Jersey Overseas Aid Commission Annual Report (2004)

STATES OF JERSEY OVERSEAS AID COMMITTEE

President: Deputy J.J. Huet Vice-President Senator E. P. Vibert Members : Connétable J. B. Germain

Deputy T. J. Le Main Deputy A. Breckon

Sub-Committee - Jersey Charities Working Overseas Chairman: Deputy J. J. Huet

Member: Connétable J. B. Germain

Sub-Committee - Community Work Projects

Chairman: Deputy J. J. Huet

Members: Messrs. I Brown, D. Ellis, R. Heaven, D. O'Brien and B. Stuttard

Administration:

Honorary Executive Officer: Mr. L. R. Crapp FCA Administrative Assistant: Mrs. K. Filipponi Committee Clerk: Mr. P. Monamy

Front Cover Photo:

School children at Sohm,

Community Work Project Jersey Gambia Schools Trust

CONTENTS

President's Foreword. 2 Abridged Summary of Funding. 4 Financial Summary.5 Disaster Aid6 Community Work Projects.11 Jersey Charities Working Overseas17 Grant Aid17

FOREWORD

2004, the last full year of life for this Committee, from the end of 2005 with the blessing of the States Chamber it will become a Commission consisting of three States members and three lay members. This change will come into effect at the same time as the States of Jersey moves to a ministerial government. All is in place and hopefully will proceed with very few hiccups.

So how did 2004 go? Quickly would be to put it mildly, unfortunately the world has not changed much, poverty is still with us. There are 600 million people living in absolute poverty and one child dies every 3 seconds from hunger and preventable diseases, giving a total of more than 10 million children dead in a year! We have to continue to push even harder to try and make a difference.

Aid needs to focus on poor people's needs and not government's wants, this is our criteria, basic health and education, clean water and sanitation and a hand up to self sufficiency. Whilst it is the aim of large ruling States to contribute 0.7% of GNI, Jersey is not a large ruling State and Jersey's per capita contribution stands amongst the highest in the world. Jersey's GNI and GDP figures are inflated because of the high level of finance that flows through our Island as we are an international finance centre. It must be remembered that Jersey Overseas Aid gives non conditional aid ONLY to non government organisations, never direct to governments or officials, it should therefore be remembered that nearly almost 100% of Jersey's overseas aid budget is real aid.

Boxing Day, 26th December 2003, we had the Bam earthquake in Iran, this year on exactly the same day we witnessed the terrible Tsunami disaster, the aid for which will continue through 2005 and

beyond.

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There were three main work projects undertaken in 2004. India in January (new ground), Gambia in March and Romania in September (new ground). All were successful thanks to the hard work and commitment of our team leaders, members and Sub-Committee team.

2004 appears to be the last year for many things. Not only the last full year of the Jersey Overseas Aid Committee but the last of the free office space from the Waterfront Enterprise Board (WEB) following the development of the Island Site and also the last of the Bank of Nova Scotia's hospitality for our annual London meetings (the Bank no longer operates from Jersey). My thanks to them both for their support over the years. I am hoping that we will receive offers of support from other organisations, which have office branches in Jersey, to assist our annual meetings in London. All we require is the loan of a boardroom once a year to seat a maximum of ten people, for interviews which take place over four days.

Thank you to my Committee, Mr. Leslie Crapp (Honorary Executive Officer) and Mrs. Kathryn Filipponi (Administrative Assistant) and thanks also to Ms. Karen Nisbit who supported us during the summer months whilst Kathryn was on maternity leave. Thanks to Mr. Michael de la Haye, Greffier of the States of Jersey and his team of Clerks especially Mrs. Carol le Quesne who so kindly assisted us during our London meetings held in November. Thanks to Deputy Peter Troy and Mr. Ken Syvret for their continued commitment in working together with Mr. Leslie Crapp on the development of the Commission and to the Public Services Department for free office storage. Thank you to all our Community Work Project Sub-Committee members and team leaders, Dr. Mike Rosser, Dr. John Howell , Dr. Pippa Harold and Dr. Annabel Norman and to Phil Romeril and his team at de Faye's Chemist. It is your support, hard work and commitment that has made JOA the success it is.

