ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011

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BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011

Contents Acronyms 4 Steering Committee Editorial 5 Messages of Support 6 Asia 7 Americas 8 Europe 9 Tribute to Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964 – 2011) 10 Wajir Peace University Trust 11 The ACTION Support Centre in Africa 12 Introduction: The Three Pillars of the Action Support Centre 13 Specific Initiatives 16 Publications, Operations, Partners and Donors 28 Audited Financial Statements 30 The ACTION Support Centre Sta! Members 34

3 Acronyms

ACTION – Action for Conflict Transformation ASC – ACTION Support Centre AIMP – African Insider Mediators Platform ASC – Action for Conflict Transformation AU – African Union BCPR – Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Rehabilitation AXA – Anti-Xenophobia Action CEPAR – Centre for Peace and Applied Research COSATU – Congress of South African Trade Unions CPCS – Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies IANRA – International Alliance on Natural Resource in Africa IGAC – Insitut pour le Gouvernance en Afrique Centrale IOM – International Organisation for Migration NEPAD – New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO – Non-Government Organisation NPA – Norwegian People’s Aid OSISA – Open Societies Initiative for Southern Africa PAC – Proudly African Campaign PAD – Peace and Development Platform PPAC – Political Parties A!airs Committee RTC – Responding to Conflict SAAS – Somali Association of South Africa SACC – South African Council of Churches SDC – Swaziland Democracy Campaign SADC – Southern African Development Community SSC – Skills and Strategies for Change STA – Solidarity and Transformation Agenda UNDP – United Nations Development Programme UNMIS – United Nations Mission in Sudan WSF – World Social Forum ZSF – Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum

4 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 On behalf of the Steering Committee a focus on the relationships between Steering of the ACTION Support Centre let me people, groups and institutions, and begin by thanking you for taking the the systems and structures that define, Committee time to read the latest edition of the bi- manage and sometimes get in the way EDITORIAL annual report. This report will give you of their ability to work together. some idea of the innovative contribution Ultimately all of the work of ACTION is of ACTION and its partners to social about constructing a new culture, from transformation on our continent. the bottom-up. A culture defined by Across Africa, and around the world, systems and structures that are inclusive, there has been an enormous surge that enable people to talk to each in forms of social mobilisation and a other and to be heard by each other, in growing sense of anger and frustration which new forms of relationships are against the manner in which ordinary forged between groups and in which people are being marginalised and individuals recognise and respect the excluded from the corridors of economic interconnections between themselves wealth and political power. and the world around them.

The inequality and uneven development Here within this report you will find that continue to fuel this frustration are glimpses of forums, groups of people, Fatima Swartz, Steering a major concern for peacebuilders and initiatives and examples of where this Committee Chair, with ASC sta! conflict transformation practitioners. world is already being constructed. The Equally serious are the limited commitment and e!ortless contributions opportunities for genuine engagement of the people at the centre of the work between the policy makers and those contained in these few pages are driven whose lives are directly a!ected by the by the vision of this world and the belief decisions that are made. that indeed another world is not only possible, but absolutely essential. It is these underlying forms of structural violence that provide the fuel for the The developmental partnerships raging fires that the sparks of conflict highlighted in this report that have linked ignite. The inevitable destruction that will civil society groups, the international result if we cannot find the processes and community and even governments forms of engagement that shift legitimate in the pursuit of this collective vision anger in a direction that makes people provide a beacon for all of us. The feel part of a process of positive change Steering Committee of ACTION is a major threat and a pressing concern congratulates the sta! and partners of for all of us. the ACTION Support Centre for the examples they have provided of how It is within this context that the period much can be done in contributing to this 2009-2011 has seen an important world. consolidation of the ACTION Support Centre’s strategic contribution to conflict Finally our thanks go out to all of the transformation in Africa. Within the friends and colleagues that have walked framework of the three strategic pillars with us on this journey. The people-to- that guide our work ACTION sta! and people solidarity that is central to all of volunteers have e!ectively carried out a our work is mirrored by the links we have number of programmes. between us.

The overall strategic framework of the We trust that you will find the report both organisation recognises the need to link informative and inspiring. personal transformation processes to

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 5 Messages of Support

6 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 ACTION Asia ACTION Asia would like to begin by Forum’ hosted in Sri Lanka. Twenty-five paying tribute to Dekha Ibrahim Abdi. It is key ACTION Asia members reviewed with profound sorrow that we had to say some of the key programmes of ACTION good-bye to Dekha, who passed away Asia and settled on a model of two July 14, 2011 (may God rest her soul). leaders per country in Asia as the group who make key decisions on ACTION Asia ACTION Asia hosted the bi-annual Asia priorities and future. The Leaders Forum Peacebuilding Forum in Siem Reap was followed by a two-day reflection on Cambodia in October 2010. Seventy the experience of using the Reflecting on peacebuilders gathered from across Peace Practice’ methodology in the Asian the region to reflect on the theme context. ‘Transforming our Woundedness for Peace’ which enabled us to reflect on our As ACTION Asia has been training own traumas and su!ering which can practitioners across the region in this only enrich our work as peacebuilders. approach for the past two years, it was ACTION Asia Members Strategy We were honoured to have as our necessary to consider the method and Meeting 2010 keynote speaker, Dekha, who spoke on assess how it has been used. The findings the theme by drawing from her own of this reflexive analysis have also been wounds that she had encountered compiled into a small publication. in her life and her journey to finding ACTION Asia considers all violent forgiveness, healing and transformation. conflicts in the region critical, but due The reflections were published in a new to financial limitations, identifies and Action Asia volume Transforming our prioritises a selected number on which Woundedness for Peace: Reflections to focus and promote solidarity. In the from the Frontline. coming two years these conflicts include - Manipur and Orissa in India, Myanmar, In February 2011, ACTION Asia explored Mindanao, Thai Cambodia border and Sri new models for leading, structuring and Lanka. managing the network in the ‘Leaders

