TEGUCIGALPA – The launch of the 2017 Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program took place on April 25, 2017 at the department of La Paz, as it is initiating there for the first time. The ceremony took place at the Technical Institute for Police with the participation of the Director of the Police, General Commissioner Felix Villanueva; the Director of the Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), Rodrigo Garza; the local authorities of the department of La Paz; and 700 children of 13 schools from the La Paz area, along with teachers and parents.
A donation for a total of $ 96,000 that included tents, dummies, sound systems, desks, chairs, file cabinets, banners, footballs, basketballs and others, was presented to the Honduran National Police, in order to properly equip 16 out of 23 GREAT instructor teams.
The ceremony ended with the artistic participation of children.
The Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program has been in Honduras since 2012. Each year the program opens in new areas of the Alliance for Prosperity list in order to reach the areas where children are in more risk of getting involved in gangs.
