Jersey Overseas Aid Commission Annual Report 2020

R.154/2021

Local Charities

33  Summary of JOA

funded local Charities

Foreword

1 - 2  Foreword

3 - 4  Map of JOA Funded Projects

Development Grants

5  Introduction

7  Summary

9  Conservation Livelihoods 13  Dairy for Development 17  Financial Inclusion

21  Former Programme Areas

Outreach

35  Community Work Projects 36  Work Experience

37  Internship

List of 2019 Grants

39  Director s Report

41  International Development Grants 41  Jersey Charities

42  Humanitarian

Humanitarian Response Overview

43  2020 Accounts 27  2020 Overview

31  Covid-19 Response

2year0that th2e SA0RS Co ronavirus  addition to our support for UN

will be  As with every major emergency

remembered  since 1968, I am enormously proud

as the  to say that Jersey was there. In changed all our lives. For most of  and NGO pooled funds, in direct

us this has meant some kind of  response to the crisis JOA made loss: Lost education or income; lost  10 targeted humanitarian grants opportunities and experiences; lost  worth over £1.5m. Rapid, lightly- time with loved-ones; lost health  earmarked funding to trusted

and fitness. For the relatives of over  international partners allowed

3 million people in 2020, sadly, it  some of the world s best aid

meant loss of someone dear to them. agencies like the Red Cross and

UNICEF to reach many thousands As is inherent in the very word  of desperate people across the

 pan-demic , Covid-19 has affected  world. Jersey programmes also

all people across the globe. However,  targeted groups with specific

in common with most forms of  vulnerabilities, including refugees, adversity, the poor tend to suffer  the elderly and the disabled. Smaller, more and for longer. Statistics  geographically-focused responses are hard to compare when many  enabled us to alleviate spikes in countries have barely been able to  need in Yemen, Gaza and Ethiopia s test at all, but the logic is simple and  refugee camps. Meanwhile, our powerful: If Covid-19 appears scary  partnership with International Health to us in Jersey, with its excellent  Partners enabled almost £2m of vital healthcare and social safety-nets,  medical supplies to be delivered at imagine how it looks if you are a day  just a tenth of their cost.

labourer living in a slum.

On the development side, JOA Death tolls in many developing  staff worked hard to keep all our countries have been high, although  long-term projects running and our at the time of writing not as high as  funding partners operational. By some feared. However, the impact  being flexible and responsive we

on poverty levels has been severe.  supported our partners to continue

In 2020 the number of people living  with activities where possible, or

in absolute poverty rose for the first  find new ways to deliver assistance time since 1997, and the World Bank  when local lockdowns disrupted estimates that in 2021 an additional  movement and supply chains. We 150 million will live below the  continued our focus on three of poverty line because of Covid-19.  the things Jersey does best Dairy, Add in surging food prices, disrupted  Financial Inclusion and Conservation educations and a 5% fall in African   and began several exciting new

per capita GDP, and we can say that  projects in these areas, including

for millions this crisis will not be  three coordinated dairy programmes short-lived.  in Ethiopia.

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FOREWORD

Once again, local charities were  Malta, all had to be put on hold.

at the fore, and for the fourth year  2020 was to have been our largest

in a row we gave more to Jersey  volunteering effort ever, with over

organisations than ever before.  50 people signed up to donate

World-leading professionals at  their time and skills. We will restart

the Royal Jersey Agricultural and  this programme along with the

Horticultural Society quadrupled  volunteering bursaries we provide

milk yields in East Africa, and those  as well as soon as we safely can.

at Durrell gave tens of thousands

of poor people in Madagascar a  Few people expected 2020 to

stake in preserving the threatened  turn out as it did, and few would

ecosystems they live in. Meanwhile,  describe it as a good year. But the

in much smaller Jersey charities,  crisis demonstrated one of the

scores of ordinary, dedicated people  best things about Jersey is that we

got a school fixed or a well dug. I am  care about the rest of the world,

always so humbled by the passion  and are willing and able to step

and energy so many Islanders devote  up to help when needed. This

to helping others, something the  ability stems not only from our

pandemic brought out internationally  growing commitment to overseas

as well as domestically.  aid, but from our decision to

invest in creating a professional

Unfortunately, one inevitable  overseas aid agency which the

casualty of Covid-19 was our  people of Jersey can be justly

Community Work Projects, none  proud of. In the most challenging

of which we were able to run this  of circumstances JOA was able

year. Planned trips to build a dam in  to ensure Jersey s generosity

Kenya with Excellent Development,  was applied as effectively and

to construct a community centre  efficiently as possible. I would like

in Nepal with our long-term  to conclude this introduction by   Deputy Carolyn Labey partners the Gurkha Welfare Trust,  paying tribute to our staff and my  Chairman of  

and to provide one-to-one care  fellow Commissioners, whose work  J&e Mrsienyis Otevre frosre Ia ns t  eAri nd a  tional for profoundly disabled people  behind the scenes enabled the  Development

in Lebanon with the Knights of  amazing things you will read about

in this report.

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JOA FUNDED PROJECTS 2020

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Emergencies* Development Projects Jersey Charities

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

* Multiple Emergency Grants in the same country are represented by one pin. Global projects are not represented.

