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This article may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please help by adding relevant internal links, or by improving the article's layout. (December 2010) This article is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view. For blatant advertising that would require a fundamental rewrite to become encyclopedic, use {{db-spam}} to mark for speedy deletion. (February 2011) Counterpart International (Counterpart) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The mission of Counterpart is to empower people to implement innovative and enduring solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. (Revised 2010) The organization was established in 1965 originally as the Foundation of the People of the South Pacific (FSP) by an Australian Marist Missionary priest, Stanley Hosie, and Elizabeth "Betty" Bryant Silverstein. Betty Silverstein and Stanley Hosie began with the focus of equipping the people of post-World War II South Pacific with the tools and resources to address the needs of their community and ease the post-war devastation. Within the last few decades, Counterpart International has broadened its focus and since had programs and activities in nearly 60 countries on six continents. Contents 1 History 2 Mission statement 3 Program goals 3.1 Civil society 3.2 Food security and sustainable agriculture 3.3 Economic development 3.4 Global health and nutrition 3.5 Community and humanitarian assistance 3.6 Environment and conservation 4 Organizational structure 4.1 Board of Directors 5 Accomplishments, progress and awards 6 References 7 External links History Since its founding in 1965 as the Foundation for the People of the South Pacific (FSP), Counterpart International (Counterpart) has prided itself on the ability to empower people to implement innovative and enduring solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. Its founders, Betty, an Australian actress, and Stanley, a Marist priest, ran FSP out of a New York City thrift shop, where Betty's film industry friends donated clothing to help raise money for the programs. In the island nations of the South Pacific, FSP provided local institutions with skills to rebuild infrastructure while offering sustainable solutions to poverty. FSP improved the capacity of local organizations and developed a model of international aid that would become generally accepted as the best practices in development. This form of capacity-building continues to be the framework for the work Counterpart does around the world. In the early 1970s, FSP facilitated the economic growth of local communities when "profit-making" and "business strategies" were hardly commonplace notions among development organizations. In Samoa, for example, FSP took an age-old proverb seriously – "If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime;" instead of only giving Samoans food, FSP offered tools to expand the fishing industry to increase sustainability and profit for the local fishermen and their communities. When the Soviet Union fell in early 1991, another opportunity emerged for FSP to develop the capacity of local institutions while building sustainable organizations. What began as a two million dollar niche organization focused on the South Pacific quickly evolved with the shifting cultural, political and economic global needs as Counterpart International. The name "Counterpart" was chosen in 1992 as the new name for FSP because as Stanley Hosie noted it was a name that "seemed best to express our quintessential mission of identifying and training local leaders in local institutions in a spirit of partnership".[1] By its statement, the organization offers options and access to tools for sustained social, economic and environmental development and forges strategic partnerships in the public and private sectors. Counterpart International has programs in the fields of civil society, economic development, environment and conservation, food security and sustainable agriculture, global health and child survival, humanitarian assistance. www.counterpart.org Mission statement "The mission of Counterpart International is to empower people to implement innovative and enduring solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges."[citation needed] Program goals Civil society Supports individuals, communities, and institutions through access to partnership, knowledge and tools to build vibrant and sustainable civil societies, based on individual initiative, pluralism, civic consciousness and participation. Our key practice areas include institutional development, advocacy, community mobilization, community foundation development, and conflict prevention and mitigation.[2] Food security and sustainable agriculture Enhances the resilience of the world's most vulnerable populations affected by disease, hunger, and conflict. We[who?] achieve this through community-driven programming in Nutrition and Agriculture, emphasizing responses to HIV/AIDS. We express our solidarity with our participants’ search for dignity, treating them as full partners in our joint struggle to achieve a more just world.[2] Economic development Increases incomes and improves lives by assisting micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises – producers, traders, service providers, and exporters – stabilize, grow, and create employment. Driven by the demands of the marketplace and implemented in partnership with local institutions, we[who?] strengthen businesses and communities by facilitating access to financial and business support services and building capacity to advocate for a business-friendly policy environment.