2011 annual report
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Counterpart International's 2011 Annual ReportTRANSCRIPT
Building Trust.Building Partnerships.
Contents4 Chairman & President’s Note 6 Developing Ecotourism in Ethiopia 8 Civil Society in Afghanistan10 Feedling Schoolchildren in Cameroon 12 Keeping Children in School in Yemen 14 Improving Farming Methods in the Dominican Republic 16 Responding to Disaster in Georgia 18 Results Around the Globe 24 Our Team & Our Portfolio 26 Donors, Supporters & Partners
Working in partnership to empower people, communities and institutions to drive and sustain their own development.
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We all strive for sustainability – seeking permanent impact from our
short-term projects. Yet sustainability often feels like a chimera, beyond the
power of project teams once the project ends. Why? Because sustainability
doesn’t rest on new capabilities or technologies or markets alone.
Instead, its long-term success rests on local relationships, trust, mutual
understanding and mutual benefit.
At Counterpart, building trust is at the core of our success. It can be
time-consuming, but it pays back for years into the future as local partners
continue to work together to improve citizens’ lives and strengthen their
communities.
We see the dividends of community cohesion in Cameroon, where a
common vision for healthy children has launched a local volunteer corps.
We see the stabilizing influence of trust in Yemen, where ministries worked
hard through a turbulent 2011 to deliver on their promises to citizens.
We are celebrating growing trust in Afghanistan as well. In 2011,
Counterpart facilitated town meetings between citizens and leaders,
identifying community priorities and potential. In September, these
communities sent representatives to Kabul to share ideas – building bridges
between communities across language and ethnic barriers.
“Building Trust, Building Partnerships” was selected as this year’s
TRUST...
THE CORNERSTONE
OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS
theme not only because it captures how Counterpart operates around the
globe, but also because it shows that the permanent power of development
is local.
This annual report provides six stories of how Counterpart has helped
people build partnerships and trust, in different parts of the world and also
in Counterpart’s different areas of practice. We hope you enjoy them and
see in them our point-of-difference - what we call the Counterpart Way.
Within Counterpart, 2011 was a year for new relationships as well. In
September, Counterpart welcomed three new board members: Jennifer
Rose, Corporate Controller, Summit Materials, Washington, D.C.; Marcia
Silverman, Chair, Ogilvy PR, Washington, D.C.; and Judith H. Whittlesey,
Executive Vice President, Susan Davis International (SDI), Washington,
D.C. In May, we welcomed Tim Ogborn as Senior Vice President for
Programs. We are thrilled to have our family growing!
Finally, the 2011 fiscal year also marked a period of programmatic
growth for Counterpart. We were strengthened by new donors and
contributors. And with the support of our partners, we were able to reach
more communities, helping them to establish a brighter future.
From all of us at Counterpart, we wish you a year of exploration,
success and the satisfaction that strong partnerships bring.
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Joan C. ParkerPresident & CEO
Counterpart International
Jeffrey T. LaRicheChairman of the BoardCounterpart International
A CATALYST FOR EMPOWERING A
NATION THROUGH ECOTOURISM
A new approach to protecting land in Ethiopia is knitting stronger
communities, as well as a stronger economy.
Ethiopia has modest natural resources and an agricultural economy
beset by drought and deforestation. Tourism is limited, though its potential
is great: Ethiopia’s rich history goes back to the first humans, and its
landscape is varied and beautiful. But tourism has grown slowly, and the
central government’s decisions to conserve land for parks haven’t always
sat well with the people who live nearby and see the land as a resource for
wood, grazing and hunting.
An innovative, community-run initiative is changing those attitudes.
The Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Alliance, supported by the U.S.
Agency for International Development and organized by Counterpart
International and its partner the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History
Society, is building relationships with communities and providing them with
the skills needed to save their ecological and historical treasures – while
still supporting sustainable livelihoods.
The results are evident in places such as Lake Ziway.
