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2002 ANNUAL REPORT
A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Dear Supporters and Friends:
Rebuilding Lives
Shattered by Conflict
The Mission
The American Refugee Committee works for the survival,
health and well being of refugees, displaced people, and
those at risk, enabling them to rebuild productive lives of
dignity and purpose, striving always to respect their values.
The Vision
ARC insists on involving the people we serve in the planning
and implementation of our efforts. This participatory
approach is critical to the sustainability of our programs.
The early years of the twenty-first century
have certainly been challenging ones for the
global community. Economic recession,
terrorism, and infectious disease all figured
prominently as the growing threats of our
day. While these forces made us all feel a
little less secure, they also raised our
awareness of how interdependent we all are.
Looking back on 2002, we are at once
pleased by the financial stability of the
American Refugee Committee, and troubled
by the growing need for our services. Also,
the importance of budgetary reserves and
emergency response funds became very clear
as the geopolitical events of the year unfolded.
While many charities struggled amidst the
economic recession of 2002, the American
Refugee Committee performed better than the
previous two years. A surplus of $222,486
was placed into operating reserves, and other
bills were paid off. Significantly, this surplus
was driven by increased private financial
contributions, up 25% over 2001.
Unfortunately, the worldwide need for our
services rose dramatically. More than
3 million people fled Afghanistan for Pakistan
in the early months of 2002. Thanks to the
availability of private funding, ARC was able
to respond quickly to the needs of these
refugees, establishing a presence in a critical
region. This quick action led to further
opportunities to be of assistance to the
struggling Afghan people in the region.
ARC’s milestones and achievements in
2002 are described in the pages of this
report, organized by our regions of operation.
We hope you find the descriptions of our
programs and their impact to be both
informative and inspiring.
Most sincerely,
Hugh Q. Parmer
President
Mary Tjsovold
Chair of the Board
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Africa
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The Balkans
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Thailand
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Central Asia
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ARC Supporters
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ARC Leadership
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Financials
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Refugees Around the World
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How You Can Help
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Credits
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A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
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he American Refugee Committee operates
programs in the African countries of Sudan,
Rwanda, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
People driven from their homes often live as refugees for many years. While they
are displaced, ARC’s vital services provide them with health care, obstetric services,
nutrition supplements, skills training, health education, income generation services,
and literacy training.
Refugee camps often become fairly stable
communities, providing homes for 5,000 to
35,000 people. Housing, while modest, gives
residents the opportunity to live, work, and
develop circles of friends. ARC works to
ensure they have access to clean water and
proper sanitation.
(pictured at left) started a table market in
the Telikoro refugee camp in Guinea with a
$40 ARC loan. Today,
she is able to send her
five children to school
with the revenue from
her business.
In refugee camps, a
small space is usually
set aside for markets.
There, people may
buy a variety of
essential goods, from
shoes and childrens
clothes to soap and
cooking oils. ARC’s microlending program
provides refugees with the capital to start
individual small businesses. Kumba Thomas
The majority of
refugees in Africa are
women and children. ARC’s health posts
provide the medical care, immunizations, and
feeding supplements that promote the healthy
growth of these children. ARC also trains
teams of birthing attendants and midwives to
work within the community to promote
prenatal health care. While talking to women
in the community, local staff promote the
other services ARC offers, including health
education, literacy classes and microenterprise
development. Promoting healthy parenting is
Sudan, Rwanda, Guinea and Sierra Leone
a critical part of preventing disease. Mothers
learn the basics of safe motherhood, such as
nursing, nutrition, and illness prevention. ARC
staff play a critical role in dispelling myths
about child care, making mothers aware of the
need for routine exams and immunizations.
ARC’s unique reproductive health literacy
classes utilize refugee staff and a curriculum
that makes a lasting impact on the well-being
of adults throughout the camp. In 2002, more
than 20,000 refugees learned basic reading
skills while learning about their reproductive
systems. Through these classes, many of
ARC’s students learn about reproductive
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health and HIV/AIDS for the first time in
their lives.
2002 MILESTONES
• In Sierra Leone, ARC granted nearly 5,500
small business loans, promoting self-sufficiency
in the camps.
• In Rwanda, ARC cared for nearly 41,000
patients at its health posts, where more than
3,900 children were vaccinated against polio.
• In Sudan, ARC staff cared for more than
10,000 patients per month in its refugee health
posts; more than 1,000 people per month were
enrolled in reproductive health literacy classes.
• In response to the Nyiragongo volcanic eruption
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ARC
began a short-term program of emergency relief
that assisted 4,680 displaced families.
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or nearly ten years, the American Refugee
Committee has been assisting refugees and
displaced people in the Balkans.
Programs began in Croatia in 1993 and later expanded to assist those affected
by the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Today, most refugees and displaced people
in the Balkans live in temporary housing or
collective centers.
Most of them are
elderly, and many
are still struggling to
overcome the trauma
they experienced.
ARC provides them
with legal help,
ensuring that they receive the pension and
benefits to which they are entitled. The next
step is to assist them in the process of
returning home.
Returning home was once impossible for the
many people in Bosnia and Kosovo whose
homes were destroyed during the war. Since
the crisis began, ARC has played a role in the
reconstruction of more than 1,350 homes or
apartment units, including more than 250 in
2002. ARC has also helped rebuild schools,
hospitals, and businesses.
When families are ready to return to their
pre-war homes, ARC provides assistance
through its internationally respected Regional
Linkages program. By providing one-day bus
trips, trained escorts, and community activities,
this program helps different ethnic groups in
a village reintegrate positively and peacefully.
Children—some of the most vulnerable
victims of ethnic conflict and war—are often
the first to recover. In Bosnia and throughout
the region, ARC has managed a variety of
programs to encourage children of different
ethnic groups to learn and play together.
This kind of reintegration is critical to the
Balkans, one of the most ethnically diverse
regions in the world.
Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia
ARC also encourages people of various ethnic
groups to work together. The income generation
program extends small loans to businesses that
employ members of different ethnic groups.
As these businesses grow and prosper, they
not only rebuild the economy of the region,
but also help restore the fabric of society.
Over the past 6 years, more then 2,000 loans
have been granted to these small enterprises,
most of which are still in business today.
2002 MILESTONES
• In Bosnia, ARC provided legal assistance to
3,200 refugees and displaced people per month.
• In Kosovo, ARC supported and rehabilitated five
community centers, benefiting 1,220 Albanian
and 4,728 Serbian residents.
• ARC created or expanded 50 interethnic small
businesses in 23 communities.
• ARC’s Croatia activities were transitioned to
Zvonmir, an organization created to carry out
ARC’s mission under local leadership.
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A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
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oday nearly 300,000 refugees from Myanmar,
formerly Burma, live as refugees in Thailand.
Most are members of the Karen ethnic group,
a persecuted minority in their homeland. For many years, they have lived in
several large but well-organized refugee camps, located in some of Thailand’s
densest rainforests.
ARC began serving this population in 1992,
when hundreds of thousands were driven out
by Myanmar’s military. Today, ARC works in
the three largest camps, operating health
posts, training birthing attendants and medical
staff, and offering health education and
literacy training.
The monsoon rains in the region frequently
bring flooding—and an increased risk of
infectious disease. By overseeing sanitation
systems and maintaining clean water
sources, ARC works to prevent deaths from
cholera and diarrhreal diseases. Malaria is
also a dangerous killer, particularly in
children. ARC’s health posts help treat the
early symptoms of malaria, while providing
important information for avoiding the
mosquito-borne illness.
One of ARC’s critical roles is to provide
comprehensive post-natal care—including
immunizations. ARC’s staff vaccinate against
measles, polio,
hepatitis B,
and whooping
cough, while
maintaining a
close watch on
a child’s growth and development. As with
all ARCs programs, refugees and local people
are trained to provide most of these services.
Years from now, this strategy will provide the
Karen people with the capacity to provide
their own care, in their own cultural context.
ARC’s reproductive health literacy classes
train both men and women to read while
helping them better understand their own
Thailand
reproductive health. In addition, the classes
provide critical information on HIV/AIDS
prevention, safe motherhood, and family
planning. All information is presented with
great sensitivity to the unique values and
traditions of the Karen people.
