Partners International Foundation
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Partners-international Foundation (PIF) is a non-profit group of dedicated individuals who have the skills to really make a difference. PIF is comprised of retired military senior officers with skills in planning, logistics, and leadership. In addition, there are specialists in technology and how to adapt it to developing countries as well as researcher scientists who can evaluate what is working and when PIF needs to change course. Most recently, PIF members have been actively engaged in Haiti both through providing much need medical support immediately following the earthquake and coordinating placement of orphans in areas outside of Port-au-Prince where their safety and wellbeing can be assured. These are dedicated professionals who are able to listen to people in need, understand their perspectives, and work together with the local community as partners to help them to help themselves.
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PIF has the personnel and dedication to make a huge difference in Haiti. PIF listened to knowledgeable people in Haiti to understand the problems from immediate to long-term. Funding would enable PIF to assist Haiti develop sustainability in education.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
I have volunteered for PIF since 1996 in various capacities. This organization has an uncanny ability to attract extraordinary people to lend their efforts to provide sustainable solutions. Recently, this was the case in the Healthy African Scenarios Experiment (HASE) in ECOWAS, and the associated Capital Analysis and Performance Strategy (CAPS) model that grew out of the experimentation.
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The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
extraordinary and dedicated professionals
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
develop a multi-tiered environment to implement CAPS analysis, data collection, and distance learning applications/tools for crisis/disaster mitigation.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
In addition to its humanitarian projects and interventions PIF also has a technology component to its mission. This technology component involves harnessing open source software applications to provide a variety of services to the non-profit community. These services currently include public and private discussion forums, video-conferencing, and secure instant messaging. Future developments will include geo-location and information services and distance learning applications. Much of this work is done in conjunction with PIF's partner organization, the Center For Applied Innovation.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
the dedication, commitment, and resourcefulness of those I have worked with.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
build Internet based tools and services for the non-profit community: ** Personnel tracking using cellular-based GPS (included emergency notification). ** Customized Google map applications. ** Distance learning applications for first-responders.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
A fantastic organization founded and operated mostly by current, retired, and former military. Currently 100% volunteer with no paid staff to the maximum amount of funds donated go to those in need.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
programs it executed from Africa to Afghanistan and Iraq as well as within the United States.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The people and the dedication to making things happen.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
current, former, and retired military as well as regular volunteers of all ages.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
For vets it would fund a myriad of programs for disabled vets and their families as well as help those who lost family members in on-going conflict. Globally it would build sustainable livelihoods in Africa dramatically reducing dependence on outside aid. This, in turn, would bring stability to the region and reduce conflict.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
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