The lake, in the Central Rift Valley, is best known for a monastery
on one of its five islands. Tulu Gudo is said to have housed the biblical
Ark of the Covenant 1,200 years ago. In the villages near Lake Ziway, a
CONSERVING ENDANGERED LAND
THROUGH ECOTOURISM
IN ETHIOPIA
democratically chosen management committee spent the year building
awareness of the benefits for the community in conserving biodiversity and
creating incentives for alternative livelihoods.
Through this committee, villagers planned efforts to reverse
environmental degradation, establish sustainable management for their
natural resources and work to attract tourists – and create jobs.
Nearby, the Arsi Nature Conservation and Environmental Development
Association (ANCEDA), led by Dekebo Dale, is Counterpart’s partner in a
similar effort to bring sustainable tourism to the Lepis Forest.
Dale has mobilized residents, says Bedilu Shegen, Director of
Counterpart’s programs in Ethiopia. “There is a huge level of trust between
the communities and ANCEDA, and he is originally from the same place.
It’s a perfect match for us,” Shegen says.
Without the chance to take on sustainable livelihoods as tour operators,
residents would “cut trees, burn charcoal,” Shegen says. “Most of them are
engaged in unsustainable use of natural resources.”
The regional government, the tourism alliance and its partners are
helping residents to make a better future: In 2011, ESTA trained nearly
1,200 residents in natural resource management and biodiversity.
Project OverviewThe Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Alliance creates opportunities for communities to benefit from conservation-based activities through improved livelihoods, natural resource management and social infrastructure. HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness activities strengthen the tourism value chain by preventing infections and mitigating the epidemic’s impact in the target areas.
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Community Conservation Areas established, demarcated and
embraced by communities
6 people were reached with HIV prevention messages
33k
A CATALYST FOR A CIVIL SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE A VOICE
of our partner organizations are either women-led or
women-focused
50% organizations benefit from our specialized training and small grants
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They came from Afghanistan’s 36 provinces – some at great risk – to a
large ballroom in a Kabul hotel. They were patient, eager and ready for two
days of intense work.
Two hundred leaders of Afghanistan’s emerging civil society and
government officials assembled for the first-ever National Policy Reform
Conference in September 2011. In small-group sessions and in large
forums, the attendees mapped out the country’s needs – from women’s
rights to water – and talked about making national policies and services
more responsive to citizens.
Yet participants said the conference wasn’t nearly as important as what
it represented: growing citizen engagement with government, and emerging
citizen partnerships across regions.
To begin citizen dialogues, work started in villages and provincial
capitals. Counterpart’s Afghan staff built close relationships with civil
society organizations and then leveraged that trust to bring them and the
government to the table to discuss each community’s needs.
Counterpart’s Initiative to Promote Afghan Civil Society (I-PACS) and
its partners organized more than 160 community dialogues in 2011 alone.
GIVING VOICE TO THE PEOPLE
FOR A CIVIL SOCIETY
IN AFGHANISTAN
Project OverviewThe Initiative to Promote Afghan Civil Society empowers Afghan organizations and the communities they serve to more effectively participate in the political process, solve local problems and demand good governance from their leaders. Our work provides consistent, long-term assistance to more than 350 organizations and emphasizes the participation and leadership of Afghan women.
These conversations have been a catalyst in helping citizens and groups to
build better relationships with local and regional governments. Six regional
policy dialogues then led to the national conference.
“Civil society organizations can hold the government accountable,”
Usman Khan, Program Manager for the group Basic Education and
Employable Skill Training, said at the conference. “We are mobilizing the
people to demand good governance.”
The U.S. Agency for International Development, which funds
Counterpart’s I-PACS program, sees civil society as a key player in the
country’s future.
“When civil society comes together around one issue or a group of
issues, we start to see a vibrant civil society and a vibrant democracy,”
S. Ken Yamashita, Ph.D., USAID’s Mission Director for Afghanistan, told
the conference. “These issues – education, women [and] health – are not
new to you. The question is, how do we give voice to these issues so that
government can respond to your needs? That is the role of civil society.”
Through Counterpart’s I-PACS, civil society’s voice – and subsequently
the communities it represents – has been amplified in Afghanistan.
