About Us

Mission

Our mission is to holistically serve the global poor, unreached and persecuted through relief, medical care, development, and training.

Vision

To share the practical love of Christ to all peoples
To see the persecuted and oppressed given compassionate, holistic care

To see the poor and marginalized equipped and empowered to bring themselves out of poverty
To increase the capacity of our national ministry partners in their service to their communities

Values

Honor Christ in all we do
Love and Compassion for all people

Honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness in everything we do
Being good stewards of the resources we have
Professional excellence
Finding partners with a shared mission and heart for people
Long term goal of self-sufficiency for all

Why We Help

'Why We Help' can be explained by the many statistics that show the vast problem of poverty and disease in the world. 'One child dies of malaria every 30 seconds', 'heart disease is the leading cause of death in Africa', and 'diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old'. The World Food Program estimates 842 million people in the world do not have enough food to eat and one out of every four children has their growth stunted due to malnutrition. These facts and statistics are the grim reality for families when the average wage in many developing world nations is less than a dollar a day.

However, 'Why We Help' starts with a personal story. For years, I worked on Wall Street as a computer programmer, building corporate banking systems and trading systems for financial firms. As the years went by, my walk with the Lord became distant as I aimed for success in the corporate world. Around 1999, things began to change when I renewed my walk with God and He opened my eyes to the world and its vast needs due to famine, war, political unrest and natural disasters. I was motivated to show practical compassion that the Bible teaches ('Love your neighbor as yourself', Leviticus 19:18 and Mark 12:31).

I began organizing volunteer teams for my church to go out to the developing world to try and make a difference. We encountered deep poverty, untreated diseases and other things that we take for granted in the Western world. After organizing numerous medical and dental clinic teams, colleagues from the investment banking firm that I worked for began giving me funds to purchase medical equipment and supplies for my trips. That's when World Compassion Fellowship was born.

For us, it's not statistics that motivate us. It's more personal. It is the starving baby's cry we heard in our medical clinic in a Sudanese war refugee camp. It is the mass of desperate people coming into our makeshift medical camp right after the earthquake in Haiti. It's the simple handmade bowl given to us as a thank you gift by a shoeless albino African man whose child was suffering from diarrhea and had soiled his clothes. Our volunteer team gave him literally the shoes off our feet, new shirt, hat, ointment and medicine for him and his child. This is 'Why We Help'.

The second phase of 'Why We Help' came from meeting local people during our humanitarian trips that were thankful for our help, but they really wanted to support themselves. However, they lacked business skills, training and opportunities. The causes of poverty are complex including cultural, historical, political, regional and many other causes that can be outside the control of the local people or our organization.

So we began organizing business and life trainings in practical areas such as creating a budget or managing a small business. This has evolved into a curriculum that we've now taught in numerous cities in numerous countries. Our audiences range from farmers to community leaders to entrepreneurs to students. Our other development projects include community business projects and training centers that we hope to launch in the near future. Long-term development needs to accompany the short-term relief and aid so that eventually non-profits like ours will not be needed one day.

Your partnership with us will help us get there one person, one family and one community at a time.

PJP
President

Board of Directors

PJP

President/Board Director
PJP has 30+ years of experience in the technology and corporate finance industry building corporate banking and trading systems. He has served in various senior roles for major and smaller financial firms. Since 2000, he began organizing volunteer teams for his church where we traveled overseas providing holistic ministry to the communities. He was touched by the poverty and lack of access to care that we take for granted in the Westernized world. He also began serving people that suffered persecution due to their ethnicity or faith. It is from these experiences serving the underserved and persecuted that led him to found WCF.
Tim Adams (Retired Chief Private Brand Officer, Macy’s)

