Isla Boca del Rio Viejo

  • Overview
  • Engineering
  • Water
  • Public Health

Overview

Isla Boca del Rio Viejo is located within the municipality of Marcovia in the department of Choluteca in Southern Honduras. The typical house is made of cement blocks/bricks, wood, and plastic. Children in the community have access to 6th grade. The community has access to a public handwell and only 20 households are connected to the system. Most of the community members work in fishing. The top needs expressed by Isla Boca del Rio Viejo‘s inhabitants during their initial communications with Global Brigades are a new water system, the construction of public health projects, and the establishment of a community bank.

Municipality: Marcovia
Department: Choluteca

Homes : 107
Population : 749
Water System : No
Community Bank : No
Electricity : Yes
Health Center : No
Community Health Workers : No
Homes with Latrines : 0
Education : Up to 6th grade
Distance from Lodging Facility : 42 km

Engineering

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

Global Brigades is working on the implementation of the Holistic Model in Isla Boca del Rio Viejo and has already completed the water system design.  To provide household connections to the whole community, the water system will have a capacity of 15000 gallons. will benefit 103 household and 484 community members

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Number of volunteers

484

Number of population benefited

103

Number of households benefited

Water System : No
Type of System : N/A
Homes with Access to Water : 20
Water Council : No

Water

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

Global Brigades is working on the implementation of the Holistic Model in Isla Boca del Rio Viejo and has begun the construction of the water system A new water system following the Engineering Program’s evaluation and recommendations is being constructed.

 

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Number of volunteers

60

Length of trench dug (meters)

Water System : Yes
Type of System : Gravity
Homes with Access to Water : 100%
Water Council : Yes

WATER VOLUNTEERS IN ISLA BOCA DEL RIO VIEJO

Chapter Date # Of Volunteers
Imperial College of London Engineering Brigade September 2022 11

Public Health

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

Global Brigades is working on the implementation of the Holistic Model in Isla Boca del Rio Viejo but has not yet begun with the Public Health Program. Now in the planning phase, the financing, delivery, and installation of household health infrastructure products will start as soon as feasible.

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Number of Volunteers

29

People beneffited with PH infrastructure

Homes with Latrines : 0
Homes with Eco-Stoves : 0
Homes with Water FIlters : 0
Common House Materials : Cement blocks, bricks, wood

MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS IN ISLA BOCA DEL RIO VIEJO

Chapter Date # Of Volunteers
NYVT Nurses Unite Medical Brigade March 2023 22

Local Reference Points

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