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Third World Foundation Soest
J A R A V E R S L A G 2 0 0 7
THE GAP
Never never never
the gap closed
between life and death
between heaven and earth
water and fire
body and mind
between him and her.
Never never never
the gap closed
between Taliban and talisman
between pop and pope
birds and fish
Sun and shadow
between us and them.
Ever ever ever
the gap closed
between two and three
between cheek and manners
strain and pei
wan and hope
between you and me.
JAN VISSER
From: The gap poem
Third World Foundation Edition Soest
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1 INTRODUCTION
2 COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS Page 4
3 PROJECTS
Promotion of activities that generate income:
India
Page 6
Medical facilities and information:
Mali, India, Tanzania
Page 8
Education Services, education and literacy:
DR Congo, India, Brazil
Page 10
Promoting sustainable agriculture:
Philippines, India
Page 12
Support returning war refugees:
Sierra Leone, DR Congo
Page 13
4 PLANS FOR 2008
Page 14
5 FINANCE
Page 15
6 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES Page 16
7 INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY
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8 ACCOUNTS
Page 18
9 BUDGET 2008
Page 19
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1 INTRODUCTION
The 2007 Annual Report of the Third World Foundation Soest is for you
Ans is by January 1, 2008 Mann resigned as chairman and stick to the undersigned
transferred. We are greatly indebted for her hard work in recent years
our group
and thus for the Third World
has done.
In 2008 we celebrate a memorable event: the Foundation has over 25 years!
This means that our small group in the area of concern for the poorest in the Third World
good work to do. We hope to continue doing that course, which we your
need our support.
The foundation of our reputation in the Third World is still growing. The simple and relatively
cheap modern communications make this possible.
The result is an increase in applications and an increase in the average size of the
requested contributions.
The grinding poverty, hunger and disease in the Third World are shocking to us, even if
only letters and photographs available.
It is still true that there are never enough funds to help everyone. There is therefore a
required careful selection of the projects supported.
Thanks to the selfless commitment of our board, we can the cost of the foundation layer
keep.
We see it as our task to
next to the collection of funds
the needs of people in the Third
World to the attention of the people of Soest bring. Especially the youth is of
interest. We are grateful that teachers and students of the College in 2007 again Griftland their
Action on the last Friday of the autumn have to keep. Grateful for the unprecedented
good results, but above all for their expressions of compassion for the poorest.
It is good to recall that the very small projects, where the Third World in
specialized, often very successful and start a small self-help groups, enabling
the standard of the villages slowly but surely improving. A well may e.g. mean a lot:
hygiene, improving sanitation, irrigation of fields.
The Foundation thanks the donors and the donors of fixed donations. Also we Soest
grateful for its annual contribution, an important support for our work.
Impulsis promised us another contribution to a good number of projects.
All parties are thanked for their efforts, contributions and moral support.
We hope this year you can count on!
Jan Bik
President Third World Soest.
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2 COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS
In 2007, nine board meetings held and was twice a mailroom
organized the dispatch of the annual report and the announcement of the action to fall
prepare. In January Joke Andringa took leave to devote himself to go to other tasks.
Wim Mann was willing to manage the website and take the news
of the DWG ready to press for shipment to the media.
During the year Ans Mann made clear to us that the presidency could no longer
combine with her busy political activities. It is followed by January 1, 2008 through January
Bik. We understand her decision, but regret her departure very much.
As at December 31, 2007 the board consisted of the Third World Soest of the following members:
Mrs Mann-Ans Voortman President
Mrs. Bernadette Postma Secretary
Mrs. Erica Hoksbergen Treasurer / projects
Mr Jan Bik projects
Mrs. Marian Dubourcq Common
Ms Elske Gorkum of projects
Ms Anne Marieke Koch projects
Mr. Gerrit Leeflang Minutes / address database
Mr. Jaap den Oude foto s / archive / technical management
Mr. Leo Weusten Public Relations
Mr Wim Mann
website / press
Mr. Theo Sluis contacts Soesterberg
Mr. William Voorhout transport
Mrs. Betty-Krook Kuyvenhoven contacts municipality Soest
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3 PROJECTS
Project Applications
In 2007 we achieved a lot of requests for information and applications for project support. Over 30
applications came from nine African countries and Bangladesh and Indonesia. The other, more than
50 applications came from India, where the DWG Soest with various NGOs, especially in Andhra s
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu contact. Through these contacts were also other organizations
trace of the DWG. The role of our website is continuously rising. Increasingly
are no more applications by mail, but via the Internet. This medium has the
liaison with project partners rather simplified. The speed of information exchange
is greatly increased. The additional questions that we usually have a
project, are now answered within a few days. This gives us the opportunity to
a relatively short period to obtain clarity on various aspects of a project.
