Jersey Overseas Aid: 2018 Annual Report

Local Charities

19  Summary of JOA

funded local Charities

Foreword

1 - 2  Foreword Development Grants

5  Introduction

7  Financial Inclusion

9  Health

11  Water, Sanitation and Hygiene  

(WASH) in Schools

13  Conservation Livelihoods

15  Dairy for Development

Outreach

21  2018 Community Work Projects 25  Internship

27  Bursaries

28  JOA at Fifty

29  Schools

List of 2018 Projects

31  International Development Grants 33  Humanitarian

34  Jersey Charities

Emergency and Disaster Relief 35  2018 Accounts 17  2018 Overview

2deve0lopme1nt g8rant, a ms n inad cr  kew eJe de  m 5rs0a e r yyk ee ad r  s  imbnytoeqnrunitiaoeltrl,lyya tnaondtd hmedaowngaaggyeewdoleyu scre oplenroctitjne, ucitns g. made its first  JOA celebrated its fiftieth birthday

our half century with an exhibition  its transition into an effective,

at the Jersey Museum. Thanks to the  professional and respected aid donor. brilliant work of Jersey Heritage, our

Island s compassion and generosity  Many of these reforms are not visible was on show for all to see, with  externally, although our funding scores of pictures and objects  partners will have noticed the supplied by our partners illustrating  much more demanding application Jersey s life-changing work overseas.  process for grants, and the rigour Thousands of Islanders and visitors  with which we now monitor

got a virtual-reality tour of a Flying  project activities and finances.

Eye Hospital, and saw how Red Cross  We continued to narrow down parcels have evolved from the ones  our target countries, and for the

we received in 1945 to the ones we  first time identified focal sectors send today to Syria and Cox s Bazaar.  for our development grants. We Several public events and a set  also finally stopped funding single- of commemorative stamps all  year, activity-focused projects, and celebrated this milestone, and the  moved completely to a much more Jersey public showed yet again  efficient and impact-oriented multi- how much it genuinely cherishes  year approach. We can now make

its aid programme. any Jersey citizen the same offer

we made to the Taxpayers Alliance It is wonderful to see how  in October: Pick any development enthusiastically our Island embraces  project and we ll tell you what it

its moral duty to help others less  will achieve, which people it will fortunate than ourselves, and  help, what indicators will be used how seriously it takes the task of  to demonstrate this, and how

being a good global citizen. This  they will be objectively verified.

was also underlined in 2018 by

my appointment as Jersey s first  Improvements to JOA s governance, International Development Minister,  including a two-stage approval which sends a powerful signal that  process for new grants and the overseas aid is not just something  formal division of responsibilities

 nice to have , but is a fundamental  between the Commission and the part of our government s agenda  Executive, further increased the

and our national identity. However,  robustness of our decision-making, the real way we celebrated our  as did the employment in January anniversary this year was not by  of a specialist Programme Officer. resting on our laurels, but by  Furthermore, the creation of a earning them. Ministerial role for JOA s Chair

as well as demonstrating Jersey s While we have constantly striven  commitment to aid added another to improve the quality of our  important layer of accountability programming since 1968, the pace  and transparency. Our decisions

of change has now markedly risen.  and grants are now examined by the The most fitting (if less public)  Council of Ministers, by the States as memorial to our half century of  a whole, and by the meticulous and overseas aid are the dozens of  forensic Economic and International improvements we have made  Affairs Scrutiny Panel.

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FOREWORD

As I was reminded in my meetings  exactly as planned. In the spring

with the UN at the end of the  and summer we ran three amazing

year, Jersey s aid programme is  community work projects, sending   Carolyn Labey increasingly recognised abroad  over 30 volunteers (including  Chairman of  

for its impact and efficiency.  me!) to Tanzania, Lebanon and  JMeirnsiestyeOr fvoerr Isnetaesr nAaidti o&nal It s an honour to fly a flag for  Mongolia, and in October we signed  Development

our sometimes-maligned Island  an agreement with the Trackers

overseas, and to show the world  scheme to provide placements

that there s a lot more to Jersey s  on these life-changing trips to

identity than just Finance. However,  young Jersey apprentices. We also

we have also increased our outreach  launched our schools outreach

and activities domestically as well,  programme, reaching 260 pupils

believing we have a responsibility  in 13 schools with 19 technology-

to help our own citizens as well  focused workshops. Meanwhile at

as the world s poorest. In addition  the end of the year we launched two

to JOA awarding more money to  bursary schemes to give Islanders

Jersey charities than ever before,  the chance to volunteer or work in

2018 witnessed some extraordinary  a developing country.

milestones on this front.

