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Mission Honduras LeMars Aids Children
During the
past years Mission Honduras LeMars has been involved in numerous projects
for the betterment of the poor of Honduras. From water projects, to medical
care for children, to food programs, we attempt to make each year better
than the last – please refer to other pages of this web site. This year we
continued with healthcare for many of the people pictured below. Through the
past 15 years, the photos below reflect only a fraction of those young
people with medical problems that we have helped. Since identifying
these children, Mission Honduras LeMars has taken the lead on getting each
one of them the proper help they need. Each child or adult pictured below has a brief
article to explain his/her needs and how we are helping or have helped each one.
Please continue to support Mission Honduras LeMars in its effort to help the
most needy.
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Cynthia, was a 5-year-old child
at Mother Teresa's Sister of Charity Orphanage when MHL met her. Cynthia had an irreparable
heart condition. Her mother had asked MHL's help in bringing Cynthia home to
die. She passed away at the orphanage when it was decided that Cynthia could
be better cared for there.
Alexi, was a severely
malnourished 4-year-old child at
Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity Orphanage. He
also had skin lesions over most of his body. MHL supplied this child
with 'Then Feed Just One' food and his health is greatly improved.
Dania was brought to the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, in hopes of medical help for a heart
condition. Unfortunately, doctors concluded that she could not be helped,
and she has returned to Honduras.
Elpidio was also brought
to the Mayo Clinic for heart surgery. Doctors there were able to repair his
heart condition. He has returned to Honduras a healthy little boy.
Pablo Zuniga was a
9-year-old boy from Esquias. He suffered from a kidney and ureter problem.
Pablo had multiple surgeries throughout his life, but he still needed to
use a stoma collection system. MHL helped Pablo by covering his medical
tests in Tegucigalpa to see if more could be done to help him.
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Franci, was an 8-year-old girl
when MHL met her. She
had surgery to insert a metal rod in her left leg from the knee to the
ankle. Her left leg had not grown, and she required crutches to walk. MHL
helped her family with any medical costs they incurred while seeking tests
and medical treatment at an orthopedic hospital at that time. MHL continues
to help Franci, who turned 16 on November 17, 2016. At this time she has
undergone 30 surgeries to correct problems with her left leg and other
problems. Due to a bone infection in her left leg in the fall of 2016,
Franci will need to have her left leg amputated below the knee. MHL hopes to
hopes to help Franci by supplying her with a prosthetic when the doctor
feels she is ready. MHL hopes the prosthetic will allow her to eventually
walk without crutches.
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Oscar Arevelo, a
young boy from La Florida, can not not walk. He also cannot talk and must
be fed. MHL supplied him a special pediatric wheelchair so his family could
move him around more easily.
Kelvin Bueso is also
from La Florida. He had a fast heart rate and tests were needed to see what
could be
done to help him. MHL helped this family with the medical needs
for Kelvin as much as possible.
Jarmi Mizael was a young boy
when MHL met him.. He underwent multiple surgeries at the
orthopedic hospital in San Pedro Sula to correct his club feet and now walks
normally. MHL funded his medical care and family transportation costs.
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Jarmi had severe club feet. |
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Jarmi after successful surgery |
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Richard Seivert holds Jarmi
during his 2009 visit to Honduras. |
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If you want happiness for a lifetime,
help somebody. |
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Francisca Montes is now
a teenager. She is still living with relatives in very poor conditions but
is much improved from
her malnourished state. MHL officials continue to check on her and provide
her family with ...Then Feed Just One food.
