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15.2 million refugees refugees international advocates for lifesaving 26 million internally displaced assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises. 12 million stateless

Afghanistan Refugees International is the leading advocacy organi- Burma zation on refugee crises around the world. RI saves Colombia lives by compelling the world’s leaders to provide clean Cyprus water, food, health care and other basic assistance to contents Democratic Republic of the Congo people uprooted by conflict. Our success is based on a Ecuador Our Mission...... 1 simple formula: we witness refugees’ needs, we promote France Letter to our Supporters.... 2 solutions to decision makers and we demand action. Germany Refugee Story...... 3 India Regions...... 4 Indonesia Issues...... 12 Outreach & Education.....20 Jordan Financial Statements...... 22 Kenya Invest in RI...... 24 Kuwait Donors...... Insert Pakistan Sudan Cover Photo: Children who fled Switzerland Top: Advocate Patrick Duplat interviews a Somali man in a military offensive in Pakistan Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. play in a camp for the internally Middle: Congressional Advocate Renata Rendón (2nd from displaced in Lower Dir district. Thailand right) meets with Pakistani women from a community Credit: Reuters United Kingdom hosting Afghan refugees. Venezuela Bottom: Advocate Jennifer Smith gathers information from G THIRT IN Y T Y a UN peacekeeper in DR Congo. A E (24 countries) R A B R

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9 RI sparks world attention to the RI publicizes atrocities, including 1 00 979 – 2 plight of Kurds fleeing Saddam mutilations, committed by rebel 2006—2009 RI publicizes the world’s Hussein and helps stimulate an forces in Sierra Leone and stimu- fastest growing – the exo- unprecedented U.S. response. lates international attention for a dus of two million Iraqi refugees. The nearly forgotten conflict. U.S. increases funding for Iraqi refugees from $47 million to $398 million.

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As Darfur refugees flee the After ethnic conflict sparks a emerging genocide, RI Sue Morton founds Refugees International genocide of 800,000 Rwandans, successfully urges agencies and urges world leaders to protect Indochi- RI successfully calls for increased to increase assistance to nese refugees. President Carter doubles the aid for the nearly 2 million refu- hundreds of thousands number of refugees allowed into the U.S. gees who lack basic assistance. more people in Chad. 1 ING TH letter T IR refugee story A R T B Y

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R Refugees International faced a number of chal- S Florence is forty years old and the lenges in 2009, but an organization’s strength is mother of seven. She fled her home in 1 97 often most apparent in the face of adversity. RI 9 – 2009 the Democratic Republic of the Congo was truly tested in our 30th anniversary year, as we (DRC) when rebels attacked her village, battled a tough fundraising climate and cancer took the life of Ken Bacon, burning down all of the houses and our leader and inspiration for eight years. killing villagers. Florence’s husband and two of her children died in the violence. It took her Despite these hardships, RI raised more money than ever before, four days to walk to safety through the forest with her other enabling us to continue and expand our work to improve the lives of five children. Florence is now living with a host family, displaced and stateless people. Thanks to Ken’s tremendous vision and where twenty people sleep on the floor together in a small generosity, RI launched the Ken and Darcy Bacon Center for the Study of room. Florence struggles to find enough food for her family Climate Displacement. The Center will work to establish strong poli- because assistance has not yet arrived; she lost everything cies for the tens of millions of people expected to be displaced by climate she owned when she fled. change in the coming decades. While Florence escaped the attack on her village, she RI shines a spotlight on the plight of people forced to flee their homes continues to feel unsafe. She is one of the more than two during crises, and we demand that governments and international million Congolese who are currently displaced due to the Dan Glickman agencies respond to their critical need for food, water, shelter and safety. conflict in eastern DRC that has raged for over a decade, President Just weeks after the Pakistani government launched military operations and the threat of violence is constant. The one thing stand- against Taliban insurgents, RI advocates were there to witness the ing between the precarious security situation of people like suffering of people uprooted by the government’s actions. Our subse- Florence and preying men with guns is the United Nations quent meetings with leaders in Congress and the administration helped Mission in the DRC (MONUC). Refugees International lead to U.S. support for millions of newly displaced Pakistanis. has been a leader in advocating for more resources for Our team in Sudan observed rising tensions in the south and the fragility this peacekeeping force in order to improve the protection of the relative peace following 22 years of civil war. Highlighting this of Congolese people. Reports from RI field missions and threat in the media and in meetings with top officials, RI helped per- advocacy has resulted in greater resources and political suade the Obama administration to revise its Sudan policy and prioritize support from the U.S. to help MONUC fulfill its protection implementation of the peace agreement. And because of our advocacy on mandate. Burma, Congress committed nearly $40 million in humanitarian funding Florence remains displaced, but if there is peace again, she to the troubled nation, an increase from only $3 million previously. wants to return to her home and rebuild. “We are farmers,” Farooq Kathwari Refugees International demonstrated great fortitude in 2009. We also she said. “We have our fields and will be able to grow our Chair brought on a new president who is already leveraging years of public own food, and start our lives once again.” service, including eighteen years in Congress, to lead us forward. For her personal safety, Florence’s real name and image are Together with our talented staff and committed individuals like you, we not used in this story. will build on our strength and determination to amplify our voice for the world’s most vulnerable. Thank you for your support. Right: RI visited a small village in DRC’s South Kivu, where advocate Camilla Olson interviewed displaced men, women and children who, like Florence, long for a safe return to their homes.

