Manos Amigas has no coronavirus test kits, nor do other private or public clinics. Only the National Institute of Virology in Tegucigalpa is doing the tests. As of April 18, Honduras had conducted 2,535 tests, which is 256 tests per one million people, compared with 11,492 tests per one million people in the United States.

COVID-19 has hit developing countries like Honduras particularly hard. Many Hondurans live off of only what they can sell each day in a roadside stand. For those that have a steady job, most have been laid off and those who are still working are receiving only half-pay.

Serving at the Crossroads Founder Bob Sumner and his wife Pauline along with Dr. George Trajtenberg and his wife Adrianna were featured in the 2016 Chester County Foundation Donor Report for their work with Serving at the Crossroads and the Manos Amigas Clinic.

Although the clinic is only a few years old, there is always more than can be done to improve the facility and the operation.

The container is loaded and will be picked up. The process took 2 1/2 days involving transporting stored equipment and supplies from 4 different locations. The logistics were organizing and coordinating people and trucks.

November is election time in Honduras too—not only for political office, but for the Board of Directors of Manos Amigas as well. Roberto Hernandez, the incumbent mayor and local businessman, is running for re-election in La Entrada. Prior to holding elective office, Roberto was the president of the Board of Directors for Manos Amigas.

The Manos Amigas Clinic joined in with other institutions around the world and marked World AIDS Day, a time to remember the critical fight against HIV and AIDS. Doing its part, clinic staff designed and erected a massive poster-board display in the patient reception area to call attention to the event on December 1, 2012.

SATC participated in the November conference at the Honduran Embassy with the Primera Dama, the First Lady of Honduras, Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo and Jorge Ramon Hernandez, Ambassador to the US leading the way in frank, open discussion sessions.