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COCAL GRACIAS

AZ · EIN 453253810 · $189K rev · operational · advocacy · www.cocalgracias.org
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COCAL GRACIAS operates a vocational training center and children's ministry in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, focused on transforming individuals into agents of cultural change through spiritual discipleship and practical skills. Their programs serve Honduran men, women, and children through trade education in fields like welding, mechanics, and computers, alongside youth discipleship and community development initiatives. The organization is rooted in Christian mission work and partners with churches and volunteers to advance its vision.

activities · 25

what they do

direct service · 25
  • Community Infrastructure and Housing Development International Community Infrastructure Development
    Undertakes construction projects including installing electric service in villages, building houses for single mothers, and remodeling homes to protect them from flooding.
  • Conduct disaster response initiatives Emergency Humanitarian Response Coordination
    Responded to Hurricane Eta with relief and recovery efforts in Honduras.
  • Educational Support and Tutoring Children's Academic Support Programs
    Provides free tutoring to children to support their formal studies, offering internet access, computer classes, a reading course, and reading circles to ensure they complete school.
  • Responded to Hurricane Eta with relief and recovery efforts in Honduras.
  • Engage volunteers in short-term service roles Volunteer Mobilization & Management
    Offers short-term volunteer opportunities lasting one to four months, placing volunteers in essential operational roles across education, maintenance, kitchen, and administrative functions.
  • Facilitate income-generating skills and production
    Operates a sewing department that produces items for sale in a yard bazaar, teaching students design, cutting, and production skills, with leadership by program graduates.
  • Host and coordinate mission teams
    Organizes and manages logistics for short-term mission teams from churches or individuals, facilitating activities such as construction, food distribution, medical brigades, evangelism, children’s programs, and sports camps in Honduras.
  • Host and coordinate mission teams
    Organizes and manages logistics for short-term mission teams from churches or individuals, facilitating activities such as construction, medical brigades, food distribution, evangelism, and children’s programs in Honduras.
  • Mission Team Hosting and Coordination
    Hosts mission teams for churches or individuals, handling trip logistics and coordinating their engagement in activities such as children's programs, sports camps, food distribution, street evangelism, healing ministry, medical brigades, seminars, and construction projects.
  • Offer student scholarships for trade education Targeted Educational Scholarships
    Provides monthly scholarships to support students enrolled in trade education programs at Ministerio La Voz.
  • Operate trade school and vocational training programs in Honduras
    Runs a full-time trade school, Ministerio La Voz (MLV), in Puerto Cortes, offering vocational training and certificates in six disciplines: English, sewing, auto mechanics, computers, circuitry, and welding, serving both men and women.
  • Operate trade school and vocational training programs in Honduras
    Runs Ministerio La Voz (MLV), a full-time trade school in Puerto Cortes, offering vocational certificates in English, sewing, auto mechanics, computers, circuitry, and welding to men and women. The program includes six vocational disciplines and supports student employment post-graduation.
  • Organize spiritual and prayer ministry Intercessory Prayer Ministry
    Maintains a round-the-clock prayer ministry focused on spiritual intervention for Honduras and the organization’s mission.
  • Organize volunteer programs Volunteer Mobilization & Management
    Engages volunteers in essential operational roles, including short-term positions lasting one to four months, supporting education, maintenance, administration, and program delivery.
  • Organizes a round-the-clock prayer ministry focused on spiritual intervention for Honduras and the organization's mission.
  • Provide educational support and tutoring Children's Academic Support Programs
    Offers free tutoring, internet access, computer classes, reading courses, and reading circles to support children’s formal education and help them complete school.
  • Provide educational support and tutoring Children's Academic Support Programs
    Offers free tutoring, reading courses, reading circles, computer classes, and internet access to support children’s formal education and ensure school completion.
  • Provide housing and infrastructure improvements International Community Infrastructure Development
    Builds homes for single mothers, remodels houses to protect against flooding, and installs electric service in rural villages in Honduras.
  • Provide housing and infrastructure improvements International Community Infrastructure Development
    Built homes for single mothers, remodeled homes for flood protection, and installed electric service in several villages in Honduras, including through specific construction projects like desk building and home renovations.
  • Run youth development and discipleship programs Children's Faith-Based Educational Programming
    Operates The Timothy Center in Agua Caliente, providing social, spiritual, and educational development for children ages 5–14 from mountain communities. Programs include discipleship, games, crafts, stories, Superbook, The Chosen, dramas, movie nights, and baking classes to build leadership and moral values.
  • Run youth development and discipleship programs Children's Faith-Based Educational Programming
    Operates The Timothy Center in Agua Caliente, providing social, spiritual, and educational development for children ages 5–14 through discipleship, mentorship, games, crafts, stories, Superbook, The Chosen, and communal activities.
  • Student Scholarship Program
    Provides monthly scholarships for students enrolled in trade education programs.
  • Support graduate employment and leadership
    Employs graduates of the organization’s programs in leadership and teaching roles, including administration, sewing, computer instruction, and welding, fostering sustainable local leadership.
  • Vocational Training Programs
    Operates a trade school, Ministerio La Voz (MLV), in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, offering certificates and vocational training in subjects including English, sewing, auto mechanics, computers, circuitry, and welding to men and women.
  • Youth Discipleship and Mentorship Children's Faith-Based Educational Programming
    Operates The Timothy Center, a children's center in Agua Caliente, providing discipleship, mentorship, and social and spiritual development for children ages 5-14 from the mountain region through games, crafts, stories, and a youth discipleship program.
strategies · 13

how they think

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named programs · 4

what they call their work

Community Service Projects
Installs electricity in villages, builds homes for single mothers, and remodels houses to protect from flooding in partnership with volunteers
Ministerio La Voz (MLV)
Full-time trade school in Puerto Cortes offering certificates in English, sewing, auto mechanics, computers, circuitry, and welding; integrates vocational training with spiritual discipleship
Mission Teams
Hosts short-term mission teams from churches and individuals for activities including construction, teaching, medical brigades, evangelism, and community service
Timothy Center
Children's center in Agua Caliente providing discipleship, education support, and recreational activities for children ages 5–14 from mountain communities
relationships · 4

who they work with

  • Church of the Nazarene Partner — Barry Jones, a board member, serves on the District Missions Council for the Southern California District of the Church of the Nazarene.
  • MLV Partner — Partner organization providing trade education and English classes to students.
  • Ministerio La Voz (MLV) Partner — Mission teams conduct classes at MLV and have performed construction work there.
  • Nazarene Church Partner — Approved by the Nazarene Church as a Compassionate Ministry.