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CARE AUSTRALIA – ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 CARE AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT CARE AUSTRALIA OUR VISION Our vision, mission and core values 2 We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has About CARE been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE will be a 3 global force and partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated The year at a glance 4 to ending poverty. We will be known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. Chair’s message 5 Chief Executive’s message 6 OUR MISSION WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED CARE’s mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, Our strategic direction 7 resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are Looking ahead – Millennium advocates for global responsibility. Development Goals after 2015 9 We facilitate lasting change by: Why CARE focuses on women and girls 10 strengthening capacity for self-help providing economic opportunity Where we work 11 delivering relief in emergencies Our approach 13 influencing policy decisions at all levels Long-term solutions to poverty and injustice 15 addressing discrimination in all its forms. Fighting poverty and injustice around the world Guided by the aspirations of local communities, we pursue our mission 17 with both excellence and compassion because the people whom we serve Our response to emergencies 19 deserve nothing less. Our response to climate change 21 OUR CORE VALUES HOW WE WORK We respect and value diversity. Education, campaigns and advocacy 23 We respect, value and seek to enhance local capacities. Our staff 25 We value and support gender equality and women’s empowerment. Our governance 27 We recognise and value the professionalism, skills and experience of our staff, and their contribution to institutional learning and development. Our supporters and donors 29 We value CARE’s dynamism, adaptability and resilience. CARE Australia’s Board and Advisory Council 31 We value the support of our donors and program partners. We value the operational freedom which stems from being a not-for- FINANCIAL REPORT profit Australian agency which is independent of any religious or political affiliations and which does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, Financial overview 32 ethnicity, age, religion or political affiliation. Summary of financial report 34 Financial statements 35 Seab and her husband have increased their rice production with support from CARE in Cambodia. ©Josh Estey/CARE. COVER IMAGE: ©Tom Greenwood/CARE ABOUT CARE 3 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE 4 ABOUT CARE THE YEAR AT A GLANCE CARE INTERNATIONAL OUR WORK CARE Australia holds full accreditation status with AusAID, the Australian Government’s overseas aid CARE is an international humanitarian aid CARE works with communities to address the agency and was reviewed and re-accredited for organisation fighting global poverty, with a underlying causes of poverty, helping empower a further five years last financial year. Achieving ED W special focus on working with women and girls K them to increase their income, improve health and accreditation involves a rigorous review of R IT to bring lasting change to their communities. O H education services, raise agricultural production, CARE’s systems and capacities. It reflected the As a non-religious and non-political organisation, W — build appropriate water supply and sanitation Government’s confidence in CARE Australia’s CARE works with communities to help overcome 95% systems, and address child malnutrition. Our work professionalism, accountability and effectiveness. — poverty by supporting development and providing is performed in cooperation with local partner emergency relief where it is needed most. organisations and government agencies. OF CARE STAFF CARE was founded in the USA in 1945. Initially Because poverty disproportionately impacts FEEDBACK are nationals OF THE COUNTRY an acronym for ‘Cooperative for American women and girls, CARE is particularly focused on THEY WORK IN Remittances to Europe’, CARE sent food aid and gender equality. We know that supporting women We welcome feedback on this report basic supplies in the form of ‘CARE packages’ to and girls, ensuring their voices are heard and or our operations and conduct. Please 2.58M PEOPLE post-war Europe. As the economies of the war- helping to remove barriers that hold them back, send any feedback to Greg Brown, affected nations recovered, focus soon shifted from across 24 countries is the best way to bring lasting change to poor Company Secretary, CARE Australia, Europe to the challenges of the developing world. communities. GPO Box 2014, Canberra 2601. Today, CARE is a confederation comprised of OF OUR LONG-TERM 14 national members - Australia, Austria, Canada, FUNDING Complaints relating to a breach of the ACFID Code of conduct by an ACFID PROGRAMS Denmark, France, Germany-Luxembourg, India, We rely on the generous support of the