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Equal Access International Oﬃces

San Francisco, CA, USA (Headquarters)

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Phnom Penh, Cambodia Inform N’Djamena, Chad 1212 Market Street Suite 200 Kathmandu and Nepalgunj, Nepal San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Phone: +1-415-561-4884 Mardan and Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: +1-415-561-4885 Educate Niamey, Niger Email: [email protected] Website: www.equalaccess.org Abuja, Nigeria Sana’a, Yemen Inspire Our Approach We inform, educate and inspire attitude and behavior change. ABOUT US

Equal Access is a communications for social change organization that combines the power of media with community mobilization. We aim to inform, educate and inspire men, women and youth to address critical challenges in their communities such as women and girls’ empowerment, youth life skills, Feedback via Radio, TV, economic development, public health, civic participation and governance, and new media and ﬁlm human rights. Voices from Mobile theater the ﬁeld performances

Local Social media language and Interactive programming Voice Response Media Media OUR VISION Production Distribution We implement innovative “A World in Dialogue Where All Voices are Heard and Respected.” We develop dynamic, local Social language media content that and scalable communication is needs-driven and Change solutions that reach incorporates listener feedback. underserved and remote populations via multi-media tools. Direct Listening Leadership Community trainings OUR MISSION groups Engagement

To create positive social change for millions of underserved people in the Media Roundtable capacity developing world by delivering critically needed information and education forums We maximize building through innovative media, appropriate technology and direct community impact through engagement. community engagement at all levels.

Cover photo by Lucy Lyon Our Programs

Civic Agriculture & Women and Girls’ Youth Life Skills Participation & Economic Empowerment & Livelihoods Governance Development Human Rights Health Equal Access is committed to With more than half of the empowering girls and women by Our youth life skills and livelihoods Our civic engagement programs help workforce in developing countries providing them with information programs address the root challenges create a more informed and engaged working in agriculture, it is Our dynamic media and community Our popular radio series, TV and education vital to their lives. youth face and provide education citizenry. We provide communities essential to provide information engagement initiatives provide dramas and chat shows combined Through our trusted radio programs, on vital life skills. Recognizing youth with civic education and the skills to farmers. Through our media essential knowledge of basic human with mobile SMS, street theater listening groups and leadership for their enormous potential, our they need to demand accountability programs that provide access to rights and how to protect them. performances, and community trainings, women in the developing participatory by-youth-for-youth media from their governments and to industry experts and best practices, We teach tolerance and respect outreach activities provide vital world are gaining new knowledge of programs build self-esteem, provide participate more fully in shaping we are empowering farmers through emphasizing listening and information and education on HIV/ their rights. Covering a wide range of skills training and empower youth public policy. We also combine our and local entrepreneurs to run dialogue, local solutions, and direct AIDS, malaria, maternal and child women’s rights issues from gender- to become voices for change in their media programming with public successful farms and small and access to support services. The most health, family planning, nutrition, based violence to child marriage, communities. forums and targeted trainings to medium enterprises (SME), fueling marginalized communities are not and sanitation. Coupled with direct our programs are helping millions of build the capacity of community sustainable economic development only heard, but equipped with the engagement, our programs help women and girls transform their lives leaders and government oﬃcials in local communities. training necessary to protect their communities protect and advance and their communities every day. to be more responsive to their human rights. constituents. their health and well-being. “Being a part of a youth council in my governorate means I will be able to inspire positive changes in my society. We are able to think of ways to help our society. This council committee provided us legitimacy so people will listen to us and respect our ideas. RIGHTS Initiative: Before I didn’t know many people, but now I have a lot of Empowering Youth to relationships within and beyond the governorates and am becoming more aware of my rights. I feel responsible for my Shape Public Policy & community so I have to do something to make things right, to Civic Action bring about positive change.”

