PPEP

Portable, Practical Educational Preparation, also known as Project PPEP, was founded by Dr. John David Arnold in 1967. PPEP’s mission is “To improve the quality of rural life.” Over 4,000,000 people have received services from PPEP over the past 45+ years. PPEP’s services are provided by professional and dedicated staff. These services include a variety of human, economic, microbusiness, education, charter schools, health, housing, counseling, employment, job training, humanitarian, and services to the developmentally disabled, to name a few. Under the portable, practical education preparation model, these services empower rural people to improve their quality of life and be self-sufficient. Journey with us and see how this is being accomplished.

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PORTABLE – Easily carried or moved from place to place where people live and work.

PRACTICAL – Concerned with matters of fact and real-life experience, not theory, and good at managing matters and dealing with problems or difficulties, leading to self-sufficiency.

EDUCATIONAL – The work or planning involved in making somebody ready or in putting something together in advance. Empowerment to succeed and accept life’s challenges.

PREPARATION – The work or planning involved in making somebody ready or in putting something together in advance.

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Portable, Practical, Educational Preparation: Providing education, training, and practical life skills to empower people, so that they can take the knowledge and skills acquired with them, wherever they go, and deal with everyday problems and challenges as they occur. PPEP helps people learn to be more self-sufficient and successful and to help their community make progress.

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It connects when dedicated professional staff connect with its rural/farm worker clients and provide opportunities to achieve upward mobility. PPEP provides creativity, innovation, and forward thinking in its approach to alleviating poverty.