Project HOPE

Project HOPE began working in Ukraine in 2002 with a life-skills program focused on drug use prevention, HIV prevention, and education for children in primary schools.{{Cite web |title=Our Work in Ukraine |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/ukraine/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}} In 2007, Project HOPE began a five-year, USAID-funded HIV/AIDS Service Capacity project in Ukraine focused on community mobilization for the country’s most at-risk populations.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=Crisis in Ukraine: How To Help |url=https://www.projecthope.org/crisis-in-ukraine-how-to-help/04/2022/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

From 2012–2017, Project HOPE helped improve the health of Ukrainians by enabling the Government of Ukraine to decrease the burden of TB and lower TB morbidity and mortality.

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Project HOPE launched a response within Ukraine and in the neighboring countries of Moldova, Poland, and Romania to provide health and humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians, including refugees fleeing the invasion.{{Cite journal |last=Torbay |first=Rabih |date=2022-06-01 |title=Ukraine: A Humanitarian Disaster With Long-Term Consequences |url=https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00444 |journal=Health Affairs |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=928 |doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00444 |pmid=35666973 |s2cid=249433976 |issn=0278-2715|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite news |title=Aid group assists refugees with basic needs at Polish-Ukraine border |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/20/1087783757/aid-group-assists-refugees-with-basic-needs-at-polish-ukraine-border |access-date=2022-08-01}}{{Cite web |title=How to help Ukrainians: These organizations are looking for donations |url=https://fortune.com/2022/02/25/how-to-help-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Fortune |language=en}}

Project HOPE has since delivered more than 300 pallets of medicines and medical supplies inside Ukraine, including trauma supplies, insulin, needles, hygiene kits, and more; launched multiple mobile medical units (MMUs) to provide primary health care to populations impacted by the violence; provided a trauma training course for trauma surgeons and students in Ukrainian health facilities; and completed multiple reconstruction projects in hospitals in Irpin and Bucha cities.{{Cite web |title=Health Europa Quarterly |url=https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=4cb1252d-d451-44ff-9e2a-e2c2e4dbaa6e&pnum=11 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk |language=en-US}}

Project HOPE launched a global response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support frontline health care workers, expand vaccine access, and provide medical surge support where needed.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-18 |title=Project HOPE's Coronavirus Response Updates |url=https://www.projecthope.org/covid-19-response-updates/03/2020/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

Project HOPE and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University developed and released a self-paced eLearning for health care professionals, as well as a “Training-of-Trainers” model to provide the critical skills and knowledge necessary for health workers to respond rapidly and efficiently to COVID-19 in their workplaces and communities, while protecting their own health.{{Cite web |title=COVID-19 Healthcare Workforce Training Resources |url=https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/technical-resources/137/covid-19-healthcare-workforce-training-resources/99 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=ASPR TRACIE |language=en}}

Through a program funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Project HOPE is working within five high-priority states of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and Georgia to provide resources, training, and support to CHWs to educate and assist individuals in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, with a focus on vulnerable and medically underserved communities, including racial and ethnic minority groups. Project HOPE has engaged a network of Free and Charitable Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers in these 37 counties with the highest unvaccinated but willing populations, to implement the outreach work and engage the community.{{Cite web |title=Community-Based Outreach to Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence {{!}} HRSA |url=https://www.hrsa.gov/coronavirus/community-based-outreach |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.hrsa.gov}}

Project HOPE has activated its global roster of medical volunteers to provide staff surge capacity and mobile testing in hard-hit areas including Houston; Chicago; Navajo Nation; and Montgomery County, Maryland.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Project HOPE's founding began with the SS HOPE, the first peacetime hospital ship (converted from the USS Consolation (AH-15)). Project HOPE's founding and early years received strong support from private sector businesses and the U.S. government.{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's history |url=https://www.projecthope.org/about-us/history/ |access-date=2019-04-06 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

The SS HOPE was retired in 1974, after sailing to Indonesia, South Vietnam, Peru, Ecuador, Guinea, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Tunisia, Jamaica, and Brazil. On these voyages doctors, nurses, and technical staff provided medical care and training to people in each country visited.

