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2012 People in Need 4 Activity Map for 1992-2013 6 2012 Briefly 10 RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 12 Syria 14 Afghanistan 16 Pakistan 17 Alliance2015 18 Ethiopia 20 Congo 21 Angola 22 Namibia, South Sudan, Zambia 23 Mongolia 24 Myanmar 25 Sri Lanka, Iraq 26 Cambodia 27 Biogas 28 Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan 29 One World in Schools

2 30 Western Balkans, Moldova, Romania 3 31 Haiti 32 CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS 36 Myanmar 37 Cuba 38 Russia 39 Belarus 40 Ukraine 41 Moldova (Transnistria) 42 Libya 43 Egypt 44 One World 46 INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROJECTS 48 One World in Schools 50 Variants 52 Migration 43 Developmental education and awareness 54 SOCIAL INTEGRATION PROGRAMMES 56 Social integration programmes – Czech Republic 61 Social integration programmes – Slovakia 62 THE PEOPLE IN NEED CLUB OF FRIENDS 63 OUR STAFF 67 Abbreviations and list of websites 68 FINANCIAL REPORT Dear friends, ACTIVITY MAP FOR 1992-2013

Last year marked the 20th anniversary of the day when several friends and volunteers first met together in the kitchenette of the Lidové noviny newspaper offices. They offered us their facilities and most important- ly space in their paper to attempt to persuade people that despite just emerging from 40 years of communism, in addition to accepting help, we were also capable of giving it to those who needed it even more than we did. Our attempt succeeded and the first shipments of humanitarian aid were delivered to war-torn areas in the Caucasus and former Yugoslavia. From the outside, at least, everything since then has changed. What started as a small group of devotees is today a structured, professional organization, one of the largest of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. Over the years we have operated in humanitarian crises, most recently in northern Syria. We have established long-term development programmes in many countries. We also support dissidents, independent journalists, bloggers and ordinary people living under oppressive regimes who do not want to tolerate those who the D irector ge fro m would deny them their basic human rights and free-

doms. Our educational and informational work in the Czech Republic, the One World Film Festival and Social Integration Programmes are continuously growing, both A Mess a M ap Activity in terms of scope and significance. We are convinced that this work is vital in today’s connected world; indeed, it has never been more indispen-

sable. In Europe we are at the start of a great shift and reassessment: life established and driven by the idea of 4 constant growth is no longer sustainable in the long- 5 term. The importance of non-profit work will grow; in particular, services directed at improving lives will give meaning to an ever larger number of people and bring other benefits to quality of life not only based on higher consumption. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people who make up the People in Need team both at home and abroad. Their work is what makes our organization what it is today. I believe that we are dynamic, ration- al and results oriented, and that our work leads to real and significant change. Our aid, social services and educational and informational programmes would also not be possible with- 1. Afghanistan 2001-2013 20. Great Britain 1997-2000 39. Nagorno-Karabakh 1993-1994 out the excellent work of our support departments, the people who look after our financial affairs, operations, 2. Albania 1993, 1997, 1999 21. Greece 2007-2008 40. Namibia 2003-2013 communications, IT and donor relations. They do not di- 3. Angola 2006-2013 22. Haiti 2010-2012 41. Nepal 2006 rectly provide aid and services, but they are just as important. 4. Armenia 1988, 1998, 2003-2013 23. Chechnya/Ingushetia 1995, 2000-2010 42. North Korea 2002-2003 Please take a moment to read the People in Need Annual Report 2012. Within the confines of these pages we 5. Bangladesh 2007 24. China (Qinghai Province) 2010 43. Pakistan 2005-2008, 2010-2013 have set out to give you information that not only 6. Belarus 1998-2013 25. India 2007 44. Romania 1995-2013 shows where and how we work, but also presents data, numbers and facts. 7. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993-1998, 2011-2012 26. Indonesia 2006-2007 45. Russia 2009-2013 I would like to thank everyone you supported us last year and over the long term. Your support helps us, your 8. Bulgaria 1997 27. Iran 2003-2005 46. Serbia 2001-2007, 2011-2013 trust strengthens us, and your commitment inspires us. 9. Myanmar 1997, 2001-2013 28. Iraq 2003-2013 47. Slovakia 1998, 2001-2013 Yours faithfully, 10. Cambodia 2008-2013 29. Jordan 2004-2012 48. Somalia 1993 11. Colombia 1999 30. Kazakhstan 1995-2001 49. South Sudan 2012-2013 12. Croatia 1993 31. Kosovo 1998-2004, 2010-2013 50. Spain 2002 13. Cuba 1997-2013 32. Kyrgyzstan 2010 51. Sri Lanka 2005-2012 14. Czech Republic 1992-2013 33. Lebanon 2006-2011 52. Sumatra (Indonesia) 2009-2010 15. Democratic Republic of Congo 2008-2013 34. Libya 2011-2013 53. Syria 2012-2013 16. Egypt 2002, 2011-2013 35. Macedonia 1999 54. Tajikistan 1998 Partnerships and support: 17. Ethiopia 2003-2013 36. Moldova 1998, 2003-2013 55. Ukraine 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003-2013 18. Gaza (Gaza Strip) 2010 37. Mongolia 1993, 2010-2013 56. Zambia 2011-2013

The countries marked with colours are where People in Need has been active in 2012/2013. Note: Work in many of these countries often consists of a one-time intervention within a defined territory 19. Georgia 2005-2013 38. Montenegro 1999-2001, 2010 and a limited sector. The competition video clip We opened an office Foreigners was screened in cinemas“Češinci” and or The at Integration festivals in of We were the first international humani- in Yangon, Myanmar, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Spain, and was seen tarian organization to open a permanent where we can respond by more than 50,000 views on YouTube. office in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. to the humanitarian More than 2.5 million people here need needs of displaced peo- urgent humanitarian assistance, which ple. In Myanmar, we we have been delivering since 2012. also help civic groups We enabled scholar- document cases of hu- ships to secondary man rights violations. schools and intensive educational support for more than The One World Interna- Under the auspices The Development Awa- 300 boys and girls tional Festival attracted of Social Integration reness Programme or from families with a record 110,372 viewers, Programmes we have ganized a fashion show only basic education. who watched 106 docu- worked in about by Ethiopian designer Nevertheless the num- mentary films from 60 towns across the Fikirte Addis to draw ber of practical prima- 44 countries. Czech Republic and attention to the issue ry schools, which are Slovakia. Our team of child labour, which is a systemic error, con- We have prepared a new consists of over often used in the cloth- tinued to grow. audiovisual portal for 200 employees and ing industry. teachers and pupils called 350 volunteers. Our main goal is to pro www.jsns.cz, where - In Afghanistan, we support 88 agricultur- documentary films and vide social counsel- We presented the Homo al colleges, where there are over 11,000 2012 briefly educational materials are ling to people from Homini award to Azeri lawyer male and female students. 2012 briefly available online. poor areas. Intigam Aliyev for his personal courage and commitment in defence of hundreds of cases As part of the Law Favours the Smart and the 6 of human rights violations. Index of Ethical Lending campaigns we work to 7 2012 briefly eliminate the causes that have led to the ex- We prepared about 40 lessons and supporting treme indebtedness of Czech society. materials within the Respect Doesn't Hurt project. Teachers respond to questions about how human rights relate to our daily lives and how In Sri Lanka, after two and a half we can learn about them. years we ended aid to displaced- More than 33,000 Czech students attended people returning to war-devastat screenings of documentary films about ed areas in the north of the coun- modern Czechoslovak history and discus- try. During that time we helped In 2012, 22 partner sions with witnesses as part of the Stories of nearly 7,000 families ensure access organizations in Injustice – Month of Film in Schools project. to food, restore livelihoods, homes and community infrastructure. Cuba received our Thanks to the Real support for the Gift project, in 2012 Droughts in Angola exasperat- implementation of we gave away to We awarded the ed child malnutrition. We have projects, where we poor people in Africa Global School title to trained hundreds of community also cooperate with and Asia 2,249 goats, 30 schools in the Czech Republic. These are health volunteers, who examine eight groups of criti- 130 sheep, 40 rabbits,- proven schools in which global issues are 225,000 children. Nearly one fifth cal journalists and one cow, seven buf- a natural part of teaching; pupils follow of them are undernourished, and individuals who face falo and 200 chick world events, identify local problems with these we provide with special nu- daily harassment by ens. We supported global outreach and collaborate with local trition. Also, we teach their par- the Cuban regime. 74 obstetrics centres. partners to carry out activities that con- ents how to prevent malnutrition. Thanks to our support tribute to ameliorating the situation. 130 families acquired We organized Student Presidential Elections involving 441 sec - biodigesters. ondary schools in the Czech Republic. Their aim is to in- In Baghdad, the first Iraqi festival crease participation among first-time voters and to familiar Child labour and trafficking of children are - on human rights called Baghdad ize students with basic democratic principles. After two and a half Eye took place at the end of Febru- hidden and unresolved problems in Ethio- years, we completed ary 2012, inspired and supported by pia. Over three years we helped 1,100 chil- work in Haiti, where the One World International Festival. dren return to their families and prepared We mediated testimony of witnesses from Syria to internation- we helped 130,000 The first annual film festival was -at an awareness and education campaign for al and Czech media and gave them access to the areas where people, mainly chil- tended by hundreds of people and the general public. We also established we work. Our work was covered by Czech television stations dren, for whom we attracted extraordinary attention several low-threshold centres for abused and dailies as well as The Washington Post or Al Jazeera. built 24 schools. from the foreign media. children. 8 9 Relief and Development Department

In our efforts to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, we provided 215,000 people with access to quality health care in remote rural areas in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: © Lucie Pařízková, Mwansaza, Democratic Republic of Congo 2012 HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES Millions of people in developing EDUCATION countries die from diseases that LIVELIHOODS Investment in education is essential can be prevented and treated. The As a result of natural disasters for the development of individuals aid consists in the construction and or armed conflicts people in and society. Without educated equipping of hospitals and health poor countries often lose not individuals developing countries do centres, drug delivery, staff training only their lives, but also their not have a chance of breaking out and prevention. Social assistance homes, jobs and livelihoods. of poverty. There are still nearly one focuses on the most vulnerable Elsewhere natural resources billion people worldwide who can't groups, such as the physically are often depleted. Helping read and write, and more than 100 and mentally disabled, orphans, people with a livelihood is million children without access to women and seniors. always limited and its goal is to basic education. achieve the self-sufficiency of those to whom it is offered. WATER AND SANITATION The vast majority of developing countries suffer from a lack of drinking water. There is a lack of water and development of local institutions sewerage systems and existing water sources are often and organizations contaminated. In many developing countries there is Involving local people in the process of influencing also a lack of awareness about hygiene and the risks events in their country is crucial for stabilization associated with the use of poor quality water. Poor and development. The support of independent quality water is thus the cause of many diseases and media and NGOs, as well as increasing the capacity epidemics that plague entire regions. of local authorities, is crucial.

HUMANITARIAN AID environment rt m ent a nd D evelo pm ent e pa In the case of disasters (earthquakes, floods, famines, Increasing population and technological progress rt m ent a nd D evelo pm ent e pa etc.), immediate assistance must be provided to the in developing countries often leads to massive victims. The aid givers must respond to the current deforestation, soil erosion, water pollution and

R elief crisis, while addressing questions of survival, health, air pollution. Help here involves support for the R elief Our work in remote regions is based on long-term partnerships with local people. shelter, food supply, basic sanitation, emergency sustainable management of natural resources, energy-saving measures, afforestation of land Photo: © Jan Mrkvička, Afghanistan 2013 psychological assistance, child care and temporary recovery of education. and education of local people. 10 Relief and Development Department Relief and Development Department 11

Recently, there has been much discussion about whether humanitarian aid and development cooperation works, Balkans 2.3% whether poor countries ought to instead help them- Syria 2.4% Caucasus 4.1% selves and whether international assistance is ultimate- Pakistan 7.8% Other countries 3.9% ly counterproductive. In the following pages, in addition Logistics Development social Mongolia 3.5% sanitation to describing what the foreign missions do, we also pro- & Capacity 1.9% Sri Lanka 3.0% Development vide specific answers to the important question of what Awareness 1.3% problems are we dealing with and what added value we Cambodia 4.2% bring to the solution. humanitarian aid water and education healthservices and livelihood developmentlocal andinstitutions of organizations environment In the beginning of the report we focus on Syria. And Haiti 2.7% not only in terms of practical assistance, which we are • • • • • • Afghanistan able to ensure to the most vulnerable victims of con- • • • • • • Angola flict thanks to the tremendous personal commitment of Armenia our staff, but also our efforts to show the world that • • • Bosnia and Herzegovina there are millions of people in Syria who do not receive Ethiopia 14.4% • • aid. Our contribution can be seen in the partial open- • • • • • • Cambodia ing of space for the delivery of humanitarian aid. DR Congo In Afghanistan, a country where the main armed • • • • • Afghanistan 32.9% Ethiopia conflict ended ten years ago, but where stability and DR Congo 8.7% Angola 7.1% • • • • • • peace have yet to be achieved, we are working to de- • • • Georgia velop and improve secondary agricultural education, Haiti among other things. Thanks to our position as an expe- ordinary people and the local authorities or large do- • • • • rienced NGO, we can work with local administration as nors. Elsewhere we support local NGOs or other active • • • Iraq well as specific educational institutions. At the same groups of people so that they can find their own solu- • • jordan time, we apply our experience to the lives of ordi- tions to problems. In other projects, we transfer our ex- nary people in the country. In addition, we are able to periences and proven approaches from one area to an- • • • Kosovo transfer know-how to Afghanistan from neighbouring other. We always try to encourage people who seek to • • • Moldova Tajikistan, which has undergone similar development. help themselves and consider carefully whether we are Mongolia In Mongolia and the Caucasus we similarly apply the really working in areas where help is crucially needed. • • • experience of the Czech Republic and train local educa- • • • Myanmar tional institutions, teachers and NGOs to use documen- BUDGET: 17,461,416 EUR • • Namibia tary film in teaching. The idea to develop critical think- We work in 23 countries and have permanent offices in 17 countries. • • Pakistan ing skills, which is so important for the development of We have implemented 208 projects, and have 515 local and 50 foreign a free society and which a few years ago was born in employees in missions abroad; 34 employees at the central office • • Romania the neighbouring section of People in Need, is applica- (8 of whom are in the Development Awareness Programme) • • Serbia ble in other countries undergoing similar development Main partners: Alliance2015, FORS, NGO Voice, Crisis Action South Sudan as the Czech Republic. • • You can read about these and other approaches on the Largest donors: Czech Development Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of • • • • SrI Lanka following pages. In some places we build our presence the Czech Republic, European Commission, ECHO, DFID, private donors • • • Syria on the unique opportunity to form a bridge between • Zambia rt m ent a nd D evelo pm ent e pa rt m ent a nd D evelo pm ent e pa

R elief After two years of fighting many Syrian streets are in ruins. Bread in Aleppo is up to ten times more expensive than before the conflict. R elief The bombing even struck the Al Walleed school in Aleppo. We bake it daily for hundreds of the most vulnerable families. Photo: © Iva Zímová, Syria 2013 Photo: © Iva Zímová, Syria 2013

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The Arab Spring street protests escalated in Syria into PEOPLE IN NEED IN SYRIA FOOD AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE humanitarian disaster and the uneven distribution of the worst armed conflict of the new millennium. A dev- Throughout 2012, PIN, through partner organizations, Syria is afflicted by a growing food crisis. In many plac- international humanitarian assistance, and lobbied for astating civil war subsequently caused the largest cur- supported Syrian doctors in Damascus, and from May es companies have ceased production, farmers have been new ways of delivering aid inside Syria. We have mediat- rent refugee and humanitarian crisis in the world, which refugees in Jordan and Iraq. In the course of the year, forced to leave their homes and local markets have col- ed testimony to international and Czech media directly is constantly growing and for which there is no solution against the backdrop of escalating conflict we start- lapsed. People have run out of money and supplies and from the ground and have allowed visits to areas where in sight. ed looking for alternative ways to help people in need are selling their last belongings in order to buy essen- we work. inside Syria, both directly and on a broader scale. In tial items. The prices of food, fuel and other goods have Independently or in cooperation with the NGO Crisis MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT September, we began to succeed in delivering medical risen up to ten times. Shops are usually closed or empty Action and other humanitarian organizations we have HUMANITARIAN AID aid from Turkey to several provinces in northern Syria. and most areas are without electricity. We therefore sup- contacted European policy and donor organizations, As of May 2013, the conflict has claimed over 90,000 On closer examination, we discovered hundreds of thou- ply food, blankets, mattresses and hygiene kits to refu- leaders of UN agencies, the donor conference in Kuwait victims, almost seven million Syrians require urgent hu- sands of internally displaced people and other destitute gees and people in need. We help those most in need fi- and the BRICS conference. We believe that our direct manitarian aid and a quarter of the population has been people who urgently needed help that never arrived from nancially, so that they themselves can choose what to testimony about the extent of the crisis and its impact forced to leave their homes due to the fighting. Over 4.25 the capital city. buy, which also supports the remnants of a functioning on civilians helped draw attention to the fact that cross- million people have thus become refugees in their own In December we were one of the first foreign humanitar- local market. border assistance is legitimate and is currently the only country. 1.6 million people have fled for the border and ian organizations to open a permanent office in the prov- realistic way to guarantee even distribution of humani- the situation is getting worse every month. The country's inces of Halab (Aleppo) and Idlib and to begin providing PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSISTANCE tarian aid on both sides of the conflict. economy, education and health care system are approach- medical supplies, food and material assistance to the tens People are suffering from psychological problems due to ing total collapse. There is a lack of financial resources of thousands of people who suffer from lack of food or the trauma they have experienced. Many know someone BUDGET: 422,329 EUR and the activities of humanitarian organizations inside drinking water, and in winter endure conditions without who was arrested and tortured; others have lost their Funding: People in Need Club of Friends, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the the country are extremely difficult. Access to people in warm clothes and blankets. Help has since focused mainly home or witnessed the death of a loved one. That is why Czech Republic, Welthungerhilfe, Real Gift, Vodafone Foundation, SOS Syria need is complicated by the persistent fighting and bomb- on internal refugees who live in families, schools or aban- we have helped partner organizations in Syria and Jordan Partners: Noor Al Hussein Foundation, Doctors Coordinate of Damascus, ing, closed border crossings and administrative obstruc- doned factories, visiting families as well as the emerging to train field staff and provide psychosocial support. Jordan Health Aid Society, Syria Bright Future, local governments and tion. This is also visibly reflected in the reluctance of the layer of war-impoverished urban poor. As of May 2013 we associations, UOSSM regime to allow the distribution of aid to areas controlled have helped about 175,000 people inside Syria. TESTIMONY AND ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN by the opposition. The government strictly controls all In addition to field work we have started an extensive international humanitarian aid mediated by the UN and HEALTH CARE advocacy campaign to draw attention to the growing other players in Damascus. The regime allows its delivery Two-thirds of medical devices stopped working, more only by the Syrian Red Crescent and several NGOs that than half of the medical staff fled the fighting, and there PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES can work exclusively with local partners, whose activi- is a lack of medicine and ambulances to transport the Health care • Equipment and drugs for field hospitals and clinics • 18,500 patients ties are approved and monitored by the central govern- wounded and sick. Doctors in the areas under the ad- Club of Friends, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech • Baby formula for vulnerable children • 5,300 children under two ment. Access to territory controlled by the opposition is ministration of the opposition are harassed by the re- Republic, Vodafone Foundation, Real Gift • Prevention of epidemics – collection of municipal years also virtually impossible from Damascus. A similar prob- gime and hospitals are often targets of bombardment. waste • 300,000 residents and • Supply and equipment of mobile outpatient care refugees lem is faced by the UN, which is blocked by the Security Paramedics began to care for the sick and wounded in (Jordan) • 30 refugees per month Council and is unable to issue the relevant resolutions. makeshift field hospitals and clinics, which help supply • MEDEVAC – medical assistance for refugees (Jordan) • 12 refugees Meanwhile UN agencies still do not have a mandate to drugs. In the cities, due to the collapse of waste manage- Food, material and • Distribution of flour, food, blankets, heaters and • 16,000 internally displaced begin work on both sides of the conflict. ment and inadequate water supply, the sanitation situ- financial assistance clothes people and residents Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, • Financial assistance for vulnerable families • 2,000 refugees and residents As a result, the overall system of distribution of hu- ation has deteriorated so much that hundreds of thou- Welthungerhilfe, Club of Friends manitarian aid is in essence blocked and existing aid sands of people face increased epidemics. In Aleppo, we Psychosocial assistance • Psychosocial assistance for internally displaced persons • 1,600 internally displaced is not distributed evenly on both sides of the conflict, therefore clear away tens of tons of accumulated waste Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Club • Psychosocial assistance for refugees (Jordan) persons, 65 social workers whereas the greatest need is in areas controlled by op- daily. In Jordan, we provided local doctors with a mobile of Friends • 2,600 refugees, 25 social position factions. clinic that serves refugees entering the country. workers-volunteers a ri n nd develo pm ent a id rt m ent a nd D evelo pm ent e pa

