A nnual Report 2011

Buddhist Global Relief Cover photo: Girl at the Lamanjay Food Program in Haiti from What If? Foundation and Children of India from Foundation Contents

Message from Chair 2

Message from Executive Director 3

Vision and Mission 4

Our Projects 5 6 Haiti 8 India 10 Kenya 12 Niger 14 Sri Lanka 16 Vietnam 18 Other Projects in Brief 20

Partnerships for Humanitarian Action 22

Leadership 23

Financial Statements 24

Annual Support 26

How You Can Help 30

1 M e s s a g e From The C h a i r

V e n . Bh i k k h u Bodhi

often imagine our world to be poised at a crossroads, facing a choice between two contrary moral visions. One is grounded on the premise that people are es- sentially self-interested agents driven by human nature to pursue their private aims. In this Imoral vision, greed is the driver of progress, and the measure of success is the wealth, pow- er, status, and fame we manage to achieve for ourselves. This is the moral vision extolled by the exponents of neoliberal economics, who hold that the selfish pursuit of our own good will promote the good of all.

In the other moral vision people are seen as social creatures whose own good is intimately tied to the good of others. Our natural disposition, even our biology, leans toward care and empathy. Greed and selfishness distort human nature and cause immense harm. The mea- sures of personal worth are compassion, generosity, and service, and the most admirable people are those who devote their lives to benefiting their communities and the world.

Buddhist Global Relief seeks to give shape to this second moral vision. The values that guide us are rooted in the four “divine dwellings” of loving-kindness, compassion, altruistic joy, and impartiality. We are inspired by the Buddha’s mission of liberating beings from suffering. We aspire to benefit others at the same time as we strive for our own awakening.

Such aspirations carried us through our third fiscal year, from July 1st, 2010, to June 30th, 2011. This period was marked by steady growth in revenues, enabling us to sponsor new projects and renew existing ones. During the year Kim Behan and I were invited to repre- sent on a high-level task force established by the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty (CIFA). We helped to create a “strategic framework” to enhance the role of the faith sector in promoting health and development.

On October 16th, 2010, we also held our first Walk to Feed the Hungry. More than fifty participants joined the walk along the beautiful trails of the South Mountain Reservation in South Orange, New Jersey. This event, an occasion for joy and human fellowship, initiated a new BGR tradition that has already spread to other sites in the U.S. and beyond.

We are pleased to offer you this report on our third fiscal year. As you read, please remember that everything we’ve done to help the poor and hungry has been accomplished through your contributions, whether through donations, volunteer service, or moral support. From the depths of our hearts, we thank you for your generosity to date, and we hope we can count on you to be an active partner as we continue to grow. Working hand in hand, let’s give the poor and hungry real hope for a better future in a brighter, more equitable world.

With loving-kindness,

2 M e s s a g e From The Executive Director

K i m B e h a n

would like to extend a very deep and heartfelt thank you to our donors for once again supporting Buddhist Global Relief in our fiscal year 2011 from July 1st, 2010, to June 30th, 2011. As our readers are well aware, BGR’s mission continues to be Icritical as global issues such as wealth disparity, credit access, and exploitation contribute unrelentingly towards world hunger. In the throes of crises throughout our globe, our goal is and has always been to provide assistance to those who need it most, regardless of faith, gender, or geography.

Though we are only in our third year of operation, our mission of helping the world’s poor continues to resonate with an ever growing number of supporters. Our revenues increased by 40% in 2011 to $175,912, with $145,540 allocated directly to program costs. Fundrais- ing costs did increase as a percentage of expenses in 2011, which enabled BGR to provide outreach and exposure for our mission. As always, BGR is completely volunteer-based and strives to keep administration costs low, allowing all of our donations to go towards programs or fundraising for expansion.

In October 2010, we held our first Walk to Feed the Hungry in South Orange, New Jersey, raising $28,000 towards relief efforts. Walking in unison has had a long history in sparking social change and also represents an effort to illuminate the plight of those left behind by the world economy’s thirst for unbridled growth.

In fiscal year 2011, BGR’s relief efforts expanded into two new countries, Kenya and Haiti. We also focused on eradicating hunger by giving farmers and women meaningful and dignified ways to support their families. In Kenya, the GROW BIOINTENSIVE™ program allows for increased yields on relatively small plots of land, while in Vietnam and Cambodia, the System of Rice Intensification is being used to sustainably increase yields while reducing costs and resource usage. Farming with these techniques is critical as population growth and climate change challenge us all to find improved solutions to food production in order to avoid casting more people into abject hardship. Additionally, BGR continued to support a number of important ongoing projects in Vietnam and India by providing education assistance to vulnerable youth.

I acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of everyone involved with these projects, from our partner organizations executing relief efforts to all of our volunteers who pledge their time to improve conditions for those in need. According to Buddhist teachings, one person’s happiness is intricately linked to the happiness of others. It has truly been a blessing to work with so many people who are dedicated to bringing joy and dignity to the distant corners of our world.

With gratitude and thanks for all that you do,

3 Our Vision and Mission

Vision We are inspired by the vision of a world in which debilitating poverty has finally been banished; a world in which all can avail themselves of the basic material supports of a meaningful life—food, clothing, housing, and health care; a world in which everyone can achieve a satisfactory level of education and freely pursue that which gives their life value and purpose; a world in which all people dwell in peace and harmony with one another and with the natural environment.

MISSION Our mission is to combat chronic hunger and malnutrition. Bearing in mind the Buddha’s statements that “hunger is the worst kind of illness” and “the gift of food is the gift of life,” we sponsor projects that promote hunger relief for poor communities around the world. We pursue our mission by: • providing direct food aid to people afflicted by hunger and malnutrition • helping develop better long-term methods of sustainable food production and management appropriate to the cultures and traditions of the beneficiaries • promoting the education of girls and women, so essential in the struggle against poverty and malnutrition • giving women an opportunity to start right livelihood projects to support their families. We also seek to raise awareness of global hunger and advocate for an international food system that exemplifies social justice and conduces to ecological sustainability.

