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Project HOPE
About Project HOPE
The name Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE) is reflected in its mission:
It is Project HOPE's mission to achieve sustainable advances in health care around the world by implementing health education programs, conducting health policy research, and providing humanitarian assistance in areas of need; thereby contributing to human dignity, promoting international understanding, and enhancing social and economic development. The essence of Project HOPE is teaching; the basis is partnership.
The History of HOPE
Identifiable to many by the S.S. HOPE, the world's first peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now conducts land-based medical training and health care education programs on five continents, including North America. In 1958, the Project HOPE - the People to People Health Foundation, Inc. and its principal activity, Project HOPE, was founded by William Walsh, M.D.
The mission of the organization is reflected in the name Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE) and in a very simple philosophy: Go only where invited, and help people help themselves. Since that time over 5,000 health care professionals and volunteer educators have worked for HOPE. Project HOPE now provides approximately $100 million worth of resources to between 20-30 countries each year.
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