R elief Thanks to the National Solidarity Programme and PIN, Huma nit the Afghan province of Balkh was able to open a new community centre. A teacher in Samangan shows pupils of the local agricultural institute how to correctly prune a grapevine. Photo: © Iva Zímová, Afghanistan 2013 Photo: © Iva Zímová, Afghanistan 2013

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In 2011 Northern Afghanistan was struck by a catastroph- agricultural production. Frequently recurring local disas- In Afghanistan we provide comprehensive support to all INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL ic drought. It destroyed most of the crops, and farmers ters such as flash floods are a direct result of extensive state agricultural colleges. Agriculture provides a live- COLLEGES AND INSTITUTES IN AFGHANISTAN had to sell their property or go into debt. That's why farming. Without the active involvement of local people lihood for more than 80% of the country's population. 100 in 2012 we focused primarily on recovery programmes it is not possible to solve these problems. Therefore, we After decades of war traditional cultivation methods that help local people get back on their feet. Thousands focus primarily on education, accompanied by projects in have been forgotten and the farmers do not know new 90 of people participated in public works, which aimed to the community that are identified and implemented by techniques. Secondary agricultural education plays an 80 partially compensate financial losses caused by drought. the villagers. We integrate measures to mitigate the im- important role in the education of agricultural experts Further assistance was channeled into restoring the pact of extensive human activity into almost all agricul- and office staff, but also farmers or people in the man- 70 breeding of domestic animals, which was in many places tural and community projects. In areas where we imple- ufacturing sector. The importance of agricultural educa- 60 severely affected by the disaster. ment multiple programmes at the same time, our priority tion is evidenced by the growing number of agricultural In addition to humanitarian projects, we helped lo- is their connection and supplementing so that the result- colleges. We have provided help in agricultural education 50 cal residents face recurrent natural disasters. We sup- ing effect can be multiplied. In the country we also have since 2006 and we are now a key partner of the Afghan 40 port the strengthening of the local economy based pri- a long-term focus on the quality of agricultural education, Ministry of Education in determining its direction. marily on agriculture by means of more efficient and which is discussed in the following text. 30 diversified agricultural production and processing and Practical agriculture 20 improving supply to the local markets. An important is- BUDGET: 5,760,419 EUR An agricultural school cannot prepare future profession- sue is the sustainability of agricultural projects and the Funding: European Commission, BMZ, ECHO, DFID, UN OCHA, MRRD, CzDA als without land and a farm school where students can 10 effective management of natural resources. Their degra- (MFA CR) try cultivation in practice. We have established plots in 0 dation negatively affects short- and long-term yields of Partners: Welthungerhilfe, Ministry of Education – TVET more than 50 schools, advise teachers how to cultivate, 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 fertilize and harvest, provide agricultural tools and seeds PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES and help link theory with practical training. equipment. We try to ensure that schools are connected with the institutions in their area, mainly due to exper- Support for secondary • Introduction of new curricula in schools • 11,501 students, teachers and agricultural education • Material equipment for schools members of management Training materials and curricula tise and employment opportunities for students. CzDA (MFA CR), GTZ • Building the capacity of teachers and school • 88 schools in 28 provinces In collaboration with the Dutch University of management Wageningen and the Afghan Ministry of Education, we Entrepreneurial skills Humanitarian aid • Organization of public works • 9,347 of the poorest families are working to revise the curriculum so that it is more Small school businesses allow students to develop entre- ECHO, UN OCHA • Distribution of livestock for farmers whose • Distribution of goats for 1,200 responsive to the needs of Afghan agriculture. The new preneurial skills and the school at the same time raises animals died due to drought families and hens for 900 families • Distribution of seedlings and tools • 544 small vegetable growers curriculum requires the creation of attractive didactic funds for development. Teachers prepare a detailed busi- • Monitoring the situation and risk mapping • Population in 5 districts of 2 provinces materials that provide guidance for teachers of agricul- ness plan in cooperation with students for the function- National Solidarity • Building rural infrastructure – schools, • Residents of 430 villages in tural subjects and according to which, following official ing of the school. We provided the initial capital to start Programme (NSP) irrigation, bridges, etc. 4 provinces accreditation, all schools in the country will subsequent- the business in three selected schools. One dairy farm World Bank ly be taught. and two poultry farms were created in this way. Development of livelihoods • Training in horticulture, vegetable • 330 small farmers were trained and CzDA (MFA CR) cultivation and material assistance directly supported • Support of farmers • Distribution of seeds to 1,050 farmers Support for school leaders Future • Establishment of 30 orchards, 8 nurseries The Afghan Ministry of Education has limited its sup- With the growing number of schools we deepen cooper- and 200 vegetable gardens • Material assistance to 200 small oil port to schools to hiring and salaries of teachers. ation with the Ministry of Education and school author- • Support for oil processing and other small processors gainful activity Development, the quality of teaching and often obtain- ities in the provinces and develop their capacities. By Sustainable use of • Training people about the sustainability • Residents of 50 communities ing teaching tools are in the hands of school leadership. supporting principals we also encourage greater auton- natural resources of natural resources, the preparation of We help principals prepare plans in which priorities are omy of schools so that they are less dependent on a lim- BMZ community projects aimed at protecting the determined, such as building a school farm or laboratory ited state budget. soil, water resources, pastures, etc. a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit Thanks to the inventory of the Alliance2015 partners, Huma nit WomenDuringThe Children's thein the training, northCentres ofthe of Sri Pakistanis People Lanka in repair Need also learnedroadshelp children as hygiene part copeof habitscommunity with for the food traumatic work. preparation. experiences of earthquakes. it was possible to immediately distribute aid to flood victims. Photo: © LucieIvaMichal Zímová, Kinkorová, Novotný, Pakistan HaitiKilinochchi, 2011 2010 Sri Lanka 2010 Photo: © Jens Grossmann (Welthungerhilfe), Nowshera, Pakistan 2010

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The Indus Basin and other watercourses were again hit those less fortunate by constructing temporary shel- Alliance2015 is a platform of seven European non-prof- ACTED www.acted.org by floods caused by torrential rain. Although the ex- ters and providing basic assistance. it organizations that provide assistance in the poor- ACTED was founded in 1993 in Paris. It tent of flooding was not nearly comparable with the est parts of the world. Alliance2015 seeks to effectively focuses on humanitarian aid, food security, support of health, economic develop- previous two years, more than five million people were Hygiene education fight against poverty by means of cooperation with its ment, advocacy and promotion of culture. affected. We also focused on education in hygiene. Infectious members and foreign missions, as well as in campaigns diseases caused by lack of sanitation are a common and advocacy projects in Europe. The common goal of all CESVI www.cesvi.org Trial heating to improve homes problem. They are also one of the factors that contrib- members is to fulfil the Millennium Development Goals. CESVI was founded in 1985 in Bergamo, In Tando Allahyar district in the south of Pakistan, we ute to poor nutrition of children and thus also to their Alliance2015 has no central headquarters, but is man- Italy. It focuses on supporting health, continued the restoration of villages destroyed by poor development. aged by a three-year rotating presidency. Since January preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, help- floods in 2011. We focused mainly on the reconstruc- The training that we carried out in Pakistan is there- 2011, the presidency has been held by People in Need ing children, social entrepreneurship, environment, water and sanitation and hu- tion of houses and drinking water. We emphasized fore not focused only on health habits in personal hy- and its director Šimon Pánek is also the president of manitarian aid. practical solutions for the reconstruction of homes. In giene, but also on food preparation and food and wa- Alliance2015. cooperation with partners from Alliance2015, we built ter storage. In every village we trained several women CONCERN WORLDWIDE several types of houses that were subjected to stress who also worked as instructors in the campaign with Alliance2015 in Pakistan www.concern.net CONCERN WORLDWIDE was founded in tests. The houses were flooded and monitored to see greater impact. The fact that these women remain in Due to the enormous scale of flooding in Pakistan in 1968 in Dublin. It focuses primarily on how the individual structures deal with flooding. The the villages and are a source of knowledge about hy- 2010 and the large number of affected people it was es- humanitarian assistance, livelihood, edu- results are buildings that can withstand moderate giene contributes to the sustainability of implemented sential to mobilize all available resources. Thanks to long- cation, health and HIV/AIDS. flooding and provide adequate protection to people humanitarian projects. term and institutionalized global cooperation between and their property in case of further flooding. In addition to raising awareness of basic hygiene organizations, a common approach was soon defined and HIVOS www.hivos.org HIVOS was founded in 1968 in The Hague. The functionality of similar buildings constructed in rules, we worked to restore drinking water. We helped we were very quickly able to provide capacity of five or- It focuses primarily on sustainable pro- recent years was also subjected to a real test in 2012. people repair damaged wells, and in some areas we dug ganizations operating in virtually the entire territory duction, financial services, democratisa- In the summer, areas in the south of Pakistan were hit new wells. of Pakistan. The result was a series of projects that are tion, human rights, HIV/AIDS, culture, by further flooding. North Sindh was again flooded. mainly characterized by improved aid coordination and media and information and communica- The worst affected areas included the Kashmor district, BUDGET: 1,370,190 EUR programme coherence, which benefited mainly those re- tion technology. where in the past we have provided assistance after Funding: ECHO, MFA CR ceiving the aid. IBIS www.ibis.dk floods. Partners: ACTED, Cesvi, Concern Worldwide, Welthungerhilfe IBIS was founded in 1966 in Copenhagen. Despite the fact that people left the flooded fields, sharing methodology and know-how It focuses primarily on education, democ- which are often their only source of income, most of The organizations are governed by a unified methodolo- ratisation, indigenous peoples, taxes and the returnees found their houses in order. We helped gy and the form of assistance has been harmonized, thus natural resources. avoiding a situation where in one village people receive PEOPLE IN NEED www.peopleinneed.cz assistance that is different from what is received in an- PEOPLE IN NEED was founded in 1992 in other, although the needs in both locations are almost Prague. It focuses on humanitarian and PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES identical. In addition, the impact of such coordinated development work, human rights, social Distribution of humanitarian aid • Distribution of materials for the construction of • 650 families affected by floods action was significantly greater than if the assistance integration, education and information ECHO, MFA CR temporary shelters programmes. • Household equipment were provided only by People in Need. The members of WELTHUNGERHILFE construction of houses • 2,310 houses built in Sindh Province • Housing for 14,000 people Alliance2015 in Pakistan jointly implemented projects ECHO, IOM, MFA CR worth 42 million euros. The additional value of such co- www.welthungerhilfe.de operation is the fact that the organizations also share WELTHUNGERHILFE was founded in 1962 water and sanitation • 50 wells built and 340 repaired • 11,700 people have access to safe in Bonn, Germany. It focuses on rural de- ECHO, MFA CR • Construction of 100 toilets drinking water their experience and know-how. • Hygiene training for local residents • Basic hygiene standards provided velopment, humanitarian assistance and for 3,500 families reconstruction. a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit In Ethiopia, we systematically focus on the revival Huma nit of water resources and have also put into operation three deepwater drills. Distribution of goat herds helping families in areas devastated by drought on the border with Kenya. Photo: © Getasew Ayalew, Ethiopia 2012 Photo: © GPDI Archive, Ethiopia 2012

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In 2013 the Ethiopian mission of People in Need ce- Management of water resources agricultural training centres. In addition, we focused In the largest distribution we gave lebrated its tenth anniversary. Since the beginning We focused on water management in arid regions of on the continued development of alternative liveli- away thousands of real gifts of our activity we have been trying to facilitate the Ethiopia. We fixed a number of wells and three deep hoods for local farmers, support of local nurseries and We were able to react quickly to the resulting crisis access of ordinary Ethiopians to quality education. wells, built 10 retaining rainwater tanks and carried the introduction of additional erosion control meas- also thanks to help from Real Gift, People in Need's Through public and private donors, we opened two out an extensive campaign to promote good hygiene ures. We planted over 169,000 seedlings on 57 hec- charity e-shop. Our goal was to help 720 families to new schools. We also introduce modern teaching me- habits. We also focused on the sustainability of water tares of eroded slopes. We thus avoid washing away restore their herds and thus return their main source thods to local primary and secondary schools, which projects. For existing water resources we helped set valuable arable land and landslides in surrounding vil- of livelihood. Given the experience of local people, can significantly increase the quality of Ethiopian up management systems, implemented a database and lages.In the capital Addis Ababa, we helped organize the most appropriate kind of support for this area has education. There is great potential in the develop- trained responsible authorities. We taught representa- self-help women's groups that allow women from the proven to be the distribution of livestock to villagers ment of vocational education in leather manufactu- tives of 10 villages how to manage drilling, both tech- slums to get out of poverty, to start micro-enterprises following the drought. ring and we continue to support the local seconda- nically and financially. and share their experiences. Each family thus received 10 goats – eight female ry boarding school. The boarding school is run by the In 2012 we also completed support in the prevention and two male. This number was a guarantee of rap- partner organization Shiny Day. Every year about 90 we supported farmers of child trafficking. Through five id production of more animals, up orphans learn trades such as carpentry, metal proce- and 1,100 children temporary accommodation cen- to three times a year. Thanks to ssing or food preparation. In the support of agriculture last year a key factor tres in a three-year period we Overall, we distributed over the higher number of females we was the technical and professional assistance of eight helped 1,110 children to return 7,200 goats – more than 2,150 also ensure a reliable supply of milk, to their families. of them thanks to Real Gift. whose nutritional value contributes PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES to improved health of the families the most devastating The campaign was the largest in the affected areas. All animals health and social services • Establishment of women's self-help groups • 500,000 direct beneficiaries distribution of animals in the underwent a veterinary inspection European Commission, CzDA (MFA CR) • Support of tools to fight child trafficking (women and children), 35,000 drought in 60 years community members In the past decade the Oromia history of People in Need. and distribution in each of the four region in southern Ethiopia has villages took place not only on the education • Improving the quality of education, • 2,000 direct beneficiaries CzDA (MFA CR), Real Gift, VŠEM, public collection, AVAST, construction of two schools, introduction (children, students, teachers, been affected by recurrent drou- basis of need, but also with regard private and corporate donors of modern teaching methods, support of inspectors), 25,000 community ghts with very irregular rainfall. The variable climate to environmental impact. education for orphans, support for vocational members here has a major impact on the livelihoods of local Overall, we distributed over 7,200 goats – more education in leather manufacturing people who live mainly by animal husbandry. In 2011, than 2,150 of them thanks to Real Gift – to Ethiopian agriculture • Technical and professional support of eight • 2,830 direct beneficiaries the area was hit by the most devastating drought in families in the region of Oromia. The campaign was CzDA (MFA CR), Real Aid, Real Gift, AVAST agricultural training centres, implementation of (farmers), 34,100 locals East Africa for the last 60 years. The failure of the re- the largest distribution of animals in the history of effective agricultural practices gular hagaya autumn rains (October to December) in People in Need. None of this would have been pos- water and sanitation • Improving the management of drinking water, • 25,000 direct beneficiaries 2010 and the subsequent failure of the ganna rainy sible without the help of hundreds of donors who de- CzDA (MFA CR), IRC, Real Gift, NF AVAST, VEOLIA, IRCON, awareness campaigns, construction of rainwater (employees, local government season (March to May) in 2011 resulted in the death cided to buy a goat in the People in Need charity e- Concern Worldwide, private donors tanks for schools, repairing wells and boreholes authorities and hospitals, patients, students), community of more than 300,000 farm animals in the region, an shop and give it to their loved ones. members indispensable source of livelihood for local residents. environment and • Support for erosion control, reforestation, • 4,290 direct beneficiaries One of the worst affected districts was Miyo, whe- BUDGET: 2,516,372 EUR regional development establishment of friendly and renewable energy (farmers), 38,770 locals re we decided to focus our attention. After thorou- Funding: CzDA, MFA CR, Real Aid, Real Gift, Let's Build a School in CzDA (MFA CR), Real Aid, Real Gift, AVAST sources and the development of alternative gh research, we selected four villages – Gombsa, Grinc, Africa Fund, IRC, UN OCHA, European Commission, private and corporate livelihoods Dikincha and Dukale – whose inhabitants we wanted donorsR renewal of animal husbandry • Supply and distribution of 7,200 heads • 720 families (approximately to help with restoration. MFA CR, Real Gift of livestock, veterinary supervision and 3,600 people) in pastoral vaccination communities in the Myio Woreda a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit In the Democratic Republic of Congo the rainy season lasts for up to nine months. The People in Need team looks for children suffering Huma nit This is another reason why it is important to have quality schools. from malnutrition so that they can immediately start helping. Photo: © Lucie Pařízková, Kaboge, Democratic Republic of Congo 2012 Photo: © Jan Mrkvička, Angola 2012

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In 2011 the Democratic Republic of Congo ranked in the Republic of Congo: the transmission of STDs, caused Despite state revenue from mineral resources, most of how to read, write and do arithmetic. We involve local last rung of the Human Development Index. It was also among other things by a high degree of sexual violence. the country's population live in poverty and have suf- education authorities and government so that new stu- recently named the worst place in the world to live for Psychosocial and medical assistance for victims of sexu- fered decades of war. Since 2006, we have striven to im- dents have access to better education. mothers with young children. In 2008 we opened a per- al violence, with an emphasis on the prevention of vio- prove the lives of Angolans, especially in the poor and re- manent mission in the country to help people in the re- lence through awareness campaigns, is part of our long- mote province of Bié. SANITATION AND HYGIENE AWARENESS motest areas. term work in the country. Only two out of ten villagers use suitable latrines. Rural livelihoods People have to rely on drinking water from rivers and health care education Four out of ten Angolans live below the poverty line. do not know the principles of hygiene and disease pre- Improving the quality and availability of health care, re- Training of teachers and school inspectors, distribution Small farmers grow just a few crops without knowledge vention. The average Angolan's life expectancy is only ducing child mortality and improving maternal health in of school supplies and building new schools contributes of basic farming techniques and without access to agri- 51 years. We therefore train villagers, medical volunteers, remote rural areas in the east of the country remained to improving the quality of and access to basic educa- cultural tools and technologies. The villages lack ploughs, teachers and local organizations, and support the con- our priorities in 2012. In particular thanks to regular tion. Our experience and knowledge acquired by work- cattle and poultry, and for most villagers the closest mar- struction of latrines and wells. supplies of medicines, staff training, improvement of ing in other countries is transferred to the Congolese ket is a day or two away by foot. We therefore teach sanitary conditions, the equipment of centres with ba- province of South Kivu. In school and after-school pro- farmers how to raise animals, cultivate new crops and CHILD MALNUTRITION sic materials and ensuring supervision by health inspec- grammes we strive to promote respect for the rights sell what they grow. Angola has one of the highest rates of infant mortali- tors, the centres can better serve area residents and pro- of children and to prevent the involvement of youth ty. Meanwhile droughts deepen poverty in the villages. vide free treatment for internally displaced persons and in armed groups. In addition we support children and DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION We therefore distribute food to malnourished children victims of sexual violence. The assistance also includes young people affected by displacement and violence. A third of rural teachers have not even completed pri- under five years of age and train health volunteers and the construction or renovation of health centres. In mary school. Teaching quality is so low that in rural ar- parents in how to prevent malnutrition. hard to reach and unstable areas, such as Lulingu, the BUDGET: 1,521,012 EUR eas more than half of children in fourth grade cannot centres often lack basic equipment, qualified staff, toi- Funding: ECHO, UN Pooled Fund, MFA CR, Rescate, People in Need Club of read and write. One fifth of children are not enrolled in BUDGET: 1,245,509 EUR lets and drinking water. With the establishment of Friends, Real Aid, Real Gift and private donors school at all and three quarters of adult villagers are il- Funding: AECID/Rescate, CzDA (MFA CR), UNICEF, World Vision, Real Gift, HIV/AIDS testing and counselling centres we are also Partners: Central Health Bureaus (BCZ) in Kitutu, Lulingu and Kalehe, Office literate. We therefore train teachers, develop modern di- Embassy of the Czech Republic in South Africa, Real Aid reacting to a significant problem in the Democratic for Primary, Secondary and Vocational Education (EPSP) Ita sequunde dactic materials and methodologies, and teach women Partners: Government of Angola, Anamed, Caritas Bié

PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES Access to livelihoods • 18 farmers field schools, micro-grants • 450 farmers, 6 trainers HEALTH CARE • 55 health centres stocked with drugs • 215,000 residents have access AECID/Rescate, CzDA (MFA CR), Real Aid, Real Gift • Training in disease prevention and natural medicine • 150 women, 6 villages ECHO, UN Pooled Fund, MFA CR, People in Need Club of • Training staff of health centres to health care Friends, Real Aid • Improving the quality and availability of care for Development of education • Training of teachers and principals • 350 teachers and directors, mothers and children CzDA (MFA CR), AECID/Rescate, Embassy of the Czech Ministry of Education • Free treatment of internally displaced persons Republic in South Africa, Real Aid • Adaptation of manuals and methodologies • 430 teachers and directors, • Repair of four health centres, construction of three Ministry of Education new birthing rooms • Training and support of eight pedagogical networks • 750 teachers and directors, • Improving sanitary conditions in the centres and centres Ministry of Education • Literacy courses for women • 120 women, 6 trainers EDUCATION • Equipping schools with 300 desks and other • 10,150 pupils UN Pooled Fund, Rescate, Real Aid, Real Gift, private donors furniture Sanitation and hygiene awareness • Hygiene awareness, support in the construction of • 162 villages, 10 primary schools • Construction of 2 schools, reconstruction of • 224 teachers UNICEF, CzDA (MFA CR), Real Gift latrines • 20 trained administrative another 10 schools, construction of 2 community • Repair and maintenance of community water committees, people drawing schools sources water from 20 wells • Training of teachers and school inspectors • Training of health volunteers • 370 volunteers, local government HELP FOR VICTIMS OF • Improving the availability of assistance for victims • 2,400 residents of Kitutu treatment and prevention • Screening of malnutrition among children under • 1,200 children SEXUAL VIOLENCE of sexual violence of child malnutrition five years of age Private donors • Training of 45 opinion leaders World Vision (UNICEF) • Distribution of protein nutrition • 250 malnourished children • Training of medical volunteers • 418 volunteers, 36 supervisors a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit Tuition is free at Zambian schools for only the first seven grades. These orphaned Thanks to the mobile clinics it is possible to identify children's diseases and initiate professional treatment Huma nit or vulnerable children are lucky: thanks to the support of People in Need they can continue their studies. in remote areas where medical care is otherwise difficult to access. Photo: © Dana Plavcová, Zambia 2012 Photo: © Adam Hájek (iDNES.cz), Mongolia 2012

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NAMIBIA not afford them. They often care for a large number of Mongolia is the country with the lowest population den- mobile clinics in other Karas Huisen Crafts, a sheltered workshop in orphaned children and do not have sufficient means of sity in the world. In remote areas it is difficult to access aimags (provinces) Keetmanshoop, became independent in 2010 and we subsistence. Therefore, we have chosen to support fami- basic social services and education. In these regions we We added two more mobile clinics to the two we es- continue to support it. The women employed by the ly members, trained them and gave them a small amount therefore support small businesses, organize training tablished in 2011 in the aimags of Bayankhongor and workshop are poor single mothers or women caring for of money to expand their small businesses. We moni- courses and help modernize the agricultural and manu- Zavkhan. The mobile clinics equipped with modern diag- orphans. We provided financial support to the workshop tor their business and provide them with additional ad- facturing departments in schools. In desert areas we pro- nostic tools are very popular among the inhabitants of to partially cover operating costs and we buy its prod- vice and support. We have already seen positive results. vide advice on crop and livestock production with an remote areas. Their catchment area is now about 50% ucts and sell them on the Czech market. We also help in Most of the orphans now have nearly three meals a day, emphasis on economical use of water, which is critical- larger and reaches 150,000 inhabitants. To ensure quali- obtaining grants, marketing or economic and personnel whereas before our support the family could afford to ly scarce in the region. Two additional clinics started to ty health care and smooth operation of the off-road clin- management. feed the children only once or twice a day. operate in 2012 and we organized new interactive educa- ics, employees of provincial hospitals were trained by We also continued to support HIV positive women. tion for young people in human rights. health experts. Mothers who cannot breastfeed their children due to SOUTH SUDAN HIV/AIDS receive formula. All 82 children, with whose In the autumn we opened a mission in South Sudan, the Support for agriculture one world in Mongolian schools mothers we worked in 2012, are healthy. None have be- site of one of the greatest humanitarian crises today. In and business Through documentary films and didactic materials we are come infected with HIV. People who develop AIDS must the first phase, in addition to administrative necessities In Dornogobi we completed the construction of an agro- trying to bring little discussed topics into the classrooms. eat regularly and well, so we provide affected families associated with setting up a new mission, we focused centre and in mid-November it began to be administered Students in schools screen selected documentary films with goats that provide them with fresh milk and a bet- primarily on a needs assessment, identification of target by the local regional office. In the Darchan region we fo- and engage in follow-up discussions with trained teach- ter life. Families that received goats in 2011 “returned” areas of our operation and coordination with other or- cused on improving the quality of teaching of agricultur- ers. (More about the project on page 29). half of the goat by giving us its offspring. These are then ganizations. In South Sudan we will support in particular al and manufacturing disciplines in four vocational schools distributed to other families. The project will continue education, health and livelihoods. and the development of two new branches of forestry and BUDGET: 604,641 EUR to operate on the same principle. agricultural mechanization. Vocational courses help partic- Funding: CzDA (MFA CR), Real Aid, European Commission BUDGET: 197,085 EUR ipants to improve their qualifications and job opportuni- Partners: NAMAC, Globe International, MEA ZAMBIA Funding: NAMIBIA – Real Aid, Real Gift, Donors Forum, ZAMBIA – CzDA (MFA ties on the labour market and we have expanded training In Zambia, which is also affected by the AIDS pandem- CR), Concern Worldwide, SOUTH SUDAN – People in Need Club of Friends in poultry farming, horticulture, carpentry and joinery. ic, we continued to support children who have lost their Partners: NAMIBIA – Karas Huisen Crafts, ZAMBIA – Concern Worldwide, parents to the disease. In cooperation with partners, we YWCA (Zambia) PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES pay tuition for them and give them school uniforms. The SUPPORT FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM • Provision of technical support and equipment to • Transfer of agrocentres under families with whom the children live in most cases can- BUSINESSES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT agrocentres the administration of the local CzDA (MFA CR), Real Aid • Seminars, consultations and demonstration regional office activities • 100 trained farmers • Support for agricultural cooperatives • 74 supported families PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES • Modernization of existing agricultural and • 298 direct student beneficiaries SHELTERED HANDCRAFT WORKSHOPS • Jobs for 20 socially excluded women • 200 family members manufacturing industries Real Aid, Donors Forum • Short-term training for unemployed or unskilled • 9 courses for 144 people people Support for HIV positive mothers • Prevention of HIV transmission from mother to • 82 HIV positive mothers MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES • Provision of health care to rural populations • 13,173 treated patients, 150,000 Real Aid, Real Gift child CzDA (MFA CR), Real Aid through mobile clinics residents of the target areas Nam ibi a • Baby formula and goats for families affected by • 82 healthy children • Training of medical staff to operate mobile • 21 trained health workers HIV clinics Care for orphans • Access to education, psychosocial support • 400 orphans and vulnerable One World in Schools • Documentary film screenings followed by • 20 participating schools with CzDA (MFA CR), Concern Worldwide children European Commission, CzDA (MFA CR) discussions in schools 1,500 students and 50 teachers • Support for families in small business • 90 families • Training teachers in the use of documentary Zam bi a films as educational tools a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit Amateur performances in Sri Lanka are a popular way of transmitting information. Huma nit Mobile medical teams provide care in remote areas that are hard to access. Parents learn how to cooperate with local authorities to develop their community. Photo: © PIN archive, Myanmar 2012 Photo: © Denisa Bultasová, Sri Lanka 2012

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Humanitarian assistance to internally and improving the hygiene practices of children and The situation in Sri Lanka after nearly three decades of eral kindergartens, public libraries and other communi- displaced people in Kachin State school staff. In schools we installed latrines, water col- armed conflict has gradually stabilized. In the second ty infrastructure which was supported by small grants. Continued fighting between the Kachin Independence lection systems and ceramic water purifiers. 60 mem- half of the year we completed humanitarian activities Army (KIA) and the Myanmar army forced more than bers of School Committees were trained in basic man- in the north of the island, where over two years we Iraq 100,000 people to flee their homes and prevented their agement skills. have helped internally displaced people to return home Civil society in Iraq still faces many obstacles, including return. In cooperation with local partner organizations, and participate in the reconstruction of war-damaged low respect for human rights. Long-term change can be we have provided immediate assistance and helped to Health care and food infrastructure. During this time we helped more than brought about primarily by a stronger civil society and ensure the basic needs of more than 2,000 families in security on the border 6,000 families. young people. We therefore continued to train NGOs camps for internally displaced persons, mainly to women, We continued supporting cross-border humanitarian In the district of Kilinochchi through public works we and authorities in the south of Iraq, who then receive children and elderly people. More than 900 children also assistance on the Thai-Myanmar and Chinese-Myanmar provided an opportunity for 520 families to earn suffi- funding for their community projects. In the north of got the opportunity to attend newly constructed or ex- borders. The armed conflict ended here a few months cient income. People cleaned irrigation canals, repaired the country we are using small grants to support sec- tended temporary schools. ago and some regions are still struggling. In conflict paths and roads, schools and public spaces. More than ondary schools, which also contributed to the teaching areas we support local organizations that provide 360 households, for whom we helped establish a pri- of didactic materials using documentary films on hu- Rehabilitation of basic health care through dozens of mobile medical teams vate garden, harvested their first crop at the end of the man rights. education in Karen State and 22 stationary medical facilities in rural areas. In year. We also provided psychosocial support and coun- Iraq was also a destination for refugees from neigh- Karen State suffered the longest armed conflict in the camps of internally displaced persons our partner selling or helped people communicate with authorities. bouring Syria, for which we have built a reservoir for modern history worldwide, lasting almost six decades. organizations also distributed food assistance to more In the East we helped local authorities to increase drinking water in the Domiz refugee camp. The targeted area of Kawkareik was one of the areas than 6,000 people and provided food supplements to their capacity to deliver public services and advised directly affected by fighting which had left it devas- 50 pregnant and nursing mothers. communities on how to effectively communicate with BUDGET: 703,725 EUR tated. Together with local partner organizations, we their representatives. Their cooperation was put into Funding: SRI LANKA – (CzDA) MFA CR, ECHO/ACTED, USAID/DAI, AusAID / have expanded or repaired three primary schools and BUDGET: 175,030 EUR practice during the building and reconstruction of sev- GIZ, Real Aid, Real Gift, IRAQ – NED, MFA CR, MFA SR, UNDP have equipped four schools with blackboards and Funding: MFA CR, People in Need Club of Friends, Real Aid desks. In addition to increasing access to universal primary education, we also focused on raising awareness PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES LIVELIHOODs RECOVERY FOR • Rehabilitation of community infrastructure • 520 households of returnees RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY WAR • Financial support and training to restore • 150 families PRIMARY EDUCATION IN KAREN STATE • Construction, renovation and equipment of • 658 children and 60 members ECHO/ACTED, CzDA/MFA CR, Real Gift livelihoods MFA CR, Real Gift school buildings and staff training of school boards • Social protection and psychosocial assistance • 451 most vulnerable families • Provision of sanitation facilities, installation SUPPORT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY of latrines, water purifiers, rainwater collection AND GOOD GOVERNANCE • Grants to local authorities for the construction • 3,460 residents, 50

systems and hygiene awareness S ri La nk a AusAID/GIZ, USAID/DAI and rebuilding of public infrastructure representatives of local • Increasing the capacity of local authorities, authorities HEALTH CARE AND FOOD AID FOR • Mobile medical teams and health centres provide • 49,530 people treated awareness raising of communities INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN primary health care for internally displaced THE BORDER REGIONS OF MYANMAR persons • 6,328 people received food DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY • Training NGOs • Eight NGOs, 1,600 residents, MFA CR, People in Need Club of Friends • Distribution of food aid, food supplements and • 50 mothers received AND GOOD GOVERNANCE • Grants to NGOs to implement small projects 32 representatives of medical supplies nutritional supplements NED government and NGOs

IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE AND • Distribution of nutritional supplements to people • 1,700 families q RAISING AWARENESS OF • Training of teachers and representatives of • 1,650 young people in 10 HUMAN RIGHTS educational authorities secondary schools

PROTECTION TO INTERNALLY in camps for IDPs I r a DISPLACED PERSONS IN KACHIN STATE • Construction of shelters, community centres, • 208 families and 319 pupils, MFA CR, UNDP • Small grants to student groups and schools • 30 teachers of officials • Set of training tools People in Need Club of Friends storage space in the camps approximately 1,000 HUMANITARIAN AID FOR • Construction and equipment of five makeshift internally displaced persons • Construction of reservoirs for drinking water in • 900 Syrian refugees SYRIAN REFUGEES a Syrian refugee camp schools • Approximately 900 pupils MFA CR, MFA SR a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit Water filters, together with education about the principles of good hygiene, Huma nit help protect Cambodia's families from the spread of diarrhoeal diseases. PeopleCambodian need tohouseholds travel tens use of energy kilometres from to biodigesters the Shebelle for River cooking in Ethiopia and lighting, for water. which means significant savings. Photo: © Jiří Pasz, Svay Check, Cambodia 2013 Photo:Photo: ©© JanJiří Mrkvička,Pasz, Cambodia Somali 2013 Region, Ethiopia 2010

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Cambodia in recent years has been experiencing high frastructure through a cash-for-work scheme, reconstruc- In the poorest countries, such as Cambodia, where 80% • Very positive impact on the environment; rates of economic growth and is working closer to the tion of irrigation channels and sources of potable water. of the population lives in rural areas and subsist by the • Biogas does not produce smoke and smoke particles Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Nevertheless, it We also helped communities in flood-prone areas to bet- cultivation of crops and animal husbandry, and where and therefore reduces health risks; remains one of the poorest Asian countries and suffers ter prepare for another similar disaster. the vast majority of families use firewood from nearby • The bio-slurry, a bioproduct of biodigesters, serves as from many structural deficiencies. We therefore active- Wood and charcoal are the main sources of energy gen- forests as their main source of energy, the most conven- a highly effective organic fertilizer ly cooperate with government authorities, local author- eration for 93% of the population. Extensive deforesta- ient alternative source of energy appears to be domes- The uniqueness of our approach is also characterized by ities and NGO partners to improve the situation in the tion contributes to soil erosion and negatively affects tic biogas. High consumption of firewood, in addition a market-based approach for the distribution of domestic Cambodian rural areas, where economic growth is least the living conditions of local people. Over the past 20 to its negative impacts on the environment, such as de- biodigesters. Instead of direct construction we train and visible and where more than 80% of the population lives. years forests covering an area half the size of the Czech forestation and soil erosion, also creates a time burden support construction companies, which then offer bio- Despite a significant decrease in female mortality (by Republic have disappeared. Household biodigesters help for women and health problems caused by smoke in en- digesters as their product. Construction of biodigesters 55%) at birth, which has been achieved in the last sev- reverse this trend. Therefore we cooperate closely with closed spaces. The main benefits of domestic biodigest- is subsidized, but most of the acquisition cost is borne en years, there are still many problems in the Cambodian the National Biodigester Programme (NBP) to promote ers include: by the household, which has the opportunity to obtain health care system. In 2012 we focused on improving the the development of the market-based biodigester sector • The ability to cover most energy needs of rural house- a loan from a microfinance institution under favorable knowledge and skills of midwives, improving facilities of in seven provinces of Cambodia. holds with minimum operating costs; conditions. The advantage of a market based approach is health centres, and organizing awareness campaigns in • Upon the return of the initial investment after 2-3 that the construction of biodigestors will continue after communities. Access to health care for the poorest is se- BUDGET: 729,045 EUR years, it brings significant financial savings for house- the end of our projects. In addition to Cambodia, we are cured through the support of social funds. We place great Funding: CzDA (MFA CR), MFA CR, ECHO / DCA, UNICEF, NBP, Embassy of Japan holds; also engaged in the promotion and dissemination of do- emphasis on the influence of hygiene and proper nutri- in Cambodia, Concern Worldwide, Real Aid, Real Gift, corporate and private • Long lifetime (15 – 20 years) and low failure rate; mestic biodigesters in Ethiopia and Sri Lanka. tion on the health of mothers and children. We helped donors communities affected by the floods in the second half Partners: PNKA, AARR, Buddhism for Health, provincial health offices (Takeo, inlet for animal faeces of 2011 to restore their livelihoods and community in- Kampong Chhnang), SNV, NBP, Alliance2015, DCA, CESVI, ActionAid, AVSF inlet aperture PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES output for gas HEALTH CARE FOR MOTHERS • Technical support and equipment for public • 48 health centres AND CHILDREN health centres CzDA (MFA CR), MFA CR, Real Aid, Real Gift, private and cor- • Training of midwives • 190 midwives porate donors • Construction of pre and post-natal rooms • 3 rooms • Awareness campaigns in villages • 13,000 women DEVELOPMENT OF DOMESTIC • Support for the establishment and management • 500 users of biodigesters biogas BIODIGESTER MARKET SECTOR of companies constructing biodigesters • 22 companies biogas CzDA (MFA CR), National Biodigester Programme (NBP), • Providing subsidies for the construction of Real Aid, Real Gift biodigesters • 61 Biodigesters Users Network • Establishment of the Biodigesters Users Network outlet for the ENSURING LIVELIHOODS FOR THE • Support for the poor in improving their • 13 initiatives and 24 projects bio-slurry IMPOVERISHED RURAL POPULATION livelihoods and income • 100 people and 10 government CzDA (MFA CR), Concern Worldwide, Real Aid, Real Gift • Increasing the capacity of local partner representatives attended 9 organizations seminars and 3 meetings RELIEF AND REHABILITATION AFTER • Mediation of employment opportunities for • 2,364 families THE FLOODS flood-affected families ECHO, UNICEF, Real Aid, Real Gift • Training of health personnel in anti-flood • 44 trained health professionals measures • Distribution of water purification filters • 600 families • Public campaigns to protect and promote health • 749 participants a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit The authors of two documentary films supported by People in Need were awarded a prize Over 3,000 children in Georgia alone are taught through documentary films Huma nit at the closing ceremonies of the International Film Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. about human rights, democratic principles, tolerance, and other topics. Photo: © Leila Blagonravova, Tbilisi, Georgia 2012 Photo: © Leila Blagonravova, Georgia 2012