4 BGR projects are designed to address chronic hunger and malnutrition, to promote greater food productivity at the grass-roots level, and to tackle the root causes of food insecurity. We partner with organizations already operating on the ground, with whom we formulate and implement our projects. These organizations include major international relief agencies, such

as Helen Keller International and the Red Cross, and smaller or emerging agencies which have a more local focus or address specific needs, such as Lotus Outreach International in Cambodia and the What If? Foundation in Haiti.

Buddhism teaches that hunger is a source of acute pain and a barrier to spiritual growth. BGR seeks to remove that barrier and thereby give others the chance to live healthy lives of dignity and purpose. Recognizing that all human beings share a common desire for happiness, we lend a helping hand to our unseen brothers and sisters across the globe, enabling them to fulfill great dreams and tap unrealized potential.

OUR PROJECTS5

a mbodia C T h e S Y S T e m O F R I C E i n T e n S I F I CAT i o n

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Around 80% of Cambodia’s popula- demo was conducted in villages to tion lives in rural areas, and most of reinforce concepts. Women were them rely on rain-fed rice farming encouraged to participate in this and natural resource extraction for training. Rachana studied the results their livelihood. Most households of conventional farming versus SRI own less than one hectare of land and farming, and encouraged skilled SRI face a number of challenges, such farmers to share their personal ex- as limited access to quality local rice periences and knowledge with their seeds, low productivity, and limited neighbors. access to technical information and training. BGR supplied a grant to Before the program began, 31 out of Rachana, a Cambodian organization 638 families in target villages were attempting to address these chal- applying SRI principles on their lenges by promoting the System of farms. Now, 378 of those families Rice Intensification (SRI) in target have adopted SRI techniques. Farm- villages. SRI is a farming method that ers participating in the SRI program applies biological principles to rice increased their yield from 1,972kg cultivation as opposed to the method per hectare with conventional farm- 31 out of 638 of conventional agriculture, which ing to 5,500kg per hectare with SRI families in target focuses on chemical input to enhance farming. Income increased from growth. $258 per year to $721 per year. In villages were addition, village women, tradition- applying SRI The program began by reaching out ally restricted to domestic duties, are to village chiefs, who were encour- participating in the decision-making principles on their aged to take part in all training activi- process on their family farms. Local farms. Now, 378 ties and be models of SRI application authorities and target beneficiaries for the rest of their villages. Small alike were impressed by the results of those families groups of target farmers were trained and promised to promote SRI activi- have adopted in SRI techniques, and an SRI field ties within their villages. SRI techniques

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Before the devastating earthquake in gram during the rainy season, when January 2010, 75% of Haitians lived street vendors and family cooks alike below the poverty line. Current con- have difficulty preparing meals in the ditions are estimated to be far worse. pouring rain. In June of 2011, when More than 1.3 million displaced Hai- the tent camp was under four feet of tians live in tents or under sheets or water, volunteers saw a temporary tarps. A grant from Buddhist Global increase in attendees. Relief to the What If? Foundation supported the Lamanjay program Children and families describe the in the Tiplas Kazo neighborhood in effect of the program on their lives. Port-au-Prince. During the first half Ten-year-old Doudji Jean Marie lives of 2011, the grant supplied approxi- in a one-room cinderblock structure “When I see them mately 3,000 hot meals per month to with no electricity or running water, eating good food it children living in tent communities. but he and his little sister have access to a hot, nutritious meal every week- brings tears to my Many families who rely on Lamanjay day. Without it, his mother says that eyes.” have been able to allocate their few her children would likely be hungry resources to start small businesses or and malnourished. Another mother, find other ways to support their fami- Madelein Dalcus, walks four miles lies. As a result, program attendance each way with her three children so has dropped, which volunteers view they can attend the program. “Every as a success – more families have time I see them eating good food with been able to procure a small income other children, it brings tears to my and move out of the tent camps. Chil- eyes,” she says. “I know that the food dren particularly appreciate the pro- is keeping them alive.”

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The Bodhicitta Foundation, founded and particularly important, and thus, besides directed by the Australian nun Sister English, the students receive instruction Yeshe, states its mission to be “taking in hygiene, anger management, medita- light into dark places,” and that is exactly tion, and the creative arts. what the Foundation does for the poor The students Buddhists in the state of Maharashta, The BGR grant also has a food compo- receive which extends from western to central nent. In India children of poor families India. are often pulled from school by their instruction parents and forced to work to provide the in English, Sixty percent of India’s citizens live below family with money for food. To keep their the poverty line, and 65 percent of Indian kids in school, the BGR grant covers hygiene, anger women are illiterate. The Buddhists of provisions of pulses and rice to families management, Maharashta are Dalits, members of the on condition that they allow the children former “Untouchable” social class, and to continue their education. The BGR meditation, thus their situation is particularly distress- grant enabled the Bodhicitta Foundation ful. The Bodhicitta Foundation aims to to sponsor the full-time education of a and the creative transform and uplift their lives, using number of children and women. arts. education, vocational training, and con- fidence building as its tools. Its programs BGR’s support has helped the Bodhicitta focus on children, seeking to equip them Foundation to grow in a variety of other with the skills they need to obtain better ways. The Foundation now provides free jobs, improve their economic standing, counseling to women, particularly to vic- and recover their human dignity. tims of domestic violence. It held a tem- porary ordination for young girls, A grant from BGR in 2011 supported the them a chance to live a monastic lifestyle Bodhicitta Foundation in providing part- for a week. And it teaches and time English classes to some 250 slum meditation to adults so they can live more children, most of them girls. English is an wholesome lifestyles. BGR is delighted to essential skill in the competitive Indian be contributing to the work of this coura- job market yet poor children seldom have geous and compassionate organization. access to English-language education. For girls, a rounded quality education is

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ENYA K W o m e n T ra i n i n g Women in GR O W B i o i n T e n S I V E S u sta i n abl e A gr i c u lt u r e