Increasingly on the decision on whether to support a project focusing
placed on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME). This implies that we have drafted a
project should be given to aspects such as:
for whom the project is intended
How is the support in the community where it is carried
who supervises the project and keep the progress of the introduction in the eye
Who has responsibility for the outcome of the project
what is the result of the project, especially in the longer term
Sustainability, in the jargon project sustainability is a key concept. Practically, it means
e.g. you can have a school building, but that all should be clear in advance whether disadvantaged
it will benefit students, whose teachers and who will pay for maintenance
the building will provide.
The Third World can not and will not fund Soest stabbing in visiting projects. Therefore
it is very important to otherwise possible to collect reliable information,
where the various aspects of PME, as mentioned above, are discussed. These
information can come from a known contact us locally or through a larger Dutch
or foreign partner, which the project applicant contact. Also, we prefer to
to a prolonged relationship with the partner to build. Yet we also every year in sea
a number of applicants, we know only of paper. In 2007 was that seven of the seventeen
supported projects. If reporting after the first period of support is robust and
s and other material including pictures of the actions are sent, we can, if necessary, help
continue.
Type of project
After considering all requests by the project were a total of nineteen projects
approval submitted to the Board. Seventeen of these were paid in the year and two
will follow in January 2008. We can kind of supported projects divide into five
Categories:
Promotion of activities that generate income
Medical facilities and information on medical / hygienic area
Education Services, education and literacy
Promoting sustainable agriculture
Support for returning war refugees
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Promotion of activities that generate income
Weaker Community Development Trust, Villupuram District, India
This organization works in a way that many NGO s in rural India: there are small,
relatively remote villages, self-help groups of women formed the SHG s, that information
about many things in everyday life are important. Some of the poorest
women receive a small loan to e.g. to set up a stall selling. It taught them how
to deal with the finances and how each month bedragje should try to solve.
Also, the construction of gardens in the house to stimulate sales in the cultivated
products an extra income. The children benefit from the wider
food supply and the extra income gives them more chances to education.
The project Weaker in 2007 for the fifth time supported, by 1400, -. Meanwhile in
total of 100 women from 50 villages in the project.
Holy Cross Social Service Society, Srikakulam District, India
Another way to care for additional family income is keeping dairy cattle for the
sale of milk. Agricultural laborers provides only part of the years work. The other quality
drought and inadequate irrigation potential for increasing uncertainty in agriculture
money for the family.
The women who participate in this project by a veterinarian trained in keeping
dairy cows. Holy Cross provides information on various areas and ensure the formation of
cooperatives of the women. These are responsible for insuring the
cows, veterinary treatment and the supply of milk to dairy companies. Also keep it
monitor the repayment of the loan, the women get to buy a cow. The
redemption may take the form of the passing of the calf born to the following
participant within the community.
The DWG received a good report of the project and decided to support it again in 2007, with
an amount of 1500, --
Ford Trust, Sivangangai District, India
Also this organization works mainly with disadvantaged women in rural areas. With a loan
for the purchase of two goats, chickens and a bridle seeds and plants for the construction of a
vegetable garden, can be obtained within a short period income. Chickens lay eggs soon,
vegetables and herbs grow quickly. The warm climate, several harvests per year. The
revenues of the project kid come in about one years, since the goats must first calves
grow before they can be sold for consumption.
Ford Trust received in 2006 for the first time support for this project. We received a comprehensive
Report of the first year. The guarding s photos show the women proud of their goats. For a
second group of 45 women again, the DWG Soest in 2007 a sum of 2800, --
available.
PRAJA Yuvajana Seva Sangam, Chittoor District, India
This project is all about different types of work in the local community
known and which, with a small loan for the purchase of materials and tools, by
women can be arrested. This is making bowls of leaves, the
branches of manufacturing brooms, gathering, packing mean selling honey, gum, and herbs
peanut seeds and growing s. Psys itself provides training and supervision of the
women involved. The Loan Fund, the amount of a DWG 1800, - available.