So our 50th anniversary year has In February, our first Intern started  been a busy one! As readers will work at JOA, and our second began  discover in this Annual Report,

in October. Lauren and Becki then  Jersey Overseas Aid continues its took up placements with two  upward trajectory, and continues to UK charities, and were posted to  make more of a difference at home Myanmar and Malawi. We designed  and abroad than ever before. The this scheme to give bright graduates  most fitting way to celebrate half a from Jersey the chance to kickstart  century of helping others has been a career in Development a field  to ensure that we are constantly that can actually be quite hard  getting better at doing so.

to break into and it s working

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JOA FUNDED  PROJECTS 2018

KEY

Community Work Projects Emergencies Development Projects Jersey Charities

JERSEY

OVERSEAS

AID JOA

Jersey Overseas Aid

is an international aid agency

funded by the States of Jersey that  Janerds ethyrOeev enrosnea-Ss tAa it de s is m ge omveb re nr es d,  wbyh o si  xa r ue n a pp ap ido i Cn ote md m by is  sth ioe n S et ra st ,e ts h o ref  eJ e Sr ts ae tey s.  T mh ee m C bh ea rir s  

has been providing life-changing  of the Commission represents Jersey as the Island s Minister for International Development. assistance to people in developing  Twhheo d haailvye m exapneargieenmceenot fosfetlheec toinrgga, nimispatleiomneanntdinigts, ogvreanrsteseisincgoannddu cetveadlu bayti nstga ffd emveelmopbmeresn  t

countries since 1968.  and emergency projects all over the world.

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INTRODUCTION  

JOA s development projects  

continue to support the world s  poorest and most vulnerable  communities, raising incomes and  improving access to basic services.  Fewer school days are being lost  

to poor sanitation and disease,  

less time is being spent collecting  water, more food is being grown  

and more income generated thanks  

to projects supported by JOA.  

From specialist health programmes  in Sierra Leone and Myanmar to  solar-powered water-pumps in  

rural Nepal, tens of thousands of  Livelihoods project, lives are being transformed through  Kenya (Farm Africa)

the generosity of the Jersey public

and the expertise of the partner

organisations that JOA works with.

This year, JOA awarded twenty-two  new multi-year grants in twelve  countries in five core development  themes: Health, School Water  Sanitation and Hygiene (SWASH),  Dairy for Development, Financial

Inclusion and Conservation  These are key changes to the way  countries prevented JOA from

Livelihoods. This narrowing of  JOA operates. In 2016 we funded  gaining a deeper understanding of

geographic and thematic focus  56 new single-year projects in  any. Funding fewer, larger projects

began in 2017 and will continue  28 countries (as well as 12 small  in fewer places and sectors enables

into the future, as JOA strives to  multi-year, bringing the country  Jersey to help more people more

maximise the impact of its funding  total to 32). In 2017 we narrowed  effectively, while also allowing JOA s

and to increase its own expertise  down the countries to 16, for the  staff and Commission to apply and

and reputation. For the same  first time taking corruption into  safeguard Jersey taxpayers money

reason, in 2018 we increased  account, but still launched 34 new  much more professionally.

the maximum size of ordinary  development projects, of which

development projects to £450,000,  25 would take less than a year to  This process will continue into 2019

and completely ended the practice  complete. Additionally, there were  and 2020, with further increases in

of funding 12-month projects.  no stipulations on the type of activity  specialisation and in project scale.

which Jersey would fund, so we  However, 2018 represents a key

supported interventions in almost  milestone in this transformation to

every conceivable sector.  an effective, focused development

donor. Coupled with a much more

Sustainable poverty alleviation is  demanding application process,

rarely achievable within a year,  more empirical project selection,

and spreading aid so thinly risks  and ever more rigorous monitoring

sacrificing both impact and  and oversight of projects, our

efficiency. Additionally, such a huge  50th anniversary year witnessed

number of individual projects are  a sea change in Jersey s standards  For a full list of all projects impossible to monitor properly for  and ambitions in international  thaincluding those begun in t JOA supported in 2018,

under a baobab trChildren playing ee  a tiny organisation, and working  development.. previous years, see the (TreeAid) on dozens of issues in scores of  summary table (page 35).

DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

HEALTH

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE WASH IN SCHOOLS

CONSERVATION LIVELIHOODS

DAIRY FOR DEVELOPMENT

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THE £8 MILLION PROGRAMME HAS THREE KEY COMPONENTS:

   Increasing bottom-of-the-pyramid access to financial services such as loans, savings,

money-transfers and insurance (70%)

FINANCIAL    Transferring knowledge to build responsible INCLUSION and inclusive financial systems which help move people out of poverty, protect their gains

and advance economic development (10%)

The evidence shows that when

people have access to useful and    Incubating Financial Technology (FinTech) and affordable financial products and  Digital Financial Services (DFS) to increase access services that meet their needs  to basic financial services and promote private-

- including money transfers,  sector growth (20%)

payments, savings, credit and

insurance - everyone benefits.  By the end of 2018, Branching Out had awarded

People save more, spend more  five multi-year grants to the United Nations Capital

on health care and education and  Development Fund (UNCDF) in Zambia and Rwanda, invest in their enterprises which   FSD and Finca in Zambia, and CordAid in Sierra Leone. in turn have more opportunity to  Keep capital,  Together, these projects are worth £4.8m and will thrive. However, 1.7 billion people  Rwanda reach over 900,000 people over the next four years. have no access to basic financial  (Comic Relief)

services, most of them in developing  countries. The poor, women, young  people and those living in rural areas  are the most affected.  

JOA has identified Financial Incision  as an increasingly important way  

of reducing poverty and increasing  wellbeing in developing countries,  and in 2017 signed an agreement  with Comic Relief, one of the UK s  most cherished and experienced  grant makers, to work together in  this field. Branching Out: Financial  Inclusion at the Margins is our  4-year flagship Financial Inclusion  programme that will enable  struggling families in Rwanda,  Zambia and Sierra Leone to invest  in small businesses, cope with  unexpected emergencies, and

spend more on health care and education. The fact that Jersey is

a world-leading Financial Services Centre also means that we can help to build responsible and inclusive financial systems through technical assistance and knowledge exchange, deploying our significant expertise

as well as our funds.

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Advancing children s hearing (Sound Seekers)

Globally, 1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment, 80% of these cases are considered avoidable. Through a JOA grant, Sightsavers are expanding the

reach of community eye care services, training health workers and providing sight-saving eye surgery

to prevent blindness to over 10,000 people in need in Mozambique. Another specialist ophthalmic

charity, Orbis, received a JOA grant HEALTH  to continue their work in Ethiopia

by reducing preventable blindness

and poor vision for over 250,000 Today, at least 50% of the world s  JOA s Health funding stream targets  individuals. Sound seekers and Sense population lacks access to the  organisations that specialise in health  International received grants to

most basic health services. Millions  services for the poor, building their  address those with hearing loss and of pregnant women around the  capacity and financing projects  disability in Zambia and Tanzania and world give birth without a trained  that tackle ill-health and prevent  the British Red Cross continued their midwife, vaccinations continue to  premature mortality. A key focus of  post-Ebola recovery work in Sierra be unavailable to children exposed  this programme is capacity-building,  Leone having been awarded

to killer diseases and millions of  both of health services and of funding  a 2-year grant in 2017.

preventable deaths are recorded  partners. By insisting on knowledge

each year because people can t get  transfer we not only ensure Jersey s  In Myanmar, a country ravaged necessary treatment for diseases  money is going further than  by ongoing internal conflict and

such as HIV, TB, and malaria. Mental  simply paying for services, we are  insecurity, JOA funded Health and health, so long neglected, is only  contributing to the country s ability  Hope and their project to improve really now being addressed by  to cope better in the future.  medical access, knowledge and governments with many still lacking  services for rural communities in adequate expertise, services and  In 2018 funded JOA funded eight  two of the most neglected and support. As ever, it is the world s  health projects ranging from  impoverished regions of the country. poor who suffer the most, with an  reconstructive surgery and burns

estimated 100 million people being  care, to Leprosy control and

driven further into poverty as they  enhancing mental health care

struggle to pay for the essential  services in Ghana. JOA supported

Nurse attending training session in clinical care for critically ill children, Sierra Leone (RCPCH)

serves and medication they need. a pioneering programme with Royal

College of Paediatrics and Child

Health (RCPCH) in Sierra Leone that

enhances nurse-led clinical care

for infants and children at all major

regional and district hospitals. This

partnership alone has led to the

improvement in the clinical skills of

nurses and doctors in emergency

care and is contributing to substantial

reductions in child mortality.

