Jersey Overseas Aid Commission Annual Report (2001)

STATES OF JERSEY OVERSEAS AID COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT MEMBERS

Deputy J. J. Huet

Deputy K. W. Syvret M.B.E.

Senator P. V. F. Le Claire

Deputy R. C. Duhamel

Deputy J.B. Fox (Resigned 23rd October 2001) Deputy T. J. Le Main

Deputy P. J. Troy

SUB-COMMITTEES: COMMUNITY WORK PROJECTS

CHAIRMAN Deputy J. J. Huet

MEMBERS Deputy J.B. Fox (Resigned 23rd October 2001)

Deputy P. J. Troy

Dr. M. Rosser MBBS D.Av.Med

Mr. I. Brown

Mr. P. Harding BA, Dip Arch., RIBA Mr. B. Stuttard

Mr. R. Heaven

JERSEY CHARITIES WORKING OVERSEAS

CHAIRMAN Deputy R. C. Duhamel

MEMBERS Senator P. V. F. Le Claire

Deputy J.B. Fox (Resigned 23rd October 2001)

ADMINISTRATION

Honorary Executive Officer Leslie R. Crapp, FCA Administrative Assistant Kathryn Filipponi Committee Clerk Carol Le Quesne,

Front Cover Photo:

Community Work Project 2001 Mifumi, Uganda "A picture speaks a thousand words"

CONTENTS

President's Foreword. 2 Abridged Summary of Funding. 4 Financial Summary.. 5 Disaster Aid 5 Community Work Projects. 11 Jersey Charities Working Overseas 16 Grants made during 2001 .. 20

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FOREWORD

Deputy Jacqui Huet

Another year has disappeared - 2001 - where did it go?

A great amount was achieved again, due to the hard work and enthusiastic commitment given by Committee Members, Sub-Committee Members, Team Leaders, the Honorary Executive Officer, Administrative Assistant, Committee Clerk and Volunteers. Jersey Overseas Aid is very fortunate to have such a sterling band of volunteers. Without all of their team efforts it would not be the success it is. Our thanks also go to WEB and The Bank of Nova Scotia for the use of their offices and boardrooms generously provided at no charge.

Our strategy remains the reduction of poverty in third-world countries, the support of health and medical care, effective education, the provision of safe drinking water, adequate sewerage, food cultivation, self-help schemes and the elimination of child labour and abuse.

Post-Colonial Africa has received more official aid per head than any other part of the world, yet most African countries are poorer today than in the 1960s. This aid has been horribly, indefensibly wasted. Nearly all was given or lent by Governments to Governments, some of it reportedly barely touched down before taking off for the foreign bank accounts of corrupt Politicians and Officials. Some of it paid for arms, more still was spent on the white elephants for which Africa is notorious. Jersey Overseas  Aid  only  makes  grants  to  Non-Government  Organisations  (NGO's)  and  in  2001  we allocated about 80% of funds to these recognised organisations working effectively in overseas developments. Jersey Overseas Aid will not make grants or donations for projects to be administered by Governments, members of Governments or their offices, none of the funds are wasted and reports are required on all projects to which aid has been granted. If any of the aid is not used for the purpose approved, the remaining money must be returned.

Approximately 15% is allocated to disaster and emergencies and the people of Jersey will be proud to know that many letters of thanks have been received because of Jersey Overseas Aid's rapid response in emergencies. 24 hours is quite normal. It should be noted that Jersey Overseas Aid provides unconditional aid funding, which, whilst less than some larger jurisdictions, provides good value for money as all required products can be purchased at the point of need.

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The remainder of the funds were spent on funding Community Work Projects Overseas comprised of Jersey  resident  volunteers  and  by  sponsoring  projects  submitted  by  Jersey  Charities  Working Overseas.

Jersey Overseas Aid added four new organisations to its books last year, namely Concern, Merlin, Medicins Sans Frontières and Richmond Fellowship International.

The Three Work Projects in 2001

The first work project was to Kiwoko Hospital, Uganda in April to build two units of accommodation for trainee nurses led by Ian and Kathryn Brown. They and their team were a credit to the Island as they faced many difficulties. The host community expected a great deal and a combination of strict rules/regulations and an unwillingness to compromise tested the strength of the team. The team often felt they were tolerated as if the host community wanted the money and would only put up with them being less religious for a short period of time. Nevertheless the team felt Jersey Overseas Aid should at some point in the future return, but only on the basis that the restrictions placed on them should be relaxed.

The second project to Mifumi in Uganda in August was led by Dave and Betty Ellis after a request from John Carnegie was received for the construction of a borehole, building works on the operating theatre and staff accommodation, water tank and associated plumbing works. Again a great success, the host community joined in enthusiastically and supplied one local volunteer to work alongside each Jersey volunteer, so instead of lunch for 14 it was lunch for 28 each day. The local community were never able to grasp how much work our volunteers put in each day. Dave and Betty have agreed to take back another team in 2002 to help with further developments.

