South Sudan The world’s youngest nation South Sudan will be celebrating its one-year anniversary on July 9, 2012. BRAC has been active in the area since 2007 and has grown to become one of the largest, if not the largest, NGO in the young country, reaching over 17,000 micro-borrowers with over USD 7 million in loans, distributing over 17 metric tonnes of seeds, creating work for 2,500 health workers, and educating over 6,000 students. BRAC is expanding in South Sudan by providing technical and grant support to 69 community-based organisations working in all 10 states of the new country through a special government and UN peace fund. What started out in 1972 in a remote village of Bangladesh as a limited relief operation, turned into the largest development organisation in the world. Of major non-governmental organisations, BRAC is one the few based in the global south. Today, BRAC is a development success story, spreading solutions born in Bangladesh to 10 other countries around the world - a global leader in creating opportunity for the world’s poor. Organising the poor using communities’ own human and material resources, it catalyses lasting change, creating an ecosystem in which the poor have the chance to seize control of their own lives. We do this with a holistic development approach geared toward inclusion, using tools like microfinance, education, healthcare, legal services, community empowerment and more. Our work now touches the lives of an estimated 126 million people, with staff and BRAC-trained entrepreneurs numbering in the hundreds of thousands - a global movement bringing change to 10 countries in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, with operations in our eleventh country, the Philippines, South Sudan being launched in 2012. Harnessing the past Enriching the future Contents Mission, Vision and Values 01 Chairperson’s Statement 02 Agriculture 04 Health 08 Adolesent Girls Initiative 11 Education 13 Microfinance 16 Inside BRAC 19 Development partners 20 BRAC across the world 22 Harnessing the past 24 Governance 26 Management 27 1 Annual Report 2011 Harnessing the past Enriching the future Contents Mission, Vision and Values 01 Chairperson’s Statement 02 Agriculture 04 Health 08 Adolesent Girls Initiative 11 Education 13 0LFURÛQDQFH 16 Inside BRAC 19 Development partners 20 BRAC across the world 22 Harnessing the past 24 Governance 26 Management 27 Annual Report 2011 1 Vision, Mission and Values Vision Mission Values A world free from all forms of Our mission is to empower Innovation exploitation and people and communities in For forty years, BRAC has been an innovator in the creation of opportunities for the poor to discrimination where situations of poverty, illiteracy, lift themselves out of poverty. We value everyone has the opportunity disease and social injustice. creativity in programme design and strive to display global leadership in groundbreaking to realise their potential. Our interventions aim to development initiatives. achieve large scale, positive changes through economic Integrity and social programmes that We value transparency and accountability in all our professional work, with clear policies enable men and women to and procedures, while displaying the utmost realise their potential. level of honesty in our financial dealings. We hold these to be the most essential elements of our work ethic. Inclusiveness We are committed to engaging, supporting and recognising the value of all members of society, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality, ethnicity, age, physical or mental ability, socioeconomic status and geography. Effectiveness We value efficiency and excellence in all our work, constantly challenging ourselves to perform better, to meet and exceed programme targets, and to improve and deepen the impact of our interventions. 2 Annual Report 2011 Chairperson’sStatement It gives me great pleasure to present the ANNUALÖREPORTÖANDÖTHEÖAUDITEDÖÙNANCIALÖ statements for the year ended 31 December 2011. 4HISÖISÖAÖSIGNIÙCANTÖYEARÖFORÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖ emerging as an independent nation on 9 July, 2011 after decades of civil war. A proud moment for the people of this new nation no doubt, but it also highlights the stark reality of a country which has seen injustice, violence and destruction for many years. This will require concerted EFFORTÖBYÖTHEÖGOVERNMENTÖOFÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖ and the international development partners to rebuild this nation. The majority of THEÖPOPULATIONÖINÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖAREÖSTILLÖ extremely poor and it is estimated that 90 per cent of the population live below the POVERTYÖLINEÖOFÖ53$ÖÖPERÖDAYÖ4HEÖCOUNTRYÖ has one of the highest rates of maternal and infant and child mortality. In education, the situation is even worse. Less than 50 PERÖCENTÖOFÖALLÖCHILDRENÖINÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖ RECEIVEÖÙVEÖORÖMOREÖYEARSÖOFÖPRIMARYÖ school