Deputy Jacqui Huet June 2005

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ABRIDGED SUMMARY

BUDGETARY POSTION FOR OVERSEAS AID 1968 - 2004

1968 (1st Year) 14,000

1970 20,000 1975 100,000 1980 155,000 1985 780,000 1990 1,986,000 1995 2,612,000 2000 4,174,400 2001 4,801,900 2002 4,649,000 2003 4,603,000 2004 5,306,000

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

2003 2004

Balance 1st January 12,898 21,394

States Grant 4,604,400 5,306,000

£4,617,298 £5,327,394

Net Expenditure

Grant Aid to Agencies 3,720,093 4,298,559 Disasters and Emergencies 690,500 745,434 Community Work Projects 120,211 172,173 Local Charities Working Overseas 25,243 10,500 Administration 39,857 33,862

Balance 31st December 21,394 66,866

4,617,298 5,327,394 ======= =======

2004 Official Aid Contribution from Jersey

Grant Aid £4,298,559

Community Work Projects, £172,173

Local Charities Disasters & Administration, Working Emergencies £33,862 Overseas, £745,434 £10,500

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The funding of individual disasters and emergencies has been restricted to keep to the Committee's allocation of its budget (15%). The applications were mainly in respect of natural disasters with approximately 25% being spent on applications arising from human conflict. During the course of the year £745,434 was awarded from this budget compared with £690,500 in the previous year.

GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004

£23,840 Tearfund – provision of shelter, food, medical assistance and warm

clothing following flooding in Peru

£24,750 World Vision- provision of blankets, tarpaulins and kitchen sets to those displaced by

violence following civil unrest in Uganda

£23,500 Save the Children Fund – provision of personal hygiene kits, water purification

equipment and mosquito nets for those affected by flooding in Brazil

£8,148 Mission Aviation Fellowship – supporting aid by air for those communities cut off by

cyclones in Madagascar

£25,000 British Red Cross – provision of shelter, water, sanitation equipment and chemical

pesticides to prevent malaria and other water borne diseases following flooding in Namibia

£25,000 Oxfam – provision of clean water to communities following civil unrest in Haiti £25,000 Concern – provision of basic seeds and planting tools following civil unrest in Haiti £25,000 UNICEF – provision of essential supplies to prevent outbreak of disease and

malnutrition following civil unrest in Sudan

£25,000 Save the Children Fund – provision of mosquito nets, children's

clothes, baby soap and nappies following flooding in Haiti

£25,000 Oxfam – urgent improvements to water sanitation and hygiene

promotion following the displacement of those affected by civil unrest in Sudan

£3,625 Mission Aviation Fellowship – transit of building materials to remote areas affected

by the cyclones in Madagascar

£24,850 Tearfund – provision of shelter to children seeking protection from

the risk of attack and abduction following civil unrest in Uganda

£21,387 Tearfund – emergency sanitation intervention to those camps recently demolished following civil unrest for the internally displaced in Sudan

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GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004continued

£25,000 Tearfund – supply and distribution of food and emergency materials

to those affected by flooding in India

£25,000 Intermediate Technology Development Group – provision of food, water, medical

supplies and flood assistance to those affected by flooding in Bangladesh

£20,098 Save the Children Fund – provision of warm clothing for vulnerable

children and livestock medicines in response to severe weather conditions in Peru

£24,775 Impact – for the supplying and distribution of food supplies and

emergency materials including water purification equipment as a result of severe flooding in Bangladesh