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Women in sub-Saharan Africa provide returned to the GROW BIOINTEN- 70 percent of the agricultural labor and SIVE Agriculture Center of Kenya produce 90 percent of the food for the (G-BIACK) to train other farmers— region. They also prepare meals and mostly women—to teach. G-BIACK A model farm manage nutrition for their families. sits on about one acre of land, the aver- designed to Since Africa’s farmland is severely de- age size of a family farm in the region. graded and getting worse, starvation is It is a model farm designed to dem- demonstrate imminent for many families unless mea- onstrate sustainable, increased food sustainable, sures are taken to improve soil health production on small-scale farms. and food security. Ecology Action, an increased food organization dedicated to spreading a The first three training sessions were production on sustainable method of small-scale farm- held in the Kangari and Gathanji com- ing called GROW BIOINTENSIVE munities on topics such as soil fertility small-scale around the world, launched an initia- management, planting methods, and farms. tive in Kenya with the help of a BGR management of HIV/AIDS using grant. This program trains Kenyan nutrition. Two hundred and twenty-one women to teach the GROW BIOIN- farmers attended the training sessions. TENSIVE method of farming. As GROW BIOINTENSIVE GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable continues to spread, the results are Mini-Farming is a small-scale agricul- already evident. Ms. Wandia, a tural system that, when practiced 68-year-old farmer, was making around properly, nurtures healthy soil, produc- $125 per month on her 2-acre plot in es high yields, and conserves resources. 2009. After learning GROW BIOIN- The initiative in Africa, designed to TENSIVE at G-BIACK, Ms. Wandia train a total of 1,650 women from eight is now earning around $938 per month. different communities, began with Farmers learning GROW BIOIN- three Kenyan women traveling to Ohio TENSIVE visit her farm to learn good to learn GROW BIOINTENSIVE at a agricultural practices. small farm in Ohio. These women

13 I n Niger’s Diffa region, BGR partnered with Helen Keller International (HKI) to support one of the most effective and natural methods available to prevent childhood malnutrition: breastfeeding.

BGR funding for HKI’s Child Survival Project in Diffa made it possible to form Breastfeeding Support Groups in 19 communities and to train two members from each of the groups in infant and young child feeding, with an emphasis on breastfeeding as well as communication strategies. The goal of the project was to enable mothers to initiate breastfeed- ing within the first hour after birth, exclusively breastfeed for six months, and continue to breastfeed optimally until the child is 24 months of age. These practices provide life-transformative nutrition during this critical developmental window.

The training included technical knowledge related to breastfeeding and on counseling techniques to encourage adop- tion of these behaviors. As soon as the support groups were formed, the members who had attended the trainings began organizing education sessions at local health facilities and in their villages and then trained even more group members to expand these activities. The breastfeeding support groups worked in collaboration with the health agents at the nearest health facilities as well as with village leaders.

Group members carry out home visits for individual discussions with pregnant and nursing women. They also facili- tate group sessions, where topics include exclusive breastfeeding, frequency of breastfeeding, complementary foods, diet diversity, malnutrition, personal hygiene, and nutrition for pregnant and nursing women. BGR’s funding also covered the costs of training 18 health agents working in government health centers or health posts on optimal breast- feeding and infant and young child feeding and on counseling skills. To verify that the program was implemented ef- fectively, BGR also funded skilled supervision and monitoring to verify that participants had the necessary knowledge and skills.

The program has educated more than 10,000 women about proper breastfeeding practices, which will result in im- proved health and nutrition outcomes for many times more young children.

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The program has educated more than 10,000 women about proper breastfeeding practices, which will result in improved health and nutrition.

In Niger’s Diffa region, BGR partnered with Helen even more group members to expand these activities. The Keller International (HKI) to support one of the most breastfeeding support groups worked in collaboration effective and natural methods available to prevent child- with the health agents at the nearest health facilities as hood malnutrition: breastfeeding. well as with village leaders.

BGR funding for HKI’s Child Survival Project in Diffa Group members carry out home visits for individual made it possible to form Breastfeeding Support Groups discussions with pregnant and nursing women. They also in nineteen communities and to train two members from facilitate group sessions, where topics include exclusive each of the groups in infant and young child feeding, with breastfeeding, frequency of breastfeeding, complemen- an emphasis on breastfeeding as well as communication tary foods, diet diversity, malnutrition, personal hygiene, strategies. The goal of the project was to enable mothers and nutrition for pregnant and nursing women. BGR’s to initiate breastfeeding within the first hour after birth, funding also covered the costs of training eighteen health exclusively breastfeed for six months, and continue to agents working in government health centers or health breastfeed optimally until the child is 24 months of age. posts on optimal breastfeeding, on infant and young These practices provide life-transformative nutrition dur- childfeeding, and on counseling skills. To verify that the ing this critical developmental window. program was implemented effectively, BGR also funded skilled supervision and monitoring to confirm that the The training included technical knowledge about breast- participants had the necessary knowledge and skills. feeding and imparted in-counseling techniques to encour- age adoption of these behaviors. As soon as the support The program has educated more than 10,000 women groups were formed, the members who had attended the about proper breastfeeding practices, which will result in trainings began organizing education sessions at local improved health and nutrition outcomes for many times health facilities and in their villages, where they trained more young children.

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ri anka S L n o n - f o r m al S k i lls T ra i n i n g f o r Y o u n G W o m e n

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The Centre for Women’s Research rural families, and all chose one of the “I feel that this (CENWOR) is an organization that programs approved by CENWOR. promotes the advancement and em- The VTA held classes five days a week. program has powerment of women in Sri Lanka. A Students were monitored and surveyed grant from BGR allowed CENWOR to throughout the process. Twenty-nine out given me a big provide vocational training to women of 31 students completed their programs. from vulnerable, low-income families, leap forward at a equipping them with the skills necessary Ishara Rasanjali, a 21-year-old student, to obtain employment. expressed her gratefulness for the IT time I was help- program, as it was her childhood dream CENWOR partnered with the Voca- to study IT. “This program helped me lessly looking tional Training Authority (VTA) in achieve this dream,” she said. She has Batagoda, Galpatha, which conducts been offered an apprenticeship place- around for a job training programs in the areas of com- ment at the Agrarian Service Depart- puter hardware, information technol- ment. Achini Eranga, who also studied and wondering ogy, computer-based graphic design, IT thanks to CENWOR, now receives a where and how I and tailoring. CENWOR and the VTA monthly allowance from her apprentice- identified participants for this program ship at the Ministry of Technology and could start!” through a survey and application pro- Research. She says, “I feel that this pro- cess, reaching out specifically to young gram has given me a big leap forward at women in rural areas – those least likely a time I was helplessly looking around to receive a technical education in Sri for a job and wondering where and how Lanka. All thirty-one of the sponsor- I could start!” ship recipients were from low-income

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This year we have less hard work from the transplantation stage to the stages of taking care of the rice, yet at the same time a higher yield compared to the other years.”