Covid-19 presented its own unique challenges for JOA  

and the multi-year development grants it supports. For  Older women months national lockdowns restricted the ability to deliver  weaving baskets project activities and field staff were unable to visit target  (HelpAge International)

communities and monitor progress. Organisational

presence, so vital in gaining trust and local support, was

severely restricted and there was genuine concern within

the sector that with no government safety nets, no work,

no education and limited healthcare, Covid-19 would undo

so much achieved in addressing poverty alleviation. Closer

to home, UK charities supported by JOA grappled with

reduced income and furlough schemes and the uncertainty

of the pandemic s impact dramatically hindered the ability

to plan with confidence. As Islanders closed offices and

set-up workstations in kitchens and spare rooms, JOA staff

established direct lines of communication with project

partners on the ground, receiving regular updates from

Kathmandu to Freetown on how Covid-19 was affecting

target communities and what could be done to protect

project objectives and the gains already made.

From the very beginning JOA approached the pandemic  Prior to the outbreak and ban on international  Additional changes saw JOA directly fund

with flexibility, using its agility to quickly address immediate  travel, JOA was able to conduct its in-country  Financial Inclusion projects for the first time having needs of project beneficiaries. In the early stages of  assessments ensuring the 2020 projects were  previously administered all such projects through the pandemic we reached out and reassured partners,  subject to the same, high-level scrutiny of the  its partnership with Comic Relief, reflecting JOA s approving budget revisions, among other things, for the  previous year. Multi-year development grants  growing in-house expertise. This was further provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), purchase  represent the largest allocation of JOA funds and in  enhanced by JOA becoming a member of the

of emergency food and hygiene packages for children with  2020 a total of eight new projects were supported  Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). disabilities and to support mobilisation of community health  in four different countries. Despite the challenges  Established by the World Bank, CGAP is a global workers. As a small government donor with a relatively  of Covid-19, JOA was able to continue on its path  partnership of more than 30 leading development modest portfolio of projects, JOA can be nimble, approving  to becoming a more effective and respected  organisations that works to advance the lives of revisions or requests almost immediately and making  grant maker through a series of changes to how it  poor people through financial inclusion. Through sure essential items reach those for who it is intended as  administers its grants. The previous year had seen  its membership, JOA has access to an extensive quickly as possible. Unsurprisingly, many projects requested  the agency reduce the number of target countries  array of Financial Inclusion resources and benefits extensions to the original timelines, the majority of which  from 16 to six (Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Zambia,  from being on Advisory Boards with other

were approved once a new plan had been established and  Malawi, Ethiopia, Nepal) and this concept of being  government donors including the UK, Germany project activities realigned. New projects agreed to begin in  able to have greater impact by narrowing focus  and Sweden as well private sector actors and

2020 started later in the year as travel restrictions eased and  was applied to our development funding themes.  foundations such as the Master Card and Bill access to target communities opened up. In 2020 JOA reduced the number of development  and Melinda Gates Foundations.

themes from five to three, removing SWASH and

Acknowledging that Covid-19 was having a significant  Specialist Health from its portfolio.  Furthermore, JOA s ability to measure the impact impact on UK charity funding streams, JOA conducted a  of its development projects has been significantly risk review of its partners, assessing their financial health  Whilst this decision was not taken lightly - neither  boosted by the appointment of a full-time

and maintaining regular and close contact with those  of these pressing development issues have  Monitoring and Impact Officer. The role will severely impacted. disappeared by focusing on the three remaining  ensure that Jersey s contribution to international

themes (Conservation Livelihoods, Dairy for  aid provides both the maximum benefit for those

It is a credit to the dedication of our partners in the UK and  Development and Financial Inclusion) Jersey  served by our funded projects and the highest level their respective country teams that in 2020 not a single  can add value in areas where it is recognised  of accountability for Jersey s taxpayers. JOA-supported project failed. and respected. In parallel, the maximum value

of grants for multi-year projects increased from

£600,000 to £1million, increasing the likelihood

of impact beyond community and district level

and introducing lasting change at regional and

national levels.

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JOA DEVELOPMENT FUNDING IN 2020

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Carrying fodder in rural Nepal (Renewable World)

CONSERVATION LIVELIHOODS

The deleterious impact of human poverty on the environment is well established, and the impact of environmental degradation on low-income communities is becoming increasingly evident. Our Conservation Livelihoods programme aims to foster a virtuous cycle between conservation and human development; improving the wellbeing of communities living in poverty by supporting them in developing a mutually beneficial relationship with their environment.

In 2020 we funded four new Conservation Livelihoods grants to support the implementation of projects in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Nepal. These four projects, which are each between three and four years long, are together intended to directly reach over 100,000 people and improve the lives of many thousands more through better opportunities for income, improved access to a diverse range of food, and reduced levels of pollution due to improved cooking technologies. At the same time, these projects will be restoring degraded land in rural Ethiopia, protecting biodiversity in Rwanda and combatting deforestation in Nepal. In addition, throughout 2020 there were seven ongoing Conservation Livelihoods projects, which commenced in 2018 and 2019 as a result of previous grants.

