Annual Report

Annual Report 2014-15
The mission of SurfAid, a non-profit humanitarian
organisation, is to improve the health wellbeing and
self-reliance of people living in isolated regions
connected to us through surfing.
Chairman’s Message
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Executive Summary
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Our Staff
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Our Approach
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Our Results
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Programme Overview
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EHOWU, Nias
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Sabina, SurfAid Community
Health Volunteer, Nias
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SESE, Mentawai
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SIMBO, Sumbawa
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HAWUNA, Sumba
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E-PREP (DRR)
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Improving Lives Through
Livelihoods
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Pak Buteli, SurfAid Health
Promotion Officer, Nias
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Dr Dave 15 years on
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Events
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Financial Summary
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Consolidated Financial Report
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Our Boards
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Our Donors
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Our Supporters
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Contact Us
Back Cover
Photo credits: Thank you to all the amazing photographers that capture images of our field program and events.
Some of their remarkable photos are shared in this annual report: Fabian VonHolzen, Gina Stewart, Bob Barker, Steve
Lippman, Blaise Bell, Jane Wishaw, Rick Peters, Harry Hill, Bambang Wibowo, Anne Wuijts, and SurfAid staff.
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chairman’s
message
Home for Raya Pekolaholi is a small hill-top village in Sumba where he lives with his
wife, three children and an aged mother. On the morning of another blue-sky day, four
milking goats and a motley collection of chooks and dogs shelter from the rising sun
under the same conical thatched roof. Smoke wisps from the morning fire after a
breakfast of home-ground corn gruel and rice. Soon Mr Pekolaholi will head for their rice
fields in the valley below. While this is a timeless scene in the remote islands of eastern
Indonesia, there is one remarkable change – two large orange water tanks on a concrete
plinth at the entry to the village.
With SurfAid joining with the Sumba Foundation Australia (SFA) in 2014, our field
programme of many years in the remote western islands off the coast of Sumatra and,
since 2012, Sumbawa has recently expanded to include Sumba. The SFA had already
spear-headed a successful water and sanitation programme in several villages and now
our combined resources can be put to work to dramatically increase the number of
those large orange water tanks. Even better, we will capitalise on our experience in the
Mentawais and Nias to bring community development focused on mother and child
health to another remote Indonesian population in desperate need.
While provision of clean water and sanitation facilities has long been the platform
upon which we have built mother and child health in other field programmes, provision
of water in Sumba takes on even greater importance. Where children used to spend half
of their day carrying water up to the villages built in defensive positions on the arid hill
tops, they now go to school. Villagers bathe and wash clothes with an abundance of
water. Where gardens withered in the dry season, they now flourish all year. And wearily
bucketing water up a long dusty track for prized livestock is a thing of the past. SurfAid reached its first decade of operation in 2010, with three preceeding horrorfilled years focused mainly on re-establishing lives and homes in the aftermath of
tsunami and earthquake. At that time, I was proud to acknowledge our emergency
response work and the progress we were also making on mother and child health,
malaria control and community development in those villages that escaped the deadly
reach of natural disaster. Since then, we have gradually returned to our core activities
and half a decade further on I am equally proud; of the internationally-recognised
success that our community health post (Posyandu) support programme in Nias has
garnered over the last two years; of our replication of that success in Sumbawa, our
continued efforts to support South Pagai communities relocated after tsunami, of our
rising to the exciting new challenge of Sumba, and of the many personal stories from
people we have helped along the way. Our programmes are now spread by more than
3,000 km across Indonesia and our staff live and work alongside the hard to reach
communities to achieve positive change. All our programs remain illustrative of SurfAid’s
passion for helping remote communities connected to us through surfing.
Of course, continued funding by private, government
and industry donors in our three Affiliate regions of New
Zealand, Australia and the United States remains our life
blood. Again we thank our donors for their generous
support and we hope that the highly visible outputs of our
field teams over the last year will encourage you to stick
with us on our remarkable journey. And by stepping off the
path and helping remote communities where the things
we take for granted simply do not exist, we are all likely to
learn to live a little better in our own developed world.
Steve Hathaway
Chairman, International Board 3
Some of the more evocative descriptions of SurfAid over the years have included;
“a garage band still practicing when the roller-door went up and the spotlight came
on” (Steve Hathaway, International Chair after the 2004 Aceh tsunami), “unashamedly
ambitious” (Dave Jenkins) and “the most significant thing that any of us may be part
of” (Paul Riehle, former Chair SurfAid USA). The 2014-15 year saw us fulfil longstanding
aspirations. In a first for SurfAid we were able to complete two development projects
with communities without interruption from a major natural disaster. It has been a
sombre privilege for us to act as a conduit for support for those suffering after
earthquakes and tsunami. The less prominent work of honing and delivering long-term
development projects is truly what drives enduring and significant improvements in
people’s lives. In recent years, in addition to disaster responses, our programme team
has become adept at working with communities in their own diverse contexts in
surfing locations across Indonesia. Some highlights from the project reports are set
out below.
Over 2014-15 we strengthened key government and corporate relationships,
particularly with the New Zealand Aid Programme, Australia’s Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade, and Billabong and secured additional funding streams for projects in
Indonesia commencing or continuing in 2015-16. The finances for 2014-15 reflect the
investments made in that year and the conclusion of major contracts that have been
replaced in 2015-16.
In Hilidiho, Nias over 2012-14, a targeted blend of training
and practical support reduced maternal deaths from 8 to
zero and deaths among children under 5 from 22 to 6.
Building community knowledge across the Hiliduho
subdistrict was at the core of the change. Now vibrant and
experienced volunteer groups operate in each village
supporting mother and child health. Work continues in these
areas to cement and extend the advances. In July 2014, we
extended our programme area to Gido, Nias, harnessing the
momentum from Hiliduho. Health volunteers from Hiliduho
are ‘world famous’ in Nias district and being recognised
nationally. We recently signed a new contact with the New Zealand Aid Programme for
a full five year project in Gido and Hiliduho, working directly with 30,498 people and
indirectly benefiting the district of 132,000.