£25,000 One World Action – supply and distribution of emergency food supplies to those

affected by severe flooding in Bangladesh

£20,000 Save the Children Fund – provision of temporary shelter and clothing

to those children affected by flooding in India

£25,000 Plan – provision of food, medicine, tents, cooking pots and utensils following floods

in Nepal

£25,000 British Red Cross – part contribution towards the purchase, transportation and

distribution of food packs and family kits, shelter material and other basic health supplies following flooding in Nepal

£25,000 British Red Cross – part contribution towards the purchase,

transportation and distribution of food packs and family kits, shelter material and other basic health supplies following flooding in India

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DISASTER AID

GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004continued

£25,000 Care International – provision of agricultural seeds to commence

immediate production to support livelihoods together with the

installation of tube wells and household materials following floods in Nepal

£16,500 Just World Partners – provision of food, medical supplies, clothing

and temporary shelter to families left homeless following the typhoon in the Philippines

£25,000 British Red Cross – provision of emergency food, household kits, shelter and clothing to communities affected by Hurricane Ivan in the Caribbean

£25,000 Save the Children Fund – provision of essential equipment for the

protection and care of children and young people affected by Hurricane Ivan in the Caribbean

£25,000 UNICEF – provision of water and sanitation equipment and essential

medical supplies to those communities affected by Hurricane Ivan in the Caribbean

£22,182 World Vision – provision of equipping anti-locust brigades with sprayers, approved

pesticides, kit protection and fuel to combat the locust plague in Senegal

£25,000 Tearfund – provision of improved shelter and sanitation to

communities following civil unrest in the Congo

£23,944 World Vision – provision of motor driven pumps to draw water for six

villages affected by drought and locusts in Niger

£25,000 UNICEF – provision of water, sanitation, medical supplies and evacuation centres

following tropical storms in the Philippines

£15,345 Just World Partners – provision of relief work to 12 tribal minorities

some of which were amongst the poorest and most disadvantaged

groups affected by the severe weather conditions in the Philippines

£22,490 Save the Children Fund – to improve the living conditions and to

protect children affected by flooding in Colombia

£745,434 TOTAL

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DISASTER AID

EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM AGENCIES REPORTS

SAVE THE CHILDREN

Immediate Response to Flooding in South East Haiti

In May 2004, floods affected more than 110,000 people in the southeast part of Haiti resulting in over 3,000 deaths and thousands of homes being damaged or destroyed, with other areas also seriously damaged or destroyed.

As a result of the floods, Save the Children utilised the support from Jersey Overseas Aid to procure and transport critically needed hygiene materials to prevent the possibility of disease from harming the families and children affected by the flooding. The intervention focused on those most in need in the five communes most seriously affected. The Jersey Overseas Aid Committee funded intervention was implemented as part of a larger emergency programme funded by DIFD that included the distribution of basic education kits, the rehabilitation of flood affected schools and the distribution of essential non-food items.

The funds received from Jersey Overseas Aid totalling £25,000 were used to finance the procurement, transport  and  distribution  of  2,000  hygiene  kits  to  the  families  worst  affected  by  the  flooding, benefiting  approximately  10,000  children. Each  kit  consisted  of  items  that  were  essential  for supporting the immediate needs of a family that had recently lost most, if not all, of its possessions after the floods. The mosquito nets helped to ensure that malaria would not break out in the flooded communities.

The programme was developed and implemented in co-ordination with the other agencies responding to the disaster to ensure that no duplication of effort would take place. In order to ensure the sustainability of the project, Save the Children mounted an experienced team for its response to the emergency to provide essential long and short term support to the intervention on the ground. Two community animators have also been working full time in the communities to conduct hygiene training and mobilisation and to provide support to the affected communities. According to feedback received, the hygiene kits were greatly appreciated by the families affected by the flooding.

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DISASTER AID

EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM AGENCIES REPORTS

WORLD VISION

Emergency Relief for equipping Anti-Locust Brigades Senegal

The first alert regarding the formation of the locust currently invading the entire sub Saharan Africa was  first  announced  on  the  national  media  in  March  2004  when  satellite  photos  indicated  the beginning of swarm formations in the arid zones of Algeria and Mauritania. Despite the alert there was  no  sustained  political  will  on  the  part  of  the Sahelian countries to  take  immediate  drastic measures to halt the threat promptly.

