The poor typically work hard but struggle to break a cycle of poverty which can span generations. By building partnerships, engaging local leaders, and leveraging available resources, HOPE worldwide develops integrated solutions to the underlying problems of poverty on a non-sectarian basis on all six inhabited continents. Whether it’s improving children’s academic performance, feeding the poor, teaching parenting skills or improving access to health care for the medically underserved, HOPE worldwide’s staff and volunteers work with communities to meet needs of families and children through Centers of HOPE worldwide creating sustainable solutions that go beyond addressing symptoms of distress.