Make a Donation to help pregnant women in Honduras

I am going to try to collect donations in order to buy food in town and bring it to the Albergue, the small makseshift village where women live as they are waiting to have their children. The pregnant women at the Albergue have generally been fairly receptive to my "charlas" on nutrition during prengancy and birth control methods. However, the woman who stay at the albergue are in failry extreme poverty and they often comment to me that they do not have enough to eat and that they are hungry. The woman are interested to know what they should be eating during pregnancy, but have difficutly aquiring the foods that I discuss in my group discussion. For about 500 lempira (a bit less than 30 American dollars) I can buy the women a food from each of the four groups that I discuss as being espcecially important during pregnancy during my weekly "¿Que debe comer durante el embarazo?" charla. During my talk I mention the importance of calcium, protein, iron, and folic acid. I will be able to buy the women enough cheese and powdered milk, eggs, beans (and rice) and peanuts to last about a week. I would like to set up what will essentially be a little miniture WIC clinic here in La Esperanza. I can tell the woman what they should be eating, and then give them a food from each group. While these woman are in the later stages of pregnancy, the information will still be extremely valuable. Most woman here, particularly those who live in poverty, take prenatal vitamins only during the first 6 months of their pregnancy. Those are the most important months to take the vitamins and it allows the woman (and governement programs that try to help support them) to save money. So the woman in the Albergue are generally not taking prenatal vitamins, so receiving extra nutritiants in their diets is especially important. Further, if I am able to impress upon them the importance of consuming these foods during their prenancy, they may be more likely to recieve these nutrients during the earlier stages of their next pregnancy. They will also be able to share this information with other women back in their villages.

The Albergue kitchen.

The first week of food donations

So, I am asking for your donations. Just $30 dollars will provide enough food for me to bring in each week. If you are interested in making a donation, please click on the button below.

A weeks worth of food, thanks to your donations

Working with community high school students

Distribution of family planning education