Annual Report 2015 Annual Report 2015 SUMMARY

LETTER OF THE PRESIDENT...... 3

1 INTRODUCTION...... 4 2 GOVERNING BODIES...... 6 3 EMPLOYEES AND COLALBORATORS...... 7 4 PROJECTS...... 8 5 OTHER ACTIVITIES...... 26 76 FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND MAIN EXPENSES...... 29 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA

2 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 1 LETTER OF THE PRESIDENT

t is with pleasure and honour that I can choosing the right equipment and installing it. present to our readers this Annual Report Therefore we accompany communities in their which intends to illustrate the activities path to have their own radio. that World Family of Radio Maria Africa Of course we continued our efforts to train Africans INgo carried out in 2015. During the past two and increase their skills in the radio industry. In years we experienced a change in quantity and 2015 in particular we had courses in management quality of our activities: we are engaged in more and in promotion and fund raising which were projects with a larger number of partners, both attended by 23 people coming from 15 different within the continent and externally. In fact for the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. first time we have been asked to cooperate with Finally last year we started a prosperous a radio in Lebanon, Radio Voix de la Charité. collaboration with the academic world: with Such request is a recognition of the seriousness Archbishop James University College in Songea, of our work with regard to the service of the poor a constituent of St. Augustine University of by assisting no-profit Tanzania (SAUT), Faculty of Journalism and Mass radios and organizations Communication, we started a seminar course in dealing with social Peace Journalism. It was a pilot project which was communication. received with such enthusiasm that for the following Even the variety of our year the college transformed it in a real course, activities is now wider. If part of the curriculum in Journalism. At the same we started as a provider time other institutes in Cameroon and Rwanda of training and capacity expressed their desire to have the same course building courses, now in their countries and 2016 will be the year for SENEN MPONDA we assist radios to plan implementation. We believe that communication WFRM AFRICA PRESIDENT their technical structure is a powerful tool to develop people: in the panorama of media, the radio is the one with the Communication is highest number of low and medium income users. Especially no-profit radios work close to the poorest a powerful tool of in Africa offering information and knowledge that development and radio help them grow and leave behind their condition of poverty. Supporting that kind of media is our is the media with the mission, and in this Annual Report you can find a highest number of low glance of our efforts in the year 2015.

and medium income users Senen Mponda President of World Family of Radio Maria Africa

3 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA 2 INTRODUCTION

orld Family of Radio Maria WF Africa, in collaboration with its world- Africa is a non-governmental wide partner World Family of Radio Maria, organization born in Tanzania cooperates in particular with Radios Maria on the 30th of October 2008, in Africa in order to help them become a Wregistered under the Non-Governmental remarkable and transformative instrument in Organizations Act n.24 of 2002. Registration the broadcasting sector in Africa. number: 00002617 Our organization follows criteria of transparency in managing funds which are This is our Vision and Mission: received in form of donations. To grant the highest level of accountability and ︶VISION transparency towards its stakeholders every To have in Africa an excellent level of year World Family of Radio Maria Africa’s communication in order to be capable financial statemens are submitted to an audit to spread peace, love, brotherhood and certification by an indipendent company. and all those values that make all Even for the year 2015 the auditing firm was peoples of the continent as one Claritas International, which for the third family. consecutive year gave its unquilified opinion. During the year 2015 WF Africa received ︶MISSION a total of 1.715.875,57 Usd, and spent To support radio broadcasting 1.430.798.00 Usd. 94% of such amount was activities in Africa with the purpose used for the projects and activities carried out, of developing skills, technology while only 6% was used for the running costs and professionalism for an integral of the organization. development of the human being. During the course of 2015 two important events occurred. In March we organized a continental conference in Dar es Salaam, World Family of Radio Maria Africa NGO inviting rapresentatives of all our partners in (WF Africa) is an organization that works Africa. It was attended by 51 people from 20 for the advancement of communications in African countries and it marked an important Africa, providing a wide range of services benchmark in the development of our partners to radios, especially in capacities building, becouse the discussed topics concerned the way preparation and diffusion of programs which in which radios can increase their sustainability. aims at spreading human values like peace, This is in fact one of the main concerns of our love and solidarity, networking with civil society partners and some of them are already in a organizations, private and public companies reamarkable situation. Radios with which we for improving the world of communication in have started working years ago like the ones in Africa. Tanzania, in Togo, in Rwanda and Burundi