Asma Mohammad Ahmed Alrashidi, youth council member from Mokalla

Launched in 2011, the RIGHTS Initiative educated Yemeni youth Yemen about their legal rights and equipped them with the necessary skills to become engaged and active citizens. Through a national and interactive conversation via radio, listening & discussion groups, youth councils, roundtable forums and participatory theater, youth were Success By The Numbers: empowered to take ownership and exercise their right to democratic participation. • 2,000 listening & discussion group meetings on legal rights, rule of Equal Access’ radio programs educated youth on topics including law, and civic engagement legal rights, rule of law, and civic engagement. Program participants were empowered to amplify their voices to shape public discourse, • 6,600 youth participants with 50% of participants initiating civic with 50% of participants initiating campaigns from raising awareness engagement projects of women’s rights, early marriage, and girls’ education to anti- • 90% of listeners said that our radio program corruption projects. The initiative culminated in a series of youth- had a positive impact, including greater produced theater performances across the country that were covered support for female education by local TV and print media outlets. and raising the legal marriage age Growth In Africa Programming “These youth are pretty smart, and I never miss their show because the subjects they talk about are so relevant to our everyday life! Through these episodes, they raise people’s awareness and try to change their negative behaviors—all of the youth should listen to this show so they can create a better future for our world.”

Female listener from Niamey, Niger

FACT: Hausa is one of Africa’s largest spoken languages after Arabic, French, English, Portuguese and Swahili. FACT: The democratically Approximately 27 million Hausa elected President assumed speakers live in Northern Nigeria. power in 2011 after Hausa is spoken as a first language civil war broke out by about 34 million people and as in 2002. April 2013 a second language by about 18 was the first time million more. Ivoirians were able Burkina Faso to elect municipal councils in more NIGER In 2008, Equal Access began working in Chad and Niger on Phase I of the Peace through than a decade. Our CHAD Development (PDEV I) project. PDEV I aimed to improve local governance in target communities training ensured BURKINA and empower at-risk youth to become active participants in their communities and the economy. quality media FASO Building on five years of experience, Equal Access has expanded this work to neighboring Burkina NIGERIA coverage of this COTE Faso. Programming in Burkina Faso started in 2013 and currently focuses on a weekly youth radio historic period. d’lvoire program broadcast in two local languages.

Cote d’Ivoire Leveraging Equal Access’ success in Francophone West Africa, our U.S.-based and regional staff FACT: Burkina Faso has a large provided short-term technical expertise to train and mentor local media to improve the quality of youth population (74% under 30 journalism and radio production in coverage of current political affairs in Cote d’Ivoire. and 47% under 15). However, our media assessment showed that youth aspirations and concerns remain largely ignored by local Nigeria media. Equal Access is working to Equal Access began operations in its fifth African country this year when it launched a project to fill the gap. develop and operate a Hausa-language satellite television channel that addresses the needs and priorities of Northern Nigerian citizens. “My radio station has been around for three years now. But it took being a broadcast partner for Equal Access to put us on the map and help us attract a regular listenership. I noticed at one of our community women’s meetings that most of the women had radio sets pressed to their ears. What a pleasant surprise to realize that they were listening to my station, to Equal Access’ Youth Boulevard show!” PDEV II: Mariama Oubadawakim, Radio Canal Espérance, Niamey, Niger Peace Through “I’m so pleased with the reporting work that I do, because it has allowed me to Development get my community featured in radio broadcasts! I’m even happier to see that the first few episodes have encouraged Reaching approximately nine million people in Africa’s Sahel region the youth in my community to be with themes of peace, non-violence and tolerance, Equal Access’ more open-minded towards job Sahel radio programs under the Peace Through Development (PDEV I) opportunities. project from 2008-2011 were highlighted as a notable achievement by USAID West Africa. As a key implementing partner on the second For example, when the town hall called phase PDEV II project in Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso, Equal Access is Success By the Numbers for workers to clear the town’s gutters building on this impact with interactive youth and good governance and litter, all of the youth applied! • 89% of the Chad’s population regularly listens to Several of the youth confirmed that it radio programs that increase moderate voices, promote community radio, with 52% tuning in to our good was thanks to the broadcasts that they resilience, and decrease the risk of violent extremism. governance radio program Dabalaye and 33% felt motivated to step forward because to our youth program Chabab al Haye Beyond our in-house radio production, we have partnered with a they no longer felt shame in claiming network of community reporters and local radio stations. Through • After listening to our program, 43% of young these jobs.” adults in both Niger and Chad report partner trainings and equipment support, local radio stations are voting , and 49% in Niger helped their peers make Djénéba Ouedraogo, Community Reporter from trained to develop high quality programming on serious and sensitive informed decisions about sensitive issues Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso issues to inform and engage their communities. • To date, PDEV II broadcasts have elevated voices of more than 600 moderate, local leaders Using Radio and PSAs to Increase Democratic “I listened to the information about citizenship distribution camps Participation & Voter Registration on local radio and visited the camp to obtain my citizenship certificate. I also got myself registered as a voter from the same place where I got my citizenship card. It would have been difficult if I had not heard about it on the radio.” Mamata Choudhari from Naumasta, Banke

