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Project HOPE International

Address

Project HOPE International
4410 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
# 210
Washington, DC 20008

Contact Information

If calling from Thailand:

Tel: 202 330 2800

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +1 202 330 2800

Website

http://www.phi-ngo.org

Email

info@phi-ngo.org

Alternate Address

67/14 Soi Tawan
Bangkrui Jongthanon Road
Nonthaburi 11130
Thailand

Activities

Project HOPE International (PHI) is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC dedicated to combating human trafficking and providing aftercare services for all trafficked persons regardless of circumstance. PHI assists victims in Southeast Asia and the United States by providing services, building alliances, and advocating for ending human trafficking through mobilizing compassionate individuals and organizations.

Since 1999, PHI has worked closely together with eight Thai and Cambodian grassroots anti-trafficking organizations that provide direct service to victims of trafficking in recovery, repatriation, and reintegration. Partners have received on-going assistance from PHI through its annual small grants program.

In Washington, DC, PHI is working to import an effective "transitional housing" model from Thailand to the DC area in coordination with NGOs sensitive to the special needs of trafficked persons in recovery. PHI is a member of the Washington Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition Headquarters - an emerging network of U.S. organizations in the DC area to coordinate strategy and resources in order to assist trafficked persons transitioning to recovery and reintegrating into society. This coalition includes Break the Chain Campaign, Ayuda, Inc., and Boat People SOS. Working together, PHI anticipates a groundbreaking for the first transitional housing unit on the East coast in May 2006.

PHI allocates tremendous energy to its outreach and education campaigns to increase awareness and cultivate anti-trafficking activism among young leaders.

PHI has a longstanding relationship with the Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C. PHI provides updates and clarifications on U.S. policy on trafficking, as well as reports on the current situation of anti-trafficking NGOs in Thailand.

This year, PHI is facilitating collaboration amongst Thai anti-trafficking NGOs, Thai government officials, and the Thai business sector to provide economic alternatives and jobs afforded through this network to women who have been trafficked and re-trafficked. PHI believes job creation and training is a key component in effecting change in re-trafficking rates in the region.

In response to post-tsunami pressures linked to trafficking, PHI staff are currently working on the ground in Thailand with their partner, FACE and The Foundation for Children who administer projects in Pang-Nga village in southern Thailand where many schools were destroyed and many teachers were killed by the tsunami.

PHI welcomes donations and volunteers.