Family Care Foundation Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2014

Family Care Foundation
Annual Report
Family Care Foundation (FCF) provides humanitarian services, support and training to grassroots
organizations in developing nations. Our relief and development network provides both emergency
services and sustained development for communities, families and children in 28 countries.
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ZAMBIA: Pediatric HIV Care, Prevention and Training
Grants and
Program Support
Of Family Care Foundation’s total
program expenditures of $851,293 for
fiscal year 2014, a total of $569,929 was
awarded in cash grants. The following
provides a sampling of grants for social
development, humanitarian relief, and
emergency service projects.
Africa
Miles for Smiles
Arusha, Tanzania
Youth educational and
vocational training center
$23,988
Power of Love Foundation
Lusaka, Zambia
Care for HIV+ children
and training for their caregivers
$11,000
Family Care Uganda
Gulu, Uganda
Rural orphan boarding
and village day school
$6,344
The community of Matero—one of the largest and poorest slums in Zambia’s
capital, is characterized by a high incidence of HIV/AIDS and malaria, with
unemployment rates upwards of 60%. Most residents are utterly impoverished,
living on less than a dollar a day.
For the last decade, Matero has benefitted from the Arms Reach Care (ARC)
program. Developed by project partner Power of Love Foundation (POL), this
innovative project uses a unique community-based approach, focusing on
strengthening pediatric home-based care, and providing the training and resources
to improve the health and educational opportunities for HIV+ children.
Currently, 250 HIV+ children enrolled in the ARC program receive food, medicines,
and life-saving health care services, including weekly check-ups from community
health workers, monthly visits from the project nurse, psychosocial counseling,
and medication adherence monitoring and training. Ongoing training in caring for
an HIV+ child is also provided to caregivers (most are grandmothers). As a result,
most children stabilize in health, can attend school, and live close-to-normal lives.
Other components of the program include Prevention from Mother to Child
Transmission (PMTCT), with a 100% HIV-free rate for babies born to enrolled
mothers in the past five years; and distribution of thousands of long lasting
insecticide-treated nets to families vulnerable to malaria. POL’s micro-finance
program further strengthens the family unit by providing business training, loans
and support to women to start a small business.
About 760 children are enrolled in POL’s “Safe Parks,” which provides a safe afterschool environment for learning, homework and play. Launched in 2014, the
accompanying “Young Stars” pilot program is designed to assist exceptional but
vulnerable children achieve their dream of continuing education after high school.
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PHOTO: Happy and healthy children, enrolled in Power of Love’s Arms Reach Care program, receiving HIV medication, nutrition, and health services.
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Africa Radio Active
Kampala, Uganda
Public radio programs
and audio/visual productions
$6,094
Namenyi Project Hope
Durban, South Africa
HIV awareness education in schools
and humanitarian aid distribution
$945
Asia
Family Care Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Rural education and support of
rescue shelter for abused girls
$65,737
Family Development Services
Bangalore, India
K4-K5 schools in slums and
women’s vocational training
$47,885
Cornerstone Project
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Orphanage support and
rural community school
$34,651
INDIA: Free Education for Slum Children
In the sprawling Bangalore slums, most young children spend their day on filthy
streets. Access to clean drinking water is scarce and malnutrition rates are
extremely high for under-fives. Parents are typically illiterate menial laborers,
earning around $130 a month, thus ruling out their ability to pay school fees. As a
result, children are illiterate, doomed to a life of deprivation, abuse and crime.
For over a decade, Family Development Services (FDS) has been providing free
educational programs for slum children in Bangalore. From its first Building Blocks
school with only five children, the program has grown to seven English-medium
schools, serving over 700 children in the surrounding slums. The six-day-a-week
program includes free K4-K5 education, uniforms, lunches, excursions, wellness
check-ups, and an after-school program for graduates (6 and 7 year olds).