In the Western Terai region of Nepal, the voices of women, youth and members of marginalized groups have not traditionally been included in defining development Success By the Numbers and local governance. As a partner on the Sajhedari Bikaas project, Equal Access is addressing the root causes of conflict and social instability by giving voice to the • 51 Listening groups formed with 26 trained Listening Club Facilitators across 8 districts voiceless, creating dialogue and building the capacity of local media organizations. With implementation beginning in 2013, we achieved success in the initial stages of • Recruitment and training of 17 Community Action Researchers and 15 Community Reporters this project. As a part of the Election and Citizenship Media campaign, Equal Access • Partnership with 24 local FM stations, including capacity building training for local FM stations on good governance produced public service announcements (PSAs), encouraging citizens in target regions to obtain citizenship and voter registration papers at government-sponsored mobile • Production & Broadcast of 48 episodes on Sajhedari Bikaas themes service camps. Equal Access’ network of radio station partners broadcast the PSAs over 4,000 times over a period of two weeks. A rapid assessment after the campaign showed • Broadcast of Sajhedari radio program in 4 local languages via 8 local FM stations that 38% of those surveyed in service camps stated that they visited the camps due to the influence of the radio PSAs. Celebrating 10 Years in Afghanistan

Equal Access’ innovative media and community outreach in Afghanistan dates back to our very first education project in 2003 in partnership with UNICEF and the Ministry of Education. The launch of our initial program in Afghanistan took place at a time when the national radio infrastructure had been destroyed by war, and staff had to rely on portable satellite receivers to distribute teacher training radio content to rural educators. Over the past Strengthening Rule decade Equal Access has furthered social change across all sectors of Law through of society, reaching over 10 million Afghan citizens. Protection of Impact since 2003 “On behalf of listening circle participants, I would like to thank you for the Women’s Rights and • 1,500+ interactive radio episodes opportunity to understand our rights and 30 original television programs and discuss the issues with each Access to Justice • 43 FM stations partners in 34 provinces other. Such programs in Afghanistan, • 108 facilitated community listening & discussion groups that have conducted especially in Baghlan province can 13,000 meetings Within Afghan society, there is a significant dearth of awareness prevent a wide range of violence. and knowledge of women’s rights and human rights, and how • 600 Mobile Theater Performances Afghanistan reaching 270,000 Afghans across 34 provinces those rights are enshrined under Islamic, Afghan and international I am a woman who has previously law. Connecting women’s rights to local and religious contexts and • More than 600 trainings, workshops and suffered violence from my husband building the understanding of those connections among local public forums with 18,000 participants Success By the Numbers leaders is essential to fostering increased awareness of and support • Strong network of CSOs, religious leaders, community and in-laws, but now their behavior for the protection of women’s rights. • 192 listening & discussion group leaders, and youth unions across 34 provinces has changed. Therefore media should meetings led by 16 trained facilitators In 2012, Equal Access Afghanistan partnered with Canadian increase the number of such programs so • More than 2,730 men and women Department of Global Peace and Security Fund to implement an that no other women suffer oppression including religious leaders and community elders innovative and dynamic public information campaign to engage participated in the listening circles and cruelty and become aware of their religious and community leaders as well as community members • 31,545 community members rights.” in promoting women’s rights. The project consisted of listening (53% male, 47% female) attended mobile theater Mrs. Zainab, resident of Pul-e-khumri city of groups across eight provinces, mobile theater performances and performances and participated in 40 post- Baghlan province post-performance discussion circles, and radio series on violence performance discussion groups against women and women’s rights. Agriculture Leads to Economic Security

