North Choluteca Mancomunidad
This mancomunidad is organized by the municipalities of: San Antonio de Flores, Pespire, San Isidro and San José, from the Department of Choluteca, located in the northern part of the Department of Choluteca, adjacent to the southern part of the Department of Francisco Morazán. The mancomunidad has an area of 507.4 square kilometers and a population of approximately 400,000 inhabitants.

The work of this population is primarily subsistence agricultural production, small scale farming, craft production (pottery, plastic weaving and its derivatives), and sand and rock removal for small scale commercial use. The established priorities of this mancomunidad in the new period of the municipal government are: management of solid waste and municipal cemeteries, construction of latrines, construction of recreation centers, quality and quantity of drinking water reserves, construction of school classrooms, opening of means of communication, protection of the environment, improving health service, improving education services, control of the problems of drug addiction, development of rural electric systems, and supporting arts and culture and support for production.

This mancomunidad has been in existence for eight years, and has experience in the development of strategic plans, for which they have formed leaders within the community. Their focus problem is food Insecurity Their established programs are oriented towards health, communication methods, agricultural production and social audits, for which they anticipates an initial budget of 1 million lempiras, 1.5 % which will come from the state and the rest from tax collection. Currently collaborating with the mancomunidad are the Government of Switzerland through ASDI in training and the NGO ASPRODE in micro-enterprise development.

La Botija and Guanacaure Mancomunidad (MAMBOCAURE)
This mancomunidad is made up of the municipalities of El Corpus, Concepción de Maria, San Marcos, Namasig?e, Duyure, El Tirunfo, Santa Ana de Yusguare and Apacilagua, all from the department of Choluteca, with a population of 151,563 inhabitants and an area of 1813 square kilometers. Their objective is to promote integral development in these municipalities through institutional and socioeconomic reinforcement.

Their chief economic activities are basic grain production and small-scale cattle farming. These territories are adjacent to Nicaragua. Unfortunately, in this area there has been poor management of natural resources resulting in irregular winters and as a consequence, long dry periods followed by heavy flooding in the rainy season. This mancomunidad shows similar challenges to the other regions of the country: low agricultural production yields, low prices for the sale of its products because of the presence of middle-men, unemployment, urban migration of the population, delinquency, a high incidence of alcoholism, family violence and limited access to health services. Other NGO’s that are currently collaborating in some of the municipalities in this mancomunidad are: TROKAIRE, PRODEMHON, Action Against Hunger and State Institutions.