Turning Disability into Ability
CasAyuda, located in Comayagua, Honduras, is a state of the art educational facility
for the physically and mentally disabled, organized by Nelly and Nelson Zelaya and
built in the years since Hurricane Mitch devastated the country in 1998. Like Hogar
de Niños, its beginnings go back many years and also has its story rooted in God’s
providence. When Nelly fell out of a tree at the age of 15 she could not have imagined
the new course her life would take. She was permanently handicapped, confined to
a wheelchair and could no longer attend school. Nelly personally experienced the
plight of the disabled of Honduras and became determined to make a difference for
people like herself.
After great struggle and adversity, Nelly finished her education and married. Sharing
her passion to change the destiny for so many broken people, together she and her
husband organized CasAyuda. Nelly had seen God provide for her in the past when
all seemed lost; she knew God would provide for the school to be built. Today, CasAyuda’s
Christian staff educates 100 mentally and physically handicapped children and young
adults. The large campus provides dormitories, educational buildings and a cafeteria.
God has turned Nelly’s disability into a calling to serve the disabled in Honduras.
II Corinthians 1:3-4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion
and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can
comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.