4 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA INTRODUCTION ANNUAL REPORT 2015 are already in position to cover the totality of years where all our partners gather and meet their running costs through the fruits of their Associations coming from the five continents. fund raising. Other partners are about to join In this edition of the conference we had the this group, and we assist them to develop their honour to be received by His Holiness Pope strategies to increase their local donations. Francis in Vatican City. His Holiness addressed In october World Family of Radio Maria the assembly of Radio Maria giving words Africa representatives took part to the Radio of appreciation for the work done and of Maria world conference held in Italy. It is encouragement to keep on going towards the an appointment which happens every three least and the poorest in the world.

I invite you to persevere in your commitment, which has become a true mission, with fidelity to the Gospel and to the Magisterium of the Church, and to listen to the society and to persons, especially the poorest and most marginalized, in order to be for all your listeners a point of reference and of support. In fact, by spreading the Gospel and devotion to Jesus’ Mother and promoting love of the Church and of prayer, you offer a valid “channel” to hear beautiful reflections, to learn to pray, to deepen reflection on the contents of the faith, which build and enlarge the horizons. In this way, the Radio becomes a means that does not just communicate an ensemble of news, ideas of music without a leading thread, which could only seek to distract and perhaps amuse, but becomes a means of the first order to transmit hope, that true hope that derives from the salvation brought by the Lord Christ, and to offer good company to so many persons in need of it... always keep present that you give something great and unique: Christian hope, which is much more than simple spiritual consolation, because it is founded on the power of the Resurrection, witnessed with faith and works of charity. (From Pope Francis’ speech to World Family of Radio Maria Onlus during private audience in Vatican City on 29th October 2015)

5 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA 3 GOVERNING BODIES

Members of WF Africa are 5, and they are all volunteers: • Senen Edmund Mponda • Emanuele Ferrario • Vittorio Viccardi • Paolo Taffuri • Jean Paul Kayihura

Board Members: • Chairman: Senen Mponda • Tresurer: Paolo Taffuri • Secretary: Jean Paul Kayihura They were elected during the General Assembly held in Dar es Salaam on 19th of September 2015 for three years. As Board Members they are volunteers and they don’t receive any allowances for seating in this organ, not even during the Board meetings.

Executive Committee: • Senen Mponda, President of WF Africa • Paolo Taffuri, Coordinator of WF Africa This is the organ which assures the daily management of the organization.

6 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 4 EMPLOYEES AND COLLABORATORS

At the end of the year 2015 the operative personnel of WF Africa were 3: • Coordinator: Paolo Taffuri, volunteer from Italy • Administrator: Anitha Mushi, employee • Fund Raising officer: Sylvie Kayombo, employee

Among the permanent staff there are 3 guards employed by WF Africa: • Mustapha Ally Njegeka • Thomas Daud Kivunja • Lucas Yohana Mapunda

In January 2015 Mrs Sylvie Kayombo was employed as fund raising officer in order to assist our partners in Africa to improve and develop their fund raising strategies and activities. All these staff members are in Tanzania, working in WF Africa headquarter in Ursino St, Dar es Salaam. Our collaborators instead are resident outside Tanzania and work in specific projects in different African countries. Collaborator for African Technicians for African Radios project: Walter Pimego, Uganda Collaborators in Radio Frequency Technical Support project: Alberto Santarelli, Italy Henry Gooding, Sierra Leone / André Makoka, Congo Zacarias José Mabui, Mozambique / Emanuele Cacciatore, Congo DR Collaborator in Editorial Project: Charles Mutabaruka, Uganda

To plan the training activities and design the courses offered WF Africa formed a special committee composed of five members, two directly involved in WF Africa, and three as representatives of the partners. This committee called FARM meets physically on annual basis and via teleconference when needed. The members are: • Paolo Taffuri, Coordinator of WF Africa • Charles Mutabaruka, Collaborator of WF Africa • Bernardin Rutwaza, President of Radio Maria Rwanda • Desiré Bireha, Director of Radio Maria Burundi • Jospeh Kimu, Director of Radio Maria Malawi

They don’t receive any allowance for their participation to such committee, but they do it for their spirit of volunteerism and participation to the mission of the organization.

