The organization was formed to help facilitate and support the charitable and educational missionary activities of apufram honduras operations (an association of franciscan boys and girls town).

Human Services

Financially supported the work of apufram in honduras, providing all levels of education, housing, food, clothing, medical, psychological and dental care as well as spiritual guidance to 600 young people and abandoned mothers in extreme poverty, including 290 individuals in nine boarding facilities. The organization also assisted in maintaining five houses for university students. Additionally, apufram provides financial support to seven priests who extensively travel to minister to their parishioners in rural parts of honduras. Apufram also financially supported the work of eight lay pastoral workers ministering in rural communities. Apufram sponsored five volunteer groups who worked to complete the following projects: consruction of a building to house birds raised by apufram for food and income; replacement of roofs at santa ana home, guadalupe home, and maximilian kolbe high school; constructionof a combination study/av room also at the high school; replacement of stairs and railing in retreat center;installation of ceiling fans in visitor center; painting of two boarding rooms at guadalupe home; and installation of a concrete and ceramic tile floor in a local church. All construction and renovation projects were funded by either individual or group donors. Additionally, new mattresses for all apufram's boarding facilities were purchased with donations. A single apufram donor also contributed the funds needed to begin the construction of a new wing of dormitory rooms for young ladies at the santa ana home. In addition, one group of volunteer teachers taught english classes for three weeks at both the primary and secondary levels and another group assisted teachers of primary level classes at the santa ana school. Apufram also sponsored an individual volunteer who did small repair and renovation projects during a two-month period.