La Moskitia, honduras

LA MOSKITIA, HONDURAS

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

50.7% HONDURANS live in poverty.

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

• Though it is the second largest department in the country making up about 15% of the land mass, it is sparsely populated, and contains extensive pine savannas, swamps, and rain forests.

Gracias a Dios is the eastern-most

department of Honduras.

• It is overlooked by Honduran society and government. In La Moskitia, the standard of living, income, and access to healthcare is far lower than the national averages—all of which are already among the lowest in Central America.

In 2005, the estimated population

of 76,278 only accounted for 1% of the total population

of Honduras. Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

In 2000, the World Health Organization ranked the Honduran healthcare system at 131 (of 190) in the entire world – the lowest ranking of all Central American countries.

With few exceptions, the government provides little or no health services in the Moskitia region, leaving the vast majority of care to be supplied by charity and missionary organizations.

The lack of infrastructure (roads) in the region makes healthcare delivery virtually impossible without the use of aircraft.

NATIONAL ECONOMICand HEALTH STATISTICS: Population (2009): 7,792,854, Per capita Income Average: $2,580, Population below poverty line ($1/day): 51%Healthy Life Expectancy: 61 years, Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000): 24, Mortality prior to Age 5 (per 1000): 41 (1 in 24) Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group,

Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

Support the initiatives of the missionary family The Waits-Reach Out Honduras in Puerto Lempira, la Moskitia.

Provoke more awareness regarding the living conditions of the minority tribes, particularly the Miskitos & Lencas in Honduras.

Provide ESL material to help eliminate illiteracy in La Moskitia.Teach the people and children that they are not forgotten

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

• most of the men are dead, dying or paralyzed due to free diving for Caribbean lobsters or drug packs

Lack of paternal figures

• ( a uniform requires money to purchase it especially if one household has approximately 13 or more children of age) in Puerto Lempira uniforms are an obstacle to schooling,

Need for uniforms to attend public school

• logistics access in and out is not easy and expensive thereby limiting how many people who may want to help but cannot due to lack of funds for the expedition-URGENT NEED to get government to do its part to ensure some kind of frequent and affordable taxi service.

Village economy needs to be stimulated

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

• the Miskitos speak a variety of miskitos and Creole Spanish, most cannot read or write, math skills are also limited.

Language barrier

• early death of patriarchs results on lots of orphans fending for themselves, malnutrition of babies, high mortality rates etc

Lack of village elders to pass on

survival knowledge to new

generationsPhotos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

• teenagers caring for toddlersYoung unprepared teen mothers

• limited or non- existentMedical care

• All goods are priced according to weight transported from La Ceiba etc

• They need to learn to produce locally.

Exorbitant costs of basic food items

• impacts on sense of security of Hondurans to visit to helpNarco-presence

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

Get military support for bi-monthly airdrops of common dry goods or of supplies necessary for an improved condition of life. (dreaming big here)

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

Government can give tax incentives to private sector to ADOPT-A-COMMUNITY/TRIBE

Professionals can receive bigger salaries for moving to remote areas to teach & develop communities.

50.7% HONDURANS livein poverty.

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

:• Baby Scale for House of Hope Malnourished Baby Program• Baby Formula for Malnourished Baby Program• Dry/Powdered Milk for Malnourished Baby Program• Magazines that you are finished with – Christianity Today, Time, Newsweek,

Today’s Christian Woman, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, etc. – forBead Necklaces

• Old Jewelry – for Bead Necklaces• LEGOS – used or new- for LEGOS of Love Projects• Spanish books for children (or Spanish/English) for Book Mobile Project• School Supplies – spiral notebooks, pencils, Scientific Calculators• Black closed-toe shoes• Kids clothes – ages 4-18• Medication for Children (Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, Pepto, etc.)• Sterile & Non-Sterile Gauze & Betadine or other solution• Vitamins for Children• Sports Equipment – balls, cleats, gloves, etc

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

ON-GOING NEEDS MAMA TARA’S ORPHANAGE NEEDS

• Sheets• Towels• Deodorant• Lotion• Hair

Conditioner• Shampoo• Soap• Feminine

Napkins• Broom

• Bras• Underwear• Brushes• Socks• Toothpaste• Toothbrush

es• Clothespins• Flip-flops

(sturdy)• G

MEDICAL & SCHOOLNEEDS

• Peroxide• Alcohol• Ibuprofen• Pepto Bismol• Acetaminoph

en•

• SchoolSupplies

• Markers• Crayons• Glue

• Children’sScissors

• Notebooks• Books in

Spanish• Pencils• Colored

Pencils• Paper• Rulers

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

Clinica Evangelica MoravaAhuas, Gracias a Dios, Honduras

MAG works in partnership with a Honduran charity Alas de Socorro (Wings of Help) to provide air support to the hospital in Ahuas.Since 2005, MAG has supplied a missionary pilot/mechanic to fly and maintain two Cessna 206 aircraft based in Ahuas. These aircraft provide emergency medical evacuation services, transportation for hospital staff, and form a vital supply link for the hospital and surrounding area.MAG personnel are volunteers, raising their own financial support in order bring medical care to the Miskito people by providing 400-500 flight hours and hundreds of hours of aircraft maintenance support annually. This translates directly into hundreds of lives saved per year!

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

Rus Rus, Gracias a Dios, HondurasLocated only 5 miles from the Nicaragua border, but nearly 60 miles from the nearest Honduran "municipality," the Rus Rus hospital was once a key medical outpost serving refugee camps that flooded the region during the Contra war in Nicaragua in the 1980's.

RUS RUS WAS RECENTLY REOPENED BUT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP TO RESTOCK AND PROVIDE

QUALITY ATTENTION !Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

Direct Help

Organize a mission toMoskitia

Open a business in

Moskitia

HELP

Write lettersto the

President

Send letters tothe

Newspapers

IndirectHelp

Sponsor a mission toMoskitia

Send carepackages withitems from list

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.

• Contact : at 99826053

• E-mail: [email protected]

• CBC produces ESL material oriented at preserving ethnicity and cultural pride, but itcosts a lot to mass produce material at a superaccessible price.

• ANYONE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING OUR CBC SWOT, CARE PACKS, LOGISTICS COST, SATELLITE CONNECECTION, PLEASE CALL & HELP US MAKE LA MOSKITIA LITERATE and feel they are part of HONDURAS!

Photos courtesy Missionary Air Group, Guilmor Bonilla, Reach Out Honduras.