7 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA 5 PROJECTS

uring the year 2015 WF Africa continued implementing on-going projects, and started ten new projects. DThe projects in which WF Africa is involved are: 1. African Technicians for African Radios

2. Radio Frequency Technical Support

3. Editorial Project

4. A New Broadcasting Experience in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

5. Network Renovation for Minorities Inclusion (Togo)

6. Realization of New Broadcasting Station in Cameroun

7. A voice of Peace in West Africa (Republic of Guinea)

8. A voice of Peace in Madagascar

9. Training Support to African Students in Italy.

10. Peace Journalism. Training Journalists to Contribute to Spread Peace Through Media (Tanzania)

11. Start-up of a Broadcasting Station in Bangui (Centrafrican Republic)

12. Communication for Development. A Project to Form Communicators (Congo)

13. Antennas of Peace (DRC)

14. Communicating Peace to Make Peace (Cote d’Ivoire)

15. Expansion of a Broadcasting Network (Kenya)

16. Renovation of Radio Voix de la Charité Network (Lebanon)

17. Media and Development. Learning Skills Through Radio Programs (Mozambique)

18. Education is Healthy. Programs for Health and Sanity to Overcome Ebola (Sierra Leone)

19. Studio Upgrading and Network Expansion in Karamoja, Uganda

8 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015

9 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA AFRICAN TECHNICIANS FOR AFRICAN RADIOS This project aims at building capacities and Assistance by remote through internet and/or skills for technicians working in the area of phone conferences has been granted to allow Audio Frequency. Also in 2015 the activities the technicians to access a help desk whenever were done both on the field and by remote. needed. This service, active 6 days a week, has WF Africa collaborator Walter Pimego, contributed to improve the quality of radio a professional Audio Frequency engineer programs. from Kampala, Uganda, is engaged in this A new radio automation system was installed project. In 2015 he visited, Liberia, Rwanda, in Ambositra, Madagascar and the technicians Cameroun, Tanzania, Centrafrican Republic, and operators were appropriately trained. Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Madagascar. During his visits he trained technicians and Results in 2015: studio operators in the use of radio automation • Help desk operative 6 days per week software, maintenance of studio equipment, • 17 radios using regularly radio automation and procedures for correct operations. • 8 technicians trained

10 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNICAL SUPPORT Objectives of this project is to widen networks Togo, Uganda) use a satellite link provided by and improve technical skills of local technicians WF Africa through IGP, a company based in who grant professional use and maintenance of USA which runs the geostatic satellite SES- radio equipment. Partners of this project are 4 (a 22°W). Through this service and the use World Family of Radio Maria and SISTEL in of down link devices, those radios have the Italy, and beneficiaries 19 radios in Africa. possibility to reach a wider number of listeners especially in rural areas. WF Africa carries out three main activities: In Dar es Salaam the radio frequency • Provision of satellite service laboratory is at the service of no-profit radios • Technical assistance and maintenance which need their equipment repaired. of transmitting stations • Laboratory for testing equipment and Results: training technicians • 8 radios provided with satellite service A total of 8 radios (Burundi, Congo DR, • 20 transmission stations in proper Malawi, Mozambique, two in Tanzania, function

