Organizations Filed Purposes:
HELPS INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES ENDURING PROGRAMS OF PRACTICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD THROUGH A SYSTEM OF PARTNERSHIP AND MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY. HELPS TAKES AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO POVERTY REDUCTION WITH PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON FOUR KEY AREAS: AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE.
HELPS INTERNATIONAL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ENDURING PROGRAMS OF PRACTICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD THROUGH A SYSTEM OF PARTNERSHIP AND MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
HEALTH CARE: HELPS INTERNATIONAL'S HEALTH CARE PROGRAM IS WORKING TO FILL THE GAPS IN HEALTH CARE & BRING HOPE TO RURAL AREAS OF GUATEMALA. UTILIZING A NETWORK OF US BASED VOLUNTEER MEDICAL TEAMS, HELPS IS PROVIDING PREVENTIVE CARE, SURGERY & COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. EACH TEAM CONSISTS OF 65 - 100 VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING PHYSICIANS, NURSES, INTERPRETERS, DENTISTS, TECHNICIANS & SUPPORT STAFF WHO TRAVEL TO REMOTE AREAS WITH SEVERELY RESTRICTED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. THESE MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDE FULL SERVICE INCLUDING CLINICS, GENERAL SURGERY, PLASTIC SURGERY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, DENTAL & RADIOLOGY. SINCE 1994 HELPS TEAMS HAVE PROVIDED CARE TO MORE THAN 315,000 PATIENTS. IN 2019, HELPS MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDED CARE TO 14,732 PATIENTS ACROSS GUATEMALA.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: HELPS INTERNATIONAL'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVING HEALTH & SAFETY IN RURAL AREAS BY INSTALLING FUEL-EFFICIENT COOK STOVES, WATER FILTERS & OTHER HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. THE OPEN FIRES TRADITIONALLY UTILIZED FOR COOKING INSIDE OF HOMES LEADS TO DIVESTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS & SEVERE BURNS. ADDITIONALLY, WATERBORNE DISEASES ARE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN GUATEMALA, WHERE MILLIONS LACK ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER. HELPS VOLUNTEERS INSTALL ONIL STOVES & WATER FILTERS IN THOUSANDS OF POVERTY STRICKEN GUATEMALAN HOMES EACH YEAR THEREBY REDUCING HEALTH PROBLEMS & CREATING NEW SOCIAL & ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR FEMALES. SINCE 2002, MORE THAN 226,000 ONIL COOK STOVES AND MORE THAN 201,000 ONIL WATER FILTERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. IN 2019, HELPS DISTRIBUTED 1,514 ONIL COOK STOVES & 1,631 ONIL WATER FILTERS.
EDUCATION: HELPS INTERNATIONAL'S EDUCATION PROGRAM IS TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GUATEMALAN LEADERS IN THE SMALL, RURAL VILLAGE OF SANTA AVELINA WHERE POVERTY & ILLITERACY RATES ARE EXTREMELY HIGH. IN ADDITION TO PRE K THROUGH 6 INSTRUCTION, HELPS OFFERS EXTRACURRICULAR ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, TEACHER TRAINING & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION. MORE THAN 3,000 STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN HELPS EDUCATION PROGRAM. IN 2019, HELPS SERVED 206 STUDENTS FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH UNIVERSITY THROUGH ITS PROGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Frank Mcgee | ACCOUNTANT | 18 | $109,210 |
| John Newby | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Eugene Albert | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Dalton | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Fausto Arimany | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Doughtery | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Diego Castaneda | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Schultz | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen W Miller | PRESIDENT/TREASURER | 30 | $0 |
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