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 7 ACTION Americas Fraternal Greetings to our colleagues impossible that a unique way of and comrades in the ACTION Support thinking develops progress; the key to Centre. It is our pleasure to share some progress is in the dialectical interaction of the key challenges we are facing and between diversity, di!erences, power to contribute these to the report you are and alternatives. Freedom, law and producing. institutions are more important than the authoritarian paternalism (of so many of Over the past two years the Americas our governments). have undergone a number of transitions and with the advent of this new From Tunisia and Egypt to Latin America, ‘democratic’ continent new challenges and even during my own learning at and new disparities have arisen. the Summer Peacebuilding Institute in USA, talking with friends and colleagues One of our members based in Chile, from Nigeria, South Sudan, Kenya, Sierra Mauricio Laborde, reflects about one of Leone, Ethiopia and Liberia, the common his long time ago concerns from the search is for this new form of democratic Delia Maria Davila Americas. Mauricio is worried about the Ilescas - ACTION Global exercise. It is a human search for human Communications Hub, discrediting of ‘associative spaces’ in forms of freedom and development. Guatemala. Latin America; this includes spaces that From Asia to Europe, from Africa to bring together governments, parties, America it’s a matter of humans and the unions and other social organisations. As need for humanity. Mauricio points out this disassociation of stakeholders is “our Achilles heel” From the Americas we challenge this and it’s the biggest expression of “latent global culture of “putting down fire” conflict”. Sooner rather than later social instead of “preventing the fire”. We know and political open conflicts will arise as a we will face more challenges, and result of this. they will be soon to come, so we keep mutating in the ways that we must do to Many ACTION America members keep building a di!erent world. We keep agree that today Latin America is not our spirit and bring our essence to the facing military conflicts, except by some peacebuilding places in di!erent ways, punctual expressions, or at least is not but always treasuring the richness of our the same political military expressions global cultures in this constant search of as it used to be. And it’s not even the freedom, equality and justice for all. poverty that is the biggest issue, or our natural resources. The major problem With much happiness ACTION Americas comes in the weakness of the political celebrates this Biennial report of ACTION. apparatus, in other words the political We look forward for more collaboration institutions that cannot contain the in this constant work for peace. demands and aspirations of the society. Another world is possible! Luis Sávila Sánchez shared an article from J. Villalobos, which says: It’s

8 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 ACTION Responding to Conflict (RTC) and donors on peacebuilding issues; Europe and utilising mass media to inform and The last two years have been an influence a broader population. exciting and challenging time for us, which has seen new possibilities in our We have also, with our partners, had long-standing partnerships, and new the opportunity to explore the interface partnerships developing. between conflict transformation and the provision of services to meet the RTC has undergone a number of needs of former child soldiers as they are interrelated and significant changes. reintegrated into their communities. This Amongst these has been the Strategic particular work is designed to lead to an Partnership with Skillshare International integrated approach for policy-advocacy and a review of our consultancy and work for the protection of former child tailor-made learning programmes to soldiers. meet the emerging needs. We welcome this opportunity to support Our key focus remains the developing Responding to Conflict the work of all those who are engaged www.respond.org of partnerships for influence and project in transforming situations of injustice, development; undertaking conflict and seeking to build sustainable peace assessments and deriving learning from with justice. It gives us pleasure to practice; continuing to engage with acknowledge the work of ACTION both organisations, networks and partnerships at the global level and at the ACTION in order to influence practice and policy. Support Centre (ASC). We hope that the Some of the innovative approaches next two years sees our relationships that have come to the fore include continuing to develop and expand to combining conflict transformation skills meet the challenges of the times. It with street theatre and mass media in gives us pleasure to acknowledge the order to enhance dialogue between work of ACTION at a global level and the youth (male and female), politicians ACTION Support Centre (ASC) regionally.

“to transform one’s own woundedness is one thing, to transform that of others and of the society requires collective wisdom. I have learnt two key ingredients: those are the ability to take risks and the ability to have hope and faith in the face of difficulty” Dekha Ibrahim Abdi

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 9 Tribute to Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964 – 2011)

ACTION has lost a colleague, a sister and a friend. Dekha Ibrahim Abdi passed away on July 14, 2011 (may God rest her soul). Dekha was from a marginalised Somali district of Wajir in northern Kenya. She devoted her life to peace building and conflict mediation. It is in that spirit that she came up with the idea of a Wajir Peace University, which she hoped would become the symbol of peace and unity in the region. ACTION, together with the Wajir Peace University Trust, is working hard to ensure that Dekha’s dream materialises. Below, is a letter from the Wajir Peace University Trust that was read at the launch of the Somali Solidarity Campaign on the 28th October 2011.

10 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 WAJIR PEACE UNIVERSITY TRUST

Centre of excellence and strategic and continuity of the culture of peace committed peace builders working studies, promoting Peace to continue as a heritage for the in di!erent conflict situations, across Learning, Unlearning and future generation, the lessons Learnt, di!erent parts of the region. We have knowledge and skills gained through developed close network relations Relearning the experience of Wajir Peace and that provide support and opportunities Development Agency needed to be for exchange and strengthening of carried forward, institutionalized and peace practice in the region. We shared widely in Kenya and globally. It have recognized the need to create is envisaged the acquisition of relevant opportunities in education and research knowledge and skills by the students will as ways of strengthening our human and immensely help in the transformation of material resources in working for peace. conflict-ravaged society. We believe in building a network of social capital globally to achieve sustainable As most of you might remember our peace. We have done this through The sister Dekha Ibrahim (may God rest Center for Peace and Applied Research her soul in eternal peace) was one of (CEPAR), which is the precursor for the key persons of this initiative and the University as we continue to work even donated her award money for the Greetings Distinguished guests, Ladies towards the legal and infrastructural Rights Livelihood towards realizing this and Gentlemen requirements for the university. dream. She was motivated by the words On behalf of the Chairperson and Board of South Africa’s state man HE Nelson We would like to thank you once again Members of The Wajir Peace University Mandela who said ‘a good head and for giving us this opportunity to be part Trust, I wish to most profusely thank a good heart are always a formidable of this noble process and also tell you a you for honouring us with the pleasure combination. Dekha has climbed many little about ourselves. To the public and of sharing this very important event a great hill but there are many more hills friends of this initiative, you are welcome of launching The Somalia Solidarity to climb by the trustees to reach the to the family and by being here today Campaign with you in South Africa. mountain top of her desires. With this you have shown us that chivalry has not Due to unavoidable circumstances, we spirit and challenge deeply ingrained in died in Africa. You have shown us that it are not able to physically be there, but our minds, the trustee has been working is hard for us to sleep when our brothers our spirits are with you as we also send on fast tracking this process to realize our and sisters are su!ering. You have positive energy your way. Our moral dream come to fruition. shown us what African brotherhood is support is with the ACTION Support all about. You have reminded us how Wajir has had its share of conflict and Centre for initiating this wonderful important it is for us to be connected over the time, developed its own campaign to raise awareness to the and assist each other at times of need. home grown mechanisms of conflict Southern African people on the real We are proud of you and proud to be resolution and peace building which has issues and contribute to the change Africans as this proves that our traditions now been taken as a bench mark for process that shall help transform the are not dead. Conflict Management and Peace building situation in Somalia for the better. interventions and education all over Thank you. Be blessed! The idea of having a Peace University Kenya. This is complemented by the in Wajir was brought forth in September history of Wajir as a centre of education Contact 2007 by some of the founders and in the region that dates back to pre- key members of Wajir Peace and independence era. The Wajir Peace University Trust Development Agency. The team felt P O Box 26084 – 00504, Nairobi Most of our recent work in civil society that for the long term sustainability has been to build connections between Email: [email protected]