In Mentawai, we are working with 2,946 relocated people in South Pagai whose
villages were devastated by the 2010 tsunami. In daunting circumstances many in
these communities, particularly health volunteers, bring remarkable commitment,
resilience and enthusiasm. While other organisations have completed their post-tsunami
projects, donor support allows SurfAid to continue our commitment to the Mentawai.
In these 14 villages 70 volunteers are running health posts and cooking classes, and
demonstrating vegetable gardening and chicken farming. 71% of households now have
gardens, where previously there were none in what was a relocation camp. Solar
powered water projects have been delivered as planned.
With Sumba Foundation Australia (SFA) joining us in 2014, we are expanding on their
foundation in Lamboya Barat and are currently working with 7,765 people across a
subdistrict. This has resulted in a new project, HAWUNA, which builds on the work of
SFA and incorporates mother and child health initiatives successfully delivered in other
SurfAid programmes. HAWUNA commenced on 1 March 2015 and is scheduled for
completion on 27 February 2019.
Sumbawa, like Sumba, has a long dry season and some of the worst mother and child
health statistics in South East Asia. We have been working in Bima since 2012. At the date
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executive
summary
of this report, communities working with SurfAid engineers are nearing completion of a
water system for the village of Lere, with almost 8.9km of piping to provide sustainable
gravity-fed water to 199 households.
There is clear scientific consensus that another great earthquake (over Richter 8.0)
centered close to, or under, Siberut Island in the Mentawai is imminent. SurfAid’s latest
Emergency Preparedness project ran for three years from 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2014,
working with 28 communities, a total of 5,824 families, or 23,860 beneficiaries. An
external review of the project concluded
“The project has helped highly vulnerable communities to identify risks and develop
mitigation measures that will help to significantly reduce the impact of disasters, and
certainly will help save lives, especially of the most vulnerable – children, the infirm and
elderly members of the communities. Therefore, communities now are as prepared for any
tsunami disaster as they can ever be.”
2015-16 is shaping up to be an even greater year of achievement with our partner
communities in Indonesia. We are deeply appreciative for your continuing support.
Adrew Judge
CEO SurfAid staff from Indonesia, the US, Australia and
board members share a wonderful day of conferences.
our staff
The SurfAid story is never complete without acknowledging the amazing staff that do
the work that they do every day. They are on the front lines of change in communities
that we are proud to work alongside. In Indonesia, over 60 local staff live in the villages
and in many cases, endure some very isolated conditions. Yet, with vision, passion,
persistence and determination, they are able to achieve remarkable results and lasting
positive change.
Our teams in the US, Australia and New Zealand work tirelessly to raise awareness and
much- needed funds to support the programmes in the field. Their hard work, creativity and
infectious enthusiasm for SurfAid is instrumental in making our programs a success.
We are enormously grateful to them.
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SurfAid is dedicated to enriching lives. We believe in increasing people’s choices and
possibilities for realising their potential. We work with, and in support of communities
- from the idea for a project to its implementation.
supporting ‘positive change’
According to the literature, “positive change” is the simplest definition of “community
development”. SurfAid strives to bring positive change to remote communities. We
strive to ensure local ownership so changes can be sustained well beyond the life of
a project. Our goal is to see the impacts of our work extend for generations to come.
Community health volunteers such as Sabina Gulo (profiled on page 11) mother of
four and breastfeeding campaigner from Sisobalauru, Nias embed and extend healthy
behaviours throughout their villages.
respectful relationships
The ongoing support of the surfing community, and many, many others have supported
SurfAid in delivering high calibre development programmes. Our projects are founded on
relationships built on mutual respect with the local people. We aim to have relationships
that ensure long-term engagement, enhance learning with our partners, are adaptable,
and are the basis of attracting and retaining the highest quality staff.
commitment
SurfAid gives the highest priority to the needs of the people we work with and we are
steadfastly committed to the remote sufing locations where they live. We work in close
collaboration with our local partners in project identification, assessment, design and
preparation, implementation, right through to completion and impact evaluation. For
example, the communities we work with in South Pagai, Mentawai were some of the
worst affected by the 2010 tsunami, which took over 500 lives. 14 hamlets, already with
some of the lowest living standards in Indonesia, relocated inland to areas where there
was no housing or facilities. Despite immense challenges and daunting logistics,
steadfast donor generosity has enabled SurfAid to support these communities as they
develop their social infrastructure, water supplies and food sources.
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our
approach
our results April 1st 2014 – March 31st 2015
SurfAid’s core mission is to save lives in remote areas of Indonesia – areas connected
to us by surfing. We specialise in working in very isolated villages where the maternal
and child mortality rates are extremely high. Many in these communities suffer from
preventable diseases. Simple things like washing hands before delivering a baby,
sleeping under a mosquito net, exclusive breastfeeding, and improving nutrition can have
an enormous positive impact on the health of women and their families. .
SurfAid was born out of one surfer’s desire to make a difference. In the past 15 years,
in addition to building award winning health programs, we have helped communities
re-build their lives after five major natural disasters - earthquakes and tsunamis in the area.
Our approach is to work with each individual community or village to effect long term
behaviour change. We believe, and our results bear this out, that working with communities
to develop their own solutions is the most effective form of aid -- a “hand up, not a hand
out”. Our local staff provide advice, training and expertise, but it is up to the community
to implement and embrace change. The exciting thing about this approach is that
behaviour changes like hand washing and breastfeeding are multi-generational. The
investment our donors make today will have lasting impacts for generations to come.
Having started with very little money, we pride ourselves on a model of low cost
solutions that yield high impact results. We are transparent, nimble, exceptional stewards
of our donor’s money and offer a high return on a philanthropic investment.
SurfAid provides very practical support such as materials to build water tanks, water
taps and toilets for clean water and sanitation, mosquito nets to avoid malaria, and
materials for community health posts to support pregnant women, mothers and children.
But it is the capacity building of community members, schoolchildren, community
health volunteers and government staff that really lies at the heart of what we do to
increase the independence and health status of communities.
programme
overview
EHOWU, Enhancing the Health of Women
Nias and Children Under 5
EHOWU is our flagship mother and child health project in Nias. This local name means
something like “to develop and cherish for the good of the community” and resonates
with “ya’howu”, the universal greeting in Nias. 2014 marked the first time that we were
able to complete a full three year development programme without natural disasters
impacting our partner communities.