Vo Nhai, a mountainous district in The philosophy behind this proj- Households participating in SRI the Thai Nguyen province of Viet- ect was not to finance farmers, but replaced herbicides with the use of nam, suffers from difficult physi- instead change their frame of mind, hand-weeding tools, and learned cal conditions and low educational improve their knowledge, and help how to use less water in accor- achievement, making this the poorest them believe in SRI so they could dance with the growth period of district in the province. Farmers still make educated decisions about their rice plants. Participating farmer apply conventional farming methods, farms. The process included a tour Mrs. Hoang Thi Mao explained the which rely on chemicals and degrade of an SRI model farm, compre- benefits of SRI: “This year we have the environment. In quest of an hensive SRI training, and creating less hard work from the transplan- alternative, the International support groups for farmers to share tation stage to the stages of taking Cooperation Center at Thai Nguyen their experiences and encourage the care of the rice, yet at the same time University received a grant from expansion of the SRI method. a higher yield compared to the other BGR to develop a project that trains years.” Perhaps most importantly, farmers to use the System of Rice In- The International Cooperation farmers in Vo Nhai have begun to tensification (SRI) method of farm- Center reported incredible success. embrace the idea of ecologically sus- ing. The International Cooperation For the 89 families participating tainable agriculture and a reduced Center describes SRI as a “sustain- in the program, average rice yield reliance on outside support. able ecological farming technique, increased 12-15%, and farmers which not only raises production but – three-quarters of them women – also protects the environment and saved 80–90% of the cost. reduces climate change.”

19 Other Projects in Brief

Cambodia: Cambodia: Non-Formal Education for A Revolving Loan Fund for Cambodian Farmers Sex Workers and Their Children A BGR grant provided impoverished farming families in Life as a sex worker is degrading and humiliating, and one of the most remote and biodiverse regions in Cam- often ends in an early death, but Lotus Outreach, through bodia with funds to achieve food security. Our partner, its Non-Formal Education program (NFE), is offering Lotus Outreach, has expanded its Integrated Rural an avenue of escape for these women and their children. Development project to establish a revolving loan fund for BGR provided funding to enable thirty of these women to self-help groups in twenty villages. Poor villagers will be attend daily classes in literacy and other skills; the grant able to use loan funds to purchase cash crop seeds, tools, also ensures that their children are provided with enroll- value-added machinery, and other agricultural materi- ment assistance and grants to cover books, school sup- als. As these loans are repaid to the self-help groups with plies, and uniforms. Over 95% of NFE graduates have interest, the returns are used for community development, permanently left the sex trade, and thanks to BGR fund- improving earning capacity, health, and education. More- ing, their children will be able to continue their education over, surplus cash crop seeds will be “paid forward” to and enjoy a brighter future. future participating families, creating a multiplier effect from a one-time investment. Cambodia: Rice Support for GATE Scholarship Recipients Niger: Helping in an Urgent Food Crisis Lotus Outreach’s Girl’s’ Access to Education (GATE) BGR provided a grant to Helen Keller International program allows girls and young women to escape grim (HKI) to address the acute malnutrition crisis in futures in menial jobs or the sex industry by pursuing an Niger. BGR funding supported HKI’s Community-based education. Only 11% of Cambodian girls attend second- Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program ary school, and only 1% go on to college. GATE provides in two severely affected areas: Diffa and Zinder, where scholarships to hundreds of girls in Siem Reap and Ban- malnutrition and child mortality rates reached emergency teay Meanchey, thus enabling the girls to continue in high levels. This program provides community-wide screen- school rather than drop out to earn money to feed their ing for malnutrition, referrals to health facilities where families. BGR has supported this worthy project over the needed, and furnishes therapeutic foods (Plumpy’Nut), past two years and continued to support it for a third year medications, and food rations. BGR funded the training by providing funding for rice support for fifty families of of twenty-eight health agents who now provide CMAM the poorest girls. In addition, this year, for the first time, services at fourteen health posts in the Zinder region. BGR provided funding for rice support for twenty-five Food rations and treatment are now readily available to GATE girls who finished high school and have qualified to mothers and children who previously were forced to travel pursue university degrees. The girls will be studying medi- long distances for help. With BGR’s assistance, 40,402 cine, accounting, science, and other subjects. By continu- children and 9,689 pregnant or nursing women suffering ing in school these girls will be able to help their families, from moderate acute malnutrition received rations, and communities, and country long into the future. 8,838 children were treated for severe acute malnutrition.