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 11 ACTION Support Centre Regional Hub for ACTION in Africa

12 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 The ACTION Support Centre is a based on long-term experience Introduction regional and continental base for engaging with policy makers organisations working in the fields of around issues of peacebuilding and conflict transformation. ACTION works development. Consequently, during the with a focus on promoting people second phase of the Regional Capacity “if you want to centred approaches to transforming Building Learning Exchange workshop in walk fast, walk conflicts through a process of learning, Mozambique, NGOs from Mozambique, sharing and working together and we South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe alone. If you do this in a way that builds trust and met with the Deputy Director of Women creates a culture of peace. In order to and Social A!airs, where strategies want to walk far achieve this, ACTION has implemented were shared as to how NGOs and three pillars; Peace and Development governments can learn and work with walk together” Platform, Solidarity and Transformation each other towards the empowerment Southern African Proverb Agenda and Skills and Strategies for of women. Change, in which to focus on as it works PAD, in conjunction with the Skills and towards building a sense of solidarity in Strategies for Change programme, communities, civil society and between builds the capacity of community based communities and policy makers. organisations to contribute to peace and security initiatives in their own The Three Pillars of the communities. Conflict transformation ACTION Support Centre workshops are utilised in communities plagued by xenophobic violence. The (ASC) platform aims to create an inclusive, 1. Peace and Development Platform collaborative arena in which the voices of grassroots level individuals can be It is widely acknowledged that the presented to policy makers at all levels. gap between policy makers and civil society is one of the central challenges As such, ASC is working in collaboration to conflict transformation and an active with the Department of Education source of tension in South Africa and to establish sustainable peace clubs, the wider African region. These gaps are monthly meetings and create an often the source of feelings of exclusion accessible platform to publicise the Bill and marginalisation and can lead to of Rights to learners and communities. frustration and anger that can result in This strategy is being implemented as a violent conflict. means to bring together community and civil society actors with government and The Peace and Development Platform policy makers. (PAD) focuses on building and maintaining relationships between civil Furthermore ASC is working closely society organisations and policy makers with academic institutions as part of its on local, national and international levels. commitment to reduce the gap between Perceiving community involvement to be academia and community practitioners. fundamental to successful policymaking 2. Solidarity Transformation Agenda and development, PAD works to create sustainable and beneficial relationships Within many conflicts there is often a between the community, civil society sense of isolation for the communities organisations and multi-level policy involved. For e!ective conflict makers. transformation it is vital to gain a broader perspective on the issues and see how The ‘Bridging Gaps-Forging Partnership’ there are often interrelated and cross programme develops e"cient strategies

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 13 cutting issues across a broader culture. issues of peace and conflict, making “If you want to Through increased resilience within specific policy recommendations community groups and a fostered regarding migration, xenophobia, make peace with sense of people to people solidarity criminal violence and refugee issues. contributions can be made to a your enemy, you STA is challenged daily by working with developing alternative culture. ACTION, sectors that pose divergent opinions and therefore, works to bridge the gap of have to work with ideologies regarding conflict situations isolation that people tend to feel and and issues facing the continent. It bring a sense of solidarity and along the your enemy. Then is testament to the individuals and way build a new kind of community. he becomes your groups involved that STA succeeds in The Solidarity and Transformation progressing forward with movements partner.” Agenda (STA) continues to be an of solidarity having negotiated and essential resource for understanding mediated with the various partners. Nelson mandela and responding to conflict across Evidence of this is clear in the collective Africa. Additionally it works as a support condemnation and active censure of mechanism for refugees and migrant atrocities in Zimbabwe and Swaziland. communities in South Africa. STA is committed to expanding its STA operates by mobilising communities network of solidarity and collaborative on issues of people-to-people learning, lobbying and action-focused solidarity and distinguishing grassroots initiatives. ASC emphasises the value level collaboration as integral to the and strength of a more unified approach sustainability and legitimacy of a cause. to issues of peace and conflict and STA disseminates information via to addressing the needs of Africa’s pamphlets, word-of-mouth, seminars, vulnerable people. Currently, at the round-tables, workshops as well as mass heartbeat of STA programs, is the campaigns such as rallies, marches, endorsement the SADC report on pickets and targeted media campaigns. Zimbabwe and support to the call by Zimbabwe civil society for a genuine This initiative has been particularly process towards free and fair elections. successful with the Swaziland Democracy Campaign, which organised 3. Skills and Strategies for Change a Global Week of Action on the 5th to Key elements of conflict transformation 9th September 2011, with trade unions, require that communities are able to faith groups, civil society, legal fraternity, analyse conflict and develop relevant students and the unemployed joining strategies for transformation. To achieve hands in a march to demand democracy, this, capacity building of local civil unbanning of political parties and release society and communities is required. of political prisoners. Additionally, information needs to be STA also works closely with the shared between all actors within conflict Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum facilitating situations. Organisation, lobbying and information exchange and maximising advocacy are key elements of successful the utilisation of resources. The ZSF conflict transformation. has grown significantly in recent years The Skills and Strategies for Change (SSC) and actively contributes to a greater programme aims to build capacity within understanding of the challenges in communities by creating and sustaining Zimbabwe, and the wider region. relationships amongst non-government STA also engages with high-level organisations, faith groups, municipalities, institutions. On the basis of empirical government institutions and individual research, ASC lobbies SADC and AU on stakeholders. Intent on promoting strong