Our last project took place in November at the San Lorenzo Clinic in Ecuador. Here we were asked to build accommodation for medical staff. The team was led by Brian Stuttard and Frank Le Quesne. The host organisation is HCJB to which our local Jersey resident Dr. Nicky Bailhache is part of their medical team which helped to iron out any problems. The team worked well and much was achieved. Although no plans have been made to return we are sure to continue with this project at a later date.

Once  again  with  everyone's  help  we  have  managed  to  keep  our  administrative  expenses  to  a minimum and the expenditure represents less than 1p in the £.

I repeat my thanks of last year to the Committee Members, the Sub-Committee Members, Honorary Executive Officer, Administrative Assistant, Committee Clerk, Volunteer helpers and everyone who gives so tirelessly of their time to make Jersey Overseas Aid such a worthy, helpful organisation to be proud of, thank you.

Deputy Jacqui Huet President

June 2002

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ABRIDGED SUMMARY

BUDGETARY POSTION FOR OVERSEAS AID 1968 - 2001

1968 (1st Year)

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

1999 Special Vote for Kosovo 2000

2001

14,000 20,000 100,000 155,000 780,000

1,986,000 2,612,000 2,612,000 2,700,000 2,835,000 3,320,000

1,000,000 4,174,400 4,801,900

Key 2001 2000

1 Grant Aid 3,748,253 3,341,171 2 Disaster & Emergencies 773,489 619,710 3 Local Charities Working Overseas 26,500 10,500

4 Community Work Projects 148,047 135,105 5 Administration 35,620 29,164

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

2001 2000

£ £

Balance brought forward at beginning of the year 69,431 30,881 STATES VOTE 4,801,900 4,174,400

4,871,331 4,205,281

Expenditure

Grant Aid 3,748,253 3,341,171 Disaster & Emergencies 773,489 619,710 Local  Charities  Working Overseas 26,400 10,500

Work  Projects 148,047 135,105 Administration 35,620 29,364

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 4,731,809 4,135,650

Balance at the end of the year £139,522 £ 69,431

DISASTER AID

In 2001, the demands on funding for disasters and emergencies were exceptional due to natural disasters caused by earthquakes, floods and droughts. During the course of the year £773,489 was awarded from the budget compared with £619,710 in the previous year. In 2001 the total funding of £773,489 was spent on natural disasters (2000 £549,593), with no applications received in respect of human conflict (2000 £70,117).

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DISASTER AID - Grants made during 2001

£31,666 PLAN INTERNATIONAL - provision of emergency supplies such as

food, water, medicines and temporary shelters, El Salvador Earthquake £40,000 OXFAM - provision of water and sanitation equipment, El Salvador

Earthquake

£40,000 TEAR FUND - provision of shelter and sanitation, El Salvador

Earthquake

£8,000 ONE WORLD ACTION - provision of food and shelter, El Salvador

Earthquake

£29,470 UNICEF - provision of family survival kits comprising cooking

utensils, blankets, clothing, lighting, medication and hygiene items, India Earthquake £39,977 WORLD VISION - provision of food and household utensil kits, India

Earthquake

£25,000 GLOBAL CARE - provision of blankets, food, tents, medicines and

water, India Earthquake

£40,000 WORLD VISION - provision food rations, drugs and mosquito nets,

Kenya Floods

£25,000 DEC - provision of food, water, medicines and temporary shelters,

India Earthquake

£29,479 PLAN INTERNATIONAL - feeding programme to schools, Kenya

Drought

£40,000 SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND - addressing of public health needs

and provision of emergency non food items, Bolivia Floods

£40,000 UNITED NATIONS - addressing of public health needs and provision

of water, sanitation, nutrition, livestock survival and logistics in addition to further disaster preparedness, Mongolia Winter Emergency

£12,886 WORLD VISION - provision of emergency relief supplies, Bolivia

Floods

£40,000 CHRISTIAN AID - provision of emergency relief supplies,

Afghanistan Drought

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DISASTER AID - Grants made during 2001 continued

£40,000 MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP - Rescue and Relief

Mozambique Floods

£10,000 WORLD VISION - provision of shelter, survival kits, health supplies,

water and sanitation, Mozambique Floods

£25,000 BRITISH RED CROSS - response to a vaccination campaign covering

three worst affected regions using volunteers to mobilise communities and provide health education, Ethiopia Meningitis Epidemic

£24,251 SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND - provision of essential drugs,

rehabilitation of boreholes and hand pumps, basic educational equipment and some management support, Malawi Floods

£25,000 SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND - provision of food for work activity,

India Drought

£25,000 OXFAM - provision of materials required for the reconstruction of

shelters, Peru Earthquake

£25,000 SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND - provision of shelter kits, comprising

of building materials and tools, cooking kits, children's clothes and water, Peru Earthquake