The future of the
Karen people lies in
its children. ARC’s
programs strive to
provide them with
opportunities to grow,
learn and thrive,
despite their refugee
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status. While there is little hope that these
children will return to Myanmar in the near
future, ARC staff in Thailand work to provide
them with a safe home in which they may
enjoy their childhood.
2002 MILESTONES
• In the Nu Po and Don Yang refugee camps,
ARC provided 95% of camp children under five
years of age with basic health services.
• ARC reduced the number of active tuberculosis
cases in these camps by one-half.
• ARC made clean water sources available for
all camp residents.
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ore than 3 million people fled Afghanistan
in late 2001 and early 2002, in response to
the Coalition Forces military campaign
against the Taliban regime. Months later, when those refugees were ready to return
home, ARC was there to help. ARC began its operations in Pakistan by providing
basic health care and emergency obstetric services to refugees in the Muhammad
Khail refugee camp in Baluchistan, near Quetta.
More than 40,000 Afghans live in the camp,
with many waiting to move in as others leave.
By mid-summer 2002, ARC expanded health
services to another camp in the region.
Prior to returning home, Afghan refugees are
required to undergo health screenings. ARC
helps them recover from minor illnesses,
provides their children with immunizations,
and gives pre-natal and post-natal care to new
mothers. ARC staff also provides nutrition
supplements to malnourished children.
When funding increased in late 2002,
ARC began training birthing attendants and
midwives, and diagnosing and treating
sexually transmitted diseases. The training and
utilization of local staff is a central part of
ARC’s philosophy: to build the capacity of
refugees to care for their own needs.
ARC’s services were critical to the survival
of children as they returned to poor health
conditions within Afghanistan. For many
children, this medical attention was their only
opportunity to receive treatment for chronic
ailments such as respiratory tract infections.
Perhaps more importantly, the children that
ARC vaccinated for whooping cough and
measles were protected from the outbreak of
disease that plagued Afghanistan in early 2002.
Many Afghan refugees were unable or
unwilling to make the trip
home. These refugees
remain in the camps in
Pakistan. Some of them
have lived outside
Afghanistan for decades;
many children have spent
their entire lives as refugees. For them, ARC
Pakistan
offers the health care services that are critical
to survival when living in areas beset by
poverty and instability.
particularly important. These classes provided
thousands of people with life-saving
information on HIV/AIDS, safe motherhood,
and child nutrition.
Illiteracy is common among Afghan refugees,
making ARC’s health education programs
2002 MILESTONES
• ARC provided medical care to 11,601 returning
Afghan refugees who passed through its
repatriation centers in Quetta, Pakistan.
• ARC staff educated more than 2,000 refugees
on HIV/AIDS prevention.
• In the Muhammad Khail refugee camp, ARC
began providing emergency obstetric services,
labor and delivery care, and outpatient
gynecology services.
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A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
The American Refugee Committee is deeply grateful for the generosity of our supporters
—individuals, foundations, and corporations, as well as governmental and intergovernmental agencies. Listed below are some of the people and institutions, who in 2002,
enabled ARC to rebuild lives shattered by conflict.
Individual
Contributors
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Howard Cohen Estate
Thomas & Nancy Roberts
Jeanne & Joseph Sullivan
Theodore & Vada Stanley
$50,000 – $99,999
Blandina Rojek Charitable Lead
Trust, Ruth Flynn, Trustee
$25,000 – $49,999
Christine Bielke
Barbara L. Forster & Lawrence
Hendrickson
Hilary J. Smith
$10,000 – $24,999
Lars E. Bader
Bud & Miriam Frankel
Holly Myers & E. Kirk Neely
Al & Martha Sikes
James & Anayansie Small
Carol Stoddart & Karl Groth
Watson Family Fund of the
Minneapolis Foundation
Carol D. Winslow
$5,000 – $9,999
Neal Ball
Bryan Danforth
The Denny Fund of the Minneapolis
Foundation
David L. & Johanna C. Duclos Fund
of The Minneapolis Foundation
Peter A. Frankel & Tracy Poe
Patrick & Rosemary Manion
Hugh & Evelyn Parmer
Rehael Fund of The Minneapolis
Foundation
Gerald & Ann Shimek
The Emil J. & Emily D. Slowinski
Fund of theSaint PaulFoundation
Mark & Terri Sullivan
Mary M. Tjosvold, Ph.D.
Scott Shane & Francie Weeks
$2,500 – $4,999
Bell Family Charitable Gift Fund
Maury D. Bramson
Sonia & John Cairns
William & Janet Conley
Edward & Caroline Costello
Cox Family Fund
Charles & Carol Denny
Michael Dockterman Family Gift
Foundation
John & Marcia Dowd
Dye-Knopf Fund of The Minneapolis
Foundation
Thomas P. & Mari Lowe
Nancy Michael
Henry L. Nichols
Ott Family Charitable Gift Fund
Bonnie S. Peters
The M.A. Roberts Charitable
Foundation
Bruce and Patricia Schadow Fund of
The Minneapolis Foundation
Glen & Anna Skovholt
Leland & Anne Salisbury
Bonnie & Craig Sommerville
Charles H. Stuebe
$1,000 – $2,499
Ansar & Zehra Ahmed
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Mary Anne Anderson
Ted & Ruth Arneson
Charles & Christina Bascom
Maureen A. Benson
Harley E. & Elizabeth L. Bergren
Peter G. & Regina L. Bidstrup
Mike & Sheri Bitzan
Kenneth & Margaret Block
Christine M. Bluhm Sand & William
F. Bluhm
Joe Bock & Sue Lyke
Wallace W. Booth
Martha & John Bordwell Fund
Elizabeth & Thomas Borger
Susan M. Briggs, M.D., M.P.H.,
FACS
Edward & Markell C. Brooks Family
Fund of The Minneapolis
Foundation
James Thomas & Dottie Brown
Roger & Ginny Carlson
Shevlin & Diane Ciral
Harlan & Lois Cleveland
David & Margaret Cochrane
Jane Corlette
Joan & Ronald Cornwell
Julianne Corty & Richard Erickson
Ramona & Meinrad Dalaeiden
Dave and Jodi Dent Family Fund of
The Minneapolis Foundation
Anthony N. De Rado
Richard D. Doermer
Harold L. Dolan, III
Shirley A. Dreschel
Fredericka T. Durant
Yechiel & Bonnie Eckstein
Richard & Shannon Ann Fairbanks
Mark & Andrea Feshbach
Gary & Jane Filerman
Kevin Filter & Rosemary Kessler
Christina L. Fink
F. Faith Finnberg
Susan McGrath & John Flagler
Francine M. Fleming
Dr. Robert C. Frey
Robert W. Fulton
Melvin & Judith Goldfein
Jack S. Goldsmith
Dr. Anne E. Goldfeld
Naomi Gordon
Derek F. Groft
Manuel Guerra
Alfred & Ingrid Lenz Harrison
Bud & Carol Hayden
Roger F. Heegaard Family Fund of
The Minneapolis Foundation
Elizabeth & William G. Heegaard
Family Foundation
Douglas T Holod & Elisabeth
Johnson Holod
Joyce & Robert Humboldt
Linda A. Hunter
Scott M. James
Sue & Blair Jenness
Bruce & Jean Johnson
Ashraf Kaiser
Jeanne W. Kenny
Sarah Kinney
Susan J. Klaseus
Mr. & Mrs. Desmond La Place
Jeffrey D. Leppink & Jane Freeman
Ingrid A. Liss
Renee Logan
Sue E. Lorch
Tracy J. Luke
Lt.Gen. James F. McCall (Ret.)