14 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 “One must be fully present and interested in conflict transformation. It is not something that can be done part-time, it is a way of life.” Applied Conflict Transformation course participant Cultural Diversity Youth workshop, 2010

leadership and united groups with which base for African mediators working to face the challenges of the region, on conflict systems at multiple levels SSC endeavours to critically analyse in order to strengthen their internal and appreciate the link between local, national mediation capacity and national and regional initiatives. contribute to local ownership of the mediation outcomes. Participants from The Yeoville Community Engagement Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Liberia, is one such initiative where ASC has Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa e!ectively involved the community and and Zimbabwe among others took part. the municipality to interact and share AIMP is a dynamic approach to conflict information. ASC has been influential transformation, building cooperation in o!ering insights in matters of trade, between mediators and sharing best crime, gender violence, and refugee practice across borders. issues. This approach of the SSC, therefore, SSC targets regions of rapid social, has been an collaborative programme political and economic change, which in facilitating interaction and dialogue face an unprecedented degree of among civil society organisations complexity and challenge. Key to this working towards the same course. And approach is coordinating amongst serves as a means to learn and to adapt the various civil society organisations a more e!ective approach to the region’s to ensure a united approach is divergent and fluctuating challenges. adopted rather than one of discord or competition. Certainly, on a continental The Applied Conflict Transformation level, the Africa’s Insiders Mediation course is another valuable element of the Platform (AIMP) is one initiative that SSC work. This course brings together has succeeded in this regard. Fourteen practitioners from across the continent key insider mediation stakeholders met to share experiences and deepen their in November 2010 and July 2011, with understanding of conflict transformation. the purpose of establishing a support

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 15 Modus Operandi Zimbabwe, will develop practical tools of Specific analysis and planning that will be made ASC has signed a memorandum of available online to all those who are Initiatives understanding with Modus Operandi, an working with conflict. independent institute associated with the ASC has developed an integrated University of Grenoble in France. framework for humanitarian assistance, In line with the memorandum, ASC will development and peacebuilding that contribute to the online training courses is being discussed and further refined in conflict transformation coordinated alongside tools aimed at assisting by Modus Operandi and participate in communities a!ected by natural a new initiative aimed at developing resource conflict, gang warfare, ethnicity conflict transformation tools useful to and political conflict, and a range of practitioners and academics. other forms of tension and violence.

This collaboration, with practitioners and In the longer term ASC hopes to develop peacebuilders from 9 di!erent conflict and nurture the relationship with Modus contexts across the world, including Operandi as part of its commitment to Colombia, Guatemala, Ivory Coast and reducing the gap between academic institutes and community practitioners. This will include exploring opportunities for linking the Applied Conflict Transformation course to the online courses o!ered and moderated by Modus Operandi. Institute for Governance in Central Africa (IGAC) Connected to the collaboration with Modus Operandi is the ASC involvement in discussions with IGAC. IGAC is exploring establishing a Masters programme focused on Conflict Transformation and Management with the input of a collaborative stakeholder group. ASC participates in this group alongside representatives of civil society and academic institutions based in the Ivory Coast, Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal and France.

Participation in this initiative assists in breaking down traditional Anglophone/ Francophone boundaries on the continent and adds impetus to the e!orts made by ASC to develop the reflective learning and academic research components of its own Skills and Strategies for change programme.

Conceptualisation of CT Masters programme, Yaoundé (Cameroon), 2011 Learning from the Applied Conflict

16 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 Transformation Studies Masters peacebuilders and conflict “We must become programme run by our sister institution transformation practitioners to develop in Cambodia will also feed into this research proposals that focus in on an the change we want initiative. aspect of the projects and programmes to see.” the participants are working on. Centre for Peace and The mutually supportive learning Mahatma Gandhi Conflict Studies culture that is created during the course is then used as a basis for a longer- Linked through the shared connection term research process that produces to ACTION Global, the Centre for research that is valuable and useful Peace and Conflict Studies, based in to the practitioners themselves, and Cambodia and associated with ACTION the communities with whom they are Asia, and the ACTION Support Centre working. have collaborated together on the development and implementation of The course has been carried out in Peace Research Methodology Training. Garissa, Kenya and Orissa, India.

This 10-day course supports In its encouragement of an action reflection approach to learning this initiative lies at the heart of the Support Centre’s e!orts to amplify and add value to the voices of those working at grassroots levels. International Alliance on Natural Resources in Africa (IANRA) The ACTION Support Centre supported the formation and on-going development of the International Alliance on Natural Resources in Africa (IANRA). This alliance aims to empower communities in their defence against exploitation. This is done by building a shared solidarity and encouraging learning and experience sharing across communities working in diverse contexts, but faced by similar challenges and forms of struggle.

IANRA uses a combination of training, organising, advocacy and campaigning to influence policy and engage governments and corporates in a dialogue process. This process aims to ensure that the benefits of natural resource exploitation are more equitable and governed by strong and e!ective legal systems that protect the rights of Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Ancient

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 17 women coming from all walks of life, to raise issues that a!ect their livelihoods. Some of the discussion topics included democracy and women’s participation; communication; writing and delivering speeches and debates; working with the media; negotiating (conflict resolution); networking; advocacy and campaigning; and gender-based violence.

As a result of the workshop, the women felt a sense of solidarity as well as a renewed sense of commitment to their projects and communities. Having learnt some new skills and brushed up on the skills they already had, they were ready to face the challenges that lay ahead. Conflict Transformation Training Women Can Do It workshop, 2010 a!ected communities. Conflict Transformation workshops The natural resource focus of IANRA form an integral part of ASC’s work. includes minerals, forests, fisheries In November 2010 ASC conducted and land, ensuring an unavoidable a peacebuilding workshop for PACT engagement with varying forms of partners in Zimbabwe. ASC took conflict common in Africa. ASC is participants through a series of working with IANRA members to share incremental steps, building knowledge approaches and tools for working through the introduction of new ideas with conflict in a manner that remains and tools, and tapping into the collective focused on shifting power without experience of the group. The workshop resorting to violence. established a common language, shared understandings of key concepts and Women Can Do It reflected on conflict analysis, strategy and planning. The workshop aimed to Workshop utilise local experiences in shaping more In partnership with Norwegian People’s sustainable and long-term initiatives, Aid (NPA), ASC sent a few young highlighting the relationship between women to the ‘Women Can Do It’ local initiatives and the wider context. training programme hosted by the NPA Participants’ evaluations of the workshop at Heia Safari Ranch from the 22nd to revealed its positive reception as well 26th March 2010. This initiative aimed as important practical considerations to increase the participation of women for the future. The workshop revealed in society, NGOs and political parties. additional challenges regarding resources Despite comprising half of the world’s that constrain peacebuilding e!orts, population, women are systematically these important insights will inform underrepresented in decision-making the planning and implementation of positions, the media, parliamentary seats initiatives in the future. and leading posts in political parties. The aim of the workshop was to empower