11 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA EDITORIAL PROJECT The quality and professionalism of our partners collaboration with Institute Catholic de Kabgayi is what we care most. Since 2013 we started a in Rwanda, the faculty of Journalism and Mass project which aims at supporting the editorial Communication. Training on the job was teams in 19 no-profit radios in Africa. It is a provided to 7 radios in Mozambique, Rwanda, combination of residential courses for editorial Centrafrican Republic, Uganda, Tanzania personnel and coaching sessions performed by and Zambia by our collaborator Charles a journalist with a long experience in no-profit Mutabaruka, trainer and coach in this project. radios. In the year 2015 training course was held in Results: Rwanda: it was attended by 11 radio journalists • 11 journalists trained in a residential course from 7 different countries. It was done in • Coaching sessions in 7 countries A NEW BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA This project aimed at activating a new radio in also that part of the country. Such realization will Equatorial Guinee. After starting broadcasting be completed in the course of 2016. at the end of 2014 in Malabo, the capital city located in the island part of the country, Results: authorities and citizens in Bata, the second city • Radio Maria Guinea Equatorial in the country located in the main land requested broadcasting in Malabo for the same radio. Therefore we studied how to • Trained technical staff expand Radio Maria Guinea Equatoriale to cover • Radio Automation installation NETWORK RENOVATION FOR MINORITY GROUPS INCLUSION

Radio Maria Togo, established in 1997, has knowledge in their own local language but also its headquarter in the capital city Lomé and 3 to be integrated in a national communication substations in Kpalimé, Dapaong and Kara. media, and as a consequence with the rest of the The substations produce programs in local population in the country. languages. The purpose of having different The network needed some renovation, substations using different languages is to be therefore technical intervention by specialized closer to different ethnic groups with different professionals was delivered and new equipment languages. Through the substations, the listeners to upgrade the system was donated and have the possibility to receive information and installed.

12 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Results: of the art equipment • Network renovated with new ELENOS • Educational programs broadcasted in 4 ETG1000 transmitters. different local languages • Three studios upgraded with state

13 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA REALIZATION OF NEW BROADCASTING STATION IN CAMEROUN AND NATIONAL NETWORK

In cooperation with World Family of Radio construction of a national headquarter in the Maria Onlus (Italy), the Episcopal Conference capital city, to which other stations and point of Cameroun and Université Catholique of transmissions will be connected. d’Afrique Centrale this project aims at In 2015 we started building the new constituting a radio network which will cover headquarter in Yaoundé, which will be most of the country. The first phase of the completed in 2016. project, completed in 2014, saw the opening of a small station in Yaoundé, in connection with another existing station in Edea. Results: They are the first two components in a • Radio operating in Yaoundé from network of stations which will serve different a temporary studio ethnic groups in Cameroun, each one with its • Construction of the new headquarter own language. The second phase will see the started

14 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 A VOICE OF PEACE IN WEST AFRICA (REPUBLIC OF GUINEA) The Republic of Guinea is a country in West affected terribly this country. Africa which was affected by Ebola in the past If in 2014 WF Africa donated to Radio Voix years. Together with World Family of Radio de la Paix technical material for the studio Maria Onlus and the Archdiocese of Conakry, and provided technicians for the installation, WF Africa has contributed to the installation while in 2015 the personnel in charge of the of a new radio in the capital city whose radio were trained before the inauguration purpose is socio-educative. It is Radio Voix de of the radio which in fact was in December la Paix, a project requested by the Archbishop 2015. of Conakry who thought that through radio broadcasting it is possible to educate people Results: to the values of peace, solidarity, global • Radio Voix de la Paix started citizenship, and support the development operations in December 2015. process in the country. A particular focus • Trained President and Editorial will be given to health related issues as Ebola director A VOICE OF PEACE IN EAST AFRICA (MADAGASCAR) This project is in cooperation with the WF Africa provided equipment and technical Diocese of Ambositra and consists in the training to Editorial staff and the Managing diffusion of radio programs aiming at Director. informing and forming listeners at the values Radio Maria Madagascar started its of peace, solidarity and harmony, without operations in April 2015. forgetting integral development of humans. Ambositra is a rural area where family have Results: low income. The radio aims at providing • Radio started operations in April 2015 educational programs which can improve the • 5 staff were trained (President, life of the poor especially fostering small scale Director, Coordinator, Promoter, entrepreneurship. Editorial Manager) TRAINING SUPPORT TO AFRICAN STUDENTS IN ITALY WF Africa supports education of African religious education. Such course consists also students in Italy, in particular religious people in a practical apostolic activities in convents who are in Spoleto. It is a project started and parishes. in 2014 for three years, which will allow 3 Results: 3 students fully supported in students to complete their course of studies in their boarding expenses for one year.

