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03 With the children for a future worth living 10 Concrete help Kindernothilfe: Identity, goals, support Our work in 30 countries
04 We listen to children 12 Projects abroad Report of the board of directors Examples from six countries
07 It is now official: children can complain to the UN 18 Financial report UNHCR approves Optional Protocol to the Convention on Consolidated total balance of the association and foundation the Rights of the Child 20 Global aid 08 Horn of Africa Countries, projects, children Humanitarian aid today and yesterday
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Bank für Kirche und Publisher: Diakonie eG – KD-Bank Stadtsparkasse Duisburg Kindernothilfe e.V. Translation: Kevin O’Byrne Düsseldorfer Landstraße 180 Account: 45 45 40 Account: 201 004 488 47249 Duisburg, Deutschland Print: Knipp GmbH Sort code: 350 601 90 Sort code: 350 500 00 IBAN: DE92 3506 0190 0000 4545 40 Telephone: 00 49.203.7789-0 BIC: GENODED1DKD In order to make this publication Fax: 00 49.203.7789-118 smoother to read, no distinction has been made between the With consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Info-Service: 00 49.203.7789-111 feminine and masculine forms of nouns. In all cases, however, E-mail: [email protected] women as well as men are referred to. Donation Seal of Quality Editors: Gunhild Aiyub (Editor in Chief), Kindernothilfe handles donations in a trustworthy Guido Oßwald (Financial report) manner. Every year since 1992 this has been officially PricewaterhouseCoopers confirmed by the Seal of Quality for charitable Design: Ralf Krämer Transparency Prize 2010 organisations awarded by the German Central Kindernothilfe was awarded Institute for Social issues (DZI). This certifies its finan- Front page first prize cial responsibility and statutory use of donations photo: Jacob Studnar IDENTITY AND GOALS > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Page 03 With the Children for a Future worth living Our origin Kindernothilfe began its work in 1959 with five sponsored children in In- dia. Today we reach and support 779,540 children and youngsters in 30 countries on four continents. 90 per cent of the association’s funds are provided by around 100,000 donors. As a Christian child aid organisation, we are a member of the Diaconical Work of the Evangelical Church in Rhineland and we see our work as part of the global ecumenical develop- ment co-operation.
The Help we offer The help we offer begins with basic needs: food, medical care, integration in a community and education in a wider sense. The projects are based on long-term planning and work to improve living conditions in a sustaina- ble manner. Hence, we support children through sponsorships which al- low for long-term aid and are therefore an effective form of support. Be- cause through these, children are supported in their own environment, and an entire village can develop or a slum district can change. Help for Jakob Studnar Jakob self-help overcomes dependence and strengthens self-responsibility. Foto: Foto:
Our Partners Kindernothilfe itself is not the holder of projects abroad but works on the basis of co-operation contracts with local, generally Christian organisa- tions. The 283 partners are responsible for managing the work of the pro- jects. The partners and projects are obliged to submit budgets and plans for the year, as well as an annual report and a financial report approved by an independent auditor. In addition, regular visits are paid to the part- ners and projects in order to backstop progress, to assess and evaluate the work done and to check the use of funds through financial audits.
The Goals we follow Together with children and youngsters who live in poverty, we work to-
wards a future free of destitution, violence or abuse. Boys and girls need KNH-Partner
protection and support. But they also have their own ideas and plans on Foto: how to overcome deprivation and poverty. That is why their participation is essential. We work towards strengthening the self-esteem of children on their way to leading independent lives. The UN-Convention on the Rights of the Child serves as the basis of our work – the focus of our work being children at risk: street children, working children, child soldiers, aids orphans, sexually abused and exploited children, and those who suf- fer exclusion because of various disabilities. In Germany we are actively involved in national and international campaigns and alliances to achieve the global implementation of child rights. Our information and teaching material aims at informing the public at large about the situation of young people in developing countries and enabling them to take devel- opment political measures. Lennart Wallrich
You will find detailed information about our work on our homepage Foto: http://en.kindernothilfe.org/ Page 04 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 We listen to children Children have the right to be heard and to be actors of their own lives. This sentence was in a preamble added
to Kindernothilfe’s statutes in 2011. Disaster relief for the Horn of Africa, protection of children in project work
as well as the implementation of ecological child rights were some of the focuses of our work in 2011.
Preamble to statutes: “We involve children in motivation in the fight against poverty, our partner organisations were held in India programmes and projects as well as in particularly among children, to the imple- in co-operation with the Karl-Kübel Trust, and Kindernothilfe’s public awareness work and mentation of Children’s Rights in our work at also in Malawi. The working team drew up a we listen to them.” This is written in the home and abroad. To show this connection proposal on how all our partners could preamble which was passed by a clear clearly, the above mentioned preamble was continue training in the field of child majority at the members’ meeting on 14 May prefixed to the statutes. The placing of protection. In accordance with an agreement 2011. Since its registration in the register of children at the centre by Jesus as stated in reached at the Duisburg headquarters associations in January 1961, Kindernothilfe the bible is reflected in the spirit of the UN between management, staff representatives has been working with statutes which, in the Convention for the Rights of the Child in that and human resources management, all staff course of time, have needed to be adapted to children should be involved in all matters members were obliged to submit a certificate the changes in the association’s programmes that affect them. “Listening to children” of good conduct ( as per par. 30a of German and in the association itself. The basic opens up a dialogue with them. Right from law on records) by 1 October 2011. Without statement of the statutes, however, has the start, young people are seen as bearers of exception, all members of the staff complied remained the same, i.e. to awaken charity rights and are to be taken seriously. Their with this within the stipulated time. and responsibility for children and youth in potential is boosted by their participation. The child protection concept is to be passed need. Since 2004/2005 the different fields of This means that children, despite their bitter by the board of directors and the board of work have oriented to a common strategic need, are no longer seen as victims but are trustees in 2012. It will constitute the basis framework which clearly defines the com- encouraged to be the actors of their own for the content and form of our work and will plexity of the work as well as the inner lives and in the community they live in. set procedural guidelines for prevention as coherence of fundamental values, mission, well as for concrete case management. vision, and guidelines. The revised strategy Protection of the child: As a child aid and The sexual abuse of children is a brutal framework was signed on 20 May 2011 in a child rights’ organisation we are committed violation of children and their rights. Kinder- common declaration by all Kindernothilfe to the protection of children. Since 2011 a nothilfe’s ambassador Natalia Wörner and organisations (associations and trusts in working team with four groups headed by Kai Rose, member of the board of trustees, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Swit- Jörg Lichtenberg, who is particularly qualified found drastic examples of child abuse during zerland) at their annual conference in Vienna. in this field, has been working intensively on their visit of our partner Ripples Interna- The main focus of the revision was to connect this issue. Three in-house information tional in Kenya. The actress appeared in a the message of the gospel as mission and sessions took place and training courses for “donation marathon” in the German TV pro-