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In April 2009, the Pakistani support for displaced Pakistanis. They met our impact government launched directly with , the U.S. ➤ The U.S. provided $276 million military operations against Special Representative for and in humanitarian aid to support Taliban insurgents, provok- Pakistan, who dispatched an emergency people displaced by the conflict. ing the largest and fastest forced team to quickly disburse funds. RI President ➤ The UN Office for the Coordi- displacement since the Rwandan Ken Bacon also testified to a congressional nation of Humanitarian Affairs genocide. At the peak of the crisis, three subcommittee urging the U.S. to fund created a special fund to dis- million people were displaced. immediate relief rather than focusing on burse grants to local Pakistani large-scale reconstruction. Within weeks, Refugees International staff aid organizations. traveled to Pakistan and found that displaced Our team returned to Islamabad in October and ➤ The UN appointed a Special people were facing enormous needs for shelter, found that displaced people were being denied Envoy to help the Pakistani food and protection from further violence. aid and facing discrimination by the Govern- government and aid agencies Since 2008, RI had been the lead organiza- ment of Pakistan. RI successfully influenced better assist displaced people. tion urging increased humanitarian aid to the humanitarian response so that agencies Pakistan and we strengthened our call. Our better met the critical needs of these people. staff briefed the House Foreign Affairs A policeman searches through the wreck- Below: Displaced Pakistanis stand with a local family age after the deadly bombing of the Pearl Committee and worked with the Committee who is hosting them inside their compound in Continental Hotel. (Credit: Reuters) Chairman to craft legislation that included Mardan. (Credit: Reuters)

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In June, Refugees International advocates Patrick and Kristèle have spent nine months Patrick Duplat and Kristèle Younès traveled to working on Pakistan and know the key people Pakistan to analyze the massive displacement to reach out to. Many are now staying in crisis and influence the agencies that were Islamabad in the aftermath of the bombing. assisting some three million people. The RI team arranges numerous meetings and learns that additional funding is urgently After a few days of meetings in Islamabad, they needed to assist and protect displaced people. prepare to leave for Peshawar. The night before They also hear that the UN needs to reach out their departure, Patrick receives a text message: to the Pakistani government to ensure that aid “Major bombing @ Pearl Continental hotel.” agencies can operate independently and reach He turns on the TV in his hotel room and an those most in need. entire wing of the ten-story hotel that he and Kristèle were supposed to stay in is now in Patrick and Kristèle return to the U.S. and rubble. Seventeen people are killed, including share their findings with high-level officials. three UN workers who were assisting displaced This information helps lead the U.S. to increase people. Patrick doesn’t dwell on the possibility humanitarian funding to Pakistan. In addition, that the bomb could have exploded one day the UN improves its staffing to more strongly later. Instead, he and Kristèle focus on how advocate with the Pakistani government and to continue the mission and get the answers therefore better serve millions of people. they need. 4 5 iraq

