Indonesia

Project HOPE has a long history with the people of Indonesia, beginning in 1960 when the maiden voyage of the SS HOPE brought care and health education to the country. Over the years, HOPE programs in Indonesia have emphasized medical professional training including a pediatric critical care/intensive care nursing certification program and a biomedical engineering training program begun in 1986 with the University of Indonesia, a midwives and physicians training program in 1989 and in the late 1990s HOPE began a medical equipment donation and repair program followed by a formal biomedical engineering training program in Bali.

When Indonesia was devastated by the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, HOPE responded by sending more than 200 medical volunteers to help in the aftermath and donating more than $7 million in medical supplies and medicines.

Again in 2006, when an earthquake hit the Central Java region, HOPE responded with a Mobile Health Caravan to travel to remote areas without access to medical care providing pediatric care, psychotherapy, physical therapy, health worker training, and data collection and surveillance.

HOPE continues to help improve health care in Indonesia today with successful Women's and Children's Health programs.

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