20 Vietnam: Sri Lanka: Tam Binh Red Cross Meals for Flood Relief Hospital Patients Torrential monsoon rains in eastern Sri Lanka in January Many hospitals in Vietnam do not provide meals for pa- 2011 caused severe floods affecting more than a million tients, relying on family members to feed their sick rela- people. The flooding forced more than 350,000 people tives. BGR provided a grant to the Tam Binh Red Cross into temporary refugee camps and destroyed 21% of the in southern Vietnam to purchase ingredients for nutritious country’s rice crop. As a result, some 400,000 vulnerable meals for the poorest patients at the Da Khoa Huyen Tam children faced an imminent food crisis. In response to this Binh hospital. This frees their families from the ordeal disaster, BGR provided emergency funds to its partner, of having to choose between feeding themselves or their Karuna Trust, which furnished emergency meals for a ailing relatives. The funds were used to purchase tofu, thousand refugee families in the flood-stricken region. vegetables, spices, and charcoal for cooking over 14,000 meals for the project’s duration. Fourteen teams of volun- teers from the Red Cross prepare the meals. U.S.A: Garden Harvest Winter Greenhouse A slowly recovering economy has not lifted the burden of Vietnam: hunger and poverty for many in the United States. Each Tam Binh and Cam Duong Red Cross winter, fresh food supplies for food banks dwindle. BGR is Scholarships providing long-lasting help to its Maryland partner, non- Realizing the importance of education as a catalyst for profit farm Garden Harvest, by funding the installation of overcoming long-term poverty in rural Vietnam, the Red greenhouses and other infrastructure to grow vegetables Cross of the Tam Binh district and Cam Duong commune, and produce for the poor during the winter months. in collaboration with the local government and school The project will enable Garden Harvest to donate large officials, has stepped forward to help children from poor amounts of organic produce to the hungry throughout the families gain access to education. A BGR grant provided winter; grow two or three times more tomato, eggplant, funding to cover annual enrollment fees and basic edu- and pepper seedlings every spring to expand its donations cational materials for 150 children. The grant also covers of these crops to the hungry; and grow plants year-round much needed health care during the school year. The total for sale, thereby establishing a continually expanding cost per student came to just $20 a year. source of revenue for its hunger programs.

21 Humanitarian Action

Our Projects

Mali Cambodia Niger Vietnam United States Haiti India Sri Lanka

Kenya

BODHICITTA FOUNDATION Garden Harvest The Bodhicitta Foundation, founded in 2003 by the Aus- Garden Harvest is a not-for-profit farm run by full-time tralian Buddhist nun, Bhikshuni Yeshe, provides a range volunteers, assisted by seasonal staff and apprentices, and of social services to the Dalits, the former “Untouchable” supported by seasonal volunteers. Its mission is to allevi- community, in Nagpur, India. Its services include coun- ate hunger and improve the nutrition of economically seling, education, and women’s empowerment through disadvantaged citizens worldwide through methods of skills development and job training. organic, sustainable food production that regenerate the earth’s precious soil. Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR) Founded in 1984, CENWOR is a non-profit NGO Helen Keller International dedicated to helping Sri Lankan women realize their One of the oldest international non-profit organizations, full potential and achieve equality in all spheres of life. Helen Keller International works in 22 countries to CENWOR implements community-based projects such prevent blindness and reduce malnutrition. By partner- as literacy campaigns, skill enhancement programs for ing with HKI, BGR helped HKI train local workers to economically disadvantaged women, and community- distribute nutritional supplements and provide education wide development programs. about methods of reducing malnutrition among women and children. Ecology Action of the Mid-Peninsula For 40 years, Ecology Action has promoted an elegant, International Cooperation small-scale agricultural system, GROW BIOINTEN- Center of Thai Nguyen University SIVE, which nurtures healthy soil fertility, produces high The International Cooperation Center of Thai Nguyen yields, conserves resources, and meets the basic need of University was founded to carry out international coop- people to feed themselves. As a result, millions of people eration activities, including research in poverty reduction have learned new techniques for growing nourishing food and crop and animal production biotechnology. while protecting the earth’s fragile resources.

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Lotus Outreach International Leadership Lotus Outreach International is a non-profit dedicated to ensuring the education, health, and safety of at-risk and exploited women and Board of Directors children in the developing world, especially Ven. Bodhi, Cambodia and India. Lotus Outreach Chairperson supports grassroots projects in vulnerable W. David Braughton, communities, seeking to ensure local Vice-Chairperson ownership, cultural relevance, and cost effectiveness of each project. Marcie Barth, Secretary Rachana Thomas Spies, Rachana is a Cambodian non-governmental Treasurer organization that has been helping poor and George Clapp vulnerable communities in rural Cambodia Charles Elliott since 1994. Rachana focuses on promot- Tom Moritz ing health care and ecologically sustainable Patricia Price agriculture among rural populations in the Sylvie Sun country.

Vietnam Red Cross Directors Kim Behan , Executive Director The Vietnam Red Cross Society, founded in Carla Prater, Assistant Director 1946, provides health care and emergency assistance for the ill and humanitarian relief for victims of war and natural disasters. It also Council of Advisers Ven. Bhikkhu Buddharakkhita serves people affected by poverty. Founder, Uganda Buddhist Center Sarvodoya USA Ven. Thich Tri Hoang Sarvodaya USA is the American branch of Abbot, Chua Phap Nguyen, Pearland, TX the Sri Lankan development organization Sarvodaya, which promotes self-help projects Ven. Heng Sure intended to improve the lives of villagers in President, Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, Berkeley, CA Sri Lanka. Sarvodaya holds that the solutions to poverty, conflict, and ecological imbal- Rev. Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts ances require a holistic approach that involves Abbot, Heart Circle , Ridgewood, NJ building sustainable economies, providing social support, and integrating the insights of Gil Fronsdal spirituality. Founder, Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, CA What If? Foundation Andrew Harvey Since 2000, the What If? Foundation has Spiritual teacher and author. Founder, Institute of Sacred Activism partnered with members of the Tiplas Kazo community in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to bring David Loy much-needed food and educational opportu- Author and teacher, Boulder, CO nities to impoverished children. WIF works with Haitian partners, aiming to pair their Michael Roehm commitment and expertise with the financial American University, Washington, D.C. (Rtd.) resources provided by their donors. Sharon Salzberg Author and meditation teacher, Insight Meditation New York

Jan Willis Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

23 Annual Financial Statements Fiscal Year 2010-2011

Buddhist Global Relief is deeply committed to providing relief to the poor and needy throughout the world. To that end, we seek to use our resources with utmost efficiency in order to provide as much assistance as we can for our projects. For fiscal year 2011 (July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011), our third year of operations, our revenues totaled more than $175,000 and our expenditures totaled nearly $167,000. We spent $145,540—approximately 87% of our total expenditures—on direct program costs. We spent Buddhist Global Relief $4,640—3% of our total expenditures—on administration expenses, and $16,455—10% of expenditures—on fundraising expenses. The increase in expenses is due to our outreach and expansion efforts in our third year of operation to introduce the organization and our work to various Buddhist communities.

