USAID HEWS Program to Provide Post-Hurricane Shelter and WASH Support in Honduras
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To respond to the substantial emergency needs brought on by recent hurricanes in Honduras, Global Communities has launched Honduras Emergency WASH and Shelter (HEWS), a six-month program in the country’s Cortés, Copán, Ocotepeque and Santa Bárbara departments. The program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), aims to address the urgent water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and shelter needs of more than 39,000 vulnerable individuals.
Since Hurricane Eta and Iota’s respective landfalls on Nov. 3 and Nov. 16, Global Communities and PCI, a Global Communities Partner, have been marshalling existing resources to prepare a response across Central America. Global Communities and PCI have decades of experience in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, as well as highly trained country teams that are partnering with communities to addre