PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC

DISASTERS AND HEALTH CARE: PROJECT HOPE ADDRESSES HEALTH CARE NEEDS BY RESPONDING URGENTLY TO GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND HELPING COMMUNITIES BETTER PREPARE FOR THE NEXT TIME DISASTER STRIKES. WE SUPPORT LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS WITH IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM RELIEF IN THE WAKE OF DISASTER, OFTEN STAYING BEYOND OUR INITIAL RESPONSE TO HELP COMMUNITIES AS THEY MOVE INTO RECOVERY. AS OUTBREAKS OF DISEASES, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND CONFLICT CONTINUE TO ENDANGER ENTIRE POPULATIONS, PROJECT HOPE PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE HELPING COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE RESILIENT TO DISASTERS THAT THREATEN PUBLIC HEALTH. OUR SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS INCLUDE: PROVIDING IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO FILL GAPS IN BASIC NEEDS, PROTECTION AND HEALTH SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN VULNERABLE OR CRISIS-AFFECTED POPULATIONS; PROVIDING DIRECT HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR ACCESS TO SUCH SERVICES; TRAINING FIRST RESPONDERS; EQUIPPING AND STAFFING CLINICS AND HOSPITALS, DEPLOYING VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND SUPPLIES; AND STRENGTHENING COUNTRY CAPACITY TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO EMERGING THREATS. DURING 2024, OUR DISASTER RESPONSE AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES REACHED OVER 4.1 MILLION PEOPLE, INCLUDING DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES FOR 2.9 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DISASTERS OR HUMANITARIAN CRISES. WE ALSO DONATED $79.2 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT, MEDICINES, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS: PROJECT HOPE WORKED IN 23 COUNTRIES IN 2024 TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING HEALTH NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WE WORK WITHIN EXISTING HEALTH SYSTEMS TO EMPOWER HEALTH WORKERS AND PROVIDE THE SOLUTIONS COMMUNITIES NEED MOST. WE UTILIZE EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE DIRECT HEALTH CARE SERVICES, EQUIPPING CLINICS AND HOSPITALS, AND TRAINING LOCAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN THE AREAS OF INFECTIOUS AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, AND MATERNAL, NEONATAL, AND CHILD HEALTH. PROJECT HOPE PARTNERS WITH CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE GREATEST NEEDS FACING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND DELIVER SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. IN 2024, PROJECT HOPE HELPED TRAIN APPROXIMATELY 34,000 HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND REACHED OVER 4.1 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH ALL PROGRAMS.