Monthly Update

Siempre Unidos is growing in Honduras and the U.S.! In Honduras, we saw a significant growth in the number of patients served. All of our newly diagnosed HIV+ clients were between the ages of 15 and 25, which is a shift we have seen in recent years. Almost all were gay men or transgender women.Read more

“Josie” is a 26-year-old mother raising three children ages 7, 5, and 1 year on her own. She lives just outside of the dump in San Pedro Sula, Honduras where she makes a living picking through the garbage for items to resell. The Siempre Unidos staff provide monthly day-long health fairs, health education workshops, andRead more

With your tremendous support, we achieved high ratings in Honduras and the U.S. for our HIV and primary care services for people who are marginalized due to their gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and/or poverty. As you will read in the 2022 Annual Report, the accolades include a 100% score on patient care from the Honduras Secretary of Health andRead more

“We met doctors from Spain and Switzerland,” Pascual Torres, the Honduras Executive Director wrote. “They visited to introduce themselves as the new regional directors of Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF).” The Doctors Without Borders directors sought out Siempre Unidos because of our work with vulnerable groups, e.g., people living with HIV and/or in extreme poverty. WeRead more

We are grateful for your support of our clinical, advocacy, and outreach services for people living with HIV in Honduras. Facing stigma and poverty, many of our patients call Siempre Unidos their family. Thank you for being a part of Siempre Unidos. We wish you a Happy New Year!Read more

“Our little neighbors, and their pet, came this morning to pay a visit to our facility and had an informal chat with me,” Pascual Torres, the Honduras Executive Director wrote last week. “They all received bags of candies.” Situated where the territory of two gangs meet, our San Pedro Sula clinic is an oasis ofRead more

Medications for high blood pressure and diabetes, antibiotics, and pain relievers fill our pharmacy shelves. When the Covid pandemic hit, our staff and patients were well provisioned with masks. People prefer our services for many reasons, including a reliable supply of medications in a country where government clinics face frequent shortages. We are grateful toRead more

Having grown up in the bordos, unincorporated communities living in make-shift huts without sanitation and subject to flooding from the rivers, Gina Meza knew the health challenges her neighbors faced. We met her in 2016 when she was supporting herself through medical school by cleaning and selling large, used coffee bags at marketplaces and peddlingRead more

“We at Siempre Unidos have been very busy carrying out all sorts of activities including health fairs, raising HIV awareness, educating, and testing,” Pascual Torres, the Honduran Executive Director and Co-founder writes. “We have held social parades and more in our three geographic sites and communities. See the different photos and activities.” Thank you forRead more

The Garifuna people, descendants of Africans who escaped slavery and indigenous Caribbean peoples, speak a language that reflects these histories plus the legacies of French, Spanish, and English-speaking colonists. The Garifuna communities, like other marginalized peoples of African ancestry around the world, have a high HIV burden. With the support of Gilead Sciences and others,Read more