This trip was specifically to take supplies to San Lorenzo Hospital, San Lorenzo, Honduras, a small pueblo on the Pacific Coast. We purchased a wonderful 71 passenger yellow school bus (shown here with master mechanic Mark Ross and Ben Johnson, who has stenciled all of our buses). from George Logan of New England Transport of Tygsboro, MA, and loaded it up with 126 big boxes of medical supplies, 3 wheel chairs, 23 walkers, and 64 pairs of crutches.

Most of the 126 boxes were filled with sheets, towels, blankets and other hospital supplies from Martha's Vineyard Hospital, who generously donated many other materials for San Lorenzo. Here is the bus being unloaded by our new representatives in Honduras, Manuel and Oscar Flores of Tegucigalpa.

This is a photo of a patient at San Lorenzo Hospital, sleeping on a plastic mattress, before our donations arrived.

The supplies in the San Lorenzo Hospital Lobby

San Lorenzo Hospital's equipment was destroyed in Hurricane Mitch, when mud and water buried the facility. The one story building is beautiful, and there is a team of dedicated doctors and nurses there to take care of thousands of very poor patients. It is our mission to find new equipment to replace the old, damaged units. Note the condition of the baby bassinets and the examining tables.
The Siuna Foundation now has four facilities it is affiliated with: the maternity clinic in Siuna, Nicaraga, the Emergency room clinic and school in Guadelupe la Zora, El Salvador, and now the Hospital San Lorenzo. Every donation will have a place to go. It is the decision of the foundation to work with these four facilities to maximize their potential before going on to build new clinics.