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Memoria Inglés 2008 ok:Maquetación 1 18/06/09 8:38 Página 1 Annual report 2008 entreculturas Memoria Inglés 2008 ok:Maquetación 1 18/06/09 8:38 Página 2 con- 1 Letter from the director 2 In a few words 4 About us 8 Our work in the South tents 20 ...and in the North 50 Good practices, in the North and in the South 54 Accountability 62 Projects in the South 2008 80 Our gratitude Edition: Entreculturas. Traslation: Luisa Miranda. C/ Pablo Aranda 3, Madrid 28006. Tel. 91 590 26 72. Fax: 91 590 26 73. E-mail: [email protected] Página web: www.entreculturas.org Memoria Inglés 2008 ok:Maquetación 1 18/06/09 8:38 Página 1 ___1 letter from the director Dear friends It is my pleasure to have the chance to thank you again for your loyal support which has enabled us to meet the challenges we had set for the year 2008 as shown in this annual report. This past year, during my trips to visit the projects we carry out and to accompany our fellow workers in the South, I have heard many dramatic stories but at the same time I have met incredible human teams, working with an admirable dedication and in some places at a considerable risk. This is the case of Colombia, where I was able to share a few days with the Jesuit Refugee Service for Latin America and the Caribbean. I had the chance to witness their dedication to accompany, serve and defend a deeply wounded population, both the refugees in Venezuela and the internally displaced in Bogota and Buenaventura in Colombia. They work with what has been a key tool for us this year: advocacy. Thus, during 2008 we have hosted and co-organized the “Ignatian Advocacy Workshop” where Jesuits from 22 countries world wide, met in Spain to articulate a common advocacy strategy. The Jesuits get ready for advocacy because we cannot change the world if we do not change the political and financial power structures. In this line of action, we have contributed to the elaboration of the New Directors Plan of Spanish Cooperation with the report, ”The Official Aid for Education 2005-2006, in Spotlight.” I would also like to point out how Fe y Alegría´s work in Chad, with our full support, is making progress. I have witnessed in the fieldground the enthusiasm of each one of Fe y Alegría´s team. A multicultural and multinational team that is slowly gaining the population’s trust in its effort and commitment with an education that will enable their children to grow as responsible citizens engaged in their communities´ development. The schools I have visited are schools that change the world. This is our new slogan for this year. We have to open our eyes in order to see our reality that challenges each one of us and that, when acted upon, can be changed. To keep our eyes and heart open to a reality that questions us, to understand the deep causes which are underneath the origins of poverty and inequality, to work in favour of justice and to act, are the only ways to change reality and change the world. Agustín Alonso SJ, Entreculturas Director Memoria Inglés 2008 ok:Maquetación 1 18/06/09 8:38 Página 2 ___2 Our work in the South = We firmly believe in the transforming capacity of education. We firmly believe in the transforming capacity of education. Hence, we support initiatives that promote the education for the less favoured in Latin America, Africa and Asia. We not only carry out specific projects but we also accompany education programmes and procedures. Education and community promotion are complementary and they should advance together to achieve full civic, labour and social inclusion, participation and democratic behaviour. in Building classrooms, educating teachers, supporting radio based education programmes, labour skill training centres or promoting education in refugee camps are among the activities we carry out. ✃ Our work in Spain = a few A change of conscience in the North is the key to end the unfair international relations. We carry out campaigns on education, communication and research to make the Spanish society aware that education is essential for development. We also work on public advocacy in order to make governments meet their international commitments for a world with more justice. In 2004, we were named representatives of the Development NGOs in the Development Council together with four other organisations. Our work in Spain is possible thanks to the efforts and enthusiasm of hundreds of volunteers who make this objective a worthy cause of self engagement. ✃ The power of education = So that education may be transforming, the person should learn how to be, how to know, how to live with and how to change. At Entreculturas, we work so that everyone may have this kind of education. ✃ Whom we work with in the South = Our main counterparts in America and Africa are the popular education movement Fe y Alegría and the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). But we are more than counterparts. Entreculturas is a member of these two networks with decades of proved work with the less favoured populations. Fe y Alegría is present in 19 countries with 1.200.000 students and is a relevant voice in the international scene. On the other hand, the JRS promotes education in the very difficult environment of the refugee camps and displaced populations as a consequence of the many armed conflicts, unstable political situations and natural catastrophes that take place nowadays. It also defends their rights in national and international spheres. ✃ Memoria Inglés 2008 ok:Maquetación 1 18/06/09 8:38 Página 3 ___3 Networking = We believe that full human liberation for the most vulnerable people and for us all is based on the development of solidarity communities. We work in close collaboration with Alboan and other Spanish Development NGOs. We belong to the Xavier Network (Jesuit European NGOs Network). We support joint Campaigns with the Spanish DNGO Coordinator, regional and local coordinators and with the REDES Platform which we currently preside. We are members of the Global Campaign for Education and the Spanish Coalition to stop the Use of Child Soldiers. ✃ Accountability = All our accounts are audited by an external audit firm on an annual basis which is included in this report. The audit for the year 2008 has been done by BDO Audiberia. In order to ensure our good practices, we submit to the evaluation of the Follow Up Commission of the Code of Conduct of the CONGDE, of which our Deputy Director is a member and the Fundación Lealtad analyzes the degree of transparency we have. For the year 2008, this Foundation’s report has established once again that we comply with all the required maximums. Finally, all donor institutions control the final destination of their contributions and make their own evaluation of our joint projects. ✃ Some numbers = A solid social base is crucial for planning activities both in the North and in the South. During 2008, a 50% of our funds has been raised by our contributors and there are increasingly more people who support our work in a continuous way, convinced that the real commitment for development cannot be the result of responding by impulses to concrete actions. The other donations received come from public entities such as the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) through the support to programmes and agreements and other institutions such as the municipalities and regional governments. 92,8% of total funds received has been used for projects in the South and for development aid education and social awareness education in the North. ✃ Join our project = If you think it is worthwhile to help us so that all people may discover and promote their capacities, we encourage you to join Entreculturas as a member, giving a donation, enrolling in our volunteer programmes or participating in the campaigns we promote either individually or collectively. Another very useful way of collaborating is to be well informed on our reality, the causes of unequal situations and injustice and communicating that access to education abolishes unequal situations and transforms vulnerable realities. ✃ ✃ words Go ahead, contact us in www.entreculturas.org or in the following telephone number 902 444 844. Memoria Inglés 2008 ok:Maquetación 1 18/06/09 8:38 Página 4 us about Entreculturas is a Development NGO promoted by the Jesuits. It is born in the South and believes that education is a key tool for development, transformation, social change and intercultural dialogue. This is why we support education projects among the excluded populations of Latin America, Africa and Asia . Our engagement also leads us to raise awareness among the Northern population so as to enable them to change structures and act as change agents for the South in favour of justice. Memoria Inglés 2008 ok:Maquetación 1 18/06/09 8:38 Página 5 ___5 A national network Entreculturas is present in 27 Spanish cities thanks to hundreds of volunteers who work to transform reality with their commitment with the South and their daily attitude in life. These volunteers try to bring the South and Entreculturas´ work close to society. Volunteers who know that their objective is beyond the work they carry out. They know that their goal is to achieve a fairer world in which all people may fully develop their potentials. Volunteers convinced that they cannot remain indifferent and that they must be part of society’s transformation. An international network Entreculturas is a member of two international networks with roots in the South.