Project HOPE and Partners Receive Dominican Republic’s Highest Honor

Washington, D.C. (September 1, 2009) John P. Howe, III, M.D., President and CEO of Project HOPE shakes hands with The Dominican Republic Ambassador to the United States Roberto B. Saladin after a ceremony where HOPE and it's partners were presented the medallions of the Order of Duarte, Sanchez, Mella, the highest honor bestowed upon foreign individuals by the President of the Dominican Republic, His Excellency Dr. Leonel Fernandez Reyna. HOPE and partners BD, Merck & Co., Inc., and Sanofi Pasteur were presented the awards in recognition of the organizations’ humanitarian relief efforts to the national emergency caused by tropical storms Noel and Olga in 2007.

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Solid Partnerships Lead to Global Development Opportunities

Dr. Howe Blogs From the U.S. ChamberPost 3/27/09

....To date, the U.S. Navy, Project HOPE and our long-time corporate partners have provided humanitarian assistance and health education in 27 countries. We have sent nearly 700 Project HOPE medical volunteers, who along with their Navy counterparts, have treated more than 300,000 people, provided health education to 66,000 and delivered more than $31 million in medicines and medical supplies. Read More

(Project HOPE Volunteers in

Ghana March 2009)

Partnerships for Disaster Relief Lead to Global Development Opportunities

From ChamberPost--a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blog

By John P. Howe, III, M.D.

In my post last week, I gave just a few examples on how partnerships with private corporations have been key to achieving Project HOPE’s mission of improving health for people around the world for the past 50 years. Today, I’d like to tell you about a specific humanitarian partnership that is facilitating global development. Read More