Community Life:
- San Lucas is located three miles from the municipal seat of Santa Apolonia and has a population of 60 families.
- The primary productive activity in the village is agriculture. Corn and beans are the main crops, but they also grow potatoes, sweet peas, carrots, cauliflower and cabbage.
- There is public transportation every day to Santa Apolonia.
- When people need medical attention, they have to travel to the health center in Santa Apolonia.
- There is not a school in the community, so children walk three miles both ways every day to the nearest one.
- 50 percent of the population is Catholic and 50 percent is evangelical.
- Even if accessible during the whole year, almost 100 percent of their roads are unpaved.
Our Partnership:
We partnered with San Lucas from July of 2017 through June of 2019 to complete the following programs:
- Community Mobilization and Empowerment: Complete
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene: Complete. The potable water system, efficient cook stoves, gray water filters, and sanitary latrines were installed between June 2016 and February 2017.
- Nutrition: Complete
- Food Security (Sustainable Agriculture): Complete
- Family Planning: Complete
- Disaster Risk Reduction: Complete
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