Hand washing tutorial  with children and  parents, Guatemala (Care)

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE WASH IN SCHOOLS

Despite significant progress in recent  Poor WASH infrastructure has a  For these reasons, one of JOA s core years, it is estimated that 1 in 3  particularly deleterious effect in  funding themes in 2018 focused on people globally do not have access  children s education. A staggering  improving education, health and

to safe drinking water, 2.3 billion  443 million school days are lost  gender-equality through WASH people don t have a suitable toilet of  every year because of water-related  projects that targeted learners, in their own and 3 billion people lack  illnesses - children are exposed  schools or elsewhere. JOA began six basic handwashing facilities. The  to diarrhoeal disease, parasitic  such projects in Guatemala, Rwanda, absence of these basic services is  infections and dehydration that  Malawi, Sierra Leone and Tanzania acutely felt by rural communities in  contributes not only to absenteeism   all addressing the need to improve developing countries, with millions  but impairs cognitive skills and the  WASH infrastructure and behaviour of people dying every year from  ability required for learning. This  in schools, communities and local diseases associated with inadequate  number significantly increases when  authorities. Many components of the water supply, sanitation and hygiene.  considering the number of days  projects were shared, and included Those most severely affected are  lost due to the lack of safe, gender  the rehabilitation and construction women and children who, in addition  specific lavatories for adolescent  of school WASH facilities such as

to being exposed to the health  girls millions of girls fall behind or  latrines and handwashing stations, risks, are forced to sacrifice their  never get to finish school because of  Menstrual Hygiene Management time, education and livelihoods in  inadequate or unsafe facilities during  (MHM), training students, teachers order to walk miles and collect the  menstruation. Research shows that  and parents, and supporting local household s daily supply of water.  better-educated women tend to earn  authorities. Two projects (Able Child

higher incomes, have fewer children,  Africa s in Rwanda and Children in marry later and provide better health  Crisis in Sierra Leone) specifically care and education for their children.  addressed the need to integrate children with disabilities.

Project to improve girls with disabilities access to education, Rwanda (Able Child Africa)

Conservation  A first multi-year grant was awarded Livelihoods, Kenya  to Excellent Development for a

(Farm Africa) project that will provide year-round

access to water for 31,768 people

in Mozambique s drylands using

a low-cost sustainable solution:

Sand Dams. Sand dams are a simple rainwater harvesting technique that allow access to clean water stored within sand. They capture surface water runoff and raise groundwater levels, allowing surrounding vegetation to regenerate and flourish.

CONSERVATION  This reduces soil erosion,  improves soil fertility, increases rainwater

LIVELIHOODS  absorption, reduces  desertification

and transforms drylands into productive environments.

With its genesis in the work

of former Jersey resident and  In Guatemala and Bolivia, CAFOD conservationist, Gerald Durrell,  is improving the resilience and JOA s Conservation Livelihoods  resource management of rural theme focuses on regions where  and indigenous communities as environment/livelihood pressures  the negative effects of climate

are strong, especially those under  change and environmental

threat from population growth,  degradation increase. Additionally, habitat destruction and changing  JOA continued its support for weather patterns. We look for  Durrell s ground-breaking work in projects that establish or strengthen  Madagascar, where the wellbeing a virtuous circle of human and  of over 2,000 nature-dependent environmental wellbeing, which will  households in 14 communities will likely be underpinned by a system of  be enhanced through improved sustainable livelihoods. The projects  food security, reproductive health, actively enhance or preserve the  and better access to community natural environment as well as  finance schemes while reducing communities incomes.  pressure on threatened habitats.

A total of four new Conservation Livelihoods grants were awarded in 2018. In Nepal JOA gave its first ever grant to Renewable World, an agency that tackles poverty in developing countries by enabling the provision of affordable renewable energy systems for energy-poor communities.

Their easy to use, solar-powered water pumps are empowering rural communities through increasing access to sustainable energy and affordable and reliable water, sanitation and hygiene as well

as introducing new agricultural technologies to improve livelihoods.

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Milk testing by  smelling, More-Milk  Project in Rwanda (Self Help Africa)

DAIRY FOR  DEVELOPMENT  

Dairy cows play a vital role in many  Working with the Shire Highlands

developing countries, serving not  Milk Producers Association, Jersey

only as a source of income for  will improve the household income

smallholder farmers but contributing  of 6,000 smallholder dairy farmers

to the improved health and nutrition  through improved breeding, feeding

of their families and communities.  and extension services, and by

As a centre of dairy expertise  providing Jersey semen for Artificial  Jersey Inka Nzizi,

and home of the Jersey breed  Insemination. The Jersey breed is  Rwanda (Jo McGuinness) we are uniquely well-placed  increasingly showing its worth for low-

to assist farmers, charities,  input farmers across the world, with its

cooperatives, extension workers  smaller frame, higher conversion rate,

and national governments  and better quality milk.

with improving the quality and

profitability of milk production.

