I have been a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras for about six months now. I live in a small town called San Miguel Guancalpa (or San Miguelito as known by all) which is located in the department of Intibuca, in one of the most mountainous parts of the country. As a health volunteer so far, I´ve been trying to implement programs that the Ministry of Health is promoting in more rural departments. One is AIN-C, or a program that monitors infant growth and development. The other is Comites de Emergencia (Emergency Commitees), where groups of community members that are trained to deal with emergencies related mostly to maternal and infant health. For example, when a woman is giving birth and hemoragging they are trained to help stop the bleeding and find a way to get her to the hospital. Such committees are useful in rural areas where there is a lack of access to health services and transportation. So far I can see that Hondurans love to form committees, but that´s usually about the end of it...we´ll see. Isn´t that the happiest little campo boy?
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