Here are a few projects that our team is currently working on.
Hope Commission International is a Christian ministry focused on sharing God's love, mercy, and grace with everyone. We aim to assure individuals that they are loved and can find positive solutions in Christ, despite life's challenges. Our mission encourages overcoming adversity and realizing one's purpose. Alongside spiritual support, we strive to address physical needs and promote community development.
**Girls Apprenticeship Program: Eradicating Poverty through Hope**
The Sewing and Embroidery (SEW) Girls Can Learn Program equips participants with skills for national certification, enhancing their financial empowerment and success. It offers tailored classes and hands-on experience in sewing and embroidery. Aiming to eliminate extreme poverty in Togo, the program focuses on Women’s Empowerment, Education and Training, and Healthcare Access. Despite Togo's economic growth, 81.2% of its rural population lives below the poverty line, with women facing greater hardships. HCI's pilot, Stable and Empowered Women in Togo, addresses these sustainability goals.
The skin diseases study coordinated by HCI focuses on rapid detection tools for skin diseases prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among children, with reported rates ranging from 23.3% to 80.4%. Due to a shortage of local specialists and challenges in diagnosing darker skin, these diseases are often overlooked, leading to severe complications. Many skin infections, classified as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by WHO, can cause lifelong disabilities if not treated early. The study aims to develop a validated wound assessment tool for remote evaluation, utilizing teledermatology to improve diagnosis and treatment in low- and-income countries (LMICs).
Leprosy Program
Our Leprosy program in Ivory Coast focuses on detecting cases, facilitating societal reintegration through treatment and micro-finance, and educating the public on prevention. HCI aims to improve the lives of vulnerable individuals in impoverished communities by ensuring access to opportunities, education, food, clean water, medicine, and healthcare. In 2020, there were 127,558 new leprosy cases worldwide, including 8,629 children under 15 with a detection rate of 4.4 per million among children.