ANNUAL REPORT 1998-1999 JUSTIN GUARIGLIA Children Along the Streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, Welcome President and Mrs
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M E S S A G E F R O M J I M M Y C A R T E R ANNUAL REPORT 1998-1999 JUSTIN GUARIGLIA Children along the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, welcome President and Mrs. Carter. WAGING PEACE ★ FIGHTING DISEASE ★ BUILDING HOPE The Carter Center One Copenhill Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 Fax (404) 420-5145 www.cartercenter.org THE CARTER CENTER A B O U T T H E C A R T E R C E N T E R C A R T E R C E N T E R B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S T H E C A R T E R C E N T E R M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Located in Atlanta, The Carter Center is governed by its board of trustees. Chaired by President Carter, with Mrs. Carter as vice chair, the board The Carter Center oversees the Center’s assets and property, and promotes its objectives and goals. Members include: The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental houses offices for Jimmy and Rosalynn commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and Jimmy Carter Robert G. Edge Kent C. “Oz” Nelson Carter and most of Chair Partner Retired Chair and CEO resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. the Center’s program Alston & Bird United Parcel Service of America staff, who promote Rosalynn Carter peace and advance Vice Chair Jane Fonda Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D. While the program agenda may change, The Carter Center is guided by five principles: health worldwide. Actress, Activist, and Trustee Reunette W. Harris Professor Field representatives Terrence B. Adamson Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral The Center emphasizes action and results. Based on careful research and analysis, also work in 20 Senior Vice President Claus M. Halle Sciences nations in Africa and National Geographic Society International Consultant Emory University it is prepared to take timely action on important and pressing issues. Latin America. The Coca-Cola Company Paul H. Anderson Jr. Joseph L. “Jody” Powell Jr. ★ Partner David A. Hamburg, Ph.D. Chair and CEO The Center does not duplicate the effective efforts of others. Burton & Anderson President Emeritus Shandwick Public Affairs ★ Carnegie Corporation of New York Arthur M. Blank Alice R. Rubenstein The Center addresses difficult problems and recognizes the possibility of failure as an acceptable risk. President and CEO Sidney Harman, Ph.D. Co-founder and Managing Director ★ The Home Depot Chair of the Board and CEO Rhodes Partners Harman International Industries The Center is nonpartisan and acts as a neutral in dispute resolution activities. Michael C. Carlos Tadahiro “Tad” Yoshida ★ Chair and CEO Frank C. Jones President National Distributing Company Partner YKK Corporation The Center believes that people can improve their lives when King & Spalding provided with the necessary skills, knowledge, and access to resources. William M. Chace, Ph.D. The Honorable Andrew Young President The Honorable James T. Laney Co-chair Emory University Former U.S. Ambassdor GoodWorks International The Carter Center collaborates with other organizations, public or private, in carrying out its mission. to South Korea GABRIEL BENZUR Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D. Trustee Emeriti Professor John J. Moores Robert J. Lipshutz Emory University Investor and Chair Lipshutz, Greenblatt & King What is The Carter Center? the Center’s programs. They design and disease after smallpox to be eradicated. San Diego Padres The Center is a nonprofit, nongovern- implement activities in cooperation with ■ Fighting river blindness in Africa and mental organization (NGO) founded in President and Mrs. Carter, networks of Latin America through a global coalition 1982 in Atlanta, Ga., by Jimmy and world leaders, other NGOs, and partners in to educate people about the disease and Rosalynn Carter in partnership with the United States and abroad. distribute medicine to control it. Since Emory University. A board of trustees, chaired by President 1996, Carter Center-assisted programs have Carter with Mrs. Carter as vice chair, provided more than 21 million drug What is The Carter Center’s role? governs the Center. (Trustees are listed treatments to people on both continents. “Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. inside the middle back cover.) The board of ■ Working to erase the stigma of mental Building Hope.” These six words embody councilors serves to promote understanding illnesses and improve access to and the The Carter