Due to the success of this programme in subdistrict Hiliduho, we have now launched
EHOWU2 in the nearby subdistrict of Gido. For those of you familiar with Nias, you pass
through the urban sections of Gido on your way to Lagundri from the airport.
EHOWU1 in Hiliduho
EHOWU1 delivered a strategic mix of training and practical support that reduced
maternal deaths from 8 to zero and decreased deaths among children under 5 from 22
to 6. The key approach was strengthening community knowledge to drive ongoing
positive behavioural change across the remote villages of Hiliduho subdistrict. Healthy
practices have improved for many community members including mothers and fathers,
mothers-in-law, health volunteers and health workers. Such improvements include:
increased visits to community health posts, exclusive and immediate breastfeeding,
husbands’ and in-laws’ increased participation in bringing children to the community
health post, effective antenatal care and hand washing.
“With EHOWU programme,
Posyandu (Community
Health Post) activity is
improving, the community
is even more enthusiastic.
Not only mothers who come
to Posyandu, but fathers
also accompany the wives
to the Posyandu for regular
examination. Every village/
hamlet has constructed
clean water facilities, so it
can help reducing health
problems. With the support
of a local NGO facilitated
by SurfAid, we also
already established village
regulations on MCH in the
whole subdistrict Hiliduho.”
Tohuzaro Herefa, SH, Head
of subdistrict Hiliduho
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There are now vibrant and experienced groups operating in each village supporting
mother and child health, while the number of trained midwives working in the villages,
paid by the health department, has increased from 7 to 16 and their time in the villages
has markedly increased.
Our practical support included partnering with communities to construct safe water
facilities and equipping community health posts with appropriate equipment. With our
support and community contributions, 381 new water facilities have been constructed and
28 water facilities have been renovated, all managed by 51 water committees in 16 villages.
In fewer than three years EHOWU1 has led to remarkable positive changes. EHOWU1’s
strategy, including comprehensive adaptation to the local environment and culture, has
been enthusiastically endorsed by the Indonesian Health Promotion agency and the lead
donor, the New Zealand Aid Programme.
Sabina,
SurfAid
community
health
volunteer,
Nias
Nias, located in North Sumatra, is one of Indonesia’s last surfing frontiers. It receives
similar swell to the Mentawais and enjoys a peak swell season from May to September.
SurfAid has mother and child health programmes in two subdistricts in Nias. Meet
Sabina Gulo, one of SurfAid’s inspiring community health volunteers from Sisobalauru
Village in the subdistrict of Hiliduho on the island of Nias in Indonesia.
Sabina is the mother of four children. Since becoming a volunteer at her local health
clinic, she has become a fanatic about breastfeeding.
Her attendance at training sessions supported by SurfAid has greatly increased her
knowledge about health and nutrition. Her belief in the benefits of breastmilk is stronger
after seeing firsthand the effects of exclusive breastfeeding on her fourth child, 10
month old, Novelina.
“My youngest baby is firm and strong with exclusive breastmilk. My neighbour’s baby, who
is not receiving exclusive breastmilk, is much less firm,” shared Sabina while pointing to
Novelina proudly.
For the first six months, Sabina did not give Novelina any other food but breastmilk.
As a breastfed baby, Novelina had very few illnesses. Sabina regrets that her first three
children were not as robust and strong as Novelina. Before Novelina was born, Sabina
did not know of the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Novelina’s siblings received
breastmilk substitutes before they were one month old. “Back then, my first to third child
was breastfed for two to three weeks only ”.
Sabina’s success in exclusively breastfeeding Novelina has made her an enthusiastic
and focused community health care volunteer. “It is totally different! Her body is so firm,”
Sabina said excitedly.
Support from SurfAid helps to train community health care volunteers in their own
villages. Volunteers like Sabina help to spread the word about healthy behaviours that
improve and ultimately save lives.
“My youngest baby is firm and strong with
exclusive breastmilk. My neighbour’s baby,
who is not receiving exclusive breastmilk,
is much less firm,” — Sabina
EHOWU2 in Gido
We started rolling out EHOWU2 in Gido in July 2014. The project is building on the
momentum of EHOWU1. The health volunteers in Hiliduho are now famous throughout
the Nias district and being recognised nationally. This energy from locally driven
successes has already seen a substantial lift in Gido’s community health post
participation and function, with significant rises in pre and post-natal visits.
The communities in Gido have heard about SurfAid’s approach, that active participation
is required and their input respected. In just a short time, local people have delivered
ten new and renovated water facilities under the supervision of our water engineers.
Facilities are now being managed by well functioning water committees, and have given
1,282 people access to clean water.
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SeSe stands for Sejahtera Masyarakat, Sehat Ibu Anak which means “prosperous
communities, healthy mothers and children”. SeSe also means “appropriate” in the
Mentawai language.
This programme serves 2,946 relocated people in South Pagai. The third year of our
project for 14 displaced communities devastated by the 2010 Mentawai tsunami has
seen terrific commitment and enthusiasm from many, particularly health volunteers.
However, in many ways, the broader circumstances have worsened.
These dislocated communities face many hardships: the district government has
provided funds to allow people to rebuild their own houses but has failed to construct
agreed water facilities; the area to which the communities have been relocated has not
been approved for farming; other agencies have withdrawn all support including
supplementary food programmes; and entrepreneurship is extremely low as the new
communities do not have cash. In desperation, the communities have tended to return
to their old villages to gather food, reducing the time they have available to develop their
new community. Given these challenges the gains made in SeSe are significant.
With SurfAid’s help, construction of water facilities is nearing completion in the five
most inaccessible communities. With increasingly erratic and expensive fuel supplies,
additional generous support from SurfAid’s donors has allowed us to change the design
of water facilities to draw on more sustainable solar power.