Board Director
Tim served as Chief Private Brand Officer of Macy’s, Inc. from 2009 until his recent retirement, overseeing private brand development and international retail strategy. Previously, he was chairman and CEO of Macy’s Home Store and Macy’s Florida, and began his retail career at Macy’s South in 1976. A University of Georgia graduate with a degree in finance, Tim held various leadership roles, including president of The Bon Marche in Seattle.
Dan Arbeeny (Managing Partner of CMF Partners LLC)

Board Director
Dan is a principal at CMF Partners, a boutique executive search firm specializing in finance. He spent 12 years at JP Morgan in roles spanning Fixed Income Swaps, Economics, Research, and Technology. Dan co-founded Blackbird, the first electronic trading system for interest rate derivatives, and has lived in New York, London, and Tokyo. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and has volunteered for over a decade at Long Island College Hospital, focusing on Women’s Health initiatives.
Pierre Arty, MD (Psychiatry)

Board Director
Pierre is board-certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine with expertise in psychopharmacology for Mood Disorders, Anxiety, and Psychosis. As Clinical Medical Director at St. Vincent’s Services, he oversees psychopharmacological treatments for adults, children, and those with Chemical Dependency. A Columbia University graduate, Pierre earned his medical degree from SUNY Downstate and completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, as well as a Fellowship in Addiction Medicine. He served as Director of Kings County Addictive Disease Services and Deputy Executive Director of Behavioral Health, earning the Executive Director’s Award in 2004.
Ron Miller (Retired VP, Public Policy and Fed Govt Affairs, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS))

Board Director
Ron had a diversified career at Bristol-Myers Squibb, starting as a Medical Sales Representative and advancing to Vice President before retiring. He held roles in Public Affairs, Public Policy, Strategic Planning, and led the company’s Washington DC Office. Ron has served as Treasurer for the National Health Council, The Because Project, and World Compassion Fellowship. He holds a B.S. in Administrative Science from Central Connecticut State University and an MBA in Strategic Planning from the University of Connecticut.
Roberts Omolo (CPA, Solidarity Center)

Board Director, Treasurer
Roberts, a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Kenya, has over 20 years of financial management experience in the humanitarian sector. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, he has worked with major agencies like World Vision, Food for the Hungry, and International Rescue Committee across Africa and Eastern Europe. Currently, he serves as International Finance Manager at Solidarity Center in Washington, DC, and is a board member of Dream Sponsors Incorporated, supporting African orphans.
Elve Laborde, MD (Ob/Gyn)

Board Director
Elve Laborde, MD (OB/GYN): Elve is a board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist. She was a member of the medical board at Montefiore New Rochelle hospital. She has been involved in policy and procedure development for patient safety. She currently works at a health center providing full spectrum OB/GYN care to underserved communities.
Jeanette Adams, PhD

Advisory Board
Jeanette has 40 years of nursing experience and is a board-certified clinical nurse specialist with national certification in infusion nursing. A past President of the Infusion Nursing Society, she holds degrees from Georgia Baptist Hospital of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, and Georgia State University, where she earned an MS in Nursing and a PhD in Human Resource Development. She completed post-doctoral studies in emerging infections at the University of Miami. With over 30 years as a nurse educator, Jeanette has extensive experience in acute care, home care, transport nursing, and management. She has presented internationally, conducted research, and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Financial Accountability

World Compassion Fellowship’s goal is to be consistently accountable in its current and future envisioned humanitarian, missions, and business activities.

WCF Accountability Structure:

WCF wants to demonstrate, to those who have entrusted their funds, that it understands, has accepted and is fulfilling its responsibilities. This is often called “upward accountability.”
Accountability is being responsible to others as well as being responsible for ourselves. WCF wants to ensure and show that, as an organization for empowered and accountable individuals is able to fulfill its responsibilities. This is often termed “internal accountability” This relates to the WCF mission, value, staff, and volunteers.
Accountability is about sharing responsibility with others. WCF intends to work with peer organizations/individuals (“horizontal accountability") and ultimate beneficiaries (“downward accountability'") to ensure it is able to not only fulfill its responsibilities but do it with excellence.