Stories

Over the next couple of days, I will be traveling throughout the Mississippi Delta, exploring some of the 30 programs administered by Delta Health Alliance,

Iriani, a mother and wife in Indonesia, took part in HOPE's health care training and serves her community as a representative in local government.

On July 31 the First Lady greeted the crews from the USNS Comfort and USS Eisenhower as they returned to Norfolk, Virginia.

From the high seas of Southeast Asia, to the crowded cities of South Africa and beyond, medical humanitarians can be found throughout Project HOPE making invaluable contributions to improving health care in today's world.

The second rotation of Project HOPE volunteer medical personnel has just returned from Haiti. The six nurses and one doctor worked every day on the cholera ward at in Hôpital Albert Schweitzer. The hospital, which is located in Haiti's Artibonite River Valley, is at the epicenter of the outbreak.

As my visit to Shanghai comes to an end, one of my lasting impressions will be the faces of the children. Behind their heart-melting smiles are the hopes and dreams for the future, and Project HOPE is making sure China’s future is healthy and bright.

Many advances in medicine to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS worldwide and to improve care to patients have been made over the past several years. However, there is still more work to be done.

Today the Project HOPE and The Humanitarian Network team began putting together the dorm building that will house volunteers who come to Haiti to help with HOPE’s physical rehabilitation program. The building is going up next to a small tent “town.”

Today the Project HOPE and The Humanitarian Network team began putting together the dorm building that will house volunteers who come to Haiti to help with HOPE’s physical rehabilitation program. The building is going up next to a small tent “town.”

The ICDDR,B and Project HOPE team spent a long evening and into the night helping the local Haitian staff here in Milot care for the most critically ill cholera patients.

Today, there are more than 300 million children in China. Sadly, experts estimate that more than 45,000 children in China are diagnosed with cancer each year.

Project HOPE is on the ground in Haiti, saving lives of cholera victims, making progress on the construction of a rehabilitation center for survivors of the earthquake, and delivering critically needed medicines to Hôpital Albert Schweitzer.