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A CATALYST FOR LIFE SKILLS THAT
WILL LAST A LIFETIME
children’s growth and health monitored
every month
6,156 children receiving healthy meals at school through our school feeding program
26K
Joan Mary Berinyuy can tell you what a difference good nutrition makes
for children in Cameroon. She sees it every day in her little girl, Eli-Gisele.
By the time Eli-Gisele was 3 months old, Joan Mary knew that
something was wrong. The little girl could not keep on weight and was
sliding into the dangerous category of severe malnutrition.
It was then that Counterpart brought to the child’s village of Anseh
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s McGovern-Dole Food for Education
Program.
Throughout 2011, community health volunteers tracked Eli-Gisele’s
weight and height each month and gave Joan Mary a take-home ration of
rice, beans and vegetable oil. At the same time, they have counseled Joan
Mary and other parents on breastfeeding, nutrition and hygiene. Eli-Gisele
has thrived.
Before little Eli-Gisele could be placed on the scale, the community had
to buy into the nutrition and maternal health strategy. Counterpart’s staff
(nearly all of them from Cameroon, and several from the area near Eli-
Gisele’s village) established close relationships with community leaders and
solicited their input and support.
CHANGING CHILDREN’S LIVES
WITH GOOD NUTRITION
IN CAMEROON
Project OverviewThe Food for Education project works in partnership with 90 primary schools and the communities to increase the attendance, health and nutritional status of children, particularly girls. Counterpart provides lunch using USDA-donated food to more than 26,000 primary-age students every day. The communities also benefit from small school gardens, deworming, vitamin A distribution and training in health, hygiene and nutrition.
It worked, and today the little girl’s good health – and that of thousands
of children in her village and others nearby – has been a cooperative,
community effort, with Counterpart as the catalyst.
School-age children receive daily hot lunches using ingredients from
school gardens, which are planted and tended by members of parent-
teacher associations. The Counterpart-inspired gardens have allowed
the program to stretch its resources and reach 90 schools instead of the
original target of 50.
Communities also have built school latrines, and children are learning
about health and nutrition – improvements that will help children long after
Counterpart’s work with villagers in Northwest Cameroon is complete.
Desiré Yameogo, Counterpart’s Country Director in Cameroon, says
members of the community will build on the progress.
“Whether it is the cooks, or the PTAs, or the community health workers,
they are all volunteers,” he says. “We have built a kind of volunteerism spirit
in each village.”
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A CATALYST FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE,
UPLIFTING THE COUNTRY’S YOUTH
of Yemeni women are literate, compared with 61% of men
(UNDP, 2004)
29% maternal deaths per 100,000 live births (UNICEF, 2006-2010)
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Political tensions in Yemen were at their peak in the fall of 2011 – and
trapped in the middle were children who needed to go back to school.
“We told our students that missing a whole year of education means
losing a whole year of your lives,” says Education Minister Abdulsalam
Al-Jawafi. “To parents, we told them we love your children as much as you
do. Thus, let’s work hand in hand so that our students go back to school.”
That shared concern was the basis of an extraordinary outreach
program. Officials sought help from members of civil society who had
built a relationship of trust with the people as well as the government
– nongovernmental organizations including Counterpart’s Responsive
Governance Project (RGP) – to reach their constituents with a key
message: Despite the civil unrest, schools would reopen in the fall.
Within weeks, a back-to-school campaign was launched by the
RGP and one of its civil society partners, the All Girls Society for
Development, along with UNICEF, CHF International and two Yemeni
media companies. Included in the campaign were three television public
service announcements that carried the message that every child has the
right to learn.
“We’re on the side of the children and ensuring that they continue
SAVING THE SCHOOL YEAR
WHILE CITIzENS MAKE
HISTORY IN YEMEN
Project OverviewCounterpart’s Responsive Governance Project is working collaboratively with government, civil society and the private sector to increase the chances for a smooth transition to democratic governance and the delivery of public services that meet the needs of Yemeni citizens. The approach recognizes the crucial role that a strong civil society plays in discouraging corruption and holding government accountable.
their studies, despite the country’s political crisis,” says Abdul Karim Alaug,
RGP’s Deputy Director.
