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Dear Friends, Breakthrough continues to work towards our vision of building a global culture where human rights values form the bedrock of all societies, a world where we all learn to view one another as human beings – all entitled to live with basic dignity. made major We strides towards that vision in 2006 in both India and the United States. In committedIndia, our and tiny, highly versatile education team of four built the capacity of more than a thousand community based t workers, HIV-positive people, and nonproﬁ

leaders to become human rights change agents.Armed with newfound knowledge rights,about women’s gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS, these Breakthrough-trained leaders facilitated workshops, conducted street and theater, provided legal counseling which directly touched the lives of more than 26,000 people across Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. are particularlyWe proud of the next generation of leaders we developed through the RightsAdvocates e 32 young people who graduatedProgram. fromprogram Breakthrough’s in 2006 have emerged as tireless and energetic catalysts for change who are challenging gender stereotypes, encouraging healthy sexual behavior and transforming centuries-old bias and discrimination against women. In the United States, Breakthrough has emerged as a leader in the use of new media and technologies to promote brought human national rights.We attention to the plight of immigrants who are being ected by detention and deportationrst aff person storieslaws byand recording disseminating fi them built partnerships Googlesites.We widely Yahoo and withthrough the now ubiquitousYouTube, hundreds of groups around the country to reframe the public dialogue around immigration to demand due process and fairness for all residents, citizens and non-citizens alike. are buildingWe strong and vibrant partnerships in both our countries of operation to create a synergistic, ect to achieve humanmultiplier rights eff for all. Our media is being increasingly watched, referenced and utilized to reach new andort youngerto transform audiences attitudes in anand eff change practices and ict andbehaviors promote peace. to reduce confl Breakthrough believes that you do not need to directly experience discrimination and violence to un- derstand how they undermine our shared aspirations towards economic empowerment, environmental sustainability or politicalAll ofstability. us need to become advocates for change if we are to build a world of abundance, peace, and economic prosperity. So once again, thank you for being those Breakthrough agents of change and joining us in building a human rights culture. FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE THE FROM 2 REPORT ANNUAL

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India and the United States, 2006 Breakthrough continues to identify innovative and culturally relevant ways to place human rights in the public domain. WHO WE ARE WE WHO

Breakthrough builds human rights across continents

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Breakthrough’s innovative and comprehensive Education Program advances human rights INDIA: EDUCATION values by taking an intersectional approach to Sunita, gender and sexuality, with an emphasis on Aurangabad Network of Positive People reducing violence against women and HIV/ AIDS. In addition to the Rights Advocates Who can I tell in my family? 2006 initiative and Training of Trainers Program, Who can I tell that I am sick? Who can I tell about this disease? Breakthrough conducts general workshops with If I tell anyone, I will be ostracized. Breakthrough Trained diverse constituencies in New Delhi and in That’s why I keep silent. 1,450 the three states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and I cannot change my situation. Because I have to work everyday. Trainers Trained Uttar Pradesh. Then I have to care for

