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2018-Annual-Report-1-.Pdf YOUR BOARDING PASS: RAINBOW RAILROAD ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR: WHAT WE DO: PEOPLE TRAVELLED TO SAFETY: 2018 SAVE LGBTQI LIVES 198 WITH SUPPORT FROM: REQUESTS FOR HELP IN 2018: FROM: DONORS LIKE YOU 16 UNSAFE COUNTRIES 1328 TO: 12 SAFER COUNTRIES TAKESCAN HERE TO: ACTION WHERE THEY CAN BE FREE 02 IF2017 WAS A TRANSFORMATIONAL year for Rainbow Railroad, 2018 was one Message from our of transition. Following a year in which Executive Director: the organization more than doubled its operational budget and the number of people helped, we faced many questions. KIMAHLI Can we maintain this growth? Did we peak too soon? Did people only show sup- POWELL port because of the crisis in Chechnya? But you came through. Our community of supporters continued to believe in Rainbow Railroad, allowing us to respond to the overwhelming number of requests for assistance – 1328 in 2018 alone – and help 198 people find safety. It also allowed us to continue intervening in crisis situations like the crackdown in Egypt last year. 03 The state-sponsored campaign to target We must continue diversifying those LGBTQI human rights defenders put who we help, specifically more trans per- many in fear of their lives, and during sons and women. We need to focus on my visit to Cairo, it was distressing to assisting individuals in regions that have witness the fear of those forced to live previously been difficult for us to reach. in hiding. Targeted individuals were We also need to secure more sustainable arrested, beaten, and once released, sources of revenue. were still required to report to the With your continued support, we can face police every night. Following a and meet these challenges. coordinated evacuation of those most at risk, it was a highlight for me to That is what inspires me about Rainbow reunite a year later with some of the Railroad – in the midst of a disturbing rise individuals who found refuge in Canada. in populist violence targeting the LGBTQI community and countries closing borders, With every success, we continue to face our work continues because we are more new challenges. Now in 2019, we are connected than ever before. completing the final year of our strategic plan and know we still have work to do. That gives us strength. And hope. Let’s keep going. 04 THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, THIS organization was born in my law office. Message from our Reviewing the notes and emails from outgoing Board Chair: those first meetings, I remember how naively ambitious our wish list seemed: help LGBTQI people at risk find routes MICHAEL to safety, work to make the Canadian government a partner in our goal, and BATTISTA raise funds to build capacity. As my term on the Board of Directors comes to a close, it makes me emotional to think of how much we’ve accom- plished. Rainbow Railroad is the product of an ambitious idea, but also of a com- munity. You, our donors and supporters, have consistently embraced our commit- ment to helping anyone, anywhere, who faces homophobic and transphobic 05 abuse. You have helped us raise funds for In my professional life and in my flights, for luggage, for clothes, for food. volunteer roles at Rainbow Railroad, And there are more than 600 people safer I have seen unimaginable acts of because of you. homophobia and transphobia, and I am in awe of the courage of its survivors. I am thrilled to think of what could lie ahead on our wish list. A documentation centre of To Gareth, Toni, Karlene, Buick, M. from LGBTQI human rights? Interventions in Yemen, the Bassels, among so many cases holding perpetrators of homophobic others: your resilience and determination violence accountable? Collaboration with are the best of human nature, and will governments on strengthening asylum stay with me always. Your spirits animate policies? I honestly believe that with your this organization. You will help it reach support, our potential is limitless. greater heights. And as always, helping LGBTQI people at Thank you. risk, one case at a time, must remain at the heart of our work. 06 THE PROMISE OF LIMITLESS potential is something the United States Message from our still inspires throughout the world. Rainbow Railroad Thankfully for Rainbow Railroad, it’s been USA Chair: more than just a promise as we’ve seen phenomenal support developing from coast-to-coast. MICHAEL The grassroots groundswell that enabled us to help dozens from Chechnya in 2017, MURPHY continued in 2018. From high school Gay-Straight Alliance bake sales, to Brian Kelly and The Points Guy team raising hundreds of thousands of dollars with their Prizeo campaign, the support has been incredible. In the summer of 2018, we had the chance to visit Jamaica with donors that included Brian, Glenn Pushelberg, and a crew from CBS’s 60 Minutes. 