HOPE International Development Agency projects and programs will ensure that one million of our world's poorest people living in Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia receive the help they need this year.

Our projects and programs are people-centered and community-focused:

Clean Water and Sanitation
Giving families and communities access to sustainable supplies of clean water for drinking and irrigating vegetable gardens and fields that produce food and income.

Sustainable Agriculture
Helping families grow enough food to feed themselves and their communities by providing agricultural training, tools and seeds.

Education and Literacy
Education programs for children and adults that create learning opportunities that result in lives transformed and freed from poverty.

Emergencies and Rehabilitation
Saving lives in times of disaster or conflict and helping survivors rebuild their lives, livelihoods and communities better than they were.

HIV/AIDS Prevention
Reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS through health awareness and disease prevention initiatives delivered at the community level.

Microfinance
Providing modest, low-interest loans through community-run microfinance programs that enable women and families to start and run small businesses that generate income and self-reliance.

Women and Gender
Helping women and girls realize their full potential and improve their standard of living. 

Peacebuilding
Promoting understanding and dialogue in areas of conflict.

Examples of projects that are helping the world's poorest people transform their lives:

Building Family Ties
Supporters of a family or child share a special sense of satisfaction that comes from knowing their monthly support is doing exactly what they intended... saving families, especially the children, from unspeakable suffering by helping them transform their lives one day at a time.

Neighbourhood Care for Swaziland Orphans
In Swaziland over 70,000 children have been orphaned by HIV. HOPE has partnered with the people of Malkerns Valley to ensure that these children are safe and healthy. Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs) are being constructed where community members provide food, education and guidance.

Dry Rice Farming in Cambodia
HOPE is working with farmers in the Pursat region of Cambodia to try new farming approaches that will increase production, and allow families to remain in their communities throughout the year. With dry rice farming techniques farming-dependent families are able to increase their overall food production, and also grow food year-round, removing the need to leave their homes to engage in poorly paid, often dangerous, labour jobs.

Aklilu's Story - Hope admidst the suffering caused by HIV/AIDS
As an HIV/AIDS orphan in Ethiopia Aklilu faced a life on the streets but with HOPE's help he is getting education, skills training, and a chance at a new life.

Kalkidan's Story - Creating a new life 
We are helping Kalkidan, and other young Ethiopian sex workers, get the resources they need to get out of the sex trade and greatly reduce their risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.