£25,000 PLAN INTERNATIONAL - provision of grain banks, Burkino Faso

Drought

£25,000 SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND - provision of emergency food

supplies, India Floods

£25,000 TEAR FUND - provision of food and medical assistance, plastic sheets

and rabi seeds, India Floods

£25,000 OXFAM - provision of emergency food supplies, Afghanistan Drought £25,000 SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND - provision of emergency food

supplies, Afghanistan Drought

£25,000 CHRISTIAN AID - provision of seeds, tools, poultry and fertilisers,

Central America Drought

£7,760 WORLD VISION - provision of assistance to farmers, housing

materials, and transport, Philippine Floods

£773,489 TOTAL

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DISASTER AID

EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM AGENCIES REPORTS

PLAN INTERNATIONAL

Emergency Drought Relief, Burkino Faso

In  July  2001,  Jersey  Overseas  Aid  donated £25,000  to  provide  drought  relief  in  Lake  Bam, Sanmatenga, and Namentenga provinces of Burkino Faso. These provinces had been worse affected by the drought over the last three years.

Aim

The aim of the project was to provide immediate food relief to families living in some of the worst affected villages by purchasing sorghum (the staple food) to supply village grain banks. These stocks were sold to community members at a small affordable price and the income generated used by village committees to restock the grain banks. 1,590 bags of white sorghum were purchased and distributed to 84 villages within three provinces.

Activities

A village management committee was established in each of the villages to oversee the project's implementation. They ensured that the following activities were carried out:

• All families informed that cereals were available
• The sale of cereals at social cost (on credit of repayable in kind)
• Recording of all transaction details in the local language
• Regular stocktaking
• Meetings with village assemblies to decide on how to use the income generated by the cereal banks.

Impact

Plan's intervention, supported by Jersey Overseas Aid, allowed families living in 84 villages (38 villages more than planned) to meet their immediate food needs an through the establishment of grain banks, has also improved their food security over the coming months. This has helped to prevent further  malnutrition-related  diseases  and  death,  particularly  amongst  vulnerable  groups  such  as children, the elderly and pregnant women.

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Sustainability

Plan Burkina's will continue to provide training to farmers to help them improve crop yeilds and enhance their food security in the longer term. Plan Burkina also works with meteorological services and FEWS (Famine Early Warning System) to collect valuable data for farmers, to help them prepare for future droughts. Plan Burkina is also working closely with the government to promote education amongst  the  country's  youth  and  lessen  their  dependence  on  agriculture  in  the  future. Jersey Overseas Aid is making a significant contribution towards this work by supporting an integrated education package in three of the poorest villages.

Insert photo

showing transportation of grain to the communities

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DISASTER AID

EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM AGENCIES REPORTS

RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES APPEAL

Meningitis, Ethiopia

Ethiopia lies in the African Meningitis Belt which extends from the Red Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. It has suffered major epidemics of meningococcal meningitis, a bacteria disease of the central nervous system.

Aim

On March 7th, 2001 an appeal was made for 1.5 million vaccines and funding to support a meningitis vaccination campaign in the three most affected zones in the Amhara regions. These zones were

selected and agreed with the Ministry of Health on the basis of the severity of the outbreak there and the capacity of the Ethiopia Red Cross Society branches to carry out the intervention.

Activities

The Federation supported the Ethiopia Red Cross Society (ECRS) operation with the procurement of over 1.87m vaccines and 8,000 vials of chloramphenicol to help treat those with the disease. Action plans were focused around targeting populations most at risk, 70% of the total population, being an approximate estimation of those between 2 and 30 years old through mass vaccination. Briefing and training of health staff before an operation was carried out with a ECRS field co-ordinator. There was a least one volunteer in a team of five with four health workers. Operations took from five to twelve days  depending  on the  number  and  efficiency  of teams, the  success in the  mobilisation of  the community and the nature of the terrain and environment in which the operation was conducted.

Impact

A total of 744,235 people were vaccinated. Sustainability

In all, 875,000 vaccines were used in the field for the ERCS/Federation operations. A balance of 610,000 vaccines are still in cold storage in Addis Ababa as part of a strategic stock in preparedness of a new outbreak after the rainy season expected in 2002.

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECTS IN 2001

UGANDA - Kiwoko

On 10th April 2002 a team of twelve volunteers departed Jersey under the leadership of Ian and Kathryn  Brown,  their  project  to  construct  two  blocks  of  units  of  accommodation  which  would

accommodate forty student nurses and possibly qualified staff at Kiwoko Hospital in the Luwero district.

The majority of the work involved digging, using a hoe or pickaxe or mixing cement; consequently more specialised building skills were not needed. The team split into two groups. Dennis Troy led the group on the nurses' accommodation which involved work at foundation level, and the other group, led by Paul McArthur, plastered the second building. This was a cooler area and used when the temperature was too high, 40 degrees at noon, to work outside. This introduction to African building bonded the team and they worked well together with the locals.

The host community expected a great deal from the team. Deeply religious, a combination of strict rules and regulations together with unwillingness to compromise tested the cohesiveness of the team.

