Annual Report 2012 Ethiopia PAKISTAN
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Annual Report 2012 ETHIOPIA PAKISTAN PAKISTAN Dear readers, supporters and friends of arche noVa, In 2012, arche noVa’s focus was on “water for Af- This year’s anniversary gave reason for celebration rica” and the conflict in Syria. Starting with an and retrospection. Together with donors, members emergency aid mission after the severe drought at and partners, we celebrated the “20 years of arche the Horn of Africa in 2011, arche noVa was able to noVa” in the historical Palais of Dresden’s public launch a long-term program in 2012, aimed at im- park “Großer Garten” in September of 2012. The proving the water supply and sanitation standards festivities were supported by many, among them in Africa. In cooperation with local partner organi- the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Dresden zations, projects in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burki- and Frank Richter, director of the Saxonian Centre na Faso and the Republic of Congo were planned for Political Education. I fondly remember how he and their implementation was started. Our inter- underlined the idealism of the founders of arche national water expert, Mathias Anderson, took noVa in the 1990s, using the metaphor of a cum- over the new role of arche noVa’s African regional bersome tree-planting hermit. Until today, arche coordinator, based in Nairobi. Potential local part- noVa follows this road, which, based on altruism arche noVa – ners were identified, new projects for 2012 and and values like education and mutual support, de- initiative for people in need 2013 were planned and consultancy was offered, fies the common Zeitgeist, which only considers regarding the technical and organizational aspects and acts towards economic advantage. REGISTERED AID ORGANIZATION of the implementation of the projects. With this, the foundation of a long-term, respectful coopera- Looking back at the last 20 years, arche noVa has Numerous people are victims of conflicts, crisis or natural tion between equal partners was built. come far. The team can be very proud of its work. disasters. Helping those people is the main goal of arche Our gratitude goes out to all who made this possi- noVa ever since our beginning in 1992. The escalation of the conflict in Syria and the be- ble through their donations, commitment and sup- ginning of the humanitarian crisis gave reason for port and to those who will continue to support us. For us “helping“ means to involve the beneficiaries from us to become active in this politically complex re- the start, to build on their capacities and to strengthen their MYANMAR gion. Our regional experiences and local contacts, independence. In order to achieve that, we work with local a result of our former projects in this area, enabled partners. Our worldwide projects focus on securing access us to transport relief goods to regions in North- to safe drinking water and strengthening people’s health East Syria and to Syrian refugees in Turkey. We through prevention measures in the field of hygiene and were very well aware of the fact that the situation Tina Wünschmann sanitation. was going to grow into one of the most severe hu- Member of the Executive Board manitarian crisis in the world. We therefore star- Learn more about our current projects at: ted already in 2012, to prepare for more intense www.arche-nova.org aid missions in 2013. Support us: Donations account: 3573500 Bank Code: 850 205 00 - Bank für Sozialwirtschaft Sven Seifert BIC (SWIFT): BFSWDE33DRE Executive Board Director and Founding Member IBAN: DE78850205000003573500 KENYA Our projects Germany Syria Japan Pakistan Myanmar Haiti Mexico Burkina Faso Ethiopia Sri Lanka Kenya Congo Uganda Humanitarian aid and development cooperation Educational program Voluntary service “weltwärts” (world-wards) CONTENT EDITORIAL 03 PROJECTS IN ASIA VOLUNTARY PROGRAM „weltwärts“ 30 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS Myanmar 18 Revenues 2012 38 20 years of global effort for water 06 Pakistan 20 OUR PROJECTS IN 2012 32 Expenses 2012 39 Water is a Human Right 08 Sri Lanka 22 Balance Sheet 40 Syria 24 PUBLIC RELATIONS & FUNDRAISING 34 DZI Seal of Approval & 41 PROJECTS IN AFRICA Japan 26 The Auditor’s Certificate Ethiopia 10 FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR WORK 36 Kenya 12 PROJECTS IN MIDDLE / SOUTH AMERICA ORGANIZATIONAL CHART 42 Kongo 14 Haiti 27 Burkina Faso 16 EDITOR / LEGAL NOTICE 43 4 5 Uganda 17 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 28 Globally engaged for more than 20 years The arche noVa story - from the moment of its foundation to becoming an internationally active aid organization In 1992, seven young people start a special mis- Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic water treatment plants over the construction of East of the country. Today, our project commu- sion with a truck full of relief goods from their Cooperation and Development as well as many