Harvesting forest- grown coffee in the Bale Eco-Region (Farm Africa,

Lisa Murray)

PROTECTING BALE

ECO REGION FORESTS THROUGH SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

COUNTRY: Ethiopia PARTNER ORG: Farm Africa DURATION: 2019 2022

SUMMARY: The Bale Eco-Region in Ethiopia  through activities such as training

spans approximately 2.2 million hectares  members in sustainable livelihoods, (such  and is an area of major ecological and  as bee-keeping and coffee production),

socio-economic importance. Providing  strengthening links with the private  

food security for over 13 million people,  sector and facilitating the production and

the region is rich in biodiversity and  distribution of energy-efficient cookstoves.

home to many rare and endemic species

across varied habitats that include forest,  In 2020, the project organised more than

wetlands, rivers, and natural grassland.  50 village savings and lending associations

However, the region is increasingly at  and supported government staff and              

risk due to deforestation, which not only  community members to establish 10 micro              threatens the health of the eco-system but  watersheds and construct various water                

also results in soil erosion, flooding, and  management infrastructures, improving      

drought, increasing the food insecurity and  access to water and the management

vulnerability of nearby communities. of water resources across approximately                

5,580 hectares. In addition, 115 Forest                   This project, which is being co-funded by  Management Cooperatives and 20                

the EU, aims to protect 500,000 hectares  Rangeland Management Cooperatives

of forest and increase income from  were provided with training in areas such as              sustainable forest-based livelihoods for  leadership, property management, women              10,000 vulnerable farming households. Farm  empowerment and business development.            

Africa is contributing to forest protection  Farmers were also trained on climate smart

through an array of activities, including  agriculture and practices such as soil fertility                 strengthening the capacity of government  management, agro-forestry, and as-well-                 staff to deliver ongoing forest management  as in post-harvest management to reduce          

activities, and supporting local Participatory  significant post-harvest losses, in order to

Forest Management Committees to monitor  increase yields, enabling families to live off              

and reduce unsustainable deforestation. At  their existing land, without converting the              

the same time, Farm Africa is working to  forest into fields to meet their needs.

improve opportunities for the community

Transporting milk

for sale in rural Malawi (Shire Highlands Milk Producers Association)

DAIRY FOR DEVELOPMENT

The majority of people living in poverty worldwide are smallholder farmers, many of whom are increasingly vulnerable to disasters. Dairy has the potential to be transformational for economies reliant on small-scale agriculture, as keeping dairy cows does not require large areas of land and

can provide valuable income and a more stable cash flow than many food crops. In addition, keeping dairy cows provides families with essential nutrients, whilst also serving as a source of organic fertiliser for crop production for resource-poor rural populations. In countries with a high prevalence

of childhood malnutrition, dairy can help diversify diets, improving overall health and food security.

In 2020 we commenced two new dairy projects

in Ethiopia with our partners Scott ish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) and Send a Cow. Together, these three-year projects are expected

to directly benefit over 36,000 people the majority of whom are women by improving dairy market systems, livestock management practices, cattle genetics and supporting the regeneration

and oversight of the local environment. In addition, in partnership with Jersey charity the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society (RJAHS), we launched a new dairy project in Ethiopia that will provide faster and easier access to Jersey cow genetics for 4,500 smallholder farmers in order to increase milk productivity and quality. In addition, throughout 2020 there were three ongoing dairy projects with international partners, as well as ongoing dairy projects in Malawi and Rwanda with the RJAHS (see Local Charities section below).

MALAWI DAIRY  GROWTH PROJECT

COUNTRY: Malawi  PARTNER ORG: RJAHS DURATION: 2018 2021

SUMMARY: Malawi is a small and densely  By mid-2020, the project had reached over populated country with a population of  7,000 farmers and equipped SHMPA s 38 around 17.5 million. Though relatively stable  field technicians with improved AI kits that in recent decades, Malawi remains one of the  are designed to stand up to rigorous use and least developed countries in the world, with  the Malawian climate. In addition, each field a large majority of the population engaging  technician has received annual refresher

in subsistence or small-scale farming.  training, throughout the project, to ensure

that they are confident and equipped to

In 2018, JOA partnered with the RJAHS  provide quality AI services. Throughout 2020, to launch its pilot dairy project in Malawi.  the project has also continued to focus on Working closely with SHMPA, a cooperative  supporting the most vulnerable members of of around 11,000 smallholder dairy farmers  society to earn a steady income, establishing in the southern region, the project is working  820 new women farmers from female-

to improve economic viability and dairy  headed households through a loan scheme cattle management among SHMPA farmers,  which provides them with an in-calf heifer improve service delivery by SHMPA, and  and the training and equipment to operate support vulnerable women farmers through  a dairy enterprise.

a heifer loan scheme. This is being achieved

through the provision of training to farmers  The project is already having a positive

on improved animal health and reproductive  impact, with the work to improve breeding management, as well as supporting field  services using appropriate genetics and technicians to deliver improved Artificial  better management by farmers, resulting in Insemination (AI) services. a 60-day reduction in the average number

of days between calves being born. This reduces the number of days when cows

are not producing milk, saving each farmer approximately $2 per day. In Malawi, where the average annual income for rural farmers is $100 - $200, an average saving of $120 per year per cow can substantially improve the financial security of rural households.

Jersey-sired calf in rural Malawi (Shire Highlands Milk Producers Association)

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FINANCIAL  INCLUSION

Roughly 1.7 billion people around the  world are unbanked and do not have  access to financial services. They  cannot easily save for their children s  education, take out a loan to buy  seeds and fertilisers or buy insurance  to protect them from medical or  natural disasters. In its first year of  directly funding financial inclusion  projects, JOA funded two grants  addressing these issues, totalling  

just under £2million.  

Through the Toronto Centre (an  independent, non-profit organisation  that delivers capacity-building  programmes in the areas of banking,  insurance, securities, pensions,  microfinance, and microinsurance  supervision) JOA funds will  strengthen the capacity of financial  supervisors and regulators in Malawi  and Nepal to promote and to build  financial inclusion, improve financial  stability and support inclusive and  effective governance.  

