2001-2002 ANNUAL REPORT
The Carter Center
Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope. ARTIST: ULF JENSEN VALDE ARTIST:
“Rosalynn and I want to thank our partners worldwide for your encouragement and support. Because of you, millions of people have better lives and hope for their families. We thank you for believing in our work.” — Jimmy Carter ARNE KNUDSEN
A message from President Jimmy Carter
2 A Message From President Jimmy Carter ...... 2
A Message From Dr. John Hardman ...... 4
Waging Peace ...... 6 Deepening Democracy in the Americas ...... 8 Seeking New Paths to Peace ...... 10 Building Peaceful and Just Nations ...... 12 Leading the Call for Sustainable Development ...... 14 A Trip Into History: Cuba, May 2002 ...... 16
Fighting Disease ...... 18 An End to Guinea Worm Disease, One Village at a Time ...... 20 Charting a Clear Vision for Preventing River Blindness ...... 22 Latrine Project Battles Trachoma ...... 24 Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program Doubles Its Reach . . . .26 New Hope for Controlling Schistosomiasis ...... 27 Better Grain Grows Healthier Children in Ghana ...... 28 Training Initiative Fills Gaps in Ethiopia’s Rural Health Care . . . .30 Teen Troubles Find Forum in Award Recipient’s Magazine . . . . .32
A Message About Our Donors ...... 34 $1,000,000 Donors ...... 35 Donors 2001-2002 ...... 36 Ambassadors Circle ...... 42 Legacy Circle ...... 47
Founders ...... 48
Board of Councilors ...... 49
International Council for Conflict Resolution ...... 52
Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Americas ...... 53
International Task Force for Disease Eradication ...... 54
Mental Health Task Force ...... 55
Internships ...... 56
Financial Statements ...... 57
Senior Staff ...... 72
Board of Trustees ...... Inside back cover
The Carter Center at a Glance ...... Inside back cover
Many of the photographs in this report were taken by Carter Center staff waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope around the world. ©MARCH 2003 3 celebrated independence from Indonesia; and for warring parties in Sudan and Uganda still struggling to end decades of violence. In each case, Carter Center staff worked behind the scenes, offering advice, identifying common ground between parties, assessing progress, and representing the concern of the international community. In the Carter Center’s health initia- tives, hope was measured by numbers —fewer than 60,000 remaining cases of Guinea worm disease (down from 3.5 million in 1986); delivery of the 40 millionth treatment of Mectizan® to prevent river blindness; a total of Footprints 15 African countries now trained to increase crop production; treatments to prevent schistosomiasis tripled in of hope CONNIE NELSON select states in Nigeria and treatments his past year was a remarkable doubled there for lymphatic filariasis; one for the Carter Center’s transmission of blinding trachoma T mission to build hope for curbed by giving 7,000 villagers in suffering people around the world. Niger access to household latrines; Hope requires a belief that change is and staff trained to serve in 500 possible, and it is inspired through health care centers in Ethiopia. concrete actions and results. As President Carter was named the In 2001-2002, our action steps Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Mrs. left footprints of hope across the Carter inducted into the National globe, none bigger than in Cuba, Women’s Hall of Fame in 2002, both where Carter Center chair and former remarked that these honors encouraged U.S. President Jimmy Carter ventured them in the work that lies ahead. to seek common ground that might As we close the Center’s 20th overcome decades of impasse in U.S.- anniversary year, staff at The Carter Cuba relations. The invitation from Center find inspiration for the future Cuba President Fidel Castro opened the in the Carters’ example, in a track door to an unprecedented exchange of record of institutional achievement, ideas, respect, and friendship with our and most of all in the people working island neighbors. with us around the world to make peace, health, and hope a constant Hope also was renewed for Sierra in all our lives. Leoneans as they used the ballot box to resolve years of brutal civil strife; for voters in Mali, Nicaragua, and Zambia, who reaffirmed their confidence in democracy; for East Timorese as they
4 “Waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope. We can see the impact of all three in the faces of villagers around the world.” —John Hardman
Every project The Carter Center undertakes reflects our commitment to a broad-based concept of human rights, MISSION STATEMENT including not only the rights to live in peace, freedom from The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a oppression, and freedom of speech, but also access to adequate fundamental commitment to human health care, shelter, food, and economic opportunity. rights and the alleviation of human We support fundamental claims to human rights and urge suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom accountability by governments for the protection of those and democracy, and improve health. rights by intervening on behalf of victims of human rights While the program agenda may abuses, promoting stronger international human rights systems, change, The Carter Center is guided sending human rights monitors on election observation by five principles: missions, and helping new democracies establish human The Center emphasizes action and rights laws and institutions. In this way, The Carter Center results. Based on careful research and seeks to advance the idea of human rights for every man, analysis, it is prepared to take timely action on important and pressing issues. woman, and child on earth. The Center does not duplicate the effective efforts of others.