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16 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 PEACE JOURNALISM. TRAINING JOURNALISTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPREAD PEACE THROUGH MEDIA

In cooperation with Archbishop James in a real course that students in journalism University College in Songea, a constituent in Songea have to follow to get their degree. of St. Augustine University Tanzania The course is composed of both front classes (SAUT), Faculty of Journalism and Mass and practical work. In particular students Communication and Radio Maria Tanzania, produced in 2015 radio programs aired by we activated seminaries in Peace Journalism, Radio Maria Tanzania weekly, a blog, and a course specifically designed to train a video documentary about the past conflict journalists to spread peace through media. In between Tanzania and Malawi about the fact media can play key role in disseminating ownership of Lake Malawi/Nyassa. positive and constructive values and in the conflicts resolution process in society. It is a Results in 2015: three years project (2015-2017) which intent • 7 students formed, to form 45 students. The first year was the • 14 programs aired in Radio Maria, pilot experience, with 7 students. In 2016 • http://peacejournalismtz.blogspot.com/ already the seminary has been transformed • 1 Video documentary

START-UP OF A NO-PROFIT RADIO STATION IN BANGUI (CENTRAFRICAN REPUBLIC)

In Centrafrican Republic WF Africa was whose consequences are evident, as Centrafrica requested to participate in a project wanted by is the least developed countries in the world, the Episcopal Conference aimed at starting a number 186 in the Human Development Index radio which from the capital city Bangui can list. WF Africa supported with equipment and reach a population spread in a vast territory. technical know-how. The staff were trained and In particular this station was to be serving the radio started on 22nd November, in time the population in occasion of the visit of His for the Pope’s visit, with positive response by Holiness Pope Francis to Bangui in November the citizens of Bangui. 2015, and aims at disseminating peace and brotherhood in a country which experienced Results: a recent civil war and is affected by persistent • Radio station opened in Bangui lack of infrastructures and modern economy • 5 editorial staff trained

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COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT. A PROJECT TO FORM COMMUNICATORS (CONGO)

In the Republic of Congo we have been improves the quality of sound and the reception supporting Radio Maria to form and train of the signal. Our technical staff installed it and personnel and volunteers for their professional gave a training to the local personnel. performance as radio broadcaster. In order to boost the quality of their programs we Results: contributed with some technical equipment • State of the art radio studio both for their studio and for their network which • Improved reception of the signal

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19 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA ANTENNAS OF PEACE (DRC) In the Democratic Republic of Congo, authority (Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et WF Africa has started a cooperation with des Télécomunications du Congo) the necessary Association of Radio Maria Congo DR for its licenses to operate in those areas. WF Africa expansion requested by the several Bishops. intends to support such development with In fact the same Association has already it provision of technical equipment, professional stations in Kinshasa, Kananga and Bukavu. training and coaching. At the end of the project Such configuration is due to the presence of the radio will broadcast in 9 regions covering several languages in the country. Representatives approximately 20 million people, which will be of other regions requested the presence of able to listen to programs aimed at boosting the same radio as a sign of unification and peace, human promotion and civic education. integration of a population spread in a very huge country. Such areas are Lubumbashi, Results in 2015: Kisangani, Matadi, Bandundu, Goma, • Provision of technical equipment for Mbandaka. The local Association has already network expansion obtained from the national communication • 6 journalists and 3 technicians trained

COMMUNICATING PEACE TO MAKE PEACE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

This objective of this project is to boost peace especially the youths. WF Africa provided in a country which experienced a recent civil some technical equipment to improve the war. An integrated set of activities both on quality of the sound in particular during air and on the field are to be implemented programs done on the field. to let listeners know about themes like reconciliation, human and civil rights, justice, protection of the vulnerable, equity. Results: Our partner is Association of Radio Maria • 30 hours programs in favour of women Côte d’Ivoire, which established a no-profit and to prevent HIV radio in Yamoussoukro in 2011. Their team • Trained 4 staff in dealing organizing was formed to work in this project involving and implementing events with youths

