HOW MUCH YOUR SUPPORT CAN HELP IN HAITI

$10,000
Will pay for one Project HOPE volunteer doctor and one nurse to spend three weeks in Haiti providing critically needed medical assistance to earthquake victims

$7,500
Will pay to ship one forty-foot ocean container filled with small medical equipment and consumables like masks, disposable exam and surgical gloves, gowns, sterile bandages, needles, safety syringes, cast materials, and essential pharmaceuticals including drugs to treat hypertension, diabetes, and asthma

$5,000
Will pay to air ship two of the 35 portable generators that have been donated to Project HOPE for use in Haiti – these generators will be used to power emergency medical equipment and cold chain storage of vaccines and other medicines that require refrigeration

$3,000
Will pay to ship one solar powered water purification unit to Haiti – each unit is capable of purifying 6,600 gallons of water per day

$2,500
Will pay for essential satellite phone communication and data transmission from HOPE Staff, now on the ground in Haiti for at least one week

$1,500
Will pay for one new satellite phone - currently the only reliable means of communication Project HOPE has with Volunteers and Staff in Haiti

$1,000
Will pay for a small air shipment of critical consumables including: surgical gloves, syringes, needles, gowns, sterile bandages, cast supplies, and suture kits

$500
Will pay for the purchase and shipment of one 50-pound crate filled with basic drugs and consumables including: aspirin, topical antibiotic ointment, analgesics, topical anesthetics, band-aids, ace bandages and gauze

$250
Will pay for antibiotics and bandages to effectively treat more than 100 earthquake victims

$100
Will pay for the ground shipment of medicines and equipment from HOPE facilities in the Dominican Republic to disaster victims in Haiti
 

Ongoing and Upcoming Missions

Project HOPE plans to participate with the Department of Defense in at least four scheduled volunteer humanitarian missions in 2009-2010:

• Asia Pacific:  Currently, Project HOPE volunteers on board the USNS Richard Byrd are providing health care for residents of the Solomon Islands.  This mission has already visited coastal communities in Western Samoa and Tonga, and will later visit Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.  The mission began in July and will conclude in September.
• Vietnam:  This fall, Project HOPE volunteers will participate in HOPE’s first collaborative medical mission with the U.S. Air Force to Vietnam.
• West Africa:  Also planned for this fall is a return engagement with the U.S. Navy to Liberia in West Africa, utilizing the Navy ship HSV Swift.  An additional West Africa mission is scheduled for January to May 2010, on board the USS Gunston Hall. The countries to be visited have not yet been specified.
• Latin America:  A spring 2010 mission to Latin America is also anticipated; planning for that mission is underway.

Project HOPE’s costs for supporting each joint humanitarian mission is in the $150,000-$400,000 range, depending on the extent of HOPE’s involvement.  These are direct costs, incurred for mission planning; advance trips; volunteer recruitment, deployment and management; fulfillment of mission objectives (direct care and health education); shipping and monitoring of donated medicines; and assessment of long-term post-mission program needs and opportunities.  Project HOPE’s work in connection with these and all previous missions has been funded entirely by the private sector.

The U.S. Navy also makes a substantial commitment to this humanitarian initiative, budgeting approximately $20 million per mission for deployment of the ships and personnel.  The Navy’s commitment reflects a realization by the U.S. government that these joint public-private missions serve a humanitarian aim as well as a powerful diplomatic purpose. alongside their Navy counterparts on that mission.  Since The Tsunami, Project HOPE has taken part in 12 additional joint Navy humanitarian operations, recruiting and sending some 800 volunteer doctors and nurses, shipping $33 million in medical aid, and providing direct care for more than 400,000 patients (including an estimated 250,000 children) in 40 countries in Latin America, Asia Pacific, and West Africa.

As the principal non-government organization engaged in this partnership, Project HOPE’s responsibilities include:

• Providing HOPE teams of volunteer doctors and nurses, drawn from among some of the leading U.S. medical and educational institutions, to work with Navy medical personnel and other medical partners.
• Providing direct outpatient care to indigenous populations both on board the hospital ships and on land.
• Conducting health education outreach within communities.

While Project HOPE leads the medical efforts, other international organizations are brought in with experience in specific health issues (e.g., cleft palate surgery, environmental health, and veterinarian medicine).  Finally, host countries designate partner facilities and professionals to assist in providing care as well as learning alongside their international counterparts.