Susan C. McCloskey
Patricia A. McMillan
John & Jane McNeill
Patricia Benson & Kenneth Merz
Susan J. Metoxen
James & Laura Miles
Steven Miles & Joline Gitis
Larry & Roberta Miller
Eleanor & Rowland Miller
Cindy & Steve Mitchell
Jonathan & Katherine A. Moore
Janet & Tom Murphy
Richard & Marla Murray
Holly Myers & E. Kirk Neely
Katherine B. Nason Charitable Lead
Annuity Trust
Jerome & Elaine Nerenberg
Jane R. Newman
Art & Jane Otto
Holly Robbins
Roberts Family Charities
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Roberts
R.O.M.P. Family Fund of the Central
Minnesota Community
Foundation
Fern G. Rose
Louise & Chuck Ruhr
Paul D. & Janet C. Schrage Charitable
Gift Trust
John G. and Lois Schrantz Welshons
Fund
Mildred & Sherwood Schwartz
Kathleen & Robert Seestadt
Philip & Carolyn Simard
Sung Won Sohn, Ph.D. & Yoon Sun
Sohn
Harriet and Edson Spencer Fund of
the Minneapolis Foundation
Mary & Max Steininger
Drs. Susan & John Streitz
James & Catherine Suskin
Karen & Nabeel Tanveer
Drs. Leonard & Patricia Thomas
Phillip A. & Patricia L. Townsend
Diane Traiger
Emily Anne & Gedney Tuttle
Carolyn K. Vincent
Ellen M. Walvoord
Carl & Elizabeth Waters
Barbara Whitmore
Jim Winzenburg
$500 – $999
Dorothee & Alfred Aeppli
Anonymous
Joanne & George Baker
James & Britt Bardinelli
Charles & Jean Barnett Fund
Nancy & Leon Beck
Dan A. Bergeron
Peggy Braile
C. Roland & Susan Bridges
Jerry & Lee Burke
Nicholas Burke
Patricia A. Callaghan
James & Joann Cantalupo
Martha S.Castriotta Charitable
Gift Fund
Rebecca Christian
Elliott & Jean Cobb
Corrina & Paul Conley
Brian D. Cunningham
Tom Cytron-Hysom
Alex Davis
Marjoree Ann Dick
Virginia F. Van Dusen
Dennis & Mary Farmer
Anne & Charles Ferrell
Edward & Carol Finnegan Family
Fund
Chester & Linda Francis
Jerome & Shirley Gerlach
Patricia Gertz
Meyrle Gilman
Alvin & June Golin
Debra & Thomas Goodlaxson
Byron & Maryann Gregory
Gilbert W. Harries
Philip Hatcher & Margareth
Kieschnick
Howard & Nicole Haugh
Anne & Peter Heegaard Family Fund
of The Minneapolis Foundation
Richard & Pamela Immler
David Inman
Keith & Amy James
Suzanne & William Joyce
Ruth & Paul Kadota
Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Fund of
the Minneapolis Foundation
Douglas & Phyllis Kedl
Kip Kelley
Sheldon Kimmel
Mark Kjolhaug
Christopher & Peggy Klug
Roger & Neroli Lacey
Kenneth & Lucy Lehman
Karla and Mike Lewis Fund
Margaret Lynch
Janis L. Lysen
Edwin James & Gloria Mack
Joan & Warren Malkerson
Ben & Brenda Marks
Margaret Mattlin Fund of the St.
Croix Valley Community Fund
Michael & Helena McCormick
Katherine L. McGill
Brenda & Warren McGuire
Leigh McKay & Khoren Arisian
Richard & Barbara Melcher
Brad Michaels
John Michaud
Marianne Moulson
Thomas J. Munger & Virginia J.
Morrow
Lawrence & Helen O’Brien
James & Christine Patterson
Gretchen A. Reilly
Susan S. Roberts
Lori & Lawrence Rubin
Donald & Joyce Rumsfeld
Scott L. Russell & Martha Delaney
Thomas A. Ryan
Norman K. Sacker
Victor & Annette Sandler
Lorraine M. Scheuer
Kimberly M. & Karl M.
Schwichtenberg
Lester and Edna Shapiro Family
Foundation
Robert & Rosie Schulte
Daisy E. Shenholm
Jeri Smith-Fornara
Karen Solheim
Joseph & Joan Speiser
John & Marcia Stout
Paul M. Sweeney
Gilbert & Susan O. Tauck
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Taylor
Harry & Winifred Thibault
Fred L. Turner
Lillian G. Wallis
David & Ruth Waterbury
Susan Weinger
Beverly & David Wickstrom
Raymond E. & Elizabeth Willis
Marjorie Wood
Jean M. & Elwood K. Wylie
$250 – $499
Daniel & Barbara Leary
Elena Gasner Allnutt & R. David
Allnutt
Becky Ann Carlson Anderson &
Roger J. Anderson
Sandra A. Antonelli
M. Arrillaga
Jeff & Jeanine Ashley
Raymond & Judy Ann Auger
Audrey & Dan Bailey
John Beal & Barbara Brin
Eugene Beckman
Nancy P. Benson
H. D. Berman
Lois B. & Jonathan S. Bishop Fund of
the Minneapolis Foundation
Walter R. & Marguerite Bloch
Jane Blockhus
Mrs. Susan Boal
Dale W. Bohlke
John & Martha Bordwell
Tom Bostelmann
Carol Bouska
Sally Boyd Polk Family Fund of The
Minneapolis Foundation
Gwen Braile
Brad J. & Catherine Paige Brainard
Barry Brown
William & Constance Cameron
Jane E. Carlstrom
Norman & Janet Carpenter
Millie & Paul Caspersen
John W. Castle
Joel Charny
Thomas & Nancy Chisholm
Norman P. & Myra I. Collard
Carol R. Katz Connelly & Mark T.
Connelly
Lucia M. & Gary T. Copland
Laurie J. Criego
Laura & John Crosby
Margaret M. Curtin
John & Roberta Dahler
Kathleen A. Daly
Matthew & Jennifer Darnall
Edward N. Dayton
Amos & Sue Deinard
Jane & James Delaney
Seymour & Eliane Diamond
Kevin & Martha Dogan
Dolan Family Fund
Daniel E. Doll
A. Douglas Lyke Charitable
Lead Trust
John A. Dreelan
Mary Mills Dunea & George Dunea
Sally M. Ehlers
Carolyn Emory & Mark Catlin, MD
Clement Engen
Kirk S. & Marilyn T. English
John & Jean Ervin
Jean W. Evans
Jim & Leslie Farmer
Lloyd & Arleen Favre
Julia M. Ferguson & Richard J.
Rinkoff
Mariella Fischer-Williams
David Foster & Cynthia Michael
Foster
Linda & Fred Foster
Virginia Gaige
Ronald H. Galowich
William & Rachel Golden
Emily Haddad
David and Miriam Hanson Charitable
Foundation
Robert & Joanne Hansen
Robert D. & Sally S. Hart
Daniel Healy
N. Christine & Paul Heinerscheid
Donald Helgeson
Emily & Charles Herrmann
Mr. Jim Hinman
Richard M. Hodes
Linka & Greg Holey
Nora & Wayne Hornicek
Margaret S. & James K. Horstman
Delores & Lloyd Host
Sam B. Humphries Jr.
Wim T. & Kathryn D. Ibes
Elaine & Robert Jacobsen
Sean C. James
Brad & Chris Jensen
Gregory & Mary Ann Johnson
Gail Jones
Jean O. Kaelber
Anne L. Kelly
James Kelly & Audrey Pool Kelly
Marily Knieriemen
Nancy & Don Konopka
Mr. R.N. Kohman
Mark Kryzer
Charles Kuether & Susan Effertz
Catherine & Donald Latulippe
William J. LeBlanc
Linda & Douglas Leicht
Lorene Leikind
Lewellen Charitable Gift Fund
Christina A. Lopez & Kevin Acebo
Katherine Lorenz
John & Doris Lyons
Robert J. & Nina K. MacAlister
Bridget A. Manahan & Joseph
Alexander
Gayle Materna
Michael Mayo
John & Kathleen McCarthy
Andrew & Mary McKenna
Thomas & Joan Mears
Elizabeth Merchant
Philip R. Merkle
Thomas & Danalee Merrill
Walter S. & Margaret L. Meyers
Brian Mildish
Andrew M. Momont & Kim D.
