Loma de Enmedio

  • Overview
  • Engineering

Overview

Loma de Enmedio is located within the municipality of Marcala in the department of La Paz in southern Honduras. The typical house is made of adobe, wood, and bricks. Children in the community have access to primary and middle school. The community members of Loma de Enmedio mostly work in agriculture and growing and selling coffee. The community doesn’t have a water system to provide drinking water to the community members but is closely working with Global Brigades to build and improve this area of the community. The top needs expressed by Loma de Enmedio‘s inhabitants during their initial communications with Global Brigades are building a health centre, a water system, and an electricity network.

Municipality: Marcala
Department: La Paz

Homes : 86
Population : 350
Water System : Not Started
Community Bank : Not Started
Electricity : Yes
Health Center : No
Community Health Workers : No
Homes with Latrines : 47%
Education : Primary and middle school
Distance from Lodging Facility : 33 km

Engineering

Program Status

  • Planning
  • Active
  • Complete

LOMA DE ENMEDIO’S ENGINEERING CHALLENGE:

Currently, the community of Loma de Enmedio doesn’t have a water system. The community members have a water storage unit also known as “pila” where they collect and store rainwater when they can. The community also has a well but community members have to pay a fee to acquire water from it.

18

Volunteers

636

Beneficiaries

14

Kilometers of pipeline designed

LOMA DE ENMEDIO’S ENGINEERING SOLUTION:

Loma de Enmedios’ water system design was completed in May 2024. The optimal solution to provide this community access to water was to design and construct a water system that contains a water storage tank of 10,000 gallons and install approximately 10 kilometers of adequate piping. This will ensure the correct water distribution and coverage across the community.

Water System : None
Type of System : Ground water with pump
Homes with Access to Water : 100
Water Council : Yes

ENGINEERING VOLUNTEERS IN LOMA DE ENMEDIO

Chapter Date # Of Volunteers Chapter Date # Of Volunteers
Greensboro Collegiate May 2024 18

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