07 The segment, which aired on 60 Minutes while also driving a conversation about in May 2019, featured some of the brave more systemic support for those escaping people we help, as well as the folks on the state-sponsored persecution. ground who who risk their lives to assist Just as it has been in the past, America Rainbow Railroad. Although I knew the is at the heart of helping create change. heart-wrenching details of persecution We know the world won’t change over- against LGBTQI people around the world, night, but we’ll continue to help LGBTQI it was shocking to meet victims of acid folks find a path to safety so they have attacks, see the fresh stab and gunshot a chance to reach the unlimited potential wounds up close, and experience the gul- of a life lived openly. lies where LGBTQI individuals are forced to live and where they’re hunted down Will you join us? while they just try to survive. We were nervous about the risks involved with televising our work, but we also knew we needed to reach a wider audience to help more people. As we grow, we’re find- ing different ways to respond to requests for help by opening new routes to safety, 08 WHENEVER I SPEAK ABOUT RAINBOW Railroad, I often emphasize our origins Message from our as a volunteer-run organization from Managing Director: 2006 to 2013. We celebrate the innova- tive founders of Rainbow Railroad, and WINNIE I feel honoured to continue their work. I started in March 2018. Even since then, the growth and change has been remark- LUK able. It has been a life-changing year for me personally and I am reminded every day not to take my freedoms for granted. There are 70 million forcibly displaced persons around the world and an alarm- ing number of these individuals are exceptionally vulnerable LGBTQI folks. This is where Rainbow Railroad comes in. 09 In 2017, Rainbow Railroad developed As we create our 2020 to 2022 strate- its first-ever three-year strategic plan. gic plan, we are uniquely positioned to We set out three strategic priorities provide governments with advice on how to 2019: deepen and broaden current to improve the immigration and refugee services to bring more people to safety; system for persecuted LGBTQI people expand to assist more people outside who need to move. Going forward, we’re the Caribbean; and build the capacity aiming to increase advocacy and connec- to meet the organization’s growing needs. tivity to the broader refugee and human We surpassed all goals. rights movement, find more efficient routes to safety, and adapt systems and At the end of this current strategic plan, tools to increase accessibility and diversity. we now have a thriving team of 11 full- A special thank you to Deloitte for helping time staff. We’ve moved to a larger office guide us through this process and exciting space, we’ve recruited new board mem- new phase for Rainbow Railroad. bers, and increased the number of senior committee volunteers while continuing With the help of our supporters, we will to develop new policies to meet the needs surpass these new goals once again and of the organization. help more persecuted LGBTQI people find a route to safety. 10 OUR TIMELINE: 2018 Responded to the crackdown in Egypt. A number of individuals were arrested for raising rainbow 2016 flags at a concert in Cairo. Received transformational grant from Upside Down Tree Foundation and provided travel support for over 200 individuals 2013 since 2006. 2017 Became a registered Helped provide a pathway charitable organization to safety for 57 Chechens in Canada. 2015 and a total of 206 individuals. Rainbow Railroad USA 2006 became a registered Created by a dedicated charitable organization group of volunteers. in the United States. BUDGETS & PEOPLE HELPED OVER TIME: 11 PROJECTED & ACTUAL ANNUAL BUDGETS* PEOPLE HELPED 3,000,000 2,500,000 198 2018 2,000,000 130 206 1,500,000 2017 100 1,000,000 2016 81 500,000 2015 29 0 50 100 150 200 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 ACTUAL $322,763 $855,734 $2,039,068 $2,632,717 PROJECTED ACTUAL PROJECTED $228,250 $582,800 $1,100,000 $2,550,000 *RAINBOW RAILROAD CANADA ONLY 12 2018 REQUESTS FOR HELP: REQUESTS FOR HELP COUNTRIES WHERE 1328THIS YEAR: REQUESTS90 ORIGINATED: REQUESTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN / NATIONALITY: 13 Number of Requests 2018: 200+ 50-199 20-49 10-19 1-9 0 14 PEOPLE TRAVELLED TO SAFETY: PEOPLE TRAVELLED TO SAFETY: PEOPLE TRAVELLED TO SAFETY BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: JAMAICA 152 UGANDA 2 CHECHNYA 15 RUSSIA DAGESTAN 1 16 HAITI 1 EGYPT 11 KAZAKHSTAN 1 198 BANGLADESH 2 SAINT VINCENT 1 FROM: IRAN 2 SOUTH AFRICA 1 16 UNSAFE COUNTRIES IRAQ 2 TANZANIA 1 TO: NIGERIA 2 TRINIDAD 1 12 SAFER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY CAN BE FREE PAKISTAN 2 UAE 1 PEOPLE TRAVELLED TO SAFETY BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: 15 Origin of Departures: 152 16 11 2 1 0 16 OUR PROCESS: HOW WE SAVE LIVES Request Verification Triage OUR PROCESS: HOW WE SAVE LIVES 17 Funding Support Travel 18 IN MAY 2018, DENNIS BEGAN receiving phone calls threatening him with violence for his work as an LGBTQI TRAVELLED TO SAFETY: activist in Uganda.
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