As many of you have heard, there was a series of devastating earthquakes which hit very near Port-au-Prince.

The National Palace (White House) was destroyed, as was La Montana Hotel where key U.N. workers were permanently residing. (We have stayed in La Montana before with the CPI and CIM teams.)

For now, we are waiting to hear from our team in Chauffard to fill us in on the status of our friends, the team, and the bldg there.

Stay tuned.–Grant, Kenny, Jonathan, The Crossing, Chester, Daphney, Claude, and the entire Haiti team.

I recently read that Peter Drucker said that non-profits not only change lives; “non-profits are the PINNACLE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.“ 

He went on to describe that this is so because non-profits are where Americans make time to volunteer, donate, or 
contribute significantly in some way to a cause that is greater than they are without expecting pay but personal satisfaction that they are doing a good work. 

This is the core of what Community Partnership International is becoming. 

I came out of a highly valuable strategy session yesterday with our Director, Kenny Ellis. We were able to discuss further not only the mission, but answer the question “what is the value to the contributors”. 

COLLABORATORS FEELING VALUE

There are those of you who donate. There are those who volunteer. There are those of you who are just waiting for us to tell you how you can partner in various ways. (Its coming! We just want it to be clear and easy, team!) 

The biggest thing for us is for our collaborators, our contributors, YOU, to know the value of partnering. 

We want to be sure that you know that there is HUGE value for our Haitian partners. They are being fed. We have a building project under way with our fabulous partnership with The Crossing Church in Orlando. 

Lives are being changed in the Kensckoff area, and we are so glad that you are a part of that. And that is powerful for our Haitian partners. 

But we want you to sense the same benefits for yourself. It is our desire to offer several ways to partner. 

There are the basics; donations, volunteering, recruiting, etc. 

But we want to take it further for those interested. We want to be a platform for you to expand in your executive skills. We want to establish a certification program for those who know their life direction will be in public service. We want to make room for your gifts to expand throughout our network of distribution centers and churches across the entire nation of Haiti. 

In serving Haiti we want you to feel served. 

We know that there are many places for you to put your gifts to work; local churches, civic organizations and local 
communities. 

We hope that, as you search for your place to serve, that we will be a destination for you and your friends and family. Feel free to let us know if you any ideas, or if you know more specifically ways you would like to partner. 

You are our number 1 resource; collaborative synergy and ingenuity. 

As we are here formulating, we ask that you do the same and let us know how we can help you achieve. 

CURRENT STAFF NEEDS

More directly, we could use some assistance immediately. Some of the ways we could use your help: 
- web site development 
- development of our internship program 
- assist in systemizing our Transforming Travel trips 
- presentation development 

These can be worked on anywhere in the world, so if you know of anyone who could help, put them in touch with us. 

In the next month we have several important presentations to raise funding for our projects in Kensckoff. These are very important appointments, but it leaves several other projects idle. 

If you have any gifts in these areas and would like to help, we would be highly interested in talking. Feel free to contact us at cpihaiti@gmail.com. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

- We meet with Vision 360, a church-planting organization throughout Florida in May 
- We have several key PRIVATE donor meetings throughout the rest of April and May 
- July 18th – 25th we are taking a second team from the Crossing Church to Kensckoff, Haiti. (Team of 10.) [If you 
ever want to just take a short, guided trip to Port-au-Prince, contact us. We can arrange trips that we call "Quick Turn" trips to just introduce you to the area and culture.] 
- June 1st we hope to launch our promo material. Watch for it. 

Thank you for everything you are helping with, team. 
We look forward to hearing from you real soon! 

Most Sincerely, 

Grant R. Nieddu 
(772) 321-1840