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JOAC
Reaches out
to a world in need JERSEY OVERSEAS AID
COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT
2 0 0 8
JOAC
Jersey Overseas Aid Commission
Chairman: Deputy Ian Gorst , States Of Jersey Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Toni Roberts, MBA., ACIS., TEP. Members: Senator Paul Routier, States of Jersey
Deputy Carolyn Labey , States of Jersey Mr. Peter Le Seelleur, BA, FCA, ACIM Mr. Geoffrey Crill, Solicitor
Sub-Committee for Community Work Projects Chairman: Deputy Ian Gorst , States of Jersey Members: Mr. Ian Brown
Mr. David Ellis
Mr. Rowland Heaven
Mr. David O'Brien
Mr. Brian Stuttard
Mr. Richard Richomme
Mrs. Catherine Murray
Miss. Clare Morvan
Mr. Allan Smith
Executive Officer Administrative Assistant Mrs. Kathryn Filipponi Miss. Karen Nisbet Beauvais
La Rue du Rondin
St. Mary
JERSEY JE3 3AE
Tel: 01534 484600
Fax: 01534 484044
Email: kfilipponi.joac@hotmail.com
www.jerseyoverseasaid.org.je
Front Cover Photo:
2008 Community Work Project Team, Uganda. "Carly de Mouilpied and friend".
The 2008 team, noting this child with a club foot was developing back problems from hunching over a stick, built her a set of crutches to provide proper support in order to make her life easier and avoid further related problems.
CONTENTS
Page
3 Chairman's Foreword
5 Non-States Commissioner Profiles
6 40th Anniversary Celebration of Jersey's overseas aid
programme
8 Summary of Funding with Comparison to 0.7% GNI 9 Financial Summary
10 Disaster Aid
14 UNICEF Ambassador Martin Bell thanks JERSEY for
donations in excess of £3 million
17 Community Work Projects
23 Grants made to Jersey Charities Working Overseas 25 Grant Aid
Chairman's Foreword
I imagine that we are all tired of hearing and reading about the credit crunch'. The term and its effects have suffered from media saturation in virtually every periodical and television program.
Let us stop for a moment and rather than simply consider the effects it has had upon us and upon our Island community – I ask you to consider its effect upon developing nations.As President of the World Bank, Bob Zoellick has said: "this is not only a financial crisis; it's a human crisis as well".
According to UK International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, the economic downturn could devastate the developing world as 90 million more people are forced into poverty by the end of next year.
New estimates suggest the fight against extreme poverty could be put back by up to three years, with the number of men, women and children being forced to live on less than $1 a day growing by millions every week.
Speaking after DFID's annual conference on eliminating world poverty, Ivan Lewis UK Minister for International Development spoke of his concerns that while the number of hungry people in the world increased from 830 to over 963 million people last year as a result of high food prices, the number is set to pass one billion in the current economic downturn.
I hope that these statistics prove once again how valuable and necessary the work of JOAC is. Jersey can be proud of the partnerships it has formed with communities around the world, proving that a little can go along way!
I am all too aware that some might call for our grant to be cut – it would be an easy target. But others who work daily with those in deprived communities know all too well that, actually, at this time western nations should be increasing overseas aid levels.
I am pragmatic enough to know that large increases in Jersey's Aid will not be possible at this time, but I believe that when we come out of the downturn we should and must increase our aid levels to make realistic progress towards the Millennium Development Goal of 0.7% of GNI.
Chairman's Foreword
2008 ended for the Commission on a note of change. Deputy Jacqui Huet had served both the Overseas Aid Committee and Commission for over 15 years, a record of which she should be proud. Such exemplary service is to be applauded and celebrated. I would like to formally thank Jacqui for her years of service to the Commission and to developing communities across the globe.
2008 has also seen the Deputy of Grouville join JOAC as a States Commissioner, I am sure that Carolyn will find the role both stimulating and challenging.
I would like to thank all those involved in any way with the work of the Commission, particularly those involved with the working parties – an experience which changes lives in many ways. I thank Adriaun Bisson for her support to all of our community work project volunteers in 2008 and welcome Karen Nisbet to our team, who has now taken over the role as Administrative Assistant.
Finally, Dionne and I have just returned from visiting several JOAC funded projects across Kenya. Wherever we went the local people made a point of asking that we convey their greetings and sincere thanks for all the help which has been given by you the taxpayers of Jersey. It was a privilege for us to see the transformation that Jersey Aid has brought. So on their behalf, thank you!
Ian Gorst July 2009
Non-States Commissioner Profiles
Mrs.Toni Roberts is a Senior Client Executive for J.P. Morgan Chase. She is responsible for managing high profile client relationships in Europe and the Middle East. In her professional capacity Mrs. Roberts has also managed Charitable Foundations establishing grant criteria and due diligence procedures.
Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (former chairman of the local branch) and has an MBA from Leicester University. Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Police Complaints Authority, a member of the Rotary Club of Jersey and Treasurer of the Jersey Joint Christmas Appeal.
Mrs. Roberts was a member of an Overseas Aid working party to Ecuador in 2001 and leader of the 2004 working party to India.