JOA also began three other

new dairy projects in 2018: Two

In addition to the ongoing work in Rwanda, which is reaching 12,000 smallholder farmers and transforming the national Artificial Insemination system, 2018 saw the Royal Jersey Agriculture and Horticulture Society begin a three-year project in Malawi.

in Ethiopia (through Farm Africa and Self Help Africa) and one in Nepal. In the latter, Practical Action will establish 30 milk collection centres and increase 7,000 dairy farmers access to improved breeding services.

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Internally Displaced  Persons, Central  African Republic   (UN-OCHA)

However, in addition to responding better to crises as they arise, Jersey

has also tried to be more strategic

with its emergency funding. In 2017 we began supporting the UN-led Syrian Humanitarian Fund, and in 2018 we increased our support of

this mechanism to include the Central African Republic. We also proudly became the fourth government

donor to support the START Network. This is an innovative rapid-financing mechanism made up of 42 international and national NGOs, focussing on the small to medium crises which often slip under the international media s radar. In 2018 these included anticipating deadly heatwaves in Pakistan and assisting communities affected by severe waterlogging in Bangladesh.

Such pooled funds allow JOA to

provide aid in multiple sectors at the

absolute frontline of a humanitarian

emergency without the risk and cost

of choosing individual partners, and In 2018 we spent a total of £2.86m  As with our Development  in so doing contribute to - rather than on emergency assistance, enabling  programming, JOA has been working  undermine - response coordination. experienced aid organisations to  hard to improve the efficiency and  The professional, transparent and low- reach those affected by natural  impact of the Island s emergency  cost administration of the funds make disasters and conflict in 12 different  assistance. A key reform has been  them an efficient and low-risk way for countries. As a country which within  to further increase the size of each  JOA to provide support. Furthermore, living memory was receiving Red  contribution; in 2017 they averaged  our role in is not as a silent benefactor Cross parcels itself, Jersey is acutely  just over £100,000, and in 2018 they   the agency has a seat on the Start aware of the importance of timely  reached almost £140,000. The size  Fund s Donor Council and attend humanitarian assistance. However,  alone means more can be done with  (by telephone) the quarterly meetings such aid is sometimes fragmented,  each pound, and less is wasted on  in Damascus of the Advisory Board onerous and inefficient, and this is  fundraising, reporting and admin.  of the UN s Syrian Humanitarian Fund. a particular danger for a small donor  Significant contributions in 2018

without much of a global presence.  included £350,000 following the  

Jersey is unable, for example, to  Sulawesi tsunami, and £191,592 via  

do the necessary due diligence on  Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) for  the local and national responders  the management of malnutrition in  which should play an increasing  children, medical missions (including  role in humanitarian interventions,  limb reconstruction and breast  

nor to choose empirically between  cancer care) and the purchase and  

the numerous underfunded  delivery of essential drugs in the  humanitarian responses. Instead,  occupied Palestinian territories.  

we have traditionally contributed  Additionally, during the devastating  small amounts to scores emergency  earthquake that struck Papua New  appeals run by a handful of  Guinea in early 2018, JOA was  recognised aid agencies: 44 in 2016,  UNICEF UK s single largest donor.

of which 39 contributions were for

£30,000 or less. Humanitarian relief, Syria

(UN OCHA)

DISASTER RELIEF

Ex-Gurkha Soldier, Nepal

Jersey-based charities working overseas range from tiny kitchen- table organisations to large international NGOs like Durrell. Whatever their size they are fantastic ambassadors for the Island, and at £1.13m in 2018 JOA gave them more money than in any previous year in history despite having made the application process significantly more rigorous. New grants included classroom construction in Burkina Faso

by the Freedom Church, wells for women s vegetable gardens in Gambia (Jersey Africa Projects) and supporting the Ashish Children s Home in Nepal (CRY Jersey). Hands Around the World continued its education-focused work in Southwest Rwanda,

while in East Jerusalem, through

a partnership with St John Ambulance, an Island-sponsored nurse helps thousands of people receive life-changing treatment

in one of the busiest eye hospitals in the world.

Meanwhile, the partnership with the Jersey Branch of the Gurkha Welfare Trust went from strength to strength in 2018. In addition

to constructing a Community

Hall , Jersey money funded three community water systems

in remote areas, transforming

the lives of thousands of Nepalese. The strength of the connection between the Island and Nepal is nowhere better demonstrated

than by the extraordinary local fundraising efforts of the Gurkha Welfare Trust s many local supporters.