All community health posts have progressed from being non-existent, dysfunctional or
operating at a bare minimum standard, to functioning at the 2nd service quality level
according to the national criteria. This achievement is beyond our expectations, and reflects
the resilience and dedication of the 70 volunteers who are running the health posts and
cooking classes, vegetable gardening and chicken farming. The health posts are being
conducted in volunteers’ homes, which are crowded and have no private space for counselling
and examination of pregnant women. We have agreed with the New Zealand Aid Programme
to allocate budget savings to the construction of simple buildings to increase accessibility
to healthcare and further cement the health post function.
There has been marked improvement in knowledge on nutrition, with nutrition gardens
being enthusiastically planted and tended. The withdrawal of other agencies providing
disaster recovery assistance means that the communities are now left to provide for
themselves, in an area where there is no possibility of commercial activity, as land
concessions have not yet issued. This means only low investment, quick yield crops
may be planted. In this context, SurfAid has focused on nutrition gardens. 71% of
households now have gardens with 1-2 vegetables and 35% with more than four
vegetables. Previously, there were no gardens in what was a relocation camp. The
nutrition status of community members has not worsened, and they are providing for
themselves, which is a significant achievement in the circumstances.
There is good progress on improving hygiene and sanitation behaviour of communities.
However, this has led to only a small improvement overall in diarrhoea cases among
children (from 12.9% to 12.4%). The delay in constructing water facilities by local
government in nine programme-targeted hamlets is likely a major factor. Advocacy with
the local government for construction of water facilities will be continued. In the two
hamlets in which SurfAid has introduced clean water, the incidence of diarrhoea in
children under five has reduced significantly.
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SESE,
Mentawai
SIMBO,
Sumbawa
In the local languge, our programme in Bima Sumbawa is known as “SIMBO” or Sehat
Ibu dan anak MBOjo. Simbo means growing in size, becoming bigger, or developing.
Mbojo is a word in the Bima language, meaning Bima people. So Simbo stands for:
Healthy Mothers and Children in Bima, Sumbawa.
The Simbo programme is facilitating improved community health systems and clean
water facilities in 17 remote, poor communities in Bima, benefitting 2,601 households,
9,608 people (1,279 children under 5 years). The project is in its second year, with
completion due in March 2017.
At the date of this report, we are nearing completion of a water system for the village
of Lere, which requires almost 8.9km of piping to provide sustainable gravity-fed water
to 199 households. The spring has been protected and a filtered water capturing
system, two reservoirs, two pipe suspension bridges and three new public hydrants have
been put in place. Twelve existing (previously inoperable) public hydrants have been
renovated and connected to the new system. The water committee, comprised of ten
members, has been trained in the installation, operation and maintenance of the system.
It also managed the voluntary labour provided by the community during construction.
Our water engineers and assistants had a pact not to cut their hair until Lere had reliable,
clean water; by May this year they were looking much sharper!
Best practice in the aid sector, and our experiences, have shown that water and
sanitation activities are most effective and sustainable when they adopt a participatory
approach that (1) acts in response to genuine demand, (2) builds capacity for operation
and maintenance, and provides for the sharing of costs, (3) involves community
members directly in all key decisions, (4) cultivates a sense of communal ownership of
the project, and (5) uses appropriate technology that can be maintained at the village
level.
Steadfastly working with communities with the Community Led Total Sanitation
approach has led to a rising number of families (87 by end of March) building and using
their own latrines. This is a far more effective and sustainable result than SurfAid
building public facilities. Latrines, coupled with construction of clean water facilities and
a hand-washing campaign, can significantly reduce the incidents of diarrhoea and
respiratory infections such as pneumonia.
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Emergency
Preparedness
There is clear scientific consensus that another great earthquake (over Richter 8.0)
centered close to, or under, Siberut Island in the Mentawai is imminent. Due to the
expected upthrust of the Indo-Australia plate, a substantial tsunami is anticipated which
will cause significant damage to the Mentawai Islands, the Telo Islands and the
surrounding wider area, including coastal areas of the Sumatra mainland.
SurfAid’s Emergency Preparedness project ran for three years from 1 June 2012 to
31 May 2014. During this time, the programme developed important skills in the potentially
effected communities.
The 2014 external reviewer, Wilco Liebregts stated:
“The dismal state of community preparedness in the tsunami-prone
areas that existed within the region would likely lead to large number
of casualties. Hence, the relevance of the project continues to be
very high in that it helps develop appropriate emergency response
strategies for the target communities that will save many lives.”
West Sumba. The main issues facing the 7,765 people (1,334 children under five) are
a lack of access to water and community health services, poor nutrition, malaria and a
lack of economic opportunities.
Over the last year, SurfAid has continued the work of the Sumba Foundation Australia
(SFA) around clean water. This has given the new team the opportunity to work closely
with the communities and, at the same time, research their needs. This has resulted in
a new project, Hawuna, which builds on the work of SFA and incorporates the mother
and child health training successfully delivered in other SurfAid programmes. Hawuna
commenced on 1 March 2015 and is scheduled for completion on 27 February 2019.
The project name, “Hawuna”, means to come together, one-ness, working together for
a purpose in the Gaura/West Sumba language. This name captures the programme’s
focus on promoting healthy living and self-reliance in Laboya Barat.
HAWUNA,
Sumba
The project developed and implemented suitable disaster response strategies for
communities in the most vulnerable regions in the Mentawai (Sipora and Siberut islands),
Nias and Aceh Singkil. Disaster mitigation projects included building evacuation routes,
preparing appropriate sites and equipping community kitchens. All facilities have
alternative uses so they are used regularly, establishing the likelihood of effective
maintenance and sustainability. Training and equipment in the local amateur radio
network was also provided.
HAWUNA will focus on:
1.
improving access to clean water by building water facilities with the community;
2.
improving malaria control with mosquito nets;
3.
training health volunteers in mother and child health issues (for example antenatal
care, immediate and exclusive breastfeeding, immunisation and basic hygiene);
4.
improving healthy practices to address diarrhoea, malnutrition and malaria to lift
the health and well-being of children under five, pregnant women and the whole
community;
5.
promoting, and improving access to, nutrition gardens to prevent further cases
of malnutrition and produce income or resources for cooking classes at the
community health posts.