In Nepal, Habitat for Humanity will  implement a program that addresses  the issue of sub-standard housing  and the lack of financial products  serving low-income communities,  particularly women. This project will  contribute to an uptake of 112,000  housing loans by marginalised, low- income women by 2024.

Rachel, in the hair salon she established as a result of a loan (Comic Relief)

BRANCHING OUT: FINANCIAL  INCLUSION AT THE MARGINS

COUNTRY: Rwanda, Zambia, Sierra Leone  PARTNER ORG: Comic Relief DURATION: 2018 2021

SUMMARY: In October 2017, JOA and  Branching Out was launched with three

Comic Relief joined forces to address  key priority areas: banking the unbanked,

financial exclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa.  investing in digital financials services and

The partnership committed to driving  FinTechs, and improving the regulator s

forward frontline financial inclusion which  ability to enable financial inclusion for

aims to bank the unbanked, invest in digital  rural populations. 2018 s grant-making

financial services that reach last-mile  focused primarily on the first pillar, banking

communities without access to financial  the unbanked, and 2019 saw funding calls

services, and to increase the capacity of  released for the programme s technical

the regulatory authorities responsible  assistance pillar and digital financial

for overseeing financial services. This  services pillar. In 2020 the partnership

partnership works in three countries:  focused on ancillary grants that looked at

Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Zambia.  supporting communities within the existing

grants on Covid-19 resilience, as well

Between September 2019 and August 2020,  as gather learnings from each country s

 Branching Out made significant steps  Covid-19 responses.

to establish the reputation and intent of

JOA and Comic Relief across the financial  Aresa tchhee Cd othvied  -th1r9e pe  a Bnrdaenmchicin sgp rOeaudt and   services sectors in Zambia, Rwanda and

Sierra Leone. The programme s grants were  implementing countries, Comic Relief and

fully established with early outputs and  JOA launched a call to explore resilience

lessons feeding into both the improvement  in the Covid-19 context. This fourth pillar

of the programme management as well as  looked at research into behaviours of                

the programme as a whole. The advent of  communities and individuals participating              

Covid-19 and the global pandemic has had  in financial inclusion activities in the three

an effect on each one of the grants while  countries, as well as research on the                    

at the same time providing opportunities  successful strategies taken by FinTechs                

for new assumptions to be tested within  and supervisory bodies in each country.    

financial inclusion. JOA and Comic Relief  have capitalised on the opportunities to                 learn from the way countries have faced                

the pandemic and have launched four new                  

grants focussing on resilience through        

financial inclusion.

Mobile-banking is a key step  toward financial inclusion (Comic Relief)

FORMER PROGRAMME AREAS

In 2020, JOA further refined its thematic areas from five to three programme areas; Dairy for Development, Conservation Livelihoods and Financial Inclusion. Although JOA is no longer funding new projects in the areas of Specialist Health, or Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (SWASH) in Schools, throughout 2020 there were 22 ongoing projects in these programme areas, whilst a further three projects were completed in 2020.

IMPROVING WASH STATUS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

IN CHIKWAWA DISTRICT

COUNTRY: Malawi

PARTNER ORG: Habitat for Humanity DURATION: 2018 2021

SUMMARY: Over the past decade, Malawi has worked hard to improve access to water and

sanitation across the country. However, progress has been unequal, with facilities remaining

poor in rural areas. In Chikwawa District, water and sanitation is not widely available, with

only 55% of the rural population having access to safe drinking water and 29% of children

attending schools with no water and sanitation facilities. This has a detrimental impact

on the education opportunities of young people living in the district, as a lack of water,  Esnart demonstrathe accessibility tes sanitation and hygiene facilities can increase school dropouts and result in missed school  of the new latrines

days due to water-borne diseases. (Habitat for Humanity)

In response to this, JOA is working in partnership with Habitat for Humanity to ensure

access to clean and safe water for both students and teachers in 10 schools across the

Chikwawa District through constructing inclusive, sustainable and improved sanitation

facilities, installing inclusive and sustainable water points, providing training on good hygiene

practices, supporting sanitation clubs, and equipping mothers groups with the necessary  skills and materials to support girls with menstrual hygiene.

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progress. The project established and trained 60 WASH club members, who are now able

to organise hygiene and sanitation days. The project also trained 10 mother groups on

menstrual hygiene management. To promote positive behaviour change on WASH, the                 project trained 50 health surveillance assistants and teachers on school-led total sanitation.               Over 11,000 students are benefiting from improved WASH through these interventions.              

Adolescent girls demonstrate home-made pads

(Habitat for Humanity)

BUILDING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR EYE HEALTH IN EAST AFRICA

COUNTRY: Malawi & Rwanda PARTNER ORG: Orbis DURATION: 2017 2020

SUMMARY: Almost five million people in Sub-Saharan Africa

are blind and a further 16.6 million are visually impaired, despite

the fact that over 80% are suffering from treatable conditions.

However, the Sub-Saharan region continues to experience a  Paediatric OphthalmologyTraining in Progress shortage in eye health workers, with most countries having fewer  (College of Ophthalmology of

than 50% of the minimum recommended number of eye health  Eastern, Central and Southern Africa) professionals. As a result, millions of people continue to live with

visual impairments that, if treated, would enable them to live

healthier lives.

