World Hope International, Inc.
Opportunity, Dignity and Hope
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
At WHI, we take a holistic approach to tackling poverty. We partner with local communities to determine the most sustainable, grassroots solutions to injustice and oppression, with the ultimate goal of transferring ownership of all development initiatives to the community.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Emergency Management
World Hope International collaborates with national governments and local stakeholders to respond to natural disasters and diseases by leveraging its local infrastructure and human resources. WHI also conducts disaster preparedness training in the Caribbean and Latin America to strengthen the capacities of first responders to better respond to and prepare for disasters.
Clean Water and Energy
Since 2004, we’ve been committed to drilling clean water wells, launching market-driven water solutions, and providing. Using local engineering teams, we drill water wells in communities, schools, hospitals, and other public institutions that lack a clean and sustainable water source. Local leaders–women as well as men–are trained to maintain the water source long after the drilling is done. We also construct solar-powered water systems for health clinics, providing access to the water needed to clean and disinfect facilities properly. These include a water well, solar panels to generate power for an electric pump, and a tower to store the pumped water—creating the ability to run water piped into a building.
TapEffect offers a market-based solution for households to have access to clean, piped water. As a result, women—upon whom the majority of the clean water burden falls—can have clean water piped into their homes for drinking, washing, gardening, and more.
Health and Nutrition
World Hope International (WHI) responds to the scale of the problem by working to strengthen the public health system—alongside clinicians, hospital doctors, physical therapists, community health workers, midwives, teachers, health volunteers, medical students, and others—so the most vulnerable will have access to high quality & affordable healthcare and prevention services.
In Sierra Leone, WHI's Enable the Children program provides physiotherapy and occupational therapy, care, and support services to children living with disabilities. In addition, WHI is helping implement the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) — a multi-country, long-term surveillance program targeted at understanding the cause of death in children under five. WHI recently started cervical cancer screening for women.
World Hope International supports hospitals and clinics with supplies, medicine, and equipment and works with local communities to teach child nutrition and child care.
Social Protection
World Hope International provides a safe place for survivors of human trafficking and gender based violence in Sierra Leone and develops and strengthens systems for comprehensive care of survivors of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) in the Philippines by supporting social workers and other stakeholders to OSEC survivors. WHI also helps individuals and communities identify the signs of human trafficking through awareness education in Azerbaijan and Liberia and to assist the government in providing care and counseling to victims of violence and sexual assault in Cambodia.
World Hope International provides essential resources for students. This includes tuition and scholastic materials. WHI also provides English and computer education in Azerbaijan and Bosnia, equipping young adults with skills that give them a critical edge in the job market. WHI additionally trains teachers to improve both classroom technique and student performance.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, People with disabilities, Economically disadvantaged people, At-risk youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of health outcomes improved
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people, People with disabilities
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of clients participating in educational programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people receiving safe drinking water from community systems
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children with disabilities receiving early intervention services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The projects that we take on at World Hope International are community led and sustainable. We believe that individuals and communities are transformed into ones with dignity and wholes through a spiritual, social, economic, and physical change. Transformation is never a single-issue project; it’s as multi-dimensional as people are themselves, and it can begin with a single person, expand to their community and go on to change a whole world.
Lasting impact is realized through locally sustainable programs. From the moment we first begin to consider a project, we are already envisioning how it will grow to live on without us. Innovating projects that self-sustain allows us to be nimble as an organization, moving in and out of countries to answer challenges with opportunities.
That is why we use market-driven, community-led enterprise solutions as the basis of all our work. Instead of creating demand, we meet it. Instead of leading change, we work hand in hand with local leaders and listen hard within the community. Then we work together to develop an enterprise solution that can continue ton long after we have left. Something that is rooted in the unique culture and lifestyle of the place where it is sewn.
We don’t go where not invited by a community because we know that local collaboration is vital. Partnering with like-minded organizations and individuals allows us to leverage our resources and amplify our impact. Interconnected challenges require connected responses and together, we can create a whole world of hope.
Our multi-dimensional work impacts many different areas: anti trafficking & gender-based violence, clean water & sanitation, social ventures, health & wellness, emergency relief, village partnership, education and child sponsorship.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
At WHI, we take a holistic approach to tackling poverty. We partner with local communities to determine the most sustainable, grassroots solutions to injustice and oppression, with the ultimate goal of transferring ownership of all development initiatives to the community. The needs of today's world are complex and deeply interconnected. Our program areas complement one another and act as a comprehensive response to poverty. Students who are drinking clean water stay in school longer. Further education leads to better job opportunities and better health. Families whose incomes increase through agriculture and entrepreneurship are less vulnerable to the lies of human traffickers. Children who are free from slavery grow up with opportunity, dignity and hope. The upward cycle continues.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We use a logical framework for every program to assess the problem we're trying to solve, design a solution, monitor progress, and evaluate the impact. We stay up to date on best practices in international relief and development. Most importantly, we foster long-term relationships in the countries where we work so that we understand the people and the culture in which they live. Trusted relationships with local communities are the keys to affecting change.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
There is always more that can be accomplished when your vision is a world where all people have opportunity, dignity, and hope. A few highlights from 2020:
52,437 individuals gained access to safe drinking water services through 31 new boreholes and 41 rehabilitated boreholes in clinics, schools, and communities in Liberia and Sierra Leone
1,454 children with disabilities were supported with therapy and rehabilitation during home visits
1,080 students in Grade 4-6 and 63 teachers in 9 schools received child protection training to raise awareness of child protection and safeguarding in Sierra Leone
126 mushroom producers produced 33,388kg of mushrooms grown in 185 houses in Cambodia
10,000 people received hygiene kits in Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh war
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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World Hope International, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 04/21/2023
Mike Chambers
Frontier Enterprises
Robert Clyde
AIG Japan/Korea
Bobbie Strand
Strand Resources
Kevin Batman
The Wesleyan Church
Gary Ott
TLC Management Co
Dennis Jackson
The Wesleyan Church
John Lee
Praxair Corporation
Jennifer Murtie
Federal Street Advisors
Jonathan Shafer
CNL Financial Group
Jeff Swartzendruber
Image Pointe
Wayne Schmidt
The Wesleyan Church
Heather Beatty
Brown Family Foundation
Jim Mannoia
Goldman Sachs
Sue Rickman
Diane Tager
Celgene
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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