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- [Narrator] Operating in Gracias a Dios,

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one of the most remote
regions in Central America.

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When we arrived, there was
a feeling of desolation,

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of hopelessness.

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A school system that existed
where we saw students

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in shacks lacking books,
desks, things to write with.

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Going home to houses that were built

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with a few sheets of tin.

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The hospital in Puerto
Lempira was unsecure.

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It didn't have a perimeter fence.

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Thieves stealing medicine,

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harassing the doctors and
interns that lived on site.

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In the end, almost a half a mile

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of double thick concertina wired.

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The end result was that average occurrence

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of three to four incidences every week

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of thieves stealing

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and harassing doctors ceased.

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One of the most significant
resources that they have

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is a hyperbaric chamber.

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Many of the residents
take to the water to fish.

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They're free diving and
coming back up too quickly,

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resulting in Bends and
without the availability

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of a hyperbaric chamber,
most of them would succumb

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to their illnesses.

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On an average now, that
hyperbaric chamber is treating

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between 15 and 30 people per month.

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2015, the first SPMAGTF.

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They were tasked with building
three schools 30 by 60.

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Most of them replacing
the existing structures

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that were falling apart.

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The following year, SPMSGTF,
16 the equipment came

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from 46 different reserve
centers all across the country.

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Schools are in very good condition.

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You could tell that
there's pride of ownership.

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The interior of the schools,
the classrooms are vibrant.

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Our goal was to help improve
their quality of life

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with their most important

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and cherished asset, their children.

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