Langness
Deborah Mook & John Painter
Shirley Moore
Mary Musielewicz & Richard
Dietman
Gordon Myers
Herbert & Roberta Nechin
Marshall W. Nelson
Peter Oetliker
Mary & Daniel O’Keefe
Mrs. Richardson Okie
Ruth & Ahmad Orandi
Amy K. Otis
Martha & Roger Pascal
Wayne Paske
Tom & Virginia Paulick
Lorraine & Norman Perman
Stephen & Helen Phillips
Jessica M. Powell
Martin Presler-Marshall
Carolyn Press
Mike S. Punja
Sambasivam Ramkumar
Henry & Angeline Ranski
Edward W. Reed
John S. Reinhardt
Philip Rickey & Mary Sullivan
Rickey
Carol Rodin
Brynhild Rowberg
Cynthia & John Ruhaak
Barbara L. Santry
Linda & L. Kent Satterfield
Dennis J. Schapiro
Laura & Fred Schmelzer
John Schroeder & Claire Lewis
Judy & Anthony A. Schumacher
Susan L. Siebert
Barbara Sitzman & James Moore
Martin Sorrell
Keith Spielfogel & Carole Ober
Robert H. Stearns
Mary & Richard Steege
Janice E. Sterrett
Patricia L. Stinson
Sandra & William Stryker
Robert A. Sullivan
Thomas E. Swaney
Georgia R. Theis
Cheryl A. Thomas & Roger W.
Heegaard
Jill & J. D. Thoreson
Robert & Suzanne Thurston
Ellen Toll
Shirley & Paul Tollefson
La Von & James True
Peter & Akiko Vajda
Anastasia Vavoulis
H. Otto & Patricia M. Veinsreideris
Suzanne & Boris Voh
Laura Wadzinski
James & Carolyn Wall
Jennifer & Dale Warner
Thomas E. Warth
Idell & Lawrence Weisberg
John & M. V. Weithers
Michael B. Westberg
Katherine Westphal & P. W. Hallman
James & Sarah White
A F G H A N I S TA N
These Afghan girls brought their mother to the
health clinic in a wheelbarrow. After suffering a
complicated labor, she gave birth to a baby boy.
Janice & Paul Wicklund
Lonnie Willis
Ellen & Othmar Winkler
Bruce & JoAnn Winslow
Richard & Nancy Winslow
Andrea Wolper
Elise P. Wright
Ann & Gary Wynia
Janet & Doug Yee
Ruth J. Young
Melissa Young & Bob Davidson
Janis Kuhry Zeller
Jeanne & Jeff Zlonis
Marlys J. Zoren
James & Nan Zosel
$100 – $249
Esam & Paula Aal
Catherine T. Abbott
John & Helen Ackerman
John Albers
Maudella & Don Albright
Joyce K. Allen
John & Kay Alsip
Virginia & Allan Amis
Susan L. Anacker & James Johnson
Nancy E. & Robert J. Anderson
Kay Anderson
Carol R. Anderson
Beverly L. Anderson
Jeffrey Anderson
James V. Antizzo
Mark & Patricia Arnesen
Lee & Joanne Arvid
Mary Ashe
Donald & Clara Asp
June J. Aspenson
Jeannette Baba
Elizabeth K. Bach
Douglas B. Bailey
The John M. & Elizabeth W. Baker
Fund of the St. Paul Foundation
Kenneth S. Barklind
Grace Barry
Marilyn & Merritt Bartlett
Patricia Bartlett
Vincent I. & Susan Stevens Barton
Patricia A. Barton
Peter Baugher
Elliott J. Bayly
John D. & Karen R. Becker
Mitchell Becker
Sarah C. & Richard P. Behrendt
Marvin L. Bellin
Sandra & Saul Benzeev
Deanna Berman
Suzan & Victor Bernhard
Dolores Bilangi
John Billman
Wayne & Jean Binfet
Thomas & Gretchen Bishop
Adam Bishop
Thomas & Julia Bittinger
Phyllis Blacharsh
Lynn & Jean Blaylock
Larry Blegen
Kristine & George Blesener
Thelma Boeder
Florence C. Bogle
Michael Boisvert & Maria OteroBoisvert
Omar & Minnie Bonderud
Virginia G. Bonker
Catherine Bonnard & Tom Sullivan
Frans Bonnike
Margaret E. Boren
Ron M. & Mary C. Bosrock
Margaret L. & Allan G. Bostelmann
David W. & Marilyn Bostrom
Curtis & Kay Botko
Larry & Susan Bourgerie
E.J.W. & Trudi S. Bowie
Mary Ann & Joel Bowman
William & Margaret Bracken
Earl Bracker, MD & Paula ChristmanBracker
David & Ann Braden
John & Karen Brajdich
Louis C. Branca
John & Rochelle Brandl
Patti Brase
Vernett L. Bredow
Richard T. Brewer & Susan Foster
Daniel G. Brick
Anne Bridges
Judy & Arnold Brier
Dr. William R. & Grace E. Brinker
John & Margaret Brooks
John Brooks
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2002 ANNUAL REPORT
A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
$ 1 0 0 – $ 2 4 9 continued
Omar L. & Jo Ann Brown
Roger & Ingrid Brown
Carole Buchanan Brown
Arthur Brown
Betsy Browning
Harold K. & Doralee J. Broxey
Ray Brozovich
Helen B. Bruce
Linda B. Bruemmer
Marilyn & Jack Bryant
Lori M. Bryant
John Buchanan, MD & Susan Carver
Buchanan
Elizabeth Buschor
Leslie & Steven Bush
Edwin M. & Dorothy S. Bush
Martha Bushnell
Mary Kay Buskin
Michele Byfield Stead
Michael J. & Nadine M. Byrne
Philip C. & Jill A. Calian
G.G. Campbell
Loretta J. Cantieri
Duane S. & Mimi H. Carlson
Arne H. Carlson
Dottie & Jack Carpenter
John Carter
Anthony E. Cascino
Kay W. Case
Marilyn & Gerald Cathcart
Robert & Catherine Cerone
Beverly J. & Edward Chang
Mary L. Charles
Peggy M. Chisholm
Teela Chlebeck
Cari-Ann Christensen
Mary Lou Christensen
Iola E. Christopherson
Anthony & Micki Chulick
Marilyn D. Clancy
Elizabeth O. Clarke
P. Kevin Clary & Barbara A. Clary
David H. Clayton
Fern Cleghorn
Mike Cochran
Thomas & Maria Coffman
Burton & Rusty Cohen
Richard G. & Marsha L. Cohn
Diane Collison
Roger & Virginia Colombo
William & Jane Conrad
Thomas W. Cook
Stephen & Christine Cooney
Maureen & Bill Cosgriff
Mary Courtier
John & Judith Covell
Ursela Cowan
Anastasia Craig
Francis & Margaret Crane
Lydia Crawford & Phillip Davies
Lora B. Cropper
Francis E. Crowley, Ph.D.
Richard & Ann Cusack
Ted & Carol Cushmore
Fred & Marlene Dahl
Lois & Leo Damkroger
Erwin & Phyllis Dargis
Barbara A. Davidson
Kathleen K. Davies
Donald & Charlotte Davis
Elizabeth Day & Rudolf C. Bachofner
Charlotte M. De France
Patricia & Charles Debrovner
Mrs. Jane R. Deckenbach
Paula W. DeCosse
Joan Defenbaugh
Jane F. DeGrood
Susan & Conrad DeJong Shwayder
Foundation
Dawn & Edward Diedrich
Charlotte & William Diedrich
Kay Helen Dixon
Theresa H. Do
Lyn L. Dodd
Paul L. & Mary E. Doherty
Arlan P. Dohrenburg
Michael Dommermuth
Jay Dorsey & Dee Gaeddert Dorsey
Mary Ann Dorsher & Sven Wehrwein
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Diane C. Dovenberg Lewis
Susan Doyle & Richard Oberg
June M. Drebing
John & Dolores Driscoll
William & Mary Ann Droel
John & Christine Drucker
Clement T. Duffy
Ultan & Teresa Duggan
Melvin & Georgia Duncan
Betty R. Dunn
Sean F. Durant
Marian Dyck & P. James Bonham
Dyck
Janet & French Eason
Terri Edam
Dr. Edward & Mildred Cafritz Family
Foundation, Inc.