Kindernothilfe and their partners let children have their say. Foto: Kindernothilfe-Partner Foto: Page 05 gramme “RTL – Wir helfen Kindern (We help a decision was taken by the board of trustees In April 2011 a group comprising of staff from children)” as sponsor of Ripples shelter for in November 2011 to also start work in the inland and overseas departments abused and seriously traumatised children. Somalia. As early as 2009, Kindernothilfe had travelled to Ethiopia to work out ways to Ripples will use the donations to build a new already made enquires about the possibility present and report SHGs (self-help-groups) shelter. of supporting projects in Somaliland. Since to our sponsors and donors. Based on their 2011 we have been supporting a network of experience there, we are now in the position Complaints procedure: A new complaints organisations who are combatting the to convey to donors and sponsors in a more procedure passed by the UN assembly genital mutilation of girls. Hence, a general varied and lively fashion the effects the work on 19 December 2011 represents a great decision for this region, though project- of self-help-groups is having on the lives of step forward for children. For many years based already existed. After Dietmar Roller’s children through background stories of those our public awareness department and mission as consultant on disaster relief in the involved as well as photos and films. Getting particularly Kindernothilfe’s child rights Horn of Africa, long-term work started in to know more about self-help-groups expert Barbara Dünnweller worked with Mogadishu and in the north of the country. was also the purpose of a “South-South” great persistence and determination to The board of directors entrusted Wiebke exchange between representatives of our achieve this goal. Many organisations Weinandt with the co-ordination of relief for partner organisations from Rwanda and wanted this measure to be passed by the the drought which, besides Somalia, also Haiti. Those from Haiti first visited Rwanda to UN but few were as committed in pushing included Kenya and Ethiopia. get to know the successful work which has for it as Kindernothilfe. This was a splendid During the weeks in which the famine was been going on there for many years and to success to finish the year with. International the centre of media attention, Kindernothilfe examine the feasibility of transferring the ratification comes next, but also here, things received 9.2m Euros in donations and concept to Haiti. This was followed by a visit look very positive as 20 states signed it at co-finance. The money is being used for of Rwandan experts to Haiti resulting in SHG the beginning of 2012. emergency relief, but also for long-term work being now set up in Haiti. improvement of living conditions and water A further journey, suggested by USAID and Country strategy and programme work: The supply. 2.8m Euros had been spent by 31 this time to Kenya, was made by members of country strategy papers drawn up for the December 2011. The remaining amount is the board of trustees and KNH foundation to individual countries set out clear criteria for strictly budgeted for the continuation of the visit a HIV/Aids project co-financed by them the programme work which gradually places work. in order to become familiar with USAID as co- projects based on children’s rights in the financer and to get to know the partner foreground. The following “pilot” countries Visits to projects: As in previous years, structure in the country. were chosen to introduce and evaluate this members of staff, particularly from the approach: Malawi, South Africa, Chile, programme and project department, met up Ecological child rights: “Every child has the Guatemala, Indonesia and the Philippines. with partners and project holders to examine right to a clean environment, so that they can In the year under review we supported a the progress of work and to deal with live a healthy life and develop positive total of 983 projects in 30 countries. After the questions, challenges and problems as well prospects for their futures”. The upholding of decision was taken in 2010 to take on work in as to check finances, agree on and evaluate this right was Kindernothilfe’s focus theme Zimbabwe, the first projects already started goals and also to enquire about the impacts in 2010/2011. In our main office a working there, e.g. for children affected by HIV/Aids or of the project work. Four journeys in 2011, group organised events and in-house who are victims of abuse and violence. however, stand out as being new because of initiatives around this theme, e.g. cycling to Because of the drought in the Horn of Africa, their purpose and the people who travelled: work. How ecological child rights can be
Kindernothilfe’s ambassador Nathalie Wörner visits the Ripples shelter in Kenya for “the donation marathon” on German TV channel RTL. Foto: Frank Rothe Frank Foto: Page 06 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS > ANNUAL REPORT 2011
conveyed in a clear logical manner and at the campaign reached a new record number of Finances: The overwhelming willingness to same time be emotionally touching for a 6,200 children. donate for disaster relief in the Horn of Africa large audience was demonstrated by the did not have any negative effects on the Wise Guys during a concert at the Church Personnel: The large numbers of job appli- lasting and continuous support for our long- Convention in Dresden. The concert was cations received show that Kindernothilfe term projects world-wide. Total donations organised in co-operation with “Plant-for- is well known and highly appreciated among were 61,563,000 Euros. That is 20% more the-Planet”, an initiative by Felix Finkbeiner. the German public. In fact, our strategic aims than the target for 2011 and 19% less than the The well-visited Kindernothilfe stall at the include achieving the highest possible level results for 2010, which were particularly high Church Convention was also dedicated to of satisfaction at the work place and because of donations for Haiti and Pakistan. this theme. increasing the family friendliness of There were increases in bequests as well as Kindernothilfe as an employer. Our three co-financing from the BMZ, the Foreign Voluntary work: The work of Kindernothilfe’s apprentices successfully completed their Ministry and the EU. Co-financing increased friends and working groups in around 50 training in 2011 and were given employment by 11% compared to the previous year and towns and regions in Germany sharpens the in accordance with Section 14 of German accounted for 5.9% of total income. As in image and profile of our work and thus Employment Law ( Teilzeit- und Befristungs- previous years donations accounted for the reaches large numbers of people across gesetz, TzBfG). Two were given regular greater part of income i.e. 90%. This reflects Germany. The wide variety of campaigns employment and one was given employment the great trust of people in our work. We are organised by these receive back-up support until he finds a permanent job. In the year therefore grateful for this and see it as a from the staff at the main office and under review we signed two new training great responsibility. That is why we will increases name recognition and awareness contracts. One was for an employee in the IT- continue “to listen to children.” We feel close of our work. Local and regional conferences communication field and based on the to the word of Jesus who said of God "From such as that of the North German working framework of dual studies. The other was in the lips of children and infants you have groups in Glücksburg on 30 April – 1 May the office communication field. Regarding ordained praise." He has his ear to the heart 2011 boost the exchange of ideas and give our in-house further-education programme of children. He hears what they say or great scope for members to learn from each in the year under review, 33 internal and 47 stammer, cry out in their need or when they other. In the year under review we were external training courses took place, all with are silent. He opens our ears so that we can particularly successful in targeting students. a very high attendance. A particular high- hear what children say. We take part in their Here we could promote awareness of light was the seminar on brand-defining lives and are there for them, we go with development work in accordance with our communication. The participants drew up a them to find ways out of poverty and statutes. This included the successful youth manual which can now be used by all violence. This remains our duty until the campaign “Act Positive” with a tour of the employees. hope for justice and peace has been fulfilled South African drama group “Youth for There was also a change in the board of for all children. Christ” who gave 15 performances of the directors. After Dietmar Roller left on 31 May HIV/aids drama “What’s killing us now?” in 2011, the board of trustees appointed eleven schools to an audience of 2,946 Christoph Dehn, a well-proven expert for students. development co-operation, as a new Dr. Jürgen Thiesbonenkamp, The Action!Kidz campaign 2010 finished member of the board on the 25 November Chairman of the board with a spectacular concert in February 2011. 2011. Mr Dehn commenced work on 1 Rolf-Robert Heringer, The Hiphop-Band Culcha Candela and February 2012. In the intervening period the Deputy chairman Action!Kidz sponsor Christina Rau came to board work was carried out by the two Christoph Dehn, the school in Schiffdorf near Bremerhaven, board members Rolf-Robert Heringer and Member of the board for programmes and projects the winner of this year’s award. In 2011 the Dr. Jürgen Thiesbonenkamp. [email protected]
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60 Million Euros Total expenses 50 Spending on project support 40 Spending on work at main office Income development 30
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1959 1969 1979 1989 1999 2011 Foto: LOBBY > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Page 07 Foto: Pascal Amos Rest Pascal Foto: It is now official: children can complain to the UN On 28 February 2012, twenty states placed their signatures on a document of great significance for children’s
rights all across the globe. They were the first to sign the new UN optional protocol on a complaints procedure
for children. This was a milestone in the 12-year commitment of Kindernothilfe to get this agreement through.