Although violence has decreased President Obama and ask him not to forget in Iraq, millions of Iraqis are still Iraqi refugees. displaced inside and outside the These efforts helped garner substantially country. Refugees International increased support for displaced people inside traveled into areas few and outside Iraq, including services for Iraqis international organizations visit and found who were returning home and rebuilding that people are in dire need of housing and their lives. basic services. Iraqis have little to return home to and women are particularly afraid to return to dangerous areas where they have no means to earn an income. our impact ➤ The U.S. provided $328.7 million to RI continued to lead the call to increase UN programs for displaced Iraqis, a assistance and protection for displaced Iraqis, noteworthy 60% of the UN’s request. particularly vulnerable women. We were pleased when the House of Representatives ➤ The U.S. increased the resettlement passed legislation that encouraged “the of Iraqi refugees from 13,800 in 2008 Government of Iraq to actively engage the to 18,800. problem of displaced persons and refugees ➤ UN agencies incorporated displaced and monitor its resolution of the problem.” women in a joint project to prevent We worked closely with peer organizations and respond to violence against women and the National Security Council on the U.S. in Iraq. strategy to the crisis and provided testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee highlighting the needs of displaced Iraqis. We also produced three online videos depicting Below: A family displaced by violence in Iraq stands the plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria and used outside their makeshift home in Chikuk squatter these to encourage the public to email settlement near Baghdad.

A displaced Iraqi boy walks outside of his family’s home in a squatter settlement in Sadr City.

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Burma is one of the poorest coun- members of Congress rightly noted, “The tries in the world and ongoing failure of governance in Burma has resulted political and armed conflict has in severe humanitarian needs throughout displaced millions of people. the country.” Refugees International traveled inside Burma as well as to India, Indonesia and Thailand to assess our impact the needs of Burmese refugees. ➤ C ongress provided $36 million for democracy and humanitarian aid programs Throughout 2009, RI was one of the few largely inside Burma, a major shift in U.S. organizations pushing State Department policy that had previously funded minimal officials and Congressional appropriators aid inside the country. to increase assistance to meet the enormous needs of the Burmese people. We hosted a delegation of 14 non-governmental organiza- tion leaders from Burma who met with 35 Congressional offices and numerous administration officials to urge support for Below: A newly arrived refugee from Burma increased funding. By the end of the year, re-establishes herself in a camp in Thailand.

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In 2009, more people were killed in south Sudan than in Darfur. our impact The rising tensions led RI to ➤ The Obama Administration prioritized strengthen our call to support the the implementation of the CPA as one of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended 22 years of war between three strategic objectives in its updated north and south Sudan. After traveling to the policy on Sudan. region, RI publicized that people are returning ➤ Congress appropriated $296 million to home to almost nothing. Few schools, health Sudan and directed the State Department clinics or job opportunities are available. We to prioritize funding for projects in met with U.S. policy makers and encouraged support of the CPA. them to increase support for people who are returning home and to support better anti- ➤ Congress directed the U.S. State Depart- corruption measures by the Government of ment to report on steps that will be taken Southern Sudan. by the Government of Southern Sudan to increase transparency and accountability of funds. Above: Two displaced girls who have recently returned home gather firewood outside their hut in south Sudan. 8 9 d.r. congo

