Dear Friends,

Happy 2010! Lana and I can hardly believe it was 10 years ago that Global Hope Network International was begun. We were commissioned in Amsterdam in the summer of 2000, and this May our staff will gather in Amman, Jordan to humbly give thanks for the work we have seen grow. What a privilege it has been to partner with you. Hundreds of thousands of the hidden and poor have found hope and help because you have joined hands with us.

Our staff or partners now work in 34 countries. Although we are grateful for this, we are careful to not congratulate ourselves, as we know nearly 2 billion people on our globe remain poor and without hope.

A recent study was commissioned by the Naval Post Graduate School on GHNI. They chose GHNI because they believe our way of operating represents the new paradigm of aid organizations. This paradigm provides for a more effective use of limited resources. We are a flat organization with a goal to send over 80% of our project funding directly to the field. We don’t hoard knowledge but freely give it to other partners on effective strategies for helping the poor. We have been encouraged by this recognition.

This year we celebrate our first decade of service with 2 new collaborative strategies that we believe will have global results for the poorest of the poor.

First, we will be introducing the Transformational Community Development strategy. This is a knowledge transfer effort that we freely give to others working with the hidden poor. I believe this will help millions.

Second, in an effort to help lawmakers in the countries we work, GHNI will provide a venue for them to come and spend a week to gain knowledge and resources for policy development. Top global leaders who share our vision will give of their time to meet and share their knowledge with Policy Makers, in the Geneva Institute for Leadership and Public Policy—a collaborative initiative of GHNI.

Thanks so much for your encouragement and partnership!

Hal Jones
President