Since 1999 Kindernothilfe has been calling for infringements of procedure. By the end of September it was translated into all UN children’s rights to be communicated to the United Nations by the languages and passed on to the various states. children themselves. The pre-condition is: all legal means in the 6-10 December 2010: The UN working group discussed the first draft. child’s home country must have been exhausted without a 10-16 February 2011: A disappointing conclusion to the UN session on rectification of the infringement being reached. In the case of other further negotiations on the individual complaints procedure. Too human rights treaties such as the Convention on the rights of many states tried to water down the text and leave a back-door women, the individual complaints procedure has existed for a long open for themselves. The suggestion to allow additional documents time. The UN committees responsible can make quasi-judicial such as children’s drawings when submitting an individual complaint decisions in cases of rights’ infringements and call on states to make was not supported by the majority. The text which was finally compensation and to make changes in their laws to protect human passed was a compromise. rights. “Children also have the right to make use of such a complaint 17 June 2011: The UN Human Rights Council unanimously passed the communication procedure” emphasises Barbara Dünnweller, draft for the complaints procedure for children. Kindernothilfe’s expert on child rights and the driving force in 19 November 2011: The UN General Assembly also approved the introducing the communication procedure for minors. optional protocol. “A historical decision for children and their rights” In the course of the years Kindernothilfe took other NGOs and said Barbara Dünnweller. human rights groups on board. The first international success was 28 February 2012: 20 states signed the optional protocol at a session achieved in March 2010 when the UN Human Rights Council of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Family minister, Kristina unanimously approved their push for an optional protocol on a Schröder represented Germany at the ceremony. complaint procedure for children. The follow-up steps: One final step is needed to finalise everything; at least 10 states 24 March 2010: The UN Human Rights Council called unanimously must ratify the optional protocol. Then it can take effect. for an individual complaints procedure for children within the UN Kindernothilfe’s work is not yet finished – it will campaign with system. “This is a marvellous success – it confirms that children are other NGOs to get as many states as possible to accept the protocol bearers of rights” said Barbara Dünnweller. “As well as that, it will and to publicise it. put public pressure on countries that violate child rights 5 August 2010: The UN working group for drawing up the optional Gunhild Aiyub, editor protocol on child rights submitted the first draft for the complaints [email protected] Page 08 HUMANITARIAN AID > ANNUAL REPORT 2011
Humanitarian aid today and yesterday Kindernothilfe Foto: Foto:
In the Horn of Africa, people have had to struggle time and again with drought and famine. This region
was particularly badly hit in 1984 and again in 2011. In both cases Kindernothilfe was active in providing
disaster relief. In the intervening years, however, great changes took place in the kind of relief we provided.
Dried up land reaching to the horizon, hundreds of thousands 2,200 new foster children whose parents had died of hunger. To of families fleeing, emaciated bodies, despair on their faces. have accommodation for these, buildings were enlarged and These images of the drought which reached us from the Horn new ones built. “And Kindernothilfe had to bring the steel for of Africa in August 2011 stunned and shocked us. And they these buildings from India, some of it by plane” Luhr remembers. brought back memories. In 1984 the world saw the same In Ethiopia there was no way of getting it quickly. shocking scenes in the same region. In Ethiopia in particular, Kindernothilfe can do all that today much differently. Food is crops had almost completely failed. Up to one million people sourced in the region and transported to where it is needed by died in the famine. Then as now Kindernothilfe did not hesitate local carriers. Hence, not only are people provided with the to send out immediate relief. The way they did it, however, has basic necessities, but also the local economy is strengthened. changed radically since 1984. “Thanks to our wide network of partners today, this is easy for The drought of 1984 was the first disaster relief mission our us to manage”, according to Wiebke Weinandt, who co- organisation carried out. “Up to that time we supported ordinates the current drought relief work in the Horn of Africa. children via sponsorships in our project countries” explains Ute “And for years now we have been setting up child friendly Luhr, the current head of Kindernothilfe’s department for East spaces in disaster affected areas, like Somalia today”, says Africa. At that time she was the project co-ordinator for Weinandt, “that enables us to provide more efficient and Ethiopia. The scale of the crisis as well as the calls for help from better care for children. our two Ethiopian partner organisations was why Kindernothilfe decided there and then to enter the field of disaster relief. How much more comprehensive and complex humanitarian aid has become can be seen in Kindernothilfe’s relief work in Together with our partners we went to the emergency camps, the Horn of Africa. “Besides the distribution of water and food, provided food to children, medical assistance and clothing. we construct water collection tanks as well as assist in “What at first sight seems to be the same as today’s disaster expanding water pipelines together with the people living in relief, however, was different then” said Luhr. “Food had to be the area. We also provide training in more efficient cultivation transported from Germany by chartered planes. The of grain and its long-term storage, to name just a few points” infrastructure in Ethiopia and Kindernothilfe’s network at that explains Weinandt, “in fact everything that will help people time did not leave alternatives. It was the same with building cope with future droughts”. A total of 200,000 people have so material. During the relief work in 1984, Kindernothilfe took on far being reached by these efforts, including 130,000 children Page 09
(see box). The long-term development co-operation provided by Kindernothilfe has proven to be highly effective in combatting hunger. “For many years now we have been very successful in supporting self-help groups in many regions that were and are affected by drought” according to Weinandt, “and we can clearly see that the people living there are in a better position to survive droughts”. “It is great the way we have been able to develop our humanitarian aid capabilities in all these years” adds Rolf- Robert Heringer, today deputy chairman of the board of directors and also involved in the relief effort at that time. “This, however, does not diminish in any way the great work our colleagues did in Ethiopia in 1984. The work they did was right and above all it was vital in saving lives”. How vital it was can be seen in the way “the forgotten children of Makalle” were rescued. One of the largest refugee camps was located in Makalle near the Eritrean border during the drought of 1984. At the end of 1985 a few weeks after the camp was closed, Dieter Kohl, head of Kindernothilfe’s public awareness department at that time made a ghostly discovery. “Suddenly children started to emerge from the narrow lanes of this ruined city of tents” he wrote in the Kindernothilfe magazine. “No noise, no pushing, no shoving, no laughing. Their eyes were blank, their faces grim. At the end the total was 2,000. These children are orphans - their parents died on the way to the camp or in it”. With an unprecedented call for help, Kindernothilfe was able to get almost 1,000 children looked after in their sponsorship Aid in 1984 (l.): The forgotten children of Makalle. Kindernothilfe programmes. The Ethiopian Co-ordination Centre for Aid and took the orphans into their sponsorships programme. an Austrian aid organisation ensured the survival of the other Aid in 2011(r.): Families are given drought resistant seed and work- children. shops on farming. In this way they can get yields from their crops even in dry periods. Bastian Strauch, editor [email protected]
The help we gave in the Horn of Africa The drought in the Horn of Africa threatened millions of people with hunger and death. We have helped over 200,000 people to survive the disaster including 137,000 children (as per 15 February 2012). In Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, Kindernothilfe first of all provided immediate relief and then set up long-term projects that secure livelihoods for people. Many immediate relief projects are still on-going in 2012.