My house and children. 26,400 Breakthrough has been able to achieve a greater I have to take care of their studies. impact by focusing on these three states reaching Because I am all alone. My husband destroyed my life. ANNUAL REPORT out to youth, community based groups, refugees, I didn’t know anything 4 educators, networks of positive people and About this disease. professional and neighborhood groups. In 2006, I was naïve To the ways of the world. the education team promoted women’s human He ruined my life. rights by fostering partnerships (see below) by Threw it into the garbage. directly training 2,450 human rights educators But why ruin the children’s lives? who in turn reached over 29,300 more individuals. I want them to continue studying. As long as I live I will educate them. This is my decision. Districts covered Lucknow, Allahabad, PARTNERS Akbarpur Rajasthan Aadarsh Shikha Districts covered Samiti-Salumber Aurangabad, Pune Uttar Pradesh DAV P.G College Jan Shikshan Kendra, Maharashtra Disha Munna Lal Degree College, Aurangabad Network Tehreek of Positive People Uttar Pradesh Network Network of Maharashtra of Positive People Positive People building human rights culture 10/10/2007 5:38:18 PM New Delhi Asharay Adhikar Abhiyaan Charkha (UNIFEM Project) Daulat Ram College Don Bosco Ashalayam Gargi College Institute of Home Economics Jamia Millia Islamia University Janaki Devi Memorial College Kamla Nehru College Lady Shri Ram College NAZ Foundation Sheila, Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh Dalit women in India grapple with discrimination on multiple fronts - caste hierarchy and untouchability, economic deprivation and religious, gender and political After participatingbias. in a trainingBreakthrough on Sheila new broke ground rights by Akbarpur, in women’s rst Dalit woman from her community to becoming the fi le a police report against an upper caste man who had fi e police eld. killed herwhen goat, it wandered into his fi dismissed her complaint and the man gave Sheila minimal empowered compensation to keep her quiet. However, by her Sheilatraining, Breakthrough mobilized women in her community to sit outside his house demanding fair nally emerged victorious and the compensation. Sheila fi experience strengthened the ofresolve the women involved to continue to stand up against discrimination and protect their rights. promote human rights in their communities. rightsrights inin theirtheir communities.communities. promotepromote humanhuman members to membersmembers toto communitycommunity community reachedreached overover 26,40026,400 reached over 26,400 Positive People Trainers Collective individuals who then individualsindividuals whowho thenthen CARDTS Network DEEDS Karnataka Network of Karnataka State Mahila Samakhya Mangalore University Myrada Nagarika Seva Trust Karnataka Trainers

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2006 BT_annual_3.indd 6 building human rights culture 10/10/2007 5:43:35 PM Training being conducted by Urvashi Gandhi Information stall at Saharaganj Mall, Lucknow THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION on Awareness HIV/AIDS Guide A Resource Advocates Rights schools, to is distributed that HIV/AIDS on manual guide is a peer facilitator is resource Rights Breakthrough’s organizations. community and service providers direct colleges, sessions, facilitate to manual this using ectively been eﬀ have Lucknow and in Delhi Advocates HIV/AIDS and sexuality ofissues gender, around communicate to ability their improving peers. their with HIV/AIDS Handbook in two developed HIV/AIDS on information basic with useis handbook is easy to an on information gives format, access easy to in an is tool, English. and Hindi languages: many addressing to in addition treatment, and testing prevention, ofmodes transmission, of numbers, helpline a reference also contains e handbook HIV/AIDS. surrounding myths have of books hand Many these HIV/AIDS. on movies links and web books, pertinent and orts. eﬀ outreach as of part Breakthrough’s been distributed HUMAN RIGHTS

Guide on HIV/AIDS Awareness A Resource Street theater at Sangam Vihar, New Delhi I had never ever thought I would need a condom. I used to feel shy and thought it was bad to talk about it openly. But after the training program, I understood that I need to use it for protecting I alsomyself fromdid HIV. a condom demonstration for my hostel friends to give them the information on condom use and HIV/AIDS withoute Breakthrough feeling training embarrassed. on human rights, gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS prevention really helped me get rid of my shyness and opened up my mind. Since hishas Javed training, become an active participant of the street theatre activities in has He Delhi. also taken part in panel discussions at other colleges in Pradesh. Uttar Voices from the ground his through program Advocates Rights in the participated Javed a male, and a minority As in Delhi. Millia Islamia Jamia college of barriers the break to be feasible would it think not did Javed gender. and religion LIVING BT_annual_3.indd 7

15 10/10/2007 5:43:52 PM . . played per played day in 6 spots More than 1,000More VCDs total ofaudience 2 million Impact Increased awareness about condom use and empowered women to negotiate safer sex thereby increasing collaboration between women and men to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Promoted community involvement in reducing vulnerabilities of adolescent girls, including risks such as early marriage, violence and vulnerability to HIV. ective educational toolsProvided to eﬀ encourage responsible, rights-based and gender sensitive public policies and to create enabling environments for positive people. of the campaign. UNITED NATIONS days prime time slots on primaryA month-long channels. ve districts outdoor campaign was launched in all ﬁ encouraging men to wear ads Print condoms. were released in the local languages with help line numbers reaching a were were distributed to local Radiogroups. spots were All on played India Radio in all districts for the All the audioBreakthrough and video products were translated into local languages and released through TV localchannels. Dissemination e campaign led by CHARCA) ( What Kind of Man Are You? What Kind of Man Are You? What Kind of Man are You? Breakthrough trainers. Create public awareness of social health issues such as HIV/AIDS rights; and and,women’s Build the capacity of community and government entities to better address and educate their respective communities utilizing materials from the