The campaign was a tremendous success as children returned to
the 16,400 schools across the country. “The response was extraordinary,”
Minister Al-Jawafi says. “Classrooms are now full of students.”
The back-to-school initiative also gave nonprofit groups and ministry
officials the opportunity to drive home two more messages to parents:
children are better off in school than working and girls should be educated.
Yemen suffers from widespread illiteracy, especially among women
and girls, so the campaign paid particular attention to putting girls into the
classroom.
“It is an unfortunate fact that many parents either do not send their
daughters to school or remove them from classrooms after only a few years
of formal education,” says Mehboob Karim, Director of Monitoring and
Evaluation at the RGP. “The campaign seeks to break the cycle of illiteracy
and poverty. Educating girls is good for their families, their communities and
their country.”
The campaign worked: Instead of a drop in enrollment, schools
reported an increase.
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A CATALYST FOR SAFEGUARDING
THE ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE’S LIVELIHOODS
increase in number of times fishermen reported violations
after conservation meetings
5x increase in profitability of rice crop after farmer education program
60%
The people who live in and around the Dominican Republic’s Monte
Cristi National Park have long relied on a few ways to make a living, mostly
fishing, crabbing, farming rice and harvesting sea salt.
Their challenge now is to continue this way of life without destroying
the ecosystem that has sustained them. In 2011, they started making plans
and taking steps to do so thanks to a community partnership project with
Counterpart.
The project, which includes the Dominican organization AgroFrontera
and is funded by the MacArthur Foundation, seeks to turn the deteriorating
coastal ecosystem and coral reefs into “productive landscapes” with a
balance of sustainable growth for all of its residents.
Frederick Payton, Executive Director of AgroFrontera, says the project
has to build trust among stakeholders and respond to their needs to ensure
the long-term protection of coastal ecosystems: “It has as much to do with
commerce as it does with conserving biodiversity.” But, he says, the two
can go hand in hand.
So the project is teaching a new, sustainable model for rice farming in
the park’s buffer zone that uses less fertilizer, pesticide and irrigation water
– and yet produces at least as much rice.
MAKING LIVELIHOODS SUSTAINABLE
FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Project OverviewThe project to conserve biodiversity at Monte Cristi National Park brings together a coalition of resource users to reduce the negative environmental effects of rice cultivation and to improve the economic competitiveness of rice farming in the country’s northwest. The program has also implemented educational and outreach activities to strengthen community-based fishing and farmer institutions.
Felipe Gomez, a rice farmer and project collaborator, has seen the
importance of adopting more sustainable production practices. “You could
say that this project has given my family a chance to keep farming and
stay on the land,” he says. “We’re always struggling to rein in [production]
costs, and the project is showing us that we can produce more rice
with less chemicals.” Bottom line: Rice farming is more profitable and
environmentally sound.
Fishermen are changing the way they do business, too. The project
is helping fishermen market their catch directly to retail buyers instead of
relying on intermediaries. So the fishermen are getting higher prices, and
more of the profit stays in their communities.
The project is also promoting the adoption of more sustainable
fishing practices. One measure of its success: By year’s end, fishermen
had identified four no-take zones and were instituting responsible fishing
practices in an effort to recover depleted stocks of key commercial species.
An ecologically sound approach to livelihoods is essential as Monte
Cristi grows as a tourist destination. Counterpart’s work to this end in the
Dominican Republic and Honduras earned it the 2011 Caribbean Media
Exchange’s World Leadership Award.
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A CATALYST FOR BRINGING PEOPLE
AND GOVERNMENT TOGETHER
Georgia’s worst flooding in a quarter-century stranded residents and
washed away vehicles, homes and lives. But it did not wash away the
people’s growing trust in their government.
Flooding on the Mtkvari River (also known as the Kura) has become
more ferocious over the years as climate change and deforestation have
allowed more water to pour into it from spring rains, melting snow and
shrinking glaciers. Heavy rains on June 19, 2011, in the Shida Karlti region
triggered landslides and closed roads. In some villages, water levels rose to
nearly 10 feet, affecting about 1,500 Georgians, many of whom were forced
into temporary shelters.
