2014 Annual Report forPeace Working together. Hand in hand. FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear friends and supporters, 2014 has been another special year for Foundation for Peace. We served thousands of men, women and children in the Dominican SEVEN PRINCIPLES THAT Republic, Haiti and Kenya. And over 1,000 volunteers helped meets these needs. As a result, MAKE FFP UNIQUE countless lives have been changed by the work 1. We focus on building relationships of FFP! that endure and grow by working In Kenya our team put the roof on the new hand in hand with mission teams and community center. In Haiti we graduated more students from Complexe the local community. Educatif Men Nan Men. And in the we expanded our 2. We build and strengthen minds, outreach by beginning work in several new communities. bodies, spirits and communities by focusing on four essential components Our overhead continues to be low (<2%) allowing almost all of our of healty communities: education, donations to go directly to those in need. For this, we give thanks to the hard medical care, clean water and churches. work and commitment of our generous volunteers and donors. 3. We welcome people of all ages to Thank you to all who have made the work of Foundation for Peace a blessing participate. Amazing things happen to so many! when grandparents, teenagers, parents and children serve alongside each Dios te bendiga … Bondye beni ou … Mungu akubariki … God bless you, other. Kenneth W. Culver, MD 4. We partner with in-country churches President and Executive Director and community leaders. Together we prioritize needs, then develop long-term plans to meet those needs. 5. We don’t “own” projects. While we make long-term commitments to our partner communities and churches, we FFP LEADERSHIP want them to be able to sustain projects on their own. Executive Committee Board of Missions In-Country 6. About 98% of the money we raise of Board of Directors Wendy Patchin, Chair Leadership goes directly to our projects. Our donors can be confident that their Alberto Martinez Lugo, Frank Speranza, Co-chair Kristin Hamner, Chairman financial support makes an immediate Bob Broeze Dominican Republic National Director and lasting impact. Rosalina Cardona Scott Coapman Martinez, Vice President 7. We can’t do everything, but we’ll Ken Culver Pastor Michel Valentin, Kenneth W. Culver, Haiti National Director do anything! This philosophy has led Betty Jean President and Executive to our most creative solutions, and Wendy Patchin, Director Director Bruce and Judy Jones allowed us to say “yes” to communities’ of Global Missions, USA greatest needs. Joy Fowler Spragens, Vice Kelli Regan President Dave Weippert Kenneth W. Culver, President and Executive Jeffrey Spragens, Treasurer Director, USA Cindy Alloway-Culver, Secretary FOUNDATION FOR PEACE is a 501(c)(3) not-for- profit organization dedicated to education in the United States and to working hand in hand with people in materially impoverished communities in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya to provide educational support, healthcare access, economic opportunity and hope. We work together as long-term partners in solidarity to enable personal success and PO Box 424, Ironia, NJ 07845 community achievement. We believe this will result in sustainable and successful initiatives 973-998-5874 that relieve the effects of poverty, encourage www.foundationforpeace.org personal growth, and overcome injustice. Through FFP-organized medical clinics, medical mission teams (nurses, nursing students and medical professionals) provide vital health care in impoverished communities. For many patients, this is their only medical visit for the year.

1000 VOLUNTEERS 10 CHURCHES 25,000 PATIENTS More than 1,000 volunteers 2 WATER SYSTEMS 200 NURSES More than 25,000 men, and short-term missionaries In 2014, 12 nursing teams, women and children were gave their time and talents 1 MEDICAL CLINIC with over 200 nurses, seen in FFP medical clinics. to serve with Foundation traveled to the Dominican In addition to nursing for Peace in the Dominican 4 SCHOOLS Republic and Haiti on teams, most construction- Republic, Haiti and Kenya medical mission trips. focused mission teams in 2014. They were students, 1 COMMUNITY CENTER These nursing teams work with local doctors to nurses, businessmen, trade provided ongoing and run medical clinics in the workers, stay-at-home 2 ORPHANAGES follow-up care to patients communities where they moms, grandparents without regard to age, race, work. Typical conditions and professionals from In 2014 FFP mission religion, socioeconomic treated are intestinal churches, schools, hospitals teams continued or began status or gender. parasites, fungal infections, and community organi- construction on these bacterial infections, coughs/ zations from all over the projects in the Dominican colds, wounds and rashes. country. Republic, Haiti and Kenya. For many, this is their only medical visit for the year.