Refugees International traveled three times to eastern Congo our impact where two million people are ➤ Increased resources and attention were currently uprooted from their devoted by international aid agencies, homes. Tens of thousands more including UNICEF and its partners, to people were displaced in 2009 because of respond to new displacement in volatile Congolese military operations against rebel South Kivu. groups. We met with State Department officials and urged the U.S. to promote ➤ After RI called attention to a particularly peaceful solutions to the conflicts in the east. vulnerable town in eastern Congo, UN At the end of the year, we were pleased to see peacekeepers established one of their a shift in U.S. policy away from solely temporary operating bases there to promoting military options. We also met with protect thousands of Congolese from Congressional staff and members of the UN attacks. Security Council urging more funding to provide aid to newly displaced people and for Below: Congolese schoolchildren in North Kivu line UN peacekeepers to better protect civilians. up in the morning before school. (Credit: Jiro Ose)

colombia

Colombia hosts the second largest number of internally displaced our impact people in the world. More than ➤ The U.S. Congress provided $8 million three million people are currently displaced by conflict inside the to assist Colombian IDPs and refugees country and 400,000 are seeking and supported Ecuador’s Enhanced refuge abroad. Refugees International Registration Process, a key component continued to call for more support to internally of that country’s refugee policy reform. displaced people, especially women, and ➤ The Director of USAID in Colombia traveled to Ecuador and Venezuela to assess agreed to publicly highlight the issues the needs of Colombian refugees there. On our return, we met directly with U.S. policy faced by displaced women in his makers and urged them to respond to public statements. Colombia’s displacement crisis from a regional perspective. We also organized a visit by Colombian displaced women’s rights activists to Washington DC and New York to meet with Congressional staff, State Depart- Above: Colombian refugees in Venezuela stand out- ment officials and human rights groups. side a hacienda where they work as live-in laborers.

10 11 ISSUES peacekeeping

Effective peacekeeping operations can stabilize America’s use of military resources to perform war-torn regions and protect displaced people aid and development activities overseas. The from harm. Refugees International traveled report urged Congress to hire more U.S. to Somalia, Chad and the DR Congo to assess Foreign Service Officers to resolve the severe the challenges peacekeepers face and advo- shortage of personnel. cated for peacekeepers, especially in south Sudan and the Congo, to safeguard people when violence erupts. We also urged the UN our impact Security Council to increase monitoring of UN ➤ The U.S. Congress fully funded UN support to the Congolese army, which has peacekeeping operations, including all directly attacked innocent people. debt the U.S. had accumulated at the RI called on the U.S. Congress to provide UN since 1999. greater support to peacekeeping missions. ➤ The UN Security Council set up a mecha- In July, RI’s Peacekeeping Advocate testified nism to better monitor UN assistance before the House Committee on Foreign to the Congolese army and expanded Affairs and urged the U.S. to use its leader- peacekeepers’ successful activities to ship position on the UN Security Council to protect civilians. ensure that peacekeeping missions have adequate manpower and equipment. To ➤ The UN peacekeeping mission in south coincide with this testimony, RI published Sudan prioritized efforts that protect Greater Expectations: UN Peacekeeping and people from violence and enacted innova- Civilian Protection to highlight key steps that tive methods to increase civilian protection. the U.S. should take to strengthen peace- keepers’ efforts to protect people. Below: A UN peacekeeper guards a helicopter In September, RI launched Drawing on the landing site in North Kivu as local residents look Full Strength of America, a report publicizing on. (Credit: Jiro Ose)

UN peacekeepers haul water from a nearby stream to supply their base in a remote region of eastern Congo. (Credit: Jiro Ose)