Dr. David Eenigenburg
Maria Eggemeyer
Jennifer & Andrew Elkin
Caroline & John Ellis
Karen & Yousry Elshazly
Mrs. Louise W. Ely
Linda L. Engberg
Karen Engelbretson & Steve
Nusbaum
Jeffrey Engels
John R. Engen
Larry & Elizabeth Englund
Dean A. Ennes
Kim M. Erickson
Larry Espel
Marion G. Etzwiler
Walter R. Evans
Susan E. Everson
Garold L. & Joyce E. Faber
Colleen E. Fahey
Suzanne M. Fattah
Eugene & Alice Faulds
Christina M. Faulkner
Doug & Nora Felton
Patrick & Lisa Fernan
Elaine Fiffer
Jane A. Finn
Patricia C. Finnegan
Sheila Finnegan & Kenneth Spychala
Sarita Finnie
Arthur & Virginia Fish
Patricia L. & Richard M. Fishel
Phyllis & Richard Fisher
Quentin Fisher
Allen P. Fisher
Robert & Patricia Fitzgerald
Larry E. Fix & Jeanette Gillet-Fix
Robert A. & Carroll J. Flaten
Peter J. Fleming
Gretchen A. Flynn
Sharon Fodness & Mike Wheeler
Karl F. & Jennifer L. Forsberg
Richard & Mary Fowler
Karol & John Francis
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Frank
James & Lynda Frantz
Sara Anne & Richard Fraser
Donald & Caroline Frenette
Sherry & Richard Frenzel
Gerald H. Friedell
Richard E. & Marjorie Friedman
Franklin Friedman
Vera Ann Garcia
Mary & Dale Gerding
David C. Gerrish
Donald & Barbara Gerten
Joan Gibbons
Ann Gilbert & Daniel Pederson
Frances & John Gillette
Byron Gilman
Judy & Norman Glassberg
Jay P. Gluck
Howard & Karen Gochberg
Kitty A. Gogins
Dr. Mace Goldfarb
Edith Goplen
John Gordon
Margot Gordon
Mark B. & Marsha Gorman
Mary & Francis J. Goschy
Barbara Gould
Doris W. Graf
Alice Mae Graner
James & Donna Graves
Fred & Carol Green
Freddi L. Greenberg & Daniel B.
Pinkert
Milton Greenblatt
David & Jane Gregerson
Annice & Steven Gregerson
David Grimsted & Patricia Froelicher
Richard Grondahl
Ann E. Grothjan
Joan Anderson Growe & Tom Moore
Ruth A. Grunke
Bonnie R. Grzeskowiak & Terry
Wade
Richard & Dorothy Guilford
Gary Gullikson & Carol Tollefsrud
Jon Guy
Hans & L. Haacke
Patti Hague
Harvey & Cynthia Haines
Mark & Mary Jo Hallberg
Michael Hamerski
Heidi J. & Steven M. Hamilton
Peter & Margot Hanford
Paul B. Hannig
Howard & Carol Hanson
Janis R. Hanson
Raphael Hanson
George & Kathryn Harding
Janet Jo Harding
Gar Hargens
Chris A. Harris
Helen C. Hartfiel
Nevin & Marialice Harwood
David & Paulette Hassell
Ms. Phyllis Havener
Rita Havey
Katherine E. & Peter M. Hawkins
Blanche & Thane Hawkins
Joan R. Hayden
Constance A. Hays
Catherine M. Hegg
Kenneth M. Henderson, Jr.
Nancy Read Hendricks
Elayne R. Hengler
Michael Henley & Randi Yoder
Suzi Henrichs & Harry Hull
Anne & John Herbert
James D. & Sara Arvesen Herrick
Sally J. Heuer
Candy & John Hickey
Richard Higgins
Mary E. Hill
Laura Hinnendael & Mark Gormley
Linda Hodgson
Donald & Suzanne Hofstrand
Arthur L. Hogenson
Melissa Hoiland
David J. Hoiland & Rhonda Kuehl
Gregory & Lori Hollenkamp
Robert P. Hollern
John & Olga Hollister
Grace E. Holloway
Phuc D. & Hong Deim Nguyen
Joanne T. Hostert
Joanne M. & De Witt W. Housel
Thomas Houston
Rich & Anne Hovland
Michael & Kathleen Howlett
Amy L. Hubbard
Duane & Beatrice Huberty
Thomas C. Huberty
Ralph F. & Peggy J. Hudson
Mary Beth Hughes
Patricia Hutar
Ann & Michael Infante
Jean Jachman
Joel Jackson
Lila & Harry Jacob
Rosamond T. & Bernard Jacob
Jean & Robert Jacobson
Anne W. Jagunich
Valerie Janda
Frances A. Janochoski
Grace Jefferson
Carol & Curtis Johnson
Pamela & Roderick Johnson
Jay M. & Kristen Johnson
James P. Johnson
Mark H. Johnson, MD
Douglas A. Johnson
Susan Johnson
Laurel & David Jones
Catherine & Guy Jones
Charles B. Jones
Karl Jones
Drs. Sally & Charles Jorgensen
Ineke Justitz
Lucinda R. Kahler
Fred & Virginia Karstedt
Margaret W. & Patrick S. Keating
Patrick Keene
Carol Kelleher & Daniel P. Engel
Krank Kenneth
Phyllis Kieser
Linda D. Kilb
Neil & Diana King
Joan Kirchoff
Ingrid H. Kizen
Sandra Y. Klapperich
Jane Knoll
Kathryn Kogan
James Kolovos & Anne E. Miller
Theodore M. Kopacek
James J. Kramer
Lawrence A. Krantz & Diane Pittman
Timothy Krenik
M. Louise Krill
Edward L. Kruszka
Mark & Rebecca Kuck
Johanna K. Kuehn
Brian Kuehn & Shelly Rockman
Dorothy T. Kuether
David B. & Joanne S. Laird
Sacie H. Lambertson
Linton Lange
Leonard O. & Rollie H. Langer
Gary Langer
Laura Langer
Lynn & David Langmeyer
David & Robin Larkin
Karla J. Larsen
John & Meryl Lavine
Barry Lazarus
Alexander & Barbara Leaf
Martha Lederer
Larry & Jean LeJeune
Jim & Susan Lenfestey
Patricia Leopold
Janet C. & Bob Leslie
Sheldon & Delores Levin
Herbert & Cornelia Levin
Jack & Therese Levy
Marvin & Alice Levy
Muriel S. Levy
Claudia A. Liebrecht
Nicole Ann Liffrig
Yvonne S. Lifshutz
Jacqueline A. Lindskoog
Calvin & Christine Litsey
Jane A. Little
Samuel & Judith Livingston
Audrey Logsdon
Steven W. & Jeanette C. Loken
Priscilla H. Long
Jadwiga & Vincent Lopez-Majano
John R. & Faith M. Lowell
Robert B. Lowenfels
Christiane A. Ludescher
Mary S. Lufkin-Batinich & Alex
Batinich
Raymond & Lorraine Lundquist
Daniel & Carol Luthringshauser
Paul Lynch
Laurance L. & Margaret E.
MacKallor
Leonard W. Makens
Ann Manning
Omar & Susan Marei
Ann B. Marshall
Margaret P. Martin
Jeremy Martin
Charles & Patricia Nelson Matkowski
Marcus H. Mattison
Bruce & Kathy Maunder
Jennifer & Daniel Mauney
Jana L. Maxwell
Charles & Carolyn J Mayo
Linda D. Mayo
David J. Mayo
Lisa Mayotte
Elizabeth & Carlton McCambridge
Pamela & John McCambridge
Miriam & E. J. McConnell
Robert & Polly McCrea
Richard McFarland
Dr. John McGurl
Malcolm & Wendy McLean
Terrance M. McLean
Suzy & Robert McNamara
Ronald McNamara, C.L.U.
