Creating Hope International (CHI)

Creating Hope International (CHI) Creating Hope International PO Box 1058 Dearborn, Michigan 48121 United States (313) 278-5806 http://www.creatinghope.org

Mission

Creating Hope International (CHI) was founded with the vision of bringing hope to victims of war, political unrest, and natural disasters through programs designed to help them rebuild their lives for a brighter tomorrow. CHI’s mission is to provide education, training, and health care to the people in the world with the greatest needs. CHI responds to community needs at the grassroots, fosters community participation, and empowers people through culturally sensitive education and training.

Programs

Creating Hope International operates programs in Afghanistan, for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and for Tibetan refugees in India. Programs include teacher training, health education, medical services, pre-school through University education, computer training, income generating skills training, reproductive health, leadership training, health professional training, support for grassroots community-based organizations, and a magazine.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Literacy Classes: An Investment in Afghan Women	Training Afghan Women Health Professionals	Building a Well and Wall for a Health Clinic	Improving the Health of Tibetan Refugees
Supporting Afghans' Grassroots Education Efforts	Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders: Afghan Pre-Schools	Computer Training Scholarships for Afghans	Building a Nutrition Clinic in Rural Afghanistan
Afghan Women's Learning Centers in Peshawar	Afghan Women Earning Income through Tailoring	Scholarships for Tibetan Bon Refugee children	Founding an Afghan Women's University
Training of Afghan Women Health Professionals	Women's Learning Center in Herat, Afghanistan	Women's Learning Center in Mir Bacha Kot	Saving Lives by Training Women Health Workers
Help Publish a Magazine By and For Afghans	Build a Rural Community Center in Herat

Personnel Overview

Toc Dunlap - President
Toc Dunlap BA JD is an experienced educator and teacher trainer and has worked with Afghans since 1967. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Herat and Charikar for 4 years and worked as administrator of refugee programs in Pakistan for 8 years. Additionally, she helped to found an alternative school in Jackson, California and was an international lawyer with Ford Motor Company for 8 years.

Sakena Yacoobi - Vice President
Sakena Yacoobi BS MPH was a Professor at D'etre University Detroit. Returning to work with her own people in 1992, she founded the Afghan Institute of Learning, an Afghan women’s NGO which provides teacher training, health and education services to 350,000 Afghan women and children annually. Recipient of many awards, she recently received the Women’s Rights Prize of the Peter Gruber Foundation.

Personnel Statistics

Toc Dunlap,
President and Executive Director
Founded in 1982
Employees: 4
Volunteers: 50

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): $ 855,000
Budget (2005): $ 850,000
Maximum Budget: $ 855,000
Overhead: 6 %
Other funding sources: American Jewish World Service, Ann & George Fisher Foundation, Global Giving, Green Fund, Johnson & Johnson, Open Society Institute, Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation, and private donors
Religious Affiliation: None