20 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015

EXPANSION OF A BROADCASTING NETWORK IN KENYA This project in collaboration with Association of to establish the new sub studio of Radio Radio Maria Kenya and Diocese of Nyeri aims Maria Kenya. Our contribution is in technical at expanding Radio Maria network to cover equipment, installation and training. The new Nyeri Diocese, as per request by its Bishop. The station will be in operation in 2016. project consists in installing a new station in that city with both a studio and a transmission point. Result in 2015: Diocese of Nyeri gave the use of a building • Installation of broadcasting equipment

21 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA RENOVATION OF RADIO VOIX DE LA CHARITÉ NETWORK (LEBANON)

In 2015 we received for the first time a request neighbouring countries in the Middle East find from a non-African country: Lebanon. Radio refuge. Voix de la Charité, a no-profit radio run by the WF Africa contributed to renovate their studio Maronite Church in Jounieh. This radio is very and improve the quality of their signal to reach active in the field of peace and reconciliation, more people. human rights and human promotion in a country which experienced a cruel war in the Result: past decades and where now several people from Radio Voix del Charité studio renovated

22 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT. LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH RADIO PROGRAMS (MOZAMBIQUE) This project has the objective to provide execution of the training, which was given by education through radio programs to a wide Charles Mutabaruka, editorial trainer and coach portion of the Mozambican population in the to a team of 12 people journalist and studio south of the country. In fact our partner Radio operators. Maria Mozambique covers an area of 166.802 Km² with a population of 3,9 million. Results: WF Africa assisted with technical equipment • Renovated studio equipment for the studio, and financial support for the • Trained 12 editorial staff

23 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA EDUCATION IS HEALTHY. PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH AND SANITATION TO PREVENT AND OVERCOME EBOLA (SIERRA LEONE)

Sierra Leone is one of the countries in which relevant information for their work. With this Ebola virus provoked the highest number of project WF Africa intends to assist the local cases (14.122) and deaths (3.955). Radio Maria partner in continuing the educational work both Sierra Leone played an important role both in by providing technical equipment and financial information and education in a period in which assistance. In fact as the economy of the country people were invited not to leave their homes. Thus was affected by the outbreak, even the radio itself the radio was one of the means to receive news needed contribution to keep on broadcasting. and information on how to behave during the outbreak. In particular Radio Maria Sierra Leone Results: assisted the teams in charge of burying deceased Radio programs to assist population people to avoid spreading the virus, by providing to fight the Ebola outbreak STUDIO IMPROVEMENT AND NETWORK EXPANSION IN KARAMOJA, UGANDA

Karamoja is the most remote area in Uganda, equipment. It will serve also as a training centre for where people still live almost exclusively of journalists, radio operators and technicians, and livestock and pastoralism and tribal conflict are still media managers. With our collaboration, as our common. The Bishop of Moroto, the capital city organization has a long experience in professional of Karamoja, requested to have in his Diocese a training in radio broadcasting in several African Radio Maria substation in order to broadcast those countries, courses will be organized and programs for peace and development that such implemented to improve skills of Ugandan citizens radio already disseminates in 9 regions in Uganda. interested in radio, not excluding people from Association of Radio Maria constructed the neighbouring countries. Peace journalism, social building where the studio is accommodated, WF and human promotion, capacity building, local Africa provided the equipment for the studio. and international information, and advancement At headquarter in Kampala the project intends of culture are some of the topics that Radio Maria to renovate and improve the studio both with already treats in its programs, and which will be expansion of the building and state of the art strengthen once the programs will be prepared

24 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA PROJECTS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 and aired in the capital city. In fact this will allow Results in 2015: participation of qualified experts from Universities Construction and installation of studio and and other national institutions, thus improving and network expansion in Moroto. multiplying programs of that kind.

