Protecting Health Workers

From Ukraine to Gaza and Sierra Leone, health workers need protection now [Your April 2024 Project HOPE News - Updates from the ground + your impact in action]( [A photograph from a Project HOPE clinic in Gaza of a health care worker in a lab coat and mask as he writes on a pad of paper for a mother and child who he is helping in a clinic for displaced people in Gaza.]( [The Health Worker Who Changed My Life]( For more than 65 years, Project HOPE has worked every day to ensure health workers are safe, supported and empowered to save lives. Read on to meet a few of the patients whose lives have been impacted by Project HOPE-supported health workers who provided compassionate care when they needed it most. [READ MORE]( [A photograph of a Project HOPE mobile clinic in Haiti where two health workers and a mother each hold a young triplet as they stand in front of a blackboard.]( [Meet the Project HOPE Volunteer Caring for Asylum-Seekers]( For 20 years, Kathy Bowen has traveled the world providing compassionate medical care as a Project HOPE volunteer. Her current deployment is a new challenge: caring for migrant patients near her home in Arizona. [MEET KATHY]( [A photograph of a large group of people in Haiti waiting for health care services in a large white room with an open wood beam roof.]( [Civilian Lives Under Threat in Ukraine]( Russian forces have made significant gains along eastern Ukraine and attacks on civilians are on the rise. In March, there were over 604 civilian casualties, including 57 children, marking an alarming escalation in the war. [The Latest from Ukraine >]( [A photograph from a Project HOPE distribution to displaced people in Gaza, showing a young boy with rumpled hair holding a yellow Project HOPE bag with aid supplies as they look at the camera.]( [LAST CHANCE: Help Unlock Our $20k Flash Match]( Through May 1 only, your donation will be doubled up to a total of $20,000 by a generous donor to help provide lifesaving health care and relief. Please help unlock the full match by making a gift now! [Donate to Unlock the Match >]( [A photograph of a woman with her baby on her back as she looks to the left with a slight smile on her face. The background is at a Project HOPE-supported clinic in Sierra Leone where many other women and their children are waiting.]( [Our Letter to the White House and National Security Council]( In response to the tragic killing of seven World Central Kitchen team members, we signed on to the following open letter to President Biden and the National Security Council with five other organizations operating in Gaza. [Read the Letter >]( [A photograph of tents in Gaza where families displaced by violence have been forced to live. There are bikes scattered around, clothes drying on a line and children playing outside.]( [Will You Take the Pledge for Health Workers?]( Health workers need protection and our support. Sign our pledge to advocate for the global healthcare workforce. The pledge lays out four pro-health worker policies you can support in your community. [Sign On >]( Project HOPE in the News [DEVEX - How 7 deaths changed aid work in Gaza]( [NPR - Palestinians in Rafah say they're in limbo as Israel threatens an assault]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [TikTok]( [ProjectHOPE.org]( PO Box 3270, Harlan IA 51593-0450 | 844.349.0188 © 2024 Project HOPE. All rights reserved. A gift to this appeal will be used to support Project HOPE’s global emergency response, medical, educational and humanitarian assistance programs, wherever the need is greatest. Project HOPE — The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Dba Project HOPE is a 501(c)(3) not‑for‑profit organization, CFC #11115, EIN 53‑0242962. [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Financial Accountability]( | [View this email online]( [online fundraising, advocacy & donor database]( [nonprofit software](