This past year our revenue increased over 40% from $125,372 to $175,912; over 50% of the revenue growth is attributed to the first Walk to Feed the Hungry fundraiser. Our intention is to remain an all-volunteer organization, enabling us to keep our overhead and administration expenses as low as possible.

24 Statement of Activities Expenses by Category July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 3%

Revenue 10% Individual & Business Contributions $154,792

Non-Profit Organization Contributions 10,670 Donated Goods & Services 5,837 87% Foundation Grants 4,613

Total Revenue 175,912

Expenditures

Direct Program Costs 145,540 Direct program costs Fundraising 16,455

Administration 4,641 Fundraising Total Expenditures 166,636

Surplus $ 9,276 Administration

Statement of Financial Positions Revenue By Source June 30, 2011 2.6% 3.3% Assets 6.1% Cash Checking $60,430 Total Cash 60,430 88% Total Assets $60,430

Liabilities and Fund Balance Liabilities Grants Payable $10,000 Other Payable 162

Total Liabilities 10,162 Indiv/business contributions

Fund Balances Non-profit organization grants

Fund Balance Jul 1, 2010 40,992 Donated goods & services Surplus 9,276 Fund Balance Jun 30, 2011 50,268 Foundation/trust grants Liabilities and Fund Balance $60,430

25 Annual Support Buddhist Global Relief would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their support and partnership during the 2011 fiscal year, which spans the period from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Your generosity during this year has allowed us to expand our range of projects, thereby helping even more people escape from lives of suffering and want. We offer extra thanks to our donors who have volunteered their time and expertise to help us achieve our mission. Every donor is important to us. If your name is not listed correctly, please accept our apologies and notify BGR toll-free at 1-888-852-7579, or write to us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support.

Individual, Foundation, and Organizational Contributions

$10,000 -or above Allen Fu Sanghapala Foundation Tram Nguyen Kathy Belinkie Deborah Capwell Silicon Valley Mark Nunberg Cynthia Belkov Ruth Cardiff $5,000 - $9,999 Community Meg O’Shaughnessy Catherine De Cleen Bello Carissa Caricato George & Donna Clapp Foundation Porter/Cromer Jeanne Bendik Gary Carlson Kathryn A. Steger Sylvie Sun Charitable Fund H. Michael Bennett James Casebolt Chade-Meng Tan Shane Renaud living Trust Paul Catasus $2500 to $4,999 Tadej Vidrih Jonathan Rubinstein Catherine Bergart Divine Resonance Christopher & Kim Chula Watugala Yu-Fen Shih Olga Berlinsky Healing Center Behan Siuman Wong Ching Smith Miranda Berry Yeewha Miranda Chan Lynn Kelly Bendar And Hueyling Eric & Elizabeth Stern Razvan Besleaga Judy Chan Spirit Rock Meditation Wu Mary Ann & David Chakkha Bey Jessica Chan Center Taihua Kathy Yen Wu James Tettemer Rosalie Bishop William & Pauletta Ven. Tan Li Zhen The Buddhist Brenda Bishop Chanco-Lowery Fang Zhou Association of the US Leann M. Bjelle Savithri Chandraratne $1,000 to 2,499 Amy Wang Tim Blair P.S.Y. Chang Artemis Foundation $500 to 999 Bo Williams Alecia Blake Charlene C. Chang lTD Dr Dennis & Cecile Daniel Blake Yuan-Ping Chang Yu-Jung & David Avis Augustine Under $500 Edward Bland Yu-Tzu Chao Brian Barry Elisabeth De Borah Susima Phyllis Bloom Mary Chappell Sun & Baxy Berger usima Rev. Yuan Bo Kendra Charts Fernando & Barbara Daniel Bernstein Abeyagunawaedene Diane Bonner Ken Chaya Camacho Edgar Bowron Leslie Langan Altick Jill Boone Wei-Yi Chen Po-Hui Chang Sokol Braha Desert Mirror Zendo & Hilary & Adam Borison Yee Ching Chen Chautauqua Institution David Braughton guest House in ABQ Larry Boyer Sharon Chen Meichu Chen Krista M. Burchill & Soo Ah Kheon Gustavo Fernando Yuki Chen Jui Chang Chuang Mark A. Dee Sharon K. Allen Brahamian Chih-Kai & Shwu-Yun Carolyn A. Crespi Chai M. J. Aloka Vihara Allison E. Branigan Cheng Raylah Etlantus Chia-Hon & Ling-Chu Gordon R. Anderson Marilyn Bray Yuen Han Cheng IMC Redwood City, CA Chien Anoki.Net Andre Bregegere Keh-Shin Cheng Google Matching Gifts Thubten Chodron Manjula & Sarath Wick Clemens Breitschaft Ann Chesnut Program Chris Chung ramaratne Arachchige Albert & Anne Briggs Szepui Cheung Eleanor D. Heath Tilaka De Zoysa Sally Armstrong Linda Brown Amala Chew Soo Chuah Bernardiina J. Ideler Edwin Dominguez Joseph Ashenbrucker Gaylen Brown Jetyin Chiam Insight Meditation Catherine Chung Foo Ayodhya Corporation Sid Brown Patrick & Lai Wah Wu Community Of Yuan Gao Lori Backer Kevin Brown Chin Berkeley Gary & Rita Joshua Badgley Arpita Brown Hsieh Shiao Ching Jon Kabat-Zinn gardner-Balise Richard Baksa Pierre Antoine Brunner Joan And Joel Chinitz John Kao Grace Gratitude Shylaja Balagopal Bryan S. May Chou John Kelly , Inc. James & Jane Baraz Susan J. Buck Sunil Choudhary Sally Kempton Jeff Hardin Carol Barbett Adam Bucko Ann Chow Suhua Kiang Phu Le Ester Barias-Wolf Buddhist 12 Step Ju Shan & Tai Tze Chow Eva Lin & Clement Light Of Buddhadharma Richard & Carol Barner Workshop Susan & David Chow Wong Foundation Int’L Mikaela Barnes Buddhist Sangha Elizabeth Chowdhury Shy Ying & Cheng Li Melody Ma & Margaret Garbis Bartanian of South Jersey Tsong Chu Hsiang Liu yu Wang Tash Barth Budhism Education Michele Chubirka Michael D. Ludlum Hugh F. Macmillan, Jr. Robert & Marcie Barth Foundation, Inc. Choon Hiang Chung Jake Mitra William & Elizabeth Susmita Barua Sandy & Randy Bungo Lynn K. Chung NY Insight Meditation Meehan Frances Bastress Lucy Bungo Dover Reading Circle Center Merck Partnership For Brenda Batke- Lois Burke George Clapp Gretchen Oelhaf giving Hirschmann Insight Meditation Melissa Clark Julia P. Riao Jeran Miller Matthew Bean society Rod Clark San Francisco Insight VJ & Shantha Mohan Kim Behan Carolyn Cable Raymond Clawson Meditation Community Chan Ngo

