Public-Private Alliance Foundation

Public Private Alliance Foundation is working primarily in Haiti, outside of Port-au-Prince, to increase the use of solar energy for cooking. The approach is multi-disciplinary, and very flexible regarding organizations through which it accomplishes its work on the ground. Some of the organizations work with schools or churches, but the key seems to be finding an enthusiastic person or persons who enjoy sharing their knowledge among those who are good candidates to adopt solar cooking to replace at least some of their cooking with charcoal. The results improve health, allow more trees to remain in Haiti, and improve household economies.

I've been a volunteer here for over three years. Their dedication in raising funds to support deserving groups have been inspiring.

Resource Furniture has been a proud supporter of the Public-Private Alliance Foundation for many years. PPAF's work in Haiti promoting alternative cooking energy methods has the potential to make a huge impact on the health and well-being of Haitian citizens and their environment. The excitement of those learning to cook with solar energy is especially palpable and rewarding to witness through regular progress reports and photos distributed by PPAF. As a donor, the impact of every dollar spent is of obvious value and makes it easy to contribute to the work being done on the ground by such a passionate, dedicated team.

The Stillmans who founded this NGO are experienced and dedicated and have labored long and hard to make PPAF a success. Their work in Haiti is particularly important given the poor state of that country.

I have a company Solar Oven Reflectors. Since the Pandemic I have been making solar ovens to donate overseas. I recently targeted orphanages in Hinche Haiti where I have traveled to a dental clinic. PPAF has supported Elie Joseph teaching of solar cooking to schools. I contacted Elie and offered to donate cookers to orphanages that were having trouble buying charcoal and firewood. Elie agreed to start a solar cookers program for orphanages. I made and sent 130 cookers to Elie where he distributed them to 6 orphanages and taught the cooks how to use the cookers. PPAF has been paying for food for cooker demonstrations. One demonstration involved cooking 26 pots of food where 80 participants were expected. 126 came. Elie Joseph worked as an interpreter for PPAF PPAF sent him his first cookers. When we posted about this project PPAF arranged to have Roger Haines send 30 of his cookers, and Scott Rundle sent 50 small cookers that use laminated reflective materials on plastic. Haiti has become less safe to travel to. Our Hinche Haiti Dental Outreach nonprofit has transitioned to supporting dentists in Hinche with supplies and orphanages with solar cookers as we no longer want to risk sending staff to Hinche. PPAF has provided funding for items that I cannot fund related to solar cooking. Here is a Facebook link to Elie Joseph's post on the Solar Cookers World Network. https://www.facebook.com/groups/16213904406/user/100089157145029/

PPAF is effectively expanding knowledge and use of solar cookers in Haiti, workig with individuals, local organizations, orphanages and others in three areas. Despite dificult circumstances dedicated local partners are expanding the program through community demonstrations and testing new recipes and the drying of fruits and vegetables. Local sales of solar cookers are beginning.

PPAF champions clean cooking initiatives in Haiti, even in challenging times. Their impactful efforts with sustainable cookstoves uplift women, girls, and entrepreneurs. I'm honored to be aligned with PPAF, a cause everyone should support.

It has been 7 years this fall since KDCK has been collaborating with PPAF. We worked on several projects together in Haiti with good outcomes. PPAF is very consistent and persistent on working hard to attain its goals.

I've had the opportunity to intern at PPAF and it was a wonderful experience. David, Ginger and their team are passionate about their work and the projects that they lead have a direct impact on the communities that they serve.

PPAF makes significant contributions to the lives of many in Haiti, a place where few organizations dare to go. Outstanding work in solar cookers and education.

I am Chairman of PPAF. I started out working with PPAF as a volunteer many years ago. Working with PPAF literally changed my life.

Very dedicated people. They are doing amazing work in Haiti!

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PPAF is a fantastic not-for-profit. It is doing great work on protecting the environment and health through efforts to promote clean cook-stove technology in developing countries. It works in Haiti and Madagascar primarily but has strong links to Dominican Republic. Because it is accredited to the United Nations, PPAF punches far above its weight by leveraging contacts in governments. I encourage anyone interested in helping with climate change to support PPAF.