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LOCAL CHARITIES

NUNDHAKI COMMUNITY HALL, SANKHUWASABHA

COUNTRY: Nepal

PARTNER ORG: The Gurkha Welfare Trust Jersey  

SUMMARY: This project oversaw the construction of a community centre in  Nundhaki, Sankhuwasabha, Eastern Nepal. The village was damaged during the 2015 earthquake but its remoteness and inaccessibility meant that government aid was denied. The villagers were in need of a community centre in which they could gather in times of crisis, as well as use for social and official functions (such as village administration and meetings, weddings and festivals) in routine times. The project benefited 150 households in the village and surrounding area and provided work for local construction workers.

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In 2018, following a launch

and round of interviews, a total

of 32 Jersey residents travelled

to three different locations, all  Jersey volunteers with very different objectives. - CWP, Tanzania

   TANZANIA: JOA and Raleigh  

International held a joint project  to improve access to, and the use  of, safe and sustainable sanitation  facilities for 1,800 children (aged  7-13). Tanzania s population is 50  million people, but just one in six  people have access to safe and  clean sanitation facilities. JOA s  volunteers addressed this issues  by constructing new school  sanitation blocks for children and  teachers, setting up SWASH clubs  in schools, and providing capacity  building to School Management  Committees to give them the skills  and knowledge to maintain their  school sanitation facilities.

  LEBANON: In a departure from  

the usual construction-focused  Community Work Projects,  

this year Jersey volunteers  COMMUNITY  

provided one-to-one care to  

underprivileged people suffering  

quite profound physical and  WORK PROJECTS

mental disabilities. Lebanese with  intellectual disabilities receive  little state support, and often end

Since 1972 Jersey residents have participated directly in changing the lives  up in crowded and underfunded    MONGOLIA: Volunteers provided of those most in need. Jersey volunteers have brought clean water to those  institutions. These camps,  a secure and caring space for without, built classrooms, orphanages and clinics where there have been  operated by the Sovereign Order  50 children, coming from very none, and provided one-to-one care for those who have no one. For many  of Malta, offer the opportunity  poor families, allowing parents

in Jersey it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, bringing with it a sense of  for volunteers to provide much  to be able to go out and source achievement, life-long friendships and extraordinary memories.  needed care and attention where  income for the family. This was

guests can benefit from sunlight,  achieved by renovating a building fresh air, outdoor walks, and the  within the Bayankhoshuu Ger beautiful surrounding landscape  area owned by Caritas Mongolia, of the Lebanese mountains.  turning it into a day care centre.

Jersey volunteers

- CWP, Lebanon

 The 12 Jersey Overseas Aid volunteers

who embarked upon the physically and emotionally intensive challenge in Lebanon this year unanimously agreed that the experience enriched their own lives in equal measure to the disabled institutionalised Lebanese people they were there to assist.

 Most volunteers were assigned a disabled

guest to support on a 1-1 basis. Their primary role was to become a friend to them assisting them with everyday tasks, supporting them with personal care and generally ensuring that for the duration of the camp they had a great time.

 The days were long with little opportunity

for personal downtime, and yet the strong teamwork and commitment from all the volunteers meant that we found lots of reasons to smile and appreciate the simple things of life. We were richly rewarded with beautiful views, wholesome Lebanese food, unique cultural experiences and of course the knowledge that we were serving others who would otherwise have no chance of experiencing the freedom and choices the camp offered.

 We would all love to go again next year,

ideally with a bigger Jersey team. The only requirements are to have lots of enthusiasm and energy and for one week be willing to put someone else s needs before your own. Could that be you or someone you know?

- CWP Team Leader  Sharon Eddie

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Lauren Midgley in Myanmar  with HelpAge International

JOA INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

NAME: Rebecca Curtis ORG: Practical Action

 This year has been incredible,

providing me with invaluable on- the-ground experience and offering me a platform to test and enhance my professional capabilities.