Agriculture is a vital component of economic security “I have learned lots of things about in the developing world. Equal Access works to agriculture and cultivation from address inequity and a range of other imbalances these programs. For example, I that negatively impact agricultural growth, food didn’t know about crop rotation and supply, and value chain economics, as well as what to cultivate in which season nutrition and health outcomes among individuals and I learned these things from your and communities. Recognizing the important role of programs.” women and girls in agriculture, our programming is Darwaish Mohammad from Herat gender-sensitive and focused on the inclusion and improved status of women. In Afghanistan, Equal Access produced and broadcast weekly live call-in radio programs in Pashto and Dari. The shows were broadcast in 18 provinces and featured practical information on crop production, storage, planting, marketing and other relevant agricultural topics. Farmers in all 18 provinces found the live call-in segments so helpful that they requested increased time to speak to the experts. “My name is Fauzia from Badakhshan province. I cultivate vegetables. Equal Access established two all-female listening These programs are really nice and & discussion groups in Balkh and Badakshan. The useful for the farmers. I learned consistent feedback from the women participants about good seeds, insects in wheat was that they were able to apply new knowledge storage and control of melon ﬂies. from the program to better cultivate their vegetables, We want to hear more and more of with hopes to increase their yields and grow their these programs to learn from them incomes from the sale of their produce. and beneﬁt from their instructions.” Female farmer from Badakhshan Economic Development through Entrepreneurship

In Cambodia, Equal Access developed and produced a “I have gained new knowledge about long-running radio series called Success Starts with You fish feed from the radio program. It that focused on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has enabled me to produce feed by (MSME), entrepreneurship and other business skills. This myself without spending too much nation-wide project facilitated technical and business money and time buying feed from assistance to thousands of businesses in rural Cambodia the market. The radio program helped me to be successful in my with the aim of improving regulations, productivity, business, which also helps improve cooperation, and ultimately, profits. my standard of living.” Our radio episodes, television public service Fish farmer from Kratie province announcements, and trainings concentrated on some of Cambodia’s leading rural industry sectors including swine-raising, water and sanitation, aquaculture, eco- tourism, and non-timber forest products as well as urban-oriented industries such as the garment sector. Bringing together business development experts, industry workers and government officials, Success Starts with You established a modern and informative learning environment for business owners.

The show highlights best practices in industry sectors, promotes sustainable business growth and gives “This program is very good for information on simple, yet vital, topics such as how to people in the countryside to better write a business plan, the principles of marketing and understand how to raise swine and business group formation. how to build a market for swine.” Radio listener from Pursat province What Others Say About Us Equal Access Receives Avon Global Communications Award