PPAF has continued to work with excellent Haitian partners and the program for solar cooking has progressed despite local political and economic problems. Progress is underway for a solar cooking cookbook, created and tested by Haitian volunteers and edited by U.S.volunteers. Importofnew stoves is difficult, so emphasis is being made on local manufacture with locally available materials.

We've collaborated with PPAF on advocacy efforts at the United Nations. We greatly appreciate their collaboration.

I've always felt well supported when traveling to different parts of Haiti to teach small scale biogas with our community partners. PPAF's care and expertise made each trip to follow up with a biogas/solar cooking hub a success.

I have worked with PPAF for many years with their solar cooker projects in Haiti. They do outstanding work in training local families to use the power of the sun to cook, while improving health and saving the planet. A wonderful group of professionals who are making the world a better place.

The ASAMA Project in Madagascar.
1.National context
Madagascar is a low-income and developing country in the Indian
Ocean, ranked 155th out of 187 countries on the United Nations
Human Development Index.
Primary education enrolment and completion rates are among the
targets that will not be met in the development goals if more supports are not provided.
According to UNESCO, Madagascar is experiencing huge difficulties in
improving its literacy rates, which are 64.5% and 64.9% respectively
for adults and young people.

2.The components of the ASAMA program are designed to develop an
intensive learning method to encourage the return of young
teenagers and adults with low literacy skills to elementary school.

In ten (10 ) months (compared to five years for a normal course from Grade 1 to 5 ), they are able and qualify for the examination of the "Elementary Primary
Studies Certificate "(EPSC) with an average 80% success rate.

2) The implementation of the ASAMA program requires prior
compliance by the organizers with the following criteria :
 Identify classes of at least 30 teenagers and adults in poor areas;
 Obtain permission from parents and local authorities;
 Find premises to host the training ;
 Engage local and international partners such as PUBLIC PRIVATE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (PPAF ) to support learners, provide school meals, cover various school supplies expenses and teachers 'salaries;
 Prepare and assist for the EPSC final examination

PPAF's assistance and partnership are highly instrumental in helping the ASAMA project reach its goals.

PPAF supports programs with direct and personal impact on people and communities. Our nonprofit, Solar Education Project, is fortunate to have collaborated on one such program at Universite Notre Dame d’Haiti in Hinche, where a solar cooking and biogas course was implemented.

KDCK have been partnership with PPAF in Haiti since 2016. I must say that is a successful relationship. We have been working on multiple projects in Haiti on clean cooking at University of Notre Dame Haiti, Hinche, Marion Community Center for education in commune Cotes de Fer, Southeast of Haiti. KDCK greatly benefits the sharing of knowledge, experience and the nuturing of PPAF.

The Solar Education Project had an immediate connection with PPAF at the United Nations HLPF. We share a vision for removing barriers to education and introducing clean cooking alternatives in the underserved areas of Haiti.

SEP shared educational strategies by collaborating on the UNDH elective course on solar cooking and biogas. We were pleased when PPAF funded the program and included a community demonstration component.

The revolutionary class combines hands on cooking activities using solar cooking and biogas, while educating students on the benefits of sustainability for the global good.

PPAF creates sustainable development through empowerment and utilization of local resources. PPAF's programs are run professionally and are evaluated regularly for program achievement and realignment. Invested resources produce results.

PPAF has been a great partner for Art Creation Foundation for Children. We feed, educate, and train under served young people in Jacmel, Haiti. With the help of PPAF, we are able to teach solar cooking and sewing. We are so grateful for their vision and support for ACFFC.

Amazing work being done not only to help not only the lives of young women and girls but empower communities and making the environment safer .A great example of sustainable developments goals 3 ,5 ,16 and 17

This vital NGO is continuing its important work to realize the SDGs, particularly #17. They are CHAMPIONS of public-private partnerships!

David and Ginger Stillman at the Public-Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF) have been wonderful collaborators for us at Solar Cookers International (SCI). We highly value our collaboration with PPAF, particularly for the work PPAF has led in Haiti. That work has improved lives, especially during these pandemic times (2020). We also appreciate PPAF's experience in advocacy at the United Nations, especially at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). PPAF's vast experience at the United Nations has enhanced our joint exhibitions for solar and biogas cooking at HLPF2018 and HLPF2019 and it was a pleasure to co-organize a virtual Side Event with PPAF at the 2020 High-Level Political Forum. PPAF is sincere, caring, honest, and gets things done!