A natural disaster can test people’s relations with their governmental
institutions.
Irakli Saralidze, the Counterpart Country Director for Georgia, said
that for seven years the government has been overcoming a legacy
of corruption and that its relationship with the people has improved
substantially.
The June flooding put that relationship to the test.
“We found out about the flood on TV and immediately we called the
local administration,” Saralidze says. “They just said that, ‘Guys, we were
A NATURAL DISASTER
BRINGS GOVERNMENT AND
RESIDENTS TOGETHER IN GEORGIA
Project OverviewCounterpart’s Humanitarian Assistance program has mobilized communities and diverse donor resources to help the world’s most vulnerable populations. Ensuring that people have homes and food may be only the first step in developing a prospering society, but it is essential in helping communities help themselves long after the foreign aid withdraws.
just about to contact you, because 1,500 houses are flooded.’ ”
In this case, Counterpart had pre-positioned disaster relief packages
in a warehouse in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, as part of a partnership with
the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance
to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE). The packages enable Counterpart to
quickly provide critically needed aid in response to disasters in the region.
Counterpart coordinated the distribution of aid from the pre-positioned
supplies with the State Department, the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi and
the Shida Kartli regional government. The UN High Commissioner for
Refugees, the UN Children’s Fund and the Tbilisi mayor’s office provided
clothing and cots.
The partnership with the State Department, Georgian government
offices and several international organizations made the response to this
devastating natural disaster fast and effective. Within 10 days, Counterpart
had distributed 1,500 sleeping bags, 3,000 bed sheets, 2,154 blankets and
1,500 pairs of boots to the people in need, and the governor expressed
“deep respect and great gratitude” for its effort.
Equally important, it enabled the government to build a positive
relationship with residents.
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Georgians reached through our humanitarian
aid in 2011
202k worth of humanitarian aid shipped around the world since 1994
$1.2 b
A CATALYST FOR CONNECTING PEOPLE AND GROUPS FOR
ENDURING PARTNERSHIPS
countries have benefitted from the community-driven programs
implemented by Counterpart
65 years of honing our skills of building partnerships and trust
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AFGHANISTAN
•• Built the organizational sustainability of a network of 244 civil society organizations (CSOs) that have a programmatic reach across Afghanistan.
•• Operated resource centers in 16 provinces that provided technical assistance in project implementation and design, reporting, library skills, computer and Internet skills, and English. Served about 3,000 people on nearly 8,000 visits.
•• Provided $2.6 million in grants to Afghan CSOs.
ARMENIA
•• Mobilized more than 80 key CSOs to provide substantial input into electoral legislation reform process, resulting in hundreds of recommendations to the parliamentary committee and several nationwide awareness-raising events.
•• Provided 89 grants totaling $836,233 to Armenian CSOs.•• Delivered $37,467 worth of medical equipment and supplies.
AzERBAIJAN
•• Fostered leadership and advocacy capacity for 3,500 individuals and 202 organizations through new social media opportunities.
•• Distributed $500,000 in peer-to-peer mentoring grants in 32 regions.•• Delivered three cargo containers of food, valued at $186,896.
MAKING A DEEP
AND LASTING IMPACT
IN EVERY HEMISPHERE
Around the world, part of the solutionCounterpart operates as a part of a large, global community working together to solve the world’s toughest challenges. We are known for a unique approach to partnership and capacity building, a commitment to learning and continuous improvement, and a reputation as a responsible steward of funder resources.
BELARUS
•• Delivered $82,920 worth of medical equipment and supplies, such as wheelchairs, adult diapers, lab coats and hygiene kits.
CAMEROON
•• Monitored and fed 6,156 children younger than 5.•• Fed healthy meals to 26,169 primary school children.•• Expanded Food for Education program to 18 more schools.•• Trained 660 volunteers to cook balanced meals for large numbers.
