ANNUAL REPORT 2007 Local Partners on Long-Term Projects

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Our vision: All the people of this world lead an independent life in dignity and justice – free from hunger and poverty.

Welthungerhilfe was founded in 1962 as the national committee of the “Freedom from Hunger Campaign” set up by the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). Today, it is one of Germany’s biggest non-governmental relief organisations. Non-profit-making, non-denominational and politically independent, the organisation is run by a board of honorary members under the patronage of the President of the Federal Republic of Ger- many. Its work is funded by private donations and public grants.

What we want • Welthungerhilfe campaigns worldwide for human rights, sustainable development, a guaranteed food supply and con- servation of the environment. We regard our work to be successful if people improve their quality of life to such an extent that they can enjoy a secure livelihood without outside aid. • As citizens of a wealthy country, we bear a responsibility for ensuring that we do not merely pay lip-service to the idea of solidarity with the poorest members of the human race. For this reason, together with partners from the world of politics, media and schools, we campaign for fairer cooperation with countries in the developing world. • We use the funds entrusted to us sparingly and effectively. The work of our staff is characterised by commitment, experience and competence

How we work • We provide help from one set of hands: by means of rapid humanitarian aid in acute crisis regions. Where hunger and poverty are chronic problems, we cooperate closely with ANNUAL REPORT 2007 local partners on long-term projects. • As part of this process we provide support for the landless, for small-scale farmers, for women, children and young people; for people who need start-up aid in order to lead their lives in justice and dignity. • We fund our work from private donations and public grants. We have received the “seal of approval” from Germany’s Central Institute for Social Issues (DZI) for the cost- effective and transparent way we use our funds. • Levels of control such as internal auditing, evaluation or periodic project reports ensure that funds are used correctly.

Everything at a glance under Welthungerhilfe, Sparkasse KölnBonn, Bank Code: 370 501 98, Account No.: 1115 www.welthungerhilfe.de Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V., Friedrich-Ebert-Str.1, D-53173 Bonn, Tel. +49(0)228 2288-0, Fax +49(0)228 2288-333, www.welthungerhilfe.de DWHH_jb_07_titel_auskl_engl_b:Layout 1 03.07.2008 11:32 Seite 2 s r e b

m WELTHUNGERHILFE 2007 e TABLE OF EDITORIAL MEMBERS OF WELTHUNGERHILFE M STATISTICS Members CONTENTS Member Permanent delegate By the end of 2007, around € 1.9 billion helped finance German Bundestag 2 Editorial President Dr. Norbert Lammert, Member of Parliament Dr. Ulrich Schöler • 3,720 self-help projects CDU/CSU • 1,000 projects for children and young people Chairman Volker Kauder, Member of Parliament Sibylle Pfeiffer, Member of Parliament Work abroad SPD • 910 emergency aid programmes Chairman Dr. Peter Struck, Member of Parliament Gabriele Groneberg, Member of Parliament 4 The Millennium Villages – Making progress visible in 70 countries FDP Chairman Dr. Guido Westerwelle, Member of Parliament Sibylle Laurischk, Member of Parliament 6 Africa Bündnis 90/Die Grünen In Germany, Welthungerhilfe's work was supported by many Rwanda – New fields raise hopes Chairperson Renate Künast, Member of Parliament Chairman Fritz Kuhn, Member of Parliament Thilo Hoppe, Member of Parliament people, including Burundi – Living in peace with neighbours German Bishops’ Commissary Office, Catholic Office, Berlin • 249,614 private donors Head Prelate Dr. Karl Jüsten Dr. Martin Bröckelmann-Simon 8 Asia Welthungerhilfe Patron and President of the • 45,000 children and young people at 233 “Run for Life” Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Horst Köhler North Korea – Window to the outside world Representative Prelate Dr. Stephan Reimers Dr. h.c. Volker Faigle, superior member of church council events Board of Directors Afghanistan – A troubled year German Wholesale Trade and Foreign Trade Association • 5,300 voluntary workers who organised 490 events President Anton F. Börner Dr. Peter Haarbeck Ingeborg Schäuble for the benefit of the relief organisation 10 Latin America/Caribbean German Trade Union Association Chairperson Nicaragua – Precautionary measures save lives Chairman Michael Sommer Dr. Jürgen Eckl • over 3,000 school children during Welthungerhilfe’s German Industry Association Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz J. Heidhues Haiti – A country without hope? President Jürgen Thumann Dr. Claudia Wörmann project week Deputy Chairman German Farmers’ Association President Gerd Sonnleitner Ines Tesch Norbert Geisler To finance its projects, Welthungerhilfe received: Work in Germany German Cooperative and Raifeissen Association Treasurer Ingeborg Schäuble Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß President Manfred Nüssel Adrian Grasse • €31.7 million in private donations 12 Development policy – Giving the South a voice Federal Association for Non-Statutory Welfare Associations Chairperson Secretary General Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner • €93.6 million in public grants President Monsignore Dr. Peter Neher Rudi Frick Dr. Winfried Risse 13 Mobilising aid for a future without hunger and poverty German Red Cross Administrative costs accounted for 1.8% of total President Dr. h.c. Rudolf Seiters Joachim Müller Dr. Tobias Schulz-Isenbeck Dear Readers, expenditure, costs of advertising and general public 14 The year 2007 at a glance German Agricultural Society Heike Troue (until 29th November 2007) President Carl-Albrecht Bartmer Karl-Martin Lüth Dr. Evelyn Schmidtke (as of 29th November 2007) relations 4.9% German Nutrition Society 2007 was a dramatic year for Welthungerhilfe. For the first 16 World map and an overview of projects President Prof. Dr. Peter Stehle Prof. Dr. Michael Krawinkel Secretary General time since our foundation, we mourned the violent deaths of Trade Union for Construction, Agriculture and Environment The most important sources of public funds were: Chairman Klaus Wiesehügel Hans-Joachim Wilms Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß Alliances/Foundation two of our members of staff: a German expert and an Afghan German Journalists’ Association • the Commission of the European Union with driver were murdered in spring 2007 in northern Afghanistan. Chairman Michael Konken Frauke Ancker The members of the Board of Directors are unpaid and are €30.9 million 18 Achieving goals together German Women Farmers’ Association elected by the General Assembly for a period of four years. The These crimes shook our organisation profoundly. And they President Brigitte Scherb Dr. Evelyn Schmidtke Board of Directors determines the guidelines for project • the World Food Programme with €25.0 million 19 A new face for the Foundation prompted us to take a closer, self-critical look at our work in InWent, Internationale Weiterbildung and Entwicklung gGmbH support by Welthungerhilfe. It also decides on the promotion of • the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Managing Director Dr. Ulrich Popp Dr. Hans Pfeifer projects discussed by the Project Advisory Committee and appoints the Secretary General. Afghanistan. Because of the chronic deprivation and vulnera- Welthungerhilfe Promotion Society Development with €17.6 million Transparency Jürgen Dorsch bility of the Afghan people, we are continuing our efforts in The full-time Secretary General carries out the day-to-day busi- • the Dutch Government with €8.9 million. 20 How Welthungerhilfe guarantees quality and transparency National Federation of Skilled Crafts and Trades ness of Welthungerhilfe, represents the organisation in legal Afghanistan. In future, however, we will address the needs of President Otto Kentzler Prof. Dr. Friedrich Esser matters and acts as employer. He is bound by the Charter, the the local population more intensively and emphasise our inde- President of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations organisation's Rules and Regulations and by the resolutions of In 2007, 325 projects were carried out in the 22 An overview of finances President Dr. Dieter Hundt Ulrich Hüttenbach the Board of Directors and the General Assembly. pendent status so that we can continue to work effectively and Congress of German Municipalities following sectors: 30 Outlook for 2008 Member of Managing Committee Dr. Stephan Articus Walter Leitermann The General Assembly decides on the guidelines for the activi- with maximum safety for our staff. ties of Welthungerhilfe. It is responsible for electing members • 139 projects for rural development Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers of the Board of Directors, passing the financial plan, approving 31 Members of Welthungerhilfe President Helmut Heinen Dietmar Wolff • 62 projects to restore basic infrastructure the annual accounts and appointing an auditor. The General The G8 Summit in Heiligendamm last year attracted unprece- General Association of the German Insurance Sector Assembly is also responsible for approving the activities of the (schools, roads, etc.) General Manager Dr. Jörg Freiherr Frank von Fürstenwerth Thomas Kräutter Board of Directors. dented public attention in Germany to development work is- • 28 domestic projects Imprint www.welthungerhilfe.de/ueber_uns.html Published by: sues, such as poverty reduction and aid for Africa. The many • 27 projects in the field of “social integration and Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V. Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 1 crises and disasters that kept us in a state of suspense last Project Committee Members of the Project Committee education” D-53173 Bonn Member of Alliance2015, the Association Tel.: +49(0) 228 22 88-0 year, however, received relatively little publicity. But despite Welthungerhilfe’s Project Committee is Chairman: Regional Project Committee for Asia: Regional Project Committee for Latin America: • 27 projects classified as “other measures” of International Relief Organisations Fax: +49(0) 228 22 88-333 the lack of sensational news, we were able to count on the made up of 19 honorary members: one Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter F. Bommer, Rosdorf Prof. Dr. Michael Fremerey Dr. Dieter Elz, • 19 projects to promote structures in civil society E-Mail: [email protected] University of Kassel, Department of Agricul- Publisher Quarterly Journal of International Internet: www.welthungerhilfe.de chairperson and six members from support of the German population once again: German donors each of the regional project committees Regional Project Committee for Africa: ture, International Agricultural Development Agriculture, Berlin • 18 emergency aid projects Responsible for the content of this report: Eberhard Bauer, Berlin and Ecological Protection of the Environment Prof. Dr. Hartmut Gaese, For years, the DZI for Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß, Secretary General entrusted Welthungerhilfe with around € 31.7 million. They Dr. Karin Fiege, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Golter, Heilbronn Institute of Tropical Technology, Advanced • 5 projects in healthcare (German Institute for members of the Project Committee are Editor: Seminar for Rural Development, Berlin Dr. Hans Gsänger Technical College Cologne Patricia Summa Social Issues) has demonstrated solidarity with the victims of floods, earthquakes appointed by the Board of Directors for certified the efficient Prof. Dr. Rolf Hofmeier Deputy Chairman of the Project Committee, Prof. Dr. Béatrice Knerr Concept and design: and war – in Sudan, Peru and in southern Asia. This money the duration of its term of office. The Institute for African Studies, Hamburg Consultant Rural and Social University Kassel, Agriculture Department, MediaCompany GmbH and careful use of Project Committee examines each proj- money entrusted to Gerd Marmann, Eupen Development, Berlin International Agricultural Development and Printed by DCM Meckenheim enabled us to reach even more people with our relief pro- ect application presented by the Board Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller Dr. Ernst G. Jentzsch Ecological Protection of the Environment Printed on 100% recycled paper Welthungerhilfe with its of Directors or the Secretary General in University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart Second Deputy Chairman of the Project Lilli Löbsack, Berlin Photos: Böttner (15), Bolesch (10), Frommann seal of approval. grammes in 46 countries. For their unbroken trust and gener- terms of its eligibility for funding on the Prof. Dr. Max Zurek, Bornheim Committee, Gleichen Dr. Günther Schmidt (3), Grüter (7), Gutschker (8,9), Jungeblodt ous commitment to the poor people of this world, we would (15), Klammer (7), Koop (5), Lander (15), basis of the criteria laid down by the Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Walter Schug GFA Consulting Group, Hamburg Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg (14), Ludwig like to express our most sincere thanks to all our donors! Board. It then submits recommenda- Bonn Erich Süßdorf, Berlin (14), Lyons (4), Mädje (18), Meissner (6), tions to the Board of Directors for a final Prof. Dr. Winfried von Urff First Deputy Chairman of the Project Messe Berlin (14), Steurer (20), Welthunger- decision. hilfe (11,12,13,14,19), Wernet (30) Committee, Bad Zwesten Order. No. 460-9337/1 Cover photo: Kottmeier Status as of 31st Dec. 2007

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T means continuing the work it has always been doing. Millennium Goals for the first time. In the Angolan village of Welthungerhilfe illustrates this with the measures it implements Mangue, for example, the population rated conditions much in 15 Millennium Villages throughout the world and introduces more positively than in the previous year: more fields are irri- the cornerstones and methods of its work. It operates according gated, draught animals have been purchased, better quality pro- to the principle that people should be empowered to help them- duce is harvested and higher revenue from agriculture achieved. s e