Kenya: Kindernothilfe provided immediate relief in Kenyan-Somalian border areas near Wajir and in the Samburu district, for example. The people affected by the drought were supplied with water, beans, salt, oil and special children’s food as well as equipment for water treatment. We started up long-term projects for securing livelihoods in close co-operation with the local people at several locations in central Kenya among other places. Water collecting tanks were installed to be better prepared for times of drought after the rainy season. Other measures were taken to increase food security – providing seed and fodder for animals, planting trees, running workshops for alternative farming and water storage methods, reactivation of water sources and extending the water pipeline in Makueni which also supplies schools.
Ethiopia: In the south-eastern districts of Girja and Sawena, for example, we supplied the people with water and food. In Dolo Ado we provided under-nourished children with high energy food outside the refugee camps as the local population there were also threatened by famine. Our long-term support includes the same types of projects as in Kenya. The locations include the Bench-Maji zone in the southwest and Laga Hida in the Oromia-region.
Somalia: In Mogadischu Kindernothilfe set up four child friendly spaces in which children of internally displaced people could have protection and be provided with food and schooling and the chance to play. A further four of these spaces are currently being set up. Internally displaced people in Garadag and Afgoye were also given support which included setting up water tanks in schools, water deliveries per tank trucks and distribution of food, containers for water, cooking utensils and tarpaulins to make emergency shelters. Page 10 PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Concrete Help The challenges our work involves in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe:
Afghanistan Child mortality is high as is also that of disabled al practices. Kindernothilfe projects are particularly aimed at people. We currently support two projects for girls and young women. They focus on schooling and vocational disabled children in the Kabul and Jalalabad region, projects for training, health education and food security. We particularly women and girls as well as distributing literature for children. promote sustainable agriculture within the framework of com- munity development projects. Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the Guatemala world. Almost half the population live under the Nowhere else in Latin America is the gap be- poverty line. Kindernothilfe focuses on supporting disadvan- tween rich and poor as deep as in Guatemala. taged children, implementing child rights, strengthening civil About 56 per cent of the population live under the national society as well as disaster prevention. poverty line. The rate is higher for indigenous and rural popula- tions. We strengthen children from indigenous groups, their Bolivia families and communities. We provide education and enable Unemployment, undernourishment, child mor- them to focus on violations of their rights and to stand up for tality, and diseases go hand in hand with drug these rights and push for improvements in their life situations. consumption, prostitution, violence and criminality. Our various projects and programmes strengthen indigenous children, Haiti their families and communities. We provide education and em- About 1.5 million people still live in refugee power them to stand up for their rights and push for improve- camps. The state school system is weak. The envi- ments in their life situations. ronment suffers from deforestation, erosion and pollution. In addition to reconstruction work, Kindernothilfe focuses on the Brazil protection and education of children, e.g. holistic education, fo- Social inequality in Brazil with its minority upper cus on environmental protection and ecologically sustainable class and a poor majority is alarming. Unemploy- cultivation methods. ment, undernourishment, child mortality, diseases go hand in hand with drug consumption, prostitution, violence and crimi- Honduras nality. Kindernothilfe strengthens children, their families and 66.2 per cent of the population live under the na- communities, provides education and empowers them to push tional poverty line. The gravest problems are vio- for improvements in the life situations at community level. lence and high criminality. Our projects are aimed at improving the life situations of children at risk (children with disabilities, Burundi working children and children affected by HIFV/Aids) as well as Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world. children and families in rural regions in the North-East. The population still suffer from the effects of a civil war that lasted for many years. There is hardly any work, food or India arable farmland. Women and girls are particularly disadvantaged. The gap between rich and poor is growing. At That is why we organise, together with our partners, self-help least one third of the population live under the groups of women whose success benefits children in particular. poverty line. Particularly the Adivasi (indigenous people) and the Dalits (“Untouchables”) live on the margins of society. Chile Kindernothilfe’s work focuses on poor rural regions and slums Chile is considered a threshold country and yet al- in large cities to enable children from disadvantaged families to most 20 per cent of Chileans live in poverty. The rate have a fair chance for their future. for indigenous people is even higher. We strengthen children and youngsters, their families and communities and empower them to Indonesia recognise violations of their rights and to improve their life situa- Indonesia has the fourth highest number of chil- tions. Because of the earthquake in 2010, a shortage of housing, dren in the world: the rights of 76 million chil- unemployment, traumatization and the social problems involved dren are inadequately implemented. That is why we increas- have risen rapidly and seemingly permanently. ingly support projects that strengthen child rights: counselling for boys and girls who came into conflict with the law, Care/re- Ecuador integration of street children and children with disabilities, Almost 70 per cent of the 4.8 million children in combatting child trafficking and sexual abuse of young people. Ecuador live in poverty. People of African and in- digenous origins are discriminated against, including their chil- Kenya dren. Our projects and programmes strengthen children from More than half of the population live under the indigenous groups, their families and communities. We provide poverty line. Because of climate change, the ru- education and empower them to gain their rights and to push ral population are struggling to survive. Our work includes for improvements in their life situations. combatting poverty, improving equality, children’s participa- tion, support for (Aids) orphans, protection of street children Ethiopia from exploitation, projects for primary education and voca- Many children suffer from a lack of education op- tional education, community based rehabilitation of children portunities, malnutrition and harmful tradition- with disabilities. Page 11
Kosovo South Africa Even eleven years after the end of the Kosovo war The main aim of our work is the reduction of HIV there are hardly any vocational training opportu- infections among youngsters, reduction of vio- nities for young people in Mitrovica. Kindernothilfe’s training lence against girls and providing help for children at risk (e.g. centre fills this gap with its wide range of training opportunities. aids orphans, street children and children with disabilities).
