East Meets West (non-governmental organization)

East Meets West, known in the United States as Thrive Networks, is an international non-governmental organization that creates evidence-based programs and technologies in health, water, sanitation, and education for people in Asia and Africa. It was founded in 1988 by author and humanitarian Le Ly Hayslip and is based in Oakland, California, USA.

Thrive Networks, also known as East Meets West
Founded1988
FounderLe Ly Hayslip
TypeINGO
Location
  • Offices in US, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, India and Uganda.
Area served
Asia and Africa
Employees
110
Websitethrivenetworks.org

It operates in the fields of healthcare, education, and clean water and sanitation aiming to help people in Asia to achieve self-sufficiency.

Among the key programs are: providing low-income children with education, clean water, and medical care, a surgery program to heal heart defects in children (Operation Healthy Heart), a scholarship program to improve educational outcomes (SPELL), a dental program, support for children with disabilities, and a clean water and sanitation program.

In 2011, it invested over US$13 million in its programs. East Meets West has a four-star rating and was listed as one of the "10 Charities Expanding in a Hurry" on Charity Navigator.

In 2014, EMW relaunched in the United States as Thrive Networks.

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