In order for the children to be accepted into good elementary schools at 1st
Grade, they must pass exams in English, and for the average slum child who only
speaks their local dialect, this poses a prohibitive barrier to obtaining a good
education. Everything is a new experience for these children, who mostly live in
homes with no electricity, running water, or toilets. Besides learning English and
gaining the ability to read, write and count, they are introduced to technology,
plus are taught basic hygiene, life skills, and acceptable social behaviors. Parentteacher workshops help ensure parents are engaged in their child’s education, and
learn to value the impact it will have.
Every year 150-180 children graduate from the Building Blocks schools, but
without support many won’t be able to continue in grade school. In 2014, FDS
launched its new Project+10 campaign, inviting individuals and organizations to
pledge to sponsor a child’s education for at least 10 years, and positively impact a
life forever! This initiative has seen tremendous response from all over the world
with nearly 200 students sponsored by early 2015.
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PHOTO: Slum kids get a bright start to their education at Building Blocks free K4-K5 schools in Bangalore, which serve over 700 children, six days a week.
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Family Educational Services $14,731
Foundation
Karachi, Pakistan
Academic and vocational schools
for the hearing-impaired
Hands on Saigon
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Agent Orange victim relief
and rural humanitarian aid
$11,201
Siam Family Services
Bangkok, Thailand
Humanitarian assistance
and counselling
$10,804
Foundation for Developing $8,607
and Supporting Children
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Educational development programs
and university scholarships
Eternal Vision
Iloilo, Philippines
Optometrist services and
rural hunger prevention program
$8,560
Rise Above Foundation
$6,147
Cebu City, Philippines
Women’s livelihood, disaster relief,
education and dental services
THAILAND: Educational Scholarships and Development
In December of 2015, Thailand will join nine other ASEAN countries accepting
English as an official language. This development has increased strain on educators
at all levels. The UN reports that learning levels have either declined or stagnated
over the past decade, and the participation rate in upper secondary education
is low compared to many of Thailand’s neighbors, with negative implications for
raising the productivity and competitiveness of the labor force.
The Foundation for Supporting & Developing Children (FDSC) has been operating
educational programs in Northern Thailand since 1998. Every year “English Activity
Camps” are organized to educate and engage high school students and train
teachers. In 2014, five camps were held over 16 days for 500 students and 180
teachers, using a fun learning approach to build confidence and boost skills.
Another successful program, the “Confidence, Initiative and Leadership Program,”
targets 16-18 year olds who participate in fourteen sessions over two school
semesters, delivered by educational professionals, counselors and other speakers.
Topics focus on personal management and critical life skills, and encourage
students to further their studies at vocational colleges or universities.
At the University level, FDSC runs a scholarship program aimed at helping students
from rural backgrounds that face enormous financial struggles in furthering
their education. The program offers partial scholarships to cover fees, food,
transportation and housing costs so that students may devote the required
time to their studies. The majority of awards are granted to students attending
the Lampang Inter-Tech (LIT) University in Chiang Mai, and in 2014 a total of 40
students received scholarships. Candidates are carefully screened and monitored
to ensure that they meet minimum academic requirements. Remedial English
language instruction, personal mentoring, and special cultural events are also
organized for the students.
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PHOTO: Some of the promising young FDSC scholarship recipients at Lampang Inter-Tech University in Chiang Mai, looking sharp in their uniforms.
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Family Care Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon
Humanitarian aid distribution
and refugee support
$5,019
Central Thailand Mission
$1,867
Bangkok, Thailand
Assistance to orphans, youth at risk
and the handicapped
Esahn Family Assistance
$1,150
Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand
Street youth rehabilitation program
and language classes for rural schools
Family Educational Services,
South Turkey
Adana, Turkey
Literacy development
and sign-language programs
$800
Mexico/Central America/
Caribbean
Skills for Life Foundation
$15,000
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Vocational and IT skills training
and language classes for orphans
LEBANON: Humanitarian Relief for Syrian Refugees
With ongoing violence and unrest in the region, the economic, demographic
and political impact continues to amplify across Lebanon. By the end of 2014,
over 1 million Syrian refugees had crossed into Lebanon, and despite largescale humanitarian efforts, these conflict-refugees face extreme hardship and
vulnerability. In the capital, tens of thousands of refugees who fled their homes to
escape the civil war in their own country live in camps or other cramped quarters,
many begging or pedaling wares on the crowded streets to survive and feed their
families.
