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2019 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTE FROM THE FOUNDERS 1 YEMEN - COUNTRY PROFILE 12 WHO, WHY & WHERE: MISSION & ETHOS 2 - OUR WORK & IMPACT 13 THE SCOOP STORY 3 IRELAND - COUNTRY PROFILE 14 VISION & CURRENT OPERATIONS 4 - OUR WORK & IMPACT 15 SCOOP IN 2019 5 OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD 18 SYRIA EVENTS & FUNDRAISERS 25 - COUNTRY PROFILE 6 - OUR WORK & IMPACT 7 MEDIA COVERAGE 24 IRAQ SPECIAL THANKS TO 25 - COUNTRY PROFILE 8 - OUR WORK & IMPACT 9 FINANCIALS 26 NOTE FROM THE FOUNDERS If 2018 was a year of great change for us here at SCOOP offers young people in situ and distant learning courses in 2019 was most definitely the year of growth and innovation. coding, design, programming, music production and school It was also the year of our 10th birthday so it was fitting subjects. that we found a new drive and a more focused mission, creating perhaps one of the most exciting and innovative We also ran our most successful Art Auction to date, programmes to date. The SCOOP iT Programme. In addition running a special 10th year anniversary version, raising to this we gained some amazing and dedicated new board a rather incredible €52,000 on the day, smashing our members and additions to the team. previous record for an auction. Through the creation and initial piloting of the SCOOP iT Our donor community The SCOOP Crew continued to grow Programme (which aims to create online education systems too, becoming the backbone of the organisation, and the that transcend borders or the poverty that a lot of humans ideas continue to flow into 2020. are born into) we renewed our drive and energy and found We cannot thank enough each donor, volunteer and legend ourselves with a new mission and purpose. who helped us along the way. We just hope we can repay The team grew too. Artist Shane Sutton continued his your kindness by creating a hard working, transparent incredible work which started with the creation of the Art and innovative organisation with the ability to change Programme in the Bajed Kandala Camp in Iraq and has led thousands of young people’s lives. to the founding of the iT Programme. Karen Regan joined the gang and now heads up our Events & Fundraising team Onwards and upwards! and the Board stepped up a few gears with the addition of Dylan Cannon (Google), Colin Farmer (Unthink creative agency) and Rebecca McLaughlin joining the team and Calvin & Andy Sweeney helping us use our time, energy and ideas more effectively. Founders of SCOOP [email protected] After 10 years of building schools, supporting educational [email protected] projects in the Developing World and 3 years working in the Middle East, we realised how we could best help the young people living in camps in Iraqi Kurdistan, and this was through the creation of our iT Programme. This project SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 1 WHO, WHY & WHERE MISSION: No child should live in poverty or danger, wherever they are born or the circumstances they are born into. It is the great failure of mankind that innocent children are born into abject poverty or into displacement camps. At SCOOP we are on a mission to build a kinder world for the next generation and to help anyone we can, anyone who is hurting around the world through no fault of their own. ETHOS: Poverty and war are the ultimate failures of mankind, pipped only by our ability to ignore these man made catastrophes. But while the solutions to these problems are complex, the moral premise is simple: be sound - We need to help those that are in need of it. At SCOOP we do that by supporting grass root organisations working tirelessly on the frontlines who are lacking support and resources. Like us, they are the little guy fighting the odds, so we support them in any way we can, giving them the support they need to carry out their life changing work and the support to be able to grow and ultimately help more people. A student in the school in Prey Ponror, Cambodia. SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 2 The SCOOP Story SCOOP started in 2009 with a small group of like-minded friends throwing club nights, tables quizzes and small art auctions to help home and educate street children in Cambodia and India. But we have grown since to support doctors in war zones, IDP’s & refugees fleeing danger and addressing the homeless crisis here in Ireland. We also want to provide a platform for young people in Ireland to get involved with helping change the world for the better. We also believe in raising funds in a positive manner, steering away from manipulative advertising, bucket shaking or other draconian methods. We treat each cent we raise like our benefactors would and treat each donor with respect, as they are the backbone of our organisation and allow us to carry out the work we do. Class at the 3rd school built in Cambodia. SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 