Malawi Sri Lanka Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the More than one third of all children under 5 are world. The main aim of our work is to implement undernourished and youth unemployment is child rights: programmes for supporting (aids) orphans, HIV/ high. The focus of our work is on projects for combatting pov- aids awareness programmes, food security, projects for street erty, improving education opportunities, integration of children children and projects for primary education, self-help groups. with disabilities and disaster risk management.
Namibia Swaziland Our work there began in the 60s. We currently sup- Two thirds of the population live in bitter pover- port 19 hostels through the Evangelical Lutheran ty. In addition, Swaziland has the highest HIV/ Church of Namibia (ELCRN) in which boys and girls from disadvan- aids infection rate in the world. Every third child grows up with- taged families are given support suited to their age group. out parents. The main aim of our work is to combat poverty through community development, the care of aids orphans, the Pakistan support of girls as well as the implementation of child rights. Only 56 % of children attend primary school and not even half of these finish school. That is why Thailand we focus on the education of disadvantaged children. We sup- Although Thailand is not among the poorest port hostels in urban areas and school and community based countries in the region, there are many disadvan- projects in rural areas. We provide disaster relief and support a taged people here. Our partners support children from disad- shelter and protection centre for street children. vantaged mountain tribes, street children, HIV-positive children and children affected by HIV/aids, and they combat cross-bor- Peru der child trafficking. Over half of the population live under the pover- ty line – in rural areas as much as 83 %. We strive The Philippines to improve the situation of working children, children with dis- Many children suffer from malnutrition, child la- abilities, children who are exposed to severe health-damaging bour and being forced to live in the streets, child pollution. Our aim is to strengthen children, their families and prostitution and poor schooling. Kindernothilfe supports pre- communities to provide education and to empower them to schooling measures for children, programmes for working chil- stand up for their rights. dren, street children, victims of child trafficking as well as com- munity based development programmes aimed at increasing Rwanda the income of families. In the genocide of 1994 almost one million peo- ple were murdered. Many people still live with Uganda this national trauma. Particularly widows and orphans often Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the live in severe poverty. It is here that the self-help approach as world. Less than half of the population has ac- well as agricultural training combined with support for (half) cess to clean water. Child mortality and the number of aids-or- orphans have proven to be successful and sustainable instru- phans is very high. Many children work and because of that ments for combatting poverty. cannot attend school. The main aim of our work is to combat poverty, to care for aids orphans and to support girls. Russia There is still great poverty in this country. Partic- Zambia ularly disadvantaged are people with disabilities People here suffer particularly from high unem- as well as people affected by HIV/aids. In greater St. Petersburg ployment and HIV/aids. For many children, abuse, our partners work with HIV infected families and social or- child labour and violence is part of their daily lives. Kinder- phans, they run projects for street children, support and reha- nothilfe supports, among others, community development pro- bilitation programmes for children with disabilities. jects against child labour as well as projects for HIV/aids aware- ness, legal counselling and representation of children and a Somalia centre for children who were victims of (sexual) violence. Marked by two decades of civil war and weak- ened by the disastrous famine of 2011, over 2.5 Zimbabwe million people in Somalia need our help. We support the weak- According to the United Nations 1.6 million or- est with food and blankets. We also install water cisterns and phans and children at risk live here, including care for children in child friendly spaces set up for that purpose. 100,000 children in child headed households. In their projects, Kindernothilfe offers children legal counselling and representa- tion as well as protection from abuse. Page 12 PROJECTS ABROAD > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Africa Countries: Ethiopia, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Children: 598,520 Projects: 244 Budget: 17.4 Million Euros
Sample project: Institutional training (Project 74101/AA/12) Swaziland Better opportunities on the labour market Target group: Young people from all parts of the country, especially those who, for financial reasons, could not complete their schooling.
Project holder: Swaziland Skills Centre (SSC) Duration: 1 Jan. 1985 - 31 March 2014 Form of aid: Sponsorships without letter contact Project budget: 2,556,893 Euros Kindernothilfe share: 205,000 Euros - KNH budget 2011: 65,000 Euros - KNH budget 2012: 65,000 Euros Silvia Beyer
Foto: Foto: Contact person: Silvia Beyer, [email protected]
Situation: Two-thirds of the population of Swaziland live in poverty, trainees enrolled. The course fees of 350 Emangeleni should help con- 48% live on even less than 1 Euro a day. The country has the highest tribute to the upkeep of the equipment. Those who cannot pay can HIV infection rate in the world. The educational and economic sectors allow the fees to be deduced from their share in the profits. suffer from the fact that teachers, trainers and working people are The programme to assist the community in Manzini and Siteki is also dying of Aids. Many vocational training centres only take in young new: under the supervision of their supervisors, the trainees build one- people with O-Levels. Attending school from the third class on, how- room houses for older people and those in need. The building material ever, costs money and poor families are often not able to afford the is sponsored. Thus the programme provides the trainees with practical school fees for their children for the complete period of schooling. The work experience and at the same time serves the community. three centres are located along regional lines so that needy youth from all parts of the country can attend one of them. Plans for 2012: SSC will start a pilot project to generate additional funds for the maintenance of the centres by providing additional Project targets: Thanks to the practical training approach, young peo- services in Manzini and Siteki, i.e. constructing semi-trailers for ple (particularly women), who normally would not have the opportu- trucks and painting private cars. Not only that, both centres are to nity to train for a job because they have no school leaving certificate, produce dairy products and sell them. The initial capital for the have now better job opportunities. They can apply for a job in a com- investment is provided by Kindernothilfe. In 2012 as well, SSC will pany or become self-employed and earn their living. In this way they strive to get orders for work from the surrounding area. And for contribute to overcoming poverty in the country. the first time, they will offer EDP courses to local people.
