Manuel Castellanos has been with vecinos Honduras since the beginning. He has stayed on in Azabache to offer support and mentorship to the economic development groups and entrepreneurs.
A coffee cooperative pools their resources.
Water systems remain creative in places.
Juan Carlos Ordonez is the Food Soveirnty Facilitator for Vecinos Honduras. He has been working with the men.
Ever Perez and Manuel Castellanos
This plantain harvest will help feed the family.
A silo for storing corn kernels.
This strain of beans they have been working on is very abundant.
Diverse planting increase sustainability, output and help the soil.
Improved stoves make a world of difference for women, their families
and the environment.
Regular monthly meetings allows volunteer monitors to weigh and measure the local infants and observe for malnutrition or disease.
A powerful mural at the vecinos Honduras office in Choluteca
A mother guide working with the other children.
The meeting is about to begin in El Chaparral.
Full mural the the Chulateca office
(l to r) Edwin Escuto, Senia, Michael Newman and Victorino
Dileyla Funez displaying the new school latrines.
The view from Azabache
Dileyla Funez, with a parent volunteer demonstrate the water collection system.
At the meetings health education occurs.
Attending a workshop
The farmers group in El Chaparral.
Community Health Boards made up of local volunteers plan and organize health related initiaves.
A few members of Empresa Campesino Union and Esfuerzo Collective.
Mapping the community if an important step in identifying strenghts and needed focus.
Ever A Perez -A self taught Carpenter who was encouraged to start his own business.