A good level of cross-cultural exchange was provided when the team were allowed off site to look at the surgery in the hospital, visit the wards, observe the community work programmes and hospital farm. The team provided through their own fund-raising efforts a baby solar unit, an artificial leg, wheelchair, transformer, set of scales and a voltage stabiliser for the hospital.

In Ian's own words, "The team were a credit to the Island and overall my wife and I found it an enjoyable yet challenging experience which will enrich our memories of Africa. We would both like to thank the Overseas Aid Committee for this opportunity.

Leaders - Ian and Kathryn Brown

Team Members - Luciano Brambilla, Ernie Noel, Paul McArthur, Tony Fortune, Joanne Fry, Claire Jacobs, Francis Raffay, Jon Richardson, Dennis Troy and Katie Vernon.

Approximate Cost

Materials £39,958 Travel £ 5,568 Visas £ 275

Insurance £ 300 Medical £ 1,700

Subsistence £ 4,419 Other £ 1,180

Less Volunteer contributions £ 5,200 TOTAL £48,200

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECTS IN 2001

UGANDA - Mifumi

In August 2001, a party of thirteen volunteers under the leadership of Dave and Betty Ellis paid a four week working visit to Mifumi. Their well-achieved purpose left the community of Mifumi with eight units of staff accommodation, a mini theatre at the health centre, clean running water electrically pumped out of a bore-hole, an assortment of educational materials and various other donations. They were  the  first  large  team  of  volunteers  to come  to  Mifumi making  an  opening  for  meaningful partnerships, for mutual learning and benefit. Through their achievement, the surrounding community will no longer be vulnerable to drought or water-borne diseases and more lives can be saved at the Mifumi Health Centre. The capacity for attracting more skilled people to live and work at the school and with the community has been established.

The team had one professional builder on the team and four other members had previous experience of Jersey Overseas Aid projects. Local volunteers, consisting of both men and women, worked alongside the Jersey team. Many of them walked more than three miles to reach the site in the morning but they were always on time and unfailingly cheerful and willing to work. Good personal relationships developed which lead to good cultural exchanges at a "grass roots" level.

The team raised just over a staggering £17,000 through their own fund-raising efforts! This enabled the completion of a water project, sanitary fittings and electric wiring in all the units in the two accommodation blocks on the grounds, thus making it easier to attract staff for the clinic and the school. In addition, they provide means for the school to set up a farm with livestock and seeds enabling the children to be taught how to look after the animals and get the best from the crops. As an extra benefit the milk and vegetables will be used to enhance the feeding programme.

Leaders - Dave and Betty Ellis

Team Members - Kate Ascroft, Alan Cameron, Phillippa Canavan, Suzanne De St Croix, Thelma Holmes, Sandra Jeunne, Bob Le Vaillant, Tara Pilz, Patricia Stubbs and Francis Whittaker.

Costs Materials

Travel

Visas

Insurance

Medical

Subsistence

Other £

Less Volunteer contributions TOTAL

£38,020

£ 7,622

£ 350

£ 300

£ 1,554

£ 3,395

420

£ 4,650 £47,011

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECTS IN 2001

ECUADOR - San Lorenzo

In 1998 two teams of Jersey Overseas Aid volunteers worked on the construction of a clinic in San Lorenzo for the missionary organisation HCJB. The clinic was officially opened in spring of 1999. The project this year was to build an accommodation unit for medical staff adjacent to the clinic . The accommodation block was to consist of a two-bedroom apartment and two self-contained sitting rooms, all housed in one single storey block work unit with a prefabricated steel pitched roof.

The team of twelve volunteers departed the Island on 2nd November 2001 and were welcomed by Sheila Leech and Dr. Nicky Bailhache (a familiar name to many of you). Nicky is currently working

with HCJB, supported by Jersey Overseas Aid, as Medical Director in Palliative Care which involves caring  for  the  terminally  ill  by  relieving  pain  and  other  symptoms,  as  well  as  addressing psychological, social and spiritual needs. The team worked alongside the contractor's team of nine workers without any problem other than the language barrier. However, with four good Spanish speakers on the team much of the dialogue was via one or other of these. The presence of the team more than doubled the workforce and so made a significant impact.

The local community were very welcoming and friendly. The team were able to meet with the clinic staff on a regular basis, and of course there were always children around the site, although the feel of a village community, typical with other projects, was lacking. A highlight of the trip was a children's Christmas party organised by HCJB for which 200 children queued for over an hour, prior to its start, with the team helping out in various ways.

Although, as with any project, there were a few delays caused by shortages of materials, the work never stopped. The team were able to provide in addition a new water tank, a new landing stage and staircase at the San Miquel clinic and funds for the refurbishment of another clinic close to the centre.

Leader - Brian Stuttard

Team members - Kate Baigent, Veronica Bennet, Joanne Creavy, Hilario Diogo, Paul Isham, Suzie Marett-Crosby, Frank Le Quesne, Martine McMenemy, Christopher Raynes, Erica Reynel, Toni Roberts and Jonathan Stuttard.

