Steve Darr

Working with dynamic colleagues on international development and education through cross-sector partnerships that involved over 30,000 participants, 150 academic institutions and corporations, $100M, and NGOs with community-based partners in 27 developing countries. Peacework guides program development and planning, logistical support, risk management, and staffing appropriate to each setting. Projects are designed to meet tangible human needs, promote economic opportunity and social change, and reinforce cooperation across cultures. Projects have improved the living conditions in more than 30 children's institutions in Russia, construction of more than 20 schools and a hospital in Vietnam, education and agriculture and entrepreneurship in Belize, medical services in Haiti and Honduras, community development in the Dominican Republic and Peru and Costa Rica, clean energy in Honduras, health in India and Malawi, and other projects in Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Guatemala, Bolivia, and inside the US. The vision of each program is engagement across cultures and truly mutual collaboration that benefits both the host community and people of resource institutions that support each partnership. Projects are designed to be strategic; that is, integrated into the development goals and objectives of the local community while reinforcing relationships, effectiveness, and development impact over a long period of time. Sponsors include Duke University, Arkansas, Texas, Stanford, Penn State, USF, Wake Forest, Oklahoma State, Morehouse, Northeastern, NCSU, Ohio State, Wisconsin-Madison, Virginia Tech, Boise State, Hendrix, Lynchburg, Harvard, Gateway Technical College, and many others. Since 2008, PwC has sponsored a financial literacy initiative that has reached over 10,000 young people and educators in Belize with Peacework. Peacework is also a partner with the Global Solutions Institute, Community Service Alliance, and global NGOs.