Center’s mission in a world of and support for The Carter Center quality of care for the 50 million Ameri- where people live every day under through prominent regional and local cans who experience mental disorders difficult, life-threatening conditions leaders. (Members are listed on Page 40.) every year. caused by war, disease, famine, and ■ Helping more than 1 million farm poverty. The ultimate goal is to help What are the Center’s major initiatives? families in Africa to double, triple, or create a world where every man, woman, Health quadruple their yields of maize, wheat, and and child has the opportunity to enjoy The Center’s health programs fight disease other grains. For example, the number of good health and live in peace. and hunger by: farmers in Guinea using new growing ■ Leading a worldwide campaign that has methods more than tripled from 1997 to Who directs the Center’s programs? achieved 97 percent eradication of Guinea 1998. During the same period, farmers in Resident experts and fellows, some of worm disease in Africa and parts of Asia. Mali quadrupled the amount of land used whom teach at Emory University, direct Guinea worm will be only the second to grow crops with improved seed varieties. 1 9 9 8 - 9 9 C A R T E R C E N T E R A N N U A L R E P O R T W A G I N G P E A C E ★ F I G H T I N G D I S E A S E ★ B U I L D I N G H O P E 1 9 9 8 - 9 9 C A R T E R C E N T E R A N N U A L R E P O R T A B O U T T H E C A R T E R C E N T E R C A R T E R C E N T E R B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S T H E C A R T E R C E N T E R M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Located in Atlanta, The Carter Center is governed by its board of trustees. Chaired by President Carter, with Mrs. Carter as vice chair, the board The Carter Center oversees the Center’s assets and property, and promotes its objectives and goals. Members include: The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental houses offices for Jimmy and Rosalynn commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and Jimmy Carter Robert G. Edge Kent C. “Oz” Nelson Carter and most of Chair Partner Retired Chair and CEO resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. the Center’s program Alston & Bird United Parcel Service of America staff, who promote Rosalynn Carter peace and advance Vice Chair Jane Fonda Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D. While the program agenda may change, The Carter Center is guided by five principles: health worldwide. Actress, Activist, and Trustee Reunette W. Harris Professor Field representatives Terrence B. Adamson Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral The Center emphasizes action and results. Based on careful research and analysis, also work in 20 Senior Vice President Claus M. Halle Sciences nations in Africa and National Geographic Society International Consultant Emory University it is prepared to take timely action on important and pressing issues. Latin America. The Coca-Cola Company Paul H. Anderson Jr. Joseph L. “Jody” Powell Jr. ★ Partner David A. Hamburg, Ph.D. Chair and CEO The Center does not duplicate the effective efforts of others. Burton & Anderson President Emeritus Shandwick Public Affairs ★ Carnegie Corporation of New York Arthur M. Blank Alice R. Rubenstein The Center addresses difficult problems and recognizes the possibility of failure as an acceptable risk. President and CEO Sidney Harman, Ph.D. Co-founder and Managing Director ★ The Home Depot Chair of the Board and CEO Rhodes Partners Harman International Industries The Center is nonpartisan and acts as a neutral in dispute resolution activities. Michael C. Carlos Tadahiro “Tad” Yoshida ★ Chair and CEO Frank C. Jones President National Distributing Company Partner YKK Corporation The Center believes that people can improve their lives when King & Spalding provided with the necessary skills, knowledge, and access to resources. William M. Chace, Ph.D. The Honorable Andrew Young President The Honorable James T. Laney Co-chair Emory University Former U.S. Ambassdor GoodWorks International The Carter Center collaborates with other organizations, public or private, in carrying out its mission. to South Korea GABRIEL BENZUR Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D. Trustee Emeriti Professor John J. Moores Robert J. Lipshutz Emory University Investor and Chair Lipshutz, Greenblatt & King What is The Carter Center? the Center’s programs. They design and disease after smallpox to be eradicated. San Diego Padres The Center is a nonprofit, nongovern- implement activities in cooperation with ■ Fighting river blindness in Africa and mental organization (NGO) founded in President and Mrs.