education and health coverage is only 30 per cent. /URÖCOMMITMENTÖINÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖREMAINSÖ strong particularly in education, youth empowerment, health, agriculture, and food security. Our 225 schools are providing a chance for over 6,000 children to graduate to government formal schools to complete primary education. We will continue to focus on our goal of helping 3OUTHÖ3UDANÖTOÖACHIEVEÖTHEÖ-ILLENNIUMÖ Development Goals of universal primary Annual Report 2011 3 education and gender parity in primary ÖBORROWERSÖBRINGINGÖTHEÖCUMULATIVEÖ take advantage of every opportunity schools in the coming years. To achieve TOTALÖTOÖ53$ÖÖMILLIONÖ4HESEÖBORROWERSÖ that has come our way. The quality of this we are taking new initiatives to further were able to improve their livelihoods "2!#lSÖPERFORMANCEÖISÖATTRIBUTEDÖTOÖ improve our existing programmes and through existing and new businesses. this remarkably competent team, their plan to continue our primary education knowledge and skills. I extend my sincere PROJECTÖINÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖWITHÖSUPPORTÖFROMÖ Agriculture provides a living for the vast thanks to the members of the governing 5./03 Ö5.)#%&ÖANDÖ$&)$Ö"2!#lSÖFOCUSÖ majority of the population and to support body, whose leadership and foresight ONÖYOUTHÖISÖREÚECTEDÖINÖOURÖWORKÖWITHÖ the poor and marginal farmers, BRAC has steered the organisation to success. 3,000 adolescent girls and young women provided training to women farmers and )ÖTHANKÖTHEÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANESEÖGOVERNMENTÖ who meet regularly through our clubs ex-combatants to enhance their capacity ANDÖOURÖDEVELOPMENTÖPARTNERSÖINÖ3OUTHÖ getting training on life skills and livelihood in modern farming techniques and small 3UDANÖFORÖTHEIRÖCONTINUEDÖSUPPORTÖASÖ opportunities. business practices. We feel strongly we strive to create greater value in our that investing in agriculture will ensure services to contribute to the progress Under the Common Humanitarian Fund, THEÖCOUNTRYlSÖECONOMYÖANDÖPROVIDEÖ ANDÖPROSPERITYÖOFÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖ BRAC initiated the nutrition programme food security in the long run to its poor in 2011, through which communities and growing population. In collaboration gained awareness about infant and child with World Food Programme and the care, hygiene and healthy food habits and United Nations Food and Agriculture treatment of severe malnutrition among Organisation, BRAC distributed 5.88 THEÖUNDER ÙVESÖ/URÖCOMMUNITYÖHEALTHÖ metric tonnes of seeds and 300 metric promoters have treated over 30,000 tonnes of food during the year. children for malaria in four counties of ,AKESÖ3TATEÖANDÖOURÖHEALTHÖSTAFFÖPROVIDEDÖ I would like to take this opportunity to in-house antenatal care for pregnant COMMENDÖOURÖTEAMÖINÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖ mothers. who have worked with commitment to /URÖGROWTHÖINÖMICROÙNANCEÖSECTORÖHASÖ been impeded by a number of factors and taking into account the uncertainties during the transition period following the COUNTRYlSÖINDEPENDENCEÖWEÖHAVEÖTAKENÖ measures to streamline our programme. )NÖ ÖWEÖDISBURSEDÖ53$ÖÖMILLIONÖ as micro and small enterprise loans to 4 Annual Report 2011 BRAC Programmes Agriculture /PERATINGÖINÖEIGHTÖCOUNTRIES Ö"2!#lSÖAGRICULTUREÖPROGRAMMESÖWORKÖWITHÖGOVERNMENTSÖTOÖENSUREÖFOODÖSECURITYÖ7EÖ build systems of production, distribution and marketing of quality seeds at fair prices; conduct research to develop better inputs and practices for the agricultural sector; offer credit support to poor farmers; and promote the use of EFÙCIENTÖFARMINGÖTECHNIQUESÖANDÖPROVENÖTECHNOLOGIESÖ5SINGÖENVIRONMENTALLYÖSUSTAINABLEÖPRACTICES ÖWEÖAREÖHELPINGÖOURÖ PARTNERÖCOUNTRIESÖBECOMEÖSELF SUFÙCIENTÖINÖFOODÖPRODUCTION Addressing the issues of agriculture in South Sudan BRAC has been implementing an of available resources such as seeds and of resources, and the large areas of fallow AGRICULTURALÖPROGRAMMEÖINÖ3OUTHÖ3UDAN Ö tools. In this programme, eligible farmers LANDÖINÖPOST CONÚICTÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖ7EÖAREÖ addressing the urgent need for increased were selected and introduced to a variety IMPLEMENTINGÖOURÖPROJECTSÖINÖ3OUTHÖ3UDANÖ food security and enhancing agricultural of farming techniques, including the use through the following approaches: activities in the region. Due to the of modern technology, organic pesticides PROLONGEDÖCIVILÖWARÖANDÖINTERNALÖCONÚICTÖ and integrated pest management. INÖ3OUTHÖ3UDAN ÖAÖHUGEÖPORTIONÖOFÖFERTILEÖ land in this area had remained unutilised, The agriculture programme addresses the and farmers were incapable of involving problems of poor crop productivity, a lack themselves agriculturally due to the lack BRAC agriculture extension worker James Mawei Mayom, 35, with okra at individual demonstration farm on the banks of the Nile River in Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan. !GRICULTUREÖANDÖ&OODÖ3ECURITY