Description Honduras has experienced rapid urbanisation over the last twenty years. The capital, Tegucigalpa has a population of 850,000, more than half of whom live in 225 peri-urban communities.
Surface water is almost non-existent, and groundwater is often too deep and polluted.
The provision of basic services such as water and sewage systems is very difficult and costly. Most of the potable water is transported from outside the city. Hygiene education has been promoted through a pilot project called Healthy School and Healthy House, which started in 1996. All beneficiary communities and Water Boards receive assistance and training through primary schools, street cleaning and garbage collection, cleaning and community improvements. Once the members, now called Family Visitors, have been trained, they are responsible for individual visits to a specific number of families, a set number of times.