Cacao Colón

  • Overview
  • Engineering
  • Water
  • Public Health

Overview

Cacao Colón is located within the municipality of El Triunfo in the department of Choluteca in Honduras. Children in the community have access to education up to ninth grade. Most of the community members work in agriculture or as artisans. The community of Cacao Colón has a water system that needs improvement and is working closely with Global Brigades to design these improvements. The top needs expressed by Cacao Colón’s inhabitants during their initial communications with Global Brigades include medications for the community’s health centre and improvements to the water system.

Municipality: El Triunfo
Department: Choluteca

Homes : 112
Population : 397
Water System : Completed
Community Bank : N/A
Electricity : N/A
Health Center : N/A
Community Health Workers : N/A
Homes with Latrines : N/A
Education : Up to 9th Grade
Distance from Lodging Facility : N/A

Engineering

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

CACAO COLON’S ENGINEERING CHALLENGE:

When Global Brigades arrived in Cacao, community members did not have sufficient water to meet their current or future needs. Many of our community members, when faced with this issue, are forced to load jugs of water on the backs of donkeys and walk to and from a nearby well in order to gather enough water for their family each day. The time and energy that were necessary in order to retrieve water caused families to sacrifice important hygiene and sanitation practices that would require more water.

10

Volunteers

39

Beneficiaries

14

Kilometers of pipeline designed

CACAO COLON’S ENGINEERING DESIGN SOLUTION:

A strong partnership between Global Brigades volunteers and the community leaders allowed for the completion of a new water system design in Cacao Colon in 2024. Through the community leaders organised community participation and support, Global Brigades completed a well water system that connected to a new 15,000-gallon storage tank with a chlorinator, trained the water council, and trained a community member to maintain the system.

ENGINEERING VOLUNTEERS CACAO COLON

Chapter Date # Of Volunteers Chapter Date # Of Volunteers
Texas A&M University May 2023 10

Water

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

CACAO COLON WATER CHALLENGE

The community does not currently have a water system, and because of this, it is limited to using water from a nearby well and river. Regardless of family size, community members are limited to a few gallons of water and these gallons are far from enough for a family’s daily drinking, cleaning, cooking and other needs. Water from the well and river tends to be contaminated and has contributed to many issues, such as chronic kidney disease. In addition to the lack of water, hygiene and sanitation conditions in Cacao Colon are dire.

397

Project Beneficiaries

10000

Storage Tank Volume

CACAO COLON WATER SOLUTION

A strong partnership between Global Brigades, WFP, ADETRIUNF, and community leaders allowed for the completion of a new water system in Cacao Colon in 2024. Through the community leaders organised, community participation and support of The World Food Programme and ADETRIUNF, they constructed a well water system that was connected to a new 10,000-gallon storage tank with a chlorinator, trained the water council, and trained a community member to maintain the system. Global Brigades celebrates Cacao Colon’s new water system!

Public Health

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

Global Brigades is working on the implementation of the Holistic Model in Cacao Colon but has not yet begun with the Public Health Program. Now in the planning phase, the financing, delivery, and installation of household health infrastructure products will start as soon as feasible.

Homes with Latrines : N/A
Homes with Eco-Stoves : N/A
Homes with Water FIlters : N/A
Common House Materials : Cement blocks and bricks

Local Reference Points

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