18 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent” Mohandas K. Gandhi

Applied Conflict Transformation course - group work, 2011 Applied Conflict the course was designed specifically for people who want to focus on conflict Transformation Course in Africa and connect this focus to the On the 24th to 28th October 2011, the global context. The course included ACTION Support Centre ran an Applied analysis of global events, as well as Conflict Transformation Course in a focus on new forms of resistance Johannesburg, South Africa. ACTION and change and their implications for Conflict Transformation is a global for Southern Africa. Field visits to the network of individuals and organisations Apartheid Museum and Constitution working for global peace. In Africa, the Hill also provided for further analysis on ACTION Support Centre through its skills South Africa as a conflict transformation and strategies for change programme case study. aims to be a resource for African The course welcomed a diverse group wisdom with the hope that it will assist of participants from Canada, Democratic organisations to e!ectively respond to Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, the deep-rooted social conflicts across Somali, South Africa, Swaziland and the continent. It connects people Zimbabwe. Furthermore, all participants working for peace and development, were able to exchange and learn from human rights and social transformation, the challenges and successes they each in Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone face in their organisations and countries and countries throughout Africa. coming from di!erent fields of work, but Accordingly, the Applied Conflict all having the same ambition of working Transformation Course was designed towards development, peace and unity by a team of conflict and development in their countries and on the continent specialists and included guest speakers as a whole. coming from various fields of expertise. The ACTION Support Centre plans to run Using Southern Africa as a case study, two Conflict Transformation courses in

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 19 network as well as factors underpinning fluctuations in the network’s vibrancy were explored, agency of the participants was highlighted as a crucial factor. The potential for collective action, and the strength that can be derived from network membership becomes more real as this upward recognition grows. Regional Capacity Building Regional Capacity Building focuses on strengthening the relationships between Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe though identifying ideas and sharing information for collaborative initiatives. ASC plays an organising and leading role in the consultation process in each of the four countries, running

Billboard, Maputo, Mozambique, 2010 2012, from the 5th to the 9th March Conflict Transformation workshops with and the second one will take place each partner organisation coupled with later in the year. We plan to continue exchange visits. ASC also coordinates to welcome participants coming from with partners to monitor the visibility di!erent fields of work and a range of of the projects in each country and countries, as we believe we learn better produces an appropriate mandate. from each other and this contributes greatly in how we as individuals Zimbabwe Solidarity approach our work. Forum Support to Networks ‘To develop and carry out short-term and long-term solidarity initiatives and Learning towards Zimbabwe’ (ZSF 20051).

ASC, with the support of the Netherlands The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum (ZSF) is based PSO, engaged in a collaborative a network of progressive South African learning process aimed at understanding civil society organisations including in more detail what drives networks and youth, women, labour, faith-based, assists them in becoming more e!ective. human rights and student formations. In an engagement with several The forum facilitates interaction and peacebuilding networks from across the collaboration between South African and world, a number of insights and lessons Zimbabwean civil society organisations. on networking were derived that will In addition, it consolidates e!orts to be fed back into organisations in an amplify the voices of South African civil e!ort to add value to the networking society organisations in the promotion e!orts of practitioners. The criterion for of peace, democracy and human rights establishing a vibrant network, which for Zimbabweans. Regularly scheduled allows members to mutually thrive platforms enable members to exchange from a palpably energetic collaboration, and disseminate information on their was examined. The history of the individual activities, thus reducing the

20 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 “mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures, peace is our gift to each other” Elie Wiesel

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe overlap of activities and maximizing Swaziland Democracy the utilization of resources. Established in November 2004, the ZSF has since Campaign grown in size and influence and has Founded on a rich history of contributed to a greater understanding collaboration between South African of the crisis and challenges in Zimbabwe anti-apartheid activists and Swaziland both amongst its member organisations activists, the Swaziland Democracy and more broadly in South Africa. Campaign transpired from this relationship. The campaign focuses on International Solidarity the exchange of ideas and support of Forum people-to-people solidarity. The SDC is a platform for popular campaigns, The International Solidarity Forum is a mass action and global solidarity for new initiative that intends to facilitate democracy in Swaziland. Events such as a discussion with the South African the ‘Global Week of Action’ have attracted civil society advocacy groups. The aim influential representatives from trade is to establishing a dialogue on how unions, civil society organisations and best to employ opportunities arising the media. ASC provides support to the from the World Social Forum and SDC and serves as the communication Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum initiatives. hub of the campaign. The consultations will not predetermine the outcomes, but rather provide the World Social Forum opportunity to strengthen civil society’s voice and mobilisation around key issues, The World Social Forum (WSF) was prompting the South African government created to provide a platform to to acknowledge and respond to civil discuss strategies of resistance to the society demands. globalisation model proposed at the

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 21 continent, global relations and economic and social development as ways of providing greater opportunity to intensify the struggle against neo-liberal policies. Participatory dialogue in Swaziland ASC and partner Phadimisa Bokamoso ba Africa, have been involved in a process of building capacity for dialogue in Swaziland. Political Dialogue was highlighted as becoming increasingly urgent in Swaziland. Tensions associated with the death of Sipho Jele in police custody prompted Senior Prince and Chairman of the Royal Council of Princes and Princesses (Bantfwabenkhosi) to openly declare the need for political dialogue to resolve the political issues