In January 2017, JOA launched a new four year project with

Orbis to build the capacity of five training institutions in East

Africa, enabling them to provide high-quality training for new

generations of eye health workers. To achieve this, the project

strengthened the training programme and the facilities at

the institutions.

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in 2020, despite the challenges of Covid-19. In Autumn 2020,

Malawi s only paediatric ophthalmologist delivered a week-

long course to four new Malawian trainees, during which they

performed a total of 16 paediatric cataract surgeries. In addition,

advanced surgical wet lab training areas were established in

Rwanda to teach people how to use the new equipment and

treat people who are visually impaired.              

Over the course of the project, over 130 eye health                 professionals were trained, with early reports showing a 64%        

improvement in the surgical competency of the trainees,

as well as better patient outcomes and greater numbers               of patients treated. The establishment of surgical wet labs             has also ensured that these training institutions can provide            

opportunities for hands-on learning, meaning that the benefits

of the project will continue for future generations of trainees,

as well as patients across the region.

Unsurprisingly, 2020 s humanitarian funding was dominated  

by interventions addressing the devastating effects of Covid-19.  

Of the £3m allocated to humanitarian relief in 2020, half was  

dedicated to Covid-specific grants with other interventions  Jersey Overseas Aid incorporating activities addressing the pandemic.

is a valued partner

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humanitarian pooled

wsaafes tmy onestt sa cauntde lliyv efelilht oinodloswd-eincicmoamteedc, omuanntryieosf. tWheit hwnoorl dgso pveoronrmesetnt  people of Jersey for slipped further into poverty.  their commitment to

In May 2020 JOA launched its first Call for Proposals addressing  the most vulnerable Cproovpido-s1a9ls w friothm a wtohtiaclh o ffo nuirnper houjemctasnwitaerriea nse olergcatendis. aTthioensse sinucblmuditetidn ga  people affected by

£150,000 grant to the British Red Cross global response to support  severe humanitarian ecimsosmpeanmcttiua. nJl iOhtieeAas la talhlnocdca arimetespder roav vficeuerctsho, emprr mo£v1ui5dn0eit, 0yb0are0ssi ctiloinetenhecedesStTotoAt Rhv Tue l  Fne uce nora dnb o tl hem  ai tc   crises around the world.

provided rapid response to Covid-related emergencies through

Mark Lowcock United Nations Under-Secretary- a dedicated pooled fund with a focus on last-mile vulnerable

General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency communities that may not be served by larger national response plans.

Relief Co-ordinator

International Health Partners were awarded £85,000 to mitigate the

suffering caused by the disruption of international medical supply

chains by Covid-19 (see Case Study) and UNHCR received £150,000 to

provide health and WASH services to refugees and internally displaced

persons (IDPs) and provide support access to cash assistance, shelter,

and education.

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Destruction in Yemen (OCHA)

As the effects of Covid-19 accelerated in countries already struggling with high poverty levels, poor healthcare systems and minimal social and economic support, in August JOA launched a second round of Covid-19 emergency grants. Interventions were lightly earmarked to address the needs of two specific areas; groups particularly vulnerable to the pandemic including (but not restricted to) refugees, IDPs, migrants, the elderly, people with disability, women, urban poor and underserved areas/populations; and existing risks magnified by the pandemic, including (but not restricted to) sexual and gender based violence, protection, medical supply chains, food security, education, social safety nets and WASH.

A total of six grants were funded totalling £1million. IHP received a further £100,000 to address

disruption to medical supply chains. HelpAge International received £200,000 to contribute

to the protection of older people, people with disabilities (PWDs), and people with specific needs in refugee camps in Ethiopia. A grant of £200,000 was given to Humanity & Inclusion to meet the lifesaving needs of vulnerable people through the provision of food, WASH kits and clothes in Nepal and CARE International received £200,000 in

Yemen to ensure that Covid-19 patients in high-risk areas are treated at health centres with adequate WASH facilities. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) addressed the growing cases of child malnutrition and gender-based violence in Gaza with a grant

of £100,000 and the British Red Cross received £200,000 to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 on Rohingya refugees in Cox s Bazar by providing life- saving access to water, sanitation and hygiene to limit the transmission of the virus.

It meant that in total Jersey allocated just under £1.54million in emergency relief to address Covid-19 in 2020.

Away from Covid-19, JOA maintained its commitment to three of the world s worst protracted crises Syria, Yemen and the Central African Republic with allocations to the UN s Country Based Pooled Funds (CPBFs). Many of the projects supported by the CBPFs addressed Covid-19. For the third consecutive year, JOA supported the START Fund, a rapid financing mechanism that focuses in small-to-medium scale crises.

Delivering essential  

medicines to rural communities

If Covid-19        

appears scary      

to us in Jersey,       with its excellent        

healthcare and      

social safety-nets,       imagine how it              

looks if you are a                day labourer living            

in a slum.          

Deputy Carolyn Labey        Minister for International        Development        

COVID 19 TIMELINE

NOV 19 JAN 20 JAN 20 FEB 20 MAR 20 MAR 20 MAR 20 MAR 20 MAR 20

First reported case  First Covid-19   The World Health Organization  First death   Italy under   1.3 billion people forced  First confirmed   In-country assessments conducted  International travel of Covid-19 detected  death, China (WHO) declares Covid-19  outside of China quarantine  to stay at home as India  case of Covid-19   for JOA 2020 International  severely restricted

in Wuhan China 17 Nov public Health Emergency enters 21-day lockdown in Jersey 10 Mar Development funding.

