HOPE, ALASKSA FOR LARISSA AND TANYA

TANYA SERVING AT THE TB HOSPITAL

LARISSA SERVING AT TB HOSPITAL

LARISSA AND TANYA WILL GO TO ALASKA TO LEARN SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION FOR KYRGYZSTAN

We are so pleased to announce a great opportunity for Larissa and Tanya - our staff and team members from Kyrgyzstan.  We have completed an agreement with HOPE (www.hopealaska.org) in Anchorage, Alaska to bring two of our team members over for a learning opportunity.  Hope Alaska is an amazing organization in which our team will learn and then return to Kyrgyzstan to teach others and to demonstrate new skills and knowledge.

We are thrilled to be sending Larissa and Tanya to Alaska this September for this opportunity.  They will be staying there for three months, learning and practicing/working.  Once they return Hope will send two experts over to Kyrgyzstan and follow them in their work within Kyrgyzstan - to continue the coaching and transfer of new skills.

LAMb International is excited to have this partnership with Hope.  It is our desire to continue building skilled teams in Kyrgyzstan in the area of working with disabled persons.  We know our ISKRA MEN'S HOME will benefit greatly, as will many other organizations where Larissa and Tanya will be serving.  They have served again and again - hour upon hour in KG - now the opportunity to bring new energy and knowledge has been given them.  They are humbled and so excited to be heading for this once in a lifetime opportunity to learn.

YOU CAN HELP US BUILD SUSTAINABILITY IN KYRGYZSTAN - JUST ASK US HOW...

Here is a cut from the HOPE website:

Hope Community Resources (Hope) is a non-profit organization that provides community supports throughout the State of Alaska to over 1,200 families and individuals who experience disabilities. Currently, Hope is the only agency to provide services on a state-wide basis through regional offices that are located in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, Dillingham, Kodiak, Juneau, Ketchikan, Seward, Barrow and the Kenai Peninsula. Based in these communities, Hope also serves the outlying areas and numerous villages surrounding each region.      

Who We Serve

The people who choose Hope supports range in age from infancy to the elderly; are of varied and diverse ethnic background; and experience mild to severe disabilities.  Each person is individual and unique in the supports they need and request.  Because of this, Hope focuses service planning on the individual and not on a standard "menu" of supports.  Each person's plan is customized to meet their specific needs and dreams.

Approximately 28% of Hope's support recipients are Alaskan Native.  This proves to be challenging with the language barriers and the vastness of the state; however, Hope has accepted this challenge through its expansion of regional offices, subsistence supports and cultural awareness.

Keeping families together in the community of their choice is a major component of Hope's mission.

Why Choose Hope?

Hope is here to assist individuals in achieving their dreams.  Hope operates under principles that reflect the highest values centered on those who choose our community supports.  These values have and will continue to be the driving force behind Hope's support system of person-centeredness and consumer control.

Hope believes families and individuals should have control over their lives.  By giving them choice in living environments, personalized supports, employment opportunities and other support options, they can exercise that control.  Hope promotes a concerted advocacy for the rights of people who experience a disability.