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Airline Ambassadors AIRLINE AMBASSADORS Make an Impact for Children Annual Report 2017 Afghanistan Colombia Indonesia Nicaragua South Korea Albania Costa Rica Jamaica Pakistan Santa Lucia Argentina Dominican Republic Jordan Palestine Tanzania Bali Ecuador Kenya Panama Thailand Belarus El Salvador Lebanon Paraguay Tibet Belize Germany Liberia Peru Uganda Bhutan Ghana Macedonia Philippines Ukraine Bolivia Guatemala Malaysia Qatar United Arab Emirates Bosnia Guyana Mexico Romania United States Brazil Haiti Mozambique Senegal Uruguay Cambodia Honduras Myanmar Serbia Venezuela Chile Hungary Namibia Sri Lanka Vietnam China India Nepal South Africa Zimbabwe latin america • india • indonesia • africa • asia Our Mission Airline Ambassadors leverages contacts in the airline industry to help vulnerable children worldwide through medical escorts, humanitarian aid and service missions, and education to prevent human trafficking. Board of Advisors Board of Directors Dr. Patch Adams Nancy Rivard, President Founder and President, Gesundheit! Institute Acting Executive Director H. E. Inocencio Arias Christina Andersen, Secretary Ambassador of Spain AA FA UN Representative – UNICEF Liaison Ken Behring Sandy Ettinger, Treasurer Founder, Wheelchair Foundation Legal Council Dr. Noel Brown Sandy Dhuyvetter Special Advisor, Travel Talk Media U.N. Environment Programme Chris Hansen Deepak Chopra TV Journalist, Talent Physician, Philosopher, Author Jamal Nelson Lou D’Amore Legislative Affairs President, Intl. Institute for Peace through Tourism Lourdes Venes Val Halemendaris Latin America Counsel, Development President, Caring Institute Andres Valenzuela Prateep Unsongtham Hata AAI Colombia Founder, Duang Prateep Foundation Alejandro Fernandez Fernando Garcia-Robles AAI Dominican Republic Anti Trafficking in Persons – Organization of American States Annette Lantos Chair, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice Headquarters Staff Geoffrey Lipman President Intl. Coalition of Tourism Partners Nancy Rivard Executive Director Dr. Wally N’Dow Secretary-General, United Nations Habitat II Ali Amini Accountant Saber “ROCK” Nasseri Chris Davison President Saber Rock Construction Webmaster Ana Ligia Mixco de Saca Margaret Whitehead Former First Lady of El Salvador Children’s Medical Escort Program Hiroo Saionji Martine Longchamp, President, World Peace Prayer Society Humanitarian Missions Program Reverend Desmond Tutu Andrea Hobart Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Human Trafficking Awareness Program A Message of Thanks and Appreciation AIRLINE AMBASSADORS is sincerely grateful for your continued generous help and participation. With the support of our members and partners, last year we were able to personally improve the lives of 6,748 people in 35 countries. We provided $124,588 of humanitarian aid and services (medicine, medical supplies, food, clothing and school supplies) on ten missions directly to 1,264 children in need. Our volunteers also provided a loving escort for 156 children and orphans for life changing journeys and provided 14 human trafficking awareness trainings and 10 presentations to 2,328 front line personnel enabling the effective scanning of millions of travelers. AIRLINE AMBASSADORS is the first international aid and development organization to operate within the airline industry. We effectively leverage capabilities within our industry to provide low cost transportation, transport of goods, customs or logistical and direct aid delivery to disaster regions, as well as to orphanages, clinics and remote communities. We have grown to thousands of members that act as a human link connecting world resource to world need. As a nonprofit organization affiliated with the United Nations we support the Sustainable Development Goals. With that focus we have made significant contributions to our world community addressing issues of poverty and hunger, child welfare, education, health and community development. We have taken the lead on the largest human rights issue of our time, raising awareness in the aviation industry on the issue of human trafficking prevention. We also positively impacted hundreds of volunteers with inspiring opportunities to bring compassion into action. Our members deepened their understanding of global inequity, respect for diverse cultures, and appreciation of our common humanity. For every $1 dollar donated, we directly delivered $22.80 directly to thousands of impoverished children. With a bare minimum of donations going to administrative costs we have been able to achieve more than we had ever expected or hoped. Clearly, we could not accomplish our work without the support of our volunteers, the airlines and local partners including dozens of non-profits, businesses and local governments. This letter of thanks and appreciation goes out to all our benefactors who