Public-Private Alliance Foundation
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December 30, 2011
I have known of PPAF and its work since 2003. In 2003-2004, I interned with PPAF to support the organization in its early growth, and witnessed some of the tremendous work that it has done in Madagascar. More recently I have been a donor and occasional volunteer for PPAF. PPAF has identified an integral, under-resourced link in what one could describe as the value chain for poverty reduction. By serving as a passionate advocate for high-impact, win-win opportunities, PPAF is able to overcome the inertia that often prevents such opportunities from being realized. In addition, by virtue of the impressive rolodex that the organization has assembled, it is able to rapidly identify promising opportunities and get all necessary stakeholders to the table in a way that few others can.
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July 19, 2011
In my experience with PPAF, I have seen their work expand to incorporate organizations beyond their UN origins. This diversification in partners has made PPAF increasingly effective in achieving their poverty reduction goals. The current cookstoves project has real potential to impact households and have large scale results. PPAF's ventures into the world of social media show their commitment to working in a rapidly globalizing world.
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Conferences and the cookstoves project
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Improve PPAF's use of social media and available technology to streamline working processes
March 31, 2011
This organization has been working tirelessly to improve the lives of the marginalized and the underserved.
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No as they are on the right track
March 31, 2011
The Public Private Alliance Foundation is working to bring cookstove practices which protect human health from lethal indoor smoke, preserve forests, allow women to avoid dangerous wood gathering missions and girls to go to school. Work in Haiti promises to demonstrate the practicality and economic viability of ethanol cookstoves to replace current charcoal based methods.
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As a Board member I have seen the day to day efforts to bring improved tachnology for cookstoves, safer fuels, and potential markets together to address deforestation and improve human health.
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This organization might be more effective in colaboration with initiatives to promote national level approaches which promise more rapid dissemination of these important innovations.
March 31, 2011
I have been a pro bono "senior fellow" at PPAF for several years and have witnessed the foundation's evolution. They have moved from being primarily an organizer of conferences into becoming an important facilitator between development projects and business. Much of this work has been done most recently in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
PPAF has had a focus on finding alternative energy solutions for the developing world. From several early conferences of experts at the UN, they have assembled expertise in the field which has helped them to implement their "clean cookstove" initiative which is helping Haiti with a more environmentally healthful alternative to current cookstoves.
In addition, they have enlisted a Haitian-American business group, SimACT, to assist in restoration and economic development of a historically significent town (UNESCO Listed) which has been partially damaged by the earthquake. Projects which have been identified are now in the process of implementation.
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See Above
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Less emphasis on conferences.
March 30, 2011
The Public-Private Alliance Foundation derives from the passion of the former General Manager of the UN Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development, who tirelessly tries to improve the life of underserved population in developing countries.
What I like about the PPAF is its sensibility to the environment that ensures a long lasting sustainable development, an example is the ethanol cook stove project – on one hand it helps save the tree, on the other the clean burning stove improves the health of the poor people.
For that reason I invited Dr. Stillman, founder and director, to exhibit and explain the ethanol cooking stove at our recent Earth Day celebration.
PPAF deserves our support.
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It convinced me that a Public Private joint venture is a win win situation for both the private sector and the public.
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like to get more people and business community involved.
March 30, 2011
Although PPAF is a young non-profit, it has done some outstanding work. The people behind the organization are extremely hard working and dedicated to the PPAF mission.
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bringing together a variety of interests (business, non-profit, United Nations, academic, etc.) through its annual Partners Against Poverty conference, which aims to stimulate entrepreneurship and commerce-related activities in the Domincan Republic and Madagascar.
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engage more youth.
March 30, 2011
Public Private Alliance Foundation is a wonderful organization. It is new and small, but it does a great deal. PPAF works closely with the United Nations and some of its Board members are Ambassadors.
Immediatly after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, PPAF mobalized to provide assitance, notably in private sector capacity building. PPAF has worked with a Haitian-American organization to promote development along the Southern coast of Haiti.
PPAF has worked to promote public and private sector alternative energy programs in the countries in which it operates, notably in the Dominican Republic (ethanol) and Madagascar (jatropha).
PPAF also has helped strengthen the health care sector in Madagascar, which is a country particularly of interest to me. PPAF was instramtental in delivering millions of dollars of medical equipment to hospitals in Madagascar and in promoting the gift of hearing in Madagascar.
Anyone wishing to help promote sustainable development should strongly consider working the PPAF.
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I personally have seen the PPAF work very well with the United Nations and NGO's in Madagascar and Dominican Republic.
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I would work to raise more funds for the PPAF's programs and operational budgets.
March 29, 2011
Other reviewers have rightfully praised the Public-Private Alliance Foundation for its work supporting sustainable development and the UN Millennium Goals by fostering public and private sector cooperation. Equally important, though less visible, is PPAF's success in preparing the next generation of development leaders through its Intern, Associate, and Fellow positions.
I interned with PPAF as a graduate student. While there, Executive Director Dr. David Stillman personally ensured that the work I performed directly enhanced my existing skills while exposing me to new skills, experiences, and networking opportunities. Throughout tasks and projects, he always patiently explained how the work I was doing fit into the broader context of both PPAF's and the international community's development efforts. As a result, PPAF is preparing its Interns, Associates, and Fellows to enter the workforce with the practical skills necessary to succeed and the deeper understanding of development necessary to lead, ensuring that its contributions will continue well into the next generation.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in: its outreach work, for example through press releases, blog entries, and email updates; its conferences, notably a rebuilding conference in Jacmel, Haiti; and its success in fostering collaboration, for example between Haitian-American investors, sustainable development NGOs, and private industry to bring clean-burning ethanol cookstoves to Haiti.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Expand its already successful internship program.
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For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
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Very Well
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Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
March 28, 2011
PPAF seeks to align the interest of community, government, and business towards providing sustainable economic and business opportunities to help people in poverty.
I was drawn to PPAF because of this sensible, noble mission. I have enjoyed my experience so far working with the organization and at times rubbing elbows with diplomats and other luminaries. People care about making a difference, which is great.
I look forward to an improved online presence and a way for PPAF to assess it's effectiveness for everyone to see.
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I've seen it in action.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Institute some way of assessing the effectiveness of campaigns in terms of time, money, and other resources and be able to create a history of what the organization has accomplished.
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