Khartoum, Sudan, 2009 annual World Economic Forum at facing the small kingdom. As a result Davos. WSF is firmly committed to the of ASC’s partnership, a roadmap has belief that “Another World Is Possible”. been established, as well as intentions As such, WSF provides an open space to involve other key civil society for discussing alternatives, exchanging organisations who partook in the experiences and strengthening alliances Regional Capacity Building project. among civil society organisations, peoples and movements. Language African Insider barriers, preoccupation with local Mediators Platform issues over a common global issue and urgency in compiling a cohesive report (AIMP) documenting the outcomes, were the Participatory analysis and strategy three challenges identified. development workshops were held In 2010, WSF commemorated its 10- in November 2010 and July 2011 to year anniversary with a consensual better understand the contribution of commitment to hold multiple activities insider mediators to the resolution of across the world in 2011. The economic conflict across Africa. Insider mediators crisis, environment, humanitarian, play a significant strategic role in population and natural resource crisis providing continuity between short-term were adopted as the main theme of peacemaking responses to periods of focus. crisis, as well as long-term peacebuilding processes. These meetings were WSF’s advocacy has succeeded in attended by participants from Botswana, increasing awareness regarding the Burundi, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, need to end the dominance of the Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe. neo-colonial system, to take control of decision-making, to deepen civic liberties Supported by the Peace Nexus and to guarantee institutional stability Foundation, these workshops aimed to so that Africa build its own future. The enhance internal national mediation focus in 2011 is on security issues in the capacity and contribute to local

22 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 “when the music changes, so does the dance” Hausa Tribe, West Africa

Harare International Arts Festival, Zimbabwe, 2010

ownership of mediation outcomes. The representatives from approximately research identified a key group of insider 35 of the registered political parties, as mediators working at multiple levels well as representatives of the National across a wide range of conflict contexts. Elections Commission, the PPAC, Essentially, these mediators require UNMIS and the UNDP. With a reported greater support in their e!orts to provide 80% of the delegates being candidates critical linkages between senior-level contesting the election, the event had mediation processes, and the mediation real significance and potential to impact of residual conflicts a!ecting people the election. at community level. Looking to the Combining small focused group future, AIMP aims to establish supportive discussions and larger break-away partnerships with which to agree an groups that required a process of action plan and allocate responsibilities summarising, synthesising and agreeing in its implementation. on a shared report-back, the workshop created an essential space for dialogue Confidence Building in between political party representatives the Electoral Process in and key stakeholders. Developing organic leadership roles within the Sudan groups facilitated and guided the ASC sta! worked with local partners group discussions, and highlighted an in Khartoum and the United Nations important process through which dispute Mission in Sudan to develop and resolution processes have the potential implement a confidence building process to identify a form and type of leader between political parties in the run up to that is able to overcome any ideological the election in 2010. di!erences and divisive contestations for power. The event took place on the 11th February and included about 175 In addition to demonstrating the

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 23 of xenophobia and approaching the issues in a proactive and consolidated manner. The SACC was recognised as key for promoting a moral authority against xenophobia. The cessation of the Coalition Against Xenophobia in 2010 resulted in there being no working national organisation focused solely on preventing xenophobic violence, thus the creation of Anti-Xenophobia Action (AXA) was essential. ASC supports AXA in its challenge to address and combat xenophobia, particularly in areas of high migrant population, such as Soweto, Alexandra in Johannesburg, and Limpopo province. Cultural Diversity Awareness The ACTION Support Centre, in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and five organisations from Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal, has collaborated in a Cultural Diversity Cultural Diversity workshop, 2010 potential for parties to work together Awareness initiative. The initiative beyond their di!erences, the need is based on the theme of ‘Ubuntu for extensive contact and relationship (Humanity) Has No Borders’ and the building between party representatives Alexandra Township was chosen for this was illustrated. This relationship building particular initiative because of its history aspect alone will make a significant with prejudice against foreign nationals. di!erence in laying the foundation for To ensure activities were relevant, non-violent dispute resolution processes interviews were conducted among in the longer term. community members and influential people in the community to determine Anti-Xenophobia Action what they felt were the pressing issues The aftermath of the 2010 World Cup relating to foreign nationals. The Cultural was rife with rumours of impending Diversity Awareness initiative, therefore, xenophobic violence, prompting key role was conducted over four workshops, players, concerned individuals and civil focusing on local and foreign school society organisations to lobby the South learners from Realogile Secondary African Council of Churches (SACC) to School. A focus group analysis was done address the issue. The resulting meeting separately with the local learners and at Khotso House on 6th July 2010, which foreign learners. This was done to get the was graced by the attendance of Mrs. learner’s honest views about xenophobia, Graca Machel, highlighted the necessity how they experience it in schools and in of exploring migration in the context their communities. Some learners had

24 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 “I have learnt that transformation is a process that needs to be nurtured – requires diligence, responsibility and patience” Applied Conflict Transformation course participant

Cultural Diversity and Awareness in schools, 2011 positive views towards foreign nationals Schools Anti- and supported their inclusion in the community while others felt foreign Xenophobia Programme nationals did not belong. In a separate Realising during the 2008 xenophobic group of learners, the learners were violence that attention was focused asked what kind of community they predominantly on short and medium wanted to live in. The learner’s response turn responses; ASC collaborated with was positive as could be seen through other like-minded organisations to form the art activity where they demonstrated a long-term initiative. The project sought a community where all lived in harmony to avoid duplicating existing events in with one another and people helped communities and pinpointed schools as each other. The learner’s also proposed an essential target area. The initial project solutions to the issues they felt were focused on schools in Soweto, Alexandra a!ecting their community. and Pretoria with later projects being Additionally, Cultural Diversity Workshops rolled out in Limpopo province. were conducted with community Adopting an approach specifically members. The topics covered were, tailored to learners, the conflict Early Detection of Conflict, Conflict transformation workshops used debates, Analysis, Intervention and Long- speeches, sport, indigenous games Term Transformation and Prevention. and cultural events to bring issues Peace monitors will be selected from surrounding xenophobia to the fore participants to assist in future activities in and shape responsible citizens. The Alexandra. workshops explored concepts such For more information on the as: xenophobia; identity; prejudice; project, visit http://www.iom.org.za/ stereotype; peace; conflict; violence; ubuntuhasnoborders assumption; value. Facilitators were used to ensure issues were appropriately addressed and debates synthesised.

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 25 advocacy e!orts as well as concerted approaches to raising awareness of the situation in Zimbabwe.