On 29th July, the locust alert became reality in Senegal when the first officially announced swarms

invaded the newly created region of Matam in the northwest zone of the country. By 7th August the invasion had spread over the entire north eastern and central zones of Senegal, conquering the regions

of Louga and St Louis by 13th August and extending eventually to the regions of Thies, Diourbel, by 30th August 2004.

World Vision was able to equip four local brigades in the region of Fatick. The anti locust brigades were able to respond to the adult swarms in the region and the infant locusts. The project worked in partnership with the Senegalese government and other local organisations to respond to the treat posed by locusts. The four brigades funded were integrated into a larger unit of brigades supervised by the Senegalese military. This enabled the brigades to receive training and advice on the location of locusts and the best methods to respond.

In addition to the above activities the funding also allowed  the  purchase  of  three  other  motorised sprayers. These were bought to strengthen the future response to the locust crisis. Because of the locust breeding  cycle  it  is  highly  likely  that  locust  will return and World Vision is continuing to work with partners to prepare for this event.

Photo:

Locusts cover the sky in a Seereer village near the World Vision project zone

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECT

INDIA

This project was to assist in the construction of operating theatres for ophthalmic services currently provided at Kothara Leprosy Hospital. The hospital is financed by the Leprosy Mission and a husband and wife team are responsible for patient care and for the overall administration of the hospital. The ophthalmologist was sharing theatre facilities with the surgeon who performs reconstructive surgery on leprosy affected patients. The new facility includes three operating theatres and will expand the services which the hospital can currently provide. It will also encourage the local people and tribal population to make further use of the facilities.

The  land  on  which  the  project  was  to  be  built  is  agricultural  and  therefore  necessary  to  have substantial foundations to avoid subsidence. Upon arrival 141 trenches had been dug each of which was between 6-8ft deep. The team first had to remove the soil from the trenches as it was not possible for the engineer to set out the profile without removing the soil. The work was extremely hard as there were no wheelbarrows and the soil had to be loaded into camillas' metal containers which were carried on the head and discharged into a trailer for dumping. This took several days whilst a local labour force put the steel reinforcements into the trenches, the team assisted local tribesmen remove rubble to clear the site. The next task was to fill each trench with 5 inches of sand laid before concreting could commence. The team had targets each day as to how many trenches could be filled with the steel reinforcements in place. They were delighted that they completed them all.

During the trip it was Republic Day in India. The team were invited to the celebrations held in the Community Hall . The team decided to participate and performed on stage, this action was highly appreciated by the audience.

The school also held a ceremony at which all the children received a gift from the group together with a toothbrush and toothpaste. The children normally cleaned their teeth with ash and fingers or twigs. The gift of a toothbrush and toothpaste was highly acceptable.

A farewell was held in the chapel on the final Sunday at which the team were thanked for their hard work and presented with garlands of marigolds and a gift of Indian cotton napkins. The team found it a very humbling experience.

Leader – Toni Roberts

Team Members – Peter Coleman, Sue Deans, Hilario Diogo, Sam Eastwood, Jane Hall , Carl Le Poidevin, Paul Liddiard, John Oxley and Paul Isham

Approximate Cost £

Materials 50,000 Group/Travel Expenses 10,626 Less Volunteer contributions 4,558

TOTAL £ 56,068

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECT INDIA

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECT GAMBIA

With preparations finally complete the team departed Jersey Airport on 15th March 2004. Arriving at Banjul Airport where they were met by Robin and Carol Mallet, co-founders of the Jersey Gambia

Schools Trust and the Gambian members of their committee who escorted them to Sohm. On arrival at the village they were met by a crowd of over 200 adults and children all shouting, cheering and playing loud instruments.