Breakthrough’s multimedia campaign on women women on campaign multimedia Breakthrough’s in viewers 70 million HIV/AIDS reached and 2006. in 2005 and India across languages eight and silver won You? Are of Man Kind What Advertising Indian the at medals bronze Public in the Awards Association Agencies Category. Advertising Service Political and

Launch events which helped spotlight the issue of wom- vulnerabilityen’s to HIV/AIDS, were coordinated in 5 cials. districts with the involvement of government offi project - a three year coordinated eff projectort -to areduce three the year coordinated eff vulnerability of young women in India to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV—was a dynamic partnership between government, NGOs, donors, and theUNESCO, joint UN System UNDP, (ILO, UNIFEM, UNODC, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, and UNAIDS). Breakthrough partnered with CHARCA to broaden awareness about vegender states and HIV/AIDS in fi around utilizing the country, the award winning multimedia campaign, campaign, along with our educational materials, brought into sharp focus the vulnerability of married women to HIV/AIDS, which furthered CHARCA’s two goals: e Coordinated HIV/AIDS Response through Capacity Building andAwareness HUMAN RIGHTS WITH THE INDIA: EDUCATION INDIA: 8 REPORT ANNUAL

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Bellary - Launch event on June12, 2006. Partners Yuva Natya Manch-Sakhi Kendra Partners Award Myrada Pragati Sewa Sansthan Centre for Rural Development Lok Smriti Sewa Sansthan Dalit Maha Sabha Gramin Mahila Kalyan Sansthan Kerala Cultural Association Sharmik Bharati Vahini Social Development and Management Society Socio Education and Economic Sanskar Development Sakhi Kendra Mother Teresa Trust Krishi Avam Saishik Sansthan Mahila Samakhya Karnataka Bellary AIDS Prevention Society Zilla Panchayat

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Rajasthan Partners Volunteers for Community Health (VOLCOMH) Udaipur - Launch event on June 14, 2006. Agape Home De-addiction Centre Positive Network of Mizoram Partners Department of Information and Public Relations Seva Mandir Community Health Action Network (CHAN) Lok Vikas Samiti Mizoram State AIDS Control Society AMI Sanstha ZoNet Cable Network Jan Chetna Sanstha LPS Cable Network Vanvasi Vikas Sanstha New Life Home Society Rajasthan Grameen Vikas Sanstha Zora Taxi Drivers Association (ZTDA) Uthan Sanstha Caroline Zila Saksharta Samiti Kalyani Samagri Vikas Parishad

BT_annual_3.indd 9 10/10/2007 5:43:57 PM 10/10/2007 5:44:18 PM (L. to R.) Jury Members Ira BhaskarU. Radhakrishnan & Shohini Ghosh, of the Alika FFSI Khosla,& Sufi Singer, Rabbi Shergill - New Delhi The Festival screens fi lms that promote The Festival screens fi Film is one of the many mediums that Breakthrough Breakthrough that mediums of is one many Film the social issues. global important to voice give utilizes to featuring , Festival Film Continental Tri Breakthrough’s the from cinema rights human contemporary nest fi the 20 showcasing in 2006, India to returned South, global lms. fi critically-acclaimed and award-winning singer Sufi in Delhi, of Festival the inauguration the At importance the about powerfully Rabbi Shergill spoke Festival the is year, world. in today’s of rights human and lmmakers fi veteran a jury by including was curated Arjun Kanwar, Amar including lm scholars fi Ghosh Rituparno Bhaskar, Ira Bali, Chandramohan Film Best for Award e Jury Ghosh. Shohini and exposé a startling Deception, of Mass Weapons to went military war the accompanied that of war media the e jury also announced of 9/11. aftermath in the which , Sister Tears More of No mention a special activist of rights life dynamic human the recreated of was iranagama Lanka, who Sri Rajani Dr. ve. of age the thirty-fi at assassinated the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. It began in Argentina equality and freedom. It began in Argentina FRAMES in 2002 with the Movimiento de Documentalistas, inin 20022002 withwith thethe MovimientoMovimiento dede Documentalistas,Documentalistas,

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Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan SANCHARRAM Directed by Ligy Pullapally Two women in rural Kerala in southern India fall in love with each other.