Mrs. Roberts was also a member of the Jersey Overseas Aid Funding Review Panel in 2007 which was formed following a Scrutiny Panel review of the aims and objectives of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission.
Mr. Peter Le Seelleur Mr. Peter Le Seelleur is a Chartered Accountant and currently the Finance Director of Dexia Private Bank Jersey Limited. He has worked in the finance sector in Jersey since 1983.
Mr. Le Seelleur was an elected member of St. Paul's Church Administrative Council and served as Honorary Treasurer for 14 years. During that time Mr. Le Seelleur was involved in the assessment of many requests for financing from aid agencies of all kinds with each application considered being assessed not only on the merits of the appeal itself, but also on the standing of the agency making the application.
Mr. Le Seelleur also serves as Honorary Treasurer of the Jersey Branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Grace Trust and is Honorary Auditor of the Scott Gibaut Homes Trust. He was the Honorary Treasurer of the Jersey Clipper 2000 campaign.
Mr. Geoffrey Crill was born in Jersey in 1950 and qualified as a Solicitor of the Royal Court in 1977. He was a partner of Crill, Cubitt & Tomes but co- founded Crill Canavan in 1992 and is currently senior partner of that firm.
Mr. Crill was Chairman of the Parents' Action Group for Education from 1995 to 1996 and has been a Trustee of the Jersey Heritage Trust since 2004.
Mr. Crill additionally is personally involved with charitable work in India, Sudan and Mali.
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Jersey's Overseas Aid Programme
The Bailiff of Jersey, Sir Philip Bailhache , kindly hosted a reception in the Old Library, States Building, Royal Square on 24th October 2008 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Jersey's overseas aid programme.
The Commission's Chairman at the time, Deputy Jacqui Huet thanked the Bailiff for the hospitality given in marking the event and stated that whilst it was indeed incredible to look back over the past forty years and see the increases in the States funding clearly identified, the amount raised through local charities and other organisations was not measured.
The event welcomed a number of people who had played an active part, many of whom continuing, in the Commissions success and the Island's commitment to overseas aid. Past and present Commissioners, former overseas aid committee members, past and present sub-committee members for the community work project programmes, members of the 1998 work project and 2007 scrutiny funding review panels, representatives from local charities working overseas and representatives from the Island churches were amongst those invited.
It was apt that the celebration coincided with One World Week', the focus for which was the opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds to come together to learn about global justice and to take action.
Deputy Huet reiterated it was really the people of Jersey who had, and continue to make, the Island's overseas aid programme the success story it is and together with her fellow Commissioners, thanked and congratulated all.
The then Bailiff of Jersey, Sir Philip Bailhache made the following response: "Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great honour to have been asked to offer this reception to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Jersey's commitment to devote part of the revenues of the Island to the alleviation of poverty and misery in less fortunate parts of the world. The proposition brought forward by the late Senator Farley was a far sighted one, and was an early signal of a desire and a willingness by Islanders to look outside the narrow confines of their Island home, and to acknowledge that, small as we are, Jersey has a part to play on the world stage. Nowadays the establishment of a national, or even an international identity, is part of Government policy. It is interesting that that great generation of post war politicians, who laid the foundations of our prosperity and well being in so many ways, should instinctively have felt that Jersey
people had a responsibility to engage with the outside world in this way, and not to behave as a small, selfish, inward looking community with no interests but its own.
I understand of course that there are differing views on the extent to which the Island can or should increase the amount of money allocated to Overseas Aid. The sum has grown tremendously from £14,000 in 1968 to six and a half million pounds in 2007. It is true that the UN General Assembly have set a target of 0.7% of GNI for development assistance, and that the EU pledged to spend 0.56% of GNI on poverty reduction by 2010, increasing to 0.7% by 2015. We are a long way short of that in the sense that 0.7% of our GNI would amount to closer to 25 million pounds than six and a half million pounds. The Scrutiny Panel and Commission, and indeed the States Assembly itself have accepted that there is a case for an increase in the allocation of States funding for Overseas Aid, and I do not disagree in any way. There are however at least 2 things to be said in defence of Jersey in this connection.
The first is that Overseas Aid from Jersey is "pure" aid, i.e. aid that does not come with strings nor with any obligation on the part of the recipient country or organisation to offer something in return. Secondly, it is fair to take into account the considerable sums of money raised from Jersey people and devoted in effect to Overseas Aid by such splendid organisations as Side by Side.
Be all that as it may, the targeted approach of the Overseas Aid Commission, and the Overseas Aid Committee before it, has brought enormous benefits to numerous beneficiaries in the third world.
It has also brought benefits to the many people who have taken part in different Overseas Aid projects. It is more blesséd to give than to receive, and I know that most people involved in these projects have returned enriched by the experience.
I visited Malawi four years ago. Malawi is one of the poorest countries of Sub- Saharan Africa, afflicted not only by grinding poverty but also by the scourge of HIV / AIDS as well. Yet the people are on the whole uncomplaining as to their lot, and warm-hearted and delightful as well. It is a humbling experience to see how appreciative they are of even small acts of philanthropy.