26 Christine Clifford James & Maryellen Eng- Kumiko Clough Wong Cmy Retreat Sandra Kay Engeland Andrew Cohen Adam English Beth Cole Marie Ericsson John & Judith Cole Sylvie Escarret Brian Conaty Carole Evangelista Gavin Cone David & Susan Ezequelle Christian Conrad Brian Farley Virginia E. Contento Donna Farmer Ernesto Corazza Kristen Farrell Pedro Cortes Mary Helen Fein Daniel Cory Mary Helen Fein & Michael Costello stuart Clancy J.E. Cotton Joanne Ferris Andrew Courtman Richard Ferriss Jason Cox Kathy Bintz Fertitta Diana & Leonard Linda L. Filling Cox-Heyman Mark Fisher Martha J. Craft Douglas Fisk Marcia N. Craighead Nancy Fitzgerald Heidi Crean Chee Sheng Fong Luisette Cuebas Virginia H. Forbes Elizabeth & Peter Currie Charlotte Forbes Joshua Cutler Richard Ford Cynthia Cutler Scott Fountain David Cutler James Fox Richard J. Daigle G. Michael France Richard Daigle Avery Freed James Dailey Mary & James French Marinell Daniel Jeff Friedman Randall & Anita Gribbin Janet Hewins Yigal Joseph Robert Dannhauser Marie L. Friquegnon Patrick Groneman Ann Hill Daniel Julin Steven & Catherine Dante Egil Fronsdal Sally Gross Joan Hoeberichts Chan Kah Whye Selina T. Dauria Roger & Claire Frye Cynthia Gross Leslie E. Hoellger Joan Kaiser Robert Davey John Fuhrman Jarret Guajardo Phil & Frannie Hoff Jennifer Kao Michele Davidson Brian Fullner Manuel Guerrero Frannie Hoff Linda Kao Edmund Deaton Mashya Fumagalli Abha Gulati Josephine Hogan Kithsiri & Champa Tie And Dee Richard Fyffe Sheryn Gung Elizabeth A. Homeier Kasturiarachchi Joe Denise Diane Gandee Sorbi Dennise Guzman Neville Homer Erika Keaveney Ann M. Despont Lyndsay Garval Insight Meditation South Michelle Homme Interior Steven Keffer & Sallie Eva Diaz Sean Geddes Bay Design King Neil Dibernardo Melanie Geisendorff Michael R. Hagerty Maria Honeywell Steve & Laura Kelleher Troy Dillard Suzanne Gernhardt Frank Hale Jane Hoopes Sarah Kempff Carolyn Dillie & Dirk Artashes Ghazaryan Pat Hamer Jeffrey L. Houser Debra & Douglas Kerr Walvis Meghan Gill David P. Harding Wenchen Hsieh Anis Khan Richard Dillon Nancy & Hugh Gill Michael Harrington Melissa Hsu Aik Kiat & Phan Yen Goh Maureen Dixon Michael Giordano Jonathan Goldman & Shu-Liang Hsu Sue Kim Maureen Dixon & Ed Donna Giroux Jacqueline Hartman Chichun Hsu Sumi & Hwansoo Kim Weil George & Lila Girvin Eric & Johanna Hartman Nai-Jun Hu Chan Kin Sung Richard Dodds Muli Glezer Maeve Hassett Allen Huang Z.L. King Robert & Lorinda Steven Glickman Alma Hatzenbuhler Jamie Hubbard Chris Kinkade Doerr-Ferland Winston Goh Natalie Hauptman Christine Hull Pamela Kirby Peter Dolinac Shyama Golden Mary Hawaaboo Kin & Suzana Hung Doris Kirschbaum Aimee Sumana Dolinac Shani Golden Melissa S. Hayes Shehla Hussain Dennis Kirschbaum Della A. Dolinac Jymme J. Golden William Hays Ha Huu Marianne Knouse Robin Allison Doolin Jacqueline Goldstein Sacred Beings Holistic Cheryl & Jeffrey Hylton Patrice Koelsch David Doth Barry Goldstein Healthcare Bruce & Jill Hyman Steve Kohn Albert Downs Joseph Goldstein Bob Heckel HYT Eileen Kolbasuk Joan Doyle Dennis Luke Golobitsh Bernd Heckenlaible Suzanne Iannuzzi & Bil Kopp Khenpo & Regina Vicki J. Goodman Mahin Heidary-Charles Kevin Russell Joanne Korner Drolma-Kelley Christopher Gordon Karen J. Heidmann Chantel Iorizzo Branislav Kovacevic Christiania Dufour Ruby Grad Susan Heistand Mary Ann Jankord Jacqueline Kramig Louise Duguid Matthew & Ruby Matthew Hellige Christina Janoszka Mary M. Kuntz-Cote Janemarie Duh grad Graduate Student Charmaine Henderson Berget Jelane Stull Family Foundation Rosemary Dunaif organization, Stony Charmaine Henderson & Kwang-Chi & Kuey-Mei Deborah Lafferty Mark Durgin Brook University Paula Hepner Jen Chuan-Chieh Lai Walt & Mae Durgin Jon Graf Ellen Hendricks Jenni Jepson Gape Marieta Easley Katherine Grayson Ling-Chwun & Fook- Kathy Johnson Victoria Michael Edelman Giom Grech luen Heng Lawrence & Marianne Adam Lamas Anna Eisler Barbara Green Sudath Herath Jones Alex Lamas Adam Elias Frederic & Linda Paula & Harold Herman Marianne Jones Meryl Landy Charles Elliott greenberg Elly Hernawati Catherine M. Jones Anika Larsen Maro Elliott Simon Greensted Kathleen M. Herron Mr. N. Jones Yhin Lau Cynthia Embree-Lavoie Kayleigh Gregg Samson & Kanthi Jessica Jones-Nagle Joan Leach Hettiarachchi