THE TAKE Directed by Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein Addresses the globalization debate and provides an insiders view on ordinary visionaries as they reclaim their work, their dignity and democracy.

THIRST Sancharram Directed by Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow ree struggles in the US, India and Bolivia led by people who are saying No to the privatization of water.

SISTERS IN LAW Directed by Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi A look at the workings of the law in a small courtroom in Cameroon Sisters in Law where perpetrators of domestic violence are served justice.

REBEL MUSIC AMERICAS Directed by Malcolm Guy & Marie Boti Music becomes a popular, dynamic and passionate tool The West Bank Story of resistance across the Americas.

WEST BANK STORY Directed by Ari Sandel A short musical love story about David, an Israeli soldier, and Fatima, a Palestinian cashier, in the midst of the conﬂ ict in West Asia.

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(L. to R.) Audience-Delhi Inauguration, Sohini and Ira, Suhasini Maniratnam speaks at the Chennai Inauguration, Audience-Delhi Inauguration.

“To get a message across to the youth, speak in a language that they love! This is the belief fostered by Breakthrough, the Delhi-based NGO that aims at educating the youth, on issues like domestic violence and HIV/AIDS, using popular culture, multimedia and educative material.” -Sunday Herald, Bangalore, February 5, 2006

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tion, detentions and deportations, poverty, and violence and discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, and sexuality.This historic gathering was co-sponsored by more than 70 organizations. The Forum was an example of the power of bringing together communities across various issues and identities through a human rights lens. - Women in - American - The Astraea - National Latina - Breakthrough held a La Bruja - Families for Freedom DJ Spooky Nasry Malak Rights at Work along with the - Amnesty International USA USA International Amnesty - Islam and CAIR NY Indian Law Alliance Roger Bonair Agard Human Rights Network Blackout Arts Collective Kent Lebstock - American Mallika Dutt Joo-Hyun Kang Lesbian Foundation for Justice Mary Beth Maxwell The Riverside Inspirational Choir Institute for Reproductive Health Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. Jr. Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes Silvia Henriquez Speakers and Performers Ajamu Baraka - The United States Rabbi Michael Feinburg - Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition New York Labor-Religion Coalition

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Mission and Social Justice of The Riverside Church human rights forum at the Nave ofThe Riverside Church on September 14, 006.The forum featured human rights leaders, activists and performers, and drew a diverse audience of over 600. It highlighted many human rights challenges facing the United States today including the death penalty and incarcera- Breakthrough HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USA: DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN DOMESTIC USA: 12 REPORT ANNUAL

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Website: unique visitors visitors unique Susan and Ansar 10/10/2007 5:52:58 PM 2006 President William J. Clinton with Mallika Dutt Mallika Dutt with Salman Ahmad at CGI USA the immigration reframe To Commitment: policies how fair to demonstrate debate t all rights beneﬁ can human respect that an will launch Breakthrough Americans. education and multi-media innovative in September Families Value called campaign towards hostility and fear lessen to 2006, dialogue that public create and immigrants policies. fair immigration to leads GLOBAL INITIATIVE COMMITMENTS CLINTON work wasBreakthrough’s recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006 for commitments to two of its issue tracks in global health and mitigation of religious and To reduce the twin pandemic the twin pandemic reduce To Commitment: and of HIV/AIDS issues health public will women. Breakthrough violence against HIV/ and women about knowledge increase behavior and attitudes transform AIDS and education and of training trainers through multi- a new three-year with programs initiative education and campaign media 2007. in February be launched to INDIA -President Clinton on the immigration debate during CGI presentation CGI during debate immigration the on Clinton -President , , a non-partisan catalyst for action, brings together a community is is a very very big issue for our country and indeed the entire world. BREAKTHROUGH

of global leaders and intellectuals to formulate and apply solutionsthe to challenges that the world facesThe today. challenges that receive particular attention include energy and climate change, global health, poverty alleviation, and the mitigation of religious and ethnic conflicts. ethnic conﬂ ict. On Septemberethnic 20, 2006, conﬂ Mallika Dutt was singled out with a presentation by President ClintonWilliam J. during the event’s opening plenary. CGI USA: CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE GLOBAL CLINTON USA: 16 REPORT ANNUAL 2006 BT_annual_3.indd 16 HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

Setting Priorities for Human Rights Communications in the U.S.