Women Action Group, Salem District, India
These NGOs have been around since 2003. Three times we have supported them with a known
vermicompost project. This is the worm cultures to prepare compost from vegetable and
animal waste, which is freely available. By using this compost improved the soil and
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no fertilizer is needed. The compost will be participants in the project used in cultivation
of rice and bananas and any surplus is sold.
WAG asked our support in 2007 for another project, a group which could Dalitvrouwen
be helped. These women need in their own care for the family. By selling
home grown vegetables and herbs and goat breeding and sales of these women an income
acquisition. With the purchase of six goats for each of the 30 participating women was an amount
involved in 2500, -.
Nethra Society, Chittoor District, India
Nethra approached us to support gypsies, a tribal people who do
down the social ladder. Normally these people lead a nomadic existence, but
Nethra they could with the help of using special government facilities. They were pieces
awarded land on which they can establish themselves in Shikaris called Colonies. The government will also
for simple housing. The income gain is difficult. Nethra decided 30 women
in five settlements to help set up small cooperatives, which the women
making and selling artificial flowers make money. These flower arrangements and
garlands are much in demand in India and the women already had some experience with this
work. For the first training and the purchase of the materials were € 900, --
required. Meanwhile we received a good report, many neat photos of the women, among
their products.
Sri Venkatabhavani Multipurpose Social Welfare Society, Prakasam District, India
The last project in this category, a group of fifteen women, in cooperative relation
want to grow flowers. Fresh flowers are also very popular in India. The region where the
women living culture is known for its flora. The women must completely from scratch. There
land should be leased, regulated supply of water, seeds, cuttings and tools purchased. The
women are trained by experts and receive the first three months for a bridging
to observe the development of floriculture to devote. The organization assists in the marketing of
the flowers in the area and there are government transportation to the cities. Out
the proceeds of the first harvest, new seeds and cuttings purchased. The warm climate
four harvests per year. When the project is successful, it will expand to sixty
women. The first round was an appropriate amount of 2100, -.
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Medical facilities and information
Maternity Clinic in Farabako, Mali
The cultural anthropologist Dr. John Doe comes to his work for many years in the remote Sobara
region of Mali. In 2004 he asked the support of the DWG for the purchase of textbooks and
materials for the school in Farabako. The parents in this area were established and the school itself
teachers paid in kind. But had no money for textbooks. The proceeds of the
Autumn action of the second graders of the College could Griftland books for all students and
for adult education are purchased. In 2005 two teachers from the Griftland
College project.
In January 2006 Jackson again called for our help, now for the construction of a maternity clinic. Accompaniment
of pregnant women is much needed and mortality problems before, during and after birth to help
occur. The existing clinics are too far away to in acute situations in time to achieve. In
less acute cases, the midwives of the clinic in the women do Farabako
forward, if not themselves solve the problem. With a beautiful private gift and a
Impulsis contribution of the clinic could be built. Midwife Lianne Holten left in
January 2007 to Mali to assist in setting up the clinic and the local midwives
training. As part of her masters degree she Cultural Anthropology site investigations to
into the strategies these women and the networks they appeal when they are pregnant
have to try a healthy child into the world into an area without modern
health. When she has completed her Masters will Lianne the DWG members of its findings
to tell. For the purchase of prophylactic drugs in 2007 was still an amount necessary
of 490.98.
AERP, Villupuram District, India
Since 2002 we have contact with these NGOs, which are increasingly focussed on the
information on HIV infection and AIDS, a growing problem in the region. The DWG has Soest
a number of campaigns in this area supported AERP. In 2006 it was
production of an educational film, in the best tradition of Indian film song and dance was
peppered the clear message to a broad audience attractive packaging. In 2007
was a necessary amount of 900, - to the film. Beginning in 2007 we received the movie
DVD. After this the board have seen, we had a number of recommendations to
make improvements, which were all incorporated in the final version.
In the spring of 2007 the film in all 300 villages of the district shown in two villages per
day. This approach was very efficient and the interest was high, as the sent picture s
appeared. AERP campaign decided to extend for a further 180 villages in the neighboring
Tiruvannamalai and Cuddalore districts. Showed was that it brought the display to
TV too small reflected to all viewers to provide a good view. For the second
screening round was requested our assistance with the purchase of a large screen and a beamer. Also
the cost of transporting the equipment and officers to the villages we took our
bill. Overall, this information measure involves an amount of 2500, -.