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30 DONATIONS

Thank you for your interest in supporting Buddhist Global Relief. Your donation will help us to continue our work providing relief to people afflicted by poverty and hunger in poor communities in southern and central Asia, Africa, Haiti and the United States.

We welcome both one-time and monthly donations. Please remember that many small gifts can be com- bined to create one large pool of funds that can be used to aid those in need. BGR is a 501(c)(3) organization, so your gift is deductible to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations.

There are easy ways to donate:

DONATE ON LINE You can make a secure donation with your credit card via PayPal or Network for Good. Please select the “Donate” option on BGR Web site (www.buddhistglobalrelief.org).

SEND A PERSONAL CHECK, CASHIER’S CHECK, OR MONEY ORDER Please make your check payable to: Buddhist Global Relief PO Box 1611 Sparta, New Jersey 07871 USA

MAKE A WIRE TRANSFER A wire transfer of U.S. dollars directly into BGR’s bank account in Sparta, New Jersey, is a very efficient way to make a donation. For instructions, please call BGR toll- free at 1.888.852.7579.

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31 MORE WAYS TO HELP:

Here are some more ways you can support the work of Buddhist Global Relief:

MAKE A TRIBUTE GIFT HOLD AN EVENT You can also use our online service Network for Hold a walk event, a meditate-a-thon, a chant-in, a bike Good to honor a loved one or to celebrate an an- ride, or host your own special event to raise funds and niversary, birthday, or other special occasion with share knowledge about the work of Buddhist Global Relief. a donation to BGR. BE A VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER DOUBLE YOUR DONATION You can lend a helping hand to BGR THROUGH COMPANY MATCHING GIFTS by becoming a volunteer. Your employer may have a matching gift program BGR volunteers are located all over the world! that will double or even triple your individual Information on currently open volunteer positions contribution. Simply obtain a matching gift form is available on the BGR website at from your personnel office and send it with your www.buddhistglobalrelief.org/active/volunteerOp.html. tax-deductible contribution to: SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT BGR Buddhist Global Relief, In the “Get Involved” and “Tools for Activists” section of PO Box 1611, the BGR Web site, you will find PDFs of our brochures Sparta, New Jersey 07871 USA and posters as well as a PowerPoint presentation. You can use these to spread the word about BGR at your MAKE A CHARITABLE GIFT OF STOCKS OR BONDS temple or Dharma center, or among your friends. Making a gift of stocks or bonds can help you to reduce your taxes while generously support- STAY CONNECTED ing BGR’s mission. Please call BGR toll-free at Please join us on the Buddhist Global Relief Facebook 1.888.852.7579 for more information. Page and become a member of the Buddhist Global Re- lief Channel on YouTube. And be sure to check out our quarterly Helping Hands newsletter. You can subscribe and read past issues on our Web site at www.buddhistglobalrelief.org.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

32 Credits Inside Photos:

Graphic Design: Pages 6 and 7: Valeria Clark Cambodia, System of Rice Intensification project, (www.valeriaclark.com) Rachana

Financial Statements Pages 8 and 9: Tom Spies, Treasurer Haiti, Meals to Hungry Children in Port-au-Prince, What If? Foundation Annual Support Johnny Wong & Sandy Wong Pages 10 and 11: India, Education for Slum Children, Writing and Editing: Bodhicitta Foundation Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi David Liu Pages 12 and 13: Chot Elliott Kenya, omen training in Grow Carla Prater BioIntensive Agriculture, Ecology Action Michael Roehm Jennifer Russ Pages 14 and 15: Niger: Breastfeeding Practices, Projects Committee: Helen Keller International Patti Price (Chair) Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi Pages 16 and 17: David Braughton Sri Lanka, Non-formal Chot Elliott Skills Training for Girls, CENWOR Kim Behan Pages 18 and 19: Inside Photos: Content Planning and Coordination: Vietnam,Pages Training 6 and farmers 7: Cambodia, in System of Rice Intensification Kim Behan Improvedproject, Rice Cultivation,Rachana TNU-ICC

To all BGR Volunteers Pages 8, 9, 30, 31, and 32: Haiti, Meals to Special thanks to our wonderful volunteers Hungry Children in Port-au-Prince, who give generously of their What If? Foundation time and energy to Buddhist Global Relief, for without them we would not Pages 10 and 11: India, Education for be able to undertake this work. Slum Children, Bodhicitta Foundation Pages 12 and 13: Kenya, women training in Grow BioIntensive Agriculture, Ecology Action

Pages 14 and 15: Niger, Breastfeeding Practices, Helen Keller International

Pages 16 and 17: Sri Lanka, Non-formal Skills Training for Girls, CENWOR

Pages 18, 19 and 21: Vietnam, Training farmers in Improved Rice Cultivation, TNU-ICC

pp. 27, 28, and 29: Niger, Helping in an Urgent Food Crisis, Helen Keller International Buddhist Global Relief PO Box 1611 Sparta, New Jersey 07871 USA 1.888.852.7579 www.buddhistglobalrelief.org