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San Francisco de Yojoa, Honduras
Since 1987 MAMA Project has been working in Honduras.  We have grown through the years and have been able to help MANY people in Honduras.  Here's a look at some of the work that is done in Honduras. 
 
Health/ Hygiene Education
This is done at both the village level, and also at our Nutriton Center in Honduras.  We have  developed many of our own materials, and also use material from parallel organizations such as the Ministry of Health of Honduras, and the Hesperian Foundation (e.g. "Where There is No Doctor").
 
Medical, Dental and Construction Brigades
We promote preventive rather than curative medicine in our medical contacts with the communities.  We want to find more ways to equip the Hondurans whenever possible, rather than being the primary providers of short-term care.
 
Teams go to Honduras to serve, but also to learn from Hondurans.  To prepare our teams for the experience, we offer a series of Cross-Cultural Ministry Training seminars.  It is important for volunteers to cultivate a perspective on service that is not centered on themselves and their needs, but is truly geared to the needs and desires of the people that we are serving.  Of course, as visiting foreigners, we are always in for many surprises, but spending time preparing our minds and hearts to become truly humble and open is an important part of becoming good partners in this work of love.
 
Deworming and Vitamin A Promotion
Intestinal parasites cause an enormous degree of suffering on a worldwide scale in developing countries.  Honduras is a prime example.  Deworming children promotes growth, and allows them to be more successful in school.  The cost is low (about 5 cents per dose) and the "cure" lasts for 6 months.  We follow the Mininstry of Health Protocol, using Albendazol.  Vitamin A deficiency is a major cause of blindness in Honduras.  Less well-known is the role that Vitamin A deficiency plays in creating an immune-deficiency state in malnourished children, leading to tremendous susceptibility to infectious disease.  The role of community education cannot be overstated, but for the short-term, many programs, including MAMA Project, have found the distribution of mega-dose (200,000 IU) Vitamin A capsules to be an important intervention in saving the sight and life of many children.
 
Medicines and medical supplies have been generously donated by many pharmaceutical companies, and are being used by local practioners and medical teams to bring help to many who would not otherwise have the benefit of such treatment.
 
AINC-I and AINC-II Training for Community Leaders
An important aspect of this work for MAMA Project is the training of community leaders through AINC-I and II trainings.  Each of these trainings takes place on time per year.  Leaders are trained in general health monitoring and treatment of malnutrition in children.  We train 2-3 leaders in each of the 60 communities where we work.  We especially focus on the villages from which severely malnourished children have come to the San Francisco Nutrition Center.
 
Scholarship Programs
We have a small number of scholarships that we give to students in the San Francisco area.  Students that receive scholarships show their grades to our staff director every quarter to show that they are using their scholarship money correctly.

 

 
 
This Family was suffering from malnutrition, because they didn't have food in their home.
 
 
 
 
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