Deborah Kleinman McNeil
Joan P. & William McTeer
Dale H. Messerschmidt
Mark & Cynthia Meyer
Margaret Meyer
James K. & Sarai Mickman
Alvin & Mildred Miller
Shayle Miller & Jin-Soo Kim
Robert & Galen Minetz
Lucy C. & Robert Mitchell
Mrs. Ruth Mitchell
James R. Mitchell
Kathleen A. Mohn
David & Constance Morrison
Joan Morrison
Jeanie & John Michael Moysey
Mir S. & Leila Mulla
John Mullaney
Beth Murphy
Phil & Lynda Murray
Warren & Betty Musser
Isobel & Earl Neal
Julie Nebel
Adele Neems
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd E. Nelson
Janice W. Nelson
Daisy B. Nelson
Gary D. Nelson
Donald A. Nelson
James T. & Mary Ellen Nichols
Mary Heinz Nick
Bert & Tammy Jo Nielsen
Susan Nixon & Walter Lentz
Harold A. Nomer
Kenneth E. & Carolyn C. Nopar
Judith Norell
Donald Notvik
Ms. Jean H. Nudell
Lisbeth J. Nudell
Theodore Nussbaum
Moses & Grace Nyangau
Terri & David Obermiller
Georgia M. O’Brien
Jody & Matthew O’Connor
Mary E. O’Connor
Cynthia & John O’Halloran
Donald A. Olsen
Alice Olson
Lynn Olson & Frank Stone
Sanford M. Orlow
Jacques & Florence Ovadia
Sharon & Parker Palmer
Kathy A.Palmer & Thomas K. Klein
Paul B. & Anne B. Parker
Edgar & Phyllis Peara
Dan Pellettiere
Janet P. & Stephen S. Penley
Patricia & Gary Peterson
John & Susanne M. Peterson
Virginia Peterson
Sylvia Peterson
Silas C. Peterson, Jr.
Elizabeth Peterson & Patrick Diamond
H. Peyton Young & Fernanda F.
Young
Michael Pfaffinger
Susan Phelan
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Bash
Ann & Felix Phillips
Mary Breen Pieh & Timothy Pieh
Edward B. & Jane M. Pierson
Helen A. Pietrowski
Joanne M. Pilat & Larry Valentine
Carol Pine
Steven & Patricia E. Pisarkiewicz
Julianne Pixley
Nora Plesofsky
Ernest Polichnia
Mary Elizabeth & James Pollard
Meredith & Richard Poppele
Leila D. Poullada
Carol A. Poulson
Will Powers & Cheryl Miller
Walter Pratt
Dorothy Press
David A. Prichard
Jane Prohaska & William Donohue
Lois Quam
Charlotte A. Rasmussen
Mary G. Rassat
Nina Ratrie Peyton
Bruce Reed
Mr. & Mrs. Reich
Mary & Virginia Reid
Marianne Remedios
Gerritt B. & Cato L. Renger
Jerome & Marjorie Richgels
Lynne Richmond
Patrick K. & Pamela L. Riley
Edward Ritter
Marjorie & John Roberts
Joe Roberts
Rebecca & Donald Robinson
Curtis A. & Beverly Robinson
Rosemary J. & Donald K.
Rockenbach
Mrs. Rosemary Rockwell
Steve Rosengren
Douglas E. & Erica K. Rosenthal
Judy F. & Dave Rowland
Patricia Ruble
Helga & Stanley Ruby
Eric & Ameila Rudolph
Stephanie A. Russell
Virginia M. Russell
Virginia Saft
Kenneth C. & Kay L. Sahlin
Della Saliterman
Virginia Samter
Susan K. Sanborn
Charles Sanders, MD
Florence & Burton A. Sandok
Carol M. Sandstrom
Ethel M. Sanjines
Steven R. Sarafolean
James & Barbara Sarazin
Calvin & Maria Satterfield
Mary & Timothy Scanlan
Denise & Peter Schlesinger
Marcella E. Schneider
John L. Schneider
Raymond E. Schramm
Raymond & Leola Schreurs
Mary Anne Schwalbe
Monique E. Schwartzberg
Lyall A. & Inez M. Schwarzkopf
Patricia K. Seflow
Janet & Irving Shapiro
Kate Shapiro
Francis R. Sheahan
Madison & Mary Sheely
George Sheer & Jane Evans- Sheer
Ames Sheldon
David S. Shields
Anne Marie Shimkus
Gail D. Shore
Craig & Mariana Shulstad
Lowell & Bette Siff
Bonita & Mitchell Singal
Honey & Samuel Skinner
Paul T. & Susan M. Skowronski
Sharon & Richard Slettehaugh
Mary Jane Smetanka
Robert B. & Elaine F. Smith
Joan T. Smith
Luisa Smith
Abraham & Marian Sofaer
Andrew Sommers
Christopher N. Sonnesyn
D.M. & Lucy Sontag
Donald & Adele Spicer
Susan K. Spindler
Dorothy Sporney
Jeffery Sronkoski
Henrietta Stafsberg
Vito & Julie Stagliano
Jerry & Roberta Stahl
Jane P. Stanton
Andrew & Charlene Starin
AFRICA
This refugee from Sierra Leone danced on
completion of her six-month skills training course.
Now she is able to support herself and her
children by making and selling soap.
Jeremy & Linda Steiner
Axel D. Steuer
Hon. Adlai Stevenson, III & Ms.
Nancy Stevenson
James & Mary Stites
Ken & Margaret Stone
Frank Stone
Debra Stowe
Melvin L. Strand
Mr. & Mrs. Noel Stratmoen
Barbara J. Stuhler
Jane & Walter Stull
Laura F. Sudler
Howard & Constance Sulkin
Andrea Sununu
Arlene E. Swanson
Donald & Bette Sward
Julia Tang
Marjorie & Donald Tarr
Renee Tasaka
Carol Tauer
Sadako Tengan
Ms. Vera Theisen
Jeffrey M. Thole
Amy Thomas
Saul & Judy Thomashow
Inga Thompson
Michael J. Thompson
Robert & Terri Thomssen
Ann B. Thornes
Thomas L. Thul
Michael G. Thurmes
Susan & Gerald Timm
Joseph & Sally Tombers
Penelope Tonry
Frank & Carol Trestman
L.G. Truesdell, III
Donald & Jane Truhlar
Moira Turner
Alice A. Tuseth
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Twomey
William T. & Mary K. Udseth
Mark S. Umbreit
Carol A. Uppgaard
Dianne J. Van Tasell
Mary K. Van Wyhe
David M. Vander Haar
Rebecca L. Varone
Carl Voelz
Marilyn & Herward Vogel
Joanne & Philip Von Blon
Phyllis L. Wagner & Jack Yarger
William L. Waldron
John W. Wallace & Ellen J.
Rashbaum
Marion B. Wallace
Betty Wallien
Martha V. Wallin
Theresa L. Walls
Earlie M. Washington
Constance Waterous
Mary & Stephen Watson
Janet B. Watson
Clyde Watson & Dennis Devlin
Douglas F. Watson & Sharann Turner
David C. & Judith L. Watt
John & Gracy Waugh
Scott Way & Mary Ann Weerts
Henry B. Wehrle Jr.
Karl & Julie Weisenhorn
Henry Weissmann
Stephen & Katherine Wellington
Paul & Phyllis Welter
H. L. Wenner
Charles F. & Mary J. Wenz
Jean M. West
Ms. M.K. Whaples
Timothy J. Wicker & Carolyn M.
Deters
Grace K. Wiggen
Amy & Andrew Willette
Anne M. Wilson
Judith Wilson & Alec Wysoker
Constance & Larry Winbauer
Jennifer Windsor
Barbara & Arnold Winikoff
Rosalie & Joseph Wise
Karen Pauba Witzke & Brian Witzke
Douglas & Sara Wolff
James & Emese Woods
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2002 ANNUAL REPORT
A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
$ 1 0 0 – $ 2 4 9 continued
$500 – $999
Betsy Wray
Dr. Ruth M. Yanagi
Julie & Karl Yeager
Marianne Yoshida
Mary Youle & Philip Cohen
Susan J. Zahner & Leon John Olson
Michael Zapata & Jan HofschulteZapata
Paul J. Ziemann
Donald & Marlene Zila
PipeVine, Inc.
MLR Design
American Express Foundation
Caxton Associates LLC
RMF Foundation
Quaker Hill Foundation
Orchids Limited
Minneapolis Friends Meeting
Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
Trinity Evangelical Luthern Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Woodlake Medical Management Inc.
Osmonics, Inc.
Landon Family Foundation
Blistex, Inc.
Adage Capital Management, L.P.
Myers Foundation Inc.
