History

Partners In Development, Inc. (PID) is a nondenominational, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that works directly with people living in extreme poverty (less than $1 per day per person) in developing countries. Our efforts are concentrated in Haiti and Guatemala, the two poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.

PID manages a variety of programs that foster community transformation. Our programs focus on education, employment opportunities, adequate housing and medical assistance. When all the pieces of the puzzle come together, a community can truly be transformed and the cycle of poverty can be broken.

Company History

Partners In Development, Inc. (PID) was founded in 1990 by James and Gale Hull of Ipswich, Massachusetts as a Christian service organization committed to the education and economic advancement of the developing world. Partners In Development works in direct partnership with those living in extreme poverty (those living on less than $1 per person per day) through our national overseas staff in Haiti and Guatemala. PID provides material, financial, and educational resources, which enables the poor to construct and implement their own programs for development.

PID began its mission by offering a child sponsorship program. PID has expanded from sponsoring a dozen of children when the program first began, to sending hundreds of children to school.

Families who had children in the sponsorship program reported they needed help finding work. The result was our Small Business Loan Program, which lends participants capital to start or further develop a business. PID has provided over 450 Small Business Loans.

Squalor living conditions prompted the beginning of the Housing Program. The Housing Program moves families from inadequate housing to sturdy homes with bathroom facilities, clean water and a yard.

In an effort to provide whole life improvement a Medical Program was established in 2003 to provide basic medical treatment, preventive care, and health education services.

PID hosts work trips to Haiti and Guatemala throughout the year. Trip attendees can learn how to build a house by hand at building site and health professionals can volunteer their services to families in our programs.

PID is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax deductible.