ASC and partners hosted a successful ‘Ubuntu Derby’, a campaign that strived to unite the people of Africa through a celebration of sports, poetry, drama, music and many other cultural activities. The successful event culminated in a soccer match between Jomo Cosmos FC and Zimbabwean Highlanders. By harnessing the excitement surrounding the World Cup, ASC and the anti- xenophobia message reached 20,000 people at this match alone; a truly phenomenal achievement. Proudly African Campaign The Proudly African Campaign (PAC) boasts wide-ranging and significant Somali Solidarity Campaign launch, 2011 In recognition of it’s role as a key stakeholder the Department of Education potential. Informed by issues of was involved in these projects and the xenophobia, racism, discrimination coloration continues with the on-going and other forms of prejudice and establishment of sustainable Peace Clubs, stereotyping PAC seeks to redefine monthly meetings and the creation of an African identity along the lines of Ubuntu accessible platform to publicise the Bill of (humanity). PAC is committed to creating Rights to learners and their communities. a culture of appreciating humanity in Ponahalo De Beers Trust funded this itself, without bias of language, ethnicity project. or race hence cultural tolerance. Breaking social, cultural and national Ubuntu Derby boundaries PAC promotes multi-level dialogue in communities and uses mass ‘Let’s give a red card to xenophobia’ public media campaigns to encourage Realising the potential threat of individuals to identify themselves with set xenophobic attacks in South Africa after of social circumstance that make them the 2010 World Cup, the Norwegian human in that particular setting and time. Peoples Aid-South Africa (NPA) partnership demonstrated its flexibility Somali Solidarity and commitment to implementing Campaign Launch contextually appropriate initiatives in July 2010. Realigning from the On the 28th October 2011, ACTION original proposal to promote diaspora Support Centre launched the Somali involvement in the constitutional Solidarity Campaign. The launch is outreach process, NPA-SA focused the beginning of our intention to raise on endorsing strong anti-xenophobia awareness on the challenges faced by initiatives. Anti-xenophobia programmes Somali’s. were combined with robust lobbying and Also importantly, we are raising funds

26 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 “I feel a new sense of passion to continue contributing to the transformation of conflict – there is so much potential for positive change and I want to become more involved” Applied Conflict Transformation course participant

for the proposed Wajir Peace University, which will be going towards the Wajir based in North Eastern Kenya, which Peace University Trust. You can find out will be contributing towards peaceful more about Wajir Peace University Trust transformation in the region. ACTION’s here: www.waput.org support to the Wajir Peace University is very dear to our hearts as the idea of Yeoville Community the University came to be, as a vision of our sister Dekha Ibrahim, who recently Engagement passed (may God rest her soul). She ASC enjoys a sustained relationship with devoted her life to peace building and the Yeoville Community. Recognised as a conflict mediation. She was also a key organisation in the community ASC founding member of ACTION. Her life has appeared in their publication ‘YeoVue mission brought courage, hope and a news bulletin’. ASC acts as a platform and spirit of resilience to all she met. opportunity to share information and interact with diaspora and South African The Somali Solidarity Campaign launch communities. Approaches include went successfully with support from utilising strategic meetings, dialogue the Somali Association of South Africa forums and imbizos. ASC is influential in (SAAS), who spoke at the event and contributing to municipal law and policy other NGOs and individuals who took regarding Yeoville and o!ers insight time to support the beginning of this into areas such as informal trade, crime, vital initiative. We also raised funds on criminal violence, gender abuse, refugee the evening as we had Somali bracelets issues and environmental issues. and ACTION bags on sale, the proceeds,

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 27 Publications, Operations, Partners and Donors

28 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 Publications Operations Department sense of the range of partnerships we have been able to maintain. Our heartfelt The following publications are available Fundraising and Finances thanks and appreciation goes out to from the ACTION Support Centre Despite the challenges related to the these institutions for their recognition of Working with Conflict: Skills and global financial crisis that have a!ected the value of our work. Strategies for Action the funding base of most civil society organisations, the ACTION Support Transforming Conflict: Reflections of Centre has been able to maintain and Developmental Partners: Practitioners Worldwide extend its own sources of funding. Grants, Donations and The Peace and Development Platform It is as a result of the vision and foresight quarterly newsletter Fees of those partners who have supported The Peace and Development Platform our work over the years that we have 2009-2011 information packs been able to forge strategic forms of • Norwegian Peoples Aid Pack 1: The African Renaissance partnership that have been able to get • Mensen met Een Missie Stichting beyond the boundaries of a normal CMC Pack 2: The African Union donor client relationship. The strength of Pack 3: New partnership for Africa’s these relationships has seen us through • Schooner Foundation Development what might otherwise have been a • Charlotte Roberts Trust crippling time for the organisation. Pack 4: Regional Economic • Zimbabwe Institute Communities The regional and continental nature of our work, combined with the long-term • British High Commission Pack 5: Democracy and Good nature of the transformation agenda to Governance • Ponaholo De Beers which we are contributing, means that Pack 6: The Path to Sustainable ACTION does not fit easily into the usual • HIVOS Development project grant boxes on which so many • Peace Nexus Foundation organisations rely for their funding. Voices from both sides of the Atlantic • Open Societies Initiative for Collected stories of peacebuilders from Despite this ACTION has been able to Southern Africa Africa and Latin America maintain its strong relationship with • Modus Operandi existing partners and generate additional The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum independent funding sources. These • International Organisation for Comprehensive Report include the introduction of the Applied Migration An in depth look at the steps towards Conflict Transformation course, a range building the Southern African solidarity • Life and Peace Institute of consultancy services and the sale of movement around Zimbabwe between training resources such as the Working • South African Municipal Workers 2008 and 2010 with Conflict book. Union Struggles in Peacetime The hard work we have put into • Freedom House Working with ex-combatants in maintaining our institutional relationship Mozambique, their frustrations and • UNDP Bureau for Conflict with the Department of Social successes. Prevention and Rehabilitation Development and our registration as Drums for Change a Public Benefit Organisation has also Quarterly news magazine assisted in securing funding and making the most e"cient use of the funds we have been able to secure.