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F because of armed conflict in the region. Towards the end of the / Information on Africa 2007 s

e year, the situation in Kenya also became increasingly problem- c I Total number of project countries: 21 n atic because of irregularities that occurred during the elections. a

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l At the beginning of 2008, Welthungerhilfe had to help people A I Project volume: € 71.6 million with food aid. y

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T countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa – Welthungerhilfe is active In February 2007, Mozambique was hit by two climate-related in 21 of these. Africa is therefore the continent in which disasters: first, there was severe flooding in the Sambesi delta, Welthungerhilfe is most strongly represented. The political then hurricane “Favio” ravaged large parts of the province of situation in many countries is extremely unstable. The volatile Inhambane on the south coast. Reaching wind speeds of up to security situation in Darfur (Sudan), for example, was an issue 240 kilometres an hour, the hurricane swept away the homes of s e

c again in 2007. Certain areas were sometimes impossible to thousands of people. Welthungerhilfe provided € 50,000 in im- n

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F Welthungerhilfe delivered essentials such as cereals, lentils, summer, prolonged and severe rainfall also caused extensive high-protein food supplements, blankets and mosquito nets flooding in northern Uganda. Blankets, plastic sheeting and every month to 500,000 people in Darfur. Bloody clashes be- mosquito nets were distributed among the 40,000 flood vic- tween various rebel groups occurred in the Congo again last tims. year. Welthungerhilfe had particular difficulty carrying out

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a Information on Asia 2007 k r o I Total number of project countries: 16 W I Number of projects: 128 I Project volume: € 26.3 million y n a m r e

G Crises and conflicts 2007 n i

k For Welthungerhilfe, the year 2007 was marked by a deterioration r o in the political situation in parts of Asia. The tragic climax were W two assassinations in Afghanistan. For the first time since its foundation, Welthungerhilfe suffered the loss of two members of Fields in North Korea can only be farmed during the brief summer months. staff as a result of violence. Since the beginning of the past year, p

a the situation has also worsened in parts of Pakistan. There have

M been a number of attacks on other relief organisations. As a result

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r of this, Welthungerhilfe initially suspended activities in Manshera, o

W a region in northwestern Pakistan hit by the earthquake in 2005, WINDOW TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD but work has since been resumed. The office in Besham, however, Sea of Japan General conditions remains closed. In southern Asia, the security situation in Sri n North Korea is one of the poorest coun- o Lanka became particularly acute. In spite of risks, Welthunger- i t North Korea tries in Asia. Many women and children a hilfe continued work there, but a number of measures had to be d Pyongyang are chronically undernourished because n not enough food can be produced: soil is put on hold because of their proximity to the troubled areas. u

o South Korea poor and the generally hilly fields can F /

s only be farmed during the brief summer

e Political problems were exacerbated by climate problems: Asia Yellow Sea months. Houses, kindergartens and c

n schools are not heated during the harsh was plagued last year by flood disasters and hurricanes. In north- a i

l winters and women have to fetch drinking water from wells and

l ern India, Nepal and Bangladesh over 30 million people were left

A rivers. In the mid-90s, the country was also hit by severe rainfall and flooding, so that thousands of people perished and millions homeless after exceptionally severe rainfall. Together with the faced starvation. The hitherto insular North Korea was forced to New Apostolic Church, its Dutch alliance partner Hivos and the

y swallow its pride and appeal to international organisations, inclu-

c German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development,

n ding Welthungerhilfe, for aid. Work began in 1997 with deliveries

e Welthungerhilfe raised € 500,000 to help around 50,000 peo-

r of supplies to the particularly severely hit provinces in the north a and south of the country. Today, Welthungerhilfe works in five

p ple. Heavy flooding also occurred in North Korea. Here,

s provinces throughout North Korea. n Welthungerhilfe’s first task involved distributing food, water pu- a r

T Our work rification tablets and kitchen utensils. In the first few years, the most urgently required supplies were distributed: food, coal and children’s clothing. Today, however, the people in North Korea are encouraged to find ways to help themselves: In November, hurricane “Sidr” then swept across extensive parts they can propagate their own improved seed, and greenhouses are of southern Bangladesh claiming almost 3,000 lives and injuring built so that fresh vegetables can be grown all year round. They are thousands. Around three million houses were completely de- s taught ecological ways to increase crops. Experienced engineers e

c teach Korean technicians to lay water pipes in the homes of the poor stroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to camp n

a people in small towns. Barren mountainsides are reforested to pre- out in temporary shelter or in the ruins of their homes. Extensive n

i vent damage by erosion and flooding during the rainy season. All this

F areas of arable land – an estimated 2.6 million hectare – were occurs in close collaboration with Welthungerhilfe advisers and Ko- rean experts so that mutual confidence steadily improves. completely destroyed by water. Here too, Welthungerhilfe provided immediate relief and supported victims with € 50,000. In Our success Over one million people have been helped to date in more than 45 the two districts of Barguna and Patuakhali, 26,000 families re- projects. They have more to eat again, but they know they have ceived food, blankets, mosquito nets and soap. Children were Welthungerhilfe to thank for something else: a window to the out- s also provided with medication for diarrhoea. Some 130,000 peo- t side world. They have also learnt that foreigners do not have to be c

e enemies. They can be friends and problems can be solved together. ple in the disaster areas were provided with urgently needed re- p

s lief supplies. o r

P 8 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite9 The however work, March two Given Our menting grief. Welthungerhilfe what transitional ferred ber tation A Pro security A of TROUBLED fgh of work P ject form aki it At of field to the K its and stan anistan was abul the work other under this situation members work enormous example workers Abdul phase, decided core time, was helpers, I new could was ndi points also Hadi a came was ongoing Welthungerhilfe of confronted that conditions. need continue staff. prepared. new reduced. Afghanistan in YEAR of to work After General rebuild Afghanistan abductions national ure. For increasingly achieving April the for a projects programmes The head the should humanitarian The strategy in last A caused assassination Staff the the Afghanistan. last concept first and FOR cond political peace. were had year country be are difficult: appeared downfall year immediately international paper. time the to with continued were put iti an for But in ons decide WELTHUNGERHILFE situation organisation aid on since seem everyday the Afghanistan. the One of concluded for suicide During to hold of and Dieter violent strategic the be measure whether doomed in its started endeavours and the on development Afghanistan, past is a occurrence. attacks foundation, Rübling six-month becoming its deaths the profound or Taliban, year, reorien and to was way imple trans num fail and all in of to in to to - - - - - to measures. get cal and ment (drinking and were and projects gions, implement and In O organisation. be Welthungerhilfe upon Rübling pool tions. www.welthungerhilfe.de/afghanistan-strategiewechsel.html ur be the promoted. or two international achieving involve su political resources: re-examined emphasised in military next For in existing ccess areas was should their particular, water, example, On few projects them murdered, Studies conditions This players. of qualification the food years, in structures focus will irrigation, rural staff. and and more other, future, dialogue more themselves. security. work also Welthungerhilfe’s were the more intensive development: was actively in intensive Welthungerhilfe’s encourage fact in Welthungerhilfe road carried and the and intensively handed takes the Wherever that project training To construction, training in be province two dialogue out its do the over Afghan improving supported work this, directions: to possible, work on planning regions. courses to has analyse of the will independent is more with an colleagues in Saripul, not to communal needs affiliate Afghanistan work basic Security the occur. offered projects by systematic and dictated on social, population the at local of infrastructure realisation where Dutch to In fewer the to status one economic will measures facilities) plan by rural national will people. people invest Dieter politi hand, build relief loca and has tar will re of - - - - - 9

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Information on Latin America 2007 Welthungerhilfe and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided I Total number of project countries: 9 d

a victims with € 100,000 as emergency aid for tools, building I Number of projects: 57 o r supplies as well as blankets and sleeping bags. Relief efforts b I Project volume: € 14.5 million a initially concentrated on the worst hit province of Pisco, where k r

o an estimated 70 percent of infrastructure and 30,000 houses W Crises and conflicts 2007 were destroyed.

Several countries in Latin America also felt the effects of cli- In September, hurricane "Felix" then devastated large parts of y

n mate change last year: Peru was gripped by a cold spell in the Nicaragua’s northeast Atlantic coast. 70,000 people suffered a

m summer, in September Nicaragua was hit by hurricane “Felix”, from the disaster. Welthungerhilfe is carrying out three devel- r

e and the Caribbean suffered a spate of tropical storms in October. opment projects in the affected region. One of the damaged G

n communities is the Millennium Village of Auhya Pihni, which i

k Disaster struck twice in Peru last year: after the cold spell, the was completely destroyed. Welthungerhilfe provided € 50,000 r o Andean state was also hit by a severe earthquake in August. for immediate measures. W

Project example Nicaragua p a

M PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES d l

r SAVE LIVES o

W General conditions Honduras Nicaragua is repeatedly plagued by hurricanes and tropical rainstorms. But the mas- Nicaragua sive hurricane “Mitch” in 1998 repre- n A t o l sented a turning point. In the wake of a i

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c “Mitch”, structures were established a

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d a O c c throughout Central America to prevent dis- c if e n i e a a c n n u asters – for the entire region, for every state o

F and, most importantly, in rural districts and /

s communities. Welthungerhilfe’s project region is located in San Juan e

c de Limay, part of the Department Estelí in northwestern Nicaragua. n a i l

l Our work

A The most important thing about early warning systems is that information reaches people in affected areas and that they know what to do. They have to be in a position to help themselves. In northwestern y Nicaragua, Welthungerhilfe launched a local disaster prevention pro- c

n gramme back in 2000. Since then, measures have been taken e r to prevent flooding, and bridges have been built to make evacuation a

p possible. A total of 49 rescue teams have been equipped and trained s

n in villages at particular risk. 59 village committees (each with 10 a

r members) and seven rural district committees (each with 18 mem- T bers) have developed risk maps and emergency plans. Early warning flood systems with 61 radio stations and rainfall and water level gauges have been set up along two rivers. It is usually the women who are responsible for transmitting data via this equipment to the national disaster prevention system and who call for help in the event of an emergency. s e c n

a Our success n

i The success of prevention measures became apparent in 2007: ex- F treme rainfall in October – 2,000 mm fell in only twelve days (the annual average in Germany is 750 mm) – caused severe flooding that was even worse than during hurricane “Mitch”. The rescue teams trained by Welthungerhilfe were alarmed via the radio stations. 1,720 persons were evacuated on time and put up in temporary shelter. Thanks to the efficiency of the committees and rescue teams, there

s were no casualties in the region. t Rescue practice paid off in 2007 – after a hurricane, 1,720 people c www.welthungerhilfe.de/nicaragua-hilfsprojekt-fruehwarnsystem.html e were evacuated in time. p s o r

P 10 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite11 sued houses Welthungerhilfe fected. son around an November Severe Haiti: from initial from the to Children rainfall 4,000 75,000 prevent were outside causing me 2007 also asure peo destroyed in a provided . pe world further have the mosquito ple. Around ople distributed Dominican to Mosquito at had help problems. the € or 80 plague 50,000 out to end seriously percent be on nets food Republic of at the br Oct in ought t and he fields. and of emergency ober damaged. end t sprays he cut drinking to and of country of safety, the f were beginning 4 aid Her 1 rainy w districts 24, was also ater and e 500 sea too, af is as to of - - - Project A pendent When cations ing minican wasser.html www.welthungerhilfe.de/haiti-hilfsprojekt-landwirtschaft- In Our Welthungerhilfe Our conditions frequent quality ent sations the Welthungerhilfe irrigation the country’s locations here. ble families water proved their 20,000 various duction odic Jean Welthungerhilfe’s flected, ment ously P C the ort COUNTRY production throughout uba or on last success work food own Thanks D exist. and Rabel goods, this repairing ominica au external region construction in (supporting H of use families has among in Republic 10 on natural in systems. very Prince ait standard Haiti: water succeeds, shortages. example products exacerbate the the n imported been and i years. is to such Republ foundations of of the aid. past north Welthungerhilfe’s other irrigation by pursues has also for in disasters, agricultural Cap management efforts The or stabilised ic year. as developing of self-management the domestic Welthungerhilfe Agricultural sites. built two the and A even and in living things, construction Haitien the WITHOUT consumer sale Haiti region modest Farmers sustainability the years. evidence the systems) in northeast or This are own, materials Haiti General forests cause western high lems situation in internal of and restored same the and produce use the in products situation at rural found in enabled For not Haiti is economic population of potential also risk can the goods so-called there has efforts extended the and USA by hemisphere. strategy and – infrastructure material, only the of 600 conflict – conditions is or temporary and and availability use far is seven to is been not north the of especially represented water. at industrial families or promoting an is of guaranteed from repair as irrigation the in families, measures HOPE? their it agricultural local country. Europe upswing is least a agricultural the a in the secured “Farwest”. as is irrigation density, and of poorest result which lack With especially abroad. the enormously earnings and a markets, northwest, employment the respective It to of unstable of for result production (mainly has three agricultural depends survive farmers’ systems. of is in no of extend in as for country certain did all country the but guaranteed. systems counselling), three its fertile severe far Increasingly the notable country over This to of project thanks in not promising poor. extremely by as also the depend drinking political improve town existing market. the the organi project on invest 2,000 alone, at build possi in is Some previ of prob land, peri over pro The raw Do im de the be the the re lo its of to 11 ------