“ The scalability, replicability and “ Equal Access’ programs positive impact demonstrated gradually help to increase the V+ sex worker. Is it m "I am an HI y right to stay to? quiet?" On March 7, 2013, ay not k is it o wife, ll my to te ant n't w I do but by Equal Access’ project DS level of knowledge in society. If Equal Access Nepal AI ing of dy am t I ha d t ne ar stle ju was honored ve methodology is quite impressive a multiple social units in society I h with the Avon and accordingly deserves due [work] together and produce background_From August 2007 to May 2010, Equal Access Nepal implemented the VOICES project to reduce the twin pandemics of Violence against Communications Women (VAW) and HIV and AIDS. In 2006, 90% of the poorest fifth of women in Nepal did not know about the sexual transmission of HIV, domestic housewives recognition.” accounted for about 30% of new infection cases, but effective and useful programs only half of men and women considered marital rape to be violence (Nepal Demographic Health Survey, Award “Speaking 2006). To increase knowledge and change attitudes and behavior, VOICES examined root causes of the twin pandemics including poverty and oppressive cultural, social, and religious values. "I found a condom in my wife' s bag, I w Marshall Smith, former Education Director, ant to as Equal Access, we would see a know wh Out About Violence y, ho w d o I ask methods_VOICES targeted rural and poor women he r a bo and men in areas with high HIV and domestic Violence ut Hewlett Foundation rates. VOICES consisted of four activities: it? " great positive change in society.” Against Women” for i. Twelve Female Community Reporters who were HIV affected and survivors of Violence recorded audio for national radio program Samajhdari (Mutual conclusions_Although Samajhdari Understanding) which is a central component of stopped broadcasting in May 2010, it continues VOICES project, voicing internal dilemmas at the to be an important model for communications their work on the crux of the intersection between HIV and VAW. development programs around the world. In ii. Sixty Listening Groups met weekly to listen, discuss, June 2010, Samajhdari was the winner of the Mohammad Asif Nanag, and take action on the issues raised by Samajhdari coveted "Special Award" at the One World in rural areas. Media Awards, the foremost award for media iii. Thirty Women Leaders trained in Legal literacy. coverage of the developing world. VOICES These leaders further taught around 2,000 men and showed that radio media and outreach is a cost- VOICES- Samajhdari project that broke Nepal’s silence on effective way to reach women and men who women the legal aspects of HIV and VAW. Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Education have perhaps never stepped outside their own One listener said, "We initially discuss within our group front doors. 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We celebrated 10 years of service in Over 500 SMS per month were received Last year, our female community reporters in In Nepal, we held 1,196 person days of 3,000 Yemeni youth attended listening & In Chad, Equal Access has 15 radio station Afghanistan, and are proud to be reaching from active listeners of our Cambodian Niger captured over 491 “voices from the training in 2012, with a majority of women discussion groups on civic participation and youth partners and hosted three-week radio over 10 million Afghan citizens through program, demonstrating high levels of ﬁeld” submissions, helping to give power to the and youth participating in our leadership and life skills last year. Youth attended 48 discussion training internships to develop the skills of partnerships with 43 local radio stations. listener engagement. voiceless . human rights workshops . group meetings, with 50% participation by girls. rural journalists. Featured Staﬀ from the Field

Achala Rajbhandari Kader Idi Administration Manager, Equal Access Nepal Country Director, Equal Access Niger

Equal Access Nepal has helped me understand people and their After spending 10 years as a journalist who yearned to do more for his perspective from a very holistic approach, which has helped me country, joining Equal Access in 2008 has transformed my life. I now feel hone my professional skills. The best part about my work here at more valuable and am actively engaged in a dawning of consciousness Equal Access Nepal is the opportunity that I have been granted to for Nigerien people. Equal Access has taught me how to utilize the reach out to people; as every interaction, every moment spent with power of media in the face of violent extremism. We have taught local my colleagues, all with diverse backgrounds, not only makes my radios their role in promoting peace, we have created much-needed job interesting, but also provides me an enriching opportunity to dialogue inside families and within communities, and so much more. realize the positive CHANGE that is wistfully within each of us! This There is a proverb “it is not enough to give a man a fish, you must teach is also one of the reasons for my long lasting involvement with the organization since 2005. At Equal Access Nepal, I grow, I him to fish for himself.” Equal Access has mastered this philosophy through teaching radio stations how to work innovatively learn and this is where I find CHANGE. to solve problems. I’m proud of the reception I get around the country now: “You’re at Equal Access, the organization that introduced the idea of community reporters in Niger and taught us to use Zoom Recorders.” Though it pains me that my Fadassa Djibrine country lives under the threat of atrocities like extremism, I believe that it is organizations like Equal Access that will educate the Producer, Equal Access Chad Nigerien population and help us to reclaim control of our future.

