Jean Pierre-Louis, Capracare on We Are For Good Podcast

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Overview

Meet Jean. Or JPL, as we now call him. This Haitian-born New Yorker has THE most inspiring story of taking his education back to Haiti in the form of a nonprofit healthcare and education organization benefiting his childhood community. He's also a savvy founder at capracare, and he breaks down how to recruit the right volunteers and board members to your organization. Get those tips, and find out how you can help JPL and our suffering Haitian friends with your support.

Today’s Guest

Jean Pierre-Louis, Founder, capracare

“You can’t wait to have everything in place and be perfect. They need to see who’s taking the initiative. And that’s all about scouting. And that’s how I recruit people by looking to see who they are at the core of themselves.”

— Jean Pierre-Louis, Founder, capracare

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Episode Highlights

JPL’s story and journey to where he is today (2:20)
The landscape of Haiti today (4:40)
The mission of capracare (6:00)
Life in Haiti today (9:00)
Community based programming and innovation (11:30)
Recruiting and activating volunteers (14:00)
Finding the right spot for your volunteers in your organization (17:00)
Recruiting, engaging, and leveraging board members (20:00)
Fostering community within a global team (22:00)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in JPL’s life (25:00)
JPL’s One Good Thing: Expect the unexpected. (29:00)
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Powerful quotes

“I'm going to go back home to Haiti after acquire this education, make back home at a better place, more productive place to live for the people of the community.” -JPL

“At nine years old I knew a job was the number one reason why Haitians were leaving Haiti.” -JPL

“capracare is a global health organization, Haiti is the start is not the end.” -JPL

“Instead of doing this health education in the schools, we slowly expanded to do in other health education in the community.” -JPL

“I guarantee you, if you believe in this work, and you do what you're supposed to do, people will fall in love with what we are doing.” -JPL

“You can't wait to have everything in place and be perfect to have everything and then I don't know, they need to see who's taking the initiative. And that's all about scouting. And that's how I recruit people by looking to see who they are at the core of themselves.” -JPL

“The number one thing is, what is your interests right now? What are the skills that you present? And what does capracare need? So I like to find that alignment between their answers and our needs.” -JPL

“We do as nonprofits have something to offer if it's even if it's not money, you know, it's his thing that really you can't get anywhere else. And I don't think that we think about that enough of, you know, feeling like you don't have something to offer that's okay, like you've got this opportunity to change somebody's life.” -Jon

“Look around, look at your experts who's really passionate. It's like really about alignment.” -Becky

“Your network is your net worth.” -JPL

“Anytime that you are working with board members or volunteers, there are two secret sauces for engagement. It's constant and regular communication, and its impact and defining impact.” -Becky

“That's why we are so passionate about getting people involved at any level, because the impact is always talked about on the receiving end. But we believe it's transformative for the giver. And so getting more people involved in philanthropy at any level changes people.” -Jon

“When you expect the unexpected, you will always be ready for whatever.” -JPL

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