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Many crises around the world do not receive RI also worked with partner organizations the attention and resources that are necessary to ensure that Congress provided substantial to reduce suffering. RI shone a spotlight on funding to support refugees and others places like Burma, Chad, DR Congo and suffering from international disasters. Somalia to increase support for vulnerable people there. For example, Somalia is home to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with our impact more than three million people dependent ➤ C ongress maintained controversial on outside assistance. Refugees International support for the AU peacekeeping mission traveled to Somalia and Kenya in March and in Somalia. called for greater support to the African Union ➤ C ongress provided $845 million for peacekeeping mission in the country and for international disaster assistance—a $25 the expansion of Dadaab refugee camp. million increase—and nearly $1.7 billion The top UN official in Somalia expressed his for refugee assistance worldwide. appreciation for RI’s courageous work and noted that while most people analyze the situation in Somalia from Nairobi, we go Below: Somali refugees live in a makeshift dwelling inside the country to get the ground truth. in crowded Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.

internal displacement

23 million people have been uprooted by Protection, as well as the creation of a conflict inside their countries, but are unable separate pillar for IDP response within the to cross an international border and receive agency’s overall budget. protection as refugees. Although there are twice as many internally displaced people (IDPs) as refugees, the international response to internal displacement continues to be our impact disorganized and under-funded as no single ➤ RI successfully increased attention and agency is dedicated to alleviating their plight. funding for internally displaced people in Burma, Colombia, DR Congo, Iraq, Refugees International pushed policy makers Pakistan, and south Sudan. (See Regions, at the UN, U.S. Congress and U.S. Adminis- pp. 4-12.) tration to increase assistance and protection for internally displaced people in nearly every country we work in. In addition, after years of calling on the UN Refugee Agency to improve its response to IDPs, we welcomed Above: Displaced boys stand in a barren area of the establishment of a dedicated section for Afghanistan where they have grown up with no IDPs within their Division of International prospects of returning home.

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When wars end, displaced people often find these programs and for funding to be made that their homes and villages are destroyed, available to meet the needs of returning but they receive minimal support to rebuild refugees. their lives. Without adequate support, fragile communities can rapidly disintegrate and a tenuous peace can be shattered, leading to our impact further displacement. RI led the call to ➤ T he Barikab allocation scheme in Afghani- increase support for displaced people who are stan received greater water provision and trying to return home in DR Congo, south improved shelters. Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. ➤ U N agencies in Afghanistan significantly increased their coordination over land In Afghanistan, five million people have allocation schemes, which led to improved returned home, but have little access to land services for returning families. or jobs. Government-run “land allocation schemes” were set up that stranded families in the desert without water, access to markets or job opportunities. Refugees International Below: Many returning Afghan refugees are unable met with UN agencies and U.S. officials and to return to their original homes and live in camps called for increased support to families in like this one in Kabul.

An estimated 12 million people worldwide cannot access their basic human right to a our impact nationality. RI increased attention to the ➤ The U.S. House of Representatives plight of stateless people in places like Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Syria and Bangladesh passed the first legislation on state- and continued to press U.S. policy makers to lessness as part of the Foreign Aid prioritize this issue. We welcomed UNHCR’s Authorization Bill. 2010-2011 plans with measurable outcomes ➤ UNHCR created a new budget line and to protect stateless people. We also helped expanded country programs for combating embarrass the Thai government for aban- statelessness. doning hundreds of Rohingya asylum seekers at sea and were pleased when UNHCR called ➤ The U.S. Assistant Secretary for Population, for the protection of this Burmese minority Refugee and Migration pledged greater U.S. group. interagency efforts and support to UNHCR for solutions for stateless people. In March, RI published Nationality Rights for All: A Progress Report and Global Survey on Statelessness, which outlined the problem in Above: A woman sits in the doorway of her over 80 countries and assessed progress makeshift dwelling at the Leda unofficial site for towards preventing and reducing statelessness. Rohingyas in Bangladesh. 16 17 climate displacement

