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8/14/2019 Hoping Heart DR

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Hoping Hearts

ofDominican Republic

Responding to the needs of AIDS orphans &

the HIV positive Community


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25 million people worldwide have died

from AIDS since 1981, making it one of

the three deadliest epidemics in human

history. The Caribbean is the region second

most-affected by AIDS in the world,

after sub-Saharan Africa. The island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti

and the Dominican Republic makes up

about 80 percent of all HIV cases in

the Caribbean.

HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death

among Dominican women of reproductive

age.Sources: USAID, CIA, UNAIDS, The World Factbook


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HIV/AIDS in the Dominican

Republic

7,900 (2003

est.)

Reported Deaths

88,000 (2003est.)

62,800 men

23,000 women

2,200 children

People Livingwith HIV

1.7 % (2003

est.)

Adult Prevalence

Rate

9,365,818 (2007

est.)

Total Population

Sources: USAID, CIA The World Factbook


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HIV/AIDS & Children

Approximately

58,000 Dominican

children age 0 to

14 are either

orphans or at risk

of becoming orphansbecause of the

HIV/AIDS epidemic

These children are

being raised by: Living sick

parent

Grandparents

Other relatives


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Psychological Effects on

Children:

A study on the psychological

effects on aids orphan showedthat:

Most children lost hope

They felt sad and helpless.

Many were angry and depressed

Have nightmares

Feel guilty


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Social Effects:

due to ignorance and lack ofeducation

about the disease

Extreme prejudice

Discrimination

Isolation

Rejection

In the Caribbean countries, anyoneconnected to HIV/AIDS is ridiculed,


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Economic Conditions:

Lack of family income

Lack basic human needs

Forty-two percent of the Dominican population

lives below the poverty line, and in some areas

31 percent of the people live in extreme poverty

-- Focalisation of Poverty report.


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Mission & Vision

Our mission is to improve thequality of life of AIDS orphans and

the HIV population in the Dominican

Republic, by providing them with

basic human needs and educationalopportunities.

Our ultimate vision is to offer

hope to every Aids orphan and HIV

positive individual in the DR

through showing them the love of

Jesus Christ in a practical way.


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Why?

Celia: friend who died of AIDS Daniel: Celias son

Yajaira in a AIDS orphanage in Mexico


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Why?

Joanna & my brotherJoanna

Their Children


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He who is kind to the

poor lends to the LORD,

and he will reward him

for what he has done.

--Proverbs 19:17 (NIV)

A generous man willhimself be blessed, for

he shares his food with

the poor.

--Proverbs 22:9 (NIV)

Together we can make

a difference in their lives!

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