Ojo de Agua, El Salvador
Initial Training
Due to the rural nature of caserios (villages) in Texistepeque, El Salvador, access to a local health center is quite limited, leading to a high incidence of preventable health diseases among these communities. IHELP plans to train Community Health Workers (CHWs) across each of the six Texistepeque districts. With limited access to public transportation, our CHWs will be able to help provide health education and resources directly to their community. Ojo de Agua is Project #5 of our Texistepeque Rural Caserios Project, where 23 new CHWs were certified and equipped.
Training Topics
- Vital Signs
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- High Cholesterol
- Renal Failure
- GI Issues
- First Aid
- Respiratory Illnesses
- Skin Infections
I would like to thank IHELP for sending Madeleine and Adriana as part of our training and for helping our communities. It’s a great project, we are motivated to learn and to put into practice what we have learned whether it be personally or in our communities. This has been a great help and satisfaction in helping our communities thanks to you.
– CHW Nancy
Where:
El Salvador
Date:
March 2023
# of Trained CHWs:
23
Focus:
Initial Training
Advanced First Aid Certification
The Ojo de Agua Community Health Worker (CHW) group has been active since its initial training in 2023. This was the group’s first advanced certification, but the group expressed its deepest gratitude for this training, explaining how useful the training topics would be for their communities. The training also allowed this group to collaborate with San Miguel’s group and further their community collaboration. We are excited to see how this new information can continue to empower the CHWs and increase their confidence in themselves.
Training Topics
- Basic Life Support
- Wound & Burn Care
- Bleeding
- Shock
- Heat Emergencies
- Bites & Stings
- Muscle, Bone, & Joint Problems
- Allergens/Asthma & Anaphylaxis
Warmest regards to all. I want to thank you for all of your support and your help. Thanks to you, we were able to learn a lot. It was my first session, and I felt so happy to learn this, and I hope to put it into practice. Thank you to you all for your donations, time and support. May god bless you always. Thank you 🙂
– CHW Ángela
Where:
El Salvador
Date:
March 2026
# of Trained CHWs:
7
Focus:
First Aid