Climate change could potentially needs of those uprooted by climate-related displace tens of millions of events. We also called for discussions over people in the coming decades, an international legal framework that will which will present significant protect displaced people who are not eligible challenges to an already stressed for refugee status under the 1951 Refugee humanitarian system. The most immediate Convention. threats are increasingly intense storms, greater incidence of drought and floods, and RI was invited by the German Marshall Fund increased conflicts over access to scarce and the Institute for the Study of Interna- resources. In August, Refugees International tional Migration at Georgetown University established the Ken and Darcy Bacon Center for to join other refugee and climate experts to the Study of Climate Displacement to find ways analyze key issues in responding to climate to close the gaps for victims of climate change. displacement. The study includes visits to Bangladesh, Mexico, and Senegal, as well as When world leaders gathered in Copenhagen meetings with U.S. and European government in December to negotiate an agreement on officials. In June 2010, they will issue a joint climate change, RI urged President Obama report on the main challenges and recom- and other leaders to commit to preventing mendations as to how to address them. displacement and identify ways to meet the ken bacon’s legacy

One week after Refugees International President In July, he and his wife Darcy provided a generous Ken Bacon returned from Iraq in March, doctors donation to establish the Ken and Darcy Bacon informed him that they had found that a Center for the Study of Climate Displacement. melanoma tumor had metastasized to his brain. On August 15, Ken passed away surrounded by He was rushed into surgery 24 hours later. The his family. The world’s most vulnerable people devastating news did little to stifle his optimism had lost one of their most passionate advocates. or his sense of humor. During his recovery, he But Ken’s gift ensures that the organization he led sent an email to all staff saying, “Brain surgery for eight years will continue to grow and adapt is not as bad as you think, but try to avoid it.” as it pursues its mission to promote solutions As he battled the cancer over the ensuing months, for refugees and displaced people worldwide. he continued to spotlight the needs of refugees by meeting with top Administration officials on Iraqi refugees, drafting Congressional testimony, thank you speaking at the National Press Club and more. ➤ F ollowing Ken & Darcy Bacon’s initial And he didn’t stop looking at how to strengthen donation, actor Sam Waterston and his Refugees International’s reach and impact. wife Lynn, the Charles Engelhard For two years, Ken had been convinced that RI Foundation, the UN Foundation and needed to address the millions of people who Elizabeth & Michael Galvin matched are likely to be displaced by climate change in their gift. An unprecedented outpouring the future. He knew that RI had to respond to of support followed from RI’s Board of A Darfur girl walks outside her refugee camp in Chad where water shortages are global changes and that the organization’s Directors and others around the world. common. successful advocacy model could help keep these people from falling through the cracks. 18 19 education outreach

Clockwise from top left: Cmmunicationso and Media Clockwise from top left: Evntse Director of Development Elaine To increase attention to refugee crises around the world, McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Refugees International held its most successful event in our Martyn, Annie Duke, and Events Refugees International continued to reach out to mainstream Award Recipient Ted Turner and history with our 30th Anniversary Dinner at the Embassy of Manager Ellie Stamatopoulos and online media with our publications, field reports and videos. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. | Italy. 480 guests attended the gala to honor Ted Turner with attend the Celebrity Apprentice RI Board member Matt Dillon Some 600 broadcast, print and online news sources covered RI’s McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award. During a fascinat- finale after party. | Acting President and Sarah Jessica Parker co-host Joel Charny discusses climate RI’s opinions and recommendations, including BBC, CNN, NPR, Betrayed. | NBC’s Ann Curry at ing interview with CNN Chief International Correspondent displacement on CNN. | Director of Time magazine, New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, RI’s New York Circle. | RI Board Christiane Amanpour, Mr. Turner described the path that led Communications Megan Fowler The Guardian in London and Foreign Policy online. MSNBC’s member Sam Waterston and him to establish CNN and the UN Foundation. Senator Sam interviews professional poker Morning Joe and Fox News Channel’s Hannity also highlighted Congresswoman Nita Lowey Brownback (R-KS) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) player Andy Bloch before the Ante our short film “South Sudan: An Enduring Struggle,” filmed and (D-NY) | Below: RI Chair Farooq were also honored with our Congressional Leadership Award. Up for Africa poker tournament directed by actor and Refugees International board member Kathwari gives Senator Sam Law and Order star Sam Waterston was the Master of in Las Vegas. | President Ken Bacon Brownback (R-KS) the Congres- Matt Dillon. The film depicts the enormous needs of the people Ceremonies and Mariella and Michael Trager were co-chairs is interviewed about Iraqi refugees sional Leadership Award. of south Sudan. at the National Press Club. of the event.