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improving
lives through
livelihoods
One hundred and six teachers in nine schools were trained in school-based emergency
preparedness and implemented the “Prepared School” concept.
Disaster management and preparedness capacity was substantially lifted for 28
communities: 12 villages in Nias, 24 hamlets in the Mentawai and 2 in Aceh Singkil. A
total of 5,824 families, or 23,860 beneficiaries, participated. Risk knowledge and warning
and evacuation skills, as measured by the international Coastal Community Resilience
standard, was significantly increased by over 40%.
Local ownership of the project outcomes is very strong, with communities participating
in mitigation projects, disaster management teams and evacuation drills. This bodes
well for its ongoing sustainability.
One of SurfAid’s founding and enduring principles is a “hand up, not a hand out”. We
aspire to self-sustainability and want to ensure that the communities we serve are
empowered and able to continue the work on their own.
Developing income-generating livelihoods within communities is one way to achieve
this goal. SurfAid works with communities to develop ongoing income sources to
ensure project sustainability.
One example of a livelihood project is the warung or mini cafe created by the
community health centre in the village of Sisobahili. The warung sells healthy food such
as banana chips and beverages. The food is made by volunteers, using cooking
equipment that they purchased with funds from a competition run by SurfAid. They use
recipes and knowledge gained from a SurfAid-run cooking class.
Profits from the warung are allocated to community health clinic initiatives such as
nutritional supplements for underweight babies.
The success of Sisobahili’s community health clinic is due to excellent community
support and good coordination between the head of village, volunteer workers and the
community. The head of village provides coaching and supervision, SurfAid provides
monitoring and supervision on technical matters like cooking skills and the community
health volunteers manage the warung in shifts and receive a small stipend for their time.
The volunteer workers have built trust in the community through transparence of the
warung business. They announce the cash collected and what it is spent on. Sisobahili
has even successfully secured a small loan from the local government and added a
second warung!
SurfAid’s role is to stimulate community health care workers to become more creative
and innovative in finding ways to raise funds. Hopefully, Sisobahili’s success will inspire
other SurfAid villages to find sustainable ways to generate income.
The external review of the programme deemed the effectiveness
and impact “excellent”:
The project has helped highly vulnerable communities to identify
risks and develop mitigation measures that will help to significantly
reduce the impact of disasters, and certainly will help save lives,
especially of the most vulnerable – children, the infirm and elderly
members of the communities. Therefore, communities now are as
prepared for any tsunami disaster as they can ever be.
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Dr Dave
15 years on
“I thought I cannot
do the work in
SurfAid, but I can!”
SurfAid has over 60 staff spread across its projects in Indonesia. We are enormously
proud of the work they do and recognise that often they work in very challenging
conditions.
One in particular, Pak Buteli, has a very inspiring story. He is extremely dedicated and
hard-working. He started with SurfAid in 2007 as a community volunteer in his village
in Nias. His role included being the volunteer leader of the disaster management team
for his village.
His dedication to his community and its improvement, so impressed SurfAid’s founder,
Dave Jenkins, that Pak Butleli was asked to lead the Community Led Total Sanitation
(CLTS) project in his hamlet.
It was because of the success of the CLTS project in his hamlet that Pak Buteli was
encouraged to send in his application to work with SurfAid as a Community Facilitator.
He joined the SurfAid team in 2009. Five years later, Pak Buteli continues to be an
important part of SurfAid’s staff. He is now a Health Promotion Officer in Nias.
Pak Buteli said, “It is the power of God who make me the way I am right now. I think I am
the only field staff who graduated only from senior high school as other[s] [have bachelor
degrees]. Yet the team members are really supporting me as I can share and gain a lot of
knowledge which I also can transfer it to my children”.
His knowledge around health, CLTS, community participation, training, monitoring,
reporting and even programme redesign has grown enormously. This is what makes
SurfAid unique. Pak Buteli’s journey with SurfAid mirrors our philosophy about
empowering local communities and imparting the skills required for long term
self-sufficiency.
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Pak Buteli,
SurfAid
health
promotion
officer,
Nias
In October 2014, SurfAid celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of its inception. Our
founder, Dr Dave Jenkins, shares his thoughts.
Fifteen years ago I was excitedly packing my surfboards, destined for my first trip to the
Disneyland of surfing, the Mentawai Islands.
At the time I was on a roll, successfully climbing the corporate ladder and saving to
fulfill my dream of buying a yacht and sailing the world. But thanks to curiosity, things
were about to change. Sitting on the boat after a perfect Lance’s Right session, I was
watching the kids on the beach and wondered how life was for the local people just 50
metres away.
So I wandered into the village and happened to pass the cemetery and noticed it was
full of small graves, some very fresh. I began to ask questions and next thing I was
running a clinic with 100 people waiting outside to see the first doctor to ever place his
feet on their soil.
What I encountered was to change my life and the lives of thousands of others over
the next 15 years. I swapped my dream of sailing the world to help the loving mums
and dads turn around this sad and preventable situation. With the critical help of a few
mates, I started SurfAid. Founders like me are often a little single focused on their vision,
always looking forward, but today I reflect back on what SurfAid has achieved since that
first sweaty, makeshift clinic at the edge of the planet.
We were lucky to learn a few key lessons early on that still shape our philosophy,
values and practical field strategies. We learnt that you don’t help people by doing what
they can and should do for themselves, given the chance and the education. We learnt
that we need to listen to their values and their opinions, and to act as facilitators - not
with pre-conceived ideas about what WE believe is best for them, but rather how we can
help them achieve what they believe is best for their community and culture.
Through education around basic behaviours that we take for granted - breastfeeding
correctly, washing hands, feeding your child some fruit and vegetables, and sleeping
under a mosquito net - we are saving lives and making a huge difference.
Some key recent results include building 396 new, and rehabilitating 28, clean water
facilities in 77 remote communities; establishing 35 community health posts focusing
on mother and child health; and reaching 24,000 people in Nias, the Mentawai and Aceh
with our Disaster Risk Reduction program.