PPAF,
is one of many organizations that is tackling issues in Haiti. Providing and educating the Haitian people on how to use Solar ovens. Also, including the health benefits of using the solar oven. My experience with PPAF have been wonderful experience. Networking with like-minded individuals that are working in Haiti. I believe in their PPAF mission and their love for Haiti. Thank you, PPAF for the opportunity.
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The Public Private Alliance Foundation - PPAF - provides a variety of assistance to underpriviged people in different third world countries, including Haiti and Madagascar.

Assistance includes instructions in making inexpensive solar cookers and assitance in getting a local education.

Very proud to be a volunteer and monthly donator to PPAF, they deliver the support that they talk about on their website.

PPAF has been so supportive of our initiatives in solar cooking and sewing in Haiti.

PPAF has been instrumental in helping fragile countries with implementing various pertinent initiatives. I have been a witness to their focus on collaborating with members and organizations of both the public and private sector in providing aid and creating a focus on issues that afflict countries such as Madagascar, Dominican Republic and Haiti to name a few. Over the years I have had the honor of working with them first hand as an intern and Associate. Currently some of their projects include: promoting the use of sustainable cookstoves and fuels which are environmentally friendly and healthy for the people that use them in a society fraught with health challenges due to the misuse of cooking essentials. Another project includes cooking and sewing skills workshops for Haitian children. Third, is supporting Girls' education in Haiti,. They have also reaffirmed their work in supporting the United Nations Global Compact and its Ten Principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption. They are always holding events, seminars and presentation on their various projects. David can often be found at the United Nations Headquarters in New York city, advocating for important causes both related to PPAF and other partners as well as several non-profits and schools, both here and abroad. Directors David and Jeanne Stillman are very passionate about their work and always have a warm and friendly demeanor and are genuinely really nice and great people! They have a great group of board members, interns, volunteers and associates that help to accomplish outstanding rewarding and helpful work around the world.

The people of Haiti have struggled these past few years with one natural disaster after another. To make matters worse, electricity is not a common and expensive commodity on the island. Cooking is often difficult and people must resort to building wood fires where they can, to cook. This includes breathing in smoke and soot just to be able to eat. PPAF has transformed the population’s lives by providing them with sustainable and clean and healthy ways to cook with ethanol and solar stoves. I became involved with PPAF when the organization began looking for ways to make sustenance and cooking cleaner and more sustainable in Haiti. The dream we shared is now a reality and this technology really transformed the lives of the people in Haiti!

I had a very nice experience and both Mr. and Mrs. Stillman were extremely welcoming and happy to teach and help me since I came without experience.

The PPAF has been very instrumental in helping the residents of Haiti convert from cooking with potential pollutants to clean cooking with solar cooking stoves. By purchasing, educating, and helping manually, the PPAF has helped drastically reduce the number of people getting sick from indoor air pollution and living healthier and eating healthier. Families and children are able to eat and perform their duties better with this new knowledge and it is helping Haiti become more self sustainable in the long run and helping the population to have a healthier life. The PPAF is a true humanitarian organization that needs to be recognized for its outstanding work that upholds the UN principle of everyone having a quality of life. I have had the pleasure to meet with its executive director, Dr David Stillman and he is very passionate in his work and mission and the results show. Dr Stillman regularly sends updates of the good work that is being done in Haiti. I would encourage anyone to check out the PPAF to see how you can help, either by monetary donations to help them buy the solar cooking stoves and help educate the citizens of Haiti, or by volunteering and seeing first hand the good work being done in Haiti.

I had the chance to work with this organization as a volunteer for the last 2 months and it has been a great experience for me. I learned so much about the important work nonprofits do, especially the work this organizar

I had a wonderful experience at PPAF, David and Jeanne Stillman worked on a clean stove fueled with ethanol. This project really make sens as many women and children suffer from respiratory diseases. This project aimed at mitigating this problem with ethanol stove and now with solar stove for families. I believe it really promote sustainable development and also help women to develop their own business and autonomy. I fully support what they do and I believe it is admirable work !

I am a new volunteer at PPAF. To mention only one of their activities, they do wonderful work with clean cook stoves and renewable energy in Haiti. They set out their goals in providing assistance to improve people’s lives. I’m very proud to support these associations and I enjoy being part of the team.

