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Mission of Hope is a faith-based, nonprofit humanitarian organization founded in 1998 by Brad and Vanessa Johnson, headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas. [1] [2] The organization is primarily focused on improving the quality of life in underserved communities, particularly in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by providing education, medical care, nutrition, orphan care, and disaster relief programs.
The Grace Commission report [4] was presented to Congress in January 1984. The report claimed that if its recommendations were followed, $424 billion could be saved in three years, rising to $1.9 trillion per year by the year 2000.
The mission's end marked the conclusion of 15 years of UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti. [8] After the end of the mission, a new United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) was set to be created to coordinate all of the remaining projects, actions and funds of the United Nations in Haiti. [9] [10]
Intended to consolidate the achievements of the OAS/UN International Civilian Mission in Haiti (MICIVIH), the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) and other missions to the country, [1] it was headed by Alfredo Lopes Cabral of Guinea-Bissau and ran from 16 March 2000 to 6 February 2001. [2]
The International Civilian Mission in Haiti (MICIVIH, from the French: Mission civile internationale en Haïti) [1] was a joint civilian mission in Haiti by the United Nations and the Organization of American States. [2] It was created in February 1993, with a mandate focussed on protection of human rights and legitimate state institutions.
The Board of Missions began financially supporting the mission in 1865. Holly also served as consul for Liberia at Port-au-Prince from 1864 until 1874. In that year Holly both received a D.D. from Howard University , Washington, D.C., and was consecrated as missionary bishop of Haiti by the American Church Missionary Society, an Evangelical ...
Hope for Haiti sent over $11 million in supplies to Haiti in the first four weeks following the quake [citation needed]. The delivery of medicines and equipment is a part of the organization's on-going mission. Support has come from the Southwest Florida and international communities both monetarily and through hundreds of volunteer hours. [4]
The Security Council authorised an increase of 3,500 troops and police of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti in Resolution 1908. [12] The World Bank provided extra funding of $100 million to support recovery and reconstruction in Haiti. [13] UNICEF made an emergency appeal for assistance to aid the victims. [14]