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Las Animas Healthcare Access

Las Animas is a community located about in the municipality of Francisco Morazan. The community has access to a local health center that is at most a 20 minute walk for community members. This local health center is known as a CESAMO, which is the larger of the two different types of health centers provided by the government. It is usually staffed by at least one doctor and several nurses. On occasion, community members have access to a dentist. Should a visitor to the health center require more medical attention than can be given at the center, community members can travel to the hospital in Danli most commonly by bus or on foot. Overall, Chichicaste has a decent health center that is readily accessible.
 

Community Demographics

Chichicaste is home to about 2,416 people and has about 1,200 homes, with an average of 5 inhabitants per home. It is the center of a larger area including 8 other communities: El Consuelo, Quebrada Arriba, El Pinal, Poteca, Montanita, Jicarito, Playa Hermosa and La Pita. Since the other communities do not have health centers, they have to travel in Chichicaste. Additionally, there are many other communities that attend our brigades in Chichicaste.

Brigade Site Information

Since space is limited in the health center, brigades are held at the school. The school is large and spread out, with about 7 rooms total for brigade stations and plenty of outdoor space. Doctors spend an average of 10 minutes with each patient and volunteers are able to provide 5-6 educational charlas a day.  Each brigade sees an average of 300 patients per day. Below are some pictures of the Brigade Site:

Current Community Initiatives

There are currently no initiatives taking place in Chichicaste. However, World Vision does visit the community on occassion.

Community Health Statistics

Below is a chart showing the illnesses treated on our most recent brigade to Chichicaste.

Below is a chart showing the dental procedures performed on our most recent brigade to Chichicaste.

Current Status

Last Visit: 6/18/2014

This past June, a group of volunteers from University of California, Santa Barbara visited Chichicaste on their brigade.  With the help of both Honduran and US health care professionals, they saw a total of 1,154 medical patients over four days, as well as 155 dental patients. Patients came from 12 different surrounding communities to receive medical care on the brigade.

Visit Other Programs in Chichicaste

Global Brigades strives to implement a model of Holistic Development in communities through a system of collectively implementing health, economic, and education initiatives to strategically meet a community's development goals. Learn more about the other programs being implemented in Chichicaste:

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