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a Working together for one world: With the campaign "Your Voice Against Poverty", Welthungerhilfe took part in the "White Band Night". m r e G n i k r o

W DEVELOPMENT POLICY –

p GIVING THE SOUTH A VOICE a

M Knowledge promotes understanding – this is why Welthungerhilfe attaches such importance to development policy-related education, d l

r public relations and lobby work in Germany. We see this as the only way to familiarise people with the complex causes of hunger and o

W poverty, integrated solutions and the need for political action. n

o Advocate of the poor the campaign, a discussion was held on the subject of “Educa- i t

a Helping people help themselves is a central element of our tion in development work”. The aim was to develop an effec- d

n work in developing countries. Only when the poor and hungry tive and sustainable national strategy to eliminate educational u o

F are empowered with more rights and have access to important deprivation in developing countries. Welthungerhilfe also par- / s

e resources can they lead a life in dignity. Welthungerhilfe sees ticipated in the campaign “Virus Free Generation” and since c

n itself as an advocate of the poor and the hungry. In this role, it March 2007, it has taken part in the new European Network a i l

l lobbies politicians, carries out campaigns and raises public “Action for Global Health”. A awareness by publishing information. Development education y

c Conferences and congresses Welthungerhilfe has been successfully involved in develop- n

e Experts from science, economics, politics and the media came ment education for many years, teaching children and young r a

p together at numerous conferences in 2007 to discuss develop- adults about global relationships. Within the framework of the s

n ment policy issues. What opportunities and risks does biofuel WorldBreakfast project, for example, two training courses on a r

T production offer developing countries? This was the question global learning were offered to teachers. 60 editors of student experts discussed at a conference last October in Magdeburg magazines also had the opportunity to examine such issues as entitled “Are biofuels the cause of global hunger?” Another po- fair trade and child labour. litical event took place in October, the Welthungerhilfe conference entitled “Requirements of a new Afghanistan strategy in Prospects 2008 s e

c development cooperation”. This gave experts a platform to dis- Welthungerhilfe will publish various reports again in 2008. n

a cuss constructive approaches to the reconstruction of The World Hunger Index focuses on rising food prices and the n i

F Afghanistan. “16th Report on the Reality of Development Aid” will ask whether German development policy is doing enough to eradi- Campaigns and networks cate hunger and poverty in developing countries. Several polit- Since 2003, Welthungerhilfe has supported the campaign ical panel discussions and conferences on the subjects of “Stop Child Labour! School is the best place to work” which is hunger and human safety are also being prepared.

s organised by six international Alliance2015 partners. At the in- t c

e vitation of the CDU/CSU and SPD and with the collaboration of www.welthungerhilfe.de/themen.html p s o r

P 12 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite13 W MOB Asia, ment organised famines was lennium people were Disasters and the – media nication future. and UNICEF. communication around sponse control, The New Public Public nisms ods 2007 Transparency dio beginning grand tral Cooperation”, forces tary “How burger should more soziale correctl “One W c o o ur elthun Der opera and wor c hopes. supporter Institute General pub ity strategic mission of revised eart – Anf does word”. sum ended opportunitie to in k. did relations Volksstimme” al relatio ITHOUT Fragen/DZI), help y tion, two to Magdeburg gerhilfe’s app 18 of efficie ?” of lished Village are charity so organise In hquakes ang Donations under operation require Welthungerhilfe’s Magdeburg. not relief Welthungerh In of 2007 million TV of roved be Decemb and themselves”. alarming with w ei appealed Welthungerhilfe statement ns for the € ncy, gr the ith f reinfor guidelines ner widely sustainable eatures on of – in oups 70,000 the activities ILISING organ marketing organisations was i the followin Social the but in s intense swift n aim Mangue 2007 Euro qual guten World can er, joins which motto in March Peru f ced. featu or about “Transparency also implementatio isations. this publicise but Welthungerhilf of 28 ity, were ilfe be to our were action, was greater Issues focused Entwicklung” g in i w A and for public n Food red a awards exactly “Eliminating special all impact was they in activities hich spring, guarantee – !” the which organisat corporate year development]), d appeals raised raised Angola. with edicated and communication active finally almost The The difficult many follow especially also any Day. was (Deu of tran discussions on measur the people events an the the Kindernot nat s local f for n Initi have or tatus d t of ion to sparency, the rem tsche HUNGER em e supporter he The dif that donor 1 ing The claim of Chairperson ural honesty cor to disaster inf [W 0 the these hunger use in phasise ative f 0 ed, part ained a flood er in can and tw the newspaper elthungerhil orm e W of donations the art findings ent new 2 w disasters: s’ people o Zent orld message t (“Welthungerhi cam a 007 hen hilfe nership t his the pa main partner about icles ed for seal he cam inci AID s crisis leaf and control in – modest aid. rticipat debate mission com ralinstitut paigns Hunger cent opp German with crisis D Secur because it dences. the paigns then of new let evelopment and tasks, in and t marketing parability, on comes ortuni ship. are in he year approval, ral f “helping “Magde fe com the loods entitled a e mecha ing to Africa. can 38 S – joined global meth brand mo state donor about – Index spent l ecre not were Cen etter with only Mi mu fi The The ties Re the the für bilise ra lfe nd impr in to a l ------b FO ly, ove numer t o c c m M Campaigns An www.welthungerhilfe.de/spenden.html s s i o T p s h l mmediate i u ion truct o a pened here orter ilfe fe our raise aster any rpo mp ch advertisement f R ree AND ou gala Week” un rat aign , ion s as of fu t s Dieter derst hey e visi of the suppor nds our the wor design in “Power hunger rel ted A saw anding in aid and annual k cam German Thomas ief a and ters from project of for were to t ed i . paigns n elevision . Welthungerhilfe. FUTURE o ar to t the by the f hemselves Welthungerhilfe ouse the also Heck, s P enable POVERTY You” new resi event are in c inte adopted. omp address dent brand Africa, who and su rest peopl of lex pported how pre the a Horst campaign re am disaster, again e latio Asi sented Many imp development ong campaign to a by Köhler, n ortan lead th s and in hips “Powered of pr e his to 2007, Germ ominent our t an Latin l it in support ast wh “Welthunger is famous independent de an of o Z by and to ve DF a America. public offici lopme You”. persons provide revised recon televi show sup ally 13 nt in - - - - -

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E THE YEAR 2007 AT A GLANCE January In Berlin, in the presence of Ingeborg Schäuble (centre), Minister of Agriculture Horst Seehofer (left) and Jürgen Abraham (right), President of the Association of the German d

a Food Industry (BVE) took to their bikes during the agricultural fair in Berlin “Green o r Week” to raise money for Welthungerhilfe. In cooperation with the BVE, Welthungerhilfe b a introduced the Millennium Village in Benin. A heated debate took place at the experts’ k r

o meeting “Fair trade against hunger” where representatives of various governmental insti-

W tutions, associations and Welthungerhilfe discussed Europe’s role in international trade with agricultural products and food. y

n February a

m At “didacta – the Trade Fair for Education and Training 2007” Welthungerhilfe presented its educa- r

e tional and information services to a wide gathering of specialists from the field of education. Some G

n 100,000 visitors attended the event in Cologne. The cultural ambassador of the “Virus Free Genera- i

k tion” campaign, Anthony Thompson (see photo), drew numerous visitors with his African drum rhythms r o and an interesting talk on HIV / AIDS. Pupils from a “Run for Life” school also attended the fair to W demonstrate how they participate in the campaign. p

a March M On 16th March, Welthungerhilfe turned the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin into a cat- d l

r walk: the creations of young fashion designers produced for the WorldRobes event were o

W presented to an enthusiastic audience. Collections were inspired by the traditions of foreign clothing cultures, fashionably interpreted and innovatively produced. Students from nine prestigious fashion schools took part in the “WorldRobes 2007” competition. n

o The campaign’s international partner was the designer Mimi Konaté from Mali. An inter- i t

a national jury awarded prizes to the best outfits. d n u o

F April / s

e Aid for Angola: with a ceremonial act and an entry in the city’s Golden Book, the partnership year with c

n Magdeburg was officially opened. Under the motto “Eliminating hunger – Securing the future. Magde- a i l

l burg joins in!” the joint efforts benefited above all the Millennium Village in Angola. In their opening A speeches, both Ingeborg Schäuble (left) and Magdeburg’s Lord Mayor Dr. Lutz Trümper (right) praised the willingness of the people of Magdeburg to support the partnership. y c n e r a p s

n May a r

T The G8 Summit in Heiligendamm was one of the key topics in Welthungerhilfe’s political work. As part of the “Your Voice Against Poverty” campaign, organised by VENRO and singer Herbert Grönemeyer, Welthungerhilfe participated in a number of activities and was one of the most active and visible organisations. In a discussion paper, Welthunger- hilfe pointed out weaknesses and loopholes in the G8 agenda. 12,000 signatures were s e

c collected in a nationwide petition, and a week before the Summit, young people from four n

a European countries came to Berlin for the youth conference which was part of the cam- n i

F paign “Virus Free Generation” (see photo) to listen and speak to high-profile experts. The campaign is supported by Welthungerhilfe and three more members of Alliance2015. June Telekom boss René Obermann was a guest at the second Godesberg Dialogue on Globalisation and Poverty. Addressing 250 listen-

s ers from the Bonn area, he discussed the role of “global players” such as Telekom, clearly acknowledging the social responsibility t c

e of his internationally active corporation in those countries in which it operates. p s o r

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t July

– Food security i n i – Rehabilitation aid d Pupils of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer Grammar School in Hamburg took part in a record- E ACHIEVING k North Korea (5 projects) breaking sponsored walk in aid of Ethiopia in July (Photo: Initiator Benny Adrion with r o – Support of sustainable land use to secure food supplies Lili, the most successful walker). In just one day, enough money was raised to build four W – Drinking water GOALS TOGETHER wells in Africa. The walk was initiated by Welthungerhilfe’s partner “Viva con Agua”, – Seed distribution for food security – Health promoting measures which supports a relief project in Ethiopia, among other things.

– Flood aid d

a Alliances an important support Pakistan (6 projects) o r

– Reconstruction and rehabilitation of public infrastructure b – Distribution of seed a k – Helping children cope with trauma r o August

Philippines (1 project) W Since its foundation, Welthunger- In August, Welthungerhilfe and the UN Millennium Campaign organised a panel discussion entitled “Privilege entails responsibili- – Support of children and young people hilfe has cooperated with other re- ty! And so does poverty!” Should developing countries do more to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals? Or is this the Sri Lanka (8 projects) lief organisations to achieve goals it responsibility of industrial countries? These questions were discussed by Eveline Herfkens (Executive Coordinator of the UN Mil- – Reconstruction of homes and schools in the tsunami region y

– Emergency aid for refugees n would not be able to achieve on its lennium Campaign), Prof. Peter Eigen (founder and chairman of the advisory board of Transparency International) and the Secre- – Integrated food security a m own. The competition amongst or- tary General of Welthungerhilfe in Berlin. r

Tajikistan (9 projects) e ganisations for donations, public – Rural development G n grants and good ideas is growing September – Disaster prevention i

k constantly and has long since Aiming high for Kenya: the International Stadium Festival in Berlin has been a partner of – Ecotourism r – Food security o transcended national boundaries. Farmers harvest potatoes in an Alliance2015 project in Peru. Welthungerhilfe for the past two years. This year, it was the turn of pole-vaulters to raise W Uzbekistan (1 project) But an increase in this kind of co- money for charity: every centimetre they vaulted raised money for the “Matuu Vision – Promotion of small trade operation in the form of alliances or Orphans’ Centre” in Kenya. Spectators could join in by submitting predictions about the Vietnam (1 project) networks is also in evidence in Germany, Europe and beyond. “Development Works – progress of the charity competition by text message. The results of the event were im-

– Agricultural development p

a Relief organisations no longer ask themselves whether or not they Together for People in Need!” pressive: the grand total of € 20,000 was raised for the orphanage in Kenya.