Corporations and
Foundations
$50,000 – $499,000
The Heilbrunn Center for Population
and Family Health, Mailman
School of Public Health,
Columbia University
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Packard Foundation
The Women’s Commission for
Refugee Women and Children
The Andrew M. Mellon Foundation
$10,000 – $49,999
Global Impact
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Frederick O. Watson Foundation
Frees Foundation
The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
Stichting Vluchteling (SV)Netherlands Refugee Foundation
Tufts University-Alchemy Project
$5,000 – $9,999
Fenner Foundation – Advised Fund at
the Penninsula Comm Fnd
Illinois Tool Works Fdn
Faegre & Benson Foundation
Church of St. Thomas the Apostle
Frankel & Company
McDonald’s Corporation
Rapid Displays
$2,500 – $4,999
Channel Medical Partners
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Northern Capital Commercial
Lines, Inc.
The Northern Trust Company
Mid-Continent Capital, Inc.
$1,000 – $2,499
Medtronic Foundation
Bioenergy, Inc.
Uromedica
AIG WorldRisk
G & A Mobile Home Listing Co.
The HAVI Group LP
Moss Cairns, LLC
Phillips Plastics Corporation
36 Foundation Inc.
Kirkland & Ellis
The Prudential Foundation
Shahidi M.J. Business Consulting
United Way of Minneapolis Area
Irene Hixon Whitney Fund of the
Minneapolis Foundation
Medtronic, Inc.
Augsburg College
Ascent Private Equity
Comedicus, Inc.
First Circle Medical
R. Chase Financial
Rice Lake International Friendship
Association
Split Rock Studios
Window On The World, Inc.
Groves Foundation
Thomas A. Demetrio Foundation
Levin & Schreder, Ltd.
The Diamond Family Foundation
Deloitte & Touche LLP
International Fellowship of Christians
and Jews
First Bank & Trust of Evanston
Gardner, Carton & Douglas
Ayudar Foundation
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$100 – $499
The Church of St. Joseph
Chippens Hill Middle School
Swift-Estech Association
Leo Burnett Foundation
S. Orville Ryan Family Foundation
River Market Community Co-op
Dimeo Schneider &Associates, LLC
The Chanhassen Bank
Orion Corporation of Minnesota
Leahy & Hoste
American Glass & Mirror, Inc.
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
General Mills, INC.
Immunex Corporation
Northeast Bank
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed
Virgin Mary
Vencio
Providence St. Vincent Medical
Maryland Charity Campaign
United Way California Capital Region
De Land Family Fd of the Comm
Found of Western NC
Kaplan Family Foundation
The St. Paul Companies, Inc.
Micronet Medical, Inc.
Infinity Direct
TCF Bank
The Indiana Association of
United Ways
Rockwell International Corporation
Froehling, Anderson, Plowman &
Wasmuth, LTD
Business Forum, Inc.
Preferred Adventures Ltd.
Derosier & Co.
Clymer Capital Inc
IMC Global
Kadima Systems
Quad/Graphics, Inc.
High Point Framing
Government and
Intergovernmental
Organizations
US Embassies in Rwanda and
Macedonia
Government of Canada
Government of Ireland–Department of
Foreign Affairs
Government of the United Kingdom–
Department for International
Development (DFID)
Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina
(Municipal)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs–The
Netherlands and also the Royal
Netherlands Embassy (Bosnia)
United States Agency for
International Development
(USAID) and also its Office of
Foreign Disaster Assistance
(OFDA)
United States Department of State,
Bureau of Population, Refugees
and Migration (BPRM)
Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA)
World Bank through the Government
of Sierra Leone’s National Center
for Disarmament, Demobilization
and Reintegration (NCDDR)
Tributes
In Honor
In Honor of Neal Ball
Ruth & Paul Kadota
In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. Barba
Suzanne & William Joyce
In Honor of Mladen Barbie
Heather A. Lattimer
In Honor of Michael Barry
Robert L. Kramer & Susan S. Saxl
In Honor of Mary Callahan
Robert L. Kramer & Susan S. Saxl
In Honor of David and Johanna C.
Duclos
Norman & Janet Carpenter
John & Mary Moore
In Honor of Kevin Gast
Natascha Gast
In Honor of Emerson Greenberg
Ms. Jean H. Nudell
In Honor of Suzanne Joyce
Peter & Mary Jane Bridges
Robert & Barbara Kauffman
In Honor of Enid H. Long
Margaret S. & James K. Horstman
In Honor of Elizabeth Himanga
Nancy P. Benson
In Honor of Mindy Holte
Cynthia Atsatt & Robert Due
In Honor of Hojoon Hwang
Henry Weissmann
In Honor of Laura Inman
David Inman
In Honor of John Kasimor
David & Michelle Streitz
In Honor of Bertrand A. Krantz
Lawrence A. Krantz & Diane
Pittman
In Honor of Gene Loriot
Samuel Loriot
In Honor of Paolo Mangiafico
Manuela Mangiafico
In Honor of Louise Merkle
Phillip R. Merkle
In Honor of Jeanne Mueller
Lisa & Troy Tillman
In Honor of Richard W. Parnell
Richard & Jennifer Farquhar
In Honor of Nancy Roberts
36 Foundation Inc.
Neal Ball
John P. Barker
Charles & Christina Bascom
Thomas & Julia Bittinger
Kenneth & Margaret Block
Frans Bonnike
Wallace W. Booth
Edwin M. & Dorothy S. Bush
Roger & Ginny Carlson
Dottie & Jack Carpenter
John W. Castle
Anthony & Micki Chulick
Lois & Leo Damkroger
Richard D. Doermer
Henrietta & Alvin Farber
James & Donna Graves
Julie Greek
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Charles B. Jones
Janis & Thomas Kirts
Marvin & Alice Levy
Bruce & Kathy Maunder
Eleanor & Rowland Miller
John & Claire Muldoon
Warren & Betty Musser
H. Peyton Young & Fernanda F.
Young
Nina Ratrie Peyton
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Roberts
Susan S. Roberts
The M.A. Roberts Charitable
Rebecca & Donald Robinson
Judy F. & Dave Rowland
David & Charlotte Rubin
Helga & Stanley Ruby
S. Orville Ryan Family Foundation
Guy & Anne Shafer
Pauline Shearer
James E. & Judith M. Sisler
Henry & Kathryn Stevens
James & Mary Stites
Robert A. Sullivan
James & Catherine Suskin
Thomas E. Swaney
Dianne E. Thomas
Vanessa Van Bogart-Pardridge
Henri R. & Joyce S. Verne
Carl & Elizabeth Waters
Henry B. Wehrle Jr.
Idell & Lawrence Weisberg
Gerald & Sandra Wool
In Honor of Scott L. Russell &
Martha Delaney
Patrick & Lisa Fernan
Ronald Ford
Ronald Indeck
Sarah & Andrew Tellijohn
In Honor of Terry Schade
James R. Mitchell
In Honor of Heidi Schiller
Isobel & Gregg Schiller
In Honor of Griffin Sipos
Endre F. Sipos
In Honor of Joseph P. Sullivan
Muriel S. Levy
Kip Kelley
Swift-Estech Association
In Honor of Brian Teasdale
Tuyen Nguyen
In Honor of Barb Thoni
Michael French
In Honor of Mary Tjosvold
Ann B. Thornes
In Honor of Richard Vines Jr.
Jeremy Martin
In Honor of Janis Kuhry Zeller
Patricia Kuhry
In Honor of David Zimmerman
Melvin & Georgia Duncan
In Memoriam
In Memory of Dr. Louis E. Braile
Gwen Braile
Karen & Yousry Elshazly
Carl & Bonniclare Erling
Fern Hauck & Gabriel Finder
Glenn Hartquist
Karl & Marie Heilborn
Kerry Heubeck
Dale H. Messerschmidt
Richard & Joyce Starkey
Lawrence & Daidre West
Jan & Mark Williams
Margaret Ann & Keith Wiltse
In Memory of Dr. Tom Durant
Fredericka T. Durant
In Memory of John S. Gowan
William & Janet Conley
In Memory of Naomi Kastenbaum
Bethan Marlaine Davies
Bud & Miriam Frankel
Kaplan Family Foundation
Mary L. McKendrick
Anna & Charles Silverman
In Memory of Marjorie McNally
Bruce & JoAnn Winslow
In Memory of Harold Rasmussen
Sara Anne & Richard Fraser
In Memory of Roy Soeffker
Marlene Soeffker
In-Kind Contributors
Bolger Publications
Faegre & Benson
Frankel & Company
Harmony Creative
HarperCollins Publishers
Latitudes Map and Travel Store
Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
Split Rock Studios
Snow Communications
United Nations Children’s Fund
Board of Directors
S e n i o r M a n a g e m e n t Te a m
Mary Tjosvold, Ph.D., Chair
Hugh Parmer, President
Carol D. Winslow, Recent Past Chair
Joseph Bock, Vice President
Sonia Cairns, Vice Chair, Board Development
Karen Elshazly, Special Assistant to the President,
& Governance
Planning, Policy, and Evaluation
Michael J. Howlett, Jr., Vice Chair, Security,
Huy Pham, Director of International Operations
Program, & Compliance
Colleen Striegel, Director of Human Resources
Harlan Cleveland, Secretary
and Administration
Glen J. Skovholt, Treasurer
Karen Frederickson, Director of Development
Michael T. McCormick, Assistant Secretary and
Moses Nyangau, Director of Finance
General Counsel
Neal Ball, Founder and Honorary Chair
Peter Bell
Susan Miller Briggs, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Joel R. Charny
W. D. (Don) Conley
David Duclos
Rabbi Yechiel Z. Eckstein
Gary L. Filerman, Ph.D.