The following morning was one of settling in' before starting work on the site straight after lunch. The team had asked for the pad to be laid so that they could get on with block laying on arrival and it was prepared exactly as asked. At meetings with Robin before the trip it had been stressed that the group would work faster than the locals expected so all blocks required for the building should be made before the team got there and all materials ready. The local community had made what they thought was enough blocks for a couple of weeks but by the end of the first week the team were running short and although more bricks were made, it was touch and go whether the locals could keep ahead. Work progressed steadily, 12 local volunteers had been requested to work with the team and they were pleased that six of those were skilled in building work.

As news of the work spread, more and more people came to see what was happening in particular the village children gathered in huge numbers. The Mayor of Banjul also visited the site, the first time he had been to Sohm and the first time that many of the villagers had seen him. The team hastily arranged a meeting with the Mayor in the common room for themselves and all village Elders. The Mayor spoke excellent English and announced to the village that he had plans to twin' Sohm and Banjul. He also thanked the team on behalf of the Gambian government for the work they were doing in the village.

On the social front the team were never without visitors around the site or the accommodation. All members who wanted were able to visit the school, nursery and the clinic and nearly everybody had the opportunity to go on a shopping trip. In Sohm the team as a whole visited various compounds at the invitation of friends made on site. They were always made very welcome and it was interesting to see the way in which these friends lived.

Leaders – Dave and Betty Ellis

Team Members – Mick Doublet , Sharon Dundon, Ken Faudemer, Cyril Renouf , Thomas Wright, Susan Davey, Jean Wilson , Nicola Nicholson, Yvette Arden and Beverley Redmond.

Approximate Cost £

Materials 40,000 Group/Travel Expenses 13,194 Less Volunteer contributions 11,740

TOTAL £41,454

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECT GAMBIA

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECT ROMANIA

An eager and excited team of 13 volunteers left Jersey on 25th September 2004 bound for Cluj- Napoca, North West Romania. The project was the building of a Social Centre to cater for twenty to

thirty homeless and street children.

When the team was chosen in 2003 it was hoped that they would be going to Romania to decorate the Social Centre. However, due to the local bureaucracy and a change of Mayor, the building work was only started in July 2004 and the team knew before leaving that the Centre would definitely not be ready to decorate. Nevertheless, spirits were high and the team was prepared to face whatever was asked of them.

It had been raining for a week prior to the team's arrival and the site was like a mud bath. From that day on the team was blessed with blue skies and sunshine every day. Most of the time the team were labourers for the ten Romanian tradesmen who were working daily on the site. Rosemary quotes the team as "strong healthy and willing workers who sang as they formed a line to move thousands of tiles and pieces of wood form lorry to site, workers who brought smiles onto tired and thin Romanian faces as tonnes of earth were barrowed to infill basement to floor level. Trenches were dug, wood primed, batons sawed, tiles shifted, nails banged in, nails pulled out, plasterboard ceilings erected and floors laid."

When it was not possible for all members to be working on site they gave their strength and energy to harvesting tonnes of onions, unloading containers of humanitarian aid, helping distribution to the local community and fostering relationships with the homeless children who will benefit from the new centre.

The  team  worked  and  played  together  well  and  gave  so  much  to  the  Romanian  Community. Friendships were formed and each team member gained so much as a result of this project.

Leaders – Rosemary and Tony Coote

Team Members – Nathalie Hawlin, Catherine Murray, Nathan Turner, Julie Murphy, Kirstie de ste Croix, Graeme Michel, Katy Clinton, Margaret Jenkins, Francine Getenet, Francis Raffay and Jenna Killmister

Approximate Cost £

Materials 45,000 Group/Travel Expenses 19,823 Less Volunteer contributions 5,650

TOTAL £59,173

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COMMUNITY WORK PROJECT ROMANIA