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The South Caucasus is struggling with depopulation and pate in vocational retraining courses, and thus strength- In many countries where we work, the education sys- We select documentaries for teaching that correspond high unemployment. We concentrate aid in rural areas, en their motivation to remain in the country. tem is still burdened by the use of outdated teaching to the cultural and historical context of each country. where many people live in a difficult economic situation. methods based on rote learning, minimal involvement In addition, didactic materials are developed in close We also focus on supporting Georgian civil society. GEORGIA of students in the learning process, lack of attractive cooperation with local partners to respond to local In 2012, we used documentary film to strengthen the In the Imereti region we focused on supporting young materials and no discussion of important social issues, needs. In each country a different subject is relevant civil society. In addition to its use in education, we also people from poor families. They were visited by trained such as human rights and environmental protection. for teaching. In Georgia this might be films that deal worked with filmmakers and provided them with train- social workers and tried to find a solution to their situ- Twelve years of experience in the One World in with conflict resolution and integration into society of ing to increase their knowledge and skills. We developed ation. They got the opportunity to upgrade their skills Schools training programme in the Czech Republic have people with disabilities, while in Mongolia it may be nine movies and for four of them we later tried to se- and participate in activities organized by their peers in shown that documentary film is a highly effective and environmental protection, and in Iraq the coexistence cure funding from European festivals. We also worked a project in support of civil society, within which we attractive tool for reaching young people and sparking of religious and ethnic minorities. with NGOs who organized documentary film festivals. help student initiatives that focus on solving local prob- debate on important issues in today's world. Therefore, For the success of the methodology well-trained The organizers were trained and received financial sup- lems. We also support local NGOs and businesses created since 2008 we have been sharing this experience with teachers are essential. We organize seminars and pro- port and films from the film archives of the One World on the basis of cooperation between entrepreneurs and partners and colleagues from many countries. vide regular consultations for all participating teachers. festival. In Georgia and Armenia, we presented documen- farmers. In more than 70 Georgian schools there is currently Teachers and pupils can exchange their experiences dur- taries in schools as a tool for teaching social issues. available a training kit, five documentaries and didactic ing regular meetings and those with more experience BUDGET: 709,501 EUR materials for teachers and students. Since 2011, the ed- then become trainers and prepare the didactic materi- ARMENIA Funding: CzDA (MFA CR), LPTP (MFA CR), European Commission, Real Gift ucational screenings have been attended by more than als that we offer to schools together with films. Since 2009 we have been working with potential mi- Partners: Georgian Association of Social Workers, Lata, o. s., Internews 3,000 students. In Armenia, the methodology has been In addition to formal teaching, films are also used grants and returnees. Through grants we supported the Media Support, Community Development Association, Armenian Relief Society, introduced to 30 teachers and piloted in 15 schools. We for extracurricular activities of students who organ- creation of small businesses. At the same time we pro- Sakdoc Film have introduced the method to 24 schools in Mongolia, ize screenings and discussions for their classmates. In vided 18 new candidates with the opportunity to partici- 10 in Iraq and 15 in Lebanon. Mongolia this year we created ten student film clubs. The main advantages of the use of documentary film In Georgia we screened documentary films and held PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES in teaching include: subsequent discussions, which led to the creation of DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY • Special training for social service providers and • 8 social workers carried out 500 • It tries to not only describe the contemporary world, dozens of student projects that focus on the current LPTP (MFA CR) representatives of local authorities interventions in 200 families • Vocational retraining courses • 36 course participants but to put it in context. problems of the country, such as promotion of human • It presents in an attractive manner topics that are rights and environmental protection. SUPPORT for vulnerable • Financial contributions to local initiatives • 25 supported projects not usually part of the curriculum (environmental groups and their • Training of representatives of civil initiatives • 72 trained representatives of integration into society and local governments initiatives and local government protection, human rights, etc.). G eorgi a CzDA (MFA CR) • 8 businesses, supported by a grant • It presents young people with the fate of their peers country One World festivals • Grants and vocational retraining programmes • 8 community projects from around the world, and offers the ability to cre- SUPPORT for small businesses for entrepreneurs and farmers • 80 trained entrepreneurs in Schools CzDA (MFA CR) • Training for entrepreneurs and farmers ate parallels with their own lives and creates a sense of empathy. Georgia 74 schools 6 cities • Sets of documentaries and educational • 89 schools, 128 trained teachers EDUCATION THROUGH • It presents objective information without offering DOCUMENTARY FILM materials for schools • 18 participating filmmakers Armenia 15 schools 5 cities CzDA (MFA CR), EU • Training courses for filmmakers • 14 trained organizations A + G ready-made solutions, and opens up space for discus- • Preparation of regional festivals sion. Azerbaijan 3 cities SUPPORT IN THE MANAGEMENT • Operation of five regional information centres • 85 participating journalists • It helps young people to come up with their own OF MIGRATION FLOWS • Training for journalists on the topic of labour • 200 students and 20 Mongolia 24 schools European Commission, CzDA (MFA CR) migration representatives of local opinion about the problems being discussed, and promotes critical thinking, overcoming social taboos • Public discussion on the topic of migration organizations 10 schools • Vocational retraining courses • 18 retrained professionals and formalizing an approach to today's world. Iraq

Ar m eni a • Business support • 18 supported businesses Lebanon 15 schools a ri n nd develo pm ent a id a ri n nd develo pm ent a id

Huma nit At the fourth annual Czech rock festival in Banat, Romania, 20 Czech bands came to help their compatriots. Huma nit The concert was attended by over 700 spectators. Thanks to our help thousands of Haitian schoolchildren can go back to school. Photo: © Štěpán Slaný, Banat, Romania 2012 Photo: © Jean-Louis Dagobert, Haiti 2012

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The 2010 earthquake in Haiti killed more than 200,000 DISASTERS AND EPIDEMICS prevention Western Balkans Moldova people and three million people were left homeless. Due Haiti is often struck by hurricanes and earthquakes. There In the Western Balkans we focused on helping mar- In Moldova we continued to support civic initiatives in to poverty, internal disunity, political instability and the are no forests to prevent landslides and the destruction ginalised groups of people. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, rural areas. Small grants have supported 12 projects of fact that the capital city Port-au-Prince was completely of roads. Only half of villagers have access to drinking wa- Kosovo and Serbia we continued to support non-gov- local NGOs with the participation of local authorities, destroyed, without foreign help the country was practical- ter, nine out of ten do not have proper latrines, people do ernmental organizations that help people with intel- such as the establishment of a children's playground ly unable to cope with the aftermath. not know the principles of hygiene, and a cholera epidem- lectual disabilities to exercise their fundamental rights in Cimislia or the reconstruction of access roads to the After two and a half years of helping the country rebuild ic breaks out every year. That is why in the mountains of and to live normally among other people instead of city centre for the elderly in Leova. after the disaster, in the autumn we ended our activities the Petit Goave region we helped create, train and equip forced isolation in large institutions. At the same time, We also continued in the development of organic in Haiti. Mainly thanks to the financial contributions of a network of volunteer groups that teach other residents together with research partners we have completed farming. We organized several workshops for Moldovan the Czech public, we helped a total of 130,000 people. about hygiene and help them prepare for natural disasters. mapping of the situation of mentally disabled people farmers in the production and processing of medicinal During the year, we helped them to plant more than 5,500 in these three countries and through the combined herbs and wine, which were led by Czech, German and RECONSTRUCTION OF THE tree seedlings, repair kilometres of roads and build latrines. efforts of the organizations involved we managed to Moldovan experts. We also supported two model or- EDUCATION SYSTEM convince the European Commission that funds origi- ganic farms, for which open house days were also held. The devastating earthquake destroyed four-fifths of all SUPPORT FOR WOMEN AT RISK nally earmarked for investment in institutions should schools in the region of Petit Goave. Half of school- Poverty and the breakdown of the country after the dis- be spent on the implementation of pilot community- BUDGET: 81,295 EUR age children do not go to school, because there are not aster compounded the threat to Haitian women. They of- based services for people with mental disabilities. Funding: CzDA (MFA CR), USAID, Real Aid enough schools and education must be paid for. Three- ten lost their breadwinners and many of them are subject In Kosovo, we also supported the association of vis- Partners: Bioinstitut o. s., EkoConnect quarters of teachers do not have a teaching degree and to sexual violence or are forced into prostitution. We there- ually impaired people by supplying equipment and by their salaries depend on tuition fees from pupils. fore helped these vulnerable women establish a small busi- training organizations in the use of computer technol- Romania That is why over a two-year period we built 24 school ness and taught them where to go in case of an emergency. ogy, orientation in space and the use of Braille. Here The goal of the aid for people in Banat, Romania is to buildings, trained teachers and provided school supplies to we also continued the previous collaboration with the improve economic conditions in the Czech villages. We 40,000 children. The schools are also equipped with furni- BUDGET: 478,589 EUR association of deaf people and we started to prepare continued in support of sustainable tourism, particu- ture and didactic materials, and we helped put into opera- Funding: SOS Haiti, Real Gift, American Library Association the deployment of communication services through larly in the further development of horseback riding, tion a library in Petit Goave. Partners: Espoire des Femmes Haitiens a sign language interpreter. by buying saddles and through training farmers, who We also supported local organizations in Kosovo to rent the horses. help children of ethnic minorities integrate into the Accommodation providers are trained and regularly PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING PROVIDED ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES learning process. Thanks to tutoring, learning the lan- maintain and expand hiking trails around the villages. Reconstruction of • Construction of five permanent and three semi- • 640 pupils, 30 teachers and guage utilized in schools, early childhood education, Information for tourists is continually updated on the educational infrastructure permanent school buildings school principals promotion of leisure activities and the assistance of tourist portal www.banat.cz. People in Need printed SOS Haiti, Real Gift, American Library Association • Repair of seven semi-permanent schools • 820 pupils, 35 teachers and • Construction of latrines and rainwater collection principals social workers, we have succeeded over the long term labels on household products and ensured the func- systems • 4 schools (460 pupils) in reducing the number of children who interrupt their tioning of a web-based information centre for tourists. • Blackboards, desks, learning aids, equipment for • 14 schools (1,500 pupils) schooling. In the villages an experienced herbalist provided train- school kitchens • Support and equipment of the School Inspection • 9 inspectors; 350 schools in the ing in the collection and drying of herbs for tea. Office catchment area BUDGET: 408,813 EUR • Support and equipment of public libraries • 250 readers per month Funding: European Commission, CzDA (MFA CR), Real Aid BUDGET: 7,760 EUR Prevention of natural • Support of seven committees for disaster prevention • 280 committee members Partners: Balkan Sunflowers Kosovo, Children First Foundation, Kosovar Funding: MFA CR disasters and epidemics • Grants for small local projects • 15,700 residents Association of the Blind, Kosovar Association of the Deaf, Kosovo Mental SOS Haiti Disability Rights, Mental Disability Rights Serbia, Peja School for the Blind, Support for vulnerable women • Training and support for small business • 110 women at risk SOS Haiti • 10 female members of partner Sumero organizations 32 33 Human rights

Yoani Sanchez, famous Cuban blogger and critic of the regime, visited Prague at the invitation of People in Need after the Castro regime abolished exit visas in autumn 2012. Like other dissidents who have travelled, she met with important people in different countries and discussed the situation in Cuba. Photo: © Marek Svoboda, Prague, Czech Republic 2013 h uma n rights h uma n rights Russia is becoming ever more repressive against activists. In 2012 there have been fines for demonstrations, h uma n rights censorship on the Internet, prohibition of gay or lesbian public events, and other repressions. In 2012 the Homo Homini prize was awarded to Azerbaijani lawyer and human rights defender Intigam Aliyev. Photo: © Sergey Chernov, Russia 2012 Photo: © Jan Bartoš, Czech Republic 2013

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Under the auspices of the Centre for Democracy and In Tiraspol, Transnistria we helped open the first ognised regions at Forum meetings. We were also rep- Human Rights, People in Need works in several author- types of assistance provided cultural and civic club, where independent public resented at the meeting of the world's largest human itarian states and in countries undergoing various suc- events are held, such as concerts, screenings and dis- rights organizations World Movement for Democracy. cessful transitions to democracy. We always work on The Centre for Democracy and Human Rights pays par- cussions. site with active people who are peacefully trying to ticular attention to the following activities: In the Crimea, Ukraine civil counselling has be- Homo Homini make a change towards an open society and greater • Direct assistance for politically persecuted gun operating with our support to assist citizens in In 2012, the Homo Homini Award for human rights was accountability of the state to its citizens. We support dealing with government authorities. awarded to Azerbaijani lawyer Intigam Aliyev for his them in their work, we try to increase their profession- persons and their families (financial and mate- Since the spring of 2012 we are also working in years of tireless work and personal courage in defend- alism, link them with partners in European countries rial support, legal and psychological assistance). Libya, where we support nascent civil society groups ing the unjustly prosecuted. and assist them in cases where they are persecuted for This assistance is largely funded by the People in and organize trips for their representatives to the During his more than 20-year career, Mr. Aliyev has their actions. We believe that these people and groups Czech Republic and Czech experts to Libya. The main defended hundreds of cases of people persecuted for are a constructive and stabilizing factor that will be Need Club of Friends. objective is to connect Libyan partners with foreign criticizing the regime. He submitted more than 200 important in every possible scenario of political devel- • Support for civil society in repressive and colleagues and help them work more efficiently, to act cases to the European Court of Human Rights con- opments in their countries. as a stabilizing element in an uncertain and rapidly cerning the right to vote, freedom of assembly and ex- transitioning countries (material and techni- The year 2012 saw several important changes. In transforming environment. pression and the right to a fair trial. In addition, he Myanmar, where we are seeing a transition from cal assistance, small grants, training, publications, In the spring of 2012, we also implemented fur- provided legal aid to a number of activists facing sanc- a dictatorship to a more open model, after the linking with Central European partners, sharing ther Shelter Cities residencies, tions for peaceful protests, uncov- January release of a large number of political prison- lessons learned from Central Europe's transition to within which human rights activ- ered corruption and written critical ers we decided to start working directly in Yangon. This ists from harshly repressive coun- We work directly on the articles. step allows us to stay in touch with the rapidly evolv- democracy). tries spend several weeks in a safe ground with people who One of the reasons for awarding ing environment and focus more on supporting our • Study visits, internships and rehabilitation environment. the prize to Mr. Aliyev was his ef- partners in the regions. The sixth annual One World peacefully seek an open society fort to draw attention to the cur- In Cuba, there have been partial and so far large- programmes for activists and human rights Festival took place in Brussels, and greater accountability rent situation in Azerbaijan. This ly cosmetic changes. The regime also changed its defenders (an average of ten visits for groups of with the participation of dissi- by the state to its citizens. mineral-rich and strategically impor- strategy and instead of long imprisonment of dissi- activists, more specialized internships, the oppor- dents and activists from Myanmar, tant country is ruled by the harsh- dents, short-term repeated arrests began, which makes tunity for physical and psychological recovery for Egypt, Russia and Syria, who came ly authoritarian regime of President a timely international response more difficult. That is at our invitation. Ilham Aliyev. Since independence in 1993, no free elec- why at the end of the year we launched a new pro- activists who are exposed to prolonged pressure). We continue to be active in a number of net- tions have been held in Azerbaijan. gramme aimed at monitoring the repression, which in- • Support for independent journalists, pub- works and international platforms. We are part The regime spends lavishly on campaigns to build an volves activists from all over the island. of the consortium of seven leading international hu- image of a modern country, but behind this facade In Russia, on the contrary, the repression has in- lic campaigns and video activism. man rights organizations Lifeline, which supports non- are political prisoners, arrests of opponents, blackmail, creased over the past year, especially with the intro- • Support for human rights defenders and governmental organizations in repressive countries. corruption and defamation campaigns against trouble- duction of a series of harshly repressive laws aimed at In 2012 we helped implement a public campaign in some journalists. activists in authoritarian regimes in the NGOs and human rights organizations and the criminal- Azerbaijan and Ukraine, which used the interest in the Previous winners of the Homo Homini prize such isation of selected opponents. We therefore took an ac- Czech Republic and the EU (cooperation with Eurovision contest in Baku and the football champi- as Liu Xiaobo, Majid Tavakoli, Abdullah Momeni, tive part in the Europe-Russia Civil Society Forum, which partners in democratic countries and with the me- onship in Ukraine to draw attention to human rights Azimzhan Askarov and Ales Bialiatski remain in jail. provides an important link and coordination between dia, organization of trips by activists to the Czech violations in the country. As part of the Civil Society NGOs in Russia and the EU. We have also begun assist- Forum of the Eastern Partnership we coordinated a human ing human rights defenders in the North Caucasus. Republic and European cities and meetings with rights working group and helped facilitate the partici- political leaders). pation of non-governmental organizations from unrec- h uma n rights Training in civil rights in Shan State. Calixto Martinez, member of the Hablemos Press news agency in Havana. h uma n rights People in Need in Myanmar directed its activities in regions where we support active civic groups. For his journalism he spent six months in provisional custody. Photo: Piotr Zaporowski, Myanmar 2012. Photo: © Hablemos Press, Havana, Cuba 2013