APR 20 APR 20 APR 20 MAR 20 MAR 20 MAR 20 MAR 20 MAR 20

Global deaths   More 1 million cases  Nightingale Hospital  Increased oversight  Allocations made to the UNs  US announce a   Jersey s Chief Minister  UK enters national reach 100,000 reported worldwide built in Jersey and monitoring of all  Country Based Pooled Funds  $2 trillion domestic  announces lockdown lockdown 26 Mar

development projects in CAR, Syria and Yemen.  stimulus package 29 Mar

MAY 20 MAY 20 JUN 20 JUN 20 AUG 20 AUG 20 AUG 20 SEPT 20

First Humanitarian Allocation  Jersey moves  UK allows retail   Partner Risk   Africa s cases   Brazil s death toll   Jersey moves   Schools re-open, with specific for Covid-specific projects to Level 3  to open Register launched  surpass 1 million tops 100,000 to Level 1  social distancing rules and

KEY staggered start times

Jersey  DEC 20 DEC 20 OCT 20 OCT 20 SEPT 20 SEPT 20 SEPT 20 SEPT 20 key dates

JOA

Key dates Grandmother Margaret Keenan,  UK medicine   2-week national  Second Wave and Circuit  Global deaths   Second Humanitarian Employment of   Covid-19 infections International  90, becomes first person  regulator approves  lockdown in England Breaker in Jersey exceed 1 million Allocation for   full-time Monitoring and  in Europe back to levels

key dates in the world to be given  first UK Covid-19 vaccine Covid-specific projects  Impact Officer by JOA seen in March

a fully tested vaccine

JOA S HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROGRAMME

45% Covid-19 Specific Initiatives  55% Other Humanitarian Responses*

 I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the people and government of Jersey for  The world is facing an unprecedented global health emergency. In these difficult times, their generous contribution to UNHCR s Covid-19 appeal during what is a difficult period  it s more important than ever to be kind to ourselves and to each other, and to protect the for everyone. Vital support like this allows us to stay and deliver for people suffering twin  most vulnerable members of the society. We are therefore extremely grateful for the ongoing emergencies. Already scarred by fleeing their homes, refugees and the internally displaced  support from Jersey Overseas Aid.

now face a battle against the pandemic with next to nothing.

 There s a bond between Jersey and the British Red Cross which began during the Second These funds will help combat the immediate socioeconomic impact, support national  World War and 75 years on as we face this global health emergency, the link between the and local authorities with health and medical supplies and bolster our overall outreach  Red Cross and the island remains strong. With the help of JOA, the British Red Cross can to ensure the most vulnerable people remain at the centre of the global response.  continue to put kindness into action to support those who need it most around the world.

Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor,  David Peppiatt

UNHCR s Representative to the UK Interim Executive Director International

British Red Cross

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For the fifth year in a row, more funds than

ever before were given to Jersey-registered charities working overseas, with organisations ranging from tiny kitchen-table organisations to large international NGOs. Totalling £1,737,274 these funds supported the continuation of 10 ongoing projects, as well as the start of seven new projects. Ongoing projects ranged from

a five-year Conservation Livelihoods initiative being implemented in Madagascar by Durrell Conservation Trust, to supporting in partnership with St John s Ambulance Jersey the work of

St John Ophthalmic Hospital in East Jerusalem

in providing eyecare to patients regardless of ethnicity, religion or ability to pay.

Projects that began in 2020 also captured the diverse work of Jersey s charities. Larger grants were made to the RJAHS for dairy initiatives in Ethiopia and Zambia. Smaller grants were made

to support a water, sanitation and hygiene project in Bangladesh (Together Making a Difference),

the construction of a community library in Indonesia (Bukit Lawang Trust), the restoration

of a classroom roof in the Gambia (Lions Club Jersey), water and sanitation projects in rural Nepal (Gurkha Welfare Trust Jersey), and the construction of two classrooms to enable 60 additional children to attend school in rural Kenya (Friends of Malindi Bright Future Academy).

FUNDING PROVIDED THROUGH JERSEY CHARITIES

£0 £500,000 £1,000,000 £1,500,000 £2,000,000

LOCAL CHARITIES

BUKIT LAWANG COMMUNITY LIBRARY & BUILDING RENOVATIONS

COUNTRY: Indonesia

PARTNER ORG: Bukit Lawang Trust DURATION: April 2020 October 2020

Summary: In recent decades, overall  In 2020, with JOA s support, the Bukit poverty in Indonesia has fallen notably,  Lawang Trust embarked on a new project with many people benefiting from  to provide a community library at the increased access to education and  centre that is universally accessible and healthcare. However, development has  has books on a wide variety of subjects, been unequal, with rural communities  including business, farming, maths,

in particular struggling to access quality  sciences and languages. Through the services and experiencing growing  project, the existing facilities at the vulnerability to disasters.  community centre were renovated to

ensure that they were safe and comfortable In 2003, a flash flood devastated the  for public use. The community library was village of Bukit Lawang in North Sumatra,  then established, providing members of the resulting in hundreds of people losing their  community with a variety of resources. lives. In response to this, the Bukit Lawang

Trust was established and worked to help  The community library will allow children the community rebuild in the aftermath  and adults alike to educate themselves. It will of the disaster, and to find a route out of  also provide a safe and comfortable meeting poverty though education. To achieve  place for different groups, like a book club this, a community centre was established,  and a women s group, allowing members of providing free kindergarten classes  the community to enhance their knowledge each morning, as well as English and  and skills and improve their quality of life. Conservation classes in the afternoon.

