Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation
Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation is a global, non-profit organization working alongside those experiencing humanitarian crises, displacement, and poverty around the world to restore dignity and harmony. The organization is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, with a field office in Erbil, Iraqi-Kurdistan and registered pro-bono offices in six other countries (the U.S.A., the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, U.A.E., Switzerland, and Hong Kong).[1]
Bring Hope’s work encompasses humanitarian and medical aid deliveries, as well as durable development programs focusing on health, skills-building, sustainable livelihoods, and infrastructure. The mission of Bring Hope is ‘to be a generative power in alleviating suffering, nurturing long-lasting development, and bringing hope to those we serve, regardless of their age, gender, religion, ethnicity or nationality.’[2]
The organization was founded in 2015 in Sweden and Iraqi-Kurdistan, with an initial focus on providing aid to refugees and internally displaced people who were forced to migrate into Iraqi Kurdistan attempting to flee from the ISIS incursion, its subsequent torture, and resulting starvation. The organization has since expanded its operations to serve multiple regions around the world, including Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Kenya, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Guinea, Pakistan, Lebanon and Bangladesh.[2]
Bring Hope works closely with local and international partner organizations such as multi-national corporations, international NGOs, local NGOs, grassroots groups, community groups, local governments, advisory organizations and other charitable organizations. Bring Hope’s multi-disciplinary partnership network enables expansion of their aid donations and programs into other regions across the globe.[3] Bring Hope is funded through individual donors and grants from both private and public institutions. Across the globe, Bring Hope employs around 30 people.[4]
Founder’s Story
Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation was founded by Dr. Mariwan Baker in 2015, in Malmö, Sweden and Northern Iraq. A former refugee, witness, and survivor of the Iran-Iraq war, the chemical attack on Halabja, the Kuwait War and Kurdish exodus during the first Gulf War, he has been profoundly impacted by these events in his life, which spurred his decision to found Bring Hope. Now holder of a PhD and two master’s degrees from Scandinavia, Dr. Baker left a decade-long medical career to dedicate his time to serving humanity by establishing Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation.[5]
Areas of Work
Essential Aid
Through their donations, logistics, and distribution partners, Bring Hope has mobilized tons of humanitarian, hygiene, and medical aid products to send to communities to address basic needs and urgent crisis situations. In 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bring Hope delivered more than 2.1m hygiene and medical aid items to communities in multiple regions.[6][7] Bring Hope’s innovative multi-partnership model of aid delivery increases its reach the globe whilst addressing challenges such as environmentalism, accountability, transparency and resilience.[3]
Infrastructure
Bring Hope has focused on sustainable and safe sources of energy for refugee and IDP camp residents, due to constant power outages in camps. Bring Hope Energy provides portable solar energy solutions delivered to households through partnership with WakaWaka, enabling continual sources of light for families.[8]
Skills-Building
Bring Hope runs programs to bolster skills development, including marketable skills to increase employability. The Sewing Hope program, for example, provides workshops and sustained employment for women from refugee camps in Iraqi-Kurdistan to participate in the production of traditional textile items, simultaneously building skills while engendering self-esteem and empowerment.[9]
Health
Apart from deliveries of essential medications and treatments, Bring Hope runs programs to address community health needs on the ground in Iraqi-Kurdistan. The Heart of Hope program ensures children living in refugee camps with congenital cardiovascular conditions receive crucial heart surgery, including transportation to international treatment providers.[10] The Healing program focuses on the mental health needs of the refugee and IDP population, incorporating discussion groups, yoga, and therapy sessions, improving mental wellbeing through addressing loss, trauma, alienation, and depression.[11]
Sustainable Livelihoods
Bring Hope focuses on agricultural projects to generate skills and build sustainable livelihoods for beneficiaries. The project aims to contribute to rebuilding the agricultural sector in Iraqi-Kurdistan and empowering a new generation of young farmers.[3]
References
- ↑ "Humanitarian work | Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation | Sweden". Bring Hope. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Our story". Bring Hope. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Partners". Bring Hope. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ "Team". Bring Hope. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ Johansson, Hanna (2017-07-23). "Mariwan hjälper dem som flyr IS". gp.se (in svenska). Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ "Impact". Bring Hope. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ www.rudaw.net https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/24012019. Retrieved 2021-03-25. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "https://twitter.com/bringhopef/status/1006171469192286208". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-25. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Sewing for hope in Iraq". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ Haziq, Saman. "Baby with 'half a heart' survives, thanks to Dubai NGOs". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ Healing Program - Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation, retrieved 2021-03-25
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