Costs Materials £ 35,920 Travel £ 7,988

Insurance £ 350

Medical £ 2,509 Subsistence £ 4,219

Other £ 743 Less Volunteer contributions £ 4,650 TOTAL £ 47,079

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Kiwoko Community Work Project

Photo One - " " Photo Two - " "

Mifumi Community Work Project

Photo One - "Digging the foundations for the generator house" Photo Two - "Aren't we doing well"

Ecuador Community Work Project

Photo One - "Meet the team"

Photo Two - "Preparation of a sound foundation"

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JERSEY CHARITIES WORKING OVERSEAS

GRANTS MADE DURING 2001

£2,000 Wanangwe Schools Trust Construction of School Classrooms -

Kenya

£3,500 Bush Hospital Foundation Focus Trust

Vehicles, purchase of three landrovers - East/Central Africa £3,500 Saharawan Trust

Medical Vehicle to assist refugees in areas of conflict - Africa

£3,500 Rotary Club of Jersey

Hope and homes for children - Eritrea £3,500 Rotary Club of Jersey

Provision of a permanent limb camp - India

A brief report back from Allan Smith

President of the Rotary Club of Jersey (1999-2000)

In March 2001, my wife and I went to India to visit and work in the Jaipur Limb Centres in Delhi and Jaipur. We were privileged to be able to attend the opening of the Camp and the first patient was man who required a new leg. His current leg was about seven years old, made of wood and very heavy; within two and a half hours he had a new leg and could walk with hardly a limp, the difference was remarkable. During  our  time  there  340  people  were  assisted  with  artificial  limbs,  callipers, crutches  and  wheelchairs;  another  85  were  identified  as  requiring  surgical correction of their limbs prior to the fitting of callipers. We left the camp after only five days with memories we will never forget.

Lynn Smith assists the Manager of the Delhi Jaipur Limb Centre and Chandigarh Limb Camp, to fit an artificial limb to the Camp's first patient.

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JERSEY CHARITIES WORKING OVERSEAS

GRANTS MADE DURING 2001 continued

£2,900 The Gambia Schools Trust Fund

Provision of a dry pit latrine and windmill pump for existing well at Kembutch Primary School - The Gambia

A brief report back from Carol Mallet, Honorary Secretary for The Gambia Schools Trust Fund

A contract between The Gambia Schools Trust Fund and contractor Bamba Bolong Construction Company was signed on March 26th 2001. Work started on the well digging fairly quickly and also on the latrine. The Contract stated that the work had to be completed within three months of signing!

When we visited the School in November 2001 we were able to see the well working, and also the latrine block was completed. We were also pleased to see further classroom blocks under construction, due to the fact that we had funded the well programme and made water freely available for building purposes.

£3,500 Jersey Aid For Europe

Trauma Centre in Peja - Kosovo

£500 St. John 's Ambulance

Export of first aid manuals - Caribbean

£3,500 Mustard Seed

Provision of food - Romania

A brief report back from Rose Helie, Co-ordinator for Mustard Seed (Jersey)

Due to the grant of £3,500 for purchasing food for poor families in Romania and the Republic of Moldava, Mustard Seed (Jersey) was able to continue the monthly support right to the end of the winter assisting 418 families (approximately 2500 people), 85 pensioners and 105 children.

The contents of the food parcels varied but in general contained flour, pasta, rice, sugar, oil, margarine and, if funds allowed, tinned meat or fish.

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JERSEY CHARITIES WORKING OVERSEAS

JERSEY AID FOR EUROPE FOUNDATION

KETCHUP CLUB Project, Peje and Loxja, Kosovo

KETCHUP  (Kids Enjoying Through Compassion  and Hope – the UP' for  the  positive)  was originally formed within two months of the end of the 1999 Kosovo war. The project addressed the many problems faced by young children traumatised from the horrors of that conflict.

Starting as a single house-based project for approximately 20 children, the project has developed significantly and J.A.E.F.'s major financial input and management throughout 2001 has seen the opening of a second centre with over 200 children now registered for counselling and attending the play therapy sessions.

Classes are generally made up 25 children, and they are given the opportunity to play, be creative and express themselves through play and creative activities as well performing local songs and dances within their groups and on occasions in front of the general public. These trauma programmes and the qualified results are approved by the local government authority (UNMIK) as well as Save the Children and UNCEF. Referrals from these agencies are also received generally on a weekly basis.

As well as helping the children, trained KETCHUP staff also visit and council the children's families who have also suffered greatly. 2001 saw the centre initiate a Vulnerable Families' programme through local UN representatives. This programme sees Jersey donating clothing, bedding and food, which is distributed to the poorest families in the Peje area.

The  incorporation  in  2001  of  a youth  programme', which  helps  older  children  work  towards reconciliation and relationship building between the different ethnic groups, was another step forward for J.A.E.F. and the community. This work will, it is hoped, impact on future attitudes and work towards the end of neighbour to neighbour' conflict which has been so prolific during the past decade. Jersey has a very high profile in the area and as time passes with very few foreign NGOs now working in Kosovo, this presence serves a vital purpose.

