Montana De Luz

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“Medical care - in 2018, montana de luz provided acute and on going medical support to 29 children affected by hiv/aids in honduras, including doctor visits, specialist visits, ongoing nutritional assistance, daily antiretroviral (arv) treatment, and daily medical attention from two nurses. We also helped 9 of our youth transition from our residential care to independent living or family based care. Our expenses in payroll, food, and vehicles reflect our on going support for children affected by hiv/aids. These children need on site caregiving and nursing support, dail nutritious meals, and travel to nearby doctors to receive routine and specialized medical care. We can proudly say that 90% of individuals served by montana de luz are adherent to their life saving arv medicine, compared to the average of 42% of the general hiv+ population in honduras. Education - montana de luz also ensure that all 29 children received high quality education. Relevant montana de luz staff includes caregivers who did over 8,000 hours of basic tutoring, an on site special education teacher who completed over 1,000 hours of teaching to eight children with special needs, and two drivers, who made over 500 trips to pick up and drop off the children at local schools. Service teams - montana de luz had over 50 service team participants come to montana de luz in 2018, leading to important projects to support the childrenfs well being, projects included improving infrastructure of the facility, specialized peertopeer mentoring, and local connections t communities which would not be possible without service teams. Payroll, food and vehicle expenses, among other expenses listed in these forms, play a part in making these service team interactions possible. Community support - montana de luz began service children and families affected by hiv/aids in nearby communities in 2017. We started with only three families but served 30 families affected by hiv/aids by the end of year. Our goal is to continue to increase the overall quality of life for individuals affected by hiv/aids in honduras.”

“Medical care: in 2017, montaa de luz provided acute and on-going medical support to 33 children affected by hiv/aids in honduras, including 240 doctor visits, 53 specialist visits, ongoing nutritional assistance, daily anti-retroviral (arv) treatment, and daily medical attention from two nurses. Our expenses in payroll, food, and vehicles reflect our ongoing support for children affected by hiv/aids. These children need on-site caregiving and nursing support, daily nutritious meals, and travel to nearby doctors to receive routine and specialized medical care. Education: montaa de luz also ensured that all 33 children received high-quality education. 25 were enrolled in local primary and secondary schools, while another eight were enrolled in private and/or technical schools. We had a success rate in passing courses of about 80% thanks to the attention of our staff. Relevant montaa de luz staff includes caregivers who did over 8,000 hours of basic tutoring, an on-site special education teacher who completed over 1,000 hours of teaching to eight children with special needs, and two drivers, who made over 500 trips to pick up and drop off the children at local schools. Service teams: montaa de luz had over 50 service team participants come to montaa de luz in 2017, leading to important projects to support the childrens well- being. Projects included improving infrastructure of the facility, specialized peer-to-peer mentoring, and local connections to communities which would not be possible without service teams. Payroll, food and vehicle expenses, among other expenses listed in these forms, play a part in making these service team interactions possible. Community support: montaa de luz began serving children and families affected by hiv/aids in nearby communities in 2017. We started with only three families but hope to serve even more affected by hiv/aids in the years ahead, with a goal of increasing the overall quality of life for individuals affected by hiv/aids in honduras.”

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