M wish to cooperate but which goals to pursue and with whom – and The “Development Works!” alliance is another important part- d l

r what kind of resources they are prepared to invest. ner of Welthungerhilfe in Germany. Last year, it organised a

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA o

Bolivia (9 projects) W conference on disaster prevention entitled “If nothing hap- – Integrated rural development pens, a lot has been achieved”. October – Protection of resources Cooperations initially mean extra work. If they succeed, they With a varied programme of sporting events, cultural activities and critical dia-

– Agricultural support n

o can help maintain or improve an organisation's status, create Alliance2015 logue, the “Welthungerhilfe Week” represented the highlight of the partnership – Education and vocational training i t

a synergies and save resources, learn from each other and bal- One especially important strategic partnership Welthungerhilfe year in Magdeburg. But it also had an impact elsewhere in Germany. In his

Brazil (1 project) d – Promotion of children’s rights n ance out deficits. It is no coincidence that alliances and net- entered into is with Alliance2015. It unites affiliated partners opening speech on German television, the German President Horst Köhler u o

F works have increased in number in the last few years. This has from six European countries (Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, stressed that concerted efforts still had to be made to address the problems in

Colombia (1 project) / – Conflict management s

e been influenced by three external factors: Italy, the Czech Republic and Germany) which jointly carry out Africa, Asia and Latin America. The World Hunger Index, which was presented c

Cuba (7 projects) n – competition for income and influence, especially on politics projects both overseas (currently almost 60) and in Europe on 16th October, World Food Day, illustrated how serious the situation is and a

– Food security, urban agriculture i l – the tendency towards specialisation in the social, political (e.g. the “Stop Child Labour” campaign). Alliance2015 where progress has already been made. The panel discussion “Are biofuels the l

– Buffer area management, resource security A – Local business development and economic sector, which cannot be covered by individual respects and benefits from the autonomy and diversity of its cause of global hunger?” showed that the Welthungerhilfe Week also took a organisations, and members. Its presidency rotates between members. With a critical look at development work. Welthungerhilfe invited experts to Berlin to Dominican Republic (2 projects) y

– Buffer area management c – public donors which call for cooperations. series of publications on EU development policy and two ongo- discuss alternative fuels and their possible benefits for development coopera- n

e ing campaigns “Stop Child Labour” and “Virus Free Genera- tion. Finally, the exhibition “15 villages. 8 Goals. 1 World.” celebrated its première in the Justice Centre in Magdeburg. The

Ecuador (5 projects) r – Drinking water supply and irrigation for village communities a p VENRO tion”, the partnership has succeeded in making a name for it- touring exhibition provided lively impressions of the Initiative Millennium Villages and the Millennium Development Goals.

– Local business development s n Welthungerhilfe works in several such alliances. For example, self in Brussels. a

Haiti (7 projects) r

T it is a founding member of the (umbrella) association of – Agricultural irrigation and drinking water supplies – Food security German non-governmental organisations, VENRO, an amalga- Eurostep – Rehabilitation of social infrastructure mation of 107 organisations committed to development coop- Based in Brussels, Eurostep is a network of secular relief agen- November Nicaragua (7 projects) eration and humanitarian aid. VENRO not only represents the cies from 14 European countries. Eurostep has participated 3,700 school children, 120 school teachers and 20 nursery teachers joined in the project week as part of Welthungerhilfe’s town – Disaster prevention interests of relief organisations vis-à-vis the German govern- both in the debate about the European constitution and in partnership with Magdeburg in November. Head of Project Manuel Henriques travelled especially from Angola to attend the event. s

– Emergency aid after hurricane “Felix” e

c ment, it also provides members with services such as training numerous discussions about development policy in the Com- Together with other speakers from the WorldStories campaign, he organised a very entertaining and informative week. Pupils – Rural development n

a programmes. As a supporter of the “Your Voice Against mission and Parliament, therefore acting as the Brussels office talked to him and other experts about the subject of child labour in agriculture. The week culminated with a big “learning

Peru (18 projects) n i

– Coffee cultivation and distribution F Poverty” campaign, VENRO represented German development of Welthungerhilfe and its European partners. festival”. – Disaster prevention and emergency aid after earthquake organisations at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm in 2007. – Local business development December – Promotion of children’s rights The international conference “Politics against Hunger VI” focused this time on the highly topical subject of “Bioenergy and Food Security”. The conference was hosted by the German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection; Welthungerhilfe was s

t www.alliance2015.org | www.venro.org | www.entwicklung-hilft.de involved in choosing the contents of the event. Welthungerhilfe partners from India and Bolivia were also able to present and dis- c

e cuss their regenerative energy projects at the meeting. p s o r

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t – Development of irrigation areas for rice growing i

d – Construction of primary schools

E HOW WE HELP WORLDWIDE Sierra Leone (3 projects) – Food security and rural development – Support of small-scale coffee and cocoa farmers Somalia (3 projects) – Resource management d – Integrated food security a

o Uzbekistan r South Africa (1 project) b Kyrgyzstan a – HIV/AIDS counselling and prevention and minimising effects of

k the disease r o Veshab Sudan (9 projects) W Tajikistan Pyongyang North Korea Quarabator Dushanbe – Integrated food security – Emergency food aid Kabul – Rehabilitation of schools, bridges and wells y

n Tanzania (2 projects)

a Nepal – Support of street children m

r New Delhi – Reintegration of children into families

e Sarwan

G Myanmar Havanna Cuba Uganda (5 projects) n

i Ghandhiji Songha – Support and reintegration of refugees Pakistan k Port-au-Prince – Support of agricultural self-help groups r India o Mali Laos Sudan Afghanistan Zimbabwe (7 projects) W Dominican Republic – Food security Haiti Kongoussi Kanat Toch Vietnam Khartoum Bangladesh – Irrigation Auhya Pihni Burkina Faso Bamako Philippines Nicaragua Phnom Penh Manigri Ethiopia Addis Abeba p Sierra Leone Sodo a Aceh Monrovia Somalia Colombo Cambodia ASIA M Liberia

d Sri Lanka

l Colombia Afghanistan (14 projects) r

o Ghana Benin Uganda – Community development W San Andrés Kampala – Protection of water collecting areas Nairobi Kenya Ecuador Base-Kiryango – National solidarity programme Brazil Democratic Republic Valley Rwanda – Promotion of democracy of the Congo Indonesia – Rose oil production n Burundi o i

t Bangladesh (1 project) Lima Luanda Tanzania a – Promotion of self-help structures and food security d Mangue n Peru u Cañadón Peñas Angola Cambodia (6 projects) o

F – Drinking water supplies and support of food production /

s Bolivia Madagascar – Support and training of street children e Zimbabwe

c Mabote – Support of victims of violations of human right n – Support of rice cultivation a i l l Maputo Anosikely India (52 projects) A – Rural development and poverty reduction – Resource management – Promotion of self-help groups and networks

y Mozambique

c South Africa – Measures to eliminate child labour n

e Regional offices – Irrigation r

a – Support of children and young people

p Millennium Villages Lesotho

s – Disaster relief and prevention n a

r Indonesia (7 projects) T – Building of homes and schools in Aceh AFRICA Democratic Republic of the Congo (10 projects) Lesotho (1 project) – Support of agriculture and other sources of income in the – Immediate relief and survival aid for war victims – Support of children affected by HIV/AIDS Angola (6 projects) coastal area of Aceh – Rural development Liberia (3 projects) – Emergency aid for flood victims – Food security programmes – Rehabilitation of public infrastructure, especially road construction – Rehabilitation and reconstruction of social infrastructure – Reconstruction programme rural development Kyrgyzstan (2 projects) – Peacekeeping measures, reintegration of former soldiers – Reconstruction of roads and drinking water supply s – Control of Newcastle disease – Support of agricultural production e – Food security

c Ethiopia (12 projects) Benin (1 project) – Rehabilitation of basic infrastructure n – Food security a – Sustainable resource protection and drinking water supply Madagascar (9 projects) Laos (5 projects) n – Support of AIDS orphans i – Support of decentralisation

F – Improvement of the quality of life through rural development Burkina Faso (4 projects) – Flood relief – Nutrition counselling and rice growing – Increasing productivity of farming and market gardening – Improvement of drinking water supply and hygiene and protection of natural resources – Education and vocational training for street children Mali (6 projects) – Improvement of basic infrastructure An extensive list of projects and – Rural development and drinking water supply Ghana (1 project) – School programmes for nomadic children – Promotion of self-help projects in villages representation of funds is available under – School education for former street children – Support of agricultural self-help groups Burundi (3 projects) Myanmar (8 projects) www.welthungerhilfe.de/hilfsprojekte.html Kenya (9 projects) – Rural development – Improvement of food production and support of self-help - Peace development – Resource protection and drinking water supply

s – Resource protection capacities

t - Primary school meals

c – Drinking water supply Mozambique (7 projects) – Improvement of drinking water supplies e The map can be downloaded under – Rehabilitation of social basic infrastructure p – Support of a school for the deaf – Vocational training s – Structural extension of orphanage

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t July

– Flood aid d

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– Agricultural development p

a Relief organisations no longer ask themselves whether or not they Together for People in Need!” pressive: the grand total of € 20,000 was raised for the orphanage in Kenya.

M wish to cooperate but which goals to pursue and with whom – and The “Development Works!” alliance is another important part- d l

r what kind of resources they are prepared to invest. ner of Welthungerhilfe in Germany. Last year, it organised a

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA o

– Agricultural support n

a synergies and save resources, learn from each other and bal- One especially important strategic partnership Welthungerhilfe year in Magdeburg. But it also had an impact elsewhere in Germany. In his

Colombia (1 project) / – Conflict management s

e been influenced by three external factors: Italy, the Czech Republic and Germany) which jointly carry out Africa, Asia and Latin America. The World Hunger Index, which was presented c

e ing campaigns “Stop Child Labour” and “Virus Free Genera- tion. Finally, the exhibition “15 villages. 8 Goals. 1 World.” celebrated its première in the Justice Centre in Magdeburg. The

– Local business development s n Welthungerhilfe works in several such alliances. For example, self in Brussels. a

Haiti (7 projects) r

– Emergency aid after hurricane “Felix” e

Peru (18 projects) n i

t www.alliance2015.org | www.venro.org | www.entwicklung-hilft.de involved in choosing the contents of the event. Welthungerhilfe partners from India and Bolivia were also able to present and dis- c

e cuss their regenerative energy projects at the meeting. p s o r

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t July

– Flood aid d

a Alliances an important support Pakistan (6 projects) o r

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Tajikistan (9 projects) e ganisations for donations, public – Rural development G n grants and good ideas is growing September – Disaster prevention i

– Agricultural development p

a Relief organisations no longer ask themselves whether or not they Together for People in Need!” pressive: the grand total of € 20,000 was raised for the orphanage in Kenya.

