Shoulder to Shoulder, Inc.

We work shoulder to shoulder with our communities to to create, implement, and operate equitably accessible, sustainable health, nutrition, and education services in the rural frontier of Honduras. Shoulder to Shoulder began providing health care services in southern Intibucá, Honduras in 1990, six years prior to its official American incorporation. It was established by Dr. Jeff Heck of the University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Department in collaboration with the people of Santa Lucia, Intibucá. Today, Shoulder to Shoulder remains a private, non-profit, non-governmental organization. In the spirit of local empowerment, Shoulder to Shoulder, Inc., worked with local community leaders in Honduras to form Hombro a Hombro, a grassroots, community-based, non-profit NGO registered in Honduras since 1998. Shoulder to Shoulder and Hombro a Hombro work in tandem to achieve a single mission: to work together with our diverse communities to to create, implement, and operate equitably accessible, sustainable health, nutrition, and education services. Shoulder to Shoulder focuses its efforts in the areas of basic health care, advanced medicine, dental services, education programs, community health programs, and nutrition within the communities we serve. By incorporating these areas into our care and outreach, we are able to lay a solid foundation for public health issues that affect the communities we serve. Over the last 25 years, we have expanded to include the municipalities of Santa Lucia, San Antonio, Magdalena, Concepción and San Marcos de Sierra, Camasca, and Colomoncagua. Faithful to our philosophy of working shoulder to shoulder, we have formed a partnership with the Honduran Ministry of Health in order to become the exclusive provider of health care for over 69,000 rural Hondurans. We employ over 150 Honduran staff. Shoulder to Shoulder's American-based physicians and staff are 100% volunteer.