It is a cause for celebration that Jersey has been able to bring some relief to people such as those of Malawi and, even if we can and should aspire to do more, we are entitled to be proud of the achievements of the past 40 years. I congratulate all the members of the Commission, their staff, the volunteers, and all who play a part in this great and important enterprise."
JERSEY BUDGETARY POSITION FOR OVERSEAS AID
1968 - 2008
1968 (£14,000) 1970 (£20,000) 1975 (£100,000) 1980 (£155,000) 1985 (£780,000) 1990 (£1,986,000) 1995 (£2,612,000) 2000 (£4,174,400) 2005 (£4,524,000) 2007 (£6,331,000) 2008 (£7,363,000)
Millennium Development Goals
Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4 Reduce child mortality
Goal 5 Improve maternal health
Goal 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8 Develop a global partnership for development
0.7% JERSEY'S GNI 1998 - 2007
1998 (£17,920,000) 1999 (£18,480,000) 2000 (£19,950,000) 2001 (£20,370,000) 2002 (£20,580,000) 2003 (£20,860,000) 2004 (£21,280,000) 2005 (£22,260,000) 2006 (£24,080,000) 2007 (£26,200,000)
The data above, sourced from the States of Jersey Statistic Department, in comparison with the figures shown under Jersey's budgetary position of overseas aid, shows the Island's contributions still fall below that of the recommended UN target.
2008 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
Income
Balance 1st January 17,646 States Grant 7,363,000 7,380,646
Net Expenditure
Grant Aid to Agencies 6,247,659 Disasters and Emergencies 837,739 Community Work Projects 146,227 Local Charities Working Overseas 51,243 Administration 72,818 Balance 31st December 24,960
7,380,646
Official Aid Contribution from Jersey, 2008
Grant Aid £6,247,659
Disaster Aid £837,739
Administration Work Projects £72,818 £146,227 Grants to Local
Charities
£51,243
DISASTER AID
GRANTS VOTED DURING 2008
£25,000 British Red Cross Severe flooding £24,426 CAFOD Severe flooding £25,000 UNICEF Severe flooding £25,000 Action Aid Civil unrest £25,000 UNICEF Severe Flooding £25,000 Oxfam Severe Flooding £25,000 Christian Aid Severe Flooding £25,000 Tearfund Severe Flooding £17,653 One World Action Severe Flooding £17,432 Tearfund Cyclone £25,000 UNICEF Cyclone £25,000 Plan UK Severe flooding £12,782 CRY Earthquake £15,500 Concern Tornado £19,000 Oxfam Severe flooding £75,000 UNICEF Cyclone £25,000 Oxfam Cholera £25,000 Homeless Int. Typhoon £25,000 Plan UK Typhoon £25,000 Oxfam Typhoon £25,000 SCF Severe flooding £25,000 Tearfund Severe flooding £25,000 Christian Aid Severe flooding
Kenya Kenya Kenya
DRC Mozambique Mozambique Mozambique Zambia Zambia Madagascar Madagascar Ecuador Rwanda Cambodia Angola Myanmar Angola Philippines Philippines Philippines India
India
India
GRANTS VOTED DURING 2008....continued
£23,684 World Vision £25,000 Helpage Int. £25,000 Concern £25,000 Plan UK £25,000 UNICEF £25,000 UNICEF £25,000 Christian Aid £25,000 Concern
Severe flooding India Severe flooding India Severe flooding Pakistan Severe flooding Niger Severe flooding Nepal Hurricane Haiti Hurricane Haiti Flooding Nepal
Providing clean water and sanitation facilities in displacement camps helped to control water borne diseases. It is estimated that the incidence of diarrhoea and other water borne diseases dropped by 64% in 3 months, to which Concern certainly contributed. Photo by kind permission of Dom Hunt, Sept 2008
£25,000 British Red Cross Hurricane £25,000 Tearfund Severe flooding £25,000 Christian Aid Severe flooding £25,000 Mercy Corps Severe flooding £25,000 Tearfund Severe flooding
Haiti India Honduras Honduras Honduras
EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM AGENCY'S REPORT
Tearfund
SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF CYCLONE IVAN, MADAGASCAR
The aim of the project had been to protect the lives of severely affected families in 19 villages in the project area by focused interventions on immediate health, shelter and food security needs. Priority was given to families whose houses were destroyed and food reserves lost. Control of diarrhoeal diseases had been a high priority due to the breakdown of water and sanitation provision in many villages.
The initial effort went into addressing food security and clean water needs. Distributions of water bottles and food provisions for the affected families in the villages achieved initial stabilisation. 3,000 bottles of Sur Eau (for water purification) were purchased and distributed. This helped protect 2,700 families from diarrhoeal diseases. Two water supply systems at Ambodilengo and Andilana were repaired and reinforced. The dam at Ampitambe was also repaired. It was possible to make economies through the purchase of water purification. Costs in relation to the repair to homes and shelters had proven greater than had been hoped.
The Jersey activities of the project have been substantially completed though repairs to houses are continuing. Additionally, there are school repairs and disaster risk reduction activities to be completed or implemented all of which are being funded by Tearfund through a follow-on project.
