Lara BaldaufInternational Program Management Intern

Haiti

Personal Background

EducationExperience & Community Involvement • Marketing Specialist

• DC 10 Ambassador

• Monthly Volunteer

• Member since 1987

• Mission to Hôpítal Saínt Croíx

Leogane-2010

• Mission to Wings of Hope Fermathe- 2011

Class of 2003

B.S. Business Administration: Integrated Marketing & Communications 2008

Strengths = Connectedness, Learner, Ideation, Intellection & Input

• “HPCD created a platform for rich and poor to connect by placing all of us on the same level. We were

all primarily entrepreneurs, whether rich or poor.”

“HPCD created a platform for rich and poor to connect by placing all of us on the same level. We were all primarily entrepreneurs, whether rich or poor.”

• “Even though I may have only ten businesspeople who will stand with me, we will stand together as part of the solution for Haiti.”

• “If we build strong families we can build a strong nation. The care you put into building your family is what you will do to build your country.”

Local Business Affiliate: HPCD- Haitian Partners for Christian Development

Ralph Edmond: Farmatrix CEO Founded 1989- $2,000 & 3 employees

2010- $2,000,000 & 82 employees

partnersworldwide.org

partnersworldwide.org

Our Beginning

In 1994, Partners Worldwide was established to respond to the

question:

“How can businesspeople be a part of the

solution to end poverty?”

This question was raised by a group of businesspeople visiting a

community development project in Kenya.

Vision

Business as ministry for a world without

poverty.

Mission

Encourage, equip and connect business and

professional people in global partnerships that

grow enterprises and create sustainable jobs,

transforming the lives of all involved.

Ernso Jean-Louis

Owner Red Star Market

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

PARTNERSHIPS

•We fight poverty through Partnerships that

facilitate Business Mentoring.

•What is a Partners Worldwide Partnership?

A Partners Worldwide Partnership

Local Business Affiliate (LBA)

•An LBA is a group of (Small and Medium

Enterprise) business owners who agree to our

mission, vision and values.

•These local business champions and their

networks care about their communities, know

the business environment, and can build on

local resources.

•The LBA works to reduce poverty by promoting

the growth and development of sustainable

businesses in their community.

Haitian Partners for Christian

Development board of directors

Global Business Affiliate (GBA)

•A GBA is a group of three or more Christian

businesspeople that desires to walk alongside

an LBA.

•Members of a GBA provide business training,

business coaching, encouragement and

prayer support to the LBA.

LBA-GBA connection at the Partners

Worldwide 2010 International Business

Conference, Grand Rapids

Why Partnerships?

•They break the long-standing pattern of “givers” and “receivers”.

•They establish two-way relationships forged for the advancement of

God’s kingdom and the eradication of poverty through job creation.

•They foster ownership, innovation, and cross-cultural dialogue.

•They provide access to knowledge, experience and expertise

(business and technical) that would not otherwise be available.

Loan recipient, Talanta Finance, Uganda

FOUR POINT APPROACH

1. PARTNERSHIPS -- The heart of our work

is the relationships we create. Through our

“Business Affiliate -to-Business Affiliate”

framework for partnership, we link North

American businesspeople with

businesspeople in Africa, Asia, Latin America,

the Caribbean and the U.S.

GBA-LBA engagement via New Jerusalem

Business Network

Gonaives, Haiti

FOUR POINT APPROACH

2. TRAINING & MENTORING -- We facilitate mentoring relationships that

actively apply the experience and business skills of mentors, matching

the strengths of business with the world’s great needs.

Business training, Gitithia Rural Agro-Finance Group, Kenya

FOUR POINT APPROACH

3. ACCESS TO CAPITAL -- Access to affordable capital is a challenge for

growing businesses. We join with locally established loan institutions to make

capital available to businesses in our partnerships.

Business Seva, Hyderabad, India

FOUR POINT APPROACH

4. ADVOCACY -- Businesspeople in the Partners Worldwide network learn about

the complexity of poverty and development through long-term involvement. As a

result, we feel called to work on and support policies that provide a more level

playing field for business in developing contexts.

Values

The driving force of all our work is that every human being is created in the image

of God. This truth is the foundation of the values we use to shape our work. Our

values are:

•Exceptional Service

•Innovation

•Never Give Up

•Walk Alongside

•Embrace God’s Calling

•Contagious

Current Results

As of June 30, 2010 PW has:

39 connected partnerships

45 LBAs in 20 countries

39 GBAs from North America

16,852 client businesses involved in

our LBAs

1,922 jobs created

20,742 jobs retained

$1.25 million in loan funds disbursed

217 GBA business mentors

464 LBA business mentors

Member business, Red de

Profesionales de Negocios,

Nicaragua

How Will I Be Involved?

International Program Management Intern: Haiti

• Assess the mentoring and training needs of both Partners Worldwide and member businesses; assist in training sessions

• Assist in the organizational development and growth of the LBAs

• Gather narratives and profiles on LBA leaders and other member businesses

• Assist in standardizing the monthly and quarterly reports and communication

• Facilitate/translate communication between LBA and GBA

• Assist in project management to implement a website and/or other marketing tools for the 100,000 Jobs for Haiti Initiative

Vision

100,000 Jobs in Haiti by January 12, 2020

Mission

The Haiti 100,000 Jobs Coalition connects,

engages and equips

businesses, NGOs, churches and

partnerships that grow enterprises for

sustainable job creation.

Values•

Partnership: Walk alongside

•Haitians first

•Local empowerment by utilizing

resources and talents

•Value add to build on local resources

•Advocacy on structured levels

100,000 Jobs For Haiti Initiative

PartnersCore Partners = CRWRC, World Vision, World Concern, Samaritan’s Purse, business championsNGOs = buyers, networks, communitiesLoan institutions = Fonkoze and other lending organizations or banks Businesses = Haitian entrepreneurs / business owners; Foreign investors; International businesses operating in Haiti;Churches = Advocacy partners or buyersDonors = Kellogg, Soros, Clinton, MercyCorp

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How You Can Get Involved

Become a Global Business Affiliate (GBA)

Use your business skills, experience and resources to partner with a group of

business people within a developing community or country who are seeking to grow their

businesses and create jobs to end the cycle of poverty in their community.

Become a Financial Partner

Provide a financial gift to help support my efforts of ending the cycle of poverty through the

creation of sustainable jobs in Haiti. www.partnersworldwide.org/donatenow/

Become a Motivational Support Partner

Visit my website for monthly updates. www.lara-flyinghope.blogspot.com email: LaraB84@msn.com