Las Animas, Cedros

  • Overview
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Engineering
  • Water
  • Business
  • Public Health

Overview

Las Animas is home to about 270 people and has about 69 homes, with an average of 4 inhabitants per home. Las Animas is more removed than many communities, and there are no buses that connect the community with larger urban areas. Therefore, they do not have reliable access to resources outside of the community. About 10 smaller communities near Las Animas come to receive medical and dental care while brigades are in the community.

Municipality: Cedros
Department: Francisco Morazán

Homes : 69
Population : 270
Water System : Yes
Community Bank : No
Electricity : Yes
Health Center : No
Community Health Workers : Yes
% of Homes with Latrines : 0%
Education : Up to 6th Grade
Distance from Lodging Facility : 75 km

Medical

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

HEALTH CARE ACCESS

Las Animas, Cedros does not have a health center due to its smaller size. If community members need to see a doctor or dentist, they must travel the mountainous terrain to Cedros, the nearest town with a health center. This health center is a CESAMO, or the larger of the two different types of health centers run by the Honduran government. Here, patients can see at least one doctor, nurses, and sometimes even a dentist. Unfortunately, the trip to the health center takes over 1.5 hours on foot. There are no buses that connect the community with the town that the health center is located in, so the majority of community members must walk to reach the health center.

408

Volunteers

7,792

Patient Consultations

15

Vision Screenings Provided

260

Health Education Workshops

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

Global Brigades trained a total of 11 Community Health Workers in Las Animas in February of 2017. CHWs were trained as part of a larger area that includes 2 smaller communities, Higueritos and Cedros. Therefore, the total of 11 Community Health Workers covers 3 different communities. During their training, CHWs learned about treatment and care for some chronic illnesses as well as other health topics like first aid, caring for pregnancies, and first response in emergency situations. With these skills, the CHWs help to relieve some of the patient load for the staff in the health center by teaching preventative health.

BRIGADE INFORMATION:

Medical and Dental brigades use the school as their brigade site. The various stations of the clinic are held in the school’s 3 classrooms in addition to kindergarten building. Doctors spend an average of 10 minutes with each patient and we are able to provide 9 educational charlas a day. 

  • AVERAGE PATIENTS ATTENDED: 658
  • NEARBY COMMUNITIES: LAS PORTILLAS, EL BUEY, EL PEDERAL, LAS LAGITAS, PIRINEOS, LA MONTAÑITA, SIRIA, SIKAGURA, MAYA, SANTA ROSA, EL BUEY LAS ITAS, EL PERNAL, CICAGUARA

 

MEDICAL/DENTAL VOLUNTEERS IN LAS ANIMAS

Chapter Date # Of Volunteers Chapter Date # Of Volunteers
Washington University in St. Louis Medical Brigade January 2012 37 University of Pennsylvania Medical Brigade March 2012 36
University of San Diego Medical Brigade August 2012 28 Arizona State University Medical Brigade & Louisiana State University Medical Brigade 2013 51
University of San Diego Medical Brigade January 2014 41 Oglethorpe University Medical Brigade & University of Texas Dallas Medical Brigade May 2015 30
University of California Berkeley Medical Brigade January 2016 21 Michigan State University Medical Brigade May 2016 18
Keck Graduate Institute Medical Brigade & University of California Berkeley Medical Brigade May 2017 21 University of Maryland Dental Brigade January 2017 22
San Francisco State University Medical Brigade & Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical Brigade June 2018 51 Seton Hall University Medical Brigade & University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical Brigade March 2019 32
San Jose State University Medical Brigade July 2019 20

Dental

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

DENTAL CARE ACCESS

Working closely with the medical program, the dental program provides fillings, extractions, and fluoride treatments as a standard part of medical brigades. Most community members do not have regular access to dental care due to the lack of a dentist within a reasonable distance.

1,199

Patient Consultations

1,177

Number of Extraction

598

Fillings Performed

120

Dental Education Workshops

DENTAL BRIGADE INFORMATION:

Medical and Dental brigades use the school as their brigade site. The various stations of the clinic are held in the school’s 3 classrooms in addition to kindergarten building. Doctors spend an average of 10 minutes with each patient and we are able to provide 4-5 educational charlas a day. Each brigade sees an average of 500 patients per brigade.

