In 1985, Partners in Action was founded by Curtis M. Cluff. He began working in south Phoenix, one of the worst crime areas in Arizona. Illegal drugs and violent crime were rampant during that era. The danger was so severe that paramedics and the fire department wouldn't even answer a 911 emergency call without a police escort. But he saw a need and met the need.
Partners in Action purchased this area - the "Keys Market" - and with the partnership of several other agencies converted the market into a community center to provide services to the surrounding neighborhood.
Through teams of volunteers we renovated some of the homes in the vicinity: we added bathrooms, repaired walls, doors, and windows, and fixed leaky roofs.
Since this first project for the needy in Phoenix, Arizona, our scope of service has grown significantly in the past twenty years. We have since developed community outreach programs, a thrift store, a soup kitchen, youth camps, and over 5,000 units of affordable housing throughout the United States.
Today, we partner with others to build, manage, oversee, and support orphanages, schools, and villages in hurting parts of the world. We are earnestly working with and helping to support orphanages/schools in 20 nations.
Together, we can change the fact that a child is dying every three seconds as a result of poverty.
We want to end the suffering of our world's most destitute...
"That they may have life."