A. P. Waterton

Hon. Sec & NGO Projects Director

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JAEF project photos & captions

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GRANTS VOTED DURING 2001

ACORD

Small irrigation system - Rwanda 21,180 Construction of grain stores/shops - Chad 18,984 Marketing and selling of fish - Sudan 26,904

67,068

ACTION AID

Year 2 funding of 3 year project, Access to water - Brazil Bisinde healthcare - Burundi

Soil and water conservation - Somaliland

BRITISH RED CROSS

Water and sanitation programme - Malawi Integrated health and sanitation - Liberia Mobile technical team - Georgia

Refugee health facility - Namibia Displaced children - Russia

Water sanitation project - Swaziland

CAFOD

Hoima village based development - Uganda

Agricultural rehabilitation - Nicaragua

Community water and sanitation - Bangladesh

Year 1 funding of 3 year project, Kikatiti water project - Tanzania

CARE

Year 3 funding of 3 year project, Urban sustainable development - India Partnership project - Somaliland

48,713 15,712 65,550

129,975

45,666 24,900

53,932 35,000 34,688 25,000

219,276

22,469 10,891

24,085 60,000

117,445

49,980

42,000

91,980

CHILDHOPE

Huachipa Child labourers - Peru 37,907 St Sofia Bridge project - Bulgaria 29,620

67,527

CHRISTIAN AID

Water and sanitation - Peru 24,762 Health and sanitation - El Salvador 18,750 Anti-malaria - Angola 9,114 Grinding mills and tree planting - Sudan 21,232 Agriculture - DR Congo 15,585 Shelter for returnees - Bosnia 89,443

CINCI WA BABILI

Medical supplies - Zambia 11,000

11,000 CONCERN

Water and sanitation - Liberia 57,023

57,023

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CORD

Angola refugees education and micro enterprise - Zambia Literacy provision and training - Cambodia

Pilot projects aquaculture and tree nursery - Cambodia Training community volunteers - Cambodia

Water for health - Mozambique

Primary school construction - Tanzania

Bridge construction - Mozambique

Dispensary  rehabilitation - 19,520

13,984 4,000 3,000 5,000

8,800 10,310 11,100

Tanzania

75,714

CORD (PARTNERS)

Project Uganda - Uganda 9,772 Project India - India 7,965

17,737

CRY

Street outreach day centre - Romania 14,000

14,000

GLOBAL CARE

Development Co-ordinators Operational Costs - Uganda 10,000 Dehiwela project - Sri Lanka 10,000

20,000

HANDS AROUND THE WORLD

Children's home and support centre - Brazil 10,000

10,000

HCJB

Medical Director - Ecuador 6,135

6,135

HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE

District action on TB - Worldwide 12,424 Mental health information - Worldwide 11,250 Malaria information - Worldwide 9,500

33,174

HELP AGE INTERNATIONAL

Improvement on livelihoods - Cameroon 24,850 Intergenerational community and healthcare - Nepal 9,581

34,431

IMPACT FOUNDATION

Mobile hospital - Nepal 21,196 Safe motherhood, water and nutrition - Nepal 40,260

61,456

"Why, when most of the causes are preventable or treatable, are the lives of 500 million men, women and children affected by disability in our world? 80% of them live in developing countries and one third are children"

Impact Foundation Annual Review 2000/2001

INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Hospital community kitchens - Nepal 30,900

30,900

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INTERNATIONAL CHILDCARE TRUST

Carpentry and woodwork training - India, Sri Lanka and Kenya 15,744

15,744 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TRUST

School and clinic - Zambia 61,617

61,617

JUST WORLD PARTNERS

Vatangura carving - Vanuatu 13,375 School water tanks - Fiji 12,490 Sili water supply - Samoa 6,796 Equipment for TANGO - Tuvalu 2,688 Honey Bees - Philippines 15,050

50,399

KENYA SCHOOLS

Construction of classrooms and latrines - Kenya 25,000

25,000

LEONARD CHESHIRE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL

Orthopaedic workshop - Ethiopia 60,650

60,650

LEPRA

Strengthening leprosy services - India 8,396 Preventing worsening disabilities - India 11,238 Improving patient services - Brazil 14,706

34,340

LEPROSY MISSION

Shoe workshop - Nigeria 21,812 Shoe equipment and materials - Nigeria 19,987 4WD Vehicle - Sudan 17,985 Motorbikes - Nigeria 17,290 Tempo traveller - India 6,650 Electric transformer - DR Congo 7,152

90,876

MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL

Reproductive healthcare services - Bolivia 41,111 Family planning and safe motherhood services - Sierra Leone 29,540 Family planning for internally displaced people - Sri Lanka 65,000

135,651

M.A.F. (Mission Aviation Fellowship)

Extension of medical evacuation service - Madagascar 63,836

63,836 MEDICINES SANS FRONTIERS

HIV awareness and support for commercial sex workers - Ethiopia 64,972

64,972

MERLIN

Malaria control programme - Kenya 60,062

Water and sanitation facilities - DR Congo 64,746 Family planning services - DR Congo 42,889 Water and sanitation - DR Congo 38,231

