Who we are

Hope In View is a non profit tax-exempt organization which was registered in Indiana in 2003.

Board of Directors

  • Daniel Fountain, M.D. - Director, School of Global Health, King College, Bristol, TN
  • Tim Thiery- Science Teacher, Goshen Middle School, Goshen, IN
  • Alma Hagen - Veteran Educator of India, Nepal, and China
  • Richard Litwiller, ChFC- Financial Advisor, MMA-Goshen, Goshen, IN
  • William Perkins - Lay Minister to people affected by HIV and AIDS, South Bend, IN

Executive Director

Carolyn Klaus, M.D., is a board certified internist who became skilled in care of AIDS patients in a Philadelphia inner city clinic that she founded. With mentoring from an international agency, she also learned to do community development in that needy neighborhood.

In recent years she has used this experience in seven AIDS-affected countries, teaching and consulting in medical schools, colleges and universities, churches, and community-based organizations on four continents. As part of this work she has initiated a community health development project in Peru, organized a network of AIDS ministries in Ukraine, and helped launch antiretroviral drug therapy in Ethiopia. She has also trained over 200 "AIDS strategic mobilizers", who in turn have worked in at least 19 countries.

When she in  the USA she serves on the staff of Memorial Hospital in South Bend, IN.

Youth Mission Trip Coordinators

Don and Taceile Rumfelt developed a deep sympathy for children in need as foster parents. Recently they have worked in Sri Lanka in tsunami relief and have participated in Hope In View's AIDS training in Kenya. They now volunteer as coordinators of logistics for Hope In View's short-term trips to serve AIDS-affected children.

 

Small Business Development and Microenterprise Coordinator

A long-time friend of Ron and Carolyn, Tim Thiery took his first trip to Ethiopia in 2007 as a "fly on the wall" for Ron and Carolyn, documenting their involvement and progress with community development. Ever since this first-person witness of the amazing events there, Tim has found his own heart for the people of Ethiopia. Recently he has been working to identify and network resources for small business development and is planning to return to Ethiopia this June.

 

Other volunteers include trainees of Dr. Klaus and other people of many walks of life who choose to use their time and skills to see AIDS defeated.