Water for the Honduran People

In February I spent ten days in Honduras on a mission trip to help rebuild and fix up apartments for students at a Bible Seminary.  Four months prior to our teams arrival another  team sent a drilling machine that they disassembled to fit into a crate.  When they arrived they put the drill together and began drilling for water at the seminary.  After two weeks the seminary had clean healthy water to drink.  When we arrived the first thing the Director showed us was the well, and with a big smile said drink, no worries.  This was a big celebration to get a well.

 Honduras

• Is the poorest country in Central America along with Guatemala
•  1.2 million people have no water. 
• Hurricane Mitch and rains that followed, cause landslides that wiped out villages and towns. It left 75% of the country without safe drinking water
• Woman and children spend up to six hours a day fetching water
• waterborne diseases like cholera is increasing

Water.org is an organization that helps communities by providing safe drinking water.  They found the greatest success is when they are contacted by the community.  The community becomes a part of the process. To keep a sustainable water supply months of education on how to maintain the well, personal hygiene and sanitation training for the whole village is required.  After the well is drilled the team will come back to the village to make sure good hygiene habits are still going on, because it is not enough to have clean water, diseases will continue if hand washing and proper sanitation are not done right.

reference

http://water.org/solutions/digging/

These are pictures from my trip in February.

This boy is going to fetch water, We didn't see a well here, so I am not sure if the water will be clean or not.

 this  toilet behind the church in the village we were at.

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This is a home in the village, the water is on the right side and she cooks on the left side.

This village was rebuilt with the help of CAM International.  The villagers helped build a church and the church helped every villager build a home.  The man down the road in the green jacket is Charlie Nelson he was instrumental in helping rebuild this village after Hurricane Mitch leveled it and the mud slides buried it.

I had the privilage to visit a school in Seguatepeque.  After recess the teacher inspects the childrens hands after they washed to make sure they are clean enough to enter the classroom.

My husband and I will continue our trips to Honduras to help in anyway we can. We have often thought of moving there and I would look for a teaching position and he would help the people construct whatever they needed.