Project partner Family Care Lebanon (FCL) has been distributing humanitarian aid
in Beirut for many years, as well as providing inspirational programs for displaced
children, working alongside United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
FCL’s relief work greatly intensified with the onset of the Syrian refugee crisis, and
staff and volunteers continue to do all they can to help in this humanitarian crisis
through assisting social institutions providing basic services, as well as distributing
aid directly to hundreds of refugee families living in informal settlements in
desperate need of blankets, clothing, food and basic items.
Collaborating with private business donors, the Lebanese Food Bank, and other
concerned individuals, FCL regularly assists over 700 people through distributions
at seven institutions, including a soup kitchen, hospitals, schools, a center for
the handicapped, and a drug rehab center. These centers provide services to both
poor Lebanese and refugees in need.
FCL’s “Care in A Box” program involves hundreds of man hours per month of
collecting, sorting, boxing and distributing goods donated by local businesses or
sent from overseas, such as clothing, linens, school supplies and food stuffs. This
program benefits thousands of people every month, creating an effective bridge
between donors and recipients identified as most in need.
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PHOTO: Family Care Lebanon distributed cozy new jogging suits to hundreds of Syrian refugee children in a mountainous village 30km north of Beirut.
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Life Standard$10,397
Monterrey, Mexico
Orphanage support and
enrichment programs
Proyecto Rescate
Monterrey, Mexico
Values and anti-drug education
and rural aid distribution
$7,917
Mex Mission
Mexico City and
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Humanitarian aid distribution
and hospital visitation program
$5,383
Nuevos Horizontes $1,330
Antigua, Guatemala
Educational enrichment for orphans
and aid distribution
Eastern Europe
Healing Hearts Balkans
$4,683
Vojvodina, Serbia
Assistance to underprivileged families
and character-building programs
MEXICO: Hot Meals and Aid for Impoverished Families
Puerto Vallarta is a popular coastal resort city with a vibrant culture and bustling
tourism industry. Unseen by most tourists is the extreme poverty, with many
areas of the city severely underserved by roads and sewers, and lacking sufficient
electric infrastructure or a potable water supply.
Project partner MexMission provides humanitarian relief to impoverished families
here, by distributing food, clothing and other basic items. For the past few years
a major initiative has been to help support low-income families living off the city
dump on the outskirts of Puerto Vallarta.
These families live in simple homes on the edges of the rubbish and earn a living
picking through the trash for recyclable materials. Collaborating with a local soup
kitchen named “Children of the Dump,” MexMission collects and delivers large
amounts of food such as bread, fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, cheese and
milk from local distributors. Every week hot meals are served to 200-300 families,
and food parcels are distributed. Clothing, toys and household items are also
distributed, bringing joy and relief to many.
A variety of humanitarian aid items are also distributed to several small villages
on the outskirts of the city, such as the village of San Nicolas. Here many families
live in extreme poverty, in shacks made of scrap wood and tar paper, with no
electricity or running water.
Regular programs are conducted at several orphanages throughout the city, not
only distributing food and other aid, but hosting monthly birthday parties with
gifts, cake and entertainment, and performing lively children’s puppet shows to
encourage and engage the orphans. The shows cover topics such as integrity and
courage in spite of difficulties, and positively impact scores of underprivileged
children with an entertaining message of hope.
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PHOTO: MexMission delivers tons of food every week to the “Children of the Dump” soup kitchen, helping provide families with hot meals and food parcels.