Our shared determination to measure results, learn and improve has held our team
together throughout the turbulence of having no money and almost shutting down. We
successfully tripled in size as we morphed into a disaster response and preparedness
organisation; we expanded both our business and fundraising units to three countries
and our field work to four distinct cultures in different island groups – the Mentawai,
Nias, Sumba and Sumbawa.
What I am most proud of is our stubborn determination against the odds of location,
timing, and the self-centered nature of our modern humanity. And the way we, as a team
of mates, have lived true to our values and built an organisation that remains passionate,
resilient and focused on real and measurable results for our friends and hosts in remote
surfing zones.
I’m honoured by the way the surfing community, and non-surfing supporters, give
back to the world that gives us so much. The future is bright. Thank you.
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SurfAid Cup Margaret River 2014
events
Surfing Chefs for SurfAid Perth 2014
$84,000 raised
$55,000 raised
Champion Fundraisers: Caporn Young $17,500
Champion Surfers: Margaret River Wineries
Surfing Chefs: Russell Blaikie (Must Winebar), Ben O’Donoghue (Billy Kart Kitchen),
Aaron Carr (Vasse Felix), Dany Angove (Leeuwin Estate), Jake Drachenberg (Hay Shed
Hill), Herb Faust , Adam (Leno) Jennings and Meg Hatswell (Herb Faust Food)Tony
Howell and Matt Black (Aravina Estate), Paul Iskov Yoda (Fervor Food), Eamon
Sullivan and Scott Bridger (Bib & Tucker), Dean Williams (Sandalford)
SurfAid Cup Newcastle 2015
$40,000 raised
Champion Fundraisers: Keller Civil Engineers $6,500
Champion Surfers: Newcastle City Council Boardriders
SurfAid Cup Malibu 2014
Surfing Chefs
Bondi 2015
$130,000 raised
Champion fundraisers: Dr. Dave & Crew $26,665
Champion surfers: Firewire
$44,000 raised
OzForex SurfAid Cup Sydney 2014
$140,000 raised
Surfing Chefs: Tom Walton (Bucket List),
Russell Blaikie (Must Winebar), Ben
O’Donoghue (Billy Kart Kitchen), Guy Turland
(Bondi Harvest), Ian Oakes (Drake Eatery),
Monty Koludrovic (Bondi Icebergs), Peter
Doyle (ES. Establishment), Simon Zalloua
(Sefa Kitchen), Tony Howell (Aravina Estate),
Zac Pauling (Bondi Bowling Club), Craig
Ferrier (Cranky Fins) Stephen Scott (Charing
Cross Hotel), and pro surfers Tom Carroll ,
Rod Kerr and Perth Standlick
Sumba Sportsman’s Lunch
$130,000 raised
Champion Fundraisers: Aquabumps $24,000
Champion Surfers: The Paddlers
Special thanks to our event volunteers
Adam Cauvin, Cam Belcher, Nathalie and Emmy Cuthbertson, Maddy Potter, Erin Molloy,
Lachlan Rix, Luke Horlan Smith, Claire Romea- Gorton, Maggie Fleming, Thibault Irissou,
Danika Sekuloff, Nicole Stafford, Claire Hocking, Carly Boaler, Imogen and Lucia Nolan,
Annie Miller, Alec Wilimovsky, Diane Schallert,Gianluca Purzer, Grace Clarke, Gracie
Pierson, Jake Durrant, Jessie Schlossmann, Kailee Hicks, Kayla Kamen, Kelly Schuering,
Luke Appel, Saya Nodera, Sky Hardison, Tess Rabin, Zach Boren.
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The following financial statements are for the year ended 31 March 2015 and represent
the combined financial information of SurfAid International affiliates of New Zealand,
USA, Australia and SurfAid Indonesia. They have been prepared on the basis of annual
costs and incorporate judgements in accordance with general accepted accounting
principles.
Revenue is recognised, for all unrestricted monies, on a cash basis in the year the
donor makes a financial contribution to SurfAid. Revenue for restricted funds in relation
to specific programmes is recognised under the accrual accounting principle together
with the matching principle. Revenue and expenses are recognized in the year the
programme is delivered. The net assets sections records the amount of funds
unrecognised and available for SurfAid for future years based on programme delivery.
Each affiliate has their own Financial Statements independently audited: Redfern &
Company (SurfAid USA), Walter Allen Hall Pty Ltd Sydney (SurfAid Australia), Coates
Associates Limited (SurfAid New Zealand) and Kosasih, Nurdiyaman, Tjahjo & Rekan, a
member firm of Crowe Horwath International (SurfAid Indonesia).
All SurfAid affiliates will have their audited financial accounts in SurfAid’s website
(www.surfaid.org)
Andrew Judge
CEO, SurfAid
financial
summary
SurfAid Consolidated Financial
Report 2014-15 AUD
INCOME
2015
2014
955,093
1,108,800
-
25,000
1,524,811
887,534
-
107,400
664,428
371,555
24,445
94,416
3,168,777
2,594,705
2,034,112
1,383,410
Fundraising
463,475
324,441
Admin
833,815
525,754
Total Support
1,297,290
850,195
Total Expenses
3,331,402
2,805,411
-162,625
-210,706
701,649
467,652
55,756
42,210
210,537
261,198
Other Current Assets
5,826
8,601
Property & Equipment
5,143
4,383
978,911
784,044
75,649
122,563
629,537
454,763
55,431
28,465
Total Liabilities
760,617
605,791
Net Assets
218,294
178,253
Grants
Corporations
Individuals
Schools Program
Events & Sponsorship
Other
Total Income
Expenses
Program
Support:
Net Income
ASSETS
Cash
Accounts Receivable
Project Advances
Total Assets
LIABILITIES
Current Payables
Grants Payable
Other
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Supporters, donors and volunteers from around the world have made and continue to
make SurfAid a successful and thriving organisation. It is impossible to individually
thank everyone who has helped during the 2014 – 2015 fiscal year, but here we list
many of those who have given generously of their time, expertise or money – and in
some cases, all three. We thank you for your tireless support and contributions.
our
boards
our
donors
DIAMOND ($100,000 or more)
Quintrex - Bruce and Sue Shepherd
PLATINUM ($50,000 or more)
Gilmour Family, Kerry Harmanis, Coastalwatch, Surfing World
GOLD ($20,000 or more)
International
Board of Directors
SurfAid New Zealand
Board of Directors
The SurfAid International Board of
Directors is comprised of a diverse
group of people with broad experience
in the fields of commerce, science
and law.
