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Project HOPE
Mission: "To help people help themselves . . . Efficiently, effectively . . . For the long term through sharing medical knowledge with developing countries in a ‘train-the-trainer’ approach."
In China since: 1983
Annual China budget: $2,000,000
Number of staff: 15 national and 5 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
C.M Leung 梁智明
Director of Development Administration-China
Shanghai Second Medical University
280 Chong Qing Nan Lu
Shanghai 200025
Tel: +86 21 6384 0609
Fax: + 86 10 6385 05 25
Activities in Other Countries:
30 countries worldwide
Project HOPE – the English stands for ‘Health Opportunities for People Everywhere’ – was the creation of medical doctor, William Walsh, who served on a US naval vessel during World War II and was moved by the poor health conditions he saw among people in the South Pacific. In 1958 he persuaded US President Eisenhower to donate an old US Navy hospital ship, which was re-fitted and renamed ‘SS Hope’. From 1960-1973, this sailed the southern seas with a team of American doctors and nurses aboard, putting in at ports in developing countries to provide medical services and ‘teaching while healing.’ Since 1974, when the ship made her large voyage, Project HOPE has pursued its founder’s mission by supporting the provision of medical facilities and training facilities on land; and it has established subsidiary organisations in Germany, Japan, the UK, Switzerland and Hong Kong.
In China, Project HOPE worked for many years to raise USD 22 million in cash and kind contributions to build and equip a major paediatric hospital, the Shanghai Children’s Medical Centre, which opened in 1998 and includes state-of-the-art facilities for treating heart disease.
HOPE has since worked with the Ministry of Public Health and a wide network of medical universities and hospitals to provide medical training for Chinese health professionals. Examples include a preventive dental care and nursing programme with teaching hospitals affiliated to Wuhan University, a national Diabetes Training Programme, and an initiative to train physicians to recognise and treat Gaucher disease, a rare illness associated with inherited enzyme deficiency.
HOPE calculates its total contribution to China so far as exceeding USD 47 million.
In 2003, HOPE Project raised USD 128.4 million for its operations worldwide. Approximately 77% of this came from private foundations and corporate donations; 12% came from government grants, and 9% from donations from individuals.
Links
http://www.projecthope.org
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