A kind-hearted woman flew more than 3,000 miles yesterday to help escort a Great Dane puppy named Kiara to her new home at an Ipswich-based nonprofit that trains service dogs and pairs them with people who struggle with balance and mobility.

“I’m hoping to get at least one litter out of her before transferring her out to someone who really needs her,” said Carlene White, founder of Service Dog Project. “Hopefully, if she has a nice big litter, we could easily end up having nine people out there who are very happy about this whole mission.”

Kiara, a 12-week-old Great Dane recently purchased from a breeder in the Netherlands, was brought to Boston’s Logan International Airport yesterday by Antoinette de Gast, a Great Dane lover and big supporter of the Service Dog Project’s mission.

“When I heard nobody was available, I felt like I should do this because I just wanted to help them,” de Gast of Norway said shortly after disembarking her eight-hour flight from Amsterdam.

De Gast said she is one of the thousands of people who make regular donations to the program and are fans of the project’s live web­cams that allow supporters to watch dozens of the organization’s Great Dane puppies grow, train and “graduate” from the program.

Kiara, like many of Service Dog Project’s puppies, will eventually be placed with one of the program’s target recipients, including people with multiple sclerosis and war veterans with disabilities.