Outcomes:
Health
• Of the 3000 bottles of Sûr Eau (for water purification) purchased 2,700 were distributed to the children who attend the 14 Primary Schools affected by the cyclone. We adopted the "child to child" strategy within the framework of preventing diarrhoeal diseases: at least 2700 families were protected from diarrhoea by means of drinking water.
• 3 latrines in these schools and one family latrine were repaired.
• 2 drinking water supply systems (Ambodilengo and Andilana) were repaired then reinforced; the Ampitambe dam was repaired.
• 90 impoverished families received collection and water protection tools: 2 plastic buckets.
There were no declared epidemics of diarrhoeal diseases in the project's target villages
DISASTER AID
EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM AGENCY'S REPORT
Tearfund
SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF CYCLONE IVAN, MADAGASCAR
.continued Food Security
The 90 impoverished families, which included 78 children aged under 5 received the following:
• 11. 5 tonnes of white rice
• 2.175 tonnes of maize
• 660 kg of beans
• 350 litres of groundnut oil
• 300kg of powdered corn milk (especially for children)
• 300kg of powdered soy milk (especially for children)
The distribution took place on 19 June 2008
No declared cases of famine or malnutrition among village communities
Shelter
• At the time of reporting the repair of 90 completely destroyed houses began on 20 June 2008, with the remaining homes to be finished towards the end of August. 80% of impoverished families had already been transferred to their new homes.
• The repair of a further 144 damaged houses had started. Materials though had been more costly than originally expected partly due to increased demand.
UNICEF AMBASSADOR MARTIN BELL THANKS JERSEY OVERSEAS AID COMMISSION FOR £3 MILLION DONATION TO UNICEF
Former Chairman, Deputy Jacqui Huet with Martin Bell, UNICEF Ambassador
On 6th November 2008, UNICEF Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies, Martin Bell, hosted a thank you reception for the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission in gratitude for donations totalling over £3 million for children around the world. The event was held in London, where the Commission host their annual meetings with international development agencies to decide which projects around the world will receive funding.
David Bull, Executive Director of UNICEF UK, speaking at the event said: "We have been especially grateful to the people of Jersey over the years for supporting some of the less well known countries, such as Belize and Gabon – and some of our smaller island programmes in Dominica and Cape Verde. We know that being islanders yourselves gives you an affiliation with our work in these countries. Your grants have really had a big impact on the smaller populations of children living there."
Earlier this year Jersey Overseas Aid gave £64,700 to UNICEF, funding the building of water and sanitation facilities in schools and health centres across the island of Papua New Guinea. Though a fairly large island, the population is small and dispersed, with many rural communities having very limited access to basic services. This grant will ensure that over 18,000 people now have access to from clean safe water and adequate latrines.
"Jersey's support for emergency appeals has also been hugely valuable." David Bull continued, "The very generous grant of £75,000 following the cyclone in Myanmar was the first really significant donation we received for this emergency. When the media were reporting difficulties about aid
reaching the people who needed it, we were grateful for your trust. UNICEF's local, Burmese staff were able to respond using pre-positioned emergency supplies, delivering life-saving medicines and clean water to vulnerable populations.
"At UNICEF UK, we rely very much on Jersey for support for the more silent emergencies around the world: the floods, droughts and storms that receive little international attention – for example, the drought in Swaziland last year, flooding in Mozambique at the start of this year, and the cyclone in Madagascar in March. In all these cases, Jersey has responded quickly and been the main donor we can turn to when our colleagues in the field struggle to get help because media coverage is low."
Martin Bell, in his capacity as Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies, has visited many war-torn and vulnerable parts of the world commented:
"UNICEF staff are among the most inspiring people I have met. Their jobs, often dangerous, put them on the front line for children every day."
Thanking Jersey for providing the support so needed to help UNICEF continue this work, Martin Bell added.
"With all the poverty and conflict we see deeply affecting children around the world, we have a choice: we can do something, or we can do nothing. We thank the people of Jersey and the Overseas Aid Commission for being on the side that does something."
This project, situated on the outskirts of Luweero town, central Uganda, was to provide a vocational skills training centre for the benefit of orphaned children. Facilities included a range of workshops to enable teaching of carpentry, metalworking, tailoring, hairdressing and IT skills all of which would be situated at ground floor level alongside storage areas, a retail outlet and eventually an Internet Café. The first floor level was to provide accommodation units for the site manager and students inclusive of latrines, ablutions, and a kitchen/dining area with a piped water supply.
The Contractor commenced work on site at the end of June so by the time the team arrived, the reinforced concrete column footings and ground beams had all been completed. It was not possible to progress with the next stage of brickwork until the concrete foundations had fully cured so with this prior knowledge, the team had arranged to carry out another project for the Sermon on the Mount organisation to run parallel with the works on the Training Centre. The other project identified was a teacher's accommodation building. This had been part funded by the Commission through its local charity grant scheme to the Education Fund for Luweero Orphans.