[2] Global health and nutrition Focuses on improving access to and quality of care for the most vulnerable. We work at both the policy and community level implementing urban and rural health programs in partnership with local Ministries of Health and NGOs. Through behavioral change approaches, we promote sustainable solutions in the areas of maternal health and child survival, reducing malaria and Tuberculosis, enhancing hygiene and sanitation, encouraging good nutrition and breast feeding, and managing diarrheal disease, acute respiratory infections and HIV/AIDS.[2] Community and humanitarian assistance Bridges the gap between emergency help and long-term development. Through our Supply Chain Management System, we acquire, deliver and distribute goods to end users based on their needs. We have delivered and distributed more than 6,000 containers valued at $800 million to 45 countries. Our database network allows us to report back to donors immediately with information on the location of every donated item, be it clothing and food, medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, household, agricultural and emergency relief supplies, or vehicles and equipment.[2] Environment and conservation Work with Total Ecosystem Management projects for poverty alleviation, biodiversity conservation, pollution control and sustainable economic development. The work includes Ridge-to-Reef and Local Environmental Action Programs, and our innovative Forest Garden and Coral Garden programs which tie into our pioneering use of sustainable tourism to enhance the environment.[2] Organizational structure Counterpart has a staff of 350 in 24 countries.[citation needed] Board of Directors Counterpart International's Board of Directors is composed of at least five but not more than fifteen voting members, who are responsible for the legal and fiduciary operations of the organization. The full Board of Directors meets four times a year, and committees meet as needed to prepare recommendations for full board approval. Elizabeth B. Silverstein (1920–2005), Co-Founder Stanley W. Hosie Co-Founder Jeffrey T. LaRiche Chairman, Counterpart International; President & CEO, CASTLE Worldwide, Morrisville, North Carolina Joan C. Parker Ex Officio Member, President & CEO, Counterpart International, Arlington, Virginia Brenda Broz Eddy Vice President, Eddy Associates, Los Angeles, California Eamon Kelly Executive Director, Payson Center, New Orleans, Louisiana Thomas Lovejoy Heinz Center Biodiversity Chair, Heinz Center for Science, Washington, D.C. Deborah Nolan Partner, Ernst & Young, Oak Hill, Virginia Sandra Taylor President, Sustainable Business International, Washington, D.C. Les Wallace President, Signature Resources, Aurora, Colorado David Wickline Managing Partner, Alchemy Ventures Group, Occidental, California Accomplishments, progress and awards The USAID, with the encouragement of Congressman Ted Kupferman, registered FSP in 1968 as a Private Voluntary Organization, also known as a Non-Governmental Organization. Following registration, FSP implemented and supported numerous programs in the South Pacific as government funding continued to grow.[3] During the 1970s, FSP obtained more grants, pulling in funding in order to expand the foundation's staff and to evolve field offices into indigenous, independent NGOs that were locally staffed. The first program to transition to a local NGO was FSP Fiji in 1981.[4] In 1991, President George Bush awarded FSP co-founder Betty Silverstein with the U.S. Presidential End Hunger Award for Individual Achievement. The administration recognized Betty for her decades-long work with FSP after the USAID nominated her for the award. Later, Betty received more recognition for her work when First Lady Hillary Clinton commended Betty at Counterpart's 500th humanitarian Airlift at Andrews Air Force Base in Virginia in early 1998.[5] Since 1993, Counterpart has delivered over half a billion dollars worth of aid to countries in former USSR, Central Asia Republics, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa.[6] Counterpart's Armenia Office involved in announcement of Civil Society Fund 2009 Winners, which is also part of Counterpart International's Limited Intervention Program Statement (LIPS) grants.[7] In May 2009, Counterpart was granted a five-year Cooperative Agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Through this Leader with Associates (LWA) agreement, USAID has expressed its confidence in Counterpart to implement the "Global Civil Society Strengthening" (GCSS) program that simplifies designing and delivering civil society programs overseas. The LWA will serve USAID Missions, Regional Bureaus and Offices in the implementation of civil society, media development, and program design and learning activities around the world.[8] References ^ Stanley Hosie's book, p.286 to be published Fall 2010. ^ a b c d e f http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/placement/jobnonprof.shtml. ^ Stanley Hosie's book, p.80 to be published Fall 2010. ^ Stanley Hosie's book, p.134 to be published Fall 2010. ^ http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Counterpart_International::sub::Accomplishments_Progress_And_Awards ^ Stanley Hosie's book, p.281-281 to be published Fall 2010. ^ http://www.worldbank.org.am/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/ARMENIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22183185~pagePK:1497618~piPK:217854~theSitePK:301579,00.html?cid=3001. ^ http://gcssconnect.net/Pages/default.aspx External links Official web-site of the Counterpart International Counterpart International Charity Report