“The FFP staff is incredible. They were always smiling and were genuinely happy to see us and the patients at the clinics. I love them and they inspired me.” —FFP nursing trip attendee DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

“I was very impressed with Kristin’s leader- ship and how well the community welcomed us. I came away deeply impressed and thankful to have

gotten the chance to An FFP mission team member shares smiles with the children at Casa de Luz (House of Light), a home for special needs children in the Dominican Republic. FFP’s partner, Be An Angel serve with FFP. You (Houston, TX) donated playground equipment—to the great delight of the children! This all have an amazing partnership is another beautiful example of working together, hand in hand. ministry!” 2014 was another fruitful, have a limited pharmacy. club, therapy group, parent —FFP mission trip attendee blessed year for Foundation People in the community support group and social for Peace’s ministry in the now have ongoing access to activities. Dominican Republic. We medical care, immunization • NURSING—Nursing and deepened relationships and and health education with medical teams continued made new ones. And we follow-up care due to the to be a large part of the continued to bring sustainable health promoters. The clinic ministry in the Dominican projects to the communities will serve and estimated 300 Republic. Twelve nursing we serve. Here’s a highlight of patients per week. teams brought over 200 2014 accomplishments: • WATER PURIFICATION— nurses, nursing students • CHURCHES—Continued We continued of two water and medical professionals construction on eight purification systems in who served over 20,000 churches in: San Joaquin and Zumbon. patients in impoverished Haina El Cachon The water systems will be communities. La Orilla Consuelo installed by our partner •  SPECIAL PROJECT— Cristo Rey El Brisal Water@Work. Once certified Installed playground La Victoria Los Mina by the government, they equipment at Casa de will provide clean water to Luz (House of Light). Be • MEDICAL CLINIC— thousands of people. An Angel (Houston, TX) After years of work and • SCHOOLS—We finished donated the playground preparation, the medical construction on schools in equipment and FFP clinic construction in Zumbon and Pedernales. transported the equipment El Brisal was finished to In the Pedernales school, on of our shipping government standards. The Compassion International containers from New Jersey government will manage will run an after school to the Dominican port to the clinic, staffing it with a program for children and Casa de Luz. physicians, nurses and health families in the community promoters. They will also that will include homework The second floor was completed and a new, metal roof was installed on Complexe Educatif Men Nan Men. HAITI

FFP’s Haiti ministry • NURSING—Two nursing of these outreach activities continued to expand into new teams, comprised of include: initiatives, new partnerships nurses, nursing students —La Hatte Cotin: Installed and new outreach opportu- and medical professionals, a solar suitcase that will nities. Here’s a highlight of brought medical care to provide power so that 2014 accomplishments: thousands of patients in people can charge their impoverished communities • COMPLEXE EDUCATIF phones, students can use in the Ganthier province. A lamps to study at night MEN NAN MEN —This number were taken to the five-acre site, east of and the church can have hospital by FFP staff for electricity for services. Port-au-Prince, is the further care. central focus of FFP’s Our teams also poured Haiti ministry. We finished • SPECIAL PROJECT— the concrete floor of the construction of the second Thanks to the fundraising community’s church. floor of the school and efforts of the Henrie —Kwa Kok: Continued Some of FFP’s vital and varied added a roof. This allowed Family, FFP purchased a construction of a outreach activities in Haiti (from us to add additional English much-needed, KIA truck primary school. Women’s top to bottom): Students are and Spanish classes. We also for day-to-day ministry conference and community enthusiastic to learn English at finished construction of the activities, transporting team wedding ceremony. the Men Nan Men School // A storage depot. members and water bottle —Hope House: Installed a mission team from Eben-Ezer delivery. hydroponic garden. • WATER —The water Church (NJ) organized a wedding purification system at Men • COMMUNITY —La Reference School: for five couples, complete Nan Men distributed water OUTREACH—Our FFP Installed solar suitcase to with wedding dresses, gifts, to five local communities Haiti staff and short-term power lights and charge reception and the ceremony // (La Hatte Cotin, Despizo, mission teams continued telephones. To help combat mosquito-borne diseases, FFP staff distributes Ganthier, Kwa Kok and Vilaj to respond to needs in —Despizo: Continued mosquito nets in a rural village Kanes) and CAD orphanage. the communities of the construction of latrines. Ganthier province. Some // Konekte (NJ) installs a solar suitcase in La Hatte Cotin. “This was my first missions trip I’d ever KENYA

