Shoulder to Shoulder (STS) is a nonprofit formed in 1996 in Cincinnati, Ohio to address the health, education, economic and social needs of underserved communities in the poorest areas of Honduras. Over the past 14 years, over 1,500 U.S. citizens have worked together with Hondurans to improve the well-being of local Hondurans.

Volunteers include medical students, resident, physicians, nurses, dentists, teachers, hydrologists, carpenters, and lab technicians  … who often work in villages without water or electricity.

The University of Cincinnati, Baylor University, The University of Rochester, The University of Pittsburgh, and Thundermist Health Center are all working with Shoulder to Shoulder in Honduras.

Working with local nonprofit Hombro a Hombro, STS has worked on projects such as:

* Building health clinics in Santa Lucia, San Jose, Santa Ana and San Marcos de La Sierra. These clinics provide medical care to thousands, provide school-based feeding programs, home-based water filtration systems, screen for cervical cancer, provide health info on family planning, maternal health, lay-midwifery training.

* Scholarships are offered to poor children to help them remain in school.

* Working with the World Food Program, STS has worked to provide approximately 1600 children in 14 communities a daily lunchat each education center. Nutritition and hygiene counseling is also offered to students.

* Ongoing medical brigades of American volunteers provide health, nutrition and educational development, and provide medical training and education for local Honduran medical personnel.

Donation and volunteer information is available on their website. (A $100 donation would purchase 10,000 amoxicillin tablets … enough to treat over 300 patients with pneumonia.)