Chairman
Dan Russell
Banjar Surf Corpo Cup, BCG, Blackrock Foundation, BWM Dentsu, Charles and Olivia
Lanchester, Dan Trunk, Kim Sundell, Malcolm Applebaum, OzForex Foreign Exchange,
Paul and Robin Borrud, Peter Brown, Plenary Group, Regal Funds Management, SBMT
Charitable Trust, Stephen and Kathryn Nolan, Vibrant Village, Virginia and Ollie Nyman
Secretary
Phil Dreifuss
SILVER ($10,000 or more)
Chairman/Secretary
Steve Hathaway (NZ)
Harry Hill
Director, NZ Ministry of Primary Industries
Merinda Lee Hassall
Dan Family, Aerial Clothing, Billabong Australia, Caporn Young, Frank Ragen, Gerringong’s
Wave of Relief, Marisla Foundation, Mark Jarvis – Steritech, Michilis Construction,
Ozmosis, Peter Wheeler and Elizabeth Munro Charitable Gift Fund, Russell and Jennifer
Staley, Surf Hardware International, The Wales Family Foundation
Treasurer
Ray Wilson (AU)
Ross Corbett
BRONZE ($5,000 or more)
Anna Russell
Adam Hare – Thomas Hare Investments, Andrew Myors, Angus Firth, Bennelong
Foundation Ltd, Bill Buckle, Bill Bemus – Bemus Landscaping, Bob Bollen, Charles Paton,
Christen C and Ben H Garret Family Foundation, Dean Mudford, Gary Lord, Hurley Australia,
Jason Lewis – Benchmark Properties, Karl and Tia Luber, Macquarie Group Foundation,
Mike Aitken, Rick Peters, SIMA Humanitarian Fund, Steve Beck – Beck Family Foundation,
Steve Hilton – Hilton Family Foundation
Director, Plenary Group
Karl Luber (US)
Director, Kaiser Foundation Hospital,
San Diego
Phil Dreifuss (NZ)
Partner, Rishworth Wall and Mathieson
Charlie Lanchester (AU)
Steve Hathaway
SurfAid USA
Board of Directors
President
Karl Luber
Head of Australian Fundamental Equities
BlackRock
Treasurer
Aaron Behle
Paul Riehle (US)
Paul Riehle
Partner, Sedgwick Detert Moran
and Arnold
HONOUR ROLL ($1,000 or more)
Aaron Sim, Adrian Cuttriss, Aireys Pub, Alf Wilson, Amcom Pty Ltd, Amy Davidson, Andrew
Landman, Andrew Naish, Andrew McCray, Andrews Lagasse Branch and Bell LLP, Andy
Howard, Angus James, Annie Danko, Anthony Shields, Argonaught Foundation, Ben Lisle,
Bevan Daley, Bill Johnston, Bill and Eva Price, Brad Gaul, Brad Howell, Brett Savandos, Brian
Kahan, Bruce Carey, Bryce and Sheena Kohen, Cary Kinkead, Chris Parr, Chris Von ClemHilton Family Foundation, Christine Healy, Clif Bar Family Foundation, Colin Chenu, Craig
Jacobson, Graig Taylor, Craig Smith, Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, Dale Holmes,
Daniel Tosh, Daniel Russell, Dasson’s Real Estate, David Epper, Dimmick Charitable Trust,
Emma Aupscombe, Fenton Family Charitable Fund, Geoffrey Wilson, Glenn Murray, Grace
Lutheran College, Grant Eshuys, Harry Bray, Hayley and Stephen Tobin, Healthe Care, Ian
Lyon, Irene and Phil Ritchie, James Arnold, James Gordon, James Oliver, Jamestown
Premiere Properties, Jason Collins, Jay McPhee, Jeffrey Davis, Jeremy Bendeich, Jim
Rudkin, Kate Frichot, Keaton Wallace, Kentt Family, Kevin Webb, LCDC Resort, Lloyd Adams,
Malcom Trenfield, Dr Maren Goerdel, Maria Shim, Mark Shepherd, Matt Williams, Matthew
Weidlin, Matthew Cook, Merilyn Streeter, Michael Vidler, Michael Pedicini, Michael Ritchie,
Michael Shugg, Michaela Kupcakova, Nicholas Brown, Nicholas Smith, Pitney Bowes, Nick
O’Brien, Pardee Properties, Paul Kopejtka, Paul Wilson, Paul Young, Peter Nadori, Philip and
Gwendolynn Potloff, Priority Public House, Pura Vida Bracelets, Quality of Life Foundation,
Quiksilver Foundation Australia, Reimer Skov Hansen, Richard Keech, Richard and Kathleen
Zacky Family Foundation, Rob Black, Rod Owen, Roger Butler, Ryan Holsheimer, Scott
Somerville, Scott Faude, Shelley Carey, Steelpoint Holdings, Stephen Harrisson, Stephen
Palmer, Stuart Dunn, Surfing Mums Australia, Surfstitch, Susan Jones, The Dagda Trust,
Tim Rich, Tim Roberts, Tony Modra, Tony and Loretts Van Merwyk, Troy Angus, William
Whitaker, William Barron Hilton – Hilton Family Foundation, Yin Ng, Zena Carter
Frank Ragen
Rick Peters
SurfAid Australia
Board of Directors
Chris Clark
Chairman
Ray Wilson
CJ Olivares
Malcolm Appelbaum
Secretary
Charlie Lanchester
Treasurer
Paul Mitchell
Matthew Gilmour
Stephen Nolan
Jason Collins
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SPECIAL SUPPORTERS
Adina Apartments Bondi Beach, AHOY Management, Alexander Nolan, Ali Hild, Allen
Sarlo, Andrew Johns, Andrew Lange – Sumba Hope, Andy Ruwald, Andy and Dee Harler,
Angel Printing, Angela Banks, Annie Woodhead, Annie Beiner, Anthony Petruso,
