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Alabama Honduran Medical / Educational Network

Alabama Honduran Medical/Education Network (AHMEN) is an inter-demoninational group that assists the people of Honduras with medical, educational, vocational, and other basic needs assistance. AHMEN is interdenominational and operated by the Christ United Methodist Church of Jasper, Alabama, and under the umbrella of the Volunteers in Missions.

Some of the projects include:

* Medical Teams - Treating 75 to 200 patients per day.

* Dental Teams - Extracting, filling and dental hygiene and education.

* Pharmacy Teams - Supplying medicine (vitamins, Band-Aids, Tylenol, cold medicine, etc.) to 100 to 200 patients per day.

* Eye Teams - Provides free glasses and eye exams. Volunteers go to local schools to conduct eye exams.

* Peanut Butter and Jelly Mission - Providing free food to children who have walked up to 6 hours to see the medical teams.

* ‘Help a Kid’ Project - $50 sponsorship of a child in Honduras will provide vitamins, food, school books, and tuition.
 
* Sewing School - Set up a sewing school to teach adult females a viable trade. New and used sewing machines, materials, instructors for 1-week stays, patterns and other supplies are needed.

* Woodworking School - The village of Plan de Flores is the base for this vocational school that teaches woodworking to the local youth.

* School Assistance - Provides pencils, paper, Spanish language books, and other school supplies for local schools.

More information on volunteering, donating goods or financial aid, and other program details can be found on their website.

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