I have had the opportunity to

delve into new industries and

new ideas, from assisting with budgets and procurements,

to learning about different community-based ownership models. I have participated in developing innovative solutions

that incorporate renewable energy

and agro-ecology, concepts that

could catalyse new initiatives that INTERNSHIP

stretch from the Channel Islands

to Indonesia. Living in Malawi has

also offered me a window into Jersey school-leavers or career-changers  the social, cultural, political and often lament the lack of diversity for entry- economic realities of Malawians level positions in sectors other than finance.  and allowed me to be immersed Acknowledging this - and the fact that getting  in a network of creative and

your first job in international development can  inspiring people, for which

be hard JOA launched its inaugural annual  I will always be grateful.

internship programme in 2018. This exciting

initiative run in partnership with two leading  This internship has opened a path UK charities and JOA partners (Practical Action  to potential careers that seemed

and Help Age UK) - offers someone from  fanciful as a Jersey child. We have an Jersey the chance to spend twelve months  island of bright, capable people and with a respected charity including a six month  the creation of local initiatives that assignment in a developing country. The ultimate  embrace this talent will make a great goal is to equip the successful candidate with the  difference to lives locally as well as skills and experience necessary to enable them  internationally. It has been incredible to take frontline roles with international relief and  to be a part of Practical Action s development organisations.  Malawi team and I hope that in the

years ahead I am fortunate enough In 2018 JOA recruited 2 interns, both of whom  to be able to use the platform that spent some time with JOA in St Helier before  JOA has given me to continue to heading off to the UK and then their respective  change lives for the better.

field placements.

Rebecca Curtis , Jersey Overseas Aid Intern, Malawi

BURSARIES  GETTING  JOA AT 50

At the end of 2018 JOA expanded its public outreach  INVOLVED 2w0o1r8lds. aTwo JcOeleAbcrealteebtrhaitsem50ileysetoanrse o af trwedeulvceinmg opnotvheertxyh aibnitdio snu ffwearsinign satraolluenddin t he programme by launching two new bursaries. These aimed

at offering Jersey residents financial support so they can  the Jersey Museum in St Helier, with the incredible support of Jersey Heritage contribute towards international development projects  Following an MA in Near and Middle  and with input from most partner organisations. Thousands of members of abroad, either for short periods as enthusiastic volunteers,  Eastern Studies and Intensive Arabic  the public, tourists and visitors were able to see the kinds of projects Jersey

or for longer periods on a professional basis.  from SOAS, Jersey resident Charlie  supports around the world, and also to get an idea of how JOA operates.

Denney undertook a 5 month  Some genuine Red Cross parcels from 1944 sat alongside modern relief items

internship with UNICEF s regional  provided by Jersey in Syria and Bangladesh, underlining the pleasing symmetry THE JOA PROFESSIONAL BURSARY.  office in Middle East & North  of an Island once in receipt of aid now being able to give it.

Africa where she contributed to

Transferring knowledge and providing technical assistance  programmes on youth mobilisation  

is one of the most efficient forms of aid. It can also  and opportunity. In 2018 Charlie was  

greatly benefit the individual who is sharing their skills  awarded a JOA Volunteering Bursary  

in a new context - deepening proficiency, adding new  that ensured she could complete her  

perspectives and experience, and providing a great sense  internship at UNICEF and make the  

of professional satisfaction. JOA s Professional Bursary  most of her time abroad.

Programme enables Jersey residents with relevant skills  

to spend time overseas utilising their expertise to help  

communities and organisations in need of professional  

assistance. JOA provides funding of up to £4,000 for  

extended placements abroad, sometimes partnering  

with employers who realise this is a great way  

to develop staff as well as to give something back.  

Charlie Denney,  

recipient of the  

JOA Volunteering  

THE JOA VOLUNTEERING BURSARY.  Bursary

JOA s Volunteering Bursaries provide a modest  Starting out in the development  

contribution (£500) towards living costs while volunteers  sector, and finding the right  

give up their time for others abroad. Applicants simply  opportunity to experience the culture  

needing to demonstrate that they will be working with  and gain the skills and language  

a recognised organisation for a minimum of two weeks  ability needed, can initially seem  JOA at Fifty and doing something that evidently helps those less  like an impossible task. However,  Exhibition fortunate than ourselves. receiving the JOA bursary provided  Panels

me the necessary encouragement

Meanwhile, Jersey Post issued a set of six commemorative

and support in my decision to

stamps featuring images from Jersey-funded projects.

undertake an internship at UNICEF in

Jordan. The JOA bursary helped ease

the financial burden internships can

 The JOA bursary  sometimes carry. Having completed

my internship at UNICEF, it is clear

helped ease the  that working in this sector is both

challenging and rewarding, and

financial burden  receiving the JOA bursary has given

me the confidence to continue

internships can  a career in a sector which can

contribute to meaningful change

sometimes carry.  in some of the world s most

diverse environments .

CAN YOU SCHOOLS  P THE SPREAD?

JOA increasingly tries to promote understanding and  What could be a

in Jersey about international relief and development,   mth?e solution?