M wish to cooperate but which goals to pursue and with whom – and The “Development Works!” alliance is another important part- d l

r what kind of resources they are prepared to invest. ner of Welthungerhilfe in Germany. Last year, it organised a

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA o

– Agricultural support n

a synergies and save resources, learn from each other and bal- One especially important strategic partnership Welthungerhilfe year in Magdeburg. But it also had an impact elsewhere in Germany. In his

Colombia (1 project) / – Conflict management s

e been influenced by three external factors: Italy, the Czech Republic and Germany) which jointly carry out Africa, Asia and Latin America. The World Hunger Index, which was presented c

e ing campaigns “Stop Child Labour” and “Virus Free Genera- tion. Finally, the exhibition “15 villages. 8 Goals. 1 World.” celebrated its première in the Justice Centre in Magdeburg. The

– Local business development s n Welthungerhilfe works in several such alliances. For example, self in Brussels. a

Haiti (7 projects) r

– Emergency aid after hurricane “Felix” e

Peru (18 projects) n i

t www.alliance2015.org | www.venro.org | www.entwicklung-hilft.de involved in choosing the contents of the event. Welthungerhilfe partners from India and Bolivia were also able to present and dis- c

e cuss their regenerative energy projects at the meeting. p s o r

P 18 15 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite19 H f p T J I s t t c o T p n y A A “ Albert A Albert t s d A a d t W I or n ion a o n i pen u e p ause pment Even dmin orts he he erien ess ay utie lbert on, lbert ausmann elthungerhilfe, sk position ar. ly onsib 200 1 don women, 99 to t. Foundat social business as 2007, s, with he He first Otten ced istration it Otten 7, Otten 8, Wit ate as fi NEW ility. honorary s his will aid nd offers th W c h a an his en apital Otten of and paid money e scientist elthunge children new responsibilities Albert its young ion d because spent now joins Foundati tr responsibility br Toge for epre of of income supporters continues a oth guar w emos president Han remai visit legacies. manage the ay the ther th neurial student in Otten er rhi s an is ante and e s- to on I to Heiner t Foundation. lfe the Welthungerhilfe ns last d Joachim fr tra wanted the appointed appo fi es you ’s om with father (57) his unt nan the inin of eye. FACE 25 form of youth Board I su also ng inve ouch int successful thought Otten. Welthungerhilf ce the g, Foundation’s stai years has peop He ed to Preuß, the of sc centre its stments, of include nable o ed Welthunger hool f a change four commit Apart takes work le managing endowments, Dir Taking new and about Secret in Purirísun Foundation ectors he and and took work. on honorary d only fundraising on the new fr eve w ted things”. asset a om vocational e ill ary a pla working hilfe a over change lopin set Founda int long-term the intere run himself FOR in nnable position administrative s eresting up the honorary Gener pres Foundati family with from g endowment in the st Since count a town tion in of it and ident. pr founda may ai s day-to- his to al Volker devel- ojects direc basis. of d tenth busi ways of sup ries. this 1 the be on. ex re be Cusco of st ------THE president in Foundat funds, compared 150 gether There further The P in and ent Contact as donor In company. Foundat hilfe’s The further sponsible trolle super roject Peru 2007 a response found interest honorar Stiftung [email protected] priva Stut participants. d visor s, are in on projects € ta inform fo an ion’s ion funding us. 2007. tgart, lks entit t 20.8 ation undation many y three e to f i or nformative and We y Deutsche authority individual, are fr the FOUNDATIO capital ation. led t Bonn bodies om o an loans mi would l in ways th planned evels: previous numerous “G Response llion the e independent conformity -A loans Board ood Welthungerhilfe to are ußenstadt stock of for b Foundation’s by meeting at as e hel the reasons for happy used year. the foundations, the a of p and increased to business, other Foundation Welthungerhi requests Trustees. regional end wit the exclusively was to lawyer depe and for h | cities help events www.stiftung-welthungerhilfe.de of | the organi capital Tel.: making an ndent the government association by from The you the gav organ in inde +49 ar w sed l € fin to fe G e as e or stock Fou tax ermany foundations. 574,186 ancial fund pen a the 228 as a isation’s b v f prov enefactors er or wi n talk authorities a d y den Board 2288 ll”. the and ation or benefactor ide of Welthunger positiv y i t t as ear n C o fir I y n d auditing ologne’s N Charter. – 2008. to ou st a ar epen i of s 600 Berlin 2 e club. ound alto time con 0 w The and and th 07 19 it r d e h – e - - - - -

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E HOW WELTHUNGERHILFE GUARAN- TEES QUALITY AND TRANSPARENCY

d The sustainability of our work is a matter of utmost importance to Welthungerhilfe. We are accountable to private donors, providers of a o

r public grants, our partners in the South and the people in our project countries. This is why quality and transparency play a vital role. b

a Within our organisation, various levels of control ensure that the money entrusted upon us is spent wisely and effectively. k r o

W Board of Directors and Management Internal auditing Welthungerhilfe has the legal status of a registered association Welthungerhilfe has its own internal auditing department (e.V.). The supreme supervisory body is therefore the General which is a separate unit assigned directly to the management, y

n Assembly. At this meeting, in which 26 of Germany’s most its rights and obligations are laid down in the auditing rules a

m renowned institutions are represented, we account for our work and regulations. It ensures that donated funds are used for r

e every year. The meeting also agrees on budgets and approves their intended purpose and that the various internal and exter- G

n the activities of the Board of Directors. Our members include nal regulations (e.g. of public grantors) are adhered to. The in- i

k the President of the German Bundestag, the German Women ternal auditing department, however, is also responsible for ad- r o Farmers’ Association, the main churches and the Congress of vising the Secretary General and all organisational units on fi- W German Municipalities. nancial, operational and organisational matters. The auditing unit therefore has both supervisory and advisory functions. The day-to-day business performed by the Secretary General is p

a controlled by the honorary members of the Board of Directors Evaluation

M presided over by Ingeborg Schäuble. There is also a Project Ad- To examine the technical implementation of our projects, d l

r visory Committee made up of 19 honorary members. Experts Welthungerhilfe relies on evaluations. External evaluators who o

W from various scientific fields examine project applications in are recognised experts in their specific fields monitor the qual- terms of their eligibility for funding (see page 31 for the full ity of our projects. The results are published in summarized list of members and experts and other comments) and submit form on our homepage (www.welthungerhilfe.de/evaluationen- n

o recommendations to the Board of Directors for final approval. welthungerhilfe.html). The evaluation unit is also directly as- i t a d n u o F / s e c n a i l l A y c n e r a p s n a r T s e c n a n i F s t c e p

s The correct use of donations is of utmost importance to Welthungerhilfe. o r

P 20 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite21 cators of ask: atic words: centrally current ment for which has organisation fore task of signed the mal Quality Quality Welthungerhilfe Controlling 2007 The year. ment pact-oriented quality ganisational the standards, of controlling. Balance plemen of effectively, grammes ous assignments ware cellen ble system company ures of sources). evalu de our an the project an management b to and divis st important How which on key velopment y Th een system of ce udies in we included of pr project p tation organisation’s to management how and, e ations management management and the im project lan Sheet content-relat ojects, ions, and the Model”. the plannin BDO on tasks do wor In the provement benchmarking, and sector. is efficiently Operative operative which future studies d can an first people can the are k? individual covers of still field oes units. way management. is a at certified to and d goals. of in and the has a specific to g re pr P of project the indicate obtain c and at “Total our This rojects the arry and analyse port epared by q developments. improve the of the development in of uality a what the makes different ed press level management. is controlling In and Today, foremost, long individual marketing applying work the the managem control budget out t on divisions strategy is stan a feedback he organisation Quality form sector, , is the the in corporate a quality respective its the initiation (projects, manage tradit of division, p correctness it projects the dards. their help This erformed we sector- an possi activities. a l financ of of evels is impact Pro quality button. ar for for i i ent Ex ion an the or m m manages the hel control in of is immediate and e the of Str ------20 The int p internally ial w of project Profit mar responsibility as ategic countries here the these pr 07 people erested and contr of of Welthungerhilfe and I a ling key I ovide keting n n – our the whole; management and 2 M 2007 and approved. the external Re anag Regional 011 operative olling. controlling wor performance projects Regiona Q R serves Regi gional benefi Pro ualit work. egiona software P in data more developed ement r monitors Progra past, jec Loss ojects South Souther use and onal k C y , entra appr Desk t it l the Desk and l Committee the Des Desk Desk -Ea mmes of In Department t so focuses the It as human l in evaluati n ? Accounts, k Lat Af st the Centra have. Africa oved Fin South financial West areas The the Cont rica achieve progr is East organigram auditing In in Asia that system and used a an resul occurs Am assess meas there rollin ce l focus and a other basis and Asia indi sof nd er var aim and last ica the ess We re g on on in in ts t i ------y t v i p e c s a W Internal www.welthungerhilfe.de/ueber_uns.html m u “ o m s a o O c c L i g w ng n he M B S e e ignatory p ral rgani lso o nalyses s r o ial rantor ast lementation lar D ur hic arketing oard M e ent e ented Corporate ar lop econd ntract ecific rruption P ono the USAI cr aj u Manage Fu pr have . Ad blic or Me etary or accounts A exa h basis. r ye st ndr of R vertis D a ocesses. sse sa a gani mber assignment elation is Relation on atement nd ar, s, Depatrment Directo a mined D, ising tion. o ment proposal s G inter Gi ing and rs also mbly eneral set the quality clearl such ving, s powers. Board the should sati and ship also Proj prevention s rs nal of quality external binding Every on tax is and by would y as In s ect ensure eye of to purchasing defi as e f management auth the the autumn be or For all xamined country Dir part opt s” y ned a and ear, a n e German awarded. our ect Finan for orit I many principle i audits xt nformation ot whole ner uniform mise that was Finance Ad Procure inte ern ors regulations ies all ce minis effici app o projects C 2 s P rn and ur ont ersonne an al 007, al their are also regulations wit our by Department tration pe d ment years, all roll rove Service Techn within Accounting ann au gover ency ing rfor at hout Competition qual model also l internal external and diti suppliers are and olog a fu passed ual s our t med abroad he team nment nds ng Welthungerhilfe y of i th key required the t about y headquarters. statement activ e wor company a management f are stipulating auditor’ or and issues. w course ma Welthungerhilfe aud at , ar k. and In as itie t r formation correctly fundrais he e esponsi jor I The the nformation and ex itors also audited to s p Eu ter t s of roject B ax Education have of of A aim en ce P and ropean DO. . the nal set olicy P Internal Evaluati the directive a ress exactly the ac rtifica and d b Our in udit Deve has ilit used Fo model of counts g, up O all The fundrais on s Policy par of m ff undation on o-called Audit lop ice ies coming its anage impl on public Union me to which f te a tners. 20 inan Gen both nt how . reg and im de our 07 21 for on e is ------

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E FINANCES

BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 2007 Assets 31.12.2007 Previous year EURO EURO

d A. Fixed assets a o r

b I. Intangible assets a Software 676,958.74 593,461.07 k r o II. Tangible assets W Fixtures, fittings and equipment 592,904.47 599,630.02

III. Financial assets 1. Participating interests 256,054.97 256,054.97 y

n 2. Securities and loan notes 27,777,608.05 27,383,876.71 a m

r 29,303,526.23 28,833,022.77 e

G B. Current assets n i

k I. Accounts receivable and other assets r

o 1. Grants receivable under approved project allocations 128,263,224.50 122,813,334.25

W 2. Assets from gifts and legacies 95,889.18 98,507.51 3. Other assets 1,452,602.03 1,573,281.32

II. Cash 28,173,957.85 36,510,394.52

p 157,985,673.56 160,995,517.60 a M d l

r C. Prepayments and accrued income 66,560.35 22,044.93 o W 187,355,760.14 189,850,585.30 n o i t a

d GENERAL INFORMATION Reserves are recognised, used and derecognised in accordance with n

u statutory requirements and the Welthungerhilfe charter. o

F The annual financial statements of Welthungerhilfe are prepared in accor- / s dance with the German Commercial Code (HGB) with voluntary application Welthungerhilfe funds designated for co-financed projects, for improve- e

c of supplementary rules for large corporate entities as set out in sections ments to field operations and for non-co-financed projects not subject to n a

i 264 ff., HGB. contractual agreement are accounted for in the project funding special l l reserve. The organisation’s own funds account for 42.6 percent of total A Value-added tax (VAT) is included in the cost of fixed assets and in ex- project funds for co-financed domestic projects and 18 percent for co- penses except where the organisation is able to deduct input VAT. financed foreign projects. y c

n Provisions are recognised for uncertain liabilities and identifiable risks. The

e Accounting policies r amount recognised is the estimated amount required to settle the obliga- a Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less any depreciation, which is p tion. s charged in accordance with German tax law, and less any impairment n

a charges recognised under the third sentence of section 253 (2), HGB. r Accounts payable are stated at their settlement amount. T Depreciation is charged on a straight-line basis except where a shorter Foreign-currency accounts payable are translated at the bid exchange estimated useful life is considered appropriate in the context of a specific rate, using the lower of the rate at the inception date of the payable or the project. balance sheet date.