The SS HOPE was not replaced, and emphasis switched entirely to land-based operations.

Project HOPE has active programs in the following locations:

Source:{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's lifesaving work in Africa |url=https://www.projecthope.org/region/africa/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

• Ethiopia{{Cite web |title=Our Work in Ethiopia |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/ethiopia/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Malawi{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Malawi |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/malawi/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Namibia{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Namibia |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/namibia/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Nigeria{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Nigeria |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/nigeria/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Sierra Leone{{Cite web |title=Project HOPE in Sierra Leone |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/sierra-leone/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• South Africa
• Zambia{{Cite web |title=Our Work in Zambia |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/zambia/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

Source:{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in the Americas |url=https://www.projecthope.org/region/americas/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

• The Bahamas{{Cite web |title=Project HOPE in the Bahamas |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/the-bahamas/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Colombia{{Cite web |title=Our Work in Colombia |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/colombia/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Dominican Republic{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in the Dominican Republic |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/dominican-republic/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Ecuador{{Cite web |title=Our Work in Ecuador |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/ecuador/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Haiti{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Haiti |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/haiti/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Honduras{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Honduras |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/honduras/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Mexico{{Cite web |title=Project HOPE in Mexico |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/mexico/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• United States{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in the United States |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/united-states-territories/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

• China{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in China |url=https://www.projecthope.org/region/china/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Indonesia{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Indonesia |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/indonesia/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Philippines{{Cite web |title=Our Work in The Philippines |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/the-philippines/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

Source:{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Central & Eastern Europe |url=https://www.projecthope.org/region/central-eastern-europe/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

• Kosovo{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Kosovo |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/kosovo/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• North Macedonia{{Cite web |last1=help |first1=“Our mission is to enable health care workers to fulfill their full potential Training is the most sustainable way that you can |last2=lives |first2=support the health system Health workers will have that knowledge for the rest of their |last3=investments |first3=they can share that knowledge with their colleagues… With small |last4=Uzevski |first4=you can have a huge impact ”Vlatko |last5=Balkans |first5=Project HOPE regional manager for the |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Macedonia |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/north-macedonia/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Moldova
• Poland
• Romania
• Ukraine

Source:{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in the Middle East |url=https://www.projecthope.org/region/middle-east/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

• Egypt{{Cite web |title=Learn about Project HOPE's work in Egypt |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/egypt/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Palestinian territories{{Cite web |title=Occupied Palestinian Territories |url=https://www.projecthope.org/region/middle-east-north-africa/palestinian-territories/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}
• Yemen{{Cite web |title=Our Work in Yemen |url=https://www.projecthope.org/country/yemen/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

• Antigua
• Colombia
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Ghana
• Haiti
• Kiribati
• Liberia
• Marshall Islands
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Vietnam
• Western Samoa

[http://www.projecthope.org/site/PageServer?pagename=our_work_where_we_work Project HOPE: Where We Work] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706175349/http://www.projecthope.org/site/PageServer?pagename=our_work_where_we_work |date=2010-07-06 }}