  • AVERAGE PATIENTS ATTENDED: 566
  • NEARBY COMMUNITIES: LAS PORTILLAS, EL BUEY, EL PEDERAL, LAS LAGITAS, PIRINEOS, LA MONTAÑITA, SIRIA, SIKAGURA, MAYA, SANTA ROSA, EL BUEY LAS ITAS, EL PERNAL, CICAGUARA

MEDICAL/DENTAL VOLUNTEERS IN LAS ANIMAS

Chapter Date # Of Volunteers Chapter Date # Of Volunteers
Washington University in St. Louis Medical Brigade January 2012 37 University of Pennsylvania Medical Brigade March 2012 36
University of San Diego Medical Brigade August 2012 28 Arizona State University Medical Brigade & Louisiana State University Medical Brigade 2013 51
University of San Diego Medical Brigade January 2014 41 Oglethorpe University Medical Brigade & University of Texas Dallas Medical Brigade May 2015 30
University of California Berkeley Medical Brigade January 2016 21 Michigan State University Medical Brigade May 2016 18
Keck Graduate Institute Medical Brigade & University of California Berkeley Medical Brigade May 2017 21 University of Maryland Dental Brigade January 2017 22
San Francisco State University Medical Brigade & Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical Brigade June 2018 51 Seton Hall University Medical Brigade & University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical Brigade March 2019 32
San Jose State University Medical Brigade July 2019 20

Engineering

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

LAS ANIMAS’ ENGINEERING CHALLENGE

When Global Brigades arrived in Las Animas, the community a surface water system with a pump built in 1990. While this system has been maintained well, the system has not been able to keep up with the community’s needs. Community members would load jugs of water on the backs of donkeys and walk to and from the well in order to gather enough water for their family each day when there is not enough water. The time and energy that was necessary in order to retrieve water caused families to sacrifice important hygiene and sanitation practices that would require more water.

9

Volunteers

300

Beneficiaries

4.8

Kilometer of Pipeline Designed

6

Average Community Volunteers

LAS ANIMAS’ ENGINEERING SOLUTION

The recommendations for the community for following the engineering assessment is for the construction of ground water system with a pump in order to meet the community’s needs. The system will connect to a  10,000 gallon tank and will connect to the entire community thru 3 km of pipes. Construction will begin as soon as possible, and will take roughly 3 months to complete.

ENGINEERING VOLUNTEERS IN LAS ANIMAS

Chapter Date # Of Volunteers
University of California Irvine Engineering Brigade September 2019 9

Water

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

LAS ANIMAS’ WATER CHALLENGE

When Global Brigades arrived in Las Animas, the community a surface water system with a pump built in 1990. While this system has been maintained well, the system has not been able to keep up with the community’s needs. Community members would load jugs of water on the backs of donkeys and walk to and from the well in order to gather enough water for their family each day when there is not enough water. The time and energy that was necessary in order to retrieve water caused families to sacrifice important hygiene and sanitation practices that would require more water.

Water System : Yes
Type of Water System : Well and Pump
% of Homes with Access to Water : 95%
Water Council : Yes

Business

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

Global Brigades is working on the implementation of the Holistic Model in Las Animas but has not yet begun with the Business Brigades program. Now in the planning phase, a market study and the establishment of a community business will start as soon as feasible.

Community Bank : No
Community Bank Members : NA
Economic Activities : Agriculture, Day Laborers
Existing Microenterprises : No

Public Health

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

Global Brigades is working on the implementation of the Holistic Model in Las Animas but has not yet begun with the Public Health Brigades program. Now in the planning phase, the delivery and installation of household health products will start as soon as feasible.

% of Homes with Latrines : 0%
% of Homes with Eco-stoves : 6%
% of Homes with Water Filters : 0%
Common House Materials : Not Available

Legal Empowerment

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

Global Brigades is working on the implementation of the Holistic Model in Mercedes Chirina but has not yet begun with the Legal Empowerment Program. Now in the planning phase, our team will visit the community as soon as feasible to identify potential cases.

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