s Individual items costing € 1,000 or less are written off in the year of acqui-

e In the notes to the balance sheet and to the income and expenditure

c sition.

n account, figures for the previous year are stated in brackets. a n

i Non-current financial assets are stated at the lower of cost or market value F at the balance sheet date. NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET

Accounts receivable and other assets and cash are stated at face value. Assets Identifiable risks are taken into account by recognising impairment charges as appropriate. A. Fixed assets s

t I. Intangible assets

c Foreign-currency accounts receivable are translated at the bid exchange

e These consist of purchased and depreciated software in the amount of rate, using the lower of the rate at the inception date of the receivable or p

s € 677,000 (€593,000). the balance sheet date. o r

P 22 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite23 € term Such In 2. (‘DW and rate capital € I. The 1. B. 1. III. These II. € abroad 2.3 79,000 234,000 Accounts Tangible Securities Grants Current Participating accordance E. C. D. B. A. Liabilities Financial of investment organisation Shop’). Accruals budgeting Provisions Payables Project Reserves million instruments return IV. III. II. I. I. III. II. of consist are Bequeathed receivable ( Project Dritte-Welt-Shop assets € Non-designated accounted assets receivable ( 70,000) € assets and 3. 2. 1. Other Trade Project 2. 1. 1. not Grants 2. ( with funding € 246,000) and interests with of 2.3 Tax Other funds system, yet Sundry with Obligations Donor Foreign Domestic loan funds holds low are € accounts deferred accounts million) relating under drawn data provision 280,000 accounts in special funds exposure notes and gifts for are normally provisions reserve other loans approximately in other € with from other funds invested approved 25.5 Gesellschaft upon and reserve income office in to payable payable reserve assumed assets. projects. payable ( designated accounts loan € the to assets legacies held million reserve 284,000) risk. fixtures, organisation’s in notes project Project-funded to with 10 in für ( maturity. € payable connection co-financing 25.1 are percent the Entwicklungsförderung in allocations fittings shown depreciated aim million) Fixed-interest computerised of of and tangible under obtaining the funds in equipment ordinary securities IT fixed fixed hardware, securities medium- a market assets. GmbH assets share and and as 2. increase These € recognised on Foundation. current ment prices. (€ The 3. assets € come lion), (KfW) ance Most 384,000 51.2 255,000) Assets Other assets a € straight-line sheet of German € 1,453,000 € Tax primarily is million The 14.9 11.8 accounts, the assets recognised in at from Act ( large € date as € € appraised 355,000) million million 128.3 5.5 in (EStG). ( assets gifts Federal € relate relates projects 48.8 basis million amounts ( € € and 371,000 million 1,573,000) ( as ( € € at to market The million), 14.9 in in income 14.7 to Ministry legacies a two increase spanning interest accordance 133,605,871.54 co-financed 187,355,760.14 nominal ( remaining 50,099,838.82 79,759,015.10 25,086,410.79 13,300,000.00 25,853,000.00 10,353,000.00 € million). receivable apartments 2,631,230.07 2,810,000.00 2,785,000.00 2,200,000.00 million), ( 122.8 value € 562,624.90 411,497.00 from United 473,000) figure 31.12.2007 70,968.72 70,696.93 25,000.00 for accruals in multiple amount. plus million) 477.81 Economic donations total Non-cash assets and with projects EURO for Nations from transaction originating accounts in for other section Kreditanstalt years. in VAT Any in securities, grants and as Deutsche grants Cooperation this € receivable assets gain 28.0 follows: 7 130,685,989.03 receivable bequests. 189,850,585.30 from item costs (4) 50,063,646.26 78,960,099.11 27,034,785.54 12,280,000.00 29,342,000.00 10,210,000.00 receivable are 1,110,489.91 2,787,000.00 2,787,000.00 6,852,000.00 on million mainly Previous of 343,996.82 121,696.93 für time a relate disposal 68,560.00 European stated and 17,500.00 Welthungerhilfe the gift, and Wiederaufbau and deposits 810.73 is ( depreciated German € recognised consists to € at EURO due at 30.4 year Develop 212,000 legacies the of market Union to such > and bal mil 23 In an > of - - - -

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r II. Cash C. Provisions o

t Welthungerhilfe>> funds assigned to current projects but not yet needed are i 1. Tax provision

d invested as time deposits to obtain a market rate of return with low expo- The provision was recognised for back tax following a payroll tax inspec- E sure to risk. Such funds are paid out to meet current needs as budgeted. tion. Foreign-currency holdings are stated at weighted average transfer exchange rates and advance payments are calculated at the same rates. 2. Other provisions The other provisions totalling €2,785,000 (€2,787,000) are mostly made The decrease in cash to €28.2 million (€36.5 million) is due to cash out- up of provisions recognised as follows: €1,278,000 (€1,278,000) for

d flows on reversals of project funds reserves and to advance funding for project risks (to offset potential foreign exchange losses), €776,000 a o

r large EU-funded projects. The cash total includes €12.3 million (€13.6 (€823,000) for employee severance pay required under foreign law, b

a million) in special accounts set up for public grantors (such accounts are €380,000 (€356,000) in holiday entitlements, €125,000 (€120,000) for

k usually credited with large sums at the year-end), €10.0 million (€8.2 contributions to the VBG employers’ indemnity fund, and €62,000 r

o million) in foreign project accounts, and €4.9 million (€14.2 million) in (€66,000) for costs relating to preparation of the annual financial state-

W domestic time deposits and in bearer bonds. ments.

D. Accounts payable y

n I. Grants relating to designated co-financing funds not yet drawn upon a

m These relate to public funds used for projects carried out autonomously by r

e Welthungerhilfe. Non-cash grants are stated at market prices. G Liabilities n i Grants relating to designated co-financing funds not yet drawn upon are k r A. Reserves subject to bank guarantees totalling €6,367,000. o

W I. Bequeathed funds reserve The bequeathed funds reserve consists of funds available to the organisa- II. Project accounts payable tion on a long-term basis. The increase of €1,020,000 resulted from cash These relate to obligations for projects carried out by Welthungerhilfe or bequests. under contract with other project sponsors. Non-cash grants are stated at market value. p

a II. Project funds reserve M This reserve was recognised for projects started in 2008. III. Trade accounts payable d l

r These mainly consist of accounts payable for supplies to foreign projects, o III. Non-designated funds reserve settled within their due dates in the new year. The amount varies according W €143,000 was credited to the non-designated funds reserve in 2007 to to the size and nature of projects currently in progress. safeguard Welthungerhilfe’s institutional operating capacity. IV. Other accounts payable n

o B. Project funding special reserve Donor loans can be withdrawn at one week’s notice. i t The special reserve amounting to €25.1 million (€27.0 million) is made up a

d of Welthungerhilfe funds as follows: €17.8 million (€17.9 million) for proj- An annuity assumed in connection with gifts and legacies is for an indefi- n

u ects co-financed by public grantors, €1.8 million (€1.1 million) for im- nite term and is stated at actuarial present value. o F

/ provements to branch offices abroad, and €5.5 million (€8.0 million) for s

e domestic and foreign projects carried out autonomously without outside The sundry other accounts payable mainly relate to interest payable on c

n grants. grants, travel expenses and fees still to be settled, and VAT. a i l l A y c n

e Analysis of accounts payable (€ thousand) 31.12.2007 <1 year >1 year > 5 years r a

p 1. Grants relating to designated s

n co-financing funds a

r not yet drawn upon 80,170 52,693 27,477 0 T 2. Project accounts payable 50,100 24,648 25,452 0 3. Trade accounts payable 2,631 2,631 00 4. Donor loans 71 71 00

s 5. Obligations assumed in connection e

c with gifts and legacies 71 20 51 0 n a

n 6. Sundry other accounts payable 563 563 00 i F 133,606 80,626 52,980 0 s t c e p s o r

P 24 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite25 (€ Under single € ures wards The Donations eration the Foundation), ferred Project Donations Income AC NOTES INCOME 1.6 16. 15. 14. 13. 12. 11. 10. 0.2 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. COUNT December total have million million) bequest for from institutional partners. Net Transfer Transfer Transfer Transfer Net Interest Write-downs Other Income Other b) a) Depreciation, b) a) Staff b) a Project Other d c) b a) Donations activities ) ) ) is grants and been decreased TO On and On Foreign Domestic other Social Foreign Domestic Wages Domestic Foreign - - Institutional Donations, Grants Net income income Foundations Public made Stiftung costs public interest expenditure AND Income ( assets non-current grants in € of income tangible THE funding figure from and restated 1.3 from to to to employee fines. from € security, are and and from up project non-designated bequeathed 0.5 staff staff grants, for before grants similar and million) participating on EXPENDITURE staff staff Deutsche project from amortisation by and funded INCO in salaries of bequests grants public the million. The transferred cooperation securities grants assets accordingly. € private particular € and similar 2.6 funds changes benefits 29.9 year pensions gifts separate intangible expenditure rise in funds ME and entirely million private funds Welthungerhilfe in income million and institutional and reserve income interests private and income AND funds reserve falling to from and figures partners allocated legacies reserve to reserves charities assets from impairments ( € € from reserve Deutsche 31.7 sources. EXP 32.8 short ACCOUN from and donations, are grants, bequests fines million million) sponsoring ENDIT bequests (the of presented The the Welthungerhilfe and German ( € T long-term previous in net URE 34.3 grants and FOR is cash from income due million), € Agro 0.2 from donations, THE year’s 2007 to average. a million Action trans coop Foundation large with on fig YEAR - - - - the and The Other Income Income denominated fact sources (€ ship lion). month change € Public TO 106,000 1,109,000) 2006/2007 private other that fees 31 income This period. grants from from gains for DW ST and income ( primarily charities € the participating DECEMBER 24,000) project Shop’s participating the decreased in have financial Darfur exchange organisation’s of rose € reduced contracts. reflects previous in 552,000 region –103,594,674.98 129,204,064.75 year. –11,759,309.01 income to interests by 93,585,560.60 31,719,687.80 –3,489,000.00 –1,020,000.00 –2,200,000.00 –7,437,990.92 –1,797,630.52 –1,443,356.31 –5,853,432.86 –2,594,002.83 interests 6,852,000.00 1,485,280.04 3,675,929.77 rate € –143,000.00 –468,182.66 –543,726.39 € a 3.7 764,251.72 552,426.65 219,746.20 The 2007 substantially 33.7 financial of –2,618.33 ( reduction share € gains 3,140.38 from million Sudan. 1,276,000) 2007 EURO increase and – million 98.35 and 0.00 of on sponsorship disposals year ( net sponsorship € Project foreign in 2.9 of to due income spanned World mostly € € million). 136,000 93.6 to of grants grants –144,103,886.56 securities. the Food from 165,007,978.47 127,265,722.30 –10,695,680.65 consists million Previous 14,943,873.17 34,348,821.93 –6,791,094.85 –6,852,000.00 –8,123,395.35 –1,825,733.72 –1,478,806.60 –5,606,535.80 –2,941,635.18 comprises less 1,788,046.08 1,275,941.55 2,942,924.01 increase –628,160.46 –672,617.86 –198,062.72 –508,459.48 and from resulted 627,626.15 140,035.53 310,474.70 the Programme – –2,618.33 than 5,872.71 ( DW of projects EURO € foundations Foreign year 127.3 € a sponsor 272,000 from Shop in 0.00 twelve- Euro- and mil > the 25 ex re for > - - - -