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FAVOR $2,645
Bacau, Romania
Rural after-school program
and orphan youth transitional center
Balkans Relief Mission
Tirana, Albania
Programs for at-risk youth
$2,300
Firefly Project
Kiev, Ukraine
Aid distribution to refugees
$1,576
South America
FEDES
Santiago, Chile
Vocational training school
and job placement program
$14,413
Los Andes Mission
Trujillo, Peru
Food and clothing distribution
$12,000
Fazendo do Mundo $5,517
Um Lugar Melhor
Brasilia, Brazil
Programs for underprivileged children
ROMANIA: Rural After-School and Humanitarian Aid
In rural Romania nearly 40% of the population lives in poverty, consisting
primarily of subsistence farmers, unemployed rural workers and female heads
of households. Children brought up in these homes—usually comprised of onebedroom shacks with a wood stove and no running water, face extreme hardship,
often hunger, neglect and a lack of support to gain a solid education.
In Marasti, an area where historically less than 10% of students go on to study after
8th grade, project partner FAVOR’s after-school facility, the “Rainbow Center,” has
become a positive beacon of hope, giving the children the opportunity to succeed
academically, and eventually break the cycle of poverty.
At the well-equipped and brightly painted Rainbow Center, 32 children (grades
1- 8) arrive after school and eat a nutritious meal. Activities include homework
and remedial help, recreation and crafts, and learning IT and culinary skills. When
the center opened in 2012, most of these children had failing grades and some
were illiterate. Now, with the help of dedicated staff, donors and volunteers, they
have made tremendous progress, with many excelling at school. In 2014, the first
five 8th grade graduates performed well in difficult National Exams and FAVOR
arranged for them to be able to attend high schools in the nearby city.
FAVOR distributes large amounts of aid to Marasti and the surrounding villages,
by holding regular community “Free Store” events for hundreds of families at a
time, distributing supplies at hospitals and handicapped centers, and conducting
house visits to bring packages to the most destitute. The children receive shoes,
clothing, and regular parcels of food to take home, as well as home visits to assess
needs. FAVOR volunteers built an additional room on the small house of a family of
six. Pigs purchased in 2014 helped another young family toward food-sufficiency,
and donated beds, mattresses and quilts provided children in many households
with their first chance to sleep comfortably.
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PHOTO: Woman and her grandchildren carry a haul of clothing and shoes received at a “Free Store” distribution event organized by FAVOR in a rural village.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Receivables
Investments
Fixed Assets
Other Assets
Total Assets
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable
Total Liabilities
2014
2013
525,579
497,625
5,5748,106
187,623247,410
353,723
378,350
22,519
28,921
$1,095,018 $1,160,412
4,436
$4,436
3,404
$3,404
Unrestricted Net Assets
452,575
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
638,007
Total Net Assets
$1,090,582
423,440
733,568
NET ASSETS
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $1,095,018
$1,157,008
$1,160,412
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
2014
2013
INCOME
Contributions/Grants
779,1641,194,853
Gain/Loss on Sale of Assets
(894)
3,157
Other Income
41,651 29,918
Deferred Gain/Loss on Investments (35,055)
(211,337)
Total Income
$784,866 $1,016,591
EXPENDITURES
Grants, Allocations, Program
Support and Services
Operational and Other Costs
Total Expenditures
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
Change in Net Assets
Net Assets at Beginning of Year
Net Assets at End of Year
569,929
281,364
$851,293
1,272,826
267,236
$1,540,062
(66,427)
1,157,008
(523,470)
1,680,478
$1,090,581
$1,157,008
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PHOTO: In the DRC, young unwed mothers learn valuable tailoring skills at Espoir Congo’s training center, located in a rural village near Kinshasa.
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Caring for today
Investing in tomorrow
Above Photo: THAILAND – For 20 years, project partner Esahn Family Assistance has contributed
its services to the annual Special Olympics held in Northeastern Thailand, where hundreds of
mentally-disabled youth get a chance to display their athletic skills and achieve their dreams.
Front Cover: PHILIPPINES – Volunteer dentists and hygienists work with Rise Above Foundation to
conduct regular one- to two-week free dental camps for hundreds of underprivileged families.
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Tel: (619) 468-3191
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