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　　TEGUCIGALPA — President Obama and CentralAmerican leaders recently agreed to come upwith a plan to address poverty and crime in theregion that is fueling the surge of youngmigrants trying to illegally enter the UnitedStates. One such program in Honduras - fundedin part by the United States - gives street kidsnot only food and safety but a chance for abetter life without, crossing the border.

　　Carlos Lato walks the poor market district ofTegucigalpa, looking for children living on the streetto make them an offer that seems too good to be true.

　　“We will give you food, transportation.

　　We will give you an education and your family won't have to pay any money," he said.

　　Lato is a recruiter for Casa Alianza, a U.S.-based Catholic Church assistance organization. Itprovides young people an alternative to a life of poverty, drug abuse and gang violence.However, many of the children he encounters decline his offer. Some - like one 12-year-old boywho works some days hauling trash - must help support their families.

　　“It's that I cannot go because it's my mother's decision whether I go or not," he said.

　　But those who do join find shelter and education.

　　“They protect us. They help us with everything we need, school, everything that we need," saidJesenia Chevez, who has been with the program for four years. "They help us and it's a betteropportunity here."

　　In addition to traditional academic subjects, training coordinator Nelly Garcia says theseformer street kids also learn how to trust each other.

　　“Work as a team, collaborate, participate and show respect, these are the kinds of training wegive them," said Garcia.

　　And they provide vocational training. Nery Venagas was twice apprehended trying to crossinto the U.S. before he came to Casa Alianza. Here he learned a trade - cutting hair - and saysnow his future is in Honduras.

　　“I realized that if God was going to bless me, he would do it here in my country,' he said. "Idon't see traveling as something outside the law, but sometimes the experience is not thebest."

　　Advocates for increased U.S. assistance to the region say the success of programs like theCasa Alianza helps demonstrate that the best way to end the surge of illegal immigrants tothe U.S is to provide young people in Central America more opportunities for a better life athome.

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