25 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA 6 OTHER ACTIVITIES

esides the project described above, WF in Africa. Training is the first activity that our Africa is involved in activities which organization got involved in, and it is still one of intend to raise awareness on topics the most effective. Also in 2015 we continued to of particular interest for no-profit train people and to disseminate knowledge both by Bmedia world and provide knowledge and skills direct meetings with our partners and by constant to personnel and volunteers engaged in radios communication and remote contacts with them. CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE On 20th and 21st March 2015 we had a Participants were 51. The Conference was opened Conference with all our partners. Representatives by the former Auxiliary Bishop in Dar es Salaam of 20 radios in Africa came to Dar es Salaam to and current bishop in Mtwara Mons. Titus Joseph discuss methods of fund raising and strategies to Mdoe, and it was closed by Mons. Francisco become financially self-sufficient. Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio in Tanzania.

26 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA OTHER ACTIVITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2015

TRAINING COURSES AT WORLD FAMILY AFRICA TRAINING CENTRE IN DAR ES SALAAM Training and capacity building is one of the most and Administrative procedures, two in Promotion important activities of World Family of Radio and Fund Raising. Maria Africa and the main reason behind her The courses were held at World Family of Radio formation. Even in 2015 we organized courses for Maria Africa Training Centre and were attended personnel of no-profit radios from all over Africa. by 23 people from 15 African countries, both We had four 10-day-courses, two in Accounting Anglophone and Francophone.

27 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO RADIO MARIA TANZANIA WF Africa and Association of Radio Maria interventions of Alberto Santarelli) assisted Company Limited (RM Tanzania) continued their RM Tanzania in installing and upgrading of technical cooperation which started in 2009. The equipment. Such interventions aim at improving cooperation consist of two activities: performance of network, and at searching • Use of equipment which in some cases the radio solutions that grant sustainability in Africa. may need The new technician of Radio Maria Tanzania • Technical support by WF technical task force underwent a training on the job delivered by our WF Africa technical task force (with several expert from Italy.

HOSTING WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS During the year 2015 WF Africa training centre • SOMA hosted some workshops, seminars and retreats • St Bakhita Christian Community organized by other organizations like: • Radio Maria Tanzania • Community of Saint Egidio • Slow Food Tanzania • Muda Africa All those initiatives were in the spirit of • Nafasi Art Space volunteerism to empower members of Tanzanian • Neo Catecumenato organizations to improve their life and the life of • Opus Dei their beneficiaries.

28 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA ONLUS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 7 FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND MAIN EXPENSES

F Africa main donor is World from WFRM Onlus for 1.002.132,10 Usd, Family of Radio Maria Onlus from Fundación Amigos de Radio Maria in Italy. The two organizations 615.075,90 Usd, while local collections were share the same vision and 4.593,00 Usd. Wmission, and they are partners in many activities On the side of the expenses the WF Africa that have radio as object of development in spent for projects and activities a total amount Africa. In 2015 also a foundation from Spain, of 1.346.912,00 Usd, which constitute 94% of linked to Spanish Radio Maria, sent a donation the total expenses. 83.886,00 Usd was spent to contribute to some of our projects. for the organization running costs, which During 2015 WF Africa received donations corresponds to 6% of the total budget.

29 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA INCOMES 2015

SOURCES OF INCOMES 2015 USD PERCENTAGE Opening balance 2015 94.0744.75 5,97% Local fund raising activities 4.593,00 0,03% Donations from WFRM Onlus 1.002.132,10 58% Donations from Fundación Amigos de Radio Maria 615.075,90 36% TOTAL 1.715.875,57 100%

Opening balance 2015 Local fund raising activities Donations from WFRM Onlus Donations from Fundación Amigos de Radio Maria

5,97% 0,03%

36%

58%

30 WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA AFRICA FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND MAIN EXPENSES ANNUAL REPORT 2015 EXPENSES 2015

EXPENSES 2015 USD PERCENTAGE Running costs 83.886,00 6% Projects and activities 1.346.912,00 94% TOTAL 1.430.798.00 100%

Running costs Projects and activities

94%

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