Sample activities in 2011: The Siteki Industrial Training Centre ( 76 en- Project risks: The Swaziland Government is an important spon- rolments) opened two new departments: Metalwork and car me- sor. However state funding is usually paid late and because of chanics. The Manzini Industrial Training Centre (193 enrolments) in- the desolate state budget, there has been a recent cut of 20% troduced agricultural training. The Nhlangano Agricultural skills SSC networks with other training centres in the country. A joint Training Centre (73 enrolments) provided additional options such as lobbying effort, however, is quite difficult due to political struc- the manufacture of car trailers as a way of widening the income basis tures. Swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and of the centres. SSC offered a computer course for the first time – 80 political parties are forbidden. Page 13
Sample project: Self-help-groups (Project 62331/AA/13) Jacob Studnar Jacob Foto: Foto:
Malawi Women help each other Target group: Form of aid: Project sponsorships 18,000 poor women and their families, among them 54,000 Project budget: 1,200,000 Euros children Kindernothilfe share: 1,200,000 Euros - KNH budget 2011: 232,329 Euros Project holder: 12 different partners of Kindernothilfe - KNH budget 2012: 228,436 Euros Duration: Pilot phase: 1 May 2010 – 31 Dec. 2010 Start of project: 1 Jan. 2011 – 31 Dec. 2015 Contact person: Leonie Armingeon, [email protected]
Situation: Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. More workshops to learn how to strengthen self-help-groups and how than half of the population of 13 million have less than 1 Euro a day. cluster level associations can be supported in their foundation pro- Over 85% live on what they grow in their small fields. Up to 20% of cesses. A training course in finance management was also provid- the city population are HIV positive. Children, above all, are margin- ed. alised. Political, social and economic problems limit their rights. Plans for 2012: New SHGs and cluster level association are to be founded. To strengthen self-organisation and the capacity to act at Project targets: Set up 1,200 self-help-groups and 100 cluster level local political levels, intensive training is to be provided to the wom- associations. 18,000 women earn enough to provide several meals en involved. They learn to identify social problems in their environ- a day for their families, to pay primary school fees and to be able ment, work out solutions and how to go about implementing them. to pay doctors’ fees. They are independent and actively change Kindernothilfe’s partners, who are active in SHG work, are provided their living conditions. The cluster level associations are able to with further training courses in business administration so that achieve improvements at a higher political level, e.g. new schools they can support women in the groups to set up small businesses. and medical stations. That should strengthen the economic independence of women and hence improve their living conditions and those of their families. Sample activities in 2011: Twelve Kindernothilfe partners initiated the foundation of over 200 groups. The women saved money in or- Project risks: If the groups do not receive professional training and der to be able to get a loan from the group to set up a small busi- backup support, there is the danger that progress does not develop ness. They gave each other mutual support and received training as planned and the support for children cannot be extended. In from experts on subjects such as hygiene, healthy nutrition and some areas where Kindernothilfe partners are implementing the how to treat sicknesses. The SHG facilitator visited the groups regu- self-help approach, other aid organisations are distributing food larly. Staff from partner organisations as well as representatives of and other relief supplies which undermine the self-help activities of the women’s groups and superordinate associations attended the local people. Page 14 PROJECTS ABROAD > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Asia/Eastern Europe < Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kosovo, Pakistan, Russia
Children: 109,004 (ASIA); 746 (EASTERN EUROPE)
Projects: 519 (ASIA); 7 (EASTERN EUROPE)
Budget: 14.2 Million Euros (ASIA); 0.5 Million Euros (EASTERN EUROPE)
Sample project: Health care (Project 26405/AA/47)
Bangladesh Healthy Mothers and new-born babies Target group: 1,980 women and 900 men in 170 villages of the Atpara Upazila in Netrokona District in the north of Bangladesh
Project holder: SATHI Duration: 1 July 2010 – 31 Dec. 2013 Form of aid: 1+3=4 co-financing Project budget: 433,857 Euros EU share: 325,392 Euros Kindernothilfe share: 108,465 Euros - KNH expenditure 2011: 17,541 Euros - KNH budget 2012: 19,541 Euros Kindernothilfe-Partner
Foto: Foto: Contact person: Uta Dierking, [email protected]
Situation: Maternal and child mortality rate in Bangladesh is across regions. They met up regularly with medical staff from one of the highest in the world. Because of inadequate medical state medical stations and state hospitals to exchange infor- care, 37 in every 1,000 babies born alive do not live to see their mation and experiences. This ensured basic medical care in the first birthday; that is about nine times fewer than in industrial villages and is an optimum addition to the state health system. countries. 322 of every 100,000 pregnant women die of compli- 14 health centres commenced work. 835 pregnant women re- cations giving birth. ceived medical check-ups. 170 voluntary medical helpers and traditional midwives as well as 25 state medical helpers were Project targets: Reaching the millennium development goals trained for each of the following: prenatal care, obstetrics, "Gender equality'' (MDG 3), “Reduce the under-five mortality babycare. rate” (MDG 4) and “Reduce maternal mortality ratio“(MDG 5). Care of the largest number possible of pregnant women by Plans for 2012: The programme for the year includes refresher qualified mid-wives before and after birth, vaccination against courses for everyone involved and the setting up of further tetanus, emergency plan for birth complications as well as a emergency funds. All measures are subject to quality control health fund for poor families in every village. Provide pregnant checks at regular intervals. SATHI continues to attach impor- women and breastfeeding mothers with nutri-tious food in tance to good co-operation with state authorities. SATHI in- community kitchens. tends to promote a health policy for people in in need in co- operation with The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Sample activities in 2011: 195 health self-help groups were set (CRWRC). up in the 170 villages – 35 more than planned. They saved mon- ey for a medical and emergency fund to help mothers and new- Project risks: Natural disasters, epidemics, radical changes in born babies. In addition, the villagers founded 7 health commit- health policies by state decision makers could endanger the tees to lead public awareness in the villages and to network achievement of the project goals. Page 15
Sample project: campaign work (Project 25810/AA/47)
Pakistan Campaign to abolish corporal punishment
Target group: 500,000 children and their families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 875 teachers and school principals, 250 activists for child rights in 10 child-rights committees, 500 opinion formers (representatives in the provincial/district parliaments, representatives of the ministry of education, jurisdiction, media, civil society organisations, religious leaders including the Council of Islamic Ideology) and teacher trade unions Bangladesh Project holder: SPARC (not-for-profit, secular Healthy Mothers and Pakistani NGO) Duration: 1 Aug. 2009 - 31 Dec. 2012 new-born babies Form of aid: 1+3=4 co-financing Project budget: 497,731 Euros BMZ share: 373,299 Euros Kindernothilfe share: 124,432 Euros - KNH expenditure 2011: 130,000 Euros - KNH budget 2012: 85,000 Euros Marko Lakomy Marko
Foto: Foto: Contact person: Anja Oßwald, [email protected]
Situation: In Pakistan beatings with the stick is widely used as a sistance to the victims. Even now one can see a rise in the number means to educate children both in state and private schools. Not of school goers as a result of changes in the attitude and behaviour only that, children are kicked, have their hair pulled or forced to re- of teachers to children. Public opinion was sensitised through more main in humiliating and painful positions. Primary school children than 800 TV spots, radio programmes and newspaper articles to are particularly affected. This inhibits a child’s healthy spiritual and the fact that education free of violence is a right of children. cognitive development. School becomes the starting point for a vi- cious circle of violence, abuse, exploitation and poverty. Children’s Plans for 2012: SPARC will use the last year of the project to performance at school deteriorates; the drop-out quota rises and push hard for a legal ban on corporal punishment in schools and they run the risk of ending up as child labourers. consequently a revocation of Paragraph 89C of Pakistani criminal code. Besides continuing training courses for teachers in the same Project targets: The abolition of corporal punishment in state schools as in 2011, public awareness work will play a particularly primary schools and a reduction of child abuse in the districts of important role: SPARC will use all the different media to show the Nowshera, Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi und Peshawar in Khyber public that violence against children is everywhere present and to Pakhtunkhwa. point to alternative behaviour.