rainwater harvesting dams to hygiene promo- nities possess profound structures of self-gover- home in Dresden. Their goal was, after crossing international aid organizations. tion campaigns. The focus of our work lies mainly nance, which secure a sustainable development eleven borders and passing numerous military on rural areas where the need is greater. of the village and strengthen the population’s checkpoints, to help alleviate the suffering of the Year after year, the number of the projects in- ability to meet future challenges. war victims in Iraqi-Kurdistan. creased, the mission areas changed, and the ac- Today, arche noVa looks back at more than 20 tivities in the field of emergency assistance grew Right from the beginning, arche noVa explored years of global effort for helping those in need. larger. Throughout it all, arche noVa stayed loyal the question of how the challenges of the people The desire of a few young men and women to to their core principle: we can only provide ge- in the project areas were connected to our own make this world a little better grew into a glo- nuine help if we include the beneficiaries of our lifestyle, resulting in the creation of arche noVa’s bally active aid organization with international work in the development of sustainable solutions. educational program in 2002. Under the name missions in four continents. With expertise in In other words, we strengthen people’s self-help of “global learning”, the program offers educa- the field of water, sanitation and hygiene, arche capabilities. Either the earthquake victims in Hai- tional activities in the field of development policy noVa is a highly regarded partner of the Federal ti who need safe drinking water, or the people for schools, vocational training centers and public in Bangladesh who lack food after a cyclone, or places. handicapped people in Java who are in need of The red hand pump – symbol of the arche noVa water appropriate sanitation facilities, it is always the projects. people who build the center of arche noVa’s work. Right from the first missions, we realized Before we complete a project, we transfer our that there is hardly anything more important for expertise to the locals. To secure the long-term the people than safe drinking water. Water is of function of the facilities, we establish water com- crucial importance and access to it constitutes is a mittees who are responsible for the maintenance human right. The first true water project started and the necessary repairs of the water source. A in Kosovo in 1992, where the population suffered good example is that of Sri Lanka, where arche from the consequences of a severe war. More than noVa implemented its longest and most exten- 100 contaminated wells were cleaned. Through sive mission so far. Our mission started with a hu- those efforts, the water supply of more than 9000 manitarian aid project in 2004 right after the dis- people was secured. Today, our missions in the astrous tsunami hit the country and was recently The founding members in front of their truck before field of water, sanitation and hygiene range from completed with the reconstruction and restora- After the earthquake in Haiti: water from arche noVa’s departing on their mission to Iraqi-Kurdistan in 1992. water treatment plants in the middle of the ruins. emergency assistance with our high tech drinking tion of rural water supply systems in the North since 2002 GErmany Educational program 2005 – 2006 MALEDIVES Water supply 2004 – 2006 INDIA Tsunami emergency aid 1992 | Foundation of arche noVa – Initiative 2002 Germany Emergency help after flood 2004 – 2007 SRI LANKA Tsunami emergency aid for people in need e.V. in Dresden 1998 – 1999 NICARAGUA Emergency aid 2002 – 2005 MEXICO Peace Education 2005 – 2007 PAKISTAN Water supply ERITREA, UKRAINE, TANSANIA, 1994 – 1996 MOSAMBIQUE , GEORGIA Distribution of medical equipment 1999 – 2000 KOSOVO Post-war aid | first water project 2001 – 2006 GHANA Project “Health, Hygiene, Vocational Training, Food & Work” 1992 – 1998 BOSNIA-HERZOGOWINA Post-war aid mission 1999 – 2000 BOLIVIA Support of a school 2004 – 2006 IRAN Income generating project 2006 – 2007 INDONESIA Sanitation supply 1992 – 1996 IRAQ Distribution of relief good and mobile clinic 1997 – 2003 MOSAMBIQUE Exchange gun against sewing machine 2003 – 2006 IRAQ Development of local sand filters for drinking water 2006 LEBANON relief goods 6 7 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Our core competencies Water is the most important and crucial good WASH - the Three-Component-Aid-Package giene promotion campaigns. Professional know- that the human race possesses. On July 29, 2010, The construction of sanitation facilities for schools is part ledge is one necessity, the other one is having a of many of arche noVa’s projects. the United Nations declared the access to safe More than 780 million people lack access to safe high amount of cultural sensitivity to best adapt drinking water and basic sanitation facilities a drinking water worldwide.