Needless to say the team were kept gainfully employed, moving between the two sites to suit the works programmes of both tasks. Work on the training centre involved the processes of backfilling and compacting very large quantities of hardcore and hoggin to form the base of the Ground Floor slab. During the final week, the concrete pour to the ground floor slab was achieved. Meanwhile on the teachers accommodation building, the team were fully involved in assisting the contractor with all aspects of the construction process from excavations, concrete foundations, bricklaying, backfilling, compaction and shifting of all materials across the small confined site. The roof level ring beam was cast as the team packed their bags to leave Luweero at end of week three.
COMMUNITY WORK PROJECTS UGANDA
Team leader Dick Richomme recounts, "The team enjoyed working and living alongside warm hearted outgoing people the whole time, there were frequent sessions for discussion with the local workforce and the passers by. Whilst working at the Teachers Accommodation site the children, mostly orphans, from the nearby school were in constant chattering attendance. It was not long before team members were invited to their homes to meet carers and grandparents, and in rare instances, a surviving parent. Team members were able to see at first hand the living conditions and some of the everyday problems experienced by the local people".
Leader – Dick Richomme
Team Members –Sam Eastwood, Michael Crouch, Samantha Power, Mervyn Le Masurier, Nicola Bird, Steven McCreanney, Karen Page, Catherine Howarth, Katrina Simon, Debbie Dewhurst, Carly de Mouilpied, Dawn Booley, Nerina Poole and Andrew Day.
APPROXIMATE COST
Materials 30,780 Group/Travel Expenses 34,998 Less Volunteer contributions/unspent contingency 23,015
TOTAL £42,763
The original objective for this project was to build a skills centre workshop at Tikodane, Katete, with the aid of the local community in which local people could be taught different skills for community development and sustainability. When the team arrived the team was informed that the project had been contracted out to a company for a fixed price and that they where no longer required to undertake work on the project. The Commission had not been informed of this and David West having been presented with an alternative itinerary proved his leadership skills by seeking out an alternative project that the team could tackle, which whilst benefitting the community, would also achieve the aims and ambitions o the team.
The previous day a 40ft container had arrived on the site. It was sat on a lorry but the community was keen to get it off and use it somehow. David West explained how this could be achieved and it was suggested that the container could be converted to a bakery with two storage rooms for flour and maize. This allowed the team to use skills they had been taught during their preparation for the trip and in conjunction with some of the local youngsters helping, has provided the community with a building that will be of major benefit.
The highlight of this project was undoubtedly moving the 3.6 tonne container to its new location by using a very small bottle jack, tree trunks and a clamping lift to the amazement of all. The team always remained in good spirits throughout the highs and lows of the trip and a great rapport was developed with the local community.
David West reported "Every team member has come back to Jersey with a lot more skills than they left with and with a greater understanding of the trials and tribulations of working and living in third world countries with little or no equipment, materials or creature comforts that they would normally find at home".
Leader – David West
Team Members – Guy Thornington, Christian Day, Anne Lucas, Leah Dunford, Susan Huby, Natalie Dale, Sheena Laffoley, Christina Lawlor and Beverley Hughes
APPROXIMATE COST
Materials 30,517 Group/Travel Expenses 35,985 Less Volunteer contributions/unspent contingency 6,215
TOTAL £60,287 In November 2007 a team of volunteers from the Jersey Community Church visited the St Anna School and orphanage in Chennai. The team was supported by JOAC under the partnership scheme that was in operation at that time. During its stay the team discovered that the Eternal Word Ministry, the Christian group supporting the children, had other small homes around southern India including near Kalamavour in the Pudukkottai district, some 500kms south of Chennai. This home, which catered for 40 orphans, had no proper accommodation resulting in the children living, at that time, in the church.
The Community Church was aware of this situation and had already made application to JOAC. At the project selection meeting in May 2007 the sub- Committee for community work projects recommended the project which the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission subsequently approved.
The first visit to the site showed that the local builders had installed the borehole, built the toilet/bathroom block, started digging the foundations and had erected the framework for the reinforced pillars that were to give the building its strength. During the next three weeks on site the team assisted with the completion of the foundations, helped to build the walls up to first floor ring beam height and on the last day hand carried 9½ tonnes of concrete from a mixer to the local builder at first floor height to complete the ring beam.
David Ellis reported "While the work was similar to that done on most Overseas Aid Projects, the difference here was the temperature and high humidity. We kept a thermometer in the accommodation and the average noon temperature in this shady hut with the roof fans on was 37º C, our best guess for the temperature outside at that time was an average of 45º. Add to that the high humidity and it is not surprising that the work seemed harder than usual".
Leader – David Ellis & David O'Brien
Team Members – Norman McClure, Betty Ellis, Anna Somma, Tarnia Leonard, Maureen Rayson, Melissa Carre, Sylvie Seymour, and Thelma Holmes.
APPROXIMATE COST
Materials 38,100 Group/Travel Expenses 13,365 Less Volunteer contributions/unspent contingency 10,000
TOTAL £41,465
GRANTS VOTED DURING 2008
£5,000 Help An African Schoolchild – Construction of staff housing for the
Tetekela day care centre, Zambia
"The rational for purchasing this house was to provide permanent decent accommodation for local staff and for volunteers visiting Kasama. We were lucky enough to be able to negotiate with the village committee to buy the house that we had been renting for some time.
