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CHICAGO, IL (July 12, 2007) \u2013Hispanic pastors in the Evangelical Covenant Church are using a targeted curriculum and film to break down longstanding barriers that have kept Latino communities from assisting people with AIDS\/HIV as well as stopping the spread of the disease.
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\nThe material is produced by Esperanza USA, a national Christian Hispanic organization with which the Covenant has been involved. As part of its \u201cYou are the answer\u201d campaign, the organization produced a short film in Spanish with English subtitles entitled Don’t Give Up<\/em> (No Te Rindas). The film is a drama about how a Christian family is affected by the disease and how their church reacts to them. A workbook is used in conjunction with the film.<\/p>\n

The organization also produced a music video and accompanying compact disc called “There is a Way” (Hay una Respuesta). Several major Hispanic music artists contributed their talents to the song, including Marcos Witt, Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Rodr\u00edguez, Yuri, Julissa, Ricardo Montaner and Maria del Sol.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere really hasn\u2019t been anything for Hispanics and Hispanic pastors,\u201d says Willie Franco, pastor of Canto Nuevo Covenant Church in Walnut Creek, California. \u201cPastors and the church don\u2019t know how to deal with this. If someone comes into their church with AIDS, the first thing they think is it\u2019s a sin, but we need to show compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lack of information and cultural issues have contributed to the rapid spread of the disease among Latinos in the United States and elsewhere, says Walter Contreras, director of Mission Mobilization and Connection in the Department of World Mission of the Evangelical Covenant Church. \u201cThe problem with AIDS in Latin American communities is where Africa was 10 years ago,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

According to Esperanza:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01.9 million people are living with HIV, and 177,000 new HIV cases were reported in Latin America and the Caribbean
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a086,000 people died from AIDS in 2005 in Latin America and the Caribbean
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Outside of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean is the second most affected region in the world
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0From 1999-2002, the number of new HIV\/AIDS diagnoses increased 26 percent among Hispanics in the United States
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Of the AIDS cases reported in 2004 in the United States, 21 percent were among Hispanic adults and adolescents
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Hispanic children accounted for 26 percent of all pediatric AIDS cases reported through 2001 in the United States
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The AIDS rate among Hispanic women is eight times higher than for white women and represents 20 percent of AIDS cases among women in the United States<\/p>\n

Major cultural issues have kept Hispanic churches from reaching out to people with AIDS, including shame, Contreras says. \u201cIf a person dies of AIDS, they will say that the person died of something else. They won\u2019t say someone died of AIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Contreras, other factors include the reluctance to discuss sexual issues on an intimate level, a belief that AIDS is a punishment of God, and clergy not wanting to be connected in any way with gay, lesbian, and transgender groups, and undocumented immigrants afraid to seek assistance.<\/p>\n

The material is helping Latinos to reach out to people with AIDS\/HIV, say those who have used it. \u201cWe have had a good response,\u201d says Gabriel Quiroga, who is planting the Camino de Vida Covenant Church in Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n

Quiroga is using the Spanish curriculum with students at the University of Arizona. Many of the students are from Central America and the Caribbean and they will take the information back to their countries, Quiroga adds.<\/p>\n

Franco has used the Spanish curriculum and shown the movie to community groups as well as in his church. \u201cPeople want to learn,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Meeting with the groups also is a means of evangelism, Franco says. \u201cWe show the film and at the end, we share the gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, see Esperanza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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