I appreciate the great opportunity of working with the Public-Private Alliance Foundation. I am privileged and blessed to work with an organization that has long dedicated itself in helping people in need.
I enjoy being a part of the team. What I like about PPAF is they set out their goals in providing assistance for those who have little. I like the elements of empowering women’s and children’s rights in Haiti and elsewhere. Giving the unfortunate tools to improve their lives.
Living in the U.S. we take advantage of what we have. Sometimes we can be ungrateful. Our privilege blinds us to the benefits we have as a society. PPAF uses its resources to boost lives of people in Haiti especially, through renewable energy and clean cookstoves, helping families to thrive.
For those who want to work for this organization. I highly recommended it.

I have partnered with the PPAF as they provide great opportunities for student assistants to gain practical experience in the non-profit sector. The organization really allows students to learn about how to run a successful organization that does great work. Each student has enjoyed working with the organization on projects related to the sustainable development goals including the organization's clean cook stove project in Haiti.

As an intern I assisted with the Public-Private Alliance Foundation event “Clean Cooking for Sustainable Development.” Speakers from several organizations talked enthusiastically about the fight against poverty and their work to advance solar and biogas cookstoves and fuel to improve health and daily life in families. They work for environmental and sustainable development and to create small business opportunities for women.
In the lobby, there was a display of several innovations for cooking. Representatives gave information about these. During the event, we could understand the enthusiasm of people to help others. I think PPAF is an important organization because they help others to fight against poverty.

Although I have only been involved for a short amount of time, I can tell you that PPAF consist of a hard-working, well-organized, very inspiring and dedicated group of people who aim to improve the lives of people in impoverished conditions. Among other things they manage to promote a more clean, safe and environmental way of cooking by encouraging cooperation between multiple organizations. Because of the solid network the volunteers and employees have built up over the years their help has been incredibly effective and has helped many people reach a more desirable way of life and I am sure it will continue to do so.

Ppaf enables sustainable change by fostering linkages among innovative initiatives from diverse sectors addressing clean energy,livelihoods, girl power, nutrition, and policy and practice. To do so ppaf works outside the box and is constantly anticipating the next link.

I have the privilege of being an intern for the Public-Private Alliance Foundation at the moment. It’s a great experience to volunteer with an organization that promotes the United Nations Global Goals, focusing on clean cook stoves and fuels, agribusiness, public health, microfinance & remittances, renewable energy and other aspects of sustainable development. In the moment we are focusing on Clean Cook Stoves and Fuels, as a way to help to overcome the poverty and prevent deforestation by sustainable resources. PPFA is an incredible organization working to make a difference, and is doing great! It’s a pleasure to have this amazing experience and be part of this project!

The team at PPAF represent deep experience and wide network of contacts, both of which they share generously. They have broadened our exposure into areas and efforts in the sun-rich, fuel-poor regions of the world that we are trying to help, thus increasing our impact immensely.

As an intern from July-September 2017 I experienced PPAF as a great organization to stand for fighting against social and environmental issues. During my internship we focused on clean cookstoves and fuels especially in Haiti. The foundation gives special attention to helping overcome the poverty and prevent deforestation by providing sustainable resources for everyone. It was an amazing experience to be a part of this interesting and effective project and a pleasure to work for such an innovative organization.

I have had the opportunity of working as intern with PPAF. PPAF's vision is to make a difference for human betterment. It does promote the United Nations Global Goals and a business approach for poverty alleviation through projects, especially on cookstoves project.
The project made thousands of people to benefit from delivery of goods and services through their partners. There is no doubt that PPAF is making a difference.

PPAF has supported travel to Haiti for expertise in bio-digestion. This has resulted in several
locations having biogas for cooking. Support for solar cooking is also making possible reduction of huge mountains of wood used for cooking by the World Food Program in Kenya by demonstrating efficiency and effectiveness of solar cookers.

PPAF continues to do great work! Also, the people behind the scenes have big hearts! They have my full support!

PPAF is an incredible group of people doing incredible things and having an impact on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. I have personally been inspired by them and learned a lot through the examples of their work, which I know has changed countless lives for better and will continue to do so.

Tremendous commitment to the loftiest of missions. PPAF relies on an impressive network of private and public sector leaders to make positive change happen. This is a truly great nonprofit.