In addition to the above we now have emergency short time care for street children who needed urgent protection".
Kevin Daly Trustee
Help An African Schoolchild
£5,000 Jersey Assistance in Cambodia – Primary schools, Cambodia £5,000 Help from the Rock – Rainbow Centre for mentally challenged
children, Mongolia
£5,000 Good News Trust – Construction of a children's home, Kenya
(These funds were later returned due to queries over land ownership which were unable to be resolved)
£ 638 Supporting African Schools - Mosquito nets, Uganda
GRANTS VOTED DURING 2008...continued
£4,500 Bukit Lawang Trust – Nias water project, Sumatra
"I returned to Indonesia on November 19th 2008, where I visited our clinic and also evaluated the project as well as our other projects out there.
The water container was situated in a central position as planned and there was a pump from the source. The electricity supply is sporadic so when it is on, they half fill the tank so there is water ready for when there are power failures for long periods of time. The container is built on a slant so that every so often the back of the container can be opened and emptied and cleared out. People use the water for drinking, and washing. They still boil it to be sure it is 100% clean.
The people are very grateful. We had missed the morning rush as we had to trek to the village and only arrived at 9.00am, by which time most people had gone to work collecting rubber, on plantations, or to the rice fields.
GRANTS AWARDED TO
JERSEY CHARITIES WORKING OVERSEAS
GRANTS VOTED DURING 2008...continued
The local community have agreed to each pay 2000 (15p) rupiahs a month for the use of it which shall ensure sustainability."
Rebecca Coley Trustee
Bukit Lawang Trust
£4,750 Help from the Rock in partnership with the Christian Unity Group
– Boreholes, Kenya
£5,000 St Clements Church – Hospital renovations , Kenya
£2,350 St Clements Church – Primary School, Kenya
£5,000 Fundacion Luz y Vida – Provision of clinic, office and store, Ecuador £5,000 Education Fund for Luweero Orphans – Primary school, Teachers
accommodation, Uganda
£ 750 Ngora trust – Nurses accommodation and restoration of community hall, Uganda
£5,000 Lions Club of Jersey – Hearing equipment for Deaf orphans, Peru £5,000 Jersey Sohm Friendship – Sohm Maternity Clinic, Gambia
£ 955 WASOT UK in partnership with Mifumi Schools – School supplies, Uganda
GRANT AID
GRANTS VOTED DURING 2008
AbleChildAfrica
Special needs resource room Uganda 45,150 Early childhood education Kenya 19,724 Livelihoods for young children Kenya 30,217
ACORD
Water supply and school project Kenya 31,153 Water, sanitation and nutrition to HIV affected Uganda 30,000 Food security support Rwanda 35,951
Action Aid
Safe drinking water for pastoralists Somaliland 64,010 Access to health, water and sanitation Sierra Leone 61,014 Shelter and livelihoods Nepal 60,995
AMREF
Malaria project Tanzania 57,320 Integrated health Uganda 61,400 Nomadic water and sanitation Kenya 54,530
Basic Needs
Helping families with mental disorders Tanzania 20,002 British Red Cross
Livelihoods projects Uganda 64,871
Cafod
Sustainable rural livelihoods Bolivia 21,010 Agricultural development Bangladesh 22,422
Care and Relief for the Young
Healthcare and community uplift centre Lesotho 22,680 Dormitory and refugee children Thailand 22,460 Childhood immunisation base Rep. of Yemen 23,940 Education centre and health clinic Philippines 21,140 Waiting house maternal and infant care Cambodia 23,000 School expansion Ghana 11,801
Childhope UK
Protecting children from abuse Peru 38,200 Mine risk action Colombia 41,893
Children in Crisis
Education nomadic children Afghanistan 27,600
GRANT AID
GRANTS VOTED DURING 2008..continued
Christian Aid
3 yr programme totalling £135,015 over three years
Clean sustainable energy production Mali 59,735 1yr programme
IDP resettlement project Sri Lanka 64,697 Water supply, sanitation and environment Ethiopia 63,717 Sustainable agriculture Peru 50,886
Concern
Rural education Kenya 65,000 Improved school education Sierra Leone 65,000 Livelihood improvement Cambodia 65,000
CORD
Increase access to drinking water Burundi 65,000 Poverty reduction through Honey Bee keeping Uganda 36,050 Livelihood development Cambodia 27,977
Disability and Development Partners
Rehabilitation outreach to disabled children India 54,192 Rehabilitation centre India 62,422
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Improving local livelihoods Madagascar 28,960 Improving local livelihoods Madagascar 33,460 Improving local livelihoods Madagascar 29,960 Primary school rehabilitation Madagascar 21,870
Education Action
Rehabilitating classrooms Sudan 43,310
Everychild
The street is not my home Cambodia 52,528 Child protection units Malawi 18,900 Keeping families together Kyrgyz Rep 32,776
Farm Africa
Dairy goat and capacity building Kenya 19,838 Goat milk marketing Kenya 32,899 Developing sustainable forest based livelihoods Tanzania 57,956
Global Care
Self sufficiency support for street children Cambodia 21,900 Community education and livelihoods Ethiopia 17,500
Habitat for Humanity
Affordable subsidised houses India 50,000 Hands around the World
Classrooms and workshop Zambia 18,000
Help Age International
Better food security Peru 50,410 Improving health and access to clean water Tanzania 36,580 Improving health and livelihoods Burkino Faso 50,509