Breakthrough convened a daylong meeting on June 28, 2006 to address communications Advocacy Partnership strategies on human rights in the United States. Approximately 40 Breakthrough and the Detention Watch people and organizations, Network (DWN) collaborated in the summer representing human rights of 2006 on a Press Conference to promote activists, funders and communication professionals, awareness on the current state of detention in attended to address the following two objectives: the U.S. when Congress convened for its Fall season. In collaboration with other primary To develop a communications process to DWN members, such as CAIR, Rights “mainstream” the core idea that the U.S. Working Group, Hate Free Zone, and should be accountable to human rights Families for Freedom, Breakthrough took standards domestically. the lead in press outreach and ﬁ lming the

President William J. Clinton with Mallika Dutt testimonies and discussion that followed. To identify priority steps to be taken and Many mainstream and alternative media critical needs that must be met to strengthen outlets covered the press conference. 17 the capacity of human rights organizations to ANNUAL REPORT use communications strategies effectively.

Workshops and Presentations 20 More than workshops in the Breakthrough has made major in-roads into In addition, New York area EDUCATION RIGHTS HUMAN USA: schools and organizations, resulting in many Breakthrough ongoing partnerships with institutions and with co-sponsored Reached over 2006 community groups around human rights in the and participated 1,550 U.S. with a focus on immigrant rights and in a number of individuals detentions and deportations. Institutions that events in 2006 we have conducted trainings in include: including The World Policy Institute’s Ask Me No Questions: Security and Somers High School, Westchester County, NY Immigrant Families Post- 9/11; Center for Urban Assembly Media High School, NYC Women’s Global Leadership’s Claiming Our Latin American Integration Center Rights, Defending Our Future: 16 Years of 16 Days of Activism; The Culture Project’s Speak New York Immigration Coalition Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark; Cornell University – Prison Activist and presented at Detention Watch Network’s Coalition, the Immigrant Rights Coalition, Annual Conference’s session titled Social Media Latino Living Center & Emerging Technologies: Innovative Tools for Global Youth Action Network Social Change.

BT_annual_3.indd 17 10/10/2007 5:53:44 PM BREAKTHROUGH IMPACT

Breakthrough’s intersectional approach to education and advocacy was highlighted by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership report Strengthening Resistance, which cited the success of the What Kind of Man Are You? campaign. RECOGNITION During its relatively short life span, Breakthrough, an India - and U.S. - based international human rights organization, had already demonstrated an ability to translate com- plex human rights issues into popular media-based message formats that had captured the attention and imagination of millions of people across South Asia and beyond.

Scenes from the video shoot of Maati -Strengthening Resistance, Center for Women’s Global Leadership

BREAKTHROUGH IMPACT Special Mention 2006 e video for Mann Ke Manjeeré Fun Fact was chosen by a select team of 20 breakthrough Breakthrough’s animation, America San Francisco area women TV Rocks!, (part of the Value Families fi lmmakers at LUNAFEST, animation series) made its television a fi lm festival that showcases debut in 2006 on the Independent Film Channel’s clever dynamic fi lms by and for women in the 06/07 show Media Shorts Uploaded. e series showcases the best season. e video was shown to an audience of and most popular short fi lms and fi lmmakers on the web. about 10,000 people and received rave reviews. IFC is the fi rst channel entirely dedi- ANNUAL cated to presenting independent fi lm, REPORT Special mention was made of 18 unedited and commercially uninterrupted 24 hours a day. Breakthrough’s innovative use of media to address issues such as America domestic violence as a successful Rocks! strategy in the 2006 study on all forms of violence on women commissioned by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the 61st session of the General Assembly on Advancement of Women.

