Party for Project HOPE

A new program is bringing families and friends together across the country to enjoy international cuisine and raise funds to support health education and humanitarian programs around the world.

Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere), an international health and humanitarian assistance organization, has put at the fingertips of potential "HOPEfest" hosts all the information they need to throw a party. From sample invitations to instructions for games to recipes for international cuisine, the organization has thought of everything a person would need to hold an event.

One example of Project HOPE's work is its efforts to decrease childhood deaths related to pneumonia, the single largest killer of children throughout the world, claiming more than 2 million lives a year.

The organization supplies clinics with medicine and trains health personnel to properly prescribe and administer the medications.

Founded in 1958, Project HOPE operates healthimproving and lifesaving programs in more than 30 countries.

For more information about Project HOPE programs and "Seven Easy Steps to Hosting," visit www.projecthope.org.

This story is provided by North American Precis Syndicate Inc.