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2015Report and Accounts 2015 Annual Report and Accounts Cover Photo 2015REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS COVER PHOTO: © Alfredo Cunha CHAPTER 1 04 3.3 Environment 80 ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE Collection of waste for recycling and 1.1 Letter from the Chairman 07 reuse 80 1.2 Main Activities 09 Forestry and Conservation 82 1.3 Areas of Intervention 10 Renewable Energy 83 1.4 Stakeholders 12 International Projects 83 1.5 Development and Dynamics 13 1.6 Recognition 14 3.4 Raising Awareness 84 1.7 UN Global Compact 14 AMI Initiatives 84 Third-party Initiatives 92 CHAPTER 2 16 Delegations and Centres 93 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE Promotion at Schools 96 2.1 Human Resources 20 Corporate Social Responsibility 96 Employees 20 Volunteers 21 CHAPTER 4 104 2.2 Training and Research 23 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 4.1 Origin of Resources CHAPTER 3 26 Revenue 106 AID OPERATIONS 4.2 Balance Sheet 108 3.1 International Projects 28 4.3 Notes to the Financial Statements 112 Partnership Requests 29 4.4 Opinion of the Supervisory Board 136 MDG 30 4.5 Statutory Audit Certificate 137 Exploratory and Assessment Missions 31 Emergency Missions 32 CHAPTER 5 138 Development Missions OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE With expatriate teams 32 2016 Calendar 141 International Projects in Partnership with Local NGOs (PIPOL) 34 CHAPTER 6 142 Partnerships with Other Institutions 56 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 144 3.2 Social Action in Portugal 58 Characterisation of the Population 59 Homeless Population 63 Immigrant Population 66 Social Facilities – Common Services 66 Food Support 67 Night Shelters 68 Street Teams 69 Home Help 70 Social Residence 71 Employment 71 Partnerships with other institutions 72 CONTENTS 04 AMI ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 THE AMI FOUNDATION HAS TWO MAIN “ AREAS OF OPERATION (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL), ALLOWING ITS PROJECTS TO HELP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN PORTUGAL AND AROUND THE WORLD.” CHAPTER 1 05 ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE CHAPTER1 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 1.1 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN In many ways, 2015 was a unique year for the AMI Founda- tion. However, we were able to fully maintain, and even go the extra mile in many activities in all of the institution's well-known © Alfredo Cunha areas of intervention, both international and national, over seve- Fernando de La Vieter Nobre MD PhD ral decades: Founder and Chairman of the AMI Foundation 1. During the entire period (up to 5 December), 2015 was a year filled with several activities and events to mark the 30th anniversary of its foundation (5/12/1984). Of note was the “Futurospetiva” exhibition, which, more than just taking stock, projected AMI into the future and the challenges facing 4. Also in 2015, particularly in the last quarter, what had been humanity in the coming years. It was also marked by the publi- systematically warned about with regard to the financial and cation of the book "Toda a Esperança do Mundo” (All the banking system was confirmed. All the evidence seems to Hope in the World), by photographer Alfredo Cunha and jour- point to 2016 being an annus horribilis, probably worse than nalist Luís Pedro Nunes, which will remain as an indelible mark what has been experienced in recent years since the bank- of the history of the first thirty years of AMI; ruptcy of the Lehman Brothers bank in the USA in 2008. Given this fact, the Board of Directors decided to set up a 2. Given the clear difficulties faced by families in meeting cer- Department of Financial Sustainability. This department will tain expenses related to basic needs (water, electricity, gas have a dual aim: to safeguard the property of the founda- bills, etc.) and by students in paying their university fees, AMI tion and to maximise it in the safest way possible! decided to create two funds: - Social Promotion and Development Fund Having said this, the AMI Foundation, despite the many chal- - AMI University Fund lenges it faced, maintained its team dynamics and ended the year with financial equilibrium. For the first quarter of 2016, 3. The refugee crisis in Europe was, and still is, a focus of atten- we expect a change in its property management, given the tion for AMI, which attempted to redouble its efforts in the huge global financial challenges. This will allow us to maintain quest for projects to fight against the causes that make peo- our unparalleled level of activity in helping the most vulnerable ple leave their own countries, in partnership with local organi- in the world and in Portugal. sations. We also made every effort to get AMI's social facili- ties and responses in Portugal ready to support and manage Thank you. the cases that may arrive. © Alfredo Cunha CHAPTER 1 09 ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE 1.2 MAIN ACTIVITIES AMI was founded in 1984, with Mankind The third area of AMI's work is the pro- ferent and less violent". And its Mission as at the centre of its concerns. Since 1987, motion of active citizenship in the area “Bringing humanitarian aid and promo- it has operated in 79 countries around of associations, training or the environ- ting human development, bearing in the world and has sent hundreds of vol- ment, encouraging active participation mind Human Rights and the Sustaina- unteers and tonnes of aid (medicine and by young people and adults in specific ble Development Goals, in the health, medical equipment, food, clothes, vehi- projects. social and environmental areas, any- cles, generators, etc.). Internationally, AMI The AMI Foundation has two main areas where in the world, regardless of race, works on three major types of inter- of operation (national and international), gender, age, nationality, language, poli- ventions. These are Emergency Missions, allowing its projects to help thousands of tics, religion, philosophy or social position, Development Missions with expatriate people in Portugal and around the world. looking at each person as a unique and teams and International Projects in Part- AMI defined its Vision as “Mitigating the irreplaceable human being, worthy of nership with Local Organisations (PIPOL), inequalities and suffering in the world, attention and care.” seeking to make its operations appro- with human beings at the centre of its priate to the characteristics and needs concerns. Creating a more sustaina- in the context. To this end, the method ble, more harmonious and more inclu- used is phased intervention and the ulti- sive world that is more tolerant, less indif- mate goal is always the sustainability of the development process. Since 1994, aware of the reality in Por- tugal, AMI has been broadening its area of operation, with the aim of minimising the effects of the phenomena of pov- erty and social exclusion in the country. In Portugal, AMI currently has 17 social facilities and responses. These are 9 Porta Amiga Centres (Lisbon, in Olaias and Chelas; Almada; Cascais; Coimbra; Porto; Vila Nova de Gaia; Funchal; Angra do Heroísmo), 2 Night Shelters (Lisbon and Porto), 1 Social Residence (São Miguel), 2 street teams (Lisbon, and Vila Nova de Gaia/Porto); 1 home help service (Lisbon) and 2 FEAD (European Fund to the Most Deprived) food reception centres (Lisbon and Porto). 10 AMI ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 1.3 AREAS OF INTERVENTION National Social Action Emergency PIPOL – International projects in partnership with local organisations Missions with Expatriates Exploratory Missions CHAPTER 1 11 ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE Bangladesh Ivory Coast India São Tomé and Brazil Ecuador Italy Nicaragua Príncipe Burundi Ghana Madagascar Portugal Senegal Chad Guinea-Bissau Malaysia Democratic Sri Lanka Republic of the Chile Greece Mozambique Congo Tanzania Colombia Haiti Nepal Rwanda Uganda 12 AMI ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015 1.4 STAKEHOLDERS AMI actively seeks out the views of its STAKEHOLDERS stakeholders, as it believes that their con- tribution is essential for developing and perfecting the work it does. Thus, one of the highlights in 2015 was a Employees satisfaction survey carried out with AMI's beneficiaries in Portugal. Volunteers Beneficiaries SATISFACTION SURVEY FOR BENEFICIARIES IN PORTUGAL Donors Local Communities In order to promote the quality of its work and in search of continuous improve- ment in the support that is provided to those using the services of the institution, AMI asked the opinion of the people using Partners Media its social facilities and its other services in Entities Portugal. Regulatory Satisfaction surveys were carried out at Bodies all the social facilities, taking into account how representative they were of the entire population supported by AMI in the country. These surveys were also aimed at complying with guidelines from the funding bodies for the social facilities. These surveys were carried out by people outside/new to the social facilities and raosoft.com/samplesize.html). This app The main reasons why they sought out therefore unknown to the beneficiaries. determines the size of the total sample, AMI social facilities have to do with meet- This was in order to minimise any cons- taking into account the total number of ing basic needs with regard to food, as traints or other factors that are always people supported and bearing in mind well as neediness/economic difficulties, present in opinion assessment situations, the levels of trust, the margin of error unemployment and loneliness. arising from the factor of proximity with and the distribution of responses. In the the staff of the social facilities, and to sample, 53% were men and 47% were obtain the most impartial and sincere women. response possible. The majority of the people that took The surveys were given to a total of 208 part in this survey said
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