OUR STORY
The Lizzie Project is a U.S.-based ministry that shares Christ’s love through scholarships and evangelism to students in Honduras. Mission teams participate in local ministry while dispensing Bibles, backpacks, school supplies, uniforms, and other essentials. We also provide a variety of educational scholarships from kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as a secondary nursing school. The need is great, as Honduras is the second poorest country in Central America.
The ministry was founded in 2009 by Ms. Rhonda Holton of Augusta, Georgia, and is a partnership with World Gospel Mission (WGM) and former WGM missionaries, Larry and Angie Overholt. The Overholts, who were missionaries to Honduras, laid the foundation of The Lizzie Project through evangelism, community development, agriculture, and nursing since 1980.
Vision & Mission
The Lizzie Project provides backpacks and scholarships to students in Honduras, through the backdrop of evangelical Christian ministry. If students cannot pay for uniforms and books, the government does not allow students to attend school. Keeping students in school and progressing to the next academic level is a key goal of The Lizzie Project.
Resources provided by The Lizzie Project enable students to go to school for a full academic year. In 2024, scholarships were given to over 250 students. A good education increases the quality of life within communities and provides economic opportunities within villages, breaking the multiple-generational cycle of poverty.
The Lizzie Project mission team travels to Honduras annually. During that time, the team works side by side with Hondurans and WGM missionaries as they visit surrounding villages, schools and local churches to worship, play and serve.