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PCI (Project Concern International) is a non-profit, humanitarian NGO based in San Diego, California. PCI reaches nearly 19 million people a year through programs in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. PCI reaches nearly 19 million people a year through programs in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
James Wesley Turpin (born December 18, 1927) is an American physician and former-preacher-turned-BaháΚΌí. He is the founder and director of Project Concern International (PCI) and an activist against the impact of war and poverty on young people in Asia.
Two years later, Project Concern opened a hospital in South Vietnam to provide care and services, a program that lasted throughout the Vietnam War. The organization went on to establish a presence in Tijuana, Mexico, and the Appalachian region of Tennessee. In 1969, PCI’s first Walk for Mankind was held in Santa Rosa, California.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, one of the two lending arms traditionally considered to be the World Bank. Typically lends to middle-income governments, also some creditworthy low-income countries. Founded in 1944. FY 2014 commitments $18.6 billion. Lends at market rate. Guarantees loans
The global institution’s two main lenders — the World Bank, which lends to governments, and the International Finance Corporation, which lends to corporations such as Tata — have repeatedly failed to make sure people harmed by big projects get counted, an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has found.
Carolyn "Carrie" Hessler-Radelet is the President & CEO of Global Communities.In 2017, she served as the President & CEO of Project Concern International (PCI), a San Diego–based international development and humanitarian assistance organization, and spearheaded the merger of the organization with the Silver Spring, Maryland–based Global Communities in 2020.
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...
Project Concern International (PCI): PCI carries out projects in water and sanitation under its food security program, with financial support from USAID and Breed Love. PCI has a presence in the departments of Huehuetenango and Chiquimula.