I interned with the Public-Private Alliance Foundation for a few months this summer, and it really opened my eyes to just how much heart, soul, and hard work goes into making a difference. Jeanne and David Stillman are incredibly intelligent people who partner with other organizations to do some really amazing things. I learned so much about clean cookstoves and alternative fuel sources (one of the organization's main focuses), and I also had the incredible opportunity to visit the United Nations several times for conferences and meet other people who work for non-profits that are also involved in cook stoves. I am going to try and intern again next summer!

I worked as a volunteer for PPAF, which is very focused on creating sustainable solutions through entrepreneurship and commerce related activities. I believed in the mission and also believe they are making a difference

I worked in PPAF as an intern more than a month. I can say that they are really involved in the evolution of needy countries !!!

I had the privilege of interning for the Public-Private Alliance Foundation back in the spring of 2014. The experience was so rewarding and positive, that I returned two years later to intern once more! I have seen first-handedly the immense hard work and dedication of both David and Ginger Stillman, two incredibly kind people who are passionate about the work they do (and so creative!) David and Ginger always made me feel welcome in their home and I found myself always doing work that felt both meaningful and inspiring. Interning for the Public-Private Alliance Foundation taught me so much, showing me that together, we can truly make a difference in the lives of people, no matter how daunting the task may seem initially. I hope to continue seeing the organization grow and help as much as I can!

PPAF continues its efforts to improve the health of people in Haiti and other countries that use wood burning stoves but developing local sources of Ethanol for the ethanol cook stoves that they helped developed. By eliminating the smoke and soot from wood burning cook stoves, the health of the families using ethanol cook stoves is greatly improved, particularly that of the women and children who spend the most time in proximity to the cook stoves. Also the wood burning cook stoves are a major cause of the deforestation of the country side, resulting in erosion and depletion of the soil.

Great team with a strong vision and intense experience. I have been involved at PPAF during an internship in 2010 and I can tell how inspiring and motivating it was to work for this organization. With their strong values, years of experience worldwide and their ethics, we can achieve fantastic improvements to help developing countries and reach the Sustainable Development Goals. To conclude, I strongly recommend PPAF.

The Public Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF) has striven to help people in different parts of the world for many years. The PPAF has provided access to personal computers in Madagascar. More recently they have worked to provide clean ethanol cook stoves to women in Haiti to replace the wood burning stoves that both cause health problems in the homes and led to the deforestation of the country. By sourcing the manufacture of these cook stoves, and the ethanol they use, in Haiti, the PPAF is also trying to provide jobs to help the country recover from the devastating earthquake.

My MPH students and I have recently interacted with the PPAF where the Foundation shared insights and approaches to using local efforts to effectively address global concerns. The continuing success of their groundbreaking project bringing innovative and healthy cook stoves has been an inspiration to all of us. The students were particularly moved by PPAF’s powerful demonstration of the enduring changes that can stem from individual efforts. I am sure that seeing the results of the PPAf’s efforts will continue to motivate the students throughout their careers as public health professionals.

I am doing an internship in PPAF, every member in PPAF is passionate. Especially, the ethanol cookstoves project in Haiti was really impressed me so much. This year august, 29 participants joined the second time testing, we made a big improvement on the stove and we also named the stove as 'Recho EcoVit'. Here is a good place for young people to start their dreams, if you want to join the NGO or other international organizations, why start from here? You can get a lot of good opportunities to get involved in international affairs.

I was interning with PPAF, which is non-profit organization working for sustainable cooking in Haiti. Haitian people used charcoal for their cooking, and it caused severe deforestation as well as health problems. PPAF has made an ethanol stove that is using ethanol made from sugarcane in Haiti. It is not only promoting Haitian economic but also reducing Environmental and health problem. As an intern who closely watched the work of PPAF, I am saying that PPAF had achieved tremendous work. When I had worked with PPAF on this spring, we were working on developing the ethanol cookstove. PPAF received an award from UN Environment Program in May. The first field test took place in June. Also, the PPAF team went to Haiti in Agust to complete stove production and carry out a second kitchen use test of the ethanol stove. Since members’ great enthusiasm, their project is always progressing. I always wish the best for PPAF, and the members.

