San Luis Planes, Honduras
San Luis Planes is a village located within the furthest municipal limits of Santa Barbara, Honduras, the provincial capital. The town rests on a plateau at around 1,300 meters above sea level (apx. 4,500 ft), within the buffer zone of the Santa Barbara National Park. There are about 1,325 inhabitants within 290 households. What’s more, the nearly 4,000 people of the seven surrounding villages also use the Health Clinic. People make a living primarily harvesting coffee and other agricultural endeavors.
The average household annual income is approximately 25,000 lempiras (around $1,315). San Luis Planes contains a K-9 school with twelve teachers, a coffee cooperative, three churches, a community center, a police sub-station, a soccer field, and said small Health Clinic. The town was connected to the national electric grid in 2008.
The greater area has felt the need for this project for years, but hasn’t been able to obtain financial support until now. With that goal in mind, 25 community leaders from various key organizations in San Luis Planes
(churches, the town council, the school, the coffee cooperative etc) came together to form a committee to work on this project. They also have the support of the town councils of the surrounding villages as well
as the mayor’s office of Santa Barbara.
The average household annual income is approximately 25,000 lempiras (around $1,315). San Luis Planes contains a K-9 school with twelve teachers, a coffee cooperative, three churches, a community center, a police sub-station, a soccer field, and said small Health Clinic. The town was connected to the national electric grid in 2008.
The greater area has felt the need for this project for years, but hasn’t been able to obtain financial support until now. With that goal in mind, 25 community leaders from various key organizations in San Luis Planes
(churches, the town council, the school, the coffee cooperative etc) came together to form a committee to work on this project. They also have the support of the town councils of the surrounding villages as well
as the mayor’s office of Santa Barbara.