Fewer illnesses, happier faces
In the village of La Concepcion, Honduras, the following conversation was held with Suyapa Gudal, a young mother. There were 4 people living in her house, two were children ages 6 & 9. Last year every 2 to 3 months there were health problems. Sometimes the local health center had medicines to resolve the problems but sometime they did not. When that occurred, she would have to take her two children to Danli to get treatment for the problems. A trip to Danli from La Concepcion costs 30 lempiras for the bus, 3 hours of actual travel time, required a 6:30 am departure and a 3:00 pm return. Last year her oldest child missed more than 10% of the school year. The children like school and don’t want to miss it. Since the installation of the filter and parasitic treatment, she has seen marked physical growth for her children. She has seen that the kids are no longer suffering from parasites and are not dealing with diarrhea and they are no longer malnourished. There are now fewer illnesses, lower incidence of getting sick, and the house is a happier place as the parents are no longer preoccupied with the pain and illnesses from which their children had suffered. Reported by Tristam Johnson.