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AMANI Center, Morogoro, Tanzania
The Amani Center for mentally handicapped children was established and developed by Mama
Josephine Bakhita, a mother of a son affected by meningitis disabled. With
her tremendous determination and with help from a network of donors, she managed a
day care center for 70 children to achieve. In addition, a learning farm work
aside where older children are taught skills which she later led,
to go. Also there is now a training set where social workers and
volunteers are trained based on the Community Based Rehabilitation program. The
mothers of the children here are trained in how they best
and encourage their children cope with additional physical constraints. The
trained social workers to home visits to mothers in education to assist. Because the
large distances, the students are housed in a hostel. Construction and
establishment of this hostel was still a hefty amount needed. The Third World Group has more Soest
than ten years contact with the Amani Center and in July was visiting Josephine in Soest. Her story,
s illustrated with many photos, did the government decide to propose this project for the annual
Griftland fundraising benefit of the DWG. This action brought the record of over 7600, - on.
Together with a defined contribution
4400, - of Impulsis, the project in early 2008 a contribution of 12.000, - meeting
see.
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Education Services, education and literacy
Mucolim Foundation, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
The foundation Mucolim - Mutuelle pour l Ignorance et la lutte contre la Malnutrition --
was in 1990 in Kimbanseke, suburb of the capital Kinshasa, founded. Kimbanseke counts
700,000 inhabitants, who survive thanks to small trade, crafts and agriculture.
Mucolim has a large hall, where cultural activities are held and where
provides information on socially useful things. Addition
and taught computer literacy courses. There is also a library. In the immediate
Ten area high schools, none of which a library or
have computer classroom. Mucolim the youth in this respect is a lot to offer, but
have sufficient space to provide various courses. There is a need for a separate
area where the trained youth can get access to the Internet. The literacy courses
Mucolim at many street children are already enrolled, but they can not yet started.
The Netherlands Foundation Mucolim searched using a number of Dutch contact potential sponsors for the
construction of two additional classrooms to finance. The charges, all courses and other activities
entail Mucolim funding from tuition fees, payments for Internet, film and
plays and room rental. In October we got news that the contributions of seven
donors the required amount was almost together. The DWG Soest had pledged a contribution under
provided that the total amount would be brought. With a contribution of 4000, - of the
DWG, funding round and were the preparations for the construction, which will start in 2008
place to start.
P.Z.P.V.S.S., Prakasam District, India
This organization was founded in 1999 by volunteers to seek socio-economic
situation of Dalits and Tribals to improve. The project which we support from the Third
World Group asked a group of children from 6 to 14 years who leave school before
or even go to school have been. The marginalized, landless laborers are due to
irregularity of income for their livelihood also depends on what their
help children. Also, the older girls on the younger children often adapt as their mother
at work. All regular school attendance difficult.
P.Z.P.V.S.S. believes that education for all children is important. Therefore we will now five
villages begin classes between 16.00 and 18.00 hours. Adapted to their age, children can
acquainted with arithmetic, reading and writing and many other useful things. The
village communities are responsible for implementing the project. If supervisors
leads one interested women from the villages. Classes are free except in one or
common area data. After a first acquaintance with this form of education would
we parents encourage their children as much as possible into mainstream education forward.
For the first year of this project were € 1200, --
required.
Comunidade Educacional Para o Trabalho, Lins, Brazil
Still, the Third World in contact with this child project Lins, which the Dutch
Buy all thick Els 30 years in charge. Every day there are 250 to 300 children from very poor
parents after school, they have morning or afternoon classes, collected by the Comunidade.
They get one meal and medical and dental care. To make them more opportunities in the
they are trained to give life in all kinds of professional skills. The rebuilds are Comunidade
own potatoes, corn, fruit and vegetables and fish ponds and livestock. The children help in the
this care.
The Comunidade gives the kids school uniforms and school materials they need and
they considered themselves to bring. Also try it as many parents in need
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possible to help, such as. with the provision of clothing. Els happy to rely on a group
Dutch sponsors, whose work also possible.
In 2007, the Comunidade, due to heavy rains, flooding hit much
damage to crops, ponds and buildings. For repairs and as
support the work of the indefatigable Buy Els and her staff decided we
EUR 1000, - about it.
