Help International cover
Help International

Help International

Provo, Utah

Our Mission

The mission of HELP International is to empower people to fight global poverty through sustainable, life-changing development programs. Our model facilitates sustainable development programs overseas that impact the lives of both community members with whom we work and HELP volunteers and interns. We strive to ensure that our programs allow the people we work with to become self-sufficient rather than dependent on others to meet their daily needs. HELP International's goal is to provide a contextualized high-impact and sustainable development program, yet able to be carried out in a relatively short period of time. With our diverse teams formed from people of all backgrounds we are able implement a very holistic approach to development using rapid evaluation to ensure community needs are being met. Every project HELP executes is done in collaboration with a local partnership in-country. HELP partnerships include international and domestic NGOs, local governments, schools, hospitals, health clinics, community leaders, and other social entrepreneurs. Our mulit-facited approach to development allows us to facilitate projects catering to a wider range of fields and disciplines . In any given country, HELP International develops , executes, and monitors grass-root projects in areas related to public health promotion, health campaigns and outreaches, medical support, micro-business mentoring, income generating activities, English teaching, teacher trainings, orphanage support, at-risk youth programs, female empowerment, agriculture, etc. Our unique model allows college-aged volunteers, interns, and working young professionals to contribute and catalyze the efforts of local partners on the ground. HELP International aims to assist relatively inexperienced and mostly academically trained participants to become social entrepreneurs who understand the complexities of poverty. Our social entrepreneurs have gone on to be a force of change in everything from the non-profit sector, to public office, the armed forces and even the corporate world.

Who We Are

Our Beginnings We started with the same values that matter to us now: 1) be globally responsive 2) partner with local organizations and 3) co-create change (while respecting what doesn't need to change). HELP was formed in 1999 as a collective effort to respond to what was, at the time, the worst natural disaster in decades. Hurricane Mitch devastated most of Central America but Honduras was hardest hit. Our core team (based in a University at that time) founded HELP International in 1999, as H.E.L.P. Honduras. The initial 46 volunteers raised funds and spent four months conducting humanitarian aid projects and working with FINCA Honduras (a recognized leader in microfinance) to recapitalize and expand local microcredit programs. These initial projects affected the lives of an estimated 4,000 people, providing relief and longer-term support to many who were left homeless and jobless by Hurricane Mitch. Our goal then was to respond to the disparities around us, to select partners with quality programs who will remain in place after we leave, and to respect the local ecosystem while helping co-create local change. While we have branched out from our roots in microfinance, we maintain a commitment to achieving our goals using a variety of development tools. HELP has grown into a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization specializing in three core competencies: (1) public health, (2) education and (3) entrepreneurship/business projects. Though HELP has engaged in primary aid relief in the form of earthquake and tsunami aftermath relief efforts, our drive is to work in the context of ‘secondary development' with training initiatives and program partnering. HELP currently runs programs in India, Uganda, Peru, Thailand, and Fiji, with a crisis team working this Fall in the Nepal. HELP continues to focus on facilitating poverty alleviation worldwide by selecting and mentoring motivated and like-minded volunteers to fight poverty and empower people to change the future.

Connect With Us

Get in Touch

Website

help-international.org

Email

office@help-international.org

Tax-Exempt ID (EIN)

87-0683277

Location

455 N University Ave #212, Provo, Utah, 84601, United States of America

Get Directions

Photo Gallery

View all 7

Videos

View all 6