have generously contributed their resources, time and passion to those who await our help worldwide. In Shared Dedication, Nancy Rivard President and Founder Poland France Escorts helped bring kids China USA, Baltimore 36 medical escorts to from Polish orphanages to Escorts to and from Holiday gifts to meet the wish Paris connecting to return Beijing with kids from list for trafficking victims US for holidays of Catherine’s Cottage United States to Africa China Agape Provided human trafficking trainings in Chicago, Dallas, Austria Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Newark, Provided Roundtable and Side and Rosemont Event for meeting of UNODC regarding our work for Human Trafficking Awareness USA, Houston Haiti Albania Nepal Delivery of financial aid, food Provided shool and Art Provided presentation at Interpol Provided warm coats and and supplies to victims of supplies for hundreds of Conference - trafficking awareness shoes for kids and staff of our Hurricane Harvey children and the orphans of adopted Eco Village near Diakonos International Katmandhu Philippines United Arab Emirates Mexico Presented at aviation and Interpol Provided a playground, Hand delivered blankets, pillows conference on Human Trafficking bicycles and sponsorship for and supplies to victims of all the children of Shepherd of Jamaica Awareness earthquake the Hills Children's Home Value of Programs Provided three trainings at major and Services airports in Jamaica on human trafficking awareness Guatemala Medical Escort Services: $390,000 Provided water filters and Malaysia new stoves for families in Provided trainings for Air Asia Colombia employees on Trafficking Humanitarian Panajachel through Mayan Provided food, clothing, Awareness in Kuala Lumpur, Aid Delivered: Families sports and art supplies as well Jakarta, Philippines and Thailand Guatemala $8,988 as training for Fundacion Mexico $4,500 Ronpiero in Bogota Nepal $ 27,248 Philippines $20,846 S. Africa $14,377 Colombia Haiti $ 10,144 Provided two trainings at USA $38,485 Cartagena Airport on Trafficking Awareness South Africa Total: $124,588 Provided food and a food pantry for children of Maria's Human Trafficking Home Education Services: $65,000 Children’s Medical Escort Program Humanitarian Missions Human Tra¥cking Awareness Domestic: IAH – Houston, TX PIT – Pittsburgh, PA GUA – Guatemala City, Guatemala Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo United States: Colombia, Cartagena ATL - Atlanta, GA ORD – Chicago, IL RDU – Raleigh Durham, SC MSQ – Misk, Belarus Haiti – Port au Prince Anchorage, AK Indonesia, Jakarta AUS – Austin, TX LAX – Los Angeles, CA TPA – Tampa, FL PAP – Port au Prince, Haiti Guatemala - Panajachel Atlanta, GA Jamaica, Kingston BDL – Hartfield, CT ORD - Chicago, IL SAN – San Diego, CA LHR – London, England Mexico – Mexico City Charlotte, NC Jamaica, Montego Bay BOS – Boston, MA JFK – New York, NY SAT – San Antonio, TX PEK – Beijing, China Nepal – Katmandhu Houston, TX Jamaica, Ocho Rios CLT – Charlotte, NC LAX – Los Angeles SEA – Seattle, WA SAL – San Salvador, El Salvador Philippines – Manila Nassau Bay, TX Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur CHO – Charlottesville, SC LAS – Las Vegas STL – St. Louis, MO SAP – San Pedro Sula, Honduras S. Africa - Johannesburg New York, NY Panama, Panama City CMH – Columbus, OH JAX – Jacksonville, AL SEA – Seattle, WA SDQ – Santo Domingo, United States – Houston Philippines, Manila CVG – Cincinnati, OH MIA – Miami, FL TUL – Tulsa, OK Dominican Republic United States – Puerto Rico International: Qatar, Doha DEN – Denver, CO MCI – Kansas City, MO GUA – Guatemala City, Guatemala Albania, Tirana Thailand, Bangkok DFW – Dallas Ft. Worth, TX MCO – Orlando, FL International: TGU – Tegucigalpa, Honduras Austria, Vienna United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi DTW - Detroit, MI MKE – Milwaukee, WI BZE – Belize City, Belize Canada, Montreal EWR – Newark, NJ MEM – Memphis, TN COO – Cadehoun, Benin GRR – Grand Rapids, MI PHL – Philadelphia, PA CDG – Paris, France Poland France Escorts helped bring kids China USA, Baltimore 36 medical escorts to from Polish orphanages to Escorts to and from Holiday gifts to meet the wish Paris connecting to return Beijing with kids from list for trafficking victims US for holidays of Catherine’s Cottage United States to Africa China Agape Provided human trafficking trainings in Chicago, Dallas, Austria Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Newark, Provided Roundtable and Side and Rosemont Event for meeting of UNODC regarding our work for Human Trafficking Awareness USA, Houston Haiti Albania Nepal Delivery of financial aid, food Provided shool and Art Provided presentation at Interpol Provided warm coats and and supplies to victims of supplies for hundreds of Conference - trafficking awareness shoes for kids and staff of
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