Micro-Enterprise start-up training (Bukit Lawang Trust )

Community work

project, Kenya.

Since 1972, Jersey residents have   but both projects unfortunately had contributed to improving the lives of  to be postponed. Similarly, due to travel thousands of people living in poverty  restrictions, many other volunteer through JOA s outreach programme.  opportunities were cancelled, meaning Whether participating in a JOA community  that JOA did not grant any volunteer work project, volunteering overseas  or professional bursaries.

with the support of a JOA bursary,

or even undertaking a 12-month  However, despite the challenges of the internship with JOA, Jersey individuals  pandemic, JOA continued to provide continue to embrace life-changing  opportunities for individuals to develop experiences whilst making a difference  their experience of the international

to lives around the world. development sector and over the summer,

JOA welcomed two work experience

The outbreak of Covid-19 had a severe  students. During these placements, students impact on key aspects of JOA s outreach  Rosie Nicholls and Lily Pitcher supported work. JOA initially planned to run  JOA with a range of work, including Community Work Projects in 2020  Covid-19 research and oversight of JOA s Lebanon in May and Nepal in October  international development projects.

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Rosie Nicholls

JOA WORK EXPERIENCE

I was first introduced to the work of Jersey Overseas Aid while taking part in a summer programme at my college, and after going on an expedition to work with a school in Ghana, I began considering the possibility of a career in international development. However, after doing some research I realised how broad the sector is and how many different roles there are! I decided that the best way to inform my decisions would be to have some valuable work experience, and after expressing my interest I have worked with JOA over the past two summers.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience and have been given a real insight into the sector, from learning about how JOA assesses different projects and organisations for funding, attending meetings and posting on JOA s social media. During my time in office, I was also able to take part in shortlisting development projects for funding, creating briefing sheets for ministers and researching the effects of Covid-19 in JOA s target countries. My work experience has only deepened my interest in international development and the current debates in the sector over the future and direction of international aid.

I am currently a first-year student, studying Politics and French (and Arabic as a beginner!) at Durham University. Alongside my studies, I am hoping to become involved with the International Development and ONE Durham society and would like to continue gaining relevant experience! During my time at JOA,

I learned that anyone who is passionate and committed can work in international development, as the sector benefits from welcoming a wide and vibrant range of skill sets and individuals.

INTERNSHIP

The JOA Internship Programme is designed to support Jersey graduates and career- changers with gaining vital experience

in the international development sector, equipping the successful candidate with

the key skills and experiences necessary

to take frontline roles in the development and humanitarian sectors. Each year the opportunity is run in partnership with

one of JOA s trusted partners and offers someone from Jersey the chance to

spend 12 months with a respected charity, including a six-month placement overseas.

Through JOA s internship programme, JOA s third intern, Faye Coggins, spent February and March overseas in Tanzania.

However, the outbreak of Covid-19 resulted in Faye returning to Jersey and working for HelpAge UK for the remainder of 2020 remotely.

In 2020, JOA partnered with Send a Cow

UK to launch JOA s fourth internship.

Following a highly competitive recruitment

process, in November 2020 JOA was

delighted to welcome Doug Statt as JOA s

latest intern. It is hoped that Doug will have

the opportunity to spend several months

in Send a Cow s UK office as well as a

placement in East Africa over the course

of 2021.  Doug S(2020 intatern)tt

INTERN UPDATE

 I had a fantastic experience on the Jersey Overseas

Aid Internship Scheme; it provided me with invaluable experience of development programming from the perspective of a UK NGO and in an overseas context, and gave me the opportunity to build my professional skills

in order to launch my career in the sector. At HelpAge International, I was fortunate to be involved in several innovative and fascinating pieces of work, including the design of training workshops on gender equality and empowerment, and the delivery of a healthcare rights advocacy project in collaboration with WHO. Particularly rewarding was my couple of months spent working from the HelpAge Tanzania office, gaining on-the-ground experience. It gave me a crucial insight into the realities

of implementing programmes in the field, and provided me with the exciting opportunity to travel across the country and interview the people who are benefiting from HelpAge s JOA-funded health programmes.

The scheme supported me to build my skills and experience in order to continue to develop my career in a

sector that I m passionate about, and without it, I wouldn t have landed my current role with an international

Faye Coggins   development organisation. In a competitive sector, this (2019 intern) scheme presents a uniquely valuable opportunity for

Jersey residents to gain work experience with an NGO, and I would highly recommend anyone considering

a career in international development to apply.

JOA INTERNSHIP  PROGRAMME

NAME: Doug Statt

ORG: Send a Cow DURATION: 2020 - 2021

 A couple of months into the internship and I ve already learned so much about how international development charities work, whilst also having the privileged view of seeing it from a donor s perspective.

Whether it s been learning how to create a theory of change, assessing

if a project s adaptations have been effective or looking at JOA s carbon offsetting strategy, the past few months have gone in a flash. Not many people entering the international development sector get to see first-hand what donors want and look for in a project proposal or summary, and being able to work with the staff here and hear them analyse and explain their decisions should serve me well in the future.