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r Other interest and similar income

o Workforce

t >>

i Other interest and similar income mainly consists of €1,382,000 (Average over the year) d (€1,265,000) in interest on securities and €140,000 (€578,000) in inter- E 2007 Previous year est on time deposits, less €39,000 (€57,000) in accrued interest on Domestic workforce bonds. The drop in interest on time deposits is due to the closure of sav- Unlimited-term contracts 94 73 ings accounts with preferential rates of interest in December 2006. Limited-term contract 71 82 165 155 Expenditure Expatriate workforce 174 164 d Project funding

a Total workforce numbers 339 319 o

r This item relates to commitments in the form of contractual and non- b

a contractual obligations entered into for approved projects in developing Pay scales for full-time staff

k countries and for domestic projects in accordance with the Welthungerhilfe The gross annual pay of full-time staff is made up of a monthly salary, an annual bonus and r employer’s contributions to a pension plan. o charter. The €40.5 million decrease in foreign projects to €103.6 million W (€144.1 million) primarily reflects a reduction in World Food Programme Gross annual pay resources for the Darfur region of Sudan. Secretary General:...... Up to €111,000 Division Manager:...... Up to €91,000 Group Leader: ...... €56,000 – €75,000 Staff costs Section/Programme Manager: ...... €43,000 – €55,000 y Administrators:...... €36,000 – €42,000

n Staff costs include domestic project and administration activities plus for- Secretaries, assistants and other trained staff: ...... €28,000–€35,000 a eign staff employed directly by Welthungerhilfe headquarters. Wages and m r salaries for expatriate staff increased by €1.1 million to €11.8 million The above figures do not include employer’s statutory social insurance contributions. An addi- e tional amount of €90 per month is currently paid for dependant children up to age 14. G (€10.7 million), largely as a result of taking on the staff-intensive ANSO n

i project in Afghanistan. Local project staff with local employment contracts k

r are accounted for in project funding expenditure. Staff costs include Board of Directors and Management o €417,000 for pension provision. The following were elected to the Board of Directors at the annual assem- W bly on 25th November 2004: Other expenditure Ingeborg Schäuble, Gengenbach (Chairperson) Other expenditure mainly consists of €4,572,000 (€5,666,000) for public Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz J. Heidhues, Stuttgart (Deputy Chairperson) relations, €719,000 (€612,000) for IT, €679,000 (€681,000) for rent and Norbert Geisler, Düsseldorf (Treasurer)

p premises, €225,000 (€158,000) for legal services and consultancy, Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, Bonn a

M €204,000 (€198,000) for communication and €147,000 (140,000) for Dr. Winfried Risse, Cologne

d contributions. The lower public relations expenditure reflects lower expen- Dr. Tobias Schulz-Isenbeck, Erkrath l

r th

o diture on fundraising and donations marketing. Heike Troue, Berlin (to 29 November 2007) th W Dr. Evelyn Schmidtke, Berlin (from 29 November 2007) Other mandatory disclosures Other financial obligations The Board of Directors serve on an unpaid basis.

n Based on the remaining terms of the contracts involved, amounts owed o

i under rental contracts and leases for the years to 2017 amount to an an- Management t

a nual average of €487,000 (€467,000), of which €379,000 (€372,000) is The organisation’s affairs were managed in 2007 by the Secretary Gene- d

n owed to Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Foundation. ral, Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß, according to the instructions and on behalf u

o of the Board of Directors. F /

s Contracts worth up to €3,350,000 (€4,495,000) are still to be entered into e

c for projects which have already been approved internally but for which only Proposal for the appropriation of net income n partial contracts have so far been signed with project partners. The figure

a Management proposes that the net income remaining after reversal of i l

l for contracts still to be entered into was thus reduced by €1,145,000 in the project funds reserve from the previous year should be transferred to

A 2007. the bequeathed funds reserve (€1,020,000), the project funds reserve (€2,200,000) and the non-designated funds reserve (€143,000). Software maintenance agreements amount to €110,000 (€101,000) a y

c year. Bonn, 29th April 2008 n e r a p s

n Ingeborg Schäuble Norbert Geisler a r Treasurer

T Chairperson

We have issued the 2007 annual financial statements (balance sheet, income and expenditure account, notes to the financial statements and management report) with an unqualified auditor’s report. Düsseldorf, 29th April 2008.

s BDO e c

n Deutsche Warentreuhand a

n Aktiengesellschaft i

F Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft s

t Dr. Rolff ppa. Kemmer c

e Wirtschaftsprüferin Wirtschaftsprüfer

p The management report (Lagebericht) is available for s (German Public Auditor) (German Public Auditor) download from:www.welthungerhilfe.de/ueber_uns.html o r

P 26 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite27 pa an tio Int € Pub € Grants € € INCOM T INCOME I o Euro n Mio verall % Prev % 2007 similar Inter (rent, Oth an Fu Other a Depreciation, Staff b) a) Project 2. 9 3. he 1 rtne d n nd 3.6 eres accor 8 9 s, lic d ndraising Foreign 35.5 cooperat D prese er mi mi ious om general im pri rs est . m t grants fr costs llio llio total IT expenditure surplu illion a om va pairments est expen dance nd 1 120 1 1 funding and co n n year te 00 40 60 ntation 2 40 6 80 E million ( ( fou ic other ion sts 2. 2.9%) 0 0 0 cha (69. PR AND AND 0 s. nda diture total amortisat et %) rities with 1%) The income c.) - is 2 based this pr 003 CH EXPENDITURE Donations Interest I evi nstit ion guidance, ANGES ous on utiona 103, total 2 20,853,7 and year’s gui 007 1 1 7,437, 2,594, 75, 35, l 546, dance 594,6 other g rants €468,182 292,624.38 026,840.50 figur 2004 IN 99 34 00 100.0 100.0 98.35 28.70 74.98 o 0.92 4. 2.83 es RESERV n 72 fundrais ACCOUN ha 0 0 .66 % % € € € € € € € € ve in be abroad Project 10 ing w e 11,299, 154,176, 114,894, n rite ES 3,594,6 2005 €31.7 res and -downs T €3.5 funding tate 2007 BY million adminis 478. mill 74.98 669.74 153.08 d 88.0% 85.1% ac ion o TYPE 10 Donati n R (23.4%) cordingly. eserv (2.6%) s trative € € € € ec ons urities es 2006 abroad Project OF 1 4 expenditure ,160 ,989 285,299.09 6,302,325.91 6,435,246.28 w EXPENDITURE e ,754.65 ,192.54 monitoring r e not Campaig € Project € 3.6% 4.8% Project € € EXPEN 4.6 6.4 114. incl published 135.0 2007 € € € € € mil mil uded 9 monitorin f milli lion lion n undin work and Campaigns s a DITURE on (3.4%) (4.8%) 1,706,348 2,221,002 million* in nd by educational g 549 4,969,289.22 4,574,142.81 (85.1 2007 educatio 97,574.86 abroad g Deutsc abr ,216 %) oad b Donations having level with Institutional the tance several figur 2003 INCOME ecause n .27 .85 .83 2. 3. hes 2007 work 8% 4% c € € € € es € € risis Zentr large after from as also years TO settl general Fundrai set alinstitut r 4 1,306,363 egion two in i ,571 mana nflows 2007 320 373 7,543,071.68 6,646,617.97 the incl ed 74,702.34 grants 2007 in si P exceptional ng R ,650.38 ,901 ,000 uded back a gement W of für and row. orl of .56 .69 .00 Darfur 4. 4. Soz came Fun have d 3% 9% subst em down € € € € € € € iale Th activi Food dr ais ergen e Fr to € in 1,552 ri A ing € antial in ties 6.6 2 dmi * 2.5 sen a 835 2,301,267.83 2,476,680.36 Sudan. gen 005 on Exclud P terv to € 88,7 and mi Admini nistr rogramme cy mill 31 ge secur , , llion 4 3 their steadi (DZI) gen nerated ening 98.3 68 68.4 45 ion food .7 ation d in and onations. ities eral . . g (4.9%) str 1 1 0 5 (1.8%) million, write-dow .3% .8% 5 6 3 2 , ati Berli P € € € € 2004 20 assis ly € € years on R an 06 27 for for n. - ns

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E WELTHUNGERHILFE IN FIGURES

d To alleviate hunger and poverty on a sustainable basis, Welthungerhilfe concentrates its project funding on a limited number of coun- a

o tries. Project funding is also restricted to measures for which Welthungerhilfe and its partner organisations demonstrably possess a r b

a high level of expertise. This approach ensures that donations and public grants are used efficiently and projects are carried out suc- k

r cessfully. o W

INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS (€97.3 MILLION) €1.1 million (1.1%) €0.5 million (0.5 %) World Bank Asian Development Bank (income and expenditure statement)

y €3.4 million (3.5%) Other n a €1.4 million (1.4%)

m Welthungerhilfe received a total of €97.3 million from several r German Foreign Office e providers of public grant funding and from foundations and G €25.0 million €17.6 million (18.1%) BMZ*

n private charities in 2007, making for another very strong year.

i (25.7%) €0.6 million (0.6%) DEZA**

k The donors’ confidence in our work is testimony to our long- World Food €1.3 million (1.4%) r Programme o term project activities and high administrative standards. The Inter-American

W Development Bank largest providers of public grant funding in 2007 were the €3.1 million (3.2%) European Commission followed by the World Food Programme Alliance2015 partner organisations and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation €3.5

p million a and Development. While public grants make up a large share (3.6% ) M of Welthungerhilfe’s income, private donations are what en- USAID d l

r able the organisation to fulfil its charter mandate. €8.9 million (9.1%) €30.9 million (31.8%) o Dutch government EU Commission W

* BMZ: German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development

n ** DEZA: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation o i t a d n u o F / s e c

n PROJECT FUNDING 2007: SECTORAL FOCUS (€119.5 MILLION) a i l l A Welthungerhilfe aims to help people help themselves by pro- €0.3 million (5 projects) €8.3 million (27 projects) viding a single source of assistance in cooperation with local Health, HIV and AIDS Other measures

y €4.6 million (28 projects)

c partners. This aim is reflected in the sectoral portfolio of our Domestic projects

n €2.5 million

e foreign programmes. As an aid organisation with many years of (19 projects) r €23.9 million a Civil society (18 projects)

p experience in emergency assistance, we see it as our duty to

s Emergency aid

n deliver humanitarian aid quickly, efficiently and in line with a r €3.7 million T people’s needs. We also aim to give consideration to recon- (27 projects) struction and long-term development cooperation measures Social integration from the earliest possible stage, including as part of emer- and education gency aid. s e

c Project funding is restructured into six sectors under the organ- n

a isation’s strategic plan for the years 2007 to 2011: Emergency n i

F Aid, Basic Infrastructure, Rural and Regional Development, €26.4 million Social Integration and Education, Civil Society, and Health and €49.8 million (62 projects) (139 projects) Basic infrastructure HIV/AIDS. The main focus of work in 2007 was on rural and Rural and regional regional development projects, basic infrastructure assistance, development and support in crises and disasters (emergency aid). s t c e p s o r

P 28 Dwhh_jahresbericht_07_innen_english_sicher:jahresbericht_dwhh 04.07.200808:34Seite29 2 FOREIGN c p A e p a a o W The Comparing higher since to for total however, the funding clined REG in The TOP in large one flects ember ver, nd nd f rojects roject 97 sia elthungerhi donations its 2007. th by tsun 20 r Latin focus foreign IONAL egional shows f e i igure 2003 and n 10 2003. Asi amount the again top in f percen overall. 2007 ami undi were Latin a show Seven CO high 2005 America. of rose PROJECTS 10 for the 20 Latin level. in n lfe’s projects at distribution e FUND The project UNTRIES im g armarked t s 07 of destination project reporting 2006 A level th for main sharply relative plemented of meric that and strategic e assistance share The with Latin the America. end ING of Looking funding and focus were there 2006 a funding, ten sam need in / for the to of BY the America. of of date. SINCE 2007 2005, countries are orientation, e 2004. the in to Africa, project project in has REGION starting among to effect than Caribbean. on at This progress be in Asia, The amou which these and Africa the been Africa, in on 2003 The in 30 funding can p funding their largest is followed for is Africa nt ar tren figur pr was ten percent now with t Asian a is at icular of eceding be project two in d populations. sharp The also e the countries signif funds, seen follow nearly has in 5 number in ac for line 0 share by follow relatively reflected counted 31 regional Asia for percent funding shifted rise icantly 2 in A year ed st 0 how back frica with Asia D 04 the de ing and by re e of in s. - - - , - € millio € n million 100 120 140 160 180 200 20 40 60 80 0 1 Asi 28 10 12 14 16 18 a 2 4 6 8 0 200 projects S u 3 A A L D d T otal atin . a frica sia R n . C on Ame go

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E OUTLOOK FOR 2008

Welthungerhilfe constantly strives towards growth and expan- sion. For 2008 and the coming years, we aim to achieve an in- d

a crease of around five percent in donations and public grants. o r The percentage of advertising and administrative expenses of b a the overall volume is based on today’s low rates which are well k r

o under ten percent, so that a project funding and monitoring

W quota of over 90 percent can be achieved.