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In the past three years, Myanmar experienced unprece- assistance for released In 2012, the Cuban regime made several economic re- Support of civil society dented and unexpected political changes. They includ- political prisoners forms in an attempt to send a positive signal to the In 2012, 22 partner organizations working in the prov- ed a by-election in April 2012, thanks to which 43 dep- During the past year roughly 700 political prisoners world and obtain money for the empty state treasury. inces of Pinar del Río, Havana, Mayabeque, Cienfuegos, uties of the strongest opposition party, the National were conditionally released. One of the current prior- However, the opening up of the economy and the Granma and Guantánamo all received small grants and League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi won ities is to support their integration into society, par- possibility to engage in partial one-time assistance. We provided seats in Parliament. ticularly through suitable employment. There is also private enterprise did not ame- The opening up of the economy funds for the operation of train- Another important event was the dissolution of the a great need for medical help that would address the liorate the situation with re- and limited possibility to en- ing centres and community cen- committee set up for press censorship. Despite these long-term health consequences of their imprisonment. spect to human rights and free- tres in the outskirts of the city, changes Myanmar still lacks a functional legal system. In cooperation with local partners, we therefore pro- doms. Prisoners of conscience gage in private enterprise did not worked with LGBT activists, and Armed struggles continue in the border areas and eth- vided medical assistance, basic psychosocial services from 2003 were released two have much effect on the human supported alternative cultural fes- nic violence has escalated, particularly against the and vocational training. years ago, but short-term deten- rights and freedoms of Cubans. tivals. Muslim Rohingya minority. tion of opponents of the regime In the past year we organized International support remains a pressing issue. In 2012, for political reasons, training for local trainers who can now assist civic Support of civil society To provide Czech and foreign media and the pub- on average 450 people per month were arrested. groups in the preparation and implementation of pro- While supporting democratic transition, we focus on lic with reliable information on Myanmar, we offer Nevertheless, Cuba is still gradually changing. The jects independent of the presence of foreign experts. smaller community groups in regional areas. Through them insights and news directly from our partner or- generation of dedicated revolutionaries is dying and small grants and training programmes we helped a to- ganizations. In 2012, we focused on publication of in- young people, who have until now been apathetic, Support of human rights in Cuba tal of 16 groups to develop their activities, to estab- formation materials, as well as organization of public have started to organize informal cultural events and We have been supporting human rights in Cuba on lish cooperation with new organizations and gain new events and film screenings. At the One World Festival, happenings, frequently participate in residential semi- a constant basis since 1997. In 2012, we launched knowledge in project management, advocacy and com- for example, we introduced the winning films from nars and seek information outside of official sources. a new project called EyeOnCuba.org focused on the pro- munication with partners. We supported the groups the Burmese Festival The Art of Freedom. In the autumn, The books, newspapers and electronic materials that tection and support of human rights activists in their for example in documentation of human rights vio- we held a unique meeting of key representatives of we bring into Cuba are therefore highly appreciated in response to constant violations of fundamental rights. lations and providing civil rights education. Several Belarusian and Burmese opposition in Prague, which a country where there is virtually no Internet. In addition to providing direct assistance to activists, young activists were invited to the Czech Republic for served as a platform where they could share their ex- we provide international bodies with well-document- intensive study internships. periences with transition to democracy. Support of journalists ed information on the latest developments in the field As in previous years, in 2012 one of our main activi- of human rights. BUDGET: 283,714 EUR ties was assisting journalists and journalistic projects. We are a founding member of a network of non-profit Funding: EIDHR (EC), MFA CR, People in Need Club of Friends, NED, OSI, TFD In Cuba, we help both novice and experienced journal- organizations called EU-Cuba Network, which advocates ists and writers who, for political reasons, cannot for- the improvement of the situation on the island. We mally exercise their profession. We provided them with are engaged in the promotion of human rights in Cuba PROGRAMMES AND FUNDING BENEFICIARIES material assistance and promoted their work abroad. in Brussels-based institutions, to which we provide in- Support of civil society • 16 community groups received financial contributions for their activities We also provided support to eight groups of journal- formation about current developments in the country. EIDHR, MFA CR, People in Need Club of Friends, NED, TFD • 163 representatives of the civil sector were trained • 5 activists participated in internships organized in the Czech Republic and ists, which work like a small news agency. Slovakia For journalists we organized training courses led by BUDGET: 262,812 EUR Reintegration of released • 39 former political prisoners participated in vocational retraining courses or experienced Cuban and foreign experts. In 2012, the Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, U.S. political prisoners received medical and psychosocial assistance training focused mainly on the content of media, pho- Department of State, NED, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, People in MFA CR, People in Need Club of Friends • 20 families of political prisoners received a financial contribution tography and citizen journalism. The contributions Need Club of Friends International support • 6 public debates in the Czech Republic and three abroad (Warsaw, Berlin, of critical journalists are published on our website OSI, MFA CR Brussels) Cubalog.eu. • 15 publications of information materials designed for Czech and foreign partners h uma n rights One of the city parks in Karlovy Vary bears the name of Anna Politkovskaya, Young activist Fyodor Mirzoyanov was released after a year in prison. h uma n rights a Russian investigative journalist murdered in 2006. Lukashenko's regime continues to arrest its opponents. Photo: © PIN Archive, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 2012 Photo: © Salidarnasz, Belarus 2012

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Since Vladimir Putin took over the presidency in May INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT In 2012 parliamentary elections took place in Belarus. partners who deals with the rights of children, quite 2012 the situation in Russia has worsened. Fines of People in Need in the Czech Republic and Europe or- They were neither free nor fair and ended in fa- uniquely managed to win several cases before the hundreds of thousands of dollars for demonstrations, ganized a series of public events on the theme of vour of the current regime. The main opposition par- Court of Belarus. Our Belarusian partners also received criminal liability for defamation, censorship on the human rights in Russia. During the the One World ties and movements, especially the Belarusian Social from us a collection of documentary films that can Internet, bans on public events with gay or lesbian Festival in Brussels we screened two films about Democratic Party (Hramada), the United Civic Party be used for organizing screenings and discussions, as themes or the obligation of NGOs with foreign fund- Russia: One of the films was dedicated to the mem- and the Belarusian Popular Front, organized a boycott well as a selection of ten interesting examples of cam- ing to register as “foreign agents”, which is synony- ory of murdered human rights defender Natalya of parliamentary elections, arguing that the election paigns in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, mous in Russia with spies, are just part of the newly Estemirova and the other victims of the Kadyrov re- would be rigged anyway. These parties urged citizens which they can use as inspiration when planning their repressive measures introduced last year. gime in Chechnya, who still cannot obtain justice. Igor not to participate in the elections. According to offi- own campaigns. The fact that the Kremlin punishes criticism was Kalyapin, the director of the Russian human rights or- cial statistics, the turnout was 74%, but the election clearly demonstrated in the ganization Committee Against was characterized mainly by apathy and indifference Help for the persecuted case of the girl punk band Torture (Nizhny Novgorod), took of voters. We provided financial assistance to 12 Belarusians who Pussy Riot, which ended with In Russia we work with young ac- part in a debate after the screen- Alexander Lukashenko's regime continues to trade because of persecution fled the country, and five fam- a demonstratively severe pun- tivists, for whom we have prepared ing. with political prisoners, where some ilies of disappeared persons. With ishment, and in the prosecu- training on the use of video and Based on our proposal, the city political prisoners are released, but We support the Parents' our help the Association of Families, tion of almost 20 ordinary new media in public campaigns. of Karlovy Vary decided to name later other activists, journalists and Committee, which brings which brings together the parents protesters from the Bolotnaya one of the city parks in memory human rights defenders are arrested. of young activists and opposition Square protests and oppo- of Anna Politkovskaya, a famous This strategy aims to provide a bet- together relatives of members, has grown to more than sition leaders, including well-known blogger Alexei Russian investigative journalist who was murdered in ter position for negotiations with the young activists and op- 200 people. They help parents when Navalny. Everything indicates that the repression will 2006. News of the naming, which officially took place European Union and to avoid penal- position members. their children have been detained or further escalate. on the sixth anniversary of Politkovskaya's death, ties. In 2012, former presidential can- otherwise face pressure from the re- sparked a considerable response in the Russian media. didate Andrei Sannikov and a member of his campaign gime. We helped find support for the human rights or- SUPPORT OF ACTIVISTS During 2012, we continued to actively participate in staff, Zmitser Bandarenka, received a pardon from ganization Viasna after its offices were raided. In 2012, we trained 11 young activists from various developing the Europe-Russia Civil Society Forum, a Lukashenko and were released. On the other hand, Russian regions in the use of video and new media in platform of NGOs and civic initiatives in Russia and criminal proceedings were initiated against previous- International support public campaigns. Seven activists then came to gain the European Union. In addition to supporting joint ly released political prisoner Vasily Parfyankov, journal- In 2012, we organized a series of screenings and dis- new experience and contacts in the Czech Republic at projects of non-profit organizations, the Forum seeks ists Andrei Pachobutov and Anton Surapinov as well cussions regarding the current situation in Belarus, es- the One World Festival. With our support, for example, to promote human rights and official dialogue between as real estate agent Sjarhej Basharimov. In 2012, the pecially during the One World Festival in the Czech one of the leading organizations defending the rights the EU and Russia. At a time of intensified pressure on office of Belarusian human rights organizationViasna Republic and Brussels, and we presented an exhibition of gays and lesbians in Russia made a short documen- civil society in Russia, the Forum urges European poli- was raided. The organization had operated there for on the situation in the country. We got involved in tary about the homophobia, hatred and violence that cy to make open expressions of support for Russian hu- 12 years. Ales Bialiatski, the director of Viasna, still re- the Don't Play with a Dictator! campaign, which aimed people with different sexual orientations in Russia are man rights and other organizations. mains behind bars with a four and a half year sentence to move the World Ice Hockey Championship in 2014 facing. for trumped up charges. from Belarus to another, freer country. We also joined In addition, we prepared for the activists a series of BUDGET: 107,633 EUR a global campaign for solidarity with the imprisoned instructional videos on the basics of filming and edit- Funding: NED, European Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Support for regional activists Ales Bialiatski. ing, and we also picked up ten interesting examples Czech Republic, People in Need Club of Friends In 2012, we worked with more than a dozen commu- of campaigns in the countries of Central and Eastern nity organizations and initiatives from various re- BUDGET: 125,680 EUR Europe, which activists can use as inspiration when gions of Belarus, which defend human rights, protect Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, NED, People in planning their own activities. the environment, work with youth and popularise the Need Club of Friends Belarusian language and culture. One of our regional h uma n rights The campaign and exhibition entitled “Human Rights Offside” raised awareness during the EURO 2012 Club No. 19 in Tiraspol got its name from Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, h uma n rights Championship in Ukraine. which, among other things, establishes the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Photo: © Jan Rybář, Donetsk, Ukraine 2012 Photo: © Lenka Blahová, Tiraspol, Transnistria 2012

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We have been supporting civil society in Ukraine for ing notice in the newspaper of the same name after the same time, nine representatives of civic initiatives ten years and for the last six years we have focused accusing the editor of censorship and kowtowing to We have been actively and systematically operating as came for a one-week study trip to the Czech Republic, our activities on the Crimean peninsula. The civil sec- power. This web portal was attacked by hackers and the only foreign NGO in Transnistria, an internation- during which they learned about good practices with tor in the region is not strong enough to resist the removed from operation for several days shortly be- ally unrecognised separatist region of Moldova, since Czech colleagues and attended several workshops and often arrogant despotism of local fore the autumn parliamentary elec- 2006. Our activities in the region support the develop- seminars. For the third year we also supported English authorities and effectively defend The network of legal aid tions. The Sobytiya Kryma website en- ment of civil society, the increase of its involvement language courses for non-governmental organizations. human rights and democratic free- clinics in Crimea provides joys increasing popularity among and responsibility in addressing social issues and de- doms. That is why we helped estab- the Crimean public, and is now read fending civil rights and liberties. In 2012 the authori- Civic Engagement Club lish a network of legal aid clinics of- legal assistance to citi- by more than 100,000 people per tarian regime eased somewhat and there was a gradual In 2012 we initiated the establishment of the Civic fices and continued supporting local zens who are in disputes month. increase in the number and influence of civic activi- Engagement Club in Tiraspol, which began operating un- NGOs. We also participated in the with state authorities. We also supported an advocacy ini- ties in the region. Nevertheless, Transnistrian society der the name Club No. 19 and became the first of its preparation of two public campaigns tiative for change in the prison law, remains isolated from the rest of the world and is bur- kind in Transnistria. The club is an open space for free that draw attention to human rights violations and a film festival on human rightsDocudays UA in Yalta, dened with massive government propaganda, which discussion and meeting people with an interest in discrimination. the monitoring of illegal election campaigning at fosters fear of an external enemy. Some independent public affairs and alternative culture. It is open to the Crimean universities and seminars on human rights for organizations and their activities, especially if carried general public, offering complex educational, informa- LEGAL AID CLINICS in Crimea secondary school students. out in cooperation with foreign partners, are restrict- tional and cultural activities, such as public lectures, In 2012, we helped establish four legal aid clinics in ed and civil activists are intimidated by state securi- debates on current social issues, screenings, exhibi- Crimea. They provide free consultation and legal assis- Human rights campaign ty forces. tions and concerts. tance to non-governmental organizations and citizens During the EURO 2012 football championship we helped who are in conflict with government authorities. The prepare and organize a campaign called Human Rights Support of civic initiatives legal and information support fear of authorities and the feeling that officials are all- Offside. Through a photographic exhibition and pub- In 2012, we continued to cooperate with the communi- The Centre for Legal and Information Support of Civic powerful often paralyses organizations and individ- lic events this campaign drew attention to the decline ty in the Transnistrian region. Within the framework Initiatives in Tiraspol, which was created with our sup- uals who have a disagreement with them. The legal of Ukraine in the sphere of human rights and democ- of a small grants programme we port at the end of 2011, continues aid clinics provide citizens not only with legal assis- racy. The campaign, in which 20 organizations partic- have supported nine NGOs and in- to provide free legal advice to or- tance or representation in court, but also the neces- ipated, was enthusiastically received by thousands of itiative groups. The themes of the We provide civic initiatives ganizations that come into con- sary confidence. They organize seminars, initiate de- Ukrainian citizens, and had wide media coverage in projects were, for example, free ac- with small grants, fellowships flict with the state apparatus. The bates and collaborate with critical journalists, thereby Ukraine and abroad, including in Financial Times. In cess to information, property rights and study tours, as well as Centre is also dedicated to raising significantly contributing to the mobilization of local autumn 2012, we, together with the Lifeline consortium of small landowners, youth educa- organize seminars for them. awareness through seminars, pub- communities. The result is efficient interconnection of supported the campaign of Ukrainian human rights or- tion on human rights, the develop- lishing newsletters or organizing people who are able to clearly identify and help rem- ganizations against a law that discriminates the LGBT ment of school education or media- free legal literacy courses for the edy social or human rights problems. We develop this community and de facto criminalizes the vaguely de- tion in order to defend the rights of people living with public. The tasks of the Centre include increasing me- network of legal aid clinics through financial support, fined “positive information” of this minority. The three HIV/AIDS. For civic initiatives we organized a train- dia literacy of the civic sector and breaking its isola- consultations, seminars, study tours and promotion. to five year prison sentences for people who repeated- ing seminar with the participation of Czech experts, tion in the media space, as well as media coverage of ly violate this law speaks for itself. We transmit our ex- within which the participants were taught methods major cases. Support for NGOs periences with these successful campaigns in Ukraine of strategic planning, project cycle management and In Crimea we financially support the projects of local and abroad to local activists via a manual entitled Get planning campaigns. During the year, four represent- BUDGET: 163,860 EUR non-governmental organizations that focus on human Involved Too. atives of Transnistrian organizations were invited to Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, People in Need rights and active citizenship. For example, we funded People in Need for a two-month internship that al- Club of Friends, NED, USAID the operation of critical internet daily Sobytiya Kryma, BUDGET: 56,520 EUR lowed them to gain new experiences and knowledge whose editors publicly resigned in spring 2012 by giv- Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Lifeline Fund to further develop their activities in Transnistria. At Huma n rights The adoption of democratic principles is complicated by the presence of armed groups h uma n rights and the need to cope with the consequences of the conflict. Our long-term goal in Libya and Egypt is to strengthen civic activities, especially at the local level. Photo: © Jan Rybář, Libya 2013 Photo: © Jan Rybář, North Africa 2013

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The year 2012 was a turning point for Libya. After the civil rights. We also prepared methodological training The hope of achieving the objectives of the Revolution organizations involved in local development and sup- fall of the regime of Colonel Gaddafi, free elections in working with the media and public communication. of 2011 – social justice, democracy, freedom and report of civil society in Upper Egypt. were held for the first time since 1969. Nevertheless, In November, a group of civic activists and members spect for human rights in Egypt – collapsed, despite During the seminars, local trainers and profession- two-thirds of voters, 40% of whom of the local government visited the the first free parliamentary and presidential elections. als learned about the role of institutions and technical were women, came to the polls for the We help Libyan initia- Czech Republic to become familiar The disappointment was due knowledge of working on cam- General National Congress. Efforts to es- tives to campaign for with the functioning of institutions mainly to the hasty preparation We focus on working in Upper paigns, the use of media tools tablish democracy in the country, howev- democratic mechanisms and the transition to a democrat- of the constitution. The work Egypt, where there are only and documentary film. er, continue to suffer from the presence ic system in the Czech Republic and of the constitutional commis- a few civic groups whose work The trainers subsequently pre- of armed groups, limited rule of law and and the constitution. the problems that accompany this sion was marked by the resigna- pared a workshop for local com- a weak government. process. During the trip they also fo- tion of its members and doubts is mostly of a charitable na- munity groups and provided With the election of political representation in Libya cused on the governmental and non-governmental sec- about the fair representation of ture. We strengthen legal aware- them with methodological sup- a dialogue began on the preparation of a new constitu- tor and discussed contentious issues of lustration. Egyptian society in its composi- ness and support civil dialogue. port to implement their cam- tion. Like the previously banned political parties, the tion. paigns in the region. The par- constitutional concept is completely new for a whole Training and seminars In the context of the deteriorating economic and so- ticipants were most interested in working with segment of the population. That is why our initial ac- With the support of the Czech Ministry of Foreign cial situation, there was also a gradual restriction of documentary film as a tool to give a voice to marginal- tivities started in April 2012 to help civic initiatives Affairs, we prepared three training sessions on meth- freedom of speech and association. In addition, in- ised communities in the regions. conduct information campaigns about the role of the ods of preparing information campaigns for organiza- creasingly restrictive laws on the work of civil society With the support of the People in Need Club of constitution and democratic mechanisms, and share tions dealing with the establishment and enforcement have been proposed. Friends, we provided selected participants with tech- our experiences with the transformation of Eastern of law. A particular focus was the use of traditional Nevertheless, a number of emerging civic groups, po- nical resources to ensure their own activities, which Europe. and new media, which is now one of the main tools litical parties and actors continue to seek the demo- followed the training and seminars conducted during of communication in Libya. The training and seminars cratic transformation of the country and to strength- the year. This gave rise to short films about local issues Support of civic initiatives were based on experience gained from Eastern Europe en the role of citizens and their ability to affect their and a dialogue with local authorities on issues related We are involved in a joint project with our partners and North Africa and reflected the possible role of civ- environment and state power by democratic means. to community needs. ACTED, CESVI and a number of local organizations called il society in the transition to democracy. Libyan groups In 2012, we therefore focused on professional sup- We also organized workshops with Egyptian consti- Civil Initiatives Libya, which provides technical support to then worked on preparing their own campaigns (such port of civic initiatives in raising awareness of key tutional experts and civic activists about the role of non-governmental and youth organizations and tries to as enforcement of the law on access to information) democratic processes, human rights and establishing the constitution and its relation to the interests of lo- engage in local development and dialogue with state au- and seminars led by trainer-activists from the Czech dialogue with local authorities. Our long-term goal is cal communities. thorities. At a time when new institutions are formed Republic and Egypt. Czech experts and authors of the to strengthen civic efforts primarily at the local level. Thanks to the project, the debate on the constitu- and set the relations of the state to its citizens, civic Czech Constitution also visited Libya to discuss the tion and civil rights also succeeded in engaging devel- initiatives are important players in the preparation of practical aspects of the process of its preparation and Support for civil society opment-oriented groups, which largely perceive the laws and in defining the position and authority of state talked with local lawyers about possible strategies. in Upper Egypt constitution and other democratic tools as remote institutions. Often they are also the first step towards Thanks to the People in Need Club of Friends we The activities of civic groups in remote parts of south- from the everyday needs and interests of the popula- involvement in public life for young people. funded the information activities of two independent ern Egypt are significantly weaker than in Cairo or tion. In 2012, we and our partners opened four centres in initiatives in south and northeast Libya on the consti- Alexandria and focus mainly on charitable activities. Tripoli, Benghazi, Misrata and Sabha, which serve as tution and new democratic mechanisms. We also sup- With the support of the Czech Ministry of Foreign BUDGET: 34,073 EUR a training area, a place for meetings and work, but also ported the screening of documentary films on human Affairs, we helped groups from Upper Egypt dedicat- Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, People in Need for personal activities of local groups. rights issues in Baida. ed to the themes of the constitution and civil rights Club of Friends When working with community groups, we fo- in the conduct of public awareness and advocacy cam- cused on sharing our experiences with the transition BUDGET: 56,416 EUR paigns in the national dialogue on the content of the to democracy, particularly in the area of human and Funding: MFA CR, European Union, People in Need Club of Friends constitution. The help was provided via trainers from h uma n rights Noha Atef, an Egyptian blogger and activist, currently a member of the Rudolf Vrba Jury, h uma n rights performed at an evening of new media called TECHSHARE 2012. Closing ceremonies of the One World Festivals. Photo: © Lukáš Bíba, Prague, Czech Republic 2012 Photo: © Lukáš Bíba, Prague, Czech Republic 2012

