Episcopal Relief & Development
Contact

(0) My Cart

Gifts for Life Donate Now
menu
search
  • What We Do
    • Priorities
      • Women
      • Children
      • Climate
    • Integrated Approach
      • Agriculture
      • Asset-Based Community Development
      • Clean Water
      • Disaster Resilience
      • Gender Equality & GBV
        • 16 Days of Activism Toolkit
        • Ending GBV in Liberia
      • Global Goals
      • Malaria – NetsforLife®
      • Maternal & Child Health
        • Early Childhood Development
      • Micro-finance
      • Sanitation & Hygiene
    • US Disaster Program
      • Emergency Responses
      • Long-term Recovery
      • Understanding the 3 Phases of disasters
      • What Can I Do During Disasters?
      • The Episcopal Asset Map and Disasters
      • Resource Library
    • Ukraine Crisis Response
    • COVID-19 Pandemic Response
  • Where We Work
    • Africa
      • Angola
      • Burundi
      • Democratic Republic of Congo
      • Ghana
      • Kenya
      • Liberia
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Namibia
      • South Sudan
      • Tanzania
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Asia
      • Myanmar [Burma]
      • The Philippines
      • Sri Lanka
      • Vanuatu
    • Latin America & the Caribbean
      • Brazil
      • Colombia
      • Cuba
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Haiti
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
    • The Middle East
    • United States
  • Who We Are
    • Mission and Mandate
    • History
    • Financials and Annual Reports
      • Financials Archive
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Board And Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Staff
  • What You Can Do
    • Give
      • Donate Now
      • Sustainers Circle
      • Planned Giving
        • Matthew 25 Legacy Society
      • Other Giving Opportunities
        • Corporate Matching
        • Honor and Memorial Gifts
        • Gifts of Stock or Securities
        • Combined Federal Campaign
        • IRA Charitable Rollover Gifts
      • Our Pledge to Donors
    • Stay Informed
      • Stories
      • Sign Up
      • Newsletters
        • Seek & Serve – Newsletter
        • US Disaster News
    • Volunteer
      • Become a Ministry Partner
        • Congregational Recognition Program
      • Great Ideas to Help Make a Difference
    • Pray
    • Careers
    • Faith Formation
  • Press & Resources
    • 2023 Press Releases
      • Episcopal Relief & Development Receives Research Grant from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to Study Early Childhood Development Work
      • Supporting Partners in Türkiye and Syria after the February 2023 Earthquake
      • Episcopal Relief & Development and Trinity Church Wall Street Announce Five-Year Partnership to Build Resilience for One Million People Worldwide
    • 2022 Press Releases
      • Supporting Humanitarian Response to the Crisis in Ukraine
      • Episcopal Relief & Development Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
      • Haiti Earthquake Response
    • Stories
      • Mapping Assets Builds Resilience
      • A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
      • Partnering to Uphold the Dignity of Marginalized Communities in Honduras
    • Photo + Video
    • Online press kit
    • Media contact information
  • Church in Action
    • 2023 Lenten Meditations
    • Abundant Life Garden Project®
    • Church Resources
      • Worship Resources
      • Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday
      • Pray
      • Bulletin Inserts
      • Materials
    • Faith Formation
      • Educational Resources
      • Abundant Life Garden Project®
      • Coloring Book
      • Lectio Divina
Home | Stories | Partnering to Uphold the Dignity of Marginalized Communities in Honduras

Partnering to Uphold the Dignity of Marginalized Communities in Honduras

share
Dr. Eylin at the Chamelecon Military Complex.

Dr. Eylin is a dentist and leads the health unit at the Chamelecon Military Complex, located outside of San Pedro Sula. The unit’s health is her responsibility. Partnering with the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras’ Siempre Unidos (Always United) ministry through the Siloe Project, she facilitates rapid HIV testing and follow-up, advocates for gender equality and speaks out against gender-based violence. Being a young woman in a leadership position in a traditionally male-dominated space has proven challenging but also a prime opportunity to affect change.

Blood testing in Honduras, 2014.
Blood testing in Honduras, 2014.

Dr. Eylin has helped reduce the rate of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases among the military personnel in her care. Calling the Siloe Project a “strategic partner,” Dr. Eylin is grateful for the professionalism of the team members who come to the military police complex to give talks about safer sex practices or to perform rapid HIV/AIDS testing.

Because of the work of the Siloe Project team, Dr. Eylin says, officers are “putting into practice what they have learned in the talks.” Without the Siloe Project, her unit would not have been able to achieve these results, she says.

However, the way that the pandemic isolated some officers eroded that progress, she notes. When new HIV cases were detected as a result, Dr. Eylin and the team at Siloe helped provide people the care they needed.

Siempre Unidos float at a Pride Parade in Honduras, 2014.
Siempre Unidos float at a Pride Parade in Honduras, 2014.

Episcopal Relief & Development partners with the Siloe Project to uphold the dignity of marginalized people such as commercial sex workers, LGBTQ+ people, people living in slums, incarcerated people and ethnic minority communities. The project aims to prevent sexual and gender-based violence through awareness education and by empowering faith leaders to speak out against violence. With your support, we are able to effect lasting change for women and marginalized communities in Honduras and around the world.

View Episcopal Relief & Development’s 2021 Annual Report for more stories of lasting change.

Sign up for News
Order Gifts for Life!

Read the Latest Stories

Quick Links

Prayers for Those Affected by Disaster

The Episcopal Asset Map 

Resources & Learning

Click below to access our Resource Library and learn more about our efforts around the world.

Discover

LENTEN MEDITATIONS

THIS LENT, WE INVITE YOU TO REFLECT
ON THE QUESTION, “WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?”

Read More
Episcopal Relief & Development
QUICK LINKS
  • Who We Are
  • Sign Up
  • Stories
  • Contact Us
Connect With Us
  • 1.855.312.4325
  • info@episcopalrelief.org
© 2023 Episcopal Relief & Development
  • Privacy Statement
  • Sitemap

Sign up to receive the latest stories.

15987