Education, the gift that keeps on giving

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Educating community leaders how to help themselves, their families and community members in need is the best gift we can give on our trips.  The participants themselves often use the phrase  “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”  That is one of the main goals of each trip with Hope for a Healthier Humanity.

 You can help us … we have upcoming projects where we will need the expertise of the following:

  1. Mental Health – skills on coping
  2. Nutrition
  3. Basic first aid
  4. Delivering a baby and postpartum care
  5. Alternative medicine such as acupuncture and herbal medicine
  6. Agriculture and engineering

Regardless of your professional background, we can always use a helping hand.  Join us for an exciting and rewarding adventure giving back to those who need it most.  Follow this link for the volunteer application.

https://www.hopeforahealthierhumanity.org/volunteer.php

Emergency carry

Emergency carry

Choking and CPR

Choking and CPR

We love it when we see 'light bulbs' go off

We love it when we see ‘light bulbs’ go off

All participants are attentive and grateful

All participants are attentive and grateful

Learning basics

Learning basics

 

A need for multidisciplinary healthcare

Basic healthcare and knowledge that we may often take for granted could make a significant difference … Just take a look

Regardless of your expertise or specialty we can always use a helping hand.  These communities need education on nutrition, oral & dental hygiene, mental health, basic first aid and healthcare in addition to the prevention of communicable diseases.

Boy with vomiting x15 days and diarrhea x8 days

Boy with vomiting x15 days and diarrhea x8 days

Poor dental hygiene

Poor dental hygiene

Soft non tender mass

Soft non-tender mass

Fused fingers and toes

Fused fingers and toes

 

The need for water

The communities farthest from the capital, Tegucigalpa are the communities most in need as they are the communities hardest to reach.  We are hoping to help them with a water project.  Currently, the communities nearby, and by that we mean as far as a 1.5 hour walk away, travel to this lagoon at the top of the mountain to reach water.  This lagoon serves as a source of water for washing clothes and hydrating animals like horses and cows.

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From this point we are at the edge of a local community hiking down to the bottom right to the lagoon

From this point we are at the edge of a local community hiking down to the bottom right to the lagoon

Took us about 30 minutes to reach the lagoon

Took us about 30 minutes to reach the lagoon

We need to preserve this valuable natural resource

We need to preserve this valuable natural resource

Bathing and washing; humans and animals

Bathing and washing; humans and animals

Valle, Honduras … Here we come

Waiting for my connecting flight in Miami

Waiting for my connecting flight in Miami

On our way to Valle, Honduras to conduct a healthcare workshop and community assessment.  The travel is not bad as long as you travel light  and learn to navigate security check points. You are never alone when traveling with HHH. The team back in NY is always tracking our travel progress and available in case we run into any hiccups. “Thank you” Lucy and Melissa … they always take care of things and come through.

I will update with pictures and videos upon our return on the 7th. Keep checking …

Hasta luego

 

 

 

The adventure begins

¡Saludos! Welcome, and thank you for visiting my monthly blog.

I have started the adventure of a new career with Hope for a Healthier Humanity as the Clinical Director of International Programs.  I will use this site to update our friends, supporters and perspective volunteers with our progress on monthly trips.  As the saying goes … “a pictures is worth a thousand words” and I hope to vividly capture our experiences with pictures and videos to share with all of you.

Our next trip is to Valle, Honduras from March 2 – 7, 2014.

In the meantime please check out our main website at
http://www.hopeforahealthierhumanity.org/
where I am officially welcomed to the HHH team.

Also check out our videos on YouTube from past trips …

2013 to La Ceiba, Honduras

2012 to Tegucigalpa, Honduras