The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
In many ways, the past year has been another difficult year for the world’s health. It has been a year of deadly COVID-19 variants, devastating hurricanes, catastrophic disasters, emerging humanitarian crises, and tragic losses in maternal and child health that will take years to undo.
But even more alarming, it was a year in which health inequities increased, especially among vulnerable populations, communities of color, and those disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Health inequities are often visible, especially during humanitarian crises such as those in Venezuela, Syria, Yemen, or Ethiopia. But they can also be harder to see — like a rural community in Haiti that loses its clinic after a powerful earthquake. Or a neighborhood in Nepal whose hospital runs out of oxygen. Or even an immigrant community in Texas without the access to vaccines that many of us take for granted.
At Project HOPE, we refuse to accept these things as normal.
Our teams around the world have worked tirelessly to improve access to health care, especially on the front lines of health systems hit hard by the pandemic. Thanks to our donors, we were able to deliver lifesaving vaccines, PPE, medical equipment, & training to help health workers facing deadly COVID-19 waves, all while ensuring that our essential global health work continues to improve health equity among those who need it most, including mothers, children, people living with disease, and those facing the aftermath of disaster. When Hurricane Fiona struck in the Caribbean and Hurricane Ian decimated parts of Florida, Project HOPE was there to deliver aid and hope to the most vulnerable survivors.
Generous donors also made it possible to respond to new humanitarian disasters, from the war in Ukraine that has displaced so many children and families and devastated health systems, to the double emergency of conflict and food shortages rocking Ethiopia.
All of this lifesaving work starts with people like you. Thank you.