Bringing ethanol-powered clean cooking to Haiti comes with lofty goals and some big challenges. However, having worked on the project with PPAF, I have personally seen the great potential it holds in turning around the poverty-deforestation-disease cycle that is currently crippling far too many people in Haiti. PPAF has obviously not shied away from taking on such a big challenge given how far the ethanol cookstove project has come and I credit that to their devotion to evidence-based practice driving their strategies.

Definitely one of the most incredible, moving, and impactful organizations I've worked with. David and Ginger are wonderful and continue to inspire me each and every day. I hope PPAF will continue to do their great work and change lives around the world for years to come!

This NGO has helped lift the lives of many in our country, and is doing the same for peoples in different parts of the world. They deserve a 5 stars for their dedication and long-term commitment.
Lila

The Public-Private Alliance Foundation continues to develop a healthy and green alternative cook stove for Haiti and other countries dependent on wood burning stoves. In early September 2015, despite heavy rains in Haiti, a member of the Foundation was there to ensure that testing of the ethanol cook stoves continued. The foundation is also working on economical sources of ethanol for the cook stoves.

As a volunteer and an admiring observer of the deep commitment, amazing energy and collaborative spirit of David and Ginger, I highly endorse PPAF. Building on years of experience and an expansive networks of contacts, PPAF brings together multiple actors to foster innovative partnerships in the spirit of what DevEx's Kate Warren recently described as "an integrator" role. This is key to both effectiveness and sustainability. Bravo!

Best experience I had interning with this organization! They let you in and experience first hand on what they do.

I have interacted with PPAF for the past several years and found that their dedication and skills are truly extraordinary. I have worked with them on their cook stove project in Haiti, and witness them taking an idea and transforming it into a sustainable project that supports economic development while protecting and enhancing women’s health. It has been inspiring! I look forward with anticipation to many more and continuing projects supported by this group.

I have had experience with PPAF for almost two years and what I have seen and heard is remarkable! The work they have done and continue to do in the DR and Haiti is inspiring, and it's not hard to tell that the people behind it have incredible drive and passion. I hope that their work is able to continue long into the future - the world needs changemakers like PPAF.

PPAF is a not for profit with passiona nd power to make a difference. I have had the opportunity of working with PPAF on their amazing cooking stoves project . This project has been contributing to empowering the lives of many women and restoring their dignity. I think this is a great example of a grassroots project which has garnered tremendous support from all the stakeholders in taking it to the next step. Any donation made is for a truly worthy cause
Mini

I have had the honor to have had the opportunity to work as a consultant with PPAF and their incredible work in Haiti to provide alternatives to charcoal as a cook fuel. They are tireless and consistent at pushing forward with innovative and productive ways to identify uses of several potential biofuel sources that would improve the health and environment of the Haitian people. My work , to provide Ethanol as clean burning alternative fuel has been extremely rewarding. I have been honored and thankful for the opportunity to work with this outstanding,dedicated and focused organization.

This organization is doing great work for human health and the environment by promoting clean cookstoves in Haiti.

Public-Private Alliance Foundation is a wonderful organization. Their mission and vision to reduce poverty in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Madagascar truly makes a difference and should not go unnoticed. The Stillman's are wonderful people to work for, and they are extremely capable of fulfilling the organizations goals. Seeing the difference they are making in these countries assures me I am working for the right non-profit organization!

Working with PPAF have been fantastic. David is a great mentor and has great vision and goals for PPAF.
It was amazing to learn the work on ethanol cookstoves being done and its impact on the lives of people in Haiti . I wish to support PPAF in the best way I can!

The work that the Public Private Alliance Foundation has done thus far has already had a tremendous impact on the people of Haiti. The Alliance’s Ethanol Clean Cookstove Partnership is truly remarkable. It is an inexpensive and clean way for the people of Haiti to get their energy. Instead of getting their energy from charcoal and wood they can now get their energy from sugar cane. The dedication of the Executive-Director can be seen throughout this NGO and that is why I feel the Alliance will succeed in their present and future endeavors.

Not only is the concept of the PPAF sound, its executors are sincere, savvy and devoted.
In particular their work in Haiti is practical and helpful to development in that fascinating yet disaster-prone country. The Foundation and its supporters work with locals rather than coming in as outside do-gooders, and the provide them with the tools and finance to build themselves. Expatriate Haitians are bustling entrepreneurs and the Foundation helps reimport some of that energy and drive to their home country.

