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