Multimedia & Dissemination

rough our many media products, Breakthrough reached e online distribution of Breakthrough media millions people across India and the U.S. In addition to products were in full swing in 2006 and included sites direct outreach, Breakthrough relied on a network of such as Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Myspace, Daily partnerships with national and community organizations Motion, amongst others. to broaden its outreach. e Values Families animation series has reached Breakthrough’s240,000 educational materials unique totaling 34,000 visitorsover 7,500 audiences annually on these sites. copies, including curriculum, music video and animations were directly distributed to schools, colleges, NGOs and e Why Can’t America Have Human Rights? other relevant institutions. In turn, this network has used Forum including Breakthrough’s original music Breakthrough materials in their own work in the ﬁ eld video has been popular with over 7,200 views. thus reaching thousands more. www.breakthrough.tv

BT_annual_3.indd 18 10/10/2007 5:56:26 PM CELEBRATING HUMAN RIGHTS A BENEFIT FOR BREAKTHROUGH

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? - Eleanor Roosevelt Breakthrough hosted its annual anchor of PBS’s Wide Angle, B gala at the Puck Building, Friday Daljit Dhaliwal. Actress Pooja November 10, 2006. e event Kumar served as MC of the raised over $350,000 to support evening, hosting keynote speaker Breakthrough’s cutting-edge John Sykes, President of Network programs in the United States Development at MTV Networks. and India. e live auction was conducted by Sandhya Jain Patel of Christie’s, is includes Breakthrough’s and well-known comedian, Dean C 19 recent campaign Value Families Obeidallah, performed a stand-up ANNUAL REPORT on immigration and Is is Justice? routine. e evening’s program America Rocks! which addresses the stigma and concluded with a dance perform- discrimination faced by HIV ance by the winner of this year’s positive women in India. Bhangra Blowout, Columbia University. Breakthrough is More than 300 guests attended the indebted to the wonderful friends D gala, including legendary soul and and supporters who came out to funk star Asha Puthli, and the celebrate human rights. 2006

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G GALA BENEFIT

A Keynote Speaker John Sykes B Sunil Munshani, Jaswant Lalwani, Madhav Dhar C Columbia University Bhangra team D Mallika Dutt and John Sykes E Diane Scanlon, Josef Asteinza, Baijayant “Jay” Panda, Camille Massey F Dean Obeidallah G Daljit Dhaliwal, Patricia Dhar, Mallika Dutt H Sandhya Jain Patel, Pooja Kumar, Mallika Dutt

BT_annual_3.indd 19 10/10/2007 6:18:51 PM BREAKTHROUGH SUPPORTERS 2006

MAJOR FUNDERS

SUPPORTERS e David and Barbara GTZ (German Technical OXFAM/NOVIB United Kingdom B. Hirschhorn Cooperation) Starry Night Fund of the Department For Foundation, Inc. e Libra Foundation Tides Foundation International EMpower Royal Netherlands Embassy Unitarian Universal Development (DFID) e Ford Foundation Newman’s Own Foundation Holdeen India United Nations Jacob & Hilda Blaustein Open Society Institute Program (UUHIP) Development Fund for Foundation e Overbrook Foundation Women (UNIFEM)

2006 BENEFIT SUPPORTING CIRCLES

Patricia & Gilder Foundation Mona and Ravi Sinha Diane Dwyer Scanlon Madhav Dhar Le Boeuf Lamb Green Amy Jedlicka & Sophie Black Jimena Martinez & & McRae, LLP Sylvia Pedder & Uma MuthuVlahoplus Michael Hirschhorn e Options Group Ajay Khanna & John Vlahoplus Citibank Elizabeth & Craig Payal Saha & Anil Bathwal DiMaio Ahmad Capital Phillips (Ptarmigan Joanne Sandler & Fairﬁ eld Greenwich Group Capital, LLC) Ray Tekosky