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Promoting sustainable agriculture
AID Foundation, Negros, Philippines
The AID Foundation has evolved from a union for sugar cane workers. She supports and
accompanies the poor peasant population to produce an environmentally responsible manner. A
important part of the work concerns the development, manufacture and installation of various types
water pumps, water collection systems, latrines and biogas plants. All these systems operate on a
sustainable manner by hydropower, solar, biogas, hand or foot power. The driving force
behind all these innovations, the Dutch mechanical Auke Idzenga already fifteen years
Negros lives with his family.
An important role of AID is the development and introduction of the RAM pump. This pump, which
from locally available materials is made, the water can be up to the 200 meter
slopes to bring. Without using fuel without CO2 emissions, given the
farmers in the mountains was beautiful and drinking. Mountain ponds are constructed as
reservoir for the dry season and growing Tilapiavis. Pig manure into biogas is
mistaken and the remains, along with vegetable and animal waste into compost. Men
tries as much as possible to form a biologically closed circuit. There are now over
100 pumping systems built, including some in Afghanistan.
In recognition of this work Auke received in June, from the hands of Al Gore, an Ashden Award for
application of sustainable technology. Together with the other winners, he was by Prince Charles at
palace received. To the various sustainable technologies to present has an AID
Technopark constructed, where peasants, students, interested citizens and certainly
representatives of various governments to see how they work in practice. The DWG wore
in 2006 to the construction of the Technopark. In 2007 we received an earmarked grant of 500, --
Who we work for the AID Foundation have made.
SERVE, Cuddalore District, India
This NGO has been working for ten years in small marginalized Dalits, backward villages
in the countryside. People working part of the year as day laborers in agriculture and have
usually own a tiny piece of land as their own vegetables.
SERVE has conceived the plan in three years time in three villages the livelihoods of the people
increase by undeveloped common land to clean and re-fit
for the planting of food crops for own use. For each of the 45 participants in
The first village is a piece of land the size of approximately 4000 sqm available. A
appointed commission that will supervise the work. To irrigate the land will
old, abandoned wells are restored. Importantly, the training at an organic
way to grow crops, using compost and natural pesticides.
The municipality of Soest chose this project from the DWG in the context of the action Hourglass. In the
Long and Short Dunes, many trees uprooted to squirt the sand to maintain momentum.
For the vacant spots to clean once a year to the newly emerging
trees are pulled from the ground. School classes involved in the clean work
engaged could earn money for the project SERVE.
On May 19, 2008, the total amount to representatives of the DWG are presented. These
will welcome contribution to the second part of the project will be deployed.
In 2007 we paid in 1600 - especially for the rehabilitation of wells and training of people.
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Support for returning war refugees
Community Initiative Program, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone was ten years been plagued by a vicious civil war which, among many human
suffering a major issue in food caused. After termination of the war
many peasant families returned back to their plot. In certain highly damaged areas were
many depend on relatives because they had no financial ability to re -
begin. Community Initiative Program, the organization focuses on farming families in the Yoni
Chiefdom, in which the war had fled to neighboring Guinea. In return they found
homes, property and agricultural tools were destroyed or stolen. The seeds for the
peanut cultivation, which before the war, these families earned their income, had become scarce and
hence these people priceless. CIP in the spring of 2007, with help from the Third
World Group Soest, 70 families, 50 with a female head of household, with seeds
and tools for the peanut crop again to grab. They are accompanied by the CIP
peanuts in ecological way to grow and harvesting, packaging and marketing
CIP provides support. Part of the harvest as seed for next crop stored.
CIP takes most of the support costs incurred. This program proposed
the DWG 3600, - available.
Over the years we received news that the program went well and that all the second
harvest was. Because the market for peanuts proposed CIP is a good extension for another 50
for families. This program is in January 2008 and will terminate with an amount of 2600 - by
the DWG are supported. Impulsis has agreed to pay half of them.
FEPADE, Democratic Republic of Congo
FEPADE is a recognized women's organization working in the province of South Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo. Due to the prolonged clashes in this area are
many people on the flight beaten. It is estimated that from the Fizi District, which operates FEPADE, certainly
200,000 to Tanzanian refugee camps have left. Little by little, the
people back to their former residence, which destroyed infrastructure and property
disappeared. There is some food, but for the people to enable again
themselves to care, more is needed.
FEPADE focuses primarily on the most vulnerable groups such as widows and disabled
people. Over a period of three years will be to 600 families, which average seven persons
exist, goats, chickens and roosters provide. With the sale of eggs, chickens and goats bred
a basic income can be obtained. After one years, the first 200 families and chicks
kids pass to the next group, a repayment in kind. FEPADE, the entire process