In Chad, prevailing socio-cultural mores try to relegate women Zabeehullah Jalil to second class citizenship and prevent them from voicing their Security and Program Manager, Equal Access Afghanistan opinions among men. Driven by the desire to serve society, I found that I could break this taboo using the power of radio. Before I I have always had dreams for peace, but as an Afghan, unfortunately a even left high school I was already dabbling in radio, dedicating considerable part of my life has occurred in war-affected places and in weekends to encouraging women to fight for the spotlight and settlements outside the country. When I repatriated to Afghanistan in youth to be optimistic leaders in their communities. September 2006 after nearly 16 years in Pakistan as a migrant, I found Equal Access gave me the opportunity to pursue this dream as everything to be different and had to start from zero. I was very happy a career, and after starting as a Production Assistant in 2010 I’m proud today to call myself an Equal Access Producer and to be hired at Equal Access because it corresponded with my interest to be inspiring Chadian audiences through the episodes I create. I teach people to band together to strengthen good and passion for languages, and simultaneously introduced me to governance, to pursue efficient and sustainable development, and to promote peace that will put an end to the decades advocacy, business development, project management, and leadership. of conflict that our country has known. Thanks to the programs I’ve produced with Equal Access, I have even been able At Equal Access, there is space to communicate my thoughts and ideas for the best implementation of projects, thereby partly to witness a change in the youth in my own neighborhood. For example, during the rainy season the youth in our quenching my unceasing thirst to contribute to activities that produce positive changes in people’s lives around the country. community are now mobilizing committees to clear gutters to prevent flooding and maintain the roads to ensure the I am very lucky to be a part of the Equal Access family where I can both further develop my talents and work toward the welfare of all citizens. enlightenment of people’s minds, the promotion of democratic values, and the happiness and prosperity of life. Organization Metrics Financials

Listenership Content Equal Access International is an independent nonprofit, Our programs reach tens of millions of listeners, with 15 MILLION With 1,265 original episodes locally produced in 2012, Equal Access is able Equal Access International Condensed Financial active listeners across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. to deliver rich-quality content that is needs-driven and highly relevant charitable organization that is exempt from Federal Income Information for Year Ending to local contexts. We produce award-winning programs in 19 different December 31, 2012 languages, many of them minority languages. In addition, we partnered taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. with over 116 local radio stations that broadcast our popular shows and Contributions to Equal Access International for its exempt Revenue $ 4,018,792 received media training from our staff. purposes and mission are tax deductible. Equal Access International is also registered with the U.S. Agency for Program Services $ 3,208,245 645 hours International Development as a private voluntary organization. Program Support $ 330,280 of content G&A $ 545,504 In 2012, Equal Access implemented programs across eight Fundraising $ 10,431 15,000,000 116 local countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with support Total Expenses $ 4,094,460 1,265 Episodes radio partners of a diverse range of donors and partners including UN Agencies, bi-lateral and multi-lateral aid agencies, international Increase in Unrestricted Net Assets ($ 75,668) development agencies, foundations and individual donors. 19 languages With a clear focus on the fulfillment of our mission, we have Expense Allocation Engagement maintained a consistent level of General and Administrative Fundraising 0.25% Direct engagement activities that empower individuals to apply new Training costs over the past four years, while maintaining low information to improve their lives are an essential component of our fundraising costs. Fundraising costs were less than 1% while methodology. More than 73,384 individuals participated in Equal In the past year, Equal Access has trained 3,035 individuals, including General Access’ engagement activities in 2012. We utilize a series of engagement 86.42% of every dollar went to Program Services and Support. men, women, and youth. Through our face-to-face training workshops Administrative tools including listening circles and discussion groups, mobile theater for women leaders, educators, listening group facilitators, community Financial information presented in this report was drawn from 13.32% performances, stakeholder workshops, content advisory groups, and reporters, media professionals, and youth, our trainees gain the skills they public forums that bring together community members, government the audited financial statements of Equal Access, which were need to become changemakers in their communities. The knowledge officials, and civic leaders to address root challenges and encourage gained through our trainings is subsequently reinforced through media prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting positive behavior change. programs, listening group discussions, and mobile theater performances. principles. 73,384 Persons Directly Engagedg Electronic copies of our audited financial statements are 1,153 511 available on request. Media capacity Leadership trainings trainings Explanatory note from Controller 61,600 38,228 8,694 1,402 Mobile Messages Listening Community 50% of the Theater received Discussion leaders, trainees were Attendees via SMS, IVR, Group Members experts, and women and youth and user activity attended 5,056 stakeholder 100 468 Community Human on social media meetings forum Reporters platforms participants trained 3,035 rights persons trained trainings

