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This is to inform partners and members that Cajuste Jean-Louis's employment has been terminated and is no longer associated in any way with PINP. After an ongoing investigation we have found that he stole several thousand dollars meant for PINP administration.

Fortunately no money sent by PINP partners was missing, and it has all been accounted for and distributed as intended. That is because all partnership funds are sent to Marcel, and we have a system of checks and balances to protect it.

Cajuste was a big part of the creation and development of People in Need Partnership, and it is a loss to the organization that he can no longer assist us. However, this is a serious crime and appropriate measures are being taken. This message is being posted to inform PINP partners and members of the way we are protecting the organization by ensuring that it is run by trustworthy and honest staff members.

It is extraordinary and saddening that these events could happen to people who are working to do good in the face of suffering people, and that someone in authority would be so brazen as to take advantage of this situation - but that should not stop us, and in fact we'll just have to work harder and be more careful to prevent future abuses.

We'll be posting more about this in the future. In the meantime, feel free to contact me directly for details or concerns.
Geoff Bederson
President,
People in Need Partnership
Jan 26, 2012

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Video Christine Joseph, thank you to Marci. Sept 27, 2011
Sep 27, 2011

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Video, Soap from Linda Franks, September 01, 2011
Sep 01, 2011

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This is the first delivery of soaps to our Haitian partners, to the groups 3 of the Mini center, we have 7 more groups to distribute soaps to. Especially to Linda's partner( Michelene Charles.

The founds from Lynda Franks to buy soaps to distribute to our Haitian partners to prevent them form cholera.



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Cajuste Myriam Marcel
Aug 08, 2011

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Optional program from Treva to Italene, May 03, 2011
May 03, 2011

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Thanks to Treva, April 20, 2011
Apr 20, 2011

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Rose Darline Adrien, second visit, April 18, 2011.
Apr 19, 2011

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Roe Darline Adrien, hospitalized for 3 days April 18, 2011.
Apr 18, 2011

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Girth for Farah Francois, From Elisabeth and Heather April 18, 2011
Apr 18, 2011

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People in Need Partnership is in the midst of a series of major changes.

We had already engaged in complete re-structuring, simplifying and focusing. We are no longer going to provide schooling and direct aid (beginning immediately with new partners, and in July for existing partners). Instead, we are focusing on understanding and direct action. Each month your partner will come to the mini-center for a four hour exploration of a topic, with a class, workshop, messaging, and a creative activity. In addition, we are building a PINP kiosk in the neighborhood where your partner lives, to provide unlimited literacy training and a safe space for direct action. (Optional programs for school and direct aid will still be available).

During this trip we have realized that other profound changes are called for. These new changes involve our organizational structure, and are a natural completion of our commitment to de-centralization and accountability.

Until now we
Jan 16, 2011

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People in Need Partnership is changing (and improving)! We have decided to focus on what is unique in our mission: understanding the real life of our partners, and providing simple, direct ways to live into being a better world.

In our new system, the basic monthly fee will be reduced to just ten dollars. Partners will come to our mini-center each month for four hours, where they will have a class, workshop, messaging station, creative activity, and a hot meal. In addition, they will have unlimited use of new PINP kiosks for literacy and community action that we are building in each neighborhood.

In this streamlined PINP, all programs except attending our mini-center and literacy training are optional. For current partners, your program and monthly fee will remain unchanged until July, 2011. Children and mothers will continue attending school until then. After that, you will be able to renew at the rate of $10 per month, and to purchase any optional programs you wish, including schooling.

There are thousands of organizations in Haiti alone that provide direct aid, but the whole country is still in survival mode. People in Need Partnership offers an alternative method of approaching the deep-rooted problems of a person living in extreme poverty: each month we explore the underlying meaning of one part of life in society, and provide ways to begin to think about fundamental change. We are creating a climate of depth.

Our new system provides several additional benefits:

-- You can expect one or two messages per month from your partner: the first a
Dec 22, 2010

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Mothers from cite soleil talk about colera # 2
Nov 16, 2010

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Mothers from Cite Soleil talk about cholera Nov 16, 2010
Nov 16, 2010

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At the end of hour meeting, Oct 19, 2010
Oct 19, 2010

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School supplies Oct 18, 2010
Oct 18, 2010

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