As many of you know, AHMEN joined with SIFAT with a program last year to attempt to extend the energy various teams put into Honduras beyond the week or ten days they are actually in the country. We call this the AHMEN SIFAT Initiative, and it is headed up by Byron Morales from SIFAT and backed up by a whole lot of AHMEN folks.
Below is a showing of just some of the folks who are working with Byron from Alabama. This picture was taken at Christ UMC, Jasper during the last planning session. - includes Michael Franklin, Byron Morrales, Joe Down, Lou Altman, an Lexie Hilton.
Byron called last nite from Cosuna, Honduras with a report. The Community Agents are in the middle of their 4th workshop. To give you an idea of how it works:
- yesterday they had a lecture from three Cuban doctors on rthe importance of clean water. They were taught that the one of the major killers in “Third World Countries” is not having access to sanitary water.
- Today they will build ecostoves from local material that will use 80% less fuel and produce 80% less smoke inside the home.
- Tomorrow our friend Dr. Luther Castillo will teach them the relationship between cooking smoke in thier home and their children suffering from chronic respiratory illnesses.
Byron also reports that there are 50 community agents that will complete the first year of the course in August, and there are already plans to not only continue their training, but new students are approaching Byron asking him/us to begin a new class as soon as possible. These students are from scattered villages within one day walk/bus/horse/canoe ride away. It is thru this system that the knowledge the agents acquire is discriminated thru out the area.
Above is a photo of Joshua and Marinna from the Deaf School in Plan de Flores. They have have attended each workshop and will graduate with 50 other students in August of this year with a certificate as a trained Community Agent in Health Care.
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