205,928

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MINES ADVISORY GROUP

Field programme - Angola 65,000

65,000

MOTIVATION TRUST

Design of wheelchair tricycle for Africa - Tanzania 34,404

34,404 ONE WORLD ACTION

Agriculture production support - Philippines 12,405

12,405 ORBIS

Community Eye based programme - Ethiopia 24,500

24,500

OXFAM

Year 3 of 3 year Jebal Si project - Sudan

Year 2 of 3 year Educational programme - Mozambique

Year 2 of 3 year Farming, fishing and weaving programme - Indonesia Improving food and water supplies - Malawi

Water supplies for displaced communities - Colombia

School rehabilitation and health programme - Congo

Water and sanitation - Colombia

46,483

49,720 35,218

64,943 64,991

64,718 63,270

389,343

PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK

Potable water - Burkino Faso 33,333 Primary school improvement - Uganda 34,435 Grain/mill income and generation - Malawi 26,668 Classrooms and health centre - El Salvador 14,973 Year 1 of 3 year project quality education programme - Burkino Faso 79,688

189,097

RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL

Training for work skills - Sri Lanka 11,970

11,970

RYDER CHESHIRE FOUNDATION

4WD vehicle - India 6,500 Rebuilding of kitchen block - India 10,750 Renovation and extension of women's residential quarters - India 4,850

22,100

SAVE THE CHILDREN

Year 3 of 3 year project, Urban children at risk - Tanzania 50,000 Year 1 of 3 year project, Primary education - Somaliland 50,000 Community based health and rehabilitation project - Cambodia 30,250

Provision of health services - Sudan 35,000 Water, sanitation and environment health programme - Myanmar 41,210 Provision of mobile kindergartens - Mongolia 11,520

217,980

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SENSE

Deaf/blind kindergartens - Romania 33,550

33,550

"It is estimated that there are 2.4 million deafblind people in the world, yet there is a severe lack of awareness about deafblindness. Some countries have even claimed they have no deafblind people."

Leonard Cheshire Compass Spring 2001

SIGHT SAVERS INTERNATIONAL

Mectizan distribution for onchocerciasis control - Togo Labe eye care programme - Guinea

Comprehensive eye care programme - Pakistan Vardan Seva Sansthan programme - India

Eye care project - Bangladesh

SOROTI DIOCESE

TKSP 3 Arch-deaconries with project capital - Uganda

SOS SAHEL INTERNATIONAL UK

Community based integrated Tsetse and Trypanosoiasis control - Ethiopia

56,772 24,987 30,000 7,761 30,815

150,335

14,000

14,000 33,324

33,324

SOUND SEEKERS

Purchase of vehicle for HARK! - Namibia 55,500 Solar powered hearing aids - Swaziland 10,000 Training of audiologist - Swaziland 10,000

Training of audiologist - Zimbabwe 10,000

85,500 ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Special drugs and medical supplies - Zambia 35,000

35,000

SUE RYDER FOUNDATION

Vehicle - Malawi 21,390 Hospice Tirana - Albania 65,000

86,390

TEAR FUND

Water and sanitation programme - Uganda 50,335 Community development programme - Kenya 36,417 Water supply programme - DR Congo 27,833 Primary school relief and development - Ethiopia 42,857

157,442

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TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE

Building and training for development 13,657

13,657

A message from Larry Boyd, Communications Officer for Tools for Self Reliance

Everyone is working hard here at Tools for Self Reliance to keep the tools moving out to the people building their communities in Africa. There's someone waiting for every kit we send. They have the ideas, they have the plan and we are giving them the tools to do it. You are part of this, your support makes it possible. So let me say thanks. But better than me saying thanks, here's what Moses Dabuo said in a letter from Ghana:

Letter of Appreciation

I was a beneficiary of your Tools for Self Reliance programme and wish to thank you for providing me with the necessary tools to enhance my work as a carpenter.

I would have found it difficult to carry out my work as a carpenter without your intervention, I am and also able to train other young men to be self reliant. It is my fervent prayer that the Almighty would continue to provide for the needy in the society.

Yours faithfully

Moses Dabuo

Moses works at the School for the Blind in the town of Wa, Northern Ghana.