Sample activities in 2011: SPARC organised over 2,300 training Project risks: The politically unstable situation as well as the on- courses for primary school teachers and local officials. Experience going violent conflicts in this province is a constant threat to all with lessons without corporal punishment were discussed during NGOs. The fact that the campaign refers to international law (the regular visits to 100 schools and positive examples were gathered child rights approach, human rights standards) is criticised by The which can be integrated into other training courses. With the in- Taliban as “un-Islamic” and corporal punishment is justified as a volvement of pupils, teachers and SPARC staff worked out rules (false) interpretation of Islam. To be prepared for conflicts with re- for smooth non-violent lessons. Besides, SPARC found around 150 ligious fanatics, SPARC involves respected scholars of religion and violations of children’s rights, of which 50 cases involved physical tries to reduce the risk of implementation by forming a wide base violence. SPARC has set up a special legal fund to provide rapid as- in society (teacher associations, local authorities etc.). Page 16 PROJECTS ABROAD > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Latin America < Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Peru
Children: 71,279
Projects: 213
Budget: 13.7 Million Euros
Sample project: Vocational training (Project 84988) Haiti A great demand for people skilled in trades
Target group: 1,920 children and young people in Southwest Haiti
Project holder: Mission Evangelique Baptiste Du Sud d’Haiti (MEBSH), the largest and most well-known church in Southwest Haiti Duration: 1 June 2011 – 30 May 2014 Form of aid: Unrestricted donations Project budget: 364,960 Euros Kindernothilfe share: 350,080 Euros - KNH expenditure 2011: 153,112 Euros - KNH Budget 2012: 96,579 Euros Habiterra
Foto: Foto: Contact person: Veronika Unger, [email protected]
Situation: The lack of vocational training facilities for young peo- a course in bricklaying with focus on earthquake-resistant tech- ple is having an adverse impact on Haiti’s economy. The Govern- niques, electrician courses with special focus on photovoltaic, ment is pushing hard to have more facilities available so that carpentry and plumbing courses as well as textile crafts. young people can overcome poverty and their dependence on aid. As the towns in Southwest Haiti are far apart from each other This process, however, will take decades and will initially only be and difficult to reach, several courses were provided in each successful in large cities or areas of dense population. In South- place. Hence young people were really able to select the course west Haiti economic and social development is moving forward they were interested in. So far 352 young people have success- only very slowly. Many young refugees live in and around Port-a- fully completed their courses. Piment. They came here after the earthquake to get work for which they are paid starvation wages. Plans for 2012: The interest of young people in the short-term courses is very high. That is why courses in all trades will be pro- Project targets: Empower young people to choose their career and vided again in 2012. As well as that, further training will contin- have better chances in the labour market by making it possible for ue to be given to the instructors. As more and more young peo- them to train for a range of skilled jobs. ple have expressed interest in computer courses, it is planned to offer these in many towns starting in April 2012. Sample activities in 2011: In the preparatory phase, participants for the training courses were selected, co-operation with MEBSH vo- Project risks: It is a great challenge to find good instructors cational schools was agreed on, rooms were found and instructors who are prepared to go to remote places, be willing to do were signed on. On 7 November 2011 the different courses started further training and be motivated and committed to the and last between one and three months. In selecting the courses project over the long term. Storms and floods in the region to be offered, MEBSH took into account the high demand for are a further problem. They can prevent courses taking place skilled tradesmen after the earthquake at the beginning of 2010. because the students and/or teachers cannot safely reach The young people were able to choose from five different courses: the place of training. Page 17
Sample project: Community development work (Project 94105/AE/20)
Brazil In search of identity – children of indigenous people
Target group: 190 Families (875 people) from the Kaingang, Xokleng and Guarani tribes in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul
Project holder: COMIN-ISAEC-DAI
Duration: 1 Dec. 2009 – 28 Feb. 2014 Form of aid: Project sponsorships Project budget: 562,307 Euros Kindernothilfe share: 220,000 Euros – KNH budget 2011: 59,950 Euros – KNH budget 2012: 59,950 Euros
Kindernothilfe-Partner Contact person: Anne Schnieders de Oliveira,
Foto: Foto: [email protected]
Situation: The rights of indigenous people in Brazil are violated in their villages. The people living in Estrela and Sao Leopoldo (Rio many ways. Although the Brazilian Government guarantees spe- Grande do Sul) began to write down texts of their own history and cial protection rights, indigenous territories are not recognised culture and distribute them to schools and universities. The nor is bilingual schooling made possible. As well as that, there is a schooling infrastructure was improved and the number of chil- general lack of appreciation of the culture of indigenous people in dren and young people attending school increased. The children Brazilian society. This difficult situation is also reflected in the were taught in two languages by indigenous teachers. Outside communities of the Kaingang, Xokleng and Guarani in Santa school hours, they could receive extra tuition. Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. Plans for 2012: Among other things, it is planned to open an edu- Project targets: Improvement of living conditions of families cational nature trail in the indigenous community in Santa Cata- keeping into account and supporting the three indigenous cul- rina. This is a good way to make visitors from outside more aware tures, boosting the self-esteem of the three tribes, strengthening of the Xokleng culture. At the same way it is a very good educa- their sense of identity, appreciation of indigenous culture in tional instrument to teach environmental matters and it offers Brazilian society. the older Xokleng youth a source of income as guides. Courses are also planned for young people to learn how to improve marketing Sample activities in 2011: At community meetings, the families their craft products. It is also planned to provide more courses in made a list of the negative conditions in their environment and beekeeping. committed themselves politically to remedy them. Short training courses in agri-environmental agriculture were held to improve Project risks: A change in political structures after an election or nutrition and health. 21 new Communal gardens were laid out a change in leadership in the villages can mean a change of di- with crops and vegetables and medicinal herbs to ensure self-suf- rection with regard to project targets or focuses. In these cases ficiency and provide food for traditional meals. Young people it might be necessary to adapt to new focuses. Climatic condi- learned traditional handicrafts and children were taught the mu- tions can also negatively affect some project elements such as sic and dances of their tribes. The results were also shown outside horticultural work. Page 18 FINANCIAL REPORT > ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Results for the year 2011 Kindernothilfe’s income in 2011 amounted to 61.6 million Euros. Donations made up 90% of this. Income was therefore
