ASISTIR is the first school system designed to educate boys and girls early on and simultaneously feed their families.

The program works through a student ID card that turns public school attendance into food for their homes. Every child receives a student card that is used to register class attendance through an electronic system. From then on, for every school attendance this card accumulates money that is used as help to supply food for the family.

The money accumulated in the student ID may only be exchanged by each student's parents at the end of the month only for products of the family basic food basket in the state food banks (BANASUPRO).

ASISTIR was approved by the Honduran Department of Education with the support of the President of the Republic, to operate during the next 4 years. The children from the schools that were chosen received a special school card that kept record of their attendance through an electronic system. For every attendance registered in the card the kids received certain amount of money in their accounts. Later on, in a monthly basis, the appointed parents went to their closest food bank (BANASUPRO) and with the same card exchanged their money for products of the basic food basket. Under the program, month attendance matched or surpassed the income that the child could have received by dropping out of school to work. This way, they were contributing to their family's economy without having to work on the streets. Studying is their only job.

ASISTIR received a strong media coverage since the first day it was launched, generating a national conversation about school abandonment and child labor. Since the main result of the campaign is to decrease the level of desertion and support the homes, the campaign was perceived by the public as an admirable work carried out by the government to impulse the youth. ASISTIR will take place during the next four years. According to the estimates of the Education Department and the Government of the Republic, during the first two-year period more than 20.000 students will receive a scholarship through the program, with a total allocated donation of approximately 102 million lempiras, which are equal to 4 million dollars.