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The 14th annual One World International Human Rights the West, where people protested against entrenched WORLD PROFESSIONALS IN PRAGUE ongoing democratic change in Myanmar led to a special Documentary Film Festival was held in Prague from 6 regimes and economic systems. Categories Together Last year for the first time the festival featured the East screening entitled The Best of Art of Freedom, in which we to 15 March 2012 and subsequently in 40 other cities in Anyway focused on changes in social relationships as Doc Platform programme organized by the Institute of screened a selection of winning films from the Yangon the Czech Republic. Audiences had the opportunity to a result of current influences, such as poverty or mi- Documentary Film. The meeting to promote the produc- film festival. see 106 films from 44 countries. The total attendance gration. Popular films on ecology and lifestyle are tra- tion and distribution of Eastern and Central European of the festival was 110,372 people. ditionally concentrated in the category of So-called documentary film attracted more than 200 domestic and THE FESTIVAL IN REGIONS Our main focus was the 2011 Arab Spring, during Civilization. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of foreign film professionals. The open part of the East Doc In 2012 in addition to Prague the festival was held in which demonstrations broke out against authoritar- People in Need with an online special on the website Platform offered the audience access to One World lec- Benešov, Bílina, Brno, České Budějovice, Český Krumlov, ian governments in North Africa and the Middle East. of Czech TV, where we posted a retrospective of films tures, film screenings and master classes.“By linking with Děčín, Hrádek nad Nisou, Chrudim, Jablonec nad Nisou, The main film category entitledProtests, Riots, Revolts charting the beginnings of our organization's work. the IDF we succeeded in expanding the festival programme for Kladno, Klatovy, Kralupy nad Vltavou, Liberec, Louny, in addition to Arab countries also dealt with unrest in film professionals and we were able to personally introduce Mikulov, Mlada Boleslav, Neratovice, Nový Bor, Olomouc, a number of prominent filmmakers to One World,” said festi- Opava, Ostrava, Pardubice, Plzeň, Počátky, Police nad val director Hana Kulhánková. Metují, Polička, Prostějov, Přerov, Rožnov pod Radhoštem, PROGRAMME project description We again focused on new media as an effective tool for Semily, Tábor, Tanvald, Teplice, Tišnov, Trutnov, Třebíč, ONE WORLD 2012 • 45,802 viewers (screenings in schools were attended by 11,916 children and students) civic initiatives. As part of an evening of sharing and in- Třinec, Ústí nad Labem, Ústí nad Orlicí and Znojmo. Prague 6 – 15/3/2012 • Under the auspices of Václav Havel, the first Vice Prime Minister and Minister of spiration called TECHSHARE 2012, selected representa- www.oneworld.cz Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg, Minister of Culture Alena Hanáková and the tives of Czech online initiatives presented projects using BUDGET: 626,379 EUR Mayor of Prague Bohuslav Svoboda • 106 documentary films from 44 countries modern communication technologies such as mobile ap- Funding: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Crocodille Fund, • 200 Czech and foreign visitors, 103 accredited journalists plications, videomapping and crowdsourcing. We also re- Crocodille ČR, s.r.o., Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of • 118 post-film debates and 8 large panel debates membered the fight for the freedom of people in Syria Czech Cinematography, City of Prague, AVAST Endowment Fund, EU MEDIA • 187,000 visitors to the One World website in March and 2,000 new fans on Facebook • Screenings for seniors and screenings for parents with children and with special screenings of Syrian films we joined the programme, Vodafone Fund, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic • Continued distribution of the Do It Yourself! guide at universities and campaigns international campaign called DOX BOX Global Day. The and others. using new media, “Bobříci” at One World • News: programme for filmmakers called East Doc Platform organized by the Institute of Documentary Film PROGRAMME OF THE 14th ONE WORLD IN REGIONS • 64,570 viewers (37,474 children and students attended screenings for schools) ANNUAL FESTIVAL • One World in 40 cities FILM TOPIC CATEGORIES • Protests, Riots, Revolts, Together Anyway, So-called Civilization, Panorama, Czech Films, Short Films, People in Need – 20 Years of Help ONE WORLD AROUND THE WORLD • Echoes Festival in Brussels, support for the first year of the Baghdad Eye Festival in Iraq DEBATES • The Arab Spring: The Year After, We Waste, Therefore We Are?, A Second Wind for • Promise of cooperation with a Burmese festival called The Art of Freedom Weary Europe, Burma: Is Democracy a Game?, People in Need: 20 Years in Action, FESTIVAL SPECIALS • An online special on the website of Czech Television (8 documentary films, Development: Aid or Trap?, Adoption: The Child as a Hostage, Is a Post-Soviet Spring photographs) was visited by more than 16,000 participants, 41 parts of the festival on the Way? broadcast “Videostřípky” on the One World website, Festival specials on Radio 1, on SPECIAL SCREENINGS • DOX BOX Global Day / screenings in the international campaign to support the ČRo Rádio Česko and on Aktuálně.cz; Festival supplement in Respekt magazine and the fight for democracy in Syria, daily newspapers Lidove noviny and MF DNES The Best of Art of Freedom / screenings of winning films from the Burmese Film Festival to promote democratic change in Myanmar YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES • Regularly held film/debate called You Have a Right to Know in the Langhans – PIN Centre, distribution of the Do It Yourself! guide, co-organization of the Pavel Koutecky ADDITIONAL EVENTS FOR FILMMAKERS • East Doc Platform / meeting of industry professionals to promote the production Award for achievement in documentary film and distribution of Eastern and Central European documentary films, organized by the Institute of Documentary Film INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • Founding member of the Association of Human Rights festivals, year-round support and consultation provided to human rights festivals, especially in developing ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME • One World Social Innovation / competition of campaigns of civil initiatives using countries, cooperation and participation in international documentary film festivals new media and an evening of sharing and inspiration TECHSHARE 2012 and workshops, CAUCADOC, a programme supporting documentary films and creation • Concert by The Chancers at Lucerna Music Bar in the South Caucasus • “Bobříci” One World / interactive tasks inspired by the lives of film heroes 46 47 information and education projects

Our Region Debate: As part of the Who Else? project aimed at promoting civic engagement of young people, secondary school students from Hradec Králové talked with regional representatives of the main political parties. Photo: Vladimír Mlynárčik, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 2012 tion p rojects tion p rojects a nd ed u c a nd ed u c tion tion

infor ma Stories of Injustice Day. Young people held a moment of silence in memory of political prisoners infor ma Student elections teach young people about basic democratic principles and encourage their civic engagement. at the statue of St. Wenceslas in Prague. Photo: © Lubomír Kotek, Czech Republic 2012 Photo: © Lukáš Bíba, Czech Republic 2012

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We have been operating for eleven years in schools in ed that the vast majority of students believe that prob- June, the Archa Theatre in Prague hosted the final team support materials, either to prepare the lessons or dur- the Czech Republic. Through audiovisual means – docu- lems, whether at the local or national level, cannot be meetings, where the students presented a webcast of ing the lessons themselves. mentary films and social spots – we bring primary and influenced by their own initiative. TheWho Else? pro- the results of their research. In November, the project secondary school students closer to important and of- ject is intended to persuade them otherwise. Young peo- culminated in an exhibition of photographic profiles of Our know-how abroad ten neglected issues in today's world ple had the opportunity to implement contemporary witnesses in Prague's Langhans Gallery – Our many years of experience are also transmitted and modern history. We provide educa- We offer more than it through team projects that deal with the Centre for People in Need. abroad. We train teachers to use documentary film in the tors with accompanying methodolog- 2,900 schools involved current problems in their neighbourhood Students and the public are also actively involved in classroom and participate in the preparation of audiovis- ical and information materials and or- in the Czech Republic and global problems. events during the Stories of Injustice Day, which falls ual kits for schools and partner countries in introducing ganize seminars for them accredited by on June 27, the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the concept of One World in Schools Student Film Clubs. the Ministry of Education, as we do for over 300 documentary Film clubs the communist regime. Groups of young people hand- For several years now we have been operating in Georgia, students of universities and faculties films and other au- Secondary school students were also ac- ed out symbolic ribbons in the streets of Prague and at Bosnia, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia and Romania, and since of education. Finally, we try to contrib- diovisual materials. tive during the year in One World in the statue of St. Wenceslas a minute of silence was held 2012 in Mongolia, Armenia and Macedonia. ute to the education of democratically Schools Student Film Clubs, a network among 700 people in honour of the memory of political minded and responsible citizens. that we have been organizing since 2003. The film clubs prisoners. BUDGET: 704,182 EUR are run entirely by student organizers who invite guests Funding: CEE Trust, CZ.NIC, Czech Development Agency (Ministry of Foreign Year of Student Elections to screenings, prepare the accompanying programme Audiovisual portal Affairs of the Czech Republic), European Commission – DG Justice, DG for The year 2012 was marked by student elections, which and hold multi-day festivals. Our support consists in the In 2012 we finished work on a new audiovisual portal Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, DG EuropeAid, DG Education and we organize for pupils over 15 years of age prior to gen- mediation of documents from our video library, organi- at www.jsns.cz, which offers teachers and pupils on- Culture (EACEA); European Social Fund, MERO ČR, a.s.; Ministry of Defence eral national elections. Young people get to learn about zation of meetings between student organizers and pro- line materials of One World in Schools. Users can stream of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech democratic principles and the Czech electoral system. viding promotional and informational materials. and download movies and immediately use teaching and Republic; AVAST Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy, Czech State Our aim is also to increase the participation of first-time Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography voters in the general election and to promote dialogue Stories of Injustice on the management of public affairs. As part of the Stories of Injustice project we focus on In the autumn regional elections took place in schools modern Czechoslovak history and during the year we ONE WORLD IN SCHOOLS IN 2012 and in December students had the chance to try direct hold regular events for schools. During the Month of For teachers and • Audiovisual and methodological materials • 3 AV sets, 55 AV lectures and 1 elections of the president. The student elections are part Film in Schools there are screenings of documentaries future teachers publication of a broader project Who Else?, the aim of which is to for children and subsequent discussions with contem- • Seminars • 7 seminars for 86 participants • Workshops at universities and educational faculties • 15 workshops for 236 students promote the civic engagement of young people. Within porary witnesses, historians and filmmakers throughout For primary • One World in Schools Student Film Clubs • 48 active clubs, 256 projects the same project we also organized five regional debates the country. Every November we offer teachers one film and secondary • Student Elections 2012 to regional councils • 193 secondary schools, 21,982 students Our Region, where secondary school students talked with for free as well as accompanying didactic materials. In school pupils • Student Presidential Elections • 441 secondary schools, 61,499 students representatives of the main political parties in the re- 2012 we focused on the period of normalization. Given • Student “Our Region” debates • 20 secondary schools, 250 students • Stories of Injustice – From the Place where We Live • 9 primary schools and secondary gions. the lack of documents on the topic, for the first time we schools, 49 pupils shot and presented our own film entitledCzech Children, • Stories of Injustice Day 2012 • 18 primary schools and secondary Survey among secondary which met with a very positive response in the schools. schools, 626 pupils • The Sories of Injustice Award 2012 • 9 nominations, 3 laureates school students The pupils and students were also able to participate • Art competition (383 contributions) • 383 contributions In the first quarter, for the second time we implemented in a project entitled From the Place Where We Live, through • In Opposition literary competition (37 contributions) • 37 contributions a unique survey among Czech secondary school students. which they met with contemporary witnesses from Other • Web www.jsns.cz • 84,671 visitors, 286,006 pageviews The survey focused on their attitudes, values and life- their areas who were persecuted by the communist re- • Monthly electronic bulletins for teachers and coordinators • more than 50,000 pupils and teachers styles, and resulted in interesting and sometimes even gime. Based on interviews, archival footage and photo- of the One World in Schools Student Film Clubs • School screenings as part of the One World Film Festival • 776 schools, 32,000 primary and alarming findings. For example, the survey demonstrat- graphs the students then compiled their life stories. In • Stories of Injustice – Month of Film in Schools secondary school pupils tion p rojects tion p rojects a nd ed u c a nd ed u c tion tion

infor ma How to develop the Global Schools idea infor ma and ensure its further spreading was discussed by teachers in the “World Café”. During the final workshop, pupils shared their ideas and achievements. Photo: © Tomáš Hrůza, Czech Republic 2012 Photo: © Tomáš Hrůza, Czech Republic 2012

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Promoting an inclusive environment and an open cli- In addition to learning about human rights, students We invite teachers who have a desire to be inspired and it organizations we completed a project entitled How mate in society and education in global responsibili- from 12 pilot schools were invited to get involved in the try new things to collaborate. In the Our Common World to Effectively Teach Cross-cutting Themes While Developing ty were our main goals in 2012. We always strive to en- actual promotion of human rights. The results of their project teachers also had the chance to test the meth- Literacy. A literacy methodology and a publication enti- sure that all students have access to quality education activities were then presented to more than 100 par- ods developed by experts in the UK, tled Baví mě číst a hýbat světem (I Like to and the opportunity to thrive, so that people in our so- ticipants at the final event entitledLearning About Human with the help of which they deter- We help schools influence Read and Move the World) were created, ciety are tolerant and appreciate differences, know how Rights Doesn't Hurt, which included workshops and panel mined the attitudes of their pu- events at home and abroad and we also collected more than 250 to critically assess information, are familiar with current discussions with interesting persons. pils towards various global problems teaching lessons and examples of good events and strive for a better world. and issues and how their attitudes and be major players in practice that are available for teachers We also continued to work together with teachers and Responsibility for the world can be positively influenced. The ac- the life of the community. at www.ptac.cz. schools, offered thematic workshops and blended learn- and our surroundings tivities, which they then designed In order to make school lessons as ing courses, prepared guidance materials and provided We call on and support schools to become interested themselves based on the learning objectives, were pro- attractive as possible we are trying to come up with information services and expertise. Recently we have fo- in global problems and to have faith that their actions cessed in a publication entitled Our Common World. a range of tools and templates based on the interests of cused on an analysis of the relationship between schools can influence events not only in their immediate sur- In 2012, we also began to focus on a so-called anti-bi- today's students. An example of this is the mediation of and parents of foreign children and children from so- roundings but also in other parts of the world. For seven as approach, allowing us to consciously work with our different topics using comic stories. In autumn 2012, we cially disadvantaged backgrounds. The Variants section years we have been developing an international concept prejudices. This approach uses a methodology devised by held the second annual comic book competition Bohouš was expanded and enriched in 2012 by the Migration Global Schools is a prestigious certificate that 20 primary Persona Dolls, originally from the USA, which was intro- and Dáša Change the World, Don't be a Loser: Get Involved Too!, Programme, which became part of it. and secondary schools in the Czech Republic can boast duced to us by our German colleagues. We would like to where pupils have the opportunity to express themselves of having. Participating schools offer consultations and make it available especially to teachers of kindergarten creatively about current global problems as well as the Learning About Human methodological support to achieve the criteria for which and first grade. hot issues around them. Rights Doesn't Hurt compliance is required to obtain the certificate. The ba- The issue of equal opportunities, human rights and free- sic philosophy of this concept supports the preparation Attractive learning BUDGET: 294,753 EUR doms is one of the main topics across all our activi- of students for real life in a globalised world and reflects We want learning in schools to contribute to improving Funding: Czech Development Agency (MFA); EC – DG EuropeAid, DG Education ties. For the third year we focused on a project entitled the educational trends of the 21st century. the quality of education in the Czech Republic and to and Culture (EACEA); Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; University of Respect Doesn't Hurt, in which we We also follow the same objectives lead to the development of critical thinking of students, Economics and Management; British Council; Czech-German Fund for Future; wanted to raise awareness among We want learning in schools in the Active Citizens project, where while also being fun. Together with five other non-prof- European Social Fund. secondary school students about we work with the British Council. human rights issues. We decid- to contribute to improving Its uniqueness lies in the proven VARIANTS IN 2012 in numbers ed to create a learning tool that the quality of education methodology of the implementa- helps educators teach about hu- in the Czech Republic and tion of community events in dozens 1,800 participants took part in our training sessions. Of these, there were more than 700 teachers man rights in an engaging, creative to lead to the development of countries around the world, and and future teachers and over 1,000 children, pupils and secondary school students. and interactive way. We relied on that students have the opportunity We provided support and assistance to 77 schools involved in our projects. true stories that show how human of critical thinking of stu- to learn many skills in real situations. rights affect different areas of our dents, while also being fun. Involvement in the project provides Six new publications include methodological materials, examples of good practice and analysis. lives: education, health, employ- schools the opportunity to effective- 1,900 people receive regular updates on events and news in the field of education through VariantS News. ment, the environment, etc. In addition to using written ly develop pupils' key skills and allows the school to be- texts, we also incorporated the stories into comic book come a major player in the life of the community. 3,300 copies of the BULLETIN for schools were printed on the topics of food sECURITY and literacy. form, audio recordings and short films. Animated shorts We organized dozens of educational events in schools and outdoors. These included, for were created for each thematic area. The didactic mate- Inspiration from abroad example, four blended learning courses, three conferences and a summer school. rials with lessons are available at www.respektneboli.eu. We try to transmit our experience and proven methodol- Four websites offered current news, interesting methodological materials and inspiration for schools: ogy from abroad to Czech schools within other projects. www.varianty.cz, www.respektneboli.eu, www.ptac.cz, www.activecitizens.cz tion p rojects tion p rojects a nd ed u c a nd ed u c tion tion

infor ma Thanks to the fashion show by Ethiopian designer Fikirte Addis, infor ma Paid household work is job like any other. Increasingly, it is performed by migrant women. the Czech media raised awareness about child labour. Photo: © Vasyl Tsitsey, Prague, Czech Republic 2013 Photo: © Tereza Hronová, Prague, Czech Republic 2012