ANNUAL BENEFIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPORT 20 Patricia & Payal & Rajiv Chaudhri Anuradha & Romita Shetty & Madhav Dhar (Chairs) Madhu Goel Nilesh Navlakha Nasser A. Ahmad Preeta Bansal Gayatri Hingorani Rana Quraishi Mona & Ravi Sinha Srimoyi & Amy Jedlicka Reshma Saujani Uma Muthu Vlahoplus Ashish Kaushal Tina & Sunil Munshani Sumana Setty

BENEFIT SUPPORT IN KIND Marissa Benetsky Rajiv & Payal Chaudhri Abu Jani & Dean Obeidallah Bharany’s Gazala Chinwalla Sandeep Khosla Sandhya Jain Patel Natvar & Janet Bhavsar Christie’s Pooja Kumar Sundaram Tagore Gallery Christy Turlington Burns Trina Dasgupta L.O.K. Realty Corp. Payal Singhal Jo Hook Devi Liora Manné Shobha Elena Brower Lyon Gallery Arts India MTV Pavani agirisa Satya and Beth Ju Jamcyn Org Need Magazine

FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERS PRO BONO UHURU, South Africa Bangalore Film Society St. Joseph’s Arts & Science Jindal South Alliance Francaise College, Bangalore West Foundation India Habitat Center, Delhi Screenings North East Network, Le Boeuf Lamb Green Swayam, West Bengal Ramjas College, Delhi Guwahati & MacRae, LLP Federation of Film Jawaharlal Nehru University, Mt. Carmel College, Bangalroe Mindshare Societies of India Delhi Department of Visual Arts, Ogilvy & Mather Indo-Cine Appreciation National Law School, Bangalore Bangalore University Radio Mirchi Foundation Parivartan, Delhi Mysore Film Society, Mysore NCPA, Jindal Arts Creative Lady Shree Ram College, Delhi Christ College, Bangalore Interaction Center, Indian Institute of Information K C College, Mumbai Mumbai, Bangalore Technology, Hyderabad Elphinstone College, Mumbai

BT_annual_3.indd 20 10/10/2007 6:18:54 PM SUPPORTERS

$50,000 and above John Oakes Alok Sanghvi Anonymous Julie A. Phillips Tamseela Tayyabkhan Mandira Rana Rohini Verma $20,000 and above Pia & Shantanu Roychowdhury Young Moriwaki & Anonymous e Sister Fund Greenfader LLP Laurel & Cliﬀ Asness Ravi Trehan Ritankar Pal Kashif & Sujatha Zafar $300 and above BENEFIT SUPPORTING CIRCLES Ritu Ahuja $10,000 and above $500 and above Stephanie Anzivino Patricia & Gilder Foundation Mona and Ravi Sinha Diane Dwyer Scanlon Madhav Dhar Le Boeuf Lamb Green Amy Jedlicka & Sophie Black Ram Sundaram & Margaret Abraham Bunty Bohra Jimena Martinez & & McRae, LLP Sylvia Pedder & Uma MuthuVlahoplus Preethi Krishna Reza Ali Sandra A. Borgman Michael Hirschhorn e Options Group Ajay Khanna & John Vlahoplus Mari & Ashwin Vasan Gary & Elizabeth Anderson Gillian Caldwell Citibank Elizabeth & Craig Payal Saha & Anil Bathwal DiMaio Ahmad Capital Phillips (Ptarmigan Joanne Sandler & Marie Bitetti Peter Caldwell Fairﬁ eld Greenwich Group Capital, LLC) Ray Tekosky $5,000 and above Cyril Moulle-Berteaux Carter Ledyard & Milburn, LLP Kuljinder Chase Zoher & Tesness Ghogawala Wing Sung Chan Viram Foundation Ami Jain Teresa Clarke Seema & Somesh Khanna Madhu Goel 21 Patricia & Payal & Rajiv Chaudhri Anuradha & Romita Shetty & Madhumita Hosali ANNUAL Madhav Dhar (Chairs) Madhu Goel Nilesh Navlakha Nasser A. Ahmad $1,000 and above Kavita & Vivek Khanna REPORT Preeta Bansal Gayatri Hingorani Rana Quraishi Mona & Ravi Sinha Sadhana B. Downs Nandita & Vivek Khanna Amita Kalra Srimoyi & Amy Jedlicka Reshma Saujani Uma Muthu Vlahoplus Amar Duggal Sharon Kinney Jaishri Kapoor Ashish Kaushal Tina & Sunil Munshani Sumana Setty Goldman Sachs & Co. e Lukaj Foundation Sid & Susan Khanna John Hall Yik K. Lok Antoinette & Johnson & Johnson Esther Yan Lok Raymond Maloney Mira Kamdar Diviya & Alex Magaro Poppe & Bhouraskar, LLP Doug MacLennan & Liora Manné Anupama Ramakrishman

