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Little Angels of HondurasA N N U A L R E P O R T

Thank you for your generosity in 2014. Your willingness to be part of this journey with us has allowed our organization to impact over 5,000 babies and their parents at hospitals in Honduras this year. We hope that you will be satisfied with the achievements highlighted in this report. These achievements were made possi-ble by YOU - our funders, partners, and friends. Thank you for trusting our organization.

At Little Angels of Honduras, we are just getting started. In 2015 we look forward to growth in services and progress in the con-struction of a new maternal-infant care hospital for the nation. We are committed to providing mothers and their babies with excellent care, in spite of poverty. Your investment does just that. It grants life to newborns and hope to impoverished mothers.

Thank you for believing in us and for believing in them. Gratefully,

Executive Director Katie E. Castro

A word from our Executive Director

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Statistics:Statistics:

TheProblem

Inside the country’s largest public hospital, 40% of the newborn babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are dying preventable deaths (reported by National Autonomous University of Honduras), primarily from infections caused by the lack of adequate sanitation, (diapers, wipes, anti- bacterial gel, and other items that Americans take for grgranted).

In addition, 56% of the babies are dying waiting for space to open up in the NICU. The 47 year-old-building, designed for 7,000 births annually, has been outdated for decades. In 2013 the hospital closed out the year with 22,000 births.

The newborns that survive and recieve treatment

are then admitted intothe NICU

Escuela Hospital

of babies who need hospitalization

waiting for physical space.

DIE

56%

of newborns inside theNICU

due to preventable infections.

40%

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Statistics:Statistics:

TheProblem

Inside the country’s largest public hospital, 40% of the newborn babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are dying preventable deaths (reported by National Autonomous University of Honduras), primarily from infections caused by the lack of adequate sanitation, (diapers, wipes, anti- bacterial gel, and other items that Americans take for grgranted).

In addition, 56% of the babies are dying waiting for space to open up in the NICU. The 47 year-old-building, designed for 7,000 births annually, has been outdated for decades. In 2013 the hospital closed out the year with 22,000 births.

The newborns that survive and recieve treatment

are then admitted intothe NICU

Escuela Hospital

of babies who need hospitalization

waiting for physical space.

DIE

56%

of newborns inside theNICU

due to preventable infections.

40%

Alejandro Young (Chief Doctor of the Neonatal Intensive Care

Unit):

“Escuela Hospi“Escuela Hospital is the largest national receiving hospital.

Poverty is manifested here. Our needs are as diverse as the population that comes. We

have people so poor that they cannot afford a diaper. So we hahave the need to fundraise

outside of the supermarkets for things as simple as diapers. We

even have a shortage of needles. We have had to go to

private hospitals to ask for needles so that we can have

them them available at our hospital. We also have needs as large as ventilators for babies who are dying of pulmonary infections. So, the spectrum of needs that

the (NICU) has is quite large. There is no donation too small tto be useful to us. Absolutely everything is useful to us. We

would be grateful for anything.”

Quote: Quote:Dr. Alejandro Young

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The vision of Little Angels of Honduras is to provide generations of parents in Honduras with the gift of

hope and the ability to take their babies home

in their arms. in their arms.

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OurMission

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GovernmentOfficialsSustained strategic meetings with the First Lady of Honduras Ana de Hernandez, with Minister of Health Yolani Batres, with the Ministry of Finance, with the Honduran-American Chamber of Commerce, and with representatives from the private sector of Honduras.

In October 2014, the creation of LAH’s proposed maternal-infant care hospital was presented in Honduran Congress by Congressman Antonio Leva.

Tegucigalapa, Honduras

AchievmentsAchievments2013-14

Little Angels of Honduras is celebrating profound strides In the last year.

Little Angels of Honduras has developed a relationship with the government and private sector of Honduras.

Partnership

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The Design Committee

3. Schematic Design

It is the objective of Little Angels of Honduras to create a national perinatal hospital to most effectively and rapidly combat maternal-infant mortality in the nation of Honduras. The proposed institute will respond to the four largest deficits in the perinatal sector of healthcare: prenatal care, tertiary care, perinatal education, and adolescent outreach.

TheThe hospital will be a high risk, third level care center located in the nation’s capital city Tegucigalpa, Honduras. All high risk pregnancies and adolescent pregnancies will be referred to the hospital for specialized medical attention. These mothers will receive close monitoring and education during their pregnancies, labor and delivery services, and treatment for their newborns, if necessary. The hospital will also be a training center for local universities medical programs and for quarterly training for perinatal staff located in remote parts of Honduras.

TheThe United Nations has reported that Honduras currently has the second highest amount of teenage pregnancies per capita in the Western Hemisphere. The hospital will not only treat adolescent pregnancies to secure safe development and delivery of infants; it will also serve as a national center of training and outreach to reduce the quantity of adolescent pregnancies. Staff from the hospital will work in collaboration with national media, community leaders, and public schools to spearhead national coordination for this effort. The hospital’s facilities will be the center of this initiative. This will be more than just a building that provides healthhealthcare; it will be an icon of hope for the families of Honduras.

Maternal Infant Care Hospital (General Description)

Little Angels of Honduras has finished the design for a new maternal-infant care hospital. A design committee of professional volunteers from the U.S. and Honduras contributed to the design and guided the process.

Christian Perry: Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Design Cortland Knopp: Master’s in Architecture Student at the University of Buffalo Mario Aguilar:Mario Aguilar: Owner/General Manager at MARIO R. AGUILAR, AIA, ARQUITECTO, HondurasDr. Alejandro Young: Chief Neonatologist of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Escuela Hospital, Tegucigalpa, HondurasDDr. Mardelle Shepley: Professor at Cornell University Department of Design and Environmental AnalysisDr. Robert White, MD: Neonat/ Perinatology: South Bend, INDirector, Regional Newborn ProgramTTerri Zborowsky: Zborowsky Healthcare Design Consulting, University of MinnesotaDDr. Heinrich Hermann: Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture and Design, SUNY College of Technology at Alfred State. Rex Simpson: Professor of Architecture at Alfred State College

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