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GRANTS TO JERSEY CHARITIES WORKING OVERSEAS

GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004

Friends of Ecce Homo Trust - £3,500

Agricultural project to provide self sufficiency, Romania

Jersey Gambia Schools Trust - £3,500

Provision of borehole and pump with toilet facilities at the proposed Sohm skills centre, Gambia

Kenya Widows and Orphans Trust - £3,500

Renovation of houses donated to the Trust to be used as a food, day care, education and counselling centre benefiting an estimated 800 AIDS orphans, Kenya

GRANT AID

GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004 £

Acord Action Aid

British Red Cross

Bush Hospital Foundation

CAFOD

Cambodia Trust Care

Childhope Christian Aid

Concern CORD

Water and sanitation

Training of birth attendants Food security

Water and sanitation

Hospital drug supplies

Hospital drug supplies

Rehabilitation of war children Water filtration

Training of prothestist/orthotists

Nutrition security project

Minor tank rehabilitation Community input for peace process

Juvenile Justice

Integrated rural development

Centre for development Livelihoods and capacity building Rural development

Watershed development

Safe drinking water

Somleng (Voice) Community Water

Tanzania 20,000

Afghanistan 64,000

Sierra Leone 48,800

Zambia 43,739

Zambia 15,000

Malawi 15,000

Liberia 65,000

Nigeria 27,321

Cambodia 25,638

Sierra Leone 54,569

Sri Lanka 64,774 Sudan 12,960

Bangladesh 26,279

Ethiopia 30,000 Peru 21,077

Senegal 14,590

Bolivia 15,893 India 17,417

DPR Korea 60,897

Cambodia 22,438 Nigeria 14,000

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GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004continued £

Global Care Street children, day care/education India 23,000

Habitat for Eight simple affordable homes Armenia 24,480 Humanity Fifty simple affordable homes Guatemala 27,432 Ten simple affordable homes Chile 35,000

In construction a simple, affordable home, Armenia

Hands Children's centre

Around Wind pump and house/classroom The World School girls hostel

Helpage Reducing impact of HIV/AIDS

Urban food production

Carers for HIV orphans

Hope and Education/training of war orphans Homes

Impact Third Year of 2001 3 Year Project:

Safer motherhood and child survival

India 12,000 Zambia 16,000

Uganda 6,000

Cambodia 24,135 Ecuador 13,594

Uganda 15,000

Sierra Leone 22,420 Nepal 35,976

First Year of 2004 3 Year Project:

Disability prevention partnership East Africa 50,877 Jibon Tari floating hospital Bangladesh 35,874 Training doctors for hearing impaired Nepal 16,272 Establishment of prosthetic centre Bangladesh 43,970 Restoring sight & cutting cataract backlog Sri Lanka 20,150 Safer Motherhood Tanzania 16,135

"Thank you all, and the people of Jersey, so much for your sustained support, which is helping us to change the lives and opportunities of some of the world's most marginalized people". Claire Hicks, Chief Executive

International Winter support for displaced people Russia 49,339 Medical

Corps

"JOA support of IMC activities proved to be essential for addressing immediate needs of the war affected population of Ingushetia. The great appreciation shown by the beneficiaries, reflected in letters, personal comments, and the assessment questionnaire, testifies to the project's success. IMC will continue to work towards building local capacities and providing sustainable solutions in the Northern Caucasus and looks forward to further collaboration with JOA in this endeavour."

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GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004continued £

Intermediate Community access to rural services Nepal 34,474 Technology Women's rural enterprise Peru 29,664 Group

International Extending youth friendly services Nepal 15,000 Planned Parenthood

Just World Sustainable agriculture Tonga 10,811 Partners Income generation Vanuatu 12,750

Improved nutrition West Papua 9,529 Blue forests Fiji 15,150

Landmine Nuba mountain mine clearance Sudan 65,000 Action Emergency first aid training Sudan 45,000

Leonard Ranchi self reliance programme India 13,120 Cheshire Vocational training for disabled people Sierra Leone 26,354

Lepra

The Leprosy Mission

Leprosy services

Adapted footware for disability

IEC for elimination of lymphatic filariasis Provision of TB and Leprosy services

Integrated approach to Leprosy Renovation for Kumi Hospital

Tuberculosis control

Increasing capacity of Nav Jivan TB prog.

