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Wings of Hope, founded in 1962, is one of the oldest and largest volunteer humanitarian charities in the world and the largest volunteer charity in the Midwestern United States. They use whatever resources are required to effect a positive change in the future for a selected region of the world. This includes general aviation aircraft, motorized boats or even delivering fully equipped mobile hospitals – anything that will help the marginalized citizens of a region onto the patch of self-reliance. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, it is actually one of the few whole-Earth charities as its 3,000+ worldwide volunteers consist of many nationalities and never set agendas or boundaries. They operate in 47 countries at 157 bases of operation (sic 2013). Wings of Hope is strictly humanitarian, meaning it has no agenda or ulterior motive. They work so that the impoverished of the world can achieve their dreams, not someone else’s. Generally, they provide resources from the bottom up starting at the smallest elements of human society, rather than from the top down approach. They instill peace and hope as expected norms rather than constant or routine suffering. The charity was nominated for the 2011 and 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.〔("Nobel Prize Nomination For St. Louis' Wings Of Hope" ) Huffington Post. Retrieved Jan 27, 2014.〕〔("Wings Of Hope St. Louis Charity Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize" (Video) ). Fox 2 News. Retrieved Jan 27, 2014.〕 Wings of Hope currently has a 4-Star rating from Charity Navigator, the most experienced charity evaluator in the United States 〔("Wings of Hope" ). Charity Navigator. Retrieved Jan 27, 2014.〕 and a Gold Star rating on GuideStar 〔("Wings of Hope, Inc." ) GuideStar. Retrieved Jan 27, 2014.〕 (both the highest rating). In 2012, 92.7% of the charity’s budget was spent on the programs and services it delivers. Wings of Hope is fiercely financially transparent. Their board receives no funds from the organization and neither does any spokesperson. Additionally, Wings of Hope solicits an outside annual audit of all of its financial records as a hallmark of their honesty and transparency. Less than 10% of American charities allow their finances to be scrutinized by independent, outside auditors. == History == Wings of Hope was founded in 1962 by four St. Louis business executives. They were ordinary men who had a vision. They had heard about a nurse in the Turkana desert of Kenya who needed help in reaching out to women and children. These four men decided to provide her with more modern resources and supplies, including a small aircraft because there were no roads. They formed Wings of Hope. Word spread throughout the world. Requests came in from remote and isolated areas pleading for assistance. So, they formed the philosophies Wings of Hope still uses today: 1) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wings of Hope (charity)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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