Lara Baldauf is an international program management intern working with Partners Worldwide in Haiti. Her role involves assessing training needs, assisting with organizational development of local business affiliates, gathering business profiles, facilitating communication, and project managing a website for a 100,000 jobs initiative in Haiti. The initiative aims to connect businesses, NGOs, churches and partnerships to grow enterprises and create sustainable jobs by 2020. As an intern, Lara is seeking global business affiliates to partner with local businesses and provide mentoring, as well as financial supporters and those interested in following the work.

1. Lara BaldaufInternational Program Management InternHaiti

2. Personal BackgroundEducationExperience & Community InvolvementMarketing Specialist

3. DC 10 Ambassador

4. Monthly Volunteer

5. Member since 1987

6. Mission to HôpítalSaíntCroíx Leogane-2010Mission to Wings of Hope Fermathe- 2011 Class of 2003B.S. Business Administration: Integrated Marketing & Communications 2008Strengths = Connectedness, Learner, Ideation, Intellection & Input

10. “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.”Local Business Affiliate: HPCD- Haitian Partners for Christian Development Ralph Edmond: Farmatrix CEO Founded 1989- $2,000 & 3 employees2010- $2,000,000 & 82 employees“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.”

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

12. “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.”partnersworldwide.org

13. Our BeginningIn 1994, Partners Worldwide was established to respond to the question:“How can businesspeople be a part of the solution to end poverty?”

14. This question was raised by a group of businesspeople visiting a community development project in Kenya.partnersworldwide.org

15. VisionBusiness as ministry for a world without poverty.MissionEncourage, 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-LouisOwner Red Star MarketPort-au-Prince, Haiti

16. PARTNERSHIPSWe fight poverty through Partnerships that facilitate Business Mentoring.What is a Partners Worldwide Partnership?A Partners Worldwide Partnership

17. 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

18. 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

19. Why Partnerships?They break the long-standing pattern of “givers” and “receivers”.

20. 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.

21. They provide access to knowledge, experience and expertise (business and technical) that would not otherwise be available.Loan recipient, Talanta Finance, Uganda

22. FOUR POINT APPROACH1. 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 NetworkGonaives, Haiti

23. FOUR POINT APPROACH2. 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

24. FOUR POINT APPROACH3. 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