Q: What is the goal of RTF? Is it to eradicate illiteracy or bring the people up to a level of health?

A: Each clinic serves a central area.  The goal, working in concert with the Ministry of Health, is to have 10 full service clinics.  This interlocking network will put all of the villagers of the Miskito Coast jungle within one-day of canoe paddling to a clinic.  Now it is often as much as 6 days travel by dug-out canoe for help.

We ship ocean freight containers to our project in Cambodia.  They are asking us to come there with our clinic projects as well - same arrangement as we do in Honduras.  When, depends on budget.  At this time we cannot take on any additional commitments.

Another project is our Literacy Learning Centers for women in Afghanistan.  We have six centers now that teach basic literacy. Our oldest student is 54 years old - just now learning to read and write.  We work in Jaghouri province with Hazara (Mongol) people. This year we purchased 32 sewing machines and have hired a Hazara lady from Kabul to come to Jaghouri and teach sewing and tailoring.  Goal is to provide basic literacy and basic job skills.