Australian T focus on Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Thailand, the H S public to fund our work. We build on this support member can be made to the ACFID T 90% R UK and the USA – forming one of the world’s by attracting additional funds from institutional Code of Conduct Committee via C largest independent, international emergency O E donors such as AusAID and the United Nations. www.acfid.asn.au/code-of-conduct/ U J womenandgirls relief and development assistance organisations. G O complaints H 1 8 4 P R The national agencies operate independently ACCOUNTABILITY AND while benefiting entire communities but cooperate closely in the field and work ACCREDITATION For donor support please call together under the CARE International Board and 1800 020 046 or email [email protected] Secretariat, based in Geneva. As a confederation, To ensure accountability and transparency, it is critical for CARE to be at the leading edge CARE Australia retains management and from both a programmatic and organisational contractual responsibility for the projects we wE SpokE perspective. CARE is working towards the undertake. We are an active member of the CARE International – RESPONDED directly to over achievement of Vision 2020 which sees CARE as Australian Council for International Development a global leader in working towards the elimination (ACFID) and ensure that ACFID Code of Conduct refers to the entire CARE International of poverty by having greater interdependence and training is offered to all staff; and internal organisation consisting of 14 92,000 collaboration across all of our operations. procedures and reporting guidelines adhere to confederate members working under current regulatory and legislative requirements. to AustrAliAns a global secretariat, and 72 country 13 CARE AUSTRALIA We uphold the highest standards of practice, offices where local staff and partners ABoUt GloBAl povERty CARE Australia was established in 1987 by former as demonstrated by our commitment to the: EMERGENCIES Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser, AC, ACFID Code of Conduct work to deliver programs with poor CH. CARE Australia grew through the 1990s and Code of Conduct for the International communities. developed a reputation for delivering timely and Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent effective disaster assistance and development Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief programs to those in need. CARE Australia – refers to Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Today, CARE Australia undertakes activities in Standards CARE’s operations in Australia and the six Country Offices we manage, as well 24 countries in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and People in Aid Code of Good Practice THANK YOU Africa, as well as responding to humanitarian as programs and emergency responses of every Fundraising Institute of Australia’s Principles emergencies. We manage six of CARE supported by Australian funding. 86 dollar spent International’s Country Offices – Vietnam, Laos, & Standards of Fundraising Practice. CENtS to our11,599 Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Myanmar - as well as the Vanuatu Project Office. WENT TO OUR PROGRAMS REGULAR DONORS CARBON In 2012, CARE Australia was recognised for the second year in a row as a finalist in the revenue greater than $30m category in the PwC Transparency Awards for the quality and transparency of our reporting. EMISSIONS down by7% CHAIR’S MESSAGE 5 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S MESSAGE 6 CHAIR’S MESSAGE CHIEF EXECUTIVE’s MESSAGE Despite these challenges, women have proven time I have also recently visited CARE’s bilingual education and time again that they are able to lift their families program in Cambodia, which started a decade ago out of poverty if given the opportunity to do so. I am in six village schools in Ratanakiri. Schools have proud that CARE’s projects in Cambodia and around been built and school books have been supplied to the world are supporting women like Phuong to students, but what is impressive about this program learn new skills, access clean water and food close to is not just the infrastructure. CARE’s program has led home and break down barriers that hold them back. to a major reform of Cambodia’s education policy Australia, one of the wealthiest countries in the and is now assisting implementation of bilingual world, can afford to meet the humanitarian and education across five provinces. Indigenous children development needs of the poorest, who are so are going to school for the first time and learning in often women and girls. As well as saving lives and their own language as well as Khmer, the national helping some of the 1.3 billion people living in language. There are very high levels of illiteracy in extreme poverty, aid also fosters economic growth the region, and school drop out amongst ethnic and enhances our region’s security. The centre of minority children is being addressed by providing gravity of the world’s economy is shifting to Asia.