Project HOPE was founded on the willingness of doctors, nurses and other medical volunteers to travel the globe on a floating hospital ship - the SS HOPE - to provide medical care, health education and humanitarian assistance to people in need. While we now operate land-based programs in more than 35 countries, Project HOPE, in a unique partnership with the U.S. Navy, has again returned to sending medical volunteers on board ships around the world to provide medical assistance, health education programs, vaccinations and humanitarian assistance.
From our work with tsunami relief in Southeast Asia, to Hurricane Katrina relief in the Gulf States, and most recently earthquake relief in Haiti, to annual health education and humanitarian assistance missions to Latin America, West Africa and the Oceania region, the generosity and support of volunteers has been truly inspiring. This generosity and support has enabled us to respond not only to immediate natural disasters, but change people’s lives for the long-term with health education and life saving vaccinations.
Our volunteer teams are comprised of nurses, doctors and other health care providers who work side by side with U.S. Navy medical staff. We are also expanding our volunteer efforts to HOPE"s land-based programs to provide long-term health care and education and benefiting from the expertise of non-medical volunteers at our headquarters in Millwood,Virginia and abroad.
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