Program 86.42% United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, United States Institute for Peace (USIP) and Labor (DRL) United Way U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and UN Women Law Enforcement Aﬀairs (INL) University Research Co., LLC (URC) U.S. Department of State, Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) USAID, Oﬃce of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Western Digital U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) World Education

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Leadership Circle Lisa Ellis Sydney Fulop Robert Berg Luisa Engel Thomas Fondungallah Mary Beth Garber Gary & Charlene Forbes Tamara Free Thank You Ronni Goldfarb Charles & Diane Frankel Pranab & Manjula Ghosh Richard & Lois Gunther Patrick and Julie Garvey Barry & Karen Goldfarb Mark Gunther and Anne Krantz Andrew Gordon Joyce Goldfarb The Avram Miller Family Foundation Chester Haskell Philip Goldfarb Institutional Supporters Po Ho & Fung Yee Yeu Richard Goldfarb Patrons Anna Huang Anand & Shilipi Samaya Gowda Aecom Technology Corporation Global Peace and Security Fund (GPSF) Canada Annette Brown Rudy and Janet Hurwich Charles Gronbach & Liz Russell Asian Development Bank/ Ministry of Interior of Cambodia Internews Europe William H. Draper III & Phyllis C. Draper Terry Kramer Dan & Katherine Gunther The Asia Foundation International Relief and Development (IRD) Thomas Gottlieb & Carol Kirsh Laura & Gary Lauder Natalie Manzino Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited Royal Bank International Rescue Committee (IRC) Andrew & Teresa Gunther Mark Levy Duncan Meaney (ANZ) Open Society Institute (OSI) Julie Gupta Steven Paul Okuhn MD Jeffrey Miller BBC World Service Trust Options Lisa & Charly Kleissner John O’Neil Renee Montagne British Council Pact Eddie Lee & Square Two Design Alakananda & Dilip Kumar Paul Duncan and Eugenia McNaughton British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College London Saswati Paul & Nathan Krishnan Janet & Richard Sitts Adam Noyce Canadian Southeast Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Program Partners for Development (The Global Fund to fight AIDS, James & Kathleen Tobin Lianne Sorkin David Oppenheimer The Caroline Ramsay Merriam Fund Tuberculosis and Malaria) Ganesh & Vasavi Ramachandran Creative Associates International National Radio Kampuchea Cambodia Supporters Friends Cynthia Reeves Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI) Sesame Workshop Julia Arant Nilmoni Bhattacharya Mark Rovai Edgerton Foundation Search for Common Ground Jefferson Asher Jr. Michael Bosse Bratin & Raka Saha Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN), Yemen TetraTech DPK Didi & David Barrett Theodore Brown Diane Schlatus Embassy of the United States, Afghanistan: Kabul, Kandahar, and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Brady & Steven Kahn Fonda Charne Carol Silver Helmand United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Theodore Brown Nita & Gary Chesler Marcia & Bernard Sosnick Embassy of the United States, Chad United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Sushanta Datta Chuck Cohen & Janet Mercer Richard Sutherland Embassy of the United States, Pakistan (UNESCO) Lynn Coopersmith Leigh Anne Varney GlobalGiving United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) Richard Williams Impact Snapshot Board and Staff Equal Access is an award-winning communications for Our Reach social change organization that combines the power Board of Directors of media with community mobilization. While we excel Jennifer Hamilton, Corporate Treasurer James Tobin, Chair Independent Consultant to Startups focused on Strategy, Innovation and at providing accurate and timely information, our real Founder of Tobin Law Group, focused on convergence of Internet Operations success lies in empowering individuals to apply the 75,000,000 and traditional telecom industries knowledge gained from our programs to improve their Jennifer Louie marginalized individuals were reached across Asia, Program Manager at Google, Inc., lives and become changemakers in their communities. Saswati Paul, Vice Chair Africa, and the Middle East ERISA Counsel with Tobin Law Group, focused on employee Revenue Acceleration Opportunities & New Product Solutions benefits and ERISA fiduciary issues Mary MacPherson Our Staff Ronni Goldfarb, President Former senior executive at Apple, MCI and Blackboard; Founder Our Approach Founder of Equal Access International; Appointed by Secretary of of M2Works, LLC, a consultancy practice that specializes in State Clinton as Commissioner to the U.S. National Commission entrepreneurship, international development, public private to UNESCO from 2010 to present partnerships among other things.