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with Practical Action, JOA produced free, downloadable  of infectious diseases. teacher and student resources, and held workshops for

260 pupils at the Jersey Museum for 13 primary and

secondary schools. Using challenges based on the STEM  Your challenge

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development issues such as access to safe and clean

water and how to stop infectious diseases.

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see how the Science they learn is implemented

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suggestions on how they could

opening their eyes to careers and organisations  impr ove?

that they may wish to be involved in.

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LIST OF 2018 PROJECTS

Note that because all development grants, all local charity grants, and a handful of emergency grants are paid in tranches against milestones, the totals will not equal the amount actually disbursed in 2018.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Care International My Healthy Schools project Guatemala SWASH £417,270 Children in Crisis Inclusive Wash For School  Sierra Leone SWASH £230,945

Children In Sierra Leone

WASH for improved education

Wateraid in Bugasera and Nyamagabe  Rwanda SWASH £450,000

Districts (WIEBAND)

Farm Africa Livestock for Livelihoods Ethiopia Dairy £450,000

Boosting rural livelihoods by

Practical Action enhancing production, value  Nepal Dairy £400,000

chains and dairy cow genetics

Self Help Africa Market Orientated Rural Enterprise  Ethiopia Dairy £449,238

for Milk (MORE-MILK)

Basic Needs Enhancing Maternal Mental Health  Ghana Health £191,293 Health and Hope UK Community-led healthcare Myanmar Health £449,619 Orbis South Omo comprehensive  Ethiopia Health £409,720

rural eye care expansion project

Resurge Africa Capacity building in reconstructive  Sierra Leone Health £242,003

surgery and burns care

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Cont.

Sightsavers Nampula Inclusive Eye Care project Mozambique Health £447,926

Advancing children s hearing health

Sound Seekers Zambia Health £412,275

services in Lusaka and Ndola

Grow Hope Non-timber  Conservation

Tree Aid Ghana £387,379

Forest Products Livelihoods

UN Capital  Digital Financial Services  Financial

Rwanda £1m Development Fund for Refugees Inclusion

Market systems approach  Financial

UNCDF Zambia £1m

to Financial Inclusion Inclusion

Improving availability and access of  Financial

FSD Zambia Zambia £1m

formal and informal financial services  Inclusion

LIST OF 2018 PROJECTS Cont.

Note that because all development grants, all local charity grants, and a handful of emergency grants are paid in tranches against milestones, the totals will not equal the amount actually disbursed in 2018.

HUMANITARIAN JERSEY CHARITIES

Health and Hope Hurricane  Burma December £16,000

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AGENCY PROGRAMME COUNTRY THEME VALUE

Royal Jersey Agricultural  Dairy Growth Project targeting

Malawi Dairy £999,769 and Horticultural Society 6,000 smallholder farmers

Bugarama Combined

Hands Around the World Rwanda Education £36,475

Education Projects 2018

Gurkha Welfare Trust Nepal WASH Projects Nepal WASH £56,747

Additional wells for women s

Jersey Africa Projects Gambia Livelihoods £4,860

vegetable gardens

Secondary school classroom

Freedom Church Burkina Faso Education £16,612

construction in Bobo Dioulosso

CRY Jersey Ashish Children s Home Nepal Education £6,000

Improving human wellbeing for  Conservation

Durrell (2017) Madagascar £944,767

nature-dependent communities  Livelihoods

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2018 ACCOUNTS

All JOA transactions are made through the States Treasury, and the figures below come from the States  Accounting System (J D Edwards). JOA is subject to internal and external audits like other departments,  though is exempt from adhering to States Financial Directions. JOA s accounts are also found in a  slightly different format in the 2018 States of Jersey Annual Report.

2018 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

Year ended  31 December 2018

Funding Stream  % of Spending  Total Funds

£ Incoming Resources

States Grant  10,340,500  Carry forward from Previous Year  39,972

Total Incoming resources  10,380,472

Resources Expended

Grant aid  59.1  6,134,466 Grant refunds  -1.8  (183,567) Disaster and emergency aid  27.6  2,861,264 Community work projects  1.4  143,495 Local charities working abroad  10.9  1,127,719

Total resources expended 97.2  10,083,377

Commission Administration

Salaries  1.7  177,286 Printing & Stationery  0.1  10,628 IT Support  0.5  50,999 Travel and Accommodation  0.2  25,470 Meals and Hospitality  Negligible  4,525 Premises and Maintenance  0.1  9,938 Other expenses  0.1  10,844

Total Commission Admin expended 2.7  289,690 TOTAL SPEND  10,373,067

Unexpended funds carried forward  0.1  7,405