20% above the expected figure, but19 % below the figure for2010 which included large donations for Haiti and Pakistan. The 61.6 million Euros was composed as follows: Donations consisting of 55.3 million Euros were 13.4 million less million Euros i.e. 5.2 % compared to the previous year: than in 2010. While sponsorship donations (37.9 million Euros) rose - 45.9 million Euros for supporting projects (previous year: 43.5 by 0.5 million Euros, donations for short term projects (4 million million Euros): 17.4 million Euros for Africa, 14.8 million Euros Euros) fell by 0.5 million Euros. Unrestricted and miscellaneous do- for Asia/Europe, 13.7 million Euros for Latin America. nations (3.4 million Euros) saw an increase of 0.3 million Euros. Do- - 2.9 million Euros for backstopping projects (previous year: nations also include money from our sister organisations in Aus- 2.9 million Euros) and tria (1.9 million Euros), Switzerland (0.9 million Euros) and the - 1.9 million Euros for public awareness work and advocacy Alliance development helps (0.5 million Euros). (previous year: 1.95 million Euros). There were income increases in grants from state donors (BMZ – Advertising and administration expenditure for 2011 came to 8.3 German ministry for development co-operation –, USAID, German million Euros and were 270,000 Euros, i.e. 3.4 % more than the pre- ministry for foreign affairs and the EU) for project co-financing. vious year. As in the previous year 4.7 million Euros were spent on Grants accounted for 6% of total income and increased by 11% advertising and donor service. Administration expenditure compared to the previous year. amounted to 3.6 million Euros (previous year: 3.3 million Euros). Project spending amounted to 50.7 million Euros, of which 7.9 mil- The auditing company CURACON from Düsseldorf concluded: lion Euros were spent on disaster relief. This was an increase of 2.4 „Our audit takes no exception to the annual statement.“
Income
Donations for sponsorships: 37,935,981.52 ₠ 61.6 % Donations for humanitarian aid: 9,978,858.92 ₠ 16.2 %
Other donations: 7,380,569.07 ₠ 12.0 %
Unrestricted inheritances, bequests: 601,274.07 ₠ 1.0 %
Remitted court fines: 622,159.47 ₠ 1.0 %
Grants, subsidies: 3,813,332.64 ₠ 6.2 %
Interest and similar proceeds: 538,470.61 ₠ 0.9 %
Other income: 692,156.01 ₠ 1.1 %
Total revenue 61,562,802.31 ₠ 100 %
Expenses
Project expenses: 50,747,556.04 ₠ 86.0 % Project support: 45,910,237.90 ₠ 77.8 % Project backstopping: 2,879,772.28 ₠ 4.9 % 86 % Education, awareness and advocacy: 1,957,545.86 ₠ 3.3 % Advertising and Administration expenses: 8,282,453.72 ₠ 14.0 %
Advertising and donor service: 4,668,436.31 ₠ 7.9 % Administration: 3,614,017.41 ₠ 6.1 % 14 % Total expenses 59,030,009.76 ₠ 100 % Page 19
Distribution of financial support in 2011 The projects of Kindernothilfe’s partners provide a range of pro- schools. Mothers who take part in self-help groups are in a bet- grammes for children and their families. These are carefully de- ter position to look after their children. When farmers learn signed to meet particular demands and emergencies: children new farming methods and irrigation techniques, the family has traumatised by war need a different kind of help to Aids-or- enough to eat and even earns money by selling the surplus. The phans. Street children need a different form of teaching at the following chart shows the distribution of financial support for beginning to get used to learning before they can attend state the main programmes.
Expenditure on Part of total expenditure in % Total (in thousand Euros)
Education 25.8 % 11,822 Disaster relief 17.3 % 7,944
Children at risk 16.4 % 7,510 Quality control 8.5 % 3,894 Civil society development 8.1 % 3,727 Rural development 5.7 % 2,638 Support for girls and women 3.8 % 1,747
HIV/Aids 3.5 % 1,588 Health care 3.4 % 1,576
Other projects 7.5 % 3,464
Total 100 % 45,910
Education/vocational training Rural development Teaching literacy skills, vocational training, basic education, pri- Sustainable/ecologically focussed agriculture; training and advi- mary schools, crèches, secondary schools, scholarships, university/ sory services in farming methods; education in environmental is- college, pre-schooling/kindergarten. sues; water supply and protection of water sources.
Disaster Relief Support for girls and women Disaster prevention; rapid relief measures; treatment for trauma; Specific educational support; informing them of their rights; em- setting up child friendly spaces in areas hit by natural disasters; powerment of girls and women to demand their rights, to defend reconstruction/restoration of livelihood basis. themselves against abuse, to act independently, to have more say in decision making both in private life and in society. Children at risk Children’s rights/lobbying/advocacy; programmes for orphans; for HIV/AIDS children who have been violently (sexually) abused; for working Promoting awareness of Aids; support for those affected by Aids. children, child soldiers/ children traumatised by war and street children; care and rehabilitation for children with disabilities. Health care Medical care for children and young people in all projects; con- Quality control structing and equipping medical stations; training of volunteers as Evaluation; project monitoring; further training courses for project health assistants; healthy and nutritious meals for children and managers and staff. young people in all projects; dietary programmes for pregnant women and mothers. Civil society development Motivation and empowerment of people in villages and poor areas Other projects of cities to improve their living conditions and environment; self- hese are projects which, because of their manifold programme help groups; community development; income generating meas- components, do not have any one particular focus (e.g. building ures; loans; assistance to families; social work. work, scholarships, and vehicles). Overview of support given Page 20 Youngsters Country Projects Expense reached in ,000 Euros
Africa GLOBAL AID 1 Burundi 4 205 2 Ethiopia 78 5,115 3 Kenya 31 3,483 4 Malawi 10 1,106 > 5 Namibia 20 133 ANNUAL REPORT 2011
6 Rwanda 7 802 22 7 Somalia 5 1,226 8 South Africa 32 1,365 Swaziland 7 450 9 21 10 Uganda 25 1,583 11 Zambia 19 1,723 13 12 Zimbabwe 6 178 Africa general expenses 28 18 14 244 17,397 598,520 16 28 Asia 27 29 19 13 Afghanistan 4 295 7 14 Bangladesh 24 486 2 18 20 15 India 395 8,282 10 3 16 Indonesia 7 639 26 6 17 17 Pakistan 16 2,109 1 30 18 Sri Lanka 31 946 24
19 Thailand 8 252 11 4 23 20 The Philippines 34 1,190 12 5 Asia general expenses 84 9 519 14,283 109,004 25 8 Europe 21 Kosovo 1 75 22 Russian Federation 6 394 7 469 746 Latin America 23 Bolivia 30 1,883 24 Brazil 87 3,955 25 Chile 22 1,371 26 Ecuador 9 672 27 Guatemala 19 923 Kindernothilfe 2011 28 Haiti 21 3,511 983 projects in 30 countries reaching out to a total 779,540 children and young people. 29 Honduras 14 728 30 Peru 11 657 You will find reports (in German) on the current projects on our homepage at www.kindernothilfe.de/projekte Latin America general expenses 3 A project annual report appears for the 983 projects which you can order free of charge. 213 13,703 71,270 Child and project sponsors receive them automatically.
Worldwide general 58 Total 983 45,910 655,793