On The Cover: Sunita Day of ]amshedpur, India, was one of five "Gold Medal" winners in the Paint Pals international OLymJ)iC art contest sponsored by The Atlanta Project in /995. More than 3 ,500 children from nine international cities wok /)art, creating art in the sJ>irit of J>eace and world friendship. MES AGE FROt-.1 PRE IDENT CARTER CHAIRNIAN OF THE BOARD OF TRU TEE hen Ro~alvnn an-! 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Ex.unplt: Ug.md.t .•m,l Z.me .t,k~, l Th.. · C.mer tr1llu,Ic .1 k1an fund h•r 'mall hlNn..:-se,, ( \·ntL'r to llrg.mt:~ c1 J<llnt mtrratt\·e 111 .1 nattnn.1l ptlut prul.!ram th.tt make, the rL'ghll1 w h~'lp ,·nJ th~: 'tnlcnce. Wl· npp() Int.: fpr '<1Ual 'en ICC' l.btcr anJ 11,,> h.11 ~, re,pondL·d to reyu1.:-t~ to more ~:ost cffeutn·, .1 l omputcn:ed - MESSAGE FROM jOHN HARDMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CARTER CENTER h~ phra~e "thmk global h-. act 6'5 Clluntries ro d.uc, the Center ha l!lL<llly" t~ ufu.:n u~ed tn learned that re~pcumg the pcrspccth · e~ dcftnc the role llf a glohal of ot hcr Lulture~. and acknmdcdgmg T cttt:en. At The Carter that a country\ cm:cn~ nrc the best C~ntcr, we believe that hetng a gooJ expert~ on their own lives, builds the gluhal ciu:en h.1~ .1~ much rn do with tn1~t thm unlncb the dour to communi· how we offer llUf a~sistance as it docs c:::Hil)n and n:~oluunn llf problem~. We with the potcnual hcnl·fir IN~ If. From have learned rh1~ <lpprnach worb at h~lpmg Ethiopia c'tahl1sh standards for home a., well us O\'Cr~cu~. Aft~r years ll( human nghb pracuce' w tead1mg wmktng Ill 1mprm c l1fc ahroad, Jimmy farmer-. how tn increa-.~ gr.un production and Rnsahnn Caner returned from a rnp in Ghana to pm,·1dmg th~ knnwlcdge to one d,ty tn "a) "we cnuld usc these same eradtcate Gutnea wmm dt~ease tn pnnctplc~ to tn<tkc life hcuer 1n Adanta." Afnca---our approach I' to take a hack , n tn late 1991, they tounded The scat w a countf) \own cit1:en~. to ,Is 1~t. Arl.mta Project (TAP). Smcc then, TAP to <tdv1se, to train mhers.l9'nlv by taking residents ha,·e undertaken more than 400 r~~rom.1htl1ty tor .1 pro)..rram can a J'fl1JeCt;, t1l improve the 11\'CS of fnmtl1cs countf) \ pellple attatn the confidence and ~.:ht!Jrcn and tore' italt:e thetr and skills nece,sary to sustatn it, le.tdmg neigh horhooJ~. to evemunl self-suff1c1ency nnd perma­ We C.lluld not acwmplish these nent soluum~ ach1e\ ements wtLhout the help of One example 1s Guvana, where the dcdiL.ttcd parrn~rs. In recent years, The Jircct-m;u( program, whtch ha~ grown to Center is hdping this South American Carter Center ha~ recci,·ed funding from more than I 00,000 dnnnrs over the past country\ leader~ draft .t comprchen~iv~ ctght of the top l 0 and 25 of the top 50 year. This growth renect., gra-,~-roots J~n.:lllpmcnt -.rratl'g)-th~ first of Its Amcncan fnund<tttnns from which we;: arc cnmmumcnt rn our work at home and kmd that wi II prll\ ide ,1 hluepnnt for cltg1hle tll recci\·e gr.mts. Although ahmad. long-term ~conom1c and soctal growth. Amcncan found.uions prondc many of As we look hack at 1995, one thine is Att~r t 1\'ll year., of rcs~ .uch, mcludtng the grants that su.,ratn nur vaned cerram. Whctho:r the Ollrders that div1de tnput fr1ll11 morl' th.m 300 localmtere~t pmgramo,, 1 s1gntf1cant number come u~ arc ptc.ker fcnc.c~ or narinnal hound­ gnlups, rhc Ciu\anc.,c g1lvernmt:nt 1s fwm tndl\ 1duab, corpuratams, and anes, \\' C .1rc ,1ll nc1ghhor' 111 a glllhal ncanng Clltnplcttun of that document. dcvelo pm~nt <ISSI,t<tnce pro(!rams, hllth Cllmmunlt}. Nm\ is ,1 gnoJ time to lnok Half a wurld a\\ •') m Atrica, farmers in U. .mJ fore1gn. ahead at the oppmtun1ttc~ and responsi­ Ghan.1 hdped thc1r nartnn ach1c,·e Ther~ are other 'uccc~ses. Our budg~t htlltlcs w~ hm·c ro m.tke .1 d tffcrcnce ns agricultural sdf-suffic.icncy hy us1ng is habnccJ, and llUr endo\\'ment, <b of rc~tJcnt~ nf our ncighhllrhood~ and a~ 1111prm·ed growmg techniques. Ghana's Aug. 31, 1995, 1s ,·alucd at more than citi:cns of the world. Mtnlstr) of Agncultun.: nuw manages the $64 million tn pledges and paid-in gifts. project, which cnnunucs to work with While a numher of sourLes fund our farmers at the vtllage level. general operating expenditures, a llavtng undcrt<tkcn projects in at lca:.t suhsmnrtal pmtton 1s denvcd from our TABLE OF CC)NTENTS MI--.C....J()\.