2018 AURORA DONOR IMPACT REPORT AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE 2019 A MESSAGE FROM THE CO - FOUNDERS Together, we have tapped into something very powerful that inspires Supporting and shining a light on these individuals, organizations and people to commit themselves to support those in need and helps to bridge human rights issues is what we do best, and it is because of people like you national divides. that our movement continues to get stronger. In 2018, 521 people donated or volunteered their time in gratitude to Our mission begins and ends with Gratitude in Action. It is a universal provide a safer, brighter and more prosperous future for all. Over the year, principle that requires all of us to stand up for our shared humanity, we are pleased to say that Aurora helped hundreds of thousands of people look beyond the superficial differences to our essential sameness and help around the world, offering them education, food, shelter, medical care and today’s unsung heroes to be recognized and celebrated for their impact other critical assistance during their time of need. on the world. While these numbers are impressive, it is the people we’ve met along the journey that most inspire our efforts. Last year’s Laureate, Kyaw Hla A heartfelt thank you for being an integral part of the Aurora movement. Aung is a lawyer who has spent his life advocating for the recognition of the Rohingya people as citizens of Myanmar and fighting for their equity, NOUBAR AFEYAN VARTAN GREGORIAN RUBEN VARDANYAN education and basic human rights. He is not alone in his fight to step up when others step back, he was joined by 750 others who were nominated last year to receive the Aurora Prize and who make a transformational Co-Founders, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative impact on our world each day. OUR DONORS All our donors share one important quality – they believe in the power of gratitude to change the world. Our donors live in 22 differentcountries 49,48% Russia 1,20% France 35,87% USA 1,03% Belgium 7,75% Armenia 4,67% Other Russia $12,734 MLN Sw eden Canada UK Germany B elgium K azakhstan DONOR CONTRIBUTION France Austria Switzerland Georgia United States Italy A rmenia Japan Lebanon M e x i c o Singapore N airobi $33,626 MILN Indonesia CO-FOUNDERS CONTRIBUTION Chile A rgentina 7 OUR IMPACT Thanks to you, Gratitude in Action has become a global movement. IN Together, we are providing support to thousands, celebrating modern day heroes and playing an increasingly vital role in promoting human values. 2018 WE REACHED OVER HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS SWITZERLAND 60 MILLION people through social HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED OR media campaigns in 6 LANGUAGES ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH and more than 900 ARTICLES and 23 STORIES were published reaching AURORA PRIZE FUNDS 3.61 BILLION readers! BANGLADESH SUDAN MYANMAR SOUTH CAMEROON ETHIOPIA IN15 SUDAN UGANDA KENYA COUNTRIES RWANDA MALAYSIA BRAZIL D.R. CONGO 2016 TANZANIA WITH THE HELP OF 2017 2018 26 LOCAL PARTNERS MALAWI 8 OUR IMPACT BANGLADESH KENYA RWANDA SOUTH SUDAN - 250,000 Rohingya refugees were impacted - 99 health workers receive HIV training - 205 young refugees attended English classes and - Almost 14,000 patients in Nzara County and the by Aurora’s support of a health care project (58 completed to Jan 2019) from which 39,600 were trained in different trades to develop income- surrounding area will benefit from a new surgical at the Balukhali refugee camp patients will benefit by the end of 2019 generating activities at Mahama refugee camp wing being constructed at St. Therese Hospital - 500 Rohingya families (approx. 2,500 - 4 clinical professionals who have been recruited, - 202 households (approx. 960 people) and 440 - 5 clinical and 2 non-clinical professionals who individuals) benefit from the improvement and oriented and deployed as part of the Aurora Burundian refugees and their family members have been recruited, oriented and deployed as maintenance of damaged infrastructure Fellows Volunteer Project willprovide care to 3,600 benefited from a microcredit program part of the Aurora Fellows Volunteer Project will people in need provide care to more than 16,000 people in need - 388 Burundian student refugees received BRAZIL scholarships to study at universities in Rwanda and MALAWI France SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND - 121 young people and 67 parents from the poorest areas of Rio de Janeiro receive training - 10,100 patient visits to a clinic focused on primary - Over 1,000 young Burundian refugees will receive - 25 survivors of sexual violence from 14 war-torn preventing drug trafficking care, maternal-child health, HIV and malaria in 2018- primary, secondary and vocational education countries participated in a recovery seminar 2019 - 1,320 pupils and 22 teachers benefit from school CAMEROON infrastructure improvements in Gikongoro Diocese TANZANIA MALAYSIA - 15 community educators receive training to - 258 children and newborns will receive surgery, teach over 69,400 vulnerable individuals about - More than 18,000 Rohingya refugees benefit SUDAN high-impact health care and life-saving treatment HIV / AIDS over 2017-2019 from English literacy classes, vocational trainings - 1 clinical professional who has been recruited, and livelihood support oriented and deployed as part of the Aurora Fellows D.R. CONGO Volunteer Project provided care to over 5,700 people UGANDA BANGLADESH in need SUDAN - 392 vulnerable children reintegrated into families MYANMAR orreceived careandscholarships - 343,000 people - 106 orphans, raped girls MYANMAR CAMEROON SOUTH and children affected by HIV/ - Up to 73,233 Rohingya people in IDP camps benefited from SUDAN ETHIOPIA AIDS or traumatized by war - 1,021 families (approx. 5,400 individuals) benefited from 10 health care service stations set medicine and have received access to benefited from a community microcredit up in Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine medicalsupplies UGANDA education program Province, and from maternal health consultancy atthe Mother of KENYA Mercy hospital RWANDA MALAYSIA BRAZIL D.R. CONGO 2016 ETHIOPIA TANZANIA 2017 - 29 human trafficking victims released from Egyptian prisons and resettled in Ethiopian MALAWI 2018 refugee camps 9 12 AURORA FELLOWS BRING HELP AND HOPE TO THOUSANDS IN AFRICA As 2017 Aurora Prize Laureate, Dr. Tom Catena put forward Catholic Medical Mission Board, for which he has been volunteering for more than 20 years, as one of financial beneficiaries of Aurora Prize. Dr. Catena exemplifies the selflessness and commitment to others that are the hallmarks of CMMB’s volunteer program. To inspire and provide opportunities for others to follow in his path and take up the call of “service to others”, CMMB supported the recruitment, placement and maintenance of 12 individuals who committed to long-term volunteer service in rural areas of Kenya, Sudan and South Sudan, where severe armed conflicts and shortage of medical and health professionals are a common occurrence. These highly skilled clinical and non-clinical professionals are known and identified as Aurora Fellows. Matthew Joanna Martin Sarah Jose Garcia Virginia Jones Oleksik Rubino Rubino Ulerio Chapman Cardiff, Williston, Enfield, Pataskala, Santo Domingo, Sanbornton, Uk USA USA USA Dominican Rep. USA Volunteered as a doctor at St. Theresa Volunteers as a nurse at the Mission Volunteers as an engineer at St. Theresa Volunteers as a nurse-midwife at Volunteers as a general physician Volunteered as a nurse and midwife Hospital in Nzara, South Sudan Hospital in Mutomo, Kenya Hospital in Nzara, South Sudan St. Theresa Hospital in Nzara, South at the Mission Hospital in Mutomo, at the Mission Hospital in Mutomo, from Feb 2018 to Nov 2018 from Mar 2018 to May 2019 from May 2018 to May 2019 Sudan from May 2018 to May 2019 Kenya from Jul 2018 to Jul 2019 Kenya from Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 (9 months) (9 months) (12 months), decided to extend (12 months), decided to extend (12 months) (6 months) Harry Daniel Carolyn Beverly Ruth Samantha Owens Maxwell Flaherty Faranelli Kahira Hodge McKenzie Dallas, New York City, Pittsburgh, Nairobi, McAllen, Bridge, USA USA USA USA Kenya USA Volunteered as a doctor at Mother Volunteers as a doctor at the State Volunteers as a nurse at St. Theresa Volunteered as an administrator Volunteers as a nurse at St. Therese Volunteers as a nurse at the Mission of Mercy Hospital in Nuba Mountains, Hospital in Yambio, South Sudan Hospital in Nzara, South Sudan at St. Therese Hospital in Nzara, Hospital in Nzara, South Sudan Hospital in Mutomo, Kenya Sudan from Oct 2018 to Jan 2019 from Oct 2018 to May 2019 from Nov 2018 to Nov 2019 South Sudan from Feb 2019 to from Mar 2019 to Feb 2020 from Apr 2019 to Oct 2019 (3 months) (6 months) (12 months) Mar 2019 (1 month) (12 months) (6 months) 12 AURORA FELLOWS BRING MEDICAL CARE AND IMPROVE H EA LTH SERVICES FOR MORE THAN 25,000* UNDERSERVED PEOPLE IN AREAS OF EXTREME HARDSHIP * CMMB projection as of April 1, 2019 6 MORE THAN 1,000 GUESTS IN 2018 FROM 40 COUNTRIES DR. TOM CATENA ATTENDED BECAME the INAUGURAL THE PRIZE CEREMONY CHAIR of AURORA HUMANITARIAN IN YEREVAN IN JUNE 2018 INITIATIVE 2017 AURORA PRIZE LAUREATE TOM CATENA serves as the sole doctor permanently based in Sudan’s war-ravaged Nuba Mountains where humanitarian Aid is severelyrestricted. 2016 AURORA PRIZE LAUREATE MARGUERITE BARANKITSE dedicated her life to saving thousands of orphans and refugees during the civil war inBurundi. 11 Kyaw Hla Aung 2018 Aurora Prize Laureate 2018 AURORA PRIZE LAUREATE KYAW HLA AUNG Kyaw Hla Aung is a lawyer and Rohingya Leader from Myanmar. Despite being imprisoned for a collective 12 years for peaceful protests against systematic discrimination and violence, he uses his legal expertise to continuously fight for equality, improvements in education and human rights for his community.