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Bright Hope - 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Organization: Faith-based Disaster Relief/Community
Facility Type: Info/Hotline
Status: Open

Address:
MAIL ADDR: 2060 Stonington Avenue,
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169, USA


Port-au-Prince, HT 00000

Region:Quest
County/Parish:



Main/General Business Number: 224-520-6100
Website: http://www.brighthope.org/


Mission: Bringing Hope to those living on less than $1 a day.

Bright Hope works to provide holistic help to the extreme poor through the indigenous church delivering basic needs including:

Physical: food, clothing, shelter, medicine and education.

Economic: micro-loans and job training to produce a product for fair trade.

Spiritual: poverty is not just a physical or economic condition. There are emotional, psychological, and relational wounds from living in poverty that only Christ can bring healing to.





This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6556542607&v=wall&ref=ts

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/chiltondyer

BLOG: http://www.brighthope.org/blog/index.php

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From 'The Loop' BLOG (http://www.aerdo.net/blog/?p=516)

Bright Hope, a Christian non-profit mission organization bringing hope to those living on less than a $1 a day has been serving the Haiti area for over 15 years. With over 90 churches in our partner network, we are strategically positioned to carry out our Haiti Disaster Relief plan through the indigenous churches. Services we are currently providing are:

· Port-au-Prince Food Relief Program
· 2 Camps for Internally Displaced People – both in Port-au-Prince area
· Supplemental Feeding Program in Port-au-Prince and Pignon
· Counseling Center for Internally Displaced People
· Medical Supplies – 30,000 people in Port-Au-Prince and Pignon
· Support of Pastors and Ministry Leaders
· Micro-Loan Program
· Orphan and Vulnerable Children Care and Education

Bright Hope is an ECFA member and is a four star charity in the top 7% of charities as rated by Charity Navigator. We are located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

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Volunteers at our facility are not needed immediately but may be needed in the weeks to come. Keep posted of volunteer needs by receiving our emails blasts and reading our website. We are not accepting volunteers to work in the Haiti area.

For more information, or to join our mailing list, use the information below:

Bright Hope
2060 Stonington Avenue
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
224.520.6100
847.519.0024 (Fax)
info @BrightHope.org

Info Source/Changes:
corrected region
(see full history)

Created At: Mon Feb 22 19:17:01 +0000 2010
Updated At: Sun Oct 31 16:32:21 +0000 2010
Updated By: LTel


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