Nepal 16,953 Brazil 11,745

Bangladesh 14,046 Angola 25,000

Sudan 31,894 Uganda 10,728

India 10,624 India 12,602

Marie Stopes Second Year of 2002 3 Year Project:

Improving the wellbeing of women Tanzania 38,426 Preventive measures STI/HIV/AIDS Angola 50,000 Reproductive health Pakistan 32,616 Improving sexual health Mongolia 49,011 Reproductive health centre Fiji 49,819

Medicines Second Year of 2002 3 Year Project:

Sans TB treatment pilot project Uzbekistan 50,000 Frontieres

Prevention and treatment of HIV infection Kenya 65,000 Support control for human Trypanosomiasis Africa 48,000 Chronic diseases clinic Cambodia 65,000 Access to healthcare Haiti 65,000

Merlin Second Year of 2002 3 Year Project:

Developing TB control Georgia 40,345 Kenema district hospital laboratory Sierra Leone 62,558 Emergency well rehabilitation project Kenya 59,675

Mines First Year of 2004 3 Year Project:

Awareness Village assistance clearance Laos 77,254 Group

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GRANT AID..continued

GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004continued £

Mission Completion of new aircraft acquisition Papua NG 65,000 Aviation Avionics package for floatplane Bangladesh 64,898

Fellowship Satellite clinic Bangladesh 60,720

Satellite Clinic (Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital) Bangladesh

Ockenden Water provision and management

One World Improved stoves & vegetable plots

Action Post harvest production support

Rehabilitation programme for the disabled Community health and development Vocational training programme Agricultural programme

Orbis Paediatric eye care with outreach

Establishing county eye-care services

Orphaids Palliative care Doctor Nicola Bailhache Oxfam Third Year of 2001 3 Year Project:

Pastoral development programme

First Year of 2004 3 Year Project: Basic education for internally displaced children

Livelihood support for women

Education for children living in slums Food security and livelihoods for the poor Food security and health care

Plan UK Rural livelihoods & capacity building

Health centre construction

SAMS Smiles dental health project

Sudan 24,997

Nicaragua 6,501 Philippines 8,769

El Salvador 6,881 Bangladesh 13,932

El Salvador 12,870 Philippines 16,494

India 26,235 China 32,523

Ecuador 18,963

Kenya 56,123 Sudan 57,500

Chile 64,403 Kenya 65,000

Haiti 63,765

Bangladesh 64,182

Cameroon 38,500

Bolivia 18,750 Brazil 10,000

Save the Second Year of 2002 3 Year Project:

Children Basic education Sudan 64,000

First Year of 2004 3 Year Project:

Improved quality of life for rural communities China 50,110 Integral development centre Bolivia 20,500

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GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004continued £

Sense Deafblind children and families in rural Bolivia 34,200

communities

Opportunities for deafblind children India 47,000

Sight Provision of quality cataract surgery Bangladesh 21,750 Savers Community based Trachoma control Kenya 26,060

KBHB paediatric eye care India 8,991

Cataract Surgery, Bangladesh

SOS Sahel Introducing Melia Volensii to poor farmers

Sound HARK Mobile Clinic

Seekers Swazi earcare training

Training audiology technicians HARK Namibia audiologist Surgical visit

Surgical visit

Tearfund First Year of 2004 3 Year Project: Samu water and sanitation project

Kenya 10,500

Sierra Leone 60,000 Swaziland 10,000

Uganda 8,000

Namibia 10,000 Swaziland 5,000 Namibia 5,000

Sierra Leone 60,134

Water and food security India 39,594 Village improved sanitation Albania 64,719 Water and agriculture project Guinea 52,079 Deep bore well drilling Brazil 36,098 Multi purpose cyclone centre Bangladesh 31,998