Public-Private Alliance Foundation is a leader in the non-profit sector. Through collaboration, they have helped stimulated entrepreneurship and encouraged investment for sustainable development. We have been able to collaborate with David, the Executive Director in PPAF's support for our project, Social Tap, Inc./The Haiti Initiative in Haiti. We highly support the wonderful work that PPAF is doing in the community. Margarette Tropnas, Board President, Social Tap, Inc.

The Public-Private Alliance Foundations has demonstrated impeccable leadership in providing a forum where key stakeholders can engage collaboratively on critical issues central to economic development. I have closely followed PPAF's work for several years and I am always inspired and energized by the dedication of its leadership team.

The Public Private Alliance Foundation engages Rotary and most important for them is not how much they are able to give to humanity, is HOW they give it! .... indeed changing lives.

Giorgio Balestrieri
P. President
NY ROTARY
Engage Rotary, Change Lives

I have known Public-Private Alliance Foundation, PPAF, for several years, it is very well run by highly qualified individuals that have a long experience working at the UN in various development projects. They have excellent networking capacity with government agencies in several countries as well as connection to private enterprises, a great match-maker between the two, bringing real solution to solve a chronic problems that inflict the developing countries. They have excellent administration, very nice people to work with. Dr. David Stillman, the Executive Director, was our honoree at our Earth Day celebration a few years ago. I highly recommend the support to PPAF.

PPAF is an excellent organization dedicated to deliver real results and impact by revitalizing the enviroment in Haiti from dry to green and by making a difference in women' lives. Their operation in Jacmel will set a great example for other regions in Haiti to understand the cost benefit and value added from using ethanol cookstove as opposed to burning charcoal.

PPAF works tirelessly and diligently to achieve its objectives. Their efforts are inspiring and serve to foster wide collaboration and support across organizations, age and other demographics. I am personally a supporter of PPAF, as well as, organizationally, a partner in the implementation of the clean fuels and cook stoves project for Haiti. Understanding the need for capacity-building and collaboration is critical to advance socio-economic development in Haiti as well as elsewhere, and PPAF's approach fosters such collaboartion in a respectful and mutually beneficial way. Vision, dedication, expertise -- PPAF.

As an intern this summer for PPAF, I can confidently say that the organization has made great strides towards their goal of introducing clean cookstoves to families in Haiti. This project demonstrates their dedication to finding practical and necessary ways to improve the lives of local people, as the new stoves are sustainable, safe, and affordable. There is no doubt that PPAF is making a difference in the places where they work because they are thorough in their time and research, ensuring that the final project outcome meets the needs of the targeted goal. I am proud to have worked with PPAF and be part of the exciting and important work in which they are involved.

In the short time that I have known the Public-Private Alliance Foundation, I have watched them change, save and transform lives both locally and abroad. They have given the rural poor a global voice with key policymakers and at the UN, and serve as a catalyst for multi-sector solutions for sustainable development. PPAF is currently piloting an innovative cookstoves promotion and distribution project in Haiti. This project is especially impactful for women and girls- whose health, households and livelihoods depend on access to efficient, clean cooking technology and fuel. I applaud the Public-Private Alliance for their outstanding efforts to empower individuals, improve communities and create a better world.

Public-Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF) draws on the knowledge and experience of several individuals with an immaculate background in development. What has always impressed me about PPAF is the creative tracks that they have taken to influence and create sustainable development solutions across the world. I strongly recommend PPAF as a place worthy of your donations and time.

Art Creation Foundation For Children in Jacmel is, in a sense, a client and colleague organization. As well, I personally am a suppoter. I am delighted to know and work with PPA, for their knowledge, willingness to share and collaborate, and for their genuine concern for the people in Haiti with whom we also work. We are emissaries for each other's organizations and a part of the whole that we wish for tomorrow.

The PPAF unlike lots of other groups i have seen, actually delivers a useful and important service to people who need it most. PPAF helps provide ethanol stoves (among other things) to groups in the most impoverished parts of the world -- Haiti, Africa, etc. Preventing women and girls from COPD, being attacked in bush looking for oher fuel sources, etc. I have been amazed at the dedication and sincerity of the group and its members and volunteers.

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.

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.

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.

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.