2020 – Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (Salud) (English)

Stephen O'Mahony, executive director of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos in Honduras visiting the devastation caused by tropical storms Eta and Iota. Source: Keyla Suanzo

Discharge of humanitarian aid in the municipality of La Lima (San Pedro Sula). Source: Keyla Suanzo

The Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos medical brigade distributes hygiene products, biosafety material and food to the affected population of La Lima (San Pedro Sula). Source: Keyla Suanzo

Delivery of hygiene kit products to the affected population exposed to contracting the Covid virus. Source: Keyla Suanzo

Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos in Honduras medical brigade displaced to the north of the country to care for the affected population. Source: Keyla Suanzo

Social Issue

In November 2020, tropical depressions Eta and Iota left behind floods and damage in six Central American countries: Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador.

Honduras was one of the most affected countries, with a completely devastated population and the loss of many lives due to floods, high winds, and landslides.

Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, a longstanding partner of the Netri Foundation, runs a home, located in the town of La Venta, the “Rancho de Santa Fe”, that welcomes 406 children and young people who are orphaned, abandoned or from high-risk situations, and provides them with comprehensive care in a safe environment. Hurricane Iota swept through the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos home in Honduras. However, so far, only indirect effects such as cut power lines and the collapse of trees due to the force of the wind have been reported.

The response capacity of the local partner, Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos to NPH Honduras, has been immediate. Backed by 35 years of continuous presence in the country, they were able to rapidly mobilise a relief effort whose fundamental objectives are to offer emergency care and support to families affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota.

Our Response

Netri’s grant is a contribution to their emergency efforts which proposes two main interventions to help families affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota

The first intervention consists of sending a professional health brigade (doctors, nurses and psychologists) to attend to families who are living in government-run shelters in the northern part of the country, the area most affected by the floods. In addition, recreational and didactic material will be provided to organize activities among the children who live in the shelters.

The second intervention aims to provide assistance to people who are part of the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos community, providing reconstruction services for homes that have been damaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota, and basic supplies so these families can continue living in their own homes.

Expected Social Impact

This donation from Netri is expected to provide relief to 1,000 families affected by the disaster. The loss and destruction faced by many Honduran families, especially in the same year of the COVID-19 pandemic, has made their situation untenable.