Tools for Sewing machines for enterprise Africa 22,529 Self Jersey tools for development Africa 585 Reliance Assisting artisans for development Uganda 11,733

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GRANTS VOTED DURING 2004continued £

Target TB Laboratory equipment for TB control Bangladesh 29,545

Equipment for Zatulet health centre Zambia 15,716 Capacity building and training at Zatulet Zambia 31,775

The TB nurse and community volunteers visit patients in all weathers. The bikes help make community visits more efficient, enabling more patients to be seen. Zatulet Centre, Zambia

UNICEF Third Year of 2001 3 Year Project:

Community based Malaria control Tanzania 50,000 Protecting mothers & babies from tetanus Uganda 51,268 School water and sanitation Cape Verde 45,192

Uganda Children's rehabilitation hostel

Society for Equipment for vocational training Disabled Supporting and giving voice to the young Children

Vetaid HIV/AIDS impact mitigation through

agricultural development

VSO Alan Rossi, English teacher

Matthew Thornington, Marketing advisor Daniella Watts, Youth for development manager

Wateraid Third Year of 2001 3 Year Project:

Tamiraparani Water Network

First Year of 2004 3 Year Project: Integrating water, sanitation and hygiene

Uganda 19,560 Uganda 14,816

Uganda 20,000

Kenya 21,495

China 11,556 Uganda 7,040 Malawi 4,626

India 52,414 India 36,000

Safe water, sanitation and hygiene Mozambique 49,846 Integrating water, sanitation and hygiene Ghana 30,000

World Vision Centre for female victims of civil war Sierra Leone 22,056

Mobile dental clinic Sri Lanka 27,590 School construction Ethiopia 40,000 Water/environmental management Bolivia 38,821 Residential centre for street girls India 38,178 School renovation project Bangladesh 39,023

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GRANT AID

ARMENIA SAYS "THANK YOU JERSEY"

In 2002, the Jersey Overseas Aid Committee provided funding of £63,510 towards a community based primary healthcare scheme providing services to remote villages in Armenia. The people of Jersey were warmly thanked for their generosity by members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia during a self funded visit by Senator Edward Vibert , Vice-President of the Jersey Overseas Aid Committee and Deputy Celia Scott Warr en, a member of Jersey's Health and Social Services Committee.

The fact finding trip was organised by Oxfam, who were joint partners with the Jersey Overseas Aid Committee in this ground breaking scheme to provide sustainable primary health care and clean water to over 300 homes in four remote villages in the poorest and most inaccessible region of Southern Armenia.

In a one-to-one meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Environmental Protection, Mr. Mnatsakan Petrosyan, Senator Vibert and Deputy Scott - Warr en were asked to convey to the people of Jersey, "the heartfelt thanks of the people of Armenia for their wonderful generosity".

Mr. Petrosyan told Senator Vibert and Deputy Scott - Warr en; "The rural health scheme pioneered by Oxfam Armenia for some of our remote villages, and supported by the island of Jersey, has been so successful that we are now working with Oxfam to incorporate the scheme into a new law that will take this sort of primary health care to all remote villages in Armenia. It has been a wonderful success and we can't thank Jersey enough for the financial aid we received."

During their visit, Senator Vibert and Deputy Scott - Warr en were invited to meet some of the beneficiaries of the scheme who live in the villages. They spoke in glowing terms of how the medical centres had changed their lives.

"One of the concerns about Overseas Aid often expressed to me by islanders is whether we are sure that the money sent to a country is used for the benefit of people in need and not siphoned off by governments. The Committee has a policy of only providing aid to non-government organisations (NGO's) with an excellent track record and the Oxfam-Armenian project is a perfect example of how well this works" said Senator Vibert . "I can assure the people of Jersey who provided the money for this project that all of the money is being well used, is subject to very stringent controls and is having maximum impact of people in need".

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