Monica Malhotra Reena & Sanjay Mithal Hilary S. Richards 2006 Mark & Anla Cheung Vijay K. & Malini Nambiar Sumana Setty Kingdon Foundation Nilesh & Anuradha Navlakha Marc McMorris Chitra Raghavan Gopal Menon Sumit Roy & Reemah Sen

WHAT CAN I DO? SUPPORTERS

SUPPORT PARTICIPATE DONATE Spread the word. Tell your Sign up for Breakthrough’s Support Breakthrough friends and family about newsletter, campaigns by donating money, Breakthrough and the and events. time and skills. work it does. www.breakthrough.tv

BT_annual_3.indd 21 10/10/2007 6:19:15 PM MALLIKA DUTT Executive Director

Urvashi Gandhi Sunita Menon Program Coordinator Program Manager - Education And Training Anuja Ghosalkar Vani Periodi INDIA Program Coordinator Program Manager Sonali Khan Rajinder Singh Rawat

STAFF AND BOARD Director of Communications Office Assistant Alika Khosla Chhavi Sachdev Associate Director Program Coordinator Pushkar Kirola Priyanka Sarkar Accountant Program Coordinator

2006 Bindu Madhavi Monitoring And Evaluation

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Abhijeet Chatterjee Sangita Jindal Bishakha Datta Arun Kapur Sanjeev Duggal Benu Kumar

ADVISORY BOARD Micky Bhatia Gaurav Mazumdar Rahul Bose Shantanu Moitra ANNUAL Anjali Gopalan Pankaj Pachauri REPORT Indira Jaising Prasoon Pandey 22 FORMER STAFF Mario D’Penha

Madhuri Mohindar Louis Spitzer Program Coordinator Technology Communications Director Sandy Shin Crissy Spivey USA Program Coordinator Program Coordinator Marc Sokol Deputy Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nasser A. Ahmad Michael Hirschhorn Geoffrey H. Coll L. Camille Massey Patricia Dhar Diane Dwyer Scanlon Tula Goenka Dr. Shashi Tharoor

ADVISORY BOARD Salman Ahmad DJ Rekha Priya Bery Mary Robinson Bill Bragin Joanne Sandler Gillian Caldwell Dr. Arvind Singhal Alan Jenkins Mona Sinha Sarah Jones Kathy Sreedhar Mira Nair Dorothy Q. Thomas Lakshmi Pratury Shyama Venkateswar

FORMER STAFF Carly Fox Farah Malik Ellen Luo Jessica Rucell

BT_annual_3.indd 22 10/10/2007 6:19:23 PM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Urvashi Gandhi Sunita Menon Program Coordinator Program Manager - Education And Training Revenue Anuja Ghosalkar Vani Periodi Program Coordinator Program Manager INDIA Foundation/UN Grants 426,862 Sonali Khan Rajinder Singh Rawat Investment Income 4,667 Director of Communications Office Assistant Royalties 1,838 Other Income 638 Alika Khosla Chhavi Sachdev Associate Director Program Coordinator 2006 * Pushkar Kirola Priyanka Sarkar $434,005 Accountant Program Coordinator Bindu Madhavi Monitoring And Evaluation Expenses

369,556 Program 54,083 Administrative

$423,639 2006

23 ANNUAL REPORT *Does not include $38,000 in pro-bono services. All ﬁ gures in US dollars.

Revenue

USA Foundation 419,736 Special Event Income* 250,664 In-kind Contribution 29,525 Investment Income 3,253 2006 Other Income 2,036 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL $705,214

Expenses

497,683 Program 91,821 Administrative 54,483 Fundraising

$643,987 2006

*Net income from beneﬁ t gala 2006.

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