CHAD
•• Reached 9.9 million citizens by voter and civic education and conflict-resolution campaigns during national elections.
•• Trained 78 CSOs in advocacy, public procurement and external oversight; and trained 1,092 people in civic and voter education and conflict resolution.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
•• Engaged 75 practitioners in identifying and sharing best practices and lessons learned in coral reef restoration. A Caribbean restoration map was created to evaluate and map restoration models and techniques.
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A CATALYST FOR IMPROVING
PROSPECTS FOR THE NExT
GENERATION
ETHIOPIA
•• Trained 1,885 people in ecotourism business and 1,172 in natural resource management, which in turn generated income for 3,000 community members in the Southern and Central Rift Valley.
•• Provided HIV/AIDS prevention and education outreach to more than 33,000 people.
•• Co-launched the National Geographic Geotourism MapGuide, which promotes sales and sustainable economic growth.
GEORGIA
•• Led an in-depth assessment of the agricultural sector, provided recommendations for strategic interventions, constructed a vision for the future of the agricultural sector and assembled an authoritative knowledge base.
•• Delivered three cargo containers of food, valued at $178,912.
GUATEMALA
•• A novel program for credits in Chisec and Raxruha provided about $1,000 each to eight women to set up poultry and egg farms to supply nearby restaurants.
•• The “Let’s boost your business” program expanded to provide technical assistance and training to 122 small and medium-size businesses and tourism organizations – a 65 percent increase.
•• Eleven international tour operators went on two days of familiarization tours, and 112 people joined a Counterpart-sponsored two-day conference on sustainable tourism.
HONDURAS
•• Advanced our work in identifying and coordinating advocacy agendas at local, regional and national levels through two grants worth $200,000.
•• Established a joint CSO program to monitor anti-corruption challenges and opportunities.
•• Awarded a $48,000 grant to establish a Legal Assistance and Anticorruption Complaint Center with the support of Transparency International.
KYRGYzSTAN
•• Renovated the bathrooms at the Kara-Suu Specialized Boarding School for Deaf Children to help create a more sanitary living environment for the 185 disabled children and school’s 75 personnel.
MAURITANIA
•• Provided 16,661 children from 6 to 59 months old with vitamin A supplements.
•• Taught hygiene, nutrition and health to 11,901 people.•• Reached 769 women with a small loan program and saw 216 new
business activities.
MOLDOVA
•• Replaced 60 windows and doors at the Municipal Infectious Diseases Hospital for Children to improve the quality of care and treatment for the 4,500 pediatric patients a year.
NIGER
•• Trained 1,496 farmers in improved seed production.•• Treated 4,500 children for moderate malnutrition and 2,587 for severe
malnutrition.•• Provided 7,047 pregnant women and 4,044 lactating women with food
rations.
SENEGAL
•• Distributed nearly 6 million hot meals to schoolchildren.•• Helped raise girls’ attendance at school 39 percent.•• Provided deworming medicine to 74,967 children younger than 5.•• Disbursed 721 lines of credit.•• Brought required Daara training to 14,262 vulnerable children
(including 4,000 girls) ages 6 to 12; 60 percent demonstrated the necessary skills (reading and writing in French, four arithmetic operations).
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A CATALYST FOR GREATER
TRANSPARENCY
TAJIKISTAN
•• Established Youth Centers in nine target communities where more than 300 participating youth will study civics and engage in after-school activities.
•• Replaced floors, windows and doors and repaired the power supply system at the Jonvarsuz Medical Point to improve sanitation for the 10,500 clients and four clinic workers; distributed medical supplies valued at more than $3,000.
UKRAINE
•• Delivered 52 cargo containers of aid, including 31 with medical equipment and supplies.
UzBEKISTAN
•• Reconstructed the outdoor bathroom facility at Specialized Boarding School #124, improving hygiene standards for the school’s 139 students and 35 staff members.
YEMEN
•• Used a mass-media outreach campaign during the protest movement to help 500,000 primary and secondary school students take national exams.
•• Helped conduct the first national public hearing on private health
insurance.