• 2005 — When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, HOPE sent volunteer medical response teams to the area, where they provided nursing care to people in need.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Braner to Lead Project HOPE's Hurricane Katrina |url=https://news.ohsu.edu/2005/09/08/dr-braner-to-lead-project-hope-s-hurricane-katrina |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=OHSU News |language=en}}
• 2006 — HOPE continues to provide aid to the people on the Gulf Coast who were hit by Hurricane Katrina. In the spring of 2006, they helped staff the U.S. Navy hospital ship, known as the Mercy, with volunteer physicians and nurses to South Asia.
• 2008 — Project HOPE's Chief Operations Officer, C. William Fox Jr., BG, USA (Ret.), was injured by an IED in Basra where the organization was assisting in building a new Children's Hospital.{{Cite web|date=2008-03-28|title=Retired general from Novato hurt in Iraq blast|url=https://www.marinij.com/general-news/20080328/retired-general-from-novato-hurt-in-iraq-blast|access-date=2021-04-26|website=Marin Independent Journal|language=en-US}}
• 2010 — In response to the January earthquake in Haiti, Project HOPE helped to coordinate volunteer medical staffers to fill out the complement of the USNS Comfort.[http://www.projecthope.org/site/PageServer?pagename=our_work_response_to_Haiti Project HOPE: Our response to Haiti]
• 2020 — In response to the Beirut explosion, Project HOPE deployed an emergency response team to deliver necessary medical supplies and other needed support and aid.{{Cite web |last=Piñon |first=Natasha |date=2020-08-06 |title=Beirut explosion: How to help those in Lebanon |url=https://mashable.com/article/how-to-help-beirut-lebanon |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Mashable |language=en}}
• 2020 — In response to COVID-19, Project HOPE and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University developed and released a self-paced eLearning for health care professionals, as well as a “Training-of-Trainers” model to provide the critical skills and knowledge necessary for health workers to respond rapidly and efficiently to COVID-19 in their workplaces and communities, while protecting their own health.
• 2022 — In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Project HOPE sent medical supplies to help Ukrainian refugees.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-25 |title=Ukraine crisis: How you can help UNICEF, Project HOPE, and GlobalGiving |url=https://www.fox29.com/news/ukraine-crisis-safe-ways-to-help |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=FOX TV Digital Team |language=en-US}}
• 2022—In response to COVID-19, Project HOPE improved access to COVID-19 vaccines through free and charitable clinics in the U.S. through a new program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.{{Cite journal |last=Torbay |first=Rabih |date=2022-03-01 |title=Why Project HOPE Is Growing Our US Programming |url=https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00004 |journal=Health Affairs |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=468 |doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00004 |pmid=35254935 |s2cid=247294994 |issn=0278-2715|url-access=subscription }}

In July 2022, the American musician Post Malone hosted an Apex Legends charity stream called "Gaming for Love" that raised over $58,000 for Project HOPE.{{Citation |title=Gaming for love Benefitting Project Hope {{!}} !donate below {{!}} w/ iiTzTimmy and my buddy ohi :) - postmalone on Twitch |date=2022-07-21 |url=https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1537986787 |access-date=2022-08-01}}{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Christian |date=2022-07-19 |title=How to watch Post Malone's Apex Legends charity stream, 'Gaming for Love' |url=https://dotesports.com/apex-legends/news/how-to-watch-post-malones-apex-legends-charity-stream-gaming-for-love |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers |url=https://tiltify.com/@postmalone/post-malone-x-project-hope |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=tiltify.com}} In October 2021, former Bachelorette contestant Ben Higgins joined Project HOPE's Board of Directors.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-25 |title=Project HOPE Welcomes New Board Directors |url=https://www.projecthope.org/project-hope-welcomes-new-board-directors/10/2021/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Project HOPE |language=en-US}}

In October 2020, the digital collectible cards company Phil Ropy created a card with American photographer Elliott Erwitt to raise awareness for Project HOPE’s COVID-19 response. The picture on the card shows a pair of medical rubber gloves as a reminder of how exposed health care workers are and as an allusion to Project HOPE's logo.{{cite web |url= https://www.projecthope.org/supporter-spotlight-phil-ropy/10/2020/ |title= Supporter Spotlight: Phil Ropy |author= Scott Latta |date=2020-10-13 |publisher= Project HOPE}} The proceeds from the sales of the card are redistributed to the organization.{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/09/elliott-erwitt-interview-photographer |title= Elliott Erwitt: 'Photography is pretty simple. You just react to what you see' |author= Nadja Sayej |date=2020-11-09 |work= The Guardian}}{{cite web |url= https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/works-of-imagination-sale-features-work-of-prized-photographers-1234636354/ |title= 'Works of Imagination' Sale Features Work of Prized Photographers |author= Rosemary Feitelberg |date=2020-10-19 |publisher= WWD}}

• Mercy Ships

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.projecthope.org Project HOPE web page]
• [http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/hope Project HOPE: Forty Years of American Medicine Abroad]
• [http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_06-12-2005/featured_0 Parade Magazine article]
• [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/4367.htm Charity Navigator Profile of Project HOPE]

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