99% Robert J. Berg Mark Gunther, Chair Emeritus 150 Managing Director of the Eva Gunther Foundation, providing special INFORM Previously Founding Director of Evaluation, USAID and founding globally host country nationals Chair of Evaluation of the OECD grouping of donor governments; girls unique opportunities and enhancing community among girls Senior Advisor to four parts of the United Nations; Trustee, World service organizations Program Areas Academy of Art and Science Ambassador James Michel, Special Advisor Annette Brown Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment Deputy Director at the International Initiative for Impact Senior Management Team Youth Life Skills & Livelihoods Evaluation (3ie) in charge of Advancement and Impact Evaluation EDUCATE INSPIRE Services, as well as Head of the 3ie Washington office and Head Ronni Goldfarb, Founder, President & CEO Human Rights of 3ie’s HIV/AIDS grant-making programs Lisa Ellis, Chief Operating Officer; Corporate Secretary Civic Participation & Governance Anna Huang, Controller; Assistant Corporate Treasurer Amir Dossal Gordon Shettle, Director of Programs Founder of the Global Partnerships Forums; Co-Initiator of the Agriculture & Economic Development Puanani Forbes, Senior Business Development Manager Pearl Initiative, promoting transparency and accountability in the Dr. Anwar Jamili, Country Director Afghanistan Health Gulf Region Lamoussa Robgo, Country Director Burkina Faso Where We Work Borey Koy, Executive Director MediaOne Cambodia Mary Beth Garber Zara Mahamat Yacoub, Country Director Chad Executive Vice President/Radio Analysis and Insights at Katz Program Services Upendra Aryal, Acting Executive Director, DBI/Equal Access Nepal Radio Group Abdoul Kader Mamane Idi, Country Director Niger Waseem Mahmood, Director General, Hausa 1 project, Nigeria Tom Gottlieb Media Content: Community Engagement: Irfan Younas, Country Director Pakistan Managing General Partner of Geolo Capital Chat Shows Community Reporters Binita Shrestha, Country Director Yemen Dramas Julie Gupta Leadership Training In addition, Equal Access has a staff of more than 150 individuals Managing Director at Gupta Consulting Education Programs Forums & Meetings worldwide—more than 99% are host country nationals. We also engage PSAs Listening Clubs more than 130 Equal Access trained Community Reporters worldwide and 100% are host country nationals. Print Mobile Theater Documentaries Youth-Directed Engagement Social Media Media Training Equal Access International Offices

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