In addition to numerous activities in the area of education, skills training and rural development, a special focus is given to humanitarian aid actions. Humanitarian crises often destroy the basis for daily life in terms of human dignity. It is necessary to start with life saving activities before rehabilitation programmes stabilise the economic and social well-being, and a transition to development work can be made. Therefore, HOPE‘87 also implements projects in the following areas of intervention:
Emergency Aid, Relief and Rehabilitation: Support for victims of natural as well as man-made disasters
Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Preparedness: Integration of Disaster Risk Management aspects in the education system
How We Work
HOPE‘87, with its General Secretariat in Vienna, operates through a network of Country Offices led by experts and nationals of the respective countries. The Country Representatives are responsible for locating, supervising, implementing and evaluating projects, supporting the beneficiaries with the necessary know-how and maintaining close working relations with national governments and authorities, NGOs and international organisations, as well as UN-Agencies and the Delegations of the European Commission and the Austrian Missions abroad. There are currently Country Offices in Africa (Burundi, Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal), Asia (Bangladesh and Pakistan), Latin America (Chile/Regional Co-ordination Office for Latin America, Brazil) and Eastern Europe (Republic of Moldova).