Barbara L. Forster
Bud Frankel
Walter B. Franz III, M.D.
Melvin M. Goldfein
Anne E. Goldfeld, M.D.
Susan J. Klaseus
Richard R. Murray
Holly E. Myers
Nancy Roberts
Al Sikes
James H. Small
Sung Won Sohn, Ph.D.
Carol Stoddart
Joseph P. Sullivan
Robert Taylor
Country Directors
Bosnia—Paul Taylor
Central Asia—Louise Paterson
Croatia—Asja Pogancic
Guinea—David Williams
Kosovo—Shannon Meehan
Macedonia—Robert Garnett
Rwanda—Ken Murphy
Serbia/Montenegro—Domagoj Nikolic
Sierra Leone—Martha Saldinger
Sudan/Uganda—Richard Poole
Thailand—Gary Dahl
International Headquarters
430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204
Mnneapolis, MN 55403
Tel. 612-872-7060
Fax: 612-607-6499
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.archq.org
Chicago Regional Office
111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1923
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel. 312-552-3753
Fax: 312-552-5410
E-mail: [email protected]
CAMBODIA
The American Refugee Committee was
founded in 1979 to help Cambodian refugees
on the Thai border. During its early years, ARC
pioneered the treatment of tuberculosis in
displaced people and provided thousands
of people with basic medical training.
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A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Statements of Financial Position
Statements of Activities
D E C E M B E R 31 , 2 0 0 2
Y E A R E N D E D D E C E M B E R 31 , 2 0 0 2
ASSETS
CHANGES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS
Current Assets:
Revenues:
Cash and cash equivalents
Headquarters cash
United States of America Government Grants
$
Overseas cash
175,134
1,751,687
Grants receivable
1,926,438
United Nations grants
6,290,364
Foreign Government Grants
5,693,376
Private support contributions
2,664,821
Micro-credit receivable
269,866
Interest
Pledges receivable
179,223
Other
Prepaid expenses
121,804
Total current assets
$13,065,859
701
65,852
Total revenues
27,780,973
4,424,152
Expenses:
International programs
Restricted Assets:
Headquarters cash
544,044
General and administrative
Overseas cash
215,010
Fund-raising
Long-term investments
557,192
Accrued interest receivable on long-term investments
5,168
Total restricted assets
Increase in unrestricted net assets
59,242
$ 5,804,808
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Contributions
Investment return
Net assets released from restrictions and included in
changes in unrestricted net assets — private support contributions
Current Liabilities:
$
420,126
Grants Payable
713,779
Micro-credit payable
484,876
Notes payable
400,000
Accrued expenses
497,372
Deferred revenue
Total current liabilities
453,373
27,558,487
222,486
C H A N G E S I N T E M P O R A R I LY R E S T R I C T E D N E T A S S E T S
Net unrealized gains on investments
Accounts payable
1,426,441
1,321,414
Office equipment (net of accumulated depreciation
of $229,795 and $173,679 respectively)
Total assets
Total expenses
25,678,673
Decrease in temporarily restricted net assets
DECREASE IN NET ASSETS
N E T A S S E T S AT B E G I N N I N G O F Y E A R
N E T A S S E T S AT E N D O F Y E A R
195,468
15,713
9,186
(460,632)
(240,265)
(17,779)
1,862,336
$ 1,844,557
1,444,098
3,960,251
Net Assets:
Unrestricted
738,153
Temporarily restricted
395,649
Permanently restricted
710,755
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
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1,844,557
$ 5,804,808
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A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
People Around the World Forced to Flee Their Homes
THE BALKANS 1,132,000
TURKEY 1,000,000
I S R A E L / PA L E S T I N E 3 , 2 7 5 , 0 0 0
JORDAN 800,000
A F G H A N I S TA N / I R A N 4 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ( 1 , 5 1 8 , 0 0 0 R E S I D E I N PA K I S TA N )
BURMA 1,500,000 (336,000 RESIDE IN THAILAND)
IRAQ 1,395,000
SOMALIA 650,000
ERITREA 360,000
SRI LANKA 718,000
UGANDA 725,000
INDONESIA 1,000,000
BURUNDI 800,000
RWANDA 50,000
SUDAN 4,500,000
ANGOLA 4,000,000
CONGO-KINSHASA 2,400,000
SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, IVORY COAST 1,285,000 (182,000 RESIDE IN GUINEA)
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UPROOTED PEOPLE
Uprooted people around the world consist of
refugees and asylum seekers, internally displaced
and uprooted persons. The figures on this map
represent uprooted people as of December 31,
2002 according to World Refugee Survey 2003.
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A M E R I C A N R E F U G E E C O M M I T T E E I N T E R N AT I O N A L
T
ell a friend. Spread
the word about the
plight of refugees
and displaced people around the world. So
many people are unaware of the powerful
impact that organizations like the American
Refugee Committee can make. If more people
knew, more people could get involved in
activities that support our mission.
Give generously
Contributions from supporters like you enable
ARC to provide refugees with desperately
needed services and life’s most basic
necessities such as clean drinking water and
shelter. ARC has been recognized by major
funding organizations for its efficiency—at
least 90 cents of every dollar donated to ARC
goes toward rebuilding the lives of refugees
and displaced people.
Shown below is the Minneapolis—St. Paul ARC Staff.
Give a special donation
Honor or pay tribute to family and friends
with a donation to ARC in their name. For
a birthday, anniversary, marriage, or as a
memorial for someone you love, a gift to
ARC is a special gift that gives twice: once
to your loved one and once to a refugee.
Join Global Partners
ARC is always looking for committed
individuals concerned with the well being
of refugees. Global Partners, the volunteer
arm of the American Refugee Committee,
aims to harness the energy, wisdom, and
resources of the public to raise awareness
of the global refugee crisis and provide
opportunities for the public to respond to
international refugee needs.
Attend an event
Attend one of our monthly informational
sessions, our regular Speaker Series events,
or our annual fundraiser. Whichever event
you choose to attend, you’ll learn more
about the important work of the American
Refugee Committee.
In Minneapolis volunteers support a variety
of projects including outreach efforts, event
planning, and office support. In short-term
assignments overseas, volunteers lend their
expertise to water/sanitation, health care,
and finance assignments.
ARC holds a variety of events throughout the
year in Minneapolis–St. Paul and Chicago.
Volunteer
F
Whether you would like to get involved at
home or overseas, ARC offers a variety of
opportunities. Volunteers across the country
organize fundraisers to raise awareness of and
support for the American Refugee Committee.
or more information
about any of these
activities, please call
1-800-875-7060 or visit www.archq.org.
CREDITS
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Photography
Writing
Nell Kussian
Martha Naegeli
Gary Dahl
Louise Paterson
Najdi Dawabi
Huy Pham
Various ARC Staff
Martha Naegeli, ARC
Design
Suzann Beck, BeckHaus Design, Inc.
Thank you to all ARC staff who
contributed to the creation of this report.
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L H E A D Q U A RT E R S
430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 USA
Tel:
612.872.7060
Fax:
612.607.6499
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.archq.org
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