Counterpart International (Counterpart) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The mission of Counterpart is: Working in partnership to empower people, communities and institutions to drive and sustain their own development. (Revised 2011)
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.
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