UGANDA SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN Short course training facility for young people - Uganda Orthopaedic workshop, tools and materials - Uganda

UNICEF

Youth career development to eliminate sexual exploitation - Thailand Displaced school children - Red Sea

VETAID

Community livestock programme - Mozambique Food security development - Mozambique

62,866 25,876

88,742 60,212

25,000 85,212

65,000 29,184

94,184

V.S.O. (Voluntary Service Overseas)

English teacher trainer Alan Rossi - China 10,850

English Teacher Janet Vane - Vietnam 10,850

MIS/monitor advisor Simone Andrews - Bangladesh 10,850

Overseas training volunteer, Simon Blampied 6,425

Monitoring  advisor - Bangladesh

1,838 40,813

WATERAID

Water supply and hygiene project - Ethiopia 29,520 Water and sanitation project - Uganda 26,063 Supply, sanitation, hygiene and education project - Ethiopia 26,580

82,163

WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Literacy kits - Uganda 8,460

8,460

WORLD VISION UK

Boreholes - Zambia 49,168 School community garden - Mongolia 9,373

58,541

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GRANT AID

EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM AGENCIES' REPORTS

UGANDA SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN Short course training facility for young people

Masaka Vocational Training Centre is a training centre for young people (mostly in their late teens) with various disabilities. It provides year-long, practical courses in a variety of trades (carpentry, metalwork, screen painting etc.) to improve the students' chances of employment later. Originally a government sheltered workshop, the centre is now the property of the Masaka District Council, and has been extensively renovated, extended and improved by the Uganda Society for Disabled Children (USDC) with the financial backing from the States of Jersey Overseas Aid Committee and others since 1996. It is now managed by USDC.

Aim

The training workshops, dormitories, amenities and some of the staff housing were complete by the year 2000, and the District administration agreed to provide a small monthly grant towards the Centre's running costs. However, the centre charges the students no fees as they are selected on the basis of need, and the vast majority come from very poor backgrounds. They are disadvantaged because  of being disabled. Thus  the Centre was faced  with a deficit in its running costs, and conceived the idea of a conference facility, which would be hired out to raise a steady income for the Training Centre. Land was plentiful, and similar facilities were few and far between in the area, yet there appeared to be a high demand for such venues. A business plan was drawn up and a grant of £62,886 was received from Jersey Overseas Aid in January 2001. The grant would enable the construction/renovation of male and female accommodation, a dining area, plus a separate conference hall/seminar room. Toilets, washing facilities and a canteen/showroom would also be built, the latter to display products made by the disabled students at the Training Centre, which would be offered for sale.

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Activities

The conference hall with a capacity of 150 seats, the hostel of 51 beds and the dining hall were all completed in May 2001 and have since hosted many events. A Matron and Deputy Care Manager are responsible for the smooth running of the centre. Catering and cooking provided by experienced cooks from the neighbourhood and the trainees at the centre.

Impact

Customers who visit the centre cannot avoid walking around the compound and seeing what goes on in the workshops. The activities at the centre are not only inspiring but also show the potential of young people with disabilities who are given opportunities through training. Some become interested in buying the products produced, many have sought briefing on what goes on in the centre, how it was started, and what can be done to initiate similar training centres in their own districts.

Sustainability

From July 2001 to March 2002 the conference centre has produced income of 15.2 million Uganda Shillings (about £6,000) which has usefully supplemented the small grant from the Masaka District administration. Even though this was the first year of operation, income is in line with the business plan  projections  for  Year  2,  so  it  is  slightly  running  ahead  of  schedule  at  present,  which  is encouraging. The increased take-up of the conference facilities will ensure increased income, which will greatly improve the Training Centre facilities, enabling self-sustainability in the long run.

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GRANT AID

2001 Kenya Self Help Classrooms Report

The first three-year project was satisfactorily completed and produced 35 classrooms and 80 latrines in a total of ten schools (word has spread like wildfire there were 70 applications for 12 places). The second, three-year project is now under way and in the first year of 2001, twelve classrooms were built in twelve schools.

Jersey Overseas Aid pays for the materials and the schools and parents do the construction work; this has meant a developing co-operation amongst the local communities. The ground rules are very clear, everyone pulls their weight. The difference it is making to the communities is remarkable. There is much poverty, unemployment and illiteracy in the area receiving assistance. This scheme gives an education to the children, teaches the young unemployed a trade and gives the people a pride in themselves.  Jersey  Overseas  Aid  appears  to  be  the  only  non-government  organization  working successfully in the Ougis area, as subsequent to the classrooms and latrines being built, no further financial assistance is required, whereas Agricultural Schemes/medical clinics/orphanages do require further financial funds, which are usually not forthcoming so they are not successful. It also helps that the word is out that no backhanders are given, so there is no hassle from Government Officials.

The Kenyan Government have met the costs of the additional teachers' salaries who have moved into the area with their families; this has encouraged many small businesses to open up and therefore the area is becoming more prosperous. We hope to be able to continue with this invaluable work in the future.

Deputy Jacqui Huet President

June 2002

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Persons wishing to undertake research into Overseas Aid from the Island of Jersey can obtain back copies of reports from:- The States' Greffe, Morier House, Halkett Place, St. Helier , Jersey JE1 1DD.

Comments and improvements on this annual report should be addressed to Leslie Crapp FCA, Honorary Executive Officer.

Jersey is not a member of the European Community but does benefit from its liaison with Member States.

Ryder Cheshire Foundation

"Donations of £4,850 and £10,750 enabled the renovation of the kitchen block and women's residential quarters at the Seva Nilayam Health Centre, Southern India"

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