Focusing on our strengths y

n Around 300 projects will be supported and supervised again in a

m 2008. The lion’s share of funds available for project funding r

e abroad will be invested in Africa (50 percent), followed by Asia G

n (30 percent) and Latin America (20 percent). In 2008 we will i

k re-examine our regional portfolio, which currently covers al- r o most 50 countries, with the aim of concentrating on our W strengths. We will focus our activities and funds on a smaller number of partner countries where we can make a noticeable contribution towards the elimination of poverty and hunger. In p

a the other cooperation countries, Welthungerhilfe itself is not

M present but will support existing capacities through its alliance d l

r partners, such as Alliance2015. o W The sectoral focus of our projects will continue to be on rural and agricultural development as well as acute emergency aid. n

o As soaring food prices have shown in the last few months, agri- i t

a culture offers people in developing countries the best way out d

n of poverty. With advice on suitable cultivation, the installation u o

F of irrigation systems or the provision of improved seed, we will / s

e help small-scale farmers increase their productivity. We will c

n promote investments in rural infrastructure, for example, in a i l l A total of around 300 projects will be supported again in 2008. road construction, to offer rural populations access to regional A markets. y

c Strategic planning The head office will continue to delegate tasks and responsi- n

e Welthungerhilfe prepared a strategic plan for the period 2007– bilities to its 18 regional offices according to main points of r a

p 2011 on which all its activities are based. The strategic goals emphasis in 2008. The advantages are shorter decision- s

n reflect a clear commitment to improving the quality of our work making processes and better use of local competences. a r

T – in development programmes in the respective countries, in our work at home, in our marketing activities and in the day-today management of a professional operational and organisa- New organisational structure tional structure. The guiding theme of our work, helping people Increased business volumes necessitate a change in organisa- help themselves, also applies to activities hitherto regarded as tional structure. The General Assembly set the course last year s e

c survival aid. Even in complex emergency situations, for exam- by amending the Charter. In November 2008, an honorary steer- n

a ple, in the aftermath of natural disasters or civil wars, affected ing committee will appoint a full-time Board of Directors. In fu- n i

F people can assume responsibility for their own lives. Our own ture, this will guarantee a clear division of supervisory functions members of staff and partner organisations are trained to put and operative tasks and therefore create an important prerequi- this approach into practice. site for effective and successful activities. s t c e p s o r

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m WELTHUNGERHILFE 2007 e TABLE OF EDITORIAL MEMBERS OF WELTHUNGERHILFE M STATISTICS Members CONTENTS Member Permanent delegate By the end of 2007, around € 1.9 billion helped finance German Bundestag 2 Editorial President Dr. Norbert Lammert, Member of Parliament Dr. Ulrich Schöler • 3,720 self-help projects CDU/CSU • 1,000 projects for children and young people Chairman Volker Kauder, Member of Parliament Sibylle Pfeiffer, Member of Parliament Work abroad SPD • 910 emergency aid programmes Chairman Dr. Peter Struck, Member of Parliament Gabriele Groneberg, Member of Parliament 4 The Millennium Villages – Making progress visible in 70 countries FDP Chairman Dr. Guido Westerwelle, Member of Parliament Sibylle Laurischk, Member of Parliament 6 Africa Bündnis 90/Die Grünen In Germany, Welthungerhilfe's work was supported by many Rwanda – New fields raise hopes Chairperson Renate Künast, Member of Parliament Chairman Fritz Kuhn, Member of Parliament Thilo Hoppe, Member of Parliament people, including Burundi – Living in peace with neighbours German Bishops’ Commissary Office, Catholic Office, Berlin • 249,614 private donors Head Prelate Dr. Karl Jüsten Dr. Martin Bröckelmann-Simon 8 Asia Welthungerhilfe Patron and President of the • 45,000 children and young people at 233 “Run for Life” Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Horst Köhler North Korea – Window to the outside world Representative Prelate Dr. Stephan Reimers Dr. h.c. Volker Faigle, superior member of church council events Board of Directors Afghanistan – A troubled year German Wholesale Trade and Foreign Trade Association • 5,300 voluntary workers who organised 490 events President Anton F. Börner Dr. Peter Haarbeck Ingeborg Schäuble for the benefit of the relief organisation 10 Latin America/Caribbean German Trade Union Association Chairperson Nicaragua – Precautionary measures save lives Chairman Michael Sommer Dr. Jürgen Eckl • over 3,000 school children during Welthungerhilfe’s German Industry Association Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz J. Heidhues Haiti – A country without hope? President Jürgen Thumann Dr. Claudia Wörmann project week Deputy Chairman German Farmers’ Association President Gerd Sonnleitner Ines Tesch Norbert Geisler To finance its projects, Welthungerhilfe received: Work in Germany German Cooperative and Raifeissen Association Treasurer Ingeborg Schäuble Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß President Manfred Nüssel Adrian Grasse • €31.7 million in private donations 12 Development policy – Giving the South a voice Federal Association for Non-Statutory Welfare Associations Chairperson Secretary General Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner • €93.6 million in public grants President Monsignore Dr. Peter Neher Rudi Frick Dr. Winfried Risse 13 Mobilising aid for a future without hunger and poverty German Red Cross Administrative costs accounted for 1.8% of total President Dr. h.c. Rudolf Seiters Joachim Müller Dr. Tobias Schulz-Isenbeck Dear Readers, expenditure, costs of advertising and general public 14 The year 2007 at a glance German Agricultural Society Heike Troue (until 29th November 2007) President Carl-Albrecht Bartmer Karl-Martin Lüth Dr. Evelyn Schmidtke (as of 29th November 2007) relations 4.9% German Nutrition Society 2007 was a dramatic year for Welthungerhilfe. For the first 16 World map and an overview of projects President Prof. Dr. Peter Stehle Prof. Dr. Michael Krawinkel Secretary General time since our foundation, we mourned the violent deaths of Trade Union for Construction, Agriculture and Environment The most important sources of public funds were: Chairman Klaus Wiesehügel Hans-Joachim Wilms Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß Alliances/Foundation two of our members of staff: a German expert and an Afghan German Journalists’ Association • the Commission of the European Union with driver were murdered in spring 2007 in northern Afghanistan. Chairman Michael Konken Frauke Ancker The members of the Board of Directors are unpaid and are €30.9 million 18 Achieving goals together German Women Farmers’ Association elected by the General Assembly for a period of four years. The These crimes shook our organisation profoundly. And they President Brigitte Scherb Dr. Evelyn Schmidtke Board of Directors determines the guidelines for project • the World Food Programme with €25.0 million 19 A new face for the Foundation prompted us to take a closer, self-critical look at our work in InWent, Internationale Weiterbildung and Entwicklung gGmbH support by Welthungerhilfe. It also decides on the promotion of • the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Managing Director Dr. Ulrich Popp Dr. Hans Pfeifer projects discussed by the Project Advisory Committee and appoints the Secretary General. Afghanistan. Because of the chronic deprivation and vulnera- Welthungerhilfe Promotion Society Development with €17.6 million Transparency Jürgen Dorsch bility of the Afghan people, we are continuing our efforts in The full-time Secretary General carries out the day-to-day busi- • the Dutch Government with €8.9 million. 20 How Welthungerhilfe guarantees quality and transparency National Federation of Skilled Crafts and Trades ness of Welthungerhilfe, represents the organisation in legal Afghanistan. In future, however, we will address the needs of President Otto Kentzler Prof. Dr. Friedrich Esser matters and acts as employer. He is bound by the Charter, the the local population more intensively and emphasise our inde- President of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations organisation's Rules and Regulations and by the resolutions of In 2007, 325 projects were carried out in the 22 An overview of finances President Dr. Dieter Hundt Ulrich Hüttenbach the Board of Directors and the General Assembly. pendent status so that we can continue to work effectively and Congress of German Municipalities following sectors: 30 Outlook for 2008 Member of Managing Committee Dr. Stephan Articus Walter Leitermann The General Assembly decides on the guidelines for the activi- with maximum safety for our staff. ties of Welthungerhilfe. It is responsible for electing members • 139 projects for rural development Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers of the Board of Directors, passing the financial plan, approving 31 Members of Welthungerhilfe President Helmut Heinen Dietmar Wolff • 62 projects to restore basic infrastructure the annual accounts and appointing an auditor. The General The G8 Summit in Heiligendamm last year attracted unprece- General Association of the German Insurance Sector Assembly is also responsible for approving the activities of the (schools, roads, etc.) General Manager Dr. Jörg Freiherr Frank von Fürstenwerth Thomas Kräutter Board of Directors. dented public attention in Germany to development work is- • 28 domestic projects Imprint www.welthungerhilfe.de/ueber_uns.html Published by: sues, such as poverty reduction and aid for Africa. The many • 27 projects in the field of “social integration and Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V. Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 1 crises and disasters that kept us in a state of suspense last Project Committee Members of the Project Committee education” D-53173 Bonn Member of Alliance2015, the Association Tel.: +49(0) 228 22 88-0 year, however, received relatively little publicity. But despite Welthungerhilfe’s Project Committee is Chairman: Regional Project Committee for Asia: Regional Project Committee for Latin America: • 27 projects classified as “other measures” of International Relief Organisations Fax: +49(0) 228 22 88-333 the lack of sensational news, we were able to count on the made up of 19 honorary members: one Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter F. Bommer, Rosdorf Prof. Dr. Michael Fremerey Dr. Dieter Elz, • 19 projects to promote structures in civil society E-Mail: [email protected] University of Kassel, Department of Agricul- Publisher Quarterly Journal of International Internet: www.welthungerhilfe.de chairperson and six members from support of the German population once again: German donors each of the regional project committees Regional Project Committee for Africa: ture, International Agricultural Development Agriculture, Berlin • 18 emergency aid projects Responsible for the content of this report: Eberhard Bauer, Berlin and Ecological Protection of the Environment Prof. Dr. Hartmut Gaese, For years, the DZI for Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß, Secretary General entrusted Welthungerhilfe with around € 31.7 million. They Dr. Karin Fiege, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Golter, Heilbronn Institute of Tropical Technology, Advanced • 5 projects in healthcare (German Institute for members of the Project Committee are Editor: Seminar for Rural Development, Berlin Dr. Hans Gsänger Technical College Cologne Patricia Summa Social Issues) has demonstrated solidarity with the victims of floods, earthquakes appointed by the Board of Directors for certified the efficient Prof. Dr. Rolf Hofmeier Deputy Chairman of the Project Committee, Prof. Dr. Béatrice Knerr Concept and design: and war – in Sudan, Peru and in southern Asia. This money the duration of its term of office. The Institute for African Studies, Hamburg Consultant Rural and Social University Kassel, Agriculture Department, MediaCompany GmbH and careful use of Project Committee examines each proj- money entrusted to Gerd Marmann, Eupen Development, Berlin International Agricultural Development and Printed by DCM Meckenheim enabled us to reach even more people with our relief pro- ect application presented by the Board Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller Dr. Ernst G. Jentzsch Ecological Protection of the Environment Printed on 100% recycled paper Welthungerhilfe with its of Directors or the Secretary General in University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart Second Deputy Chairman of the Project Lilli Löbsack, Berlin Photos: Böttner (15), Bolesch (10), Frommann seal of approval. grammes in 46 countries. For their unbroken trust and gener- terms of its eligibility for funding on the Prof. Dr. Max Zurek, Bornheim Committee, Gleichen Dr. Günther Schmidt (3), Grüter (7), Gutschker (8,9), Jungeblodt ous commitment to the poor people of this world, we would (15), Klammer (7), Koop (5), Lander (15), basis of the criteria laid down by the Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Walter Schug GFA Consulting Group, Hamburg Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg (14), Ludwig like to express our most sincere thanks to all our donors! Board. It then submits recommenda- Bonn Erich Süßdorf, Berlin (14), Lyons (4), Mädje (18), Meissner (6), tions to the Board of Directors for a final Prof. Dr. Winfried von Urff First Deputy Chairman of the Project Messe Berlin (14), Steurer (20), Welthunger- decision. hilfe (11,12,13,14,19), Wernet (30) Committee, Bad Zwesten Order. No. 460-9337 Cover photo: Kottmeier Status as of 31st Dec. 2007

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