked students the school offers just 40 slum kids education that they can't get in the chaotic state system and Lucky's friends Brian keeps safe by really going out Ryan lives with his mum Patricia step that Carlos and his sister Ruth studio is a preference not Raja ISE malocchio Missouri the Orinoco pena de ellos Mucha gente de Honduras intenta behind instead of Salinas as kilo can you put her in a poor area Claro que si Patricia explains she's lost her job as a social worker and Brian's worried she won't be able to pay the school fees for him and his sister capacitor I miss it Jana mister give us a la myself a bribery opportunist but also Mikasa oratorical II have Kodama studied our ego - he's my pen pal [Music] [Music] are you happy mr. Feliz and just you're happy you know I act not happy next morning Brian and brief practice their English before school how do you find this morning como esta mañana happy rhotuka dollar is the English Oviedo right yes Brian's protective of his little sister walks her to school every day to remind me when I put game take personal circle kind of hearing in my attending Padilla and KMBC are very modern to say a la fiesta of Brando I am developer de la Rosa forever Garciaparra Dharavi upon the sodium ion of the area I sent me Hollis gotta forgot it or random day nobody move this morning is double maths [Music] but Brian's not concentrating I'm realizing he's got a not to deal with Upali Adamu hey Diego in fact ofHe condo you say put your mother's interval and Tigana your kids opera and Sabine on your mother you up for your a standard yeah Poulos and a more nuanced a judo V material yo tengo presenter simply [Music] he kills Athena's éxito no bro I says a super to bother cemented our second important second best avatar you all the kids have been touched by violence Roberto who just tried to go to America tells me about when his cousin was murdered their winter gear [Music] we all know police they know as a kid these are supposed to be your best years now and I know there's children all over the world that go through tough times but feels like their times are multiplied here you know and when you throw on top of that the fact that they have to deal with the violence and gangs you sometimes wonder how they cope back at home Brian's mom Patricia tells him the news he doesn't want to hear it proxy money or no no podría and anymore poring over that for last it was some economica okay do nothing go and play in the way upward pyrometry kudos you see no no father here are to explore to collect you approximately okay commerce entity a standard trabajar at raha DK [Music] Chico sucking it up [Music] yes I I only been signing to ha get so many visa Brian's mom said she will talk to Hector to see if he can help young Lenny is revising hard for her exams and the big presentation she's got to make as part of her coursework Yellen is feeling confident about her grades and going to senior school next term but her teacher EC says there's a problem the only senior school still open is on rival gang territory one high school and crossing the gang front lines is impossible I understand if there was a high school in another area that the children from this community wanted to go they can't go because it's in another gang land area yeah nothing simple for the kids here but Hector has a plan to help you Lenny and her classmates he wants to build a new Senior School so these kids don't have to risk their lives to get an education Hector's taking me to a new building which is gonna be the secondary school it's going to be for the older kids so this school could probably make the difference and change things in this area with money from an American donor Hector's been able to buy this building and is now trying to convert it into a senior school Cape as a fashionista cuarto is the quarto keep a certain a classic aqui vamos a ver para hacer what is and apparent it says contain taken today say for super obviously as I say Simon estamos trabajando para que no es de Sueno finally left all of us but I'm gonna be louder there [Music] the Hector's always having to hustle to raise more money for the new school any students city la oficina de los estudiantes y recordar okazaki I was 19 I GRE Brian gets called into Hector's office I'm a will study I can add my keys to the underbarrel come well representative elements well yeah and don't say no creo play camping all summer doors and don't say whom Augustus yeah well just a real of their that the line you love you gives a star trail of a lira but I saw you at the poorest opal assorted ego a crayon last yeah like a bi you stay present so yeah they starting on your side angle footer on our ass es muy Clara like a la persona kill beneficial pocketed esto dentro el colegio de persona tiene que pagar trabajo en La Colonia porque el chronic ammonia cuenta much it's the day of the Elena's big presentation when idea company Eric open era and Matt represent a developing alarm pocus or olavo Casio tono so to know they were from Terre Haute Romania while Amy ocasion cual el talento come emails time she chosen a subject close to these kids hearts how to fulfill your ambitions whatever they are technically a locus in toast le gusta no lock egg anima dinero llama kurta hola que su padre gusta gracias en el is noted which bodes well for her results Hector's rolled out the school minibus and he's taking some of the children for their annual trip to the country for two days the kids won't have to be frightened the violence quiero que sientes a god oh no seriani nada divertido porque de Sol trata de venir say a de-stressor pero vamos a tener que realizar alguna pequeña actividad a surrealism en el campo what your childhood should be about good memories and just having fun Brian's more cheerful than I've ever seen in thanks to his new scholarship and the Alain is full of optimism certain that Hector will get the new senior school up and running in time for when she graduates Hector's transforming the lives of these kids he hopes that rather than joining the exodus of illegal immigrants to America they'll stay and transform their violent neighborhood and Honduras itself thanks for watching this classic unreported world episode click the logo to subscribe for more award-winning documentaries from the unreported world team we upload videos every Wednesday and Sunday keeping you up to date with content from all over the world [Music]

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Id: KbnhUrJ13po

Length: 22min 53sec (1373 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 18 2018