So, what s next? I start working with the charity Send a Cow in the new year and get to apply what I ve learned to the work they do. I will start off with their programme funding team, getting insight and tips into how to write bids and reports, before moving around the organisation getting a feel for each team and picking up tips along the way. The access this internship gives to experience every part of an organisation, from the top-level decisions about how to ensure a programme is effective and follows the principles of the organisation to learning about how good communications can multiply the impact (and bad communications reduce it!) is really rare in any sector, and

I m very excited for the next stage of this internship.

As the Minister highlighted in her introduction to this report, the Covid-19 pandemic made 2020 a very challenging year.

The virus and the measures introduced to combat it led to a significant spike in needs across the developing world, while at the same time handicapping those responding to them. Donors and their implementing partners had to adopt new ways of working to keep projects running and monitored, while also contending with huge uncertainty over the future. For many charities this extended to whether funding would continue; a survey by BOND in mid-2020 revealed that most international NGOs were cutting programmes and almost 50% worried they faced closure within six months.

Jersey s overseas aid amounts to about an hour s worth of global aid flows, so our overall impact on the sustainability of the sector is minimal. However, thanks to the Island s investment in creating a professional international development agency we were able to provide efficient, flexible support

for our partners while maintaining the impact (and rigorous oversight) of our programmes. Furthermore, despite the challenges of just conducting business as usual, we introduced new processes and controls which further improved JOA s accountability to Jersey taxpayers and our effectiveness

as a donor.

At the beginning of the year JOA staff conducted the most detailed due diligence and review process for new projects in JOA s history, preparing the way for almost £6 million of new development grants in our focal themes of Dairy, Financial Inclusion and Conservation Livelihoods. From then on, our focus centred on supporting ongoing development work as movement and assembly restrictions in target countries threatened to halt it. Most projects in a portfolio now worth over £30 million suffered delays or setbacks, but close coordination with partners and a detailed understanding of each intervention enabled us to revise budgets and timeframes in ways that kept each one on track to deliver its promised impact (and in some cases increase it). At the same time, we made ten Covid-specific emergency grants, while maintaining Jersey s ability to respond rapidly and efficiently anywhere in the world through our continued participation in the best humanitarian pooled funding mechanisms.

Working remotely for much of the year, and with field visits suspended

from February, we kept an eye on partners overall financial health with two rigorous data-gathering exercises, and bolstered our oversight capability with the employment of a specialist Monitoring and Impact Officer. We also introduced independent project audits for multi-year development grants (in addition to the annual organisational audits and final evaluations), extended our grant agreements to humanitarian partners, and migrated the remainder of our portfolio to our specially-designed grant management system.

2020 also saw some important milestones in JOA s relationship with central government. In January I became Accountable Officer , giving JOA a line

of accountability to the Public Accounts Committee and the Government s CEO, in addition to the Minister s accountability to the States and Scrutiny. We also adopted the Public Finances Manual, having agreed with Treasury our own set of rules where required. Meanwhile, partnership arrangements with different public sector departments and entities were formalised for the first time in an MOU in August. This provides a framework for cooperation while preserving Jersey Overseas Aid s strategic and operational independence from government.

Most pleasing of all, in September 2020 Internal Audit finalised their

latest review of JOA s compliance and performance. Both our control arrangements and direction of travel were rated 4/4, making us one of the only publicly-funded bodies in Jersey to achieve a perfect score. According to the report, JOA is a well-run custodian of public funds and an effective and professional international aid agency . This is a tribute to JOA s staff and also its six hard-working Commissioners who, chaired by the Minister, have guided and supervised our evolution into a small but first-rate donor. The sort of donor which a year like 2020 shows the world needs more than ever.

Simon Boas Executive Director

LIST OF 2020 GRANTS

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

JERSEY CHARITIES

HUMANITARIAN

2020 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 2020 Government of Jersey Annual Report.

2020 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

Year ended  31 December 2020

Funding Stream  % of Spending  Total Funds

£ Incoming Resources

States Grant  £12,432,000  Project Co-Financing from Trust  £100,000

Total Incoming resources  £12,532,000

Resources Expended

International Development Projects  53.6  £6,714,581 Emergency and Humanitarian Aid  24.5  £3,076,160 Community Work Projects  0.4  £56,092 Local Charities Working Abroad  15.5  £1,939,160

TOTAL resources expended  94.0  £11,785,993

Commission Administration

Salaries, Pensions and Social Security  2.1  £262,468 Printing & Stationery  0.1  £7,673 IT Support  0.1  £18,444 Travel and Accommodation  0.1  £8,073 Meals and Hospitality  0.0  £257 Premises and Maintenance  0.1  £15,713 Insurance  0.1  £10,923 Other expenses  0.1  £15,045

TOTAL Commission Administration expended 2.7  £338,596  

TOTAL SPEND  £12,124,589 Unexpended funds £407,411

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There s a bond between Jersey and the British Red Cross which began during the Second World War and 75 years on as we face this global health emergency, the link between the Red Cross and the island remains strong. With the help of JOA, the British Red Cross can continue to put kindness into action to support those who need it most around the world.

David Peppiatt

Interim Executive Director International British Red Cross

The Commission

Chairman: Deputy Carolyn Labey

Members: Douglas Melville (Vice Chairman), Deputy Judy Martin, ConnØtable Philip Le Sueur , Alistair Calvert , Therese Morel

Executive Director  Operations Officer  Head of Programme  Monitoring & Impact Officer Simon Boas  Trudy Le Bas  Edward Lewis  Rebecca Curtis

Address Jersey Overseas Aid, Town Hall , St Helier, JE4 8PA

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