3 Iraq VISION & CURRENT OPERATIONS Ireland Syria India India Iraq Yemen Cambodia Kenya VISION: Our vision is to create a kinder, more nurturing world for the next generation. To create educational systems that transcend borders, class or the limiting circumstances most of the planet find themselves born into. Whether it is educating impoverished children or supporting those forgotten and living indefinitely in camps or supporting mobile clinics in war zones, we want to help those who are on the front lines saving lives and those who are changing the fates of those less fortunate, whether it be from danger or unbreakable poverty cycles, for they are the real change makers and deserve all the support we can give them. CURRENT For the last 10 years we have supported grass root At home in Ireland our StreetSmart campaign raises much OPERATIONS: organisations working in Cambodia, India, Syria, Iraq, needed funds to tackle the homeless crisis by raising Yemen, Kenya and at home in Ireland. The Cambodian, funds through restaurants, donating the funds to small to Indian and Kenyan projects focus on the welfare, education medium sized grass root projects working on the front lines. and development of impoverished children; The projects in Syria, Iraq and Yemen focus on supporting doctors, ambulances and clinics working in various locations or camps for IDP’s. SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 4 SCOOP IN 2019 Young people in the IT programme, Bajed Kandala, Iraq. CURRENT OPERATIONS In 2019 & 2020 the main focus of our work will be around the continued growth and development of the iT Programme, which we aim to bring to all the countries we have partner organisations in, including Ireland and for those living in Direct Provision. SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 5 COUNTRY PROFILE SYRIA Population: 18.27M * Refugees and People Of Concern to UNHCR 5.66M Registered Refugees*** 2010*** 1.31M 13.1M People in Need*** 2019** 5.9M 6.6M Internally Displaced*** 60M ECONOMY COLLAPSE EDUCATION COLLAPSE : 10 FEMALES : 10 MALES PRIMARY GROSS ENROL. RATION (F/M PER 100 POP.) 28M 2010* 120 18M FEMALE 11M 2017** 78.7 2M 1M 2010* 124.4 MALE 2010** 2017* 2010** 2017* 2010** 2017* 2017** 81.4 GDP IMPORTS EXPORTS Sources: * UN,2017 / ** UN, 2019 / ***UNHCR, 2018 SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 6 OUR WORK & IMPACT IN SYRIA In response to the Turkish invasion of Northern Syria, SCOOP set up an online platform raising over €18,000. WE GOT TO PURCHASE: Medication and clothes en route to Qamishlo, Syria. 488kg 500kg OF MEDICINE OF WINTER CLOTHING ITEMS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL HOSPITALS, HOMES AND CLINICS WITH CASH GIFTS IN KIND GIVEN TO: 125 families WHO LOST THEIR BREADWINNERS. €2,000 WAS ALSO DONATED TO THE KURDISH RED CRESCENT. Calvin at the main hospital, Qamishlo, Syria. SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 7 COUNTRY PROFILE IRAQ 13.1 million 1.4 million PEOPLE OF CONCERN ** INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE SINCE 2014 *** 233,370 97,640 PEOPLE OF CONCERN RECEIVED INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE RECEIVED CORE RELIEF ITEMS **** CORE RELIEF AND SEASONAL ITEMS **** 39,500 SYRIAN REFUGEE ASSISTED 15,210 RECEIVED PRIMARY EDUCATION SUPPORT 15 UNSTABLE ECONOMY 10 GDP (%)* 5 0 -5 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Sources: * The World Bank Data - Iraq / **UNHCR Population Stats, 2018 / ***UNHCR, 2018 / ****UNHCR Iraq SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 8 OUR WORK & IMPACT IN IRAQ TOTAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT SENT TO KURDISTAN €25,824 JHK (JOINT HELP FOR KURDISTAN) CLINIC SUPPORT: AVG. 2,000 PERSONS PER MONTH. PROGRAMMES: ART PSYCHO-SOCIAL IT & EDUCATION 90 55 70 PERSONS PERSONS PERSONS 60 YOUNG PEOPLE, 10 STAFF SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 9 OUR WORK & IMPACT IN IRAQ Bajed Kandala Camp for displaced persons (Iraqi Kurdistan) and The SCOOP iT Programme We have been working alongside Swedish NGO Joint Help for Kurdistan for the last 3 years, supporting a wide range of medical and humanitarian projects in and around Bajed Kandala camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. In 2017 we started the Psychological Support Programme, aimed at helping women and children who have returned from ISIS captivity. In partnership with: Dr. Nemam of Join Help for Kurdistan. SCOOP 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 10 OUR WORK & IMPACT IN IRAQ SCOOP Art & IT Programmes This led to the creation of the Art Programme in 2018, which was a progression from the Psychological Support Programme, but largely aimed to help children and young people express themselves and beat the boredom of life in the camp. On Shane Sutton’s 2nd trip to the camp he spoke to his students and it was identified that they wanted to learn IT and computer skills.
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