Aquabumps, Aura Surf Resort, Barton Lynch, Beach Hotel Merewether, Beau Mitchell,
Ben May, Ben Hamilton, Blakey and Crew at Surfing World Magazine, Brad Gerlack, Brad
Gaul, Brett Denuo, Bruce Bekkar, Buckle Family, Cambel Brown, Carter Sirota, Casa
Escobar, Chris McMullen, Chris Decima, Chris Benchletler, Cody Lovaas, Colton Sarlo,
Corona, Cottesloe Beach Hotel, Daniel Joyce, David Cairns, Dayyan Neave, Dianne
Schallert, Dirk Hartog Island, Dorper Lamb, Duke’s Malibu, Eagle Bay Brewing Company,
Edwin Zemancheff, Emily Goodwin, Endeavour Foods, Erin Molloy, Eugene Tan, Eustralis
Food Company, f22 Photography, Filtrate Eyeware Australia, Firewire Surfboards,
Fishtales, Frankie Harrer, Gary and Robyn Sirota, Geoff Moxham, Global Surf Tag, Globe,
Gourmet Escape Margaret River – Brand Events, Gracie Pierson, Grant Simmer, Gus
Waldron, Guy Lovell, Hanazono Resort Niseko, Hannah Coleman, Hunter Business
Boardriders, Huon Aquaculture Tasmania, Ian and Alex Murray, Imogen Nolan, Indian
Ocean Paddle Boards, Jack Farley, Jamie Mackay, Jane Wishaw, Jen Smith, Jenny and
Mark Richards, Jessie Schlossmann, Jo Grogan, Jo Jo Roper, Joel Nagel, Joel Tudor,
John Scott, John Sussman, John Gilmour, Jon Harker, Jon and Libby Dadd, Jonno Wells,
Joondalup Event Hire, Jordan Burrows, Jordy Lawler, Josh Harper, Josh Morgan, Josh
Sirota, Josh Perry, Justin Majeks, Kai Hing, Katie and Martin Potter, Kede Carboni,
Kendrick Lewis, Kieran Wardell, Komune Resorts, Kona Brewing Company, Lachie Turner,
Laird Hamilton, Lauren Tanzer, Laurentius and Simone Harrer, Layne Beachley, Lembongan
Island Beach Villas, Lily Howard, Lisa Anderson, Logan Brown, Lucia Nolan, Luke
Stedman, Luka Jewellery, Malibu Surfrider Association, Manly Council, Manly Wharf Bar,
Manly Wine, Mark Lane, Mark Gasnier, Mark Price, Marlon Gerber, Mary Graham, Matt
Bemrose, Matt Cruden, Matt Hoy, Matt Long, Matt McCabe, Matt Granger, Matt Bourke,
Matthew Mitcham, Meghan Warren, Melinda Nucifora, Mike McCabe, Mike and Maggie
Pierson, Mirrool Creek Lamb, Mitch Tomlinson, Must Winebar Perth, Owen Wright, Patrick
and Meg McNally, Perfect Wave Travel, Perrier Jouet Champagne, Perth Standlick, Peter
Janssen, Phil Osborne, Phil Kearns, Pippa Hurst, POP Agency, Ray Williamson, Resort
Latitude Zero, Rhythm Snowsports, Rich and Susan Garfein, Richie Lovett, Righr
Reverend V Wines, Rob Owen, Rob Bain, Rod Kerr, Ross Garrett, Rosy Hodge, Russell
and Catherine Ord, Ryam “Whippet” Clark, Sandalford Wines, Sandi Turner, Santa Vittoria,
Saya Nodera, Scott Somerville, Scott Print Perth, Shaper Studios, Simon and Sharon
Anderson, Simon Chipper, Simone Quartermain, Skye Hardison, Skylar Hoey, Soulcycle
Malibu, Stephan Hunt, Stella Bella Wines, Steve Harrison ‘ Harro”, Stephen Lipman, Strider
Wasilewski, Stuart Catters – The Golf Touring Company, Surfest Newcastle, Surfing
Mums Australia, Surfing WA, Surfline, Suyin Cavanagh, Tad and Christa Kaysa, The
Bucket List Bondi, Tia Didden, Tim Russo, Tim and Sandrine Bonython, Toby Martin, Tom
Carroll, Tom Walton, Tony Cannon, Trudy and Craig Baxter, Uluwatu Surf Villas, Warren
and Rhys Smith, Warrick Hazeldine, Wimberley Meyer
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our
supporters
SURFAID USA ADVISORY COUNCIL
Jonno Wells, Mark Price, Mark Jarvis
SURFAID AUSTRALIA ADVISORY COUNCIL
Adele Beachley, Amy Burch, Andrew Landman, Andy Ruwald, Anna- Lucia Mackay, Brad
Garrard, Catherine Fletcher, Charles Kellet, Charlie Lanchester, Christine Lowe, Damon
Hurst, Denham Hitchcock, Derek O’Neill, Eugene Tan, Jackson English, James Sawyer,
James Gordon, Jason Collins, Jen Froome, Kim Sundell, Loretta Van Meryk, Lyle Banks,
Marc Wohlong, Michael Whyte, Murray Jacob, Nicole Stafford, Paul Borrud, Paul Shaw,
Peter Dunn, Russell Blaikie, Samantha Gowdie, Tania Petsinis, Tony Van Merwyk, Tracey
Inglis, Wes Stansfield
AMBASSADORS
Kelly Slater, Lisa Anderson, Tom Carroll, Mark Richards, Martin Potter, Joel Parkinson,
Mark Occhilupo, Courtney Conlogue, Jackson Browne, Laird Hamilton, Carolyn Murphy,
Cody Lovaas, Dane Ward, Brad Gerlach, Will Tant, Damien Hobgood, CJ Hobgood, Dave
Rastovich, Luke Egan, Simon Anderson, Timmy Curran, Chris Malloy, Chris Waring,
Russell Ord, Mary Osborne, Joe Curran, Dan Malloy Echo Movement, Jay Alders, Rob
Machado, Dylan Longbottom, Donavon Frankenreiter
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