2008 Projects
Every day in thousands of places around the world millions
of people suffer needlessly because of a lack of basic
healthcare.
Preventable diseases go untreated because of poverty and
a lack of education. Many people parish from maladies that
are simply unheard of in more affluent places. A lack of
doctors, nurses and medicine coupled with little knowledge
of basic hygiene make some lives intolerable.
Poverty, neglect and outright discrimination keep those
afflicted out of touch with basic care.
“It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly.
The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity,
by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies
to the task.”
-R.F. Kennedy
In Honduras, we have taken RFK’s challenge and have
helped to build a health care system that includes a hospital,
a network of doctors and an organizational effort that
can deliver the basics of life to a segment of Honduran
society that has long been neglected.
We have helped build a hospital in a remote area that
serves over 20,000 people. We have delivered an ambulance
to an area that once relied on foot travel and horseback
for emergency service.
We have also helped supply medicine to save lives and
to improve the quality of those lives. We have set up 9
libraries in remote villages that have never had a library
before. We have repaired a community services building
in a very poor village that had no resources. Medicine
and technical support to the staff that works full time
in these remote areas have been delivered.
But as the American Economy enters a cooling off period,
we find our friends in Honduras facing a magnified need.
Even in our own bad times Americans still want to reach
out and help fellow human beings in other lands. Hope you
can join us on April 17th to learn about our recent trip.
Project CHIMES (California Honduras Institute for Medical
and Education Support) is a Sacramento, California-based
non profit dedicated to raising money to help indigenous
peoples in Central and South America gain access to basic
medical services and educational opportuinties.