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In the Migration programme we cooperate with jour- vals and in cinemas in the Czech Republic and abroad. For nine years now the Development Awareness pared a photographic exhibition called Stolen Childhood, nalists, experts, NGOs and migrants themselves for the You can also watch them on our website www.migra- Programme has been informing professionals, the which was seen by several thousand people in more successful integration of foreigners into Czech socie- tion4media.net. general public and the media about global issues than 10 municipalities. In the spring we announced ty. We believe that the ability to participate in public and development cooperation in context. We work a competition for young people entitled Find a Story of life should be a normal part of life in a foreign coun- Invisible female Workers with politicians, government, professionals, academ- Child Labour, the winners of which took a study trip try. That's why we offer migrants the opportunity to on the Labour Market ics, other non-profit organizations, students, jour- to Ghana, where at meetings with experts, representa- participate in the public and media space and why we Women employed in foreign households are indeed near- nalists and companies. The main information chan- tives of NGOs and local people they became acquaint- provide journalists with objective and interesting in- ly invisible, but are an important part of the Czech la- nel is www.rozvojovka.cz and the facebook profile at ed with projects that succeed in effectively combating formation on migration and migrants in the Czech bour market. Together with other organizations, we are facebook.com/rozvojovka. child labour. After their return, we organized a se- Republic. therefore working on a project called Equal Opportunities ries of public events and published articles and videos This year we became part of the Variants programme, on the Threshold of Czech Homes, which provides neces- We support the Millennium about the situation in Ghana. because our activities in support of community activi- sary information to this specific group of migrants. Our Development Goals On World Day against Child Labour on 12 June, in ties and in the area of inclusive education are increas- aim is to draw attention to the subject in the media We connect non-profit organizations in the Czech Prague's Lucerna Theatre we presented a show by ingly intertwined. and the public. We organize film screenings and lectures. Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, and strive to Ethiopian fashion designer Fikirte Addis, which raised Through media work, for instance, we tried to influence open up and coordinate public debate about the de- awareness of unacceptable child labour in the weaving About us and with us – migrants in the decision on the ratification of international conven- veloping world and cooperation in Europe's develop- industry. The most important Czech media covered the the media tions on workers in foreign households in the summer ment policy. In 2012 as part of the V4 Aid project we activities and focused on the issue of child labour. In In recent years, we have gathered together an informal of 2012. You can read more about this topic and our pro- organized a study tour for nine deputies from across 2012 we published a book entitled Child Labour, con- group of migrants, the so called Migrants’ Forum, who ject at www.pracovnicevdomacnosti.cz. the political spectrum in Ethiopia. We prepared an e- taining articles, current data, interviews, surveys of want to discuss public affairs with us. We also cooper- learning course for 48 students of journalism and oth- experts and suggestions for solving the problem. ate with them in the creation of a radio programme Migration Policy er relevant fields. We also published the Development entitled Crossings, which regularly broadcasts and pro- We focus on the impacts of Czech and European migra- Awareness magazine. The project financially support- The Price of Water vides archived segments for download on Czech Radio tion policies not only in the media but also in practice. ed the work trips of journalists Adam Hájek (iDNES.cz) A three-year campaign The Price of Water culminated in Wave. Since 2012, we are a member of the Committee on the and Milan Vodička (MF DNES) to Mongolia and Angola. 2012 in activities aiming to inform the Czech public We discuss the impact of European Rights of Foreigners at the Government about global scarcity and poor water quality in devel- and Czech migration and integration We organize film screen- Council for Human Rights. Within Let's Stop Hunger! oping countries. We published a supplement entitled policies in the Czech Republic and ings and lectures on mi- the Consortium of NGOs working with In 2012, we and other NGOs connected with Health in the Právo newspaper and a supplement en- the countries of Central Europe. In grant women employed migrants in the Czech Republic we par- Alliance2015 launched a campaign called Food Right titled World Hunger and Thirst in the Lidové noviny the project entitled Migration to the ticipate in advocacy activities for the ri- Now, which aims to inform young people in the Czech newspaper. Reporter Jaromír Marek of Czech Radio re- Centre we prepare media commentary in foreign households. ghts of foreigners in the Czech Republic. Republic, France, Italy, Ireland and Germany about the ceived financial support for a trip to India, from where on issues such as the labour market, family reunifica- Since November 2012 we also cooperate with partners issue of hunger in the global context. The campaign he reported to 10 media outlets. In addition, Czech tion and education. from seven other European cities on a project entitled began at the World Food Day on October 16 with the media published over 70 other articles, for example for Our activities involve not only the migrants them- MiStra – Migrant Inclusion Strategies in European Cities, who- launch of a website, information through the me- World Toilet Day. For students from Prague and Brno, selves, but also the wider public. In January, as part of se aim is to exchange experiences with inclusive policies. dia and competitions. On this topic, we also prepared we held four public lectures and 26 other events across the In the Picture project we announced a competition a special attachment entitled World Hunger and Thirst the country. In 13 cities we helped organize an exhibi- on the theme of the integration of foreigners, which BUDGET: 14,109 EUR in the Lidové noviny newspaper. tion entitled Water Before Gold. shows a different side of migration than what we Funding: EU Funds and Programmes – European Fund for the Integration see on television or hear from many politicians. From of Third-Country Nationals, European Social Fund (OPLZZ), EACEA Stop Child Labour BUDGET: 223,968 EUR among the entries the jury selected several of the programme Europe for Citizens, EACEA Lifelong Learning Programme, EC – As part of an international campaign that aims to Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, EuropeAid most interesting spots, which are now seen at festi- DG Home Affairs contribute to the eradication of child labour, we pre- 54 55 Social Integration Programmes

The Social Integration Programme offers services to individuals as well as to families as a whole. Photo: © Iva Zímová, Chomutov, Czech Republic 2013 Ústí nad Labem Bílina

Liberec

Chomutov Sokolov

Kladno Praha Plzeň

Olomouc Sveržov Roškovce Social work in the field Spišské Podhradie Petrovany Social activation services for families with children Support of education in families tion Progr amm es tion Progr amm es Pre-school Club Mothers’ Club Career and employment counselling Leisure activities Educational courses and seminars City counselling Social assistance in criminal proceedings Community work S oci a l I ntegr S oci a l I ntegr Probationary and preventive programmes Our counselling is based on an individual approach. Professional social counselling Photo: © Iva Zímová, Kladno 2013

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Within the framework of the Social Integration We also try to apply our knowledge and experience People struggling with extreme poverty usually have search assistance in 2012 was often unsuccessful. This Programme (SIP) in 2012 we worked in about 60 cities in the field to promote necessary systemic changes. As many problems to deal with that are closely related is due to the fact that the elevated unemployment across the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our team con- part of the Law Favours the Smart and the Index of Ethical and mutually dependent. Their unfavourable situation rate in the regions where we work climbed to record sists of over 200 staff, including Lending campaigns we work long- affects not only them alone, but all family members, highs. It is difficult to find a job here, even for people social workers, counsellors, educa- Our main goal is to provide term to eliminate the causes which including children. That is why we offer our services with much better qualifications than our clients. tors and coordinators, and an inte- in recent years have led to the ex- not only to individuals, but direct our support primar- gral part of it is also approximately social counselling to treme indebtedness of Czech society. ily to the family as a whole. work with children 350 volunteers whose energy and people from poor areas. At all levels, we are trying to pro- The client and the social worker resolve the situa- Perhaps our greatest emphasis is on working with chil- enthusiasm are applied primarily Unfortunately, their mote the principles of inclusive ed- tion together with other organizations and institu- dren, who suffer the most from living in adverse so- when working with children. numbers continue to grow. ucation through methodological tions. For example, they often work together with the cial circumstances. We operate drop-in facilities in Our main goal is to provide social manuals and we provide analysis of Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children, four cities where we offer meaningful leisure activi- counselling to people from poor ar- useful information to professionals the Labour Office, psycho-educational counselling, ties to children and young people aged six to 26 years. eas. Unfortunately, their numbers are constantly in- and the general public. schools, the Police of the Czech Republic or other non- Through various activities we support the knowledge creasing and based on the statistics, we can say that profit organizations. that they will need in life. We do not avoid topics such this trend will continue to grow in the years to come. BUDGET: 3,266,213 EUR The aim of this cooperation is primarily to prevent as relationships, family, health, work and money man- Unemployment, especially in some areas, is reaching Funding: AZ Sanace a.s., Březina Jan, Centrum Kašpar, o.s., Černý Daniel, family breakdown caused by the removal of children agement. critical levels. The broken housing market pushes many Czech-German Chamber of Commerce, ČSOB, Dvořáková Hana, Ernst & and to establish a gradual stabilization of the family In individual work children can confide their trou- families into socially excluded localities or housing. Young, s.r.o., Fryc Ondřej, Gaži Milan, the City of Prague, IBM ČR, the environment. In 2012, we contributed in some cases to bles and worries and the staff of the clubs help them The Czech educational system also has not undergone Karlovy Vary Region, Konsorcium Invence, Kotec, o.s., Köttnerová Renata, the return of a number of children from institutional resolve these problems or tell them where to find ap- the necessary changes and is still not able to support the Liberec Region, the municipality of Bílina, the municipality of Hrádek care back to the family. propriate help. An integral part of the activities of the schoolchildren who come from this environment. nad Nisou, the municipality of Chodov, the municipality of Jáchymov, the club is also preparation for school. In addition to im- municipality of Jeseník, the municipality of Sokolov, the municipality of we use an individual approach proving the children's grades we try to prevent prob- We promote systemic changes in Sušice, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsMinistry When dealing with people we try to ensure that the lems such as truancy. education and the issue of debt of JusticeMinistry of Education, Youth and Sports, O2 Foundation, Open support we provide to families and individuals does We pay great attention to children and their educa- Society Fund Prague, Tereza Maxova Foundation, Vodafone Foundation, not lead to passivity, but to the acquisition of new tion. In pre-school clubs we prepare kindergartners for ALBERT Endowment Fund, Patria Endowment Fund, Navreme Boheme, s.r.o., skills. We make sure that the people we work with school enrolment and we work with schoolchildren to NET4GAS, s.r.o., Novák Vítězslav, Světlo Kadaň, o.s., the Olomouc Region, gain confidence in their own abilities and are able to improve school performance. We also help older peo- Plavecká Helena, the Plzeň Region, Roma Education Fund, Sociofaktor resolve their problems in the future by themselves. number ple find ways to further develop and apply their skills. Olomouc, the city of Karlovy Vary, the city of Olomouc, the city of Plzeň, Our counselling is therefore based on an individual selected Provided Assistance of clients We also focus on children's leisure time. We do all of the city of Přerov, the city of Ústí nad Labem, the Central Bohemia Region, approach to our clients. Their active participation in Social work in the field 3,606 this with the active participation of parents, whose Švehla Antonín, the Public School “de Dubbelster”, Trading M&K, a.s., finding solutions to life's problems is a prerequisite for involvement is an important part of all educational ac- UniCredit Foundation, Labour Office of the Czech Republic, Labour Office mutual cooperation. Social activation services 420 tivities. of Karlovy Vary, Labour Office of Liberec, Labour Office of Sokolov, Labour In 2012, we provided a total of 19 registered social Career counselling 365 In addition to educational programmes, we focus pri- Office of Ústí nad Labem, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, services, used by 4,797 people, with whom we resolved marily on the elimination of the negative impacts of Ústecký Region, Ústí nad Labem Elementary School, Hlavní 193, University a total of 8,933 matters. Among the most common are- Employment counselling 588 living in an environment of social exclusion. We offer of West Bohemia in Plzeň as of support were job-search assistance, housing, debt Support of education in families 506 individuals and families support in finding solutions to counselling, support in caring for children or dealing problems related mainly to inadequate housing, long- with health problems. Social assistance in 171 term unemployment and high debt. A separate chapter in this annual report is devot- criminal proceedings ed to housing and debt. The attempt to provide job- PSI overall 5,656 Czech Republic from 7/5/2013 – EUR 600.77 Germany 7/5/2013 – EUR 128.04

remuneration and expenses remuneration and expenses of executor EUR 304.61 of executor EUR 23.04

lawyer in execution lawyer in execution proceedings EUR 121.84 proceedings EUR 14.40

tion Progr amm es lawyer in trial lawyer in trial tion Progr amm es proceedings EUR 121.84 proceedings EUR 28.81

court fee EUR 15.49 court fee EUR 22.26 amount of debt EUR 39.50 amount of debt EUR 39.50 S oci a l I ntegr S oci a l I ntegr Our pre-school clubs are for children aged from three to seven years. Photo: © Iva Zímová, Prague 2013 A comparison of the structure of the debt burden in Germany and the Czech Republic upon recovery of 39.50 EUR.

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Access to the Czech education system for children of them at school and prepare them for further edu- Extreme debt is one of the main generators of pover- ery process grow into unimagined proportions. In their with special educational needs has not changed. There cation. Our regional offices are involved in the plan- ty in the Czech Republic. The number of executions work our staff sometimes encounter absurd situations, were no closures of primary schools and there likely ning processes that lead to the inclusion of children in recent years has increased enormously, approach- such as when debt of CZK 1 balloons due to various will not be any next year either. Neither has the at- with special educational needs into mainstream educa- ing one million annually. With the increasing number charges and legal fees to nearly CZK 22,000. titude of Czech society changed, which normally ap- tion: We persuade local schools, their directors, teach- of borrowers, more and more com- Though not approved by lawmak- proves the status quo, when these children are placed ers and parents of the need to introduce inclusive edu- panies are appearing on the market The number of people led ers, the required changes (introduc- in substandard segregated schools, and thus are des- cation in practice. to make money from this situation. to the margins of society tion of local bailiff offices and en- tined for failure later in life. There are pre-school clubs for children from three to The economic crisis guarantees actment of the principle that trivial These kids do not have the same start in life as their seven years old. Their content is designed according to them enough clients. by debt has unfortunately claims are automatically not reim- peers. The very environment in the general education programme for In the Czech Republic there are not decreased. In fact, debt bursed fees for legal services), in which they grow up creates a so- The main aim of our teach- kindergarten. Their activities also in- about 34,000 non-bank lend- problems are becoming early 2013 the Constitutional Court cial handicap, which without ad- volve working with parents and mo- ers. Many of them have built their more and more common annulled the so-called predicative equate support they are unable ing staff is therefore to keep tivating them to take a greater in- business far more on the enforce- decree determining lump sum re- to overcome. An even more ba- children in mainstream pri- terest in their children's education. ment of penalties for late payment among middle class people. muneration paid to the lawyer of sic obstacle is the contradictory mary schools. Only there In 2012 we prepared three manu- than on financial services as such. the winning side in civil disputes. perception of the value and im- can they gain the knowl- als on this subject: Pre-school Clubs – Arbitration, extremely high interest, fee reminders, Lawyers therefore get less money, for example for so- portance of education on the edge that they can later ap- Work Methodology, Theory and Practice, confusing terms and conditions – these are just some called form-based petitions, typical in the case of fines part of the parents. They usual- Mothers’ Club – Support for Families of of the weapons they use. There are many other compa- for ticketless passengers on urban transport. ly have incomplete primary edu- ply in the labour market. Kindergartners and System Connections – nies that make money from debt. These include debt cation, often obtained at a spe- Kindergarten Education. relief agencies, which while promising debt relief, ulti- Index of Ethical Lending cial school, and they then regard this level as being Our educators help children who have already en- mately make the situation even worse. The Index of Ethical Lending has for several years pro- acceptable for their children as well. Their education tered primary school with homework. In 2012, in co- The number of people led to the margins of socie- vided a transparent tool that compares the ethics and is also significantly deformed by everyday existential operation with volunteers we tutored about 200 chil- ty by debt has unfortunately not decreased. In fact, transparency of leading providers of consumer loans concerns. dren. We tried to improve communication between debt problems are becoming more and more common from non-banking companies. Thanks to the strong Children growing up in poor neighbourhoods also families and the school, to motivate children to suc- among middle class people. Our debt counsellors help media pressure and systematic negotiations, major practically never attend kindergarten. Sporadic an- ceed and especially to help them with specific subjects contact creditors to negotiate repayment schedules changes were made in the majority of these companies nual attendance in the preparatory class can hardly with which they had the biggest problem. We support or find other solutions that would gradually free them as well as the Czech Leasing and Finance Association. compensate for the profound deficit in education and older children by means of a system of retro-scholar- from a debt trap. The most progress was achieved in the field of ar- training. If we also add the significant language handi- ships and through career counselling we help them bitration clauses, but changes have occurred in other cap and a very limited knowledge of standard literary prepare for their next educational journey. Law Favours the Smart parameters as well. Compared to last year, there were Czech, we have the foundation of a mosaic predeter- Our educational programmes also focus on teach- In addition to direct work in the field, our staff ana- significant changes especially in the way companies mining the child for failure right from the beginning ers. In 2012, as part of the Surviving Kindergarten lyse the reasons for this dismal state and seek to con- enforce their claims. It can be said that the largest of school. course we trained more than 100 kindergarten teach- tribute to changing it. As part of the Law Favours the non-bank companies have become leaders in taking an ers in the education of socially disadvantaged chil- Smart campaign, we advocate particular changes in ethical approach to borrowers. Educational programmes dren. Fifty teachers attended specialized training in costs associated with the recovery of debt. The main aim of our teaching staff is therefore to keep the Grunnlaget method. For those who wanted to but In 2012, we first tried to find the political support children in mainstream primary schools. Only there did not manage to attend the course, last year we pre- necessary to promote changes in the law govern- can they gain the knowledge that they can later ap- pared a methodological guide entitled The Grunnlaget ing the fees that lawyers collect for their debt recov- ply in the labour market. We start working with the Method: A Conceptual Teaching Model. ery services. Now this item is a major contributor to children from kindergarten age; then we keep track the fact that even petty debts can during the recov- tion Progr amm es tion Progr amm es

S oci a l I ntegr The aim of the Interethnic Dialogue project is to remove barriers S oci a l I ntegr Inadequate housing is among the most common problems that we help to solve. to communication between Roma and the majority population. Photo: © Iva Zímová, Oloví, Czech Republic 2013 Photo: © Ondřej Poduška, Prešovsko, Slovakia 2010

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Finding adequate housing is one of the most common Another factor that reduces the chance of families Our branch has been operating in Slovakia since 2004. problems that our staff work on resolving with cli- succeeding in the open housing market is discrimina- Its activities are concentrated in four community housing ents. Families mostly need information and access to tion. In behavioural economics there is a general rela- centres, located in Petrovany, Roškovce, Sveržov, and The Housing Support Programme is aimed at improv- the supply of available apartments on real estate web- tionship between the size of the subject and the de- Spišské Podhradí. The staff of the centre provide ser- ing the living conditions of people living in the un- sites, support in telephone contact with owners or gree of risk aversion. The larger the subject, the less vices and advice to people from the local Roma settle- suitable environments of Roma settlements. Individual real estate agents, support and assistance in the nego- risk aversion it has. On the other hand, small subjects ments and work together with the local government projects are prepared by professionals, such as archi- tiations themselves and when searching for an apart- and individuals tend to have a maximum aversion to to start up effective policies that would improve the tects, economists and lawyers, as well as the families ment, consulting about contractual documents, nego- risk. appalling living conditions in these settlements. themselves, who thus from the very start have the op- tiation of warranties and deposits, and dealing with According to this theory, it is clear that in a situa- portunity to influence their fu- the Labour Office. tion where most rental apartments are owned by indi- support for children Our staff provide services and ture housing. viduals (such as in the Czech Republic) there will also We also pay great attention to advice to people living in Roma In 2012 during the Participative Current state of the be a major threat of discrimination. Individual apart- Slovak children. In the centre Architecture Workshop we sketched housing market ment owners try to find the least risky tenants and to we operate low-threshold clubs settlements. We work together the first concrete projects to According to statistics, in the achieve this it helps to exer- that offer a convenient, safe with local government to start help the people of the village Czech Republic there are more Asylum houses unfortunately cise prejudice. Regardless of so- and accessible space for mean- up effective policies that would of Kojatice to achieve adequate than 450,000 vacant housing do not fulfil their primary cial status and differences the ingful leisure. Using a variety of improve the appalling living con- housing. In addition to cooperat- units. There is therefore a suffi- function, because they are often Roma therefore face hindered educational, artistic and sports ing with architects local people cient capacity of vacant apart- access to the housing market. activities, camps and excursions ditions in these settlements. prepared and – in conjunction ments for all who need rent- used as permanent housing. It we try to contribute to the per- with the non-profit organization al housing. Supply does not is necessary to get people out of Access to sonal development of children. An important part of ETP Slovakia – started saving basic financial resources always coincide with demand, of lodging houses and into vacant municipalities our activities is motivation, which is supported by that will be used in the construction of new homes. course, but this figure illustrates housing on the market so that This situation applies analo- a fair scoring system that primarily takes into account In September 2012, the project received support from the fact that building new ca- gously to municipalities, re- activity and effort to better oneself. the grant programme Energy for Life 2012 from the pacity is pointless. Why is there people who really need the lodging gions and the state, where the The staff of community centres help children by Endowment Fund of Slovak Power Plants. no effective system to help peo- houses can use them in a crisis. role of the small entity is rep- means of individual lessons and tutoring. The centres ple in time before they find resented by the municipality, focus on overcoming barriers in education. University Support for human rights themselves on the street? Why do so many people still for which there is also the biggest risk that they will student volunteers help children with tutoring and Another area that we focus on in Slovakia is the pro- live in socially excluded localities? commit discriminatory acts. The only way to effective- work together with parents to create adequate condi- motion of human rights. In October 2012, our office ly address the existence of socially excluded localities tions for home preparation. The programme mainly in- became a member of the Expert Group for Combating people in lodging houses is their elimination by means of the eviction of fami- volves children from the last grade of primary school Trafficking in Human Beings. We also conducted a pro- and discrimination in lies to ordinary housing. so that they are prepared to enter secondary school. ject called Assistance and Reintegration of Child Victims the housing market This, however, creates enormous opposition among Another educational service that we provide is ca- of Trafficking, which responds to the growing trend of One reason is that lodging houses are not simply used voters who live there. Taking an enlightened approach, reer counselling, the primary objective of which is to child trafficking. As part of theInterethnic Dialogue pro- in cases of emergency, but often are used as perma- especially in small towns, is tantamount to political encourage children to continue their studies. Advisors ject we worked on increasing the capacity of young nent housing. It is necessary to get people out of lodg- suicide. The solution in most cases unfortunately is help young people choose the right programme and people to alleviate stress in a mixed Roma and non-Ro- ing houses and into vacant housing on the market so moving undesirable citizens somewhere else, prefera- school, fill in applications and prepare them for en- ma environment. The aim of the project is to identify that people who really need the lodging houses can bly outside the municipality. The problem is therefore trance exams. existing and potential conflicts and to propose possi- use them in a crisis. This can be done, for example, by not addressed, only moved from one place to another, ble solutions to mitigate them. removing the barriers preventing the entry of these and over time it gains strength. families into the system of adequate rental housing. management structure of People in Need

