Creating Hope International (CHI) - Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving

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Creating Hope International (CHI) - Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving

Address

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.

Creating Hope International (CHI)'s Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Help Ellsworth Bands, Help the World	Help Afghan Communities Help Themselves	Give Afghan Refugees the Gift of Education	Train Effective Afghan Teachers
Give Schooling and Housing for Children From Nepal	Jump-Start Learning for Afghan Children	Afghans Learn Leadership for the 21st Century	Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely
Essential Oils to Improve Tibetans' Health	Give Afghans a University Degree	Tailoring: A Small-Business Skill for Afghan Women	Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving
Save Poor Afghan Families From Starving	Afghans Learn to Use Computers For Their Jobs	Educating Tibetan Refugee Children and Youth	Save Rural Afghan Women & Children With Healthcare
Aid Refugees Fleeing Fighting in Swat Valley	Learning Centers for Rural Afghan Women in Herat	Fast-Tracking Education for Afghan Women and Girls	Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books

Creating Hope International (CHI)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

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

Personnel Overview

Sakena Yacoobi - Vice President
Sakena Yacoobi BS MPH was a Professor at D'etre University in 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. She co-founded and is Vice President of Creating Hope International, a U.S. non-profit.

Toc Dunlap - Executive Director
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.

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