Refugees International was also featured on NBC’s Celebrity In January, Matt Dillon and Sarah Jessica Parker joined RI to Apprentice where world championship poker player Annie Duke host a production of George Packer’s play Betrayed, which raised $700,000 for RI while competing on Donald Trump’s follows three young Iraqi translators as they risk their lives for competitive reality TV show. Annie also invited us to be a Americans in Iraq. Our New York, Washington and Jackson beneficiary of the star-studded Ante Up for Africa poker tourna- Hole Circles featured NBC News Anchor Ann Curry discussing ment in Las Vegas, founded by Annie, Don Cheadle and Norman her work in Sudan, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Dexter Epstein. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Nelly, Sarah Silverman and Filkins on Afghanistan, and The New Yorker’s George Packer other celebrities participated in the charity event to raise and Laura Secor on Iraq and Iran. We also launched our first awareness and funding for Darfur and other conflicts in Africa. London Circle hosted by Lord and Lady Malloch Brown. 20 21 2009 financials 2009 financials

Temporarily Permanently Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total ASSETS REVENUE & OTHER SUPPORT Current Assets Grants and contributions 2,406,496 1,802,353 4,208,849 Cash and cash equivalents 2,455,345 520,230 100,000 3,075,575 Other income 1,060 1,060 Grants receivable 600,000 600,000 Interest income 39,778 39,778 Pledges receivable 72,000 72,000 Net assets released from restriction Advances 4,460 4,460 Expiration of time restrictions 458,411 (458,411) Prepaid expenses 40,006 40,006 Restrictions satisfied by payments 979,595 (979,595) Total Current Assets 2,571,811 1,120,230 100,000 3,792,041 TOTAL REVENUE & OTHER SUPPORT 3,885,340 364,347 4,249,687 Property and Equipment Expenses Leasehold Improvements 12,144 12,144 Program Services Furniture and equipment 116,916 116,916 Advocacy 2,780,398 2,780,398 Total 129,060 129,060 Public education 880,443 880,443 Less accumulated depreciation Supporting Services & amortization (63,326) (63,326) General and administrative 188,951 188,951 Property & Equipment, net 65,734 65,734 Fundraising 286,259 286,259 Other Assets Total expenses 4,136,051 4,136,051 Deposit 24,508 24,508 Total Assets 2,662,053 1,120,230 100,000 3,882,283 Change in Net Assets Before Other Item (250,711) 364,347 113,636 LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS Liabilities Other Item Accounts payable and accrued expenses 36,912 36,912 Unrealized gain/(loss) on securities 196,094 196,094 Accrued payroll and payroll taxes 78,112 78,112 Accrued vacation 97,271 97,271 Change in Net Assets (54,617) 364,347 309,730 Deferred rent 28,301 28,301 Total Liabilities – All Current 240,596 240,596 Net Assets at Beginning of Year 2,476,074 755,883 100,000 3,331,957 Net Assets Net Assets at End of Year 2,421,457 1,120,230 100,000 3,641,687 Unrestricted 2,421,457 2,421,457 Temporarily restricted 1,120,230 1,120,230 Permanently restricted 100,000 100,000 Total Net Assets 2,421,457 1,120,230 100,000 3,641,687 Total Liabilities and Net Assets 2,662,053 1,120,230 100,000 3,882,283

expense by activity % of exp. Revenue by Source % of rev. Advocacy 67.22 Foundations & Corporations 59.05 Public Education 21.29 Individuals 35.47 General & Administrative 4.57 Other 5.48 Fundraising 6.92

