116. The Mission of Hope for Haiti: Defining and Living Out Your Core Values - Skyler Badenoch and Christina Baptiste

Meet Skyler & Christina. He's the donor-turned-CEO of this incredible nonprofit serving thousands in southern Haiti through education, healthcare, water/sanitation and economic development. She's the Haitian-American sociologist who's collaborating with numerous entrepreneurs to obtain grants/loans and technical support to help them grow their business. Together, alongside a powerful team of Do Gooders, they're infusing their time-honored values into a culture that's thriving and valuing all people equitably. Only tune in if you want to be ridiculously inspired.

Episode Highlights

• Skyler’s Story - 3:25
• Christina’s Story - 7:34
• The mission of Hope for Haiti - 9:52
• The values of Hope for Haiti and an example of discovering your organizational values and living them out - 16:12
• The next 10 years: strategic planning and casting vision - 24:57
• What is the state of Haiti right now? - 32:03
• Fundraising from miles away - 36:51
• Fundraising in the digital age, and innovative approaches Hope for Haiti has implemented this year - 43:53
• Skyler’s One Good Thing: “Intelligence and ability are equally distributed throughout the world, but opportunity is not.” - 51:01
• Christina’s One Good Thing: Always learn about people’s stories. - 52:59

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