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
AFRICA
NEAR EAST
EUROPE & EURASIA
SOUTH & CENTRAL ASIA
TOTAL BENEFICIARY COUNT: 3,378,711
REGIONS WE SERVE:
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A CATALYST FOR BUILDING
TRUST
Jeffrey T. LaRiche Chairman, Counterpart InternationalCASTLE Worldwide, Inc.
Deborah NolanChairman, Audit CommitteeErnst & Young
Brenda Broz EddyEddy Associates, Inc.
Dr. Thomas E. LovejoyHeinz Center for Science
BOARD MEMBERS
Les WallaceChairman, Governance & Nominating CommitteeSignature Resources
David WicklineChairman, Finance CommitteeAlchemy Ventures Group
Jennifer RoseCorporate Controller, Summit Materials
Marcia SilvermanChair, Ogilvy PR
Judith H. WhittleseyExecutive Vice President, Susan Davis International
Joan C. ParkerEx Officio
Joan C. ParkerPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Tim OgbornSenior Vice President, Programs
ExECUTIVE TEAM
Mary AuVice President, Finance & Risk Management
Sibel BerzegVice President, Government & Civil Society Strengthening
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Cameroon
COUNTRY PROGRAMS
Chad
Dominican Republic
Ethiopia
Georgia
Guatemala
Honduras
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mauritania
Moldova
Niger
Senegal
Sudan
Tajikistan
Yemen
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A CATALYST FOR BUILDING
PARTNERSHIPS
A Call To Serve InternationalAid to ArtisansMohsen AmaniAmeriCares Foundation, Inc.Armenian Gospel MissionDaniel BernsteinBooks For AfricaPhillip and Judith A. Bradbury The Breast Cancer Relief FoundationMargaret A.Cargill FoundationChildFund InternationalChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Charities)Churches of ChristCitiHope InternationalCLUSA InternationalCorvallis-Uzhhorod Sister Cities Association Dr. William CranoDevelopment & Training Services Inc.Double-0 MarketingBrenda and Charles EddyJason EdelenFeed My Starving ChildrenFHI 360Friends of Chernobyl Centers U.S.Paul and Maxine Frohring FoundationFundación Vista Para Todos George Washington UniversityGlobal Aid Network (GAiN)Great Oaks Church of ChristJennifer Grizzard EkzarkhovHand in Hand TogetherHands of Hope NorthwestHeart to Heart InternationalhellenicareFather Stanley HosieInternational Center for Not-for-Profit Law
DONORS, SUPPORTERS
AND PARTNERS
International Foundation for Electoral SystemsInternational Relief & DevelopmentInternational Resources GroupIREXISOH/IMPACTJezreel International Kaalo Relief and Development OrganizationRang Hee KimAltinay KuchukeevaJeffrey T. LaRicheArlene LearLelei LeLauluEric LeutholdJoe LightLittle Lambs MinistryLittle Samaritan MissionDr. Thomas LovejoyLutheran World ReliefJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationManagement Systems InternationalMedical Teams InternationalMessengers of MercyMission to UkraineNazarene Compassionate Missions, Inc.Deborah NolanOcean FoundationOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesSusan Christine O’NealOperation BlessingOperation Mercy/Freedom Village USAOrphan Grain TrainJoan C. ParkerPeace CorpsPlan InternationalProject HOPE
Punta Cana Ecological FoundationReo Distribution Republic of Yemen GovernmentRobert J. and Paula B. Reynolds FundJennifer RoseRita ShaferMarcia SilvermanSomali Family ServicesStop Hunger NowSwiss Agency for Development and CooperationThomas SuberSandra TaylorUnited Methodist Committee on ReliefUnited Nations Children’s FundUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations World Food ProgrammeUnited States Agency for International DevelopmentUnited States Department of AgricultureUnited States Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition ServicesUnited States Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and MigrationUnited States Department of State, Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and EurasiaUnited States Potato BoardUnited Ukrainian American Relief CommitteeVornadoSara WachspressLes WallaceJudith H. WhittleseyDavid Wickline
For the year ended September 30, 2011
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