Executive Board Supervisory Board

President

aberyová Jan Urban Jan Pergler Petr Jančárek áclav Mazánek V Šimon Pánek Jan Kamenický Vlasta Lajčaková Kristina T Director Financial Director

Executive Committee

ozka Variants One World alouch Operations Fundraising yhnálek Legal Service

Jan Černý a ff omáš Urban Jan Mrkvička Marek V T Media Department David V Petra Skalická One World in Schools omáš V Marek Svoboda Karel Strachota T Hana Kulhánková

Social Integration Programmes l Aid, R e a l G ift Aid, R e a l CL U B OF FRIENDS , A goat from the Real Gift charity e-shop journeyed to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, o u r st Relief and Development Department

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Donations gradually collected in the People in Need tries, despite all efforts, fail to feed themselves and Bold print denotes staff as of 31 May 2013 Programme Support: Petra Humlová, Michaela Brožová Club of Friends allow us to help victims of natural dis- their families. This is why we created the Real Aid pro- Burdová asters and wars as quickly as possible. After an earth- ject, a long-term collection aimed at supporting our FOUNDERS Operations Department: Josef Homolka, Dominika quake, for example, we do not waste valuable time development projects. The largest portion of dona- Czech Television, Šimon Pánek, Jaromír Štětina Plochová, Simona Karochová gradually collecting money, but can respond immedi- tions in 2012 were used in Ethiopia, where we build Media Coordinator: Petr Štefan ately at a time when speed can mean more lives saved. schools, support a dormitory for orphans and help lo- Headquarters During the year we acquired almost 1,700 new reg- cal farmers. Director: Šimon Pánek Regional Coordinators: Tomáš Kocián (Afghanistan, ular donors. As of December 2012 the People in Need People in Need is looking for donors who choose to Financial Director: Jan Kamenický Pakistan, Syria), Dana Plavcová, (Africa), Petr Drbohlav Club of Friends had more than 8,500 members. Half of regularly pay even a small amount, such as ten crowns Operations Director: Marek Vozka (Asia) their contributions are used for direct humanitarian a day. Even this small amount can save lives. By the aid around the world, a quarter to help the politically end of the year the collection was supported by nearly FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT: Mission Coordinators: Jitka Škovránková (Angola, Haiti, persecuted and to develop civil society in totalitarian 4,300 individuals and companies. In 2012 their regular Chief Accountant: Anna Spružinová, Syria, Iraq), Jan Faltus (Ethiopia), Pavla Pijanová countries, and another quarter for the development of donations helped people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Vít Masopust, Jana Rydvalová, Jitka Raschová, Klára (Caucasus, Mongolia), Ondřej Nádvorník (Moldova, the organization, caring for members and attracting Mongolia, Cambodia and the Democratic Republic Poláčková, Václav Král, Kateřina Pódová, Renée Balkans), Hana Urbanová (Namibia), Ivo Dokoupil new donors. of Congo. The stories of people who have received Neumannová, Dagmar Majnušová, Nikola Brokešová, (Romania), Monika Jamborová (Iraq), Tereza Thanks to donations collected through the Club gifts as well as project descriptions are available at Adéla Mojžíšová, Tereza Směšná, Adéla Bartoňová, Klára Grünvaldová (Myanmar), Michaela Brožová Burdová (Sri of Friends, in 2012 we were able to help people in www.skutecnapomoc.cz. Boučková, Lucie Čermáková Lanka) Afghanistan, Myanmar, South Sudan, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan and Syria Real Gift IT and DTP: Mission Assistants: Veronika Šťastná (Asia), Denisa and support people suffering under oppressive regimes In 2012, the sale of gift certificates continued in our David Šimon, Petr Bartoš, Stanislav Kadlec, Václav Král, Bultasová (Asia), Jana Vyhnálková (Democratic in the post-Soviet sphere, in Cuba and in Myanmar. charity e-shop at www.real-gift.org. New gifts have Jiří Zámostný Republic of Congo) The most significant aid provided by the Club Friends been added (toilets, sheep, seeds) that correspond to was for Syria. The war in this country intensified in the needs of foreign missions. Donors in the course of FUNDRAISING: Sale of Namibian products: Zdeňka Sobotová, Dita the course of the year and we were one of the few the year bought almost 20,000 gift certificates. The Blanka Paušímová, Irena Bednářová, Jakub Čejchan, Koukalová, Daniela Hranaiová organizations able to provide assistance to people in complete proceeds from their sale is part of the collec- Andrea Dobrocká,Vojtěch Drahorád, Tereza Inková, the north. In Aleppo and other cities we distributed tion of the Real Aid project. Alena Průšová, Zdeňka Sobotová, Tomáš Vyhnálek Alliance 2015, advocacy: Petra Goldschmiedová blankets, medicine and food. We managed to establish Thanks to the Real Gift project, in 2012 poor people a number of medical facilities. in Africa and Asia received 2,249 goats, 130 sheep, 40 SECRETARIAT FINANCIAL COORDINATORS: If you believe that helping others is the right rabbits, one cow, seven buffalo and 200 chickens. We Jana Cvachová, Jan Lejsek, Jakub Zais Markéta Novotná (Afghanistan), Helena Balajková thing and you like what we are doing, take part built one new school and repaired others. Students (Iraq, Moldova, Romania, Zambia), Marián by becoming a member of the People in Need Club sat at 192 new desks, received 18 new blackboards and Relief AND DEVELOPMENT department Koreček (Myanmar, Mongolia), Veronika Bránišová of Friends. All you have to do is register at their teachers were trained how to teach better. We HEADQUARTERS IN PRAGUE: (Development Awareness), Lada Marková (Cambodia, www.peopleinneed.cz/club. supported 74 obstetrics centres, and thanks to our sup- Director: Jan Mrkvička Georgia, Armenia, Balkans), Barbora Kolorosová port 130 families acquired biodigesters. Humanitarian Aid and External Relations: Marek Štys (Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Sri Lanka, Real Aid We started to build latrines to prevent the spread Financial Management: Lucie Langerová Pakistan) Lukáš Kotek (Ethiopia, Namibia), Petra Hundreds of thousands of people die each year from of disease. Over 300 poor farm families received new Human Resources Officer:B arbora Jančová, Lucie Jaceňková (Balkans, Democratic Republic of Congo), Iva diseases that are easily preventable. Poverty and relat- tools to enable them to stand on their own feet. Dobřenská, Assistant Richterová (Angola, Cambodia, Haiti), Daniela Hranaiová ed problems kill more people each year than all the on- Thanks to the Real Gift project 2,678 children received Compliance, Internal Audit: Lucie Drbohlavová, Monika (Namibia, Sri Lanka) going wars combined. Children are deprived of basic baby food. We also distributed many other gifts. Jamborová education and many poor people in developing coun- organization‘s revenue in 2012 organization‘s costs in 2012 TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY TYPE OF ACTIVITY Assets Depreciation Source of Revenue EUR EUR Source of Revenue EUR EUR Type of Activity EUR purchased One World Fundraising One World Human Rights State budget of the czech republic 5 978 027 Individual and corporate donations (spent in 2012) 2 627 334 Project Support from Prague Office and Administration 787 855 from grants Film and donor care in Schools and Democracy Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic 159 109 PIN‘s Club of Friends 644 429 Assets Depreciation Purchased from Grants 301 094 1.21% Festival 1.08% 2.83% Projects Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic 3 978 Direct Donations 386 485 One World Film Festival 626 379 2.52% 4.7% Project support for Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic 523 086 ČSOB 6 908 Fundraising and Donor Care 270 061 Education Programmes Hana Dvořáková 17 508 Prague oﬃce and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic 108 552 One World in Schools 704 182 on Immigration Issues Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic 14 019 HP TRONIC Zlín, spol. s r.o. 6 831 administration KOVOTEX, výrobní družstvo invalidů 9 944 Human Rights and Democracy Projects 0.06% MEDEVAC programme 5 696 3.16% OPTREAL, s.r.o. 19 889 LPR Azerbaijan 2 771 other funding by Ministry of Interior 8 323 PentaGen, s.r.o. 3 978 LPR Belarus 125 680 Education - Social Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic 4 969 053 RENE s.r.o. 5 967 LPR Myanmar 283 714 Variants Integration Czech Development Agency 3 905 747 Sanjiv Suri 12 560 LPR Cuba 262 812 Programme Programmes Department of Human Rights and Transformation Policy 549 804 skupina VŠEM 83 173 LPR Egypt 34 073 1.18% 13.12% Department of Development Cooperation 456 852 Zátiší Catering Group, a.s 4 725 LPR Libya 56 416 Department of Public Diplomacy 5 581 Zeelandia, spol. s r.o. 7 955 Agora partnership 17 699 LPR Moldova 163 860 other donations 207 047 LPR Other 71 555 Security and multilateral section 5 185 Public Collections 1 596 420 Other grants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic 28 185 LPR Russia 107 633 Let‘s build a school in Africa 81 208 LPR Syria 4 926 Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic 91 067 Real Aid 659 518 State Fund for Czech Cinematography 72 728 SOS Haiti 434 951 LPR Ukraine 56 520 The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic 35 588 SOS Pakistan 34 008 Human Rights and Democracy Projects 1 169 960 Other funding from the Czech State Budget 847 SOS Floods Czech Republic 10 684 Educational Programmes on Immigration Issues 14 109 SOS Somalia 370 971 Social Integration Programmes Foreign Government authorities 5 021 989 Other Public Collections 5 080 SIP Social Activation Services for Parents and Children 459 387 Japan (Embassy of Japan) 56 445 SIP Social Assistant to the Police 45 817 Germany 344 914 Foundations and non-governmental organizations 1 113 878 SIP Children and Youth Drop-in Centre 177 101 Czech-German Future Fund 4 943 American Library Association (ALA) 13 700 SIP Other 234 847 GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internazionale Zusammnearbeit 93 997 CEE Trust 64 364 SIP Education Support 344 885 Welthungerhilfe partnership 245 974 Relief and Development Centre for Development Innovation 126 829 SIP Employment Advisory 182 469 Department Projects Slovak Republic Civitas 12 897 SIP Pre-school Education 317 264 (SAMRS – Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation) 4 803 70.14% Concern 34 559 SIP Educational and Social Programs in Slovakia 264 665 World Bank (MRRD Afghanistan) 787 722 Fórum dárců, o.s. 6 762 SIP Field Social Work 1 103 969 Spain (Rescate) 640 954 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION Foundation Open Society Institute 63 652 SIP Education Support 135 809 Taiwan (TFD – TAIWAN FOUNDATION for DEMOCRACY) 9 187 Inštitút pre dobre spravovanu spoločnosť 40 446 Social Integration Programmes 3 266 213 Development and Humanitary Aid USA 776 252 Water and Sanitation Nadace Crocodille 39 853 Relief and Development Department Projects Awareness-Raising 2.97% Institute for War & Peace Reporting 21 836 5.57% Nadace O2 28 140 RDD Awareness Raising 223 968 NED – National Endowment for Democracy 426 967 Support of United States Department of State 44 776 Nadace Open Society Fund Praha 10 008 RDD Development Civil Society & Governance 1 500 784 USAID – DAI 82 429 Nadace Vodafone 31 802 RDD Development Education 1 772 369 Democracy and USAID – IRC 135 148 Nadácia Milana Šimečku 4 023 RDD Development Environmental Protection 341 734 Social Services Good Governance USAID U. S. Agency 56 800 Nadácia otvorenej spoločnosti 4 148 RDD Development Health, Mother and Child Care & HIV-AIDS prevention 411 106 12.98% 19.89% Embassy of USA 8 296 Nadácia pre deti Slovenska 6 361 RDD Development Livelihoods & Agriculture 1 707 698 Great Britain 2 386 902 Nadační fond AVAST 112 966 RDD Development Other 188 686 British council 8 306 Nadační fond Patria 6 840 RDD Development Social services 979 587 Relief and DFID – Department for International Development 2 378 596 Alliance2015 130 898 RDD Development Water, Sanitation & Hygiene 420 617 Development Other foreing income 14 810 Roma Educational Fund 19 296 RDD Development 7 546 549 Cooperation UniCredit Foundation 117 133 RDD Relief Early Recovery (e.g. Cash for Work) 2 099 787 (Other) EU funding – European commision and eu delegation 4 876 018 Welthungerhilfe 226 636 RDD Relief Food Security, Nutrition & Food Aid 2 748 591 2.5% DG Education and culture 109 676 Other foundations and NGOs 12 565 RDD Relief Health & Psycho-Social Support 959 025 EACEA – The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency 93 258 Slovak govermnent agency IUVENTA 16 418 RDD Relief Other 371 569 Revenue from own activities and other revenue 1 146 400 DG justice and home affairs 113 354 RDD Relief Protection 285 935 Exchange rate profits 322 637 Education Center for the Study of Democracy 12 141 RDD Relief Shelter, Settlement & Non-Food Items 979 261 23.49% 68 direct grants 101 213 Teaching activities 5 545 RDD Relief Water, Sanitation & Hygiene 444 588 69 ECHO 3 556 022 Revenue from sale of assets, products and materials 37 169 RDD Relief 7 888 756 through ACTED 957 776 Desk services 12 030 RDD Rehabilitation Education 359 041 Food, Nutrition through Concern Worldwide 568 066 Sponsor donations 59 013 RDD Rehabilitation Housing 32 925 and Agriculture through DanChurchAid 171 275 Crocodille ČR, spol. s r.o. 39 777 RDD Rehabilitation Livelihoods & Agriculture 299 694 22.63% through Welthungerhilfe 35 859 Zátiší Catering Group, a.s. 19 236 RDD Rehabilitation Health 538 400 direct grants 1 823 046 Interests 5 854 RDD Rehabilitation 1 230 060 Healthcare, Mother and Child care, Environmental EuropeAid – Development and Co-operation 1 068 684 Ticket sales and film festival promotion 117 694 RDD Other 796 051 HIV/AIDS prevention 5.45% Protection 4.53% through ACTED 26 420 Revenue from the café at Langhans Centre 6 867 Relief and Development Department Projects 17 461 416 through CESVI 25 708 Revenue from the Koněvova residential house 43 868 Variants Program Education 294 753 through Delegation of the European Union to Russia 4 472 Revenue from financial assets 16 665 through DEMAS 22 695 Revenue from settlement of assets TOTAL 24 896 022 HUMANITARIAN AID through HIVOS 21 348 depreciation purchased from grants 301 094 through PAH Poland partnership 19 097 Contract for CDI – Center for Development Innovation 30 788 through Partners for Democratic Change 18 545 Water and Sanitation direct grants 930 399 Contract for National Biodigester Programme Cambodia 15 697 Contract for DETA Mazar 23 038 Shelter and 5.64% European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) 11 210 In 2012, People in Need arranged additional development projects in the total amount Contract for Navreme Boheme 7 160 Non Food Items Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 13 775 of 7, 9 million EUR. These funds were neither costs nor revenue of People in Need Rapid Recovery Contract for ZŠ Ústí nad Labem – Mojžíř 12 955 12.41% Other funding by EC 3 297 and therefore do not appear in Profit-Loss Account. Through the mediation of the 26.62 % Other contracts 14 346 Afghan Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank provided Protection of Other revenue 113 980 Operation programmes (combined funds of EU and state budget) 2 650 036 funds for Afghan community development councils. People in Need participated Children Operation programme Employment and Social Inclusion ZASi 111 669 as a technical adviser in the preparation and development of the projects. and other HREOP – Operation Programme Human Resources and Employment 1 518 441 Total 24 968 644 vulnerable Karlovy Vary Region IP 199 766 This summary includes the revenue of our organization for 2012. Revenue from donations and grants is groups Liberec Region IP 262 436 only mentioned up to the amount actually used during the year. If a donation or grant is not fully spent 3.62% Olomouc Region IP 159 952 throughout the current year, the remaining amount can be used for future years. FUNDS RECEIVED FROM DONORS AND Plzeň Region IP 274 060 Central Bohemia Region IP 19 205 PROVIDED TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR Ústí nad Labem Region IP 12 143 Charita Olomouc partnership 14 201 the implementation OF COMMON PROJECTS Kotec o.s. partnership 18 694 Podané ruce o.s. partnership 8 880 Partner Organization EUR Other SIMI ČR partnership 14 929 Armenian UN Association 12 005 Humanitarian Employment Offices 10 236 Človek v ohrození – občianské združenie -229 Aid Direct OPLZZ grants by Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs 523 939 Společnost Tady a Teď, o.p.s. 33 205 4.71% PAOP – Prague Adaptability Operational Programme Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights 50 958 Food and (Direct grant of the City of Prague) 39 764 REVENUE ACCORDING TO TYPE OF SOURCE Revenue from Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia, o.z. 17 583 Direct Health Nutrition Education for Competitiveness OP 980 162 34.84% Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports IPO 119 651 Foundations own activities Polska Akcja Humanitarna 54 283 and Psychosocial Liberec Region 55 082 Donations and other NGOs and other revenues Platforma mimovládnych rozvojových organizácií 46 937 Aid British Council ČR partnership 27 597 and revenue 4.5% 4.6% Multi-purpose Community Development Project 12 904 12.16% Projekt Odyssea ČR partnership 46 589 Ester o.s. 11 778 from individuals REHABILITATION Plzeň Region 31 106 and companies Hope and Help 320 Central Bohemia Region 6 475 Czech state budget 10.5% 24% Inicijativa za prava osoba sa mentalnim invaliditetom MDRI-S 37 326 Direct ECOP grants of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 693 662 SUMERO-Union of Association for Assisting people With 52 954 Healthcare 43.77% Czech Intellectual Disability of Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina Un agencies 1 403 229 regional Kosovo Mental Disability Rights Initiative 28 706 OCHA 383 300 budgets Ecucation Ryazan Human Rights Memorial Society 6 771 29.19% UNDP 771 268 0.6% PECKA – Centrum celoživotního vzdělávání Karlovy Vary, o.p.s. 7 150 UNICEF 248 661 Shiny Day Social Services Association 15 028 UN Tkibuli District Development Fund 1 980 czech regional budgets 151 733 Agencies Municipality of Sveržov 4 953 City of Prague (Department of Culture, Foreign Relations and Tourism) 43 755 5.6% Municipality of Petrovany 4 926 City of Bílina 16 307 Olomouc Region 9 371 TOTAL 399 538 Statutory city of Karlovy Vary 9 944 Statutory city of Olomouc 15 633 People in Need is involved in many projects implemented with partner organizations, mainly in position Statutory city of Plzeň 17 513 Operation of the leading agency. Funds provided to partners are not the costs or revenue of PIN and do not appear Statutory city of Ústí nad Labem 21 521 Programmes Foreign in Profit-Loss Account. Other regional budgets 17 689 10.6% government authorities Housing 20.1% 2.68% EU funding 19.5% Livelihood and Agriculture 24.36% 70 71

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