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Project HOPE has responded to the health crisis facing migrants and refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2018. As the number of migrants rises and health needs become more urgent, our teams have expanded programming in Colombia, Ecuador, and Honduras.
Key Updates
- Project HOPE is supporting the health, WASH, and protection needs of migrants and local host communities in Colombia, Ecuador, and Honduras.
- Local teams at 26 site locations are providing urgent health and humanitarian services in areas hosting large numbers of migrants and/or high volumes of migratory transit.
- Psychological first aid is being provided to migrants in all three countries at 10 site locations.
- Project HOPE’s medical teams are conducting medical consultations at 17 health facilities and mobile clinics.
- Essential infrastructure rehabilitation and repair projects are underway at eight site locations.
- 1,830 WASH kits have been distributed to 1,769 migrants and host community members
.Response Overview
As more and more people are displaced and make the difficult decision to migrate Project HOPE is now providing health support — paired with urgently needed protection and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services — to migrants and host community members in Colombia, Ecuador and Honduras, which host large numbers of migrants and are home to high-flow migratory transit pathways.
Project HOPE’s regional response to the health crisis facing migrants and refugees is powered by support from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From January- July 2024, Project HOPE reached more than 16,000 migrants and host community members through the following regional response activities:
- Supported 26 site locations — including health centers, shelters, transit centers and mobile clinics — with health services, WASH repairs, rehabilitation projects, and equipment.
- Provided health services to migrant and host community members at 17 health facilities and mobile clinics
- Engaged 35 health workers to provide health services
- Provided 12,885 outpatient medical consultations
- Reached 4,128 people with health promotion and community outreach services
- Provided 1,092 psychological consultations
- Completed WASH rehabilitations projects at eight migrant support sites (health facilities, shelters, and transit centers)
- Distributed 1,830 WASH kits (hygiene, dignity, and birth kits) to 1,769 people