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Francisca, diagnosed with severe
malnutrition |
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Francisca, looking much better after eating
Kids Against Hunger food for a few months, posed with Carolyn
Bickford during a summer visit to
Montaña de la Flor. |
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Annabelle received hearing aids from MHL,
which have made a huge difference in her development. |
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Wendy Gomez suffers from a
condition that inhibited her ability to crawl or walk. MHL provides
her with funds for transportation, therapy, and food until she is
able to walk on her own. |
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Manuel Antonio Avila Gomez
was born
with a cleft lip. MHL aided his family with
the funds needed for his successful
operation. |
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Brothers Cristian
and Jimmy Gonzalez suffer from a congenital disease that
prevents them from growing. Cristian had two cataract surgeries by
the age of 15. Jimmy had 3 cataract surgeries by the age of 6 and
can walk but cannot talk. Both boys received received glasses from
MHL. They are from Opatoro, La Paz, which is very near el Salvador. |
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Josue Said from
the village of La Venta cannot walk without braces. MHL helped Josue
and his family by purchasing medicines for him and food for the
entire family. |
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Santos Alejo Martinez
of Montaña de la Flor had a metal rod placed in his right lower leg in 2009. MHL
continues to watch the improvement in this young man and monitor his progress. MHL will continue
to assist this young boy and his family with all expenses required for his
medical care.
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Francis Seivert examines
Santos' leg after his surgery. |
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Santos continues to improve
after a rod was inserted into the bone between the knee and ankle of
his right leg. |
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Nellie Urbina Reyes
was first seen by our medical brigade in January 2008. She was diagnosed with Charcot foot, a degenerative
disease, and softening of the bones. She required special shoes that help her
walk and limited further damage to her ankles and feet. MHL hopes to find more
medical help for her. We continue to supply her family with Then Feed Just
One food
and will continue to monitor the developments concerning her medical
treatments.
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Above: Nellie's feet are
examined by a Honduran doctor.
Right: Richard Seivert and Nellie pose in
June, 2009. |
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Rina Yesenia Martinez
was diagnosed with Hirschsprungs disease, a disease that
affects the large intestine (colon), when she was 7 years old.
After a very successful surgery, she was released from the Tegucigalpa
hospital and moved to Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity orphanage for recuperation. She now is a healthy little girl who
enjoys playing with others. MHL personnel visit with her family regularly to
check on her progress and always find her quite happy and healthy.
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Yesenia is examined by the
doctors during the January 2009 medical trip |
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Richard Seivert teases Yesenia as they finish
taking photos during a Mission Honduras visit. |
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 Yesenia's stitches are
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Yesenia poses with her
parents and one of her sisters while she recuperates in the hospital. |
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If we are
to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
~
Mahatma Gandhi
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Illich Rivera was brought to the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN, in 2007 for tests and diagnosis. |
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Ligia Erazo brought to the National Institute of
Health, Bethesda, MD, in 2006 for bone marrow transplant |
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Janzy Alvarez was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect by the
2006 medical team and treated in Honduras. |
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Ana Rut was brought to the U.S. in 2003
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Francisco Torres was brought to the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN, in 2002 for a heart condition. He is now a healthy
young man with no lingering ill effects of his condition. |
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Cristobal Vidal Diaz was brought to Le Mars, IA, in
2003 for diagnosis of a bone condition. He continues to struggle
with the problems of this bone condition, spending as much as a year
at a time in Hospital Escuela for surgery on his spine and his
subsequent recuperation. MHL supports Cristobal in any way possible,
including his wish to continue his education when he is able to
attend classes. |
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Nahum Bonilla was unable to walk due to Gillian Barre
Syndrome. MHL supplied him with a walker, and Nahum could finally be
mobile. |
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Yulian Torres suffers from
ichthyosis, or fish scale disease. Her skin is extremely dry and
requires special lotion to help with the dryness. MHL supplies her
with Cetaphil, the only nonprescription lotion that soothes her
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Wendy lives with her
mother, sister, and 2 brothers in Nueva Capital. Her leg was badly
burned by hot coffee in an accident. Her 1-year-old brother Jonathan
suffered from pneumonia. MHL helped the family with medicines for
both Wendy and Jonathan. We also provided money for the ambulance
Jonathan needed to rush him to the hospital. |
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Marco Antonio Avila
lives in Nueva Capital. By passing the test given to Santa Teresa
students, Marco was given a scholarship to attend special evening
classes at Taular, the top school in Honduras. MHL pays for his
transportation costs. |
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Contact Us |
Mission Honduras LeMars
PO Box 1203
Le Mars, IA 51031
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Phone: 712-540-3062
Email:
rseivert2@yahoo.com
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