Pray ...

• FOR the 100,000 people who were infected with HIV in Latin America in 2007, bringing the region's total number of HIV infections to 1.6 million people.
• FOR a decrease in stigma and discrimination against HIV-affected people, which hinders efforts toward HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support.
• FOR strengthened human rights and gender equity programs that help to protect women in Latin America from HIV.
• FOR people who are marginalized — either through culture, racial or religious exclusion, or other causes — and who are living lifestyles that make them vulnerable to contracting HIV.
• THAT HIV issues would be considered in the fair-trade certification process in the Latin American coffee industry, which will establish humane working conditions among coffee growers and create sustainable employment.

Learn more: AIDS in Latin America

• Read about statistics and AIDS prevention programs in Latin America.
• Learn advocacy talking points (PDF) that will help you raise awareness about HIV in your community.
• Read how one Latin American country is taking action to help its residents affected with HIV get help.

Take action

• Find out how much you know about AIDS by taking an online test.
• See when the World Vision Experience: AIDS is coming to your town.