been on. Although, In 2014 FFP continued their education and employment- work in the Mathare North focused websites), UNICEF I’ve had a heart slum of Nairobi. and Totohealth. FFP also for missions since • COMMUNITY CENTER purchased and distributed —Working with the SIM cards for all attendees. I was a little girl. Living Word Church, we It was a blessing to see the This trip could not continued construction attendees’ joy as they went of the community center. “online” for the first time! have been more This center will provide • MEDICAL CARE— community meeting areas, Partnered with Bless the meaningful to me. a medical clinic, offices for Children African Mission to The people there AIDS health care workers, run medical clinics that cared economic development for more than 700 patients. radiate God’s love projects (e.g. bakery, jewelry We also visited and cared for and I can tell they making and shops) and more. 32 families where at least one • FAMILY CONFERENCE— person has HIV/AIDS. have a heart for the Hosted a joint men’s and • VACATION BIBLE people they serve. women’s conference on SCHOOL— Ran VBS parenting, domestic abuse programs, for the children at There was unity in and healthy families for Tumaini school and ByGrace parents from the Living Word Academy. the Foundation For Church, the Tumaini school • BYGRACE ACADEMY— From top to bottom: The music and the general community. Always a highlight of our Peace home among teacher and students at ByGrace • INTERNET CONFERENCE trips to Kenya, the school the staff which Academy make a presentation to —Hosted an internet is healthy and continues the FFP team. // FFP volunteers helped our team conference, partnering with to grow. Our team taught and community members building Internet.org (a charitable various subjects for a day, and the community center/church in have unity as well.” entity of Facebook that played soccer, basketball and Mathare North // Families waiting provides free access to a other games with the children —FFP mission trip attendee to be seen at FFP’s mobile medical limited number of health, during their free time. clinic in the old Living Word Church. I believe FFP’s model is the best method for providing aide and assistance to the targeted groups that need assistance. All funds and materials go directly to the projects and people that need it. There’s no waste. —FFP mission trip attendee

Haiti Haiti

Tres Brazos El Cachon

La Hatte Cotin Villa Mella La Victoria Pantoja Vilaj Kanes San Miguel Brisas de los Palmares Despizo La Javilla Kenya Croix des Bouquets Los Minas Fond Parisien Los Guandoles El Brisal Jimani Herrera Kwa Kok Las Americas San Pedro de Macoris Haina Ganthier El Callejon Batey Algodon Villa Maria Los Mameyes Bani Mathare North Slum Ensanche Quisqueya Ngong Hills Barahona Anse a Pitre Soweto

Dominican Republic Pedernales

WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?

2014 PROJECTS

• Church construction • School construction • Water purification facility construction • Medical clinic construction • Community center construction • Medical outreach: including medical clinics, home visits, patient advocacy, midwife training and HIV education • Community outreach: HOW WAS THE MONEY SPENT? Including food and water distributions, latrine construction, women’s and family conferences, sporting events, internet conference • Ministry outreach: Including children’s ministries, worship, mentoring

Net assets: Beginning of 2014 were $xxx,xxx, and at end of year $xxx,xxx // Tax returns are available upon request at: [email protected]