22 23 ourew n leadership the board of directors and emeritus Starting April 1, 2010 directors of Refugees International Dan Glickman, President give generously both in time and financial support. we greatly appreciate all they do to keep ri strong and growing. 2009aff St As of December 31, 2009 Joel Charny, Acting President Michael McIntyre, Vice President for Operations 2009ard Bo of Directors

Natasha Bragg, Development Assistant Farooq Kathwari, Carol Ann Haake Michelle Brown, Senior Advocate and Chair Roya Hakakian UN Representative Eileen Shields-West, Michael W. Hawkins Dawn Calabia, Senior Adviser Vice Chair Richard Holbrooke Elizabeth Campbell, Senior Advocate Jan Weil, Hadeel Ibrahim Ron Capps, Peacekeeping Program Manager Secretary W. Braun Jones, Jr. Solomon David, Comptroller Michael Berkman, Treasurer Ambassador Betty Patrick Duplat, Senior Advocate King Anna Elias, Finance Associate Elizabeth F. Bagley Lady Malloch Brown Megan Fowler, Director of Communications Jane Best Dale Mathias Sara Fusco, Assistant Director for Tatiana Maxwell Online Communications Steven E. Carr Frank Caufield Cary Netchvolodoff Sean Mariano Garcia, Advocate McCall Rosa Maria Guerrero, Office Manager Ambassador John C. Danforth H.M. Queen Noor Limnyuy Konglim, Advocacy Associate Ralph P. Davidson Peta Roubin Andrea Lari, Regional Director Matt Dillon Sam Waterston support Maureen Lynch, Senior Advocate for Natacha Weiss Statelessness Initiatives Charlene Engelhard Elizabeth Galvin Ambassador Frank Elaine Martyn Istnnve i Refugees International Elaine Martyn, Director of Development Wisner Mary Ellen Glynn Director of Development Camilla Olson, Advocate When you give to Refugees International, you are supporting Refugees International Vanessa Parra, Press & Information Officer independent, effective, lifesaving work for the most vulnerable Matt Pennington, Peacekeeping Associate 2001 S Street, NW, Suite 700 people worldwide. Renata Rendón, Congressional Advocate Washington, DC 20009 2009eritus Em Directors Refugees International does not accept any government or Jennifer Smith, Advocate [email protected] Ellie Stamatopoulos, Events Manager Bill Clarke, Susan Goodwillie UN funding and relies upon the support of individual donors Chair Emeritus Stedman 202-828-0110 x202 Melanie Teff, Senior Advocate, Women’s Rights James V. Kimsey, Alan G. Hassenfeld 202-828-0819 like you. Teresa Weathington, Development Associate Chair Emeritus Robert Trent Jones, Jr. www.refugeesinternational.org Erin Weir, Senior Peacekeeping Advocate James C. Cobey, M.D., Shep Lowman W ays to Give Treasurer Emeritus Clockwise from top left: Olinen : Judy Mayotte Constance J. Milstein RI Vice-Chair Eileen Shields-West Visit www.refugeesinternational.org/donate Sue Morton, Founder Robert P. DeVecchi Charles Monat and Shamim Jawad | Mariella Mila : Mary Louise Fazzano Sandra Sennet Tully Trager, Veronica Valencia- Send a check to our office in Washington, DC Marta Gabre-Tsadick George Soros Sarukhan, Cathy Brentzel and Sockrt o Wire Transfer: Tom Getman Gay Cioffi | Michael and Jennifer Contact us for more information Caputo | Hadeel Ibrahim and RI Cmbinedo Federal Campaign: Acting President Joel Charny CFC #1448, or contribute through other federated campaigns LgacyGe ift: Consider leaving a bequest to Refugees International in your will Refugees International is a 501(c)3 organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Tax ID #: 52-1224516

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