Living Conditions

Honduras is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and most Hondurans earn only $2 per day. Outside of the major cities, running water and electricity are scarce. Life expectancy is short and infant mortality is high. With so many clinging to the edge of survival, it is easy to see why medical and dental needs go unmet. People must pay for their medical and dental care with all-too-scarce resources; and yet it is the lack of attention to basic health issues that push down the survival rate for children. As an example, one of the leading causes of death for Honduran children is blood infection due to tooth decay, an easily avoidable situation in most of the world.

When medical, dental & vision teams come to Honduras, they bring with them a level of quality that is unknown to the local people.