Homeless International
Supporting earthquake victims Pakistan 52,035 Impact Foundation
3 yr programme totalling £149,658 over three years
Prevention of disability through healthcare Bangladesh 45,256 1yr programme
Community based water, sanitation and health Nepal 36,000 Establishing ENT department India 14,519 Education for disabled India 11,805
International Childcare Trust
Empowerment and livelihoods for children Kenya 48,776 MVP Kitchen construction Sri Lanka 36,377 Health and child survival Kenya 61,483
International Rescue Committee
Water, sanitation and hygiene intervention Ethiopia 40,000
Leonard Cheshire International
Inclusive education Sierra Leone 23,400 Micro enterprise Tanzania 19,800 Inclusive education Sri Lanka 17,800 Economic empowerment Zambia 20,250
Leprosy Mission
Hospital development India 32,540 Schools targeting stigma India 33,916 Mercy home India 31,368 Workshop for disabled women Laos 9,519
Marie Stopes International
Sexual and reproductive health Madagascar 47,527 Access to contraception for rural communities Bolivia 49,760 Access to family planning in rural areas Fiji 53,146 Sexual and reproductive health Mexico 49,690
Mercy Corps
Maintenance of intakes Afghanistan 42,315 Jakarta flood risk reduction Indonesia 26,025
Merlin
Malaria prevention and control Myanmar 53,424 Rehabilitation of maternity facilities Sri Lanka 44,913
Mission Aviation Fellowship
3 yr programme totalling £150,000 over three years
Infrastructure refurbishment Papua New Guinea 50,000 1yr programme
Increase access to healthcare Madagascar 64,925
One World Action
Income generating activities for women El Salvador 23,488 Cancer prevention El Salvador 8,924 Universal access to water Philippines 11,015
Opportunity
Achieving sustainable livelihoods Mozambique 38,500
Orphaids
Palliative care facilitator/Doctor Ecuador 22,232 Home care equipment Ecuador 1,230
Orbis
Establishing comprehensive rural eye care Ethiopia 64,502 Improved sight, improve life India 63,489 Strengthening eye care capacity Vietnam 28,763
Oxfam
3 yr programme totalling £148,851 over three years
Health and access to education Mali 80,286 1yr programmes
Increasing access to new markets Georgia 63,431 Income generation and vet care Sudan 56,835 Crop production and income Honduras 61,507
Plan UK
Access to primary education Liberia 42,000 Community managed water and sanitation Nepal 58,250 Access to primary education Sudan 58,857 Integrated management of childhood illness Benin 64,992 Primary school construction Sierra Leone 61,835 Potable water El Salvador 60,000
Practical Action
Opportunities for socially excluded Nepal 64,894 Improved waste, water and sanitation Bangladesh/Sri 26,663
Lanka
Save the Children
3 yr programme totalling £149,751 over three years
School construction DRC 51,500 1yr programmes
Health clinic Rwanda 62,865 Street drop in centre Mongolia 64,320 Improving access to education Nigeria 59,766 School dining rooms Liberia 63,755
Sense International
Developing quality education for deafblind Kenya 25,836
Sight Savers International
Trachoma control Kenya 50,852 Community directed treatment Sierra Leone 30,000 Optical centre Guinea-Bisseau 15,000 Water and sanitation for life Pakistan 23,400
Sound Seekers International
Hark mobile clinic Ghana 54,546 Training audiology technicians Uganda 11,500
SOS Sahel
Owning the future; pastoral development Kenya/Mali 19,865 Empowering women through education Sudan 26,240
Sue Ryder Care
Vehicle for mobile nursing and clinics Malawi 36,386 Ultrasound for homecare/palliative care Kosovo 19,540
Target TB
Training local communities India 13,726 Health education India 7,849
TB Alert
Education/communications activities India 22,294 Improving TB awareness project Zambia 12,559 ..in partnership with Harvest Help
Improving access to clean water Togo 25,050 Sustainable agriculture Zambia 11,800
Tearfund
Community based nutrition DRC 35,580 Water and sanitation support Kenya 62,958 Health and food security India 50,243 Water project for the vulnerable DRC 46,763 Integrated community development project Nepal 52,700 Safe drinking water Ethiopia 22,199
The Women's Council
Community disability services India 18,000
Tools for Self Reliance
Tools and skills for sustainable development Zambia 22,325 Increasing productivity Tanzania 13,660 Widow and orphan life skills Uganda 24,223 ..in partnership with Good News Trust and Kenya Widows and Orphans
Schools programmes Kenya 60,139
Toybox
Sustained relief for street children Bolivia 16,513 Sustained relief for street children Bolivia 33,373
UNICEF
Water and sanitation in schools Papua New Guinea 64,700 School led sanitation Nepal 62,200
VetAid
Food security in drought prone areas Kenya 61,862 Establishing village milk centres Somalia 47,050
Wateraid
Serving people safe water and sanitation Madagascar 46,240 Rural water, sanitation and hygiene promotion Tanzania 57,538 Safe water and sanitation services to the poor Mali 45,880
World Vision
Water and food security Lao PDR 48,168 School improvement Pakistan 43,350 Primary school rehabilitation Senegal 34,110 Inclusive education project Armenia 25,839
In addition to the above grants funding was also released to some agencies for the second and third years of approved three year programmes outlined in previous annual reports.
EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM REPORT
ONE WORLD ACTION
Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Project Malawi
The Integrated Food Security and Nutrition project was funded by the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission through One World Action, and was implemented by MANET+ in collaboration with four of its member support groups.
The project has improved the livelihoods and nutrition of food insecure households including HIV/AIDS affected families, female-headed households, the elderly, orphans, disabled and chronically ill by training family members in sustainable, organic methods of farming, providing them with agricultural tools and educating and raising awareness about good nutrition from March 2008 to March 2009.
The aim of the project was to improve the livelihoods and nutrition of 300 vulnerable and food insecure households affected by HIV/AIDS by providing a simple and sustainable method of growing vegetables year round.
The project was implemented by MANET+ in two phases; the first phase in Golomoti, Dedza with the Golomoti AIDS Service Organization (GASO) from March to June 2008 in Golomoti and the second phase in Mikundi, Mchinji District with Chikondi , Umodzi and Tisasalane Support Groups from September until February 2009.
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During the project period the following activities were completed:
• Sensitisation meetings were held in each district to introduce the members of the four support groups, the community members, community leaders and local government authorities to the project. Approximately 170 people attended the meetings and included MANET+ Secretariat and Support Groups, Traditional Authorities, representatives from relevant government ministries eg the District Agricultural Officers and interested CSOs working in the district.
• In total 300 panga knives, buckets and hoes were purchased and distributed. 900 sacks were purchased and distributed. 1800 packets of seeds were purchased and distributed
• 60 trainers participated in two one day workshops which taught trainers how to create nurseries that would produce seedlings to be replanted into their vertical gardens. Written instructions were provided to all trainers as well as copies for beneficiaries who would receive the training. The instructions included a description of the required steps to establish the vertical garden, with diagrams and photographs to help guide those who are unable to read. Copies were provided for each project beneficiary.
• The 60 trainers also participated in a two day workshop in each of the districts in vertical garden construction and maintenance. The workshops provided an opportunity for participants to discuss the challenges they currently face in providing a regular supply of vegetables for themselves and their families and the subsequent nutritional problems. The facilitator then explained how the vertical garden methodology can assist them to increase their nutrition as well as provide a small income. Training was provided in the construction of the vertical gardens and culminated in each group constructing a garden. Physical inputs were given to trainers for themselves and their students. Instructions were also provided with a written description of the required steps, as well as diagrams and photographs to guide those unable to read. Copies were provided for each project beneficiary. Trainers were also given a basic understanding of the importance of monitoring and evaluation, their responsibilities to the project, and trained in how to use the monitoring and reporting tools that were created for the project.
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A total of 3 monitoring trips were conducted by MANET+ in each phase. The first trip was to monitor the progress of the nurseries and showed that they were doing well. The second monitoring trip was to monitor the status of the gardens. This visit consisted of meetings with trainers from each of the 4 participating Support Groups and visits to the gardens.
Description | Agreed Budget £ | Actual Expenditure £ |
Training workshop for 60 trainers | 6,472 | 4,823 |
Materials for vertical gardens | 3,671 | 5,383 |
Promotion of gardens | 548 | 779 |
Community support & follow-up | 5,612 | 5,318 |
Monitoring and administrative costs | 968 | 968 |
Totals | 17,271 | 17,271 |
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The project has provided a number of lessons that can be absorbed and adapted to improve future success of Vertical Gardening in the project areas and in other potential communities.
Sustainability of this project is linked to the transfer of knowledge and use of low cost inputs. Once beneficiaries fully understand how to construct and manage their gardens and are able to see results, they will be able to guide others in the community who are also interested in constructing Vertical Gardens. Provided inputs (hoe, panga knife, pail, sacks) add to a family's capital and can be used indefinitely. Sacks and seeds can be purchased at low cost, which helps ensure that families are able to continue constructing them.
All of the trainers and beneficiaries asked reported that project inputs (sacks, seeds, materials) were available and affordable, which will enable them to continue making vertical gardens once support from MANET+ and OWA ceases. Everyone asked said that despite the fact that they experienced some problems (i.e. pests) they would continue with the project and make gardens to ease the burden of getting vegetables, particularly in the dry season. Also, many other members of the communities have expressed interest in the project and thirty three additional people have been trained, though the number in the community who have actually built a vertical garden since the inception of the project is probably greater than this!