The list of developmental partners that have contributed to the ACTION Support Centre programmes during the period covered by this report gives a good

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 29 Audited Financial Statements

30 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 Independent Auditors’ Report

To the members of require that we comply with ethical Accordingly, it was impracticable for us requirements and plan and perform the to extend our examination beyond the ACTION for Conflict audit to obtain reasonable assurance receipts actually recorded. Transformation whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. Qualified Opinion We have audited the financial In our opinion, except for the possible statements of ACTION for Conflict An audit involves performing procedures e!ects of the matter described in the Transformation, which comprise the to obtain audit evidence about the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the statement of financial position as at 30 amounts and disclosures in the financial financial statements present fairly, in all September 2011, and the statement of statements. The procedures selected material respects, the financial position comprehensive income, statement of depend on the auditors’ judgement, of ACTION for Conflict Transformation changes in reserves and statement of including the assessment of the risks of as at 30 September 2011, and its financial cash flows for the year then ended, and material misstatement of the financial performance and cash flows for the a summary of significant accounting statements, whether due to fraud or year then ended in accordance with its policies and other explanatory notes. error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control accounting policies. Steering Committee’s relevant to the entity’s preparation Emphasis of Matter Responsibility for the and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit - Going concern Financial Statements procedures that are appropriate in considerations The organisation’s Steering Committee the circumstances, but not for the We draw attention to the fact that the is responsible for the preparation and purpose of expressing an opinion on organisation needs ongoing donor fair presentation of these financial the e!ectiveness of the entity’s internal support if it is to continue operations. statements in accordance with the control. An audit also includes evaluating These financial statements have been organisation’s accounting policies, and in the appropriateness of accounting prepared on the basis of accounting the manner required by its Constitution. policies used and the reasonableness practices applicable to a going concern This responsibility includes: designing, of accounting estimates made by which assumes that the organisation implementing and maintaining internal management, as well as evaluating will generate su"cient funds by way control relevant to the preparation and the overall presentation of the financial of grants from donors to continue fair presentation of financial statements statements. funding its activities in the ensuing year. that are free from material misstatement, We believe that the audit evidence Accordingly, they do not include any whether due to fraud or error; selecting we have obtained is su"cient and adjustments relating to recoverability and and applying appropriate accounting appropriate to provide a basis for our classification of assets or to the amounts policies; and making accounting qualified audit opinion. and classification of liabilities that would estimates that are reasonable in the be necessary if the organisation were circumstances. Basis for Qualified unable to continue as a going concern. Auditors’ Responsibility Opinion In common with other similar Our responsibility is to express an organisations, it is not feasible for the opinion on these financial statements organisation to institute accounting Nash & Associates based on our audit. We conducted our controls over collections of income other 12 December 2011 audit in accordance with International than interest prior to the initial entry of Standards on Auditing. Those standards the collections in the accounting records.

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 31 Detailed Income Statement

ACTION for Conflict 2011 2010 Figures in Rand Note(s) R R Transformation Revenue (NPO Registration number :027-156-NPO) Norwegian People’s Aid 1 755 748 2 229 352 Financial statements for the year ended 30 Ponahalo De Beers Community Trust 187 040 294 315 September 2011 Other donor income 611 997 - Donations received - 918 737 6 2 554 785 3 442 404

Other income Administration fees received 121 922 - Other income 56 875 61 873 Donations received - 3 809 178 797 65 682

Operating expenses Accounting fees 22 700 - Advertising - 1 000 Auditors’ remuneration 33 724 67 247 Bank charges 11 525 27 322 Computer expenses 14 470 7 000 Consulting fees 112 505 68 219 Course material supplies and catering 103 086 76 137 Depreciation 12 002 29 654 Disbursement of funds received for 859 084 1 235 204 external campaigns Donations 25 365 - Employee costs 378 593 699 804 Equipment rental 51 042 50 391 Fines and penalties 431 - Honoraria paid 9 400 19 541 Insurance 4 527 4 391 Lease rentals on operating lease - o"ce 80 289 203 877 premises Legal expenses - 14 806 O"ce supplies and sta# refreshments 15 018 15 642 Printing and stationery 34 400 168 123 Repairs and maintenance 8 232 46 475 Sta# training 10 598 4 700 Telecommunications 62 957 147 622 Travel 525 371 436 376 2 375 319 3 323 531

Operating surplus 358 263 184 555 Finance costs (106) - Surplus (deficit) for the year. See Annexure A 358 157 184 555

32 The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 Statement of Financial Position

ACTION for Conflict 2011 2010 Figures in Rand Note(s) R R Transformation ASSETS (NPO Registration number :027-156-NPO) Non current assets Financial statements for the year ended 30 Equipment 2 39 370 34 491 September 2011 Current assets Accounts receivable 3 17 200 12 000 Cash and cash equivalents 4 645 832 301 481 663 032 313 481 Total assets 702 402 347 972

RESERVES AND LIABILITIES Reserves Accumulated surplus 690 572 332 412

Current liabilities Current Liabilities Accounts payable 5 11 830 15 560

Total Equity and Liabilities 702 402 347 972

The ACTION Support Centre BIENNIAL REPORT 2009-2011 33 ACTION Operations Staff Tiro Dipudi – Operations Manager Support Busisiwe Zuma – Administrative Assistant Centre Deborah Collison – Book-keeper people Programmes Staff Sipho Theys – Programme Manager Philani Ndebele – Communications Manager Rindai Chekerwa – Programme O"cer Interns Pontsho Pule – Selected for long term internship, Monash University (2011) Clare Devine – Selected for long term internship, University of East London (2011) Allie Malkin – Short-term intern, University of British Columbia, Trinity College (2011) Samantha Evans – Intern placement from University of Edinburgh (2011) Sarah Tobin – International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE) University of the Witwatersrand (2011) Zanele Mswela – IHRE (2011) Jessica Meyer – IHRE (2010) Khensani Chauke – IHRE (2010) Sphelele Vilakazi – IHRE (2010) Network Organisers and Volunteers The networking and relationship building approach that ACTION uses to strengthen forms of organisation has helped to establish a widespread network of volunteers, skilled supporters, community leadership and on the ground initiatives. This network is the real ACTION. The programmes outlined in this report are the product of the ability of solidarity activists, development workers, peacebuilders and conflict transformation practitioners to find common purpose and expression as they create together, building another world. Respect for all of these e!orts everywhere. Local Steering Committee Fatima Swartz – Chairperson Mxolisi Khalane – Secretary Richard Smith – Treasurer, and Steering Committee Representative based in the Support Centre Jadu Dladla – Member

ACTION is a Non-Profit Organisation, registered with the Department of Social Welfare. Our legal registration number is NPO # 027-156.

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