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“For my country, Haiti, AVSI’s method is the most suitable: valuing the person, avoiding passive dependence on assistance which is so frequently brought about by international aid, optimizing the resources of the area, the local traditions, within the Christian faith”. Brice Gaspard, agronomist, has been collaborating with AVSI
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index AVSI Annual Report is edited by Giampaolo Silvestri, Maria Teresa Gatti, Elisabetta Ponzone, Marco Andreolli, Andrea Nebuloni, in collaboration with all the staff from the departments of AVSI. Photo courtesy by Fabrizio Arigossi, Blossom, Massimo Cuttica, Pio De Rose, Ilaria Di Biagio, Emiliano Larizza, Fabrizio Lava, Brett Morton, Luca Rossetti, Staff AVSI. On the cover: Brett Morton Translated by Antonio Pinna Graphic design Accent on Design, Milan
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Introduction Identity and Values Where we are, what we do Focus Stakeholders Network e Costituency Our Organization Structure Intervention Areas CSR and Fund Raising Economic data Consolidated Financial Statement
Haiti
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Mission of Kiringye: 40 years of development by Ezio Castelli Vice President of AVSI Foundation
W
hile we are putting our 2012 Annual Report into print, our memory goes back to 40 years ago, in 1972, when the Association of Volunteers for International Service was created. AVSI was founded by a group of friends who wanted to provide a more structured support to another group of friends who had left on a development and cooperation initiative in the heart of Africa, at Kiringye, in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those were “volunteers” united and motivated by a drive generated in them by the Christian encounter to share their own humanity, including their professional expertise, with the people of the Ruzizi Plain, about half way between Uvira and Bukavu. It was one kind of involvement in the world of international cooperation which was not born out of a “planning room” or out of the desire to “do good” or to solve the problem of underdevelopment: its objective was to express and continue a friendship. Today, 40 years later, surprising similarities can be drawn between that first program of AVSI – diverse in content (rural development, health, education...)
and long in duration (12 years) – and all the development of the following years. Such development was not guided by strategic expansion plans: unfortunately, these are much too often dictated by dominant ideologies, the power of media or easy access to financial resources. Instead, such development was guided by a series of encounters, of investments in the maturation of people and their skills, and by valuing results and opportunities in the field. The initial project for Kiringye was laid out following visits and contacts with prominent figures who had a deep knowledge of the area in terms of its historical, social, economic and political background. Likewise, focus groups were conducted among the local people. The resulting activities had the objective of involving approximately 100,000 people in a rural development program which would unfold along two main lines: improvement of work and income from agricultural activities thanks to processing (of peanuts into oil and of husked rice) and trading, and access to integrated health services, all with a strong educational content and approach.
The story of AVSI’s first intervention in former Zaire forty years ago can be found in the book: Kiringye 1973-83. By P. Cremonesi e L. Vaccari. Published in Italy by Franco Angeli.
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Dem. Rep. of the Congo
I would like to point out three lessons that we, as AVSI, have learned from this work and which we deem useful for the current debate on development. FLEXIBILITY AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACH. Though we did have a rather accurate intervention plan at the beginning, the constant process of cross checking with the ever-changing context (needs and resources, other actors, etc), we ended up not only adjusting the plan a little bit, but also changing the type of activity (e.g. we shifted from a hospital-oriented approach, although justified, to the creation and strengthening of a whole network of new and old, private and public primary health centers). Above all, after the initial two or three years, we found ourselves supporting projects or initiatives that had been “planned” by the people we worked with or we met (literacy classes, women’s programs, basic education groups, and so forth).
EXTENSION AND SUSTAINABILITY (SCALING UP OR EFFETTO DOMINO). The commitment on the part of some actors (the first groups of farmers or the staff of the first health centers) caused a positive domino effect on the surrounding areas. That is, thousands of farmers progressively joined the two cooperatives (oil and rice) as their initial hesitation was being overcome by the change they recognized in others who were not different from themselves.
IMPACT AND EFFICIENCY. Through the course of this work we have learned that in order for the interventions to deliver an efficient impact, it wasn’t so much about favoring and coordinating different initiatives (agriculture, basic education, health) taking place in the same geographical area as it was about supporting each other in the leadership team to look at everyone as persons, with that unique and infinite dignity we are given , and thus to deal with the specific need seen as an expression of his or her desire for total meaning and fulfillment.
Still today, we, the earliest AVSI “volunteers”, are surprised to hear that in spite of the tragic events and general instability in this part of the Congo since the late 1990s, the people we have worked with have tried to keep going and to follow in the steps of what we had commenced and developed together. Development in Kiringye, just like within AVSI, was possible thanks to the fact that the leaders always maintained a tension towards what lies at the origin of the personal growth and richness of capacity that we have been astonished by throughout all these years. These accomplishments do not depend primarily on program principles or strategies: the origin lies in the comprehensive way of looking at and facing reality brought about by the Christian event, as the tradition of the Church makes possible for everyone to live. Over these years, facts have shown us how this event becomes the possibility for real development of every person, capable of transforming the community where they live and – through a positive domino effect - the world.
identity and values
CENTRALITY OF THE PERSON The person is seen as a unique being in his or her fundamental relationships, family and society. The person cannot be reduced to a social category or a limitation such as poverty, disease or disability.
AVSI FOUNDATION IS A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, ONLUS. CREATED IN 1972, IT IS INVOLVED IN MORE THAN 100 COOPERATION PROJECTS IN 37 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia. AVSI’s main activity areas are socioeducation, urban development, healthcare, labour, agriculture, food security and water, energy and environment, humanitarian emergency and migration, reaching more than 4.000.000 direct beneficiaries. Its mission is to promote the dignity of the person through development cooperation activity, according to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. AVSI staff is 1,450 people (100 expatriated staff, 1.,300 local staff and 50 in the Italian headquarters). A network of approximately 1,000 volunteers in Italy is involved in fundraising activities and is capable of meeting as many as 400,000 people yearly. In 2011, AVSI received contributions for a total amount of about 28 million euros (the amount raised by AVSI’s system in the world is 35 million euros), both from institutional and private donors. Among its major institutional donors are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union, USAID, FAO, UNICEF, the World Bank.
AVSI works with 700 partners worldwide (governmental, educational, healthcare agencies, non-governmental organizations and faith-based organizations); with private and public donors, such as municipalities, local institutions, the Italian State, the European Union, bilateral cooperation, international agencies, development banks. Among these, more than 60 organizations make up an informal “AVSI network”, which operates under the supervision of the Knowledge Centre, on the implementation of projects and discussion on development issues, in order to share methods and experiences. The network includes AVSI’s founding members and participating members, as well as partners. A network bound by operative friendship. AVSI’s financial statement is certified by a major auditing firm and can be found AVSI website. AVSI has been recognized since 1973 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a non-governmental organization for international cooperation (NGOs); is registered as a PVO with the Agency for International Development of the United States (USAID) and holds General Consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is an accredited participant of the UN Global Compact and is recognized on the NGO Special List of the International Labor Organization (ILO); it is officially listed as a not-for-profit entity eligible for pre-tax donations as per Italian law “5 per 1000”. It is affiliated to CDO Social Works, which includes as many as 1,400 not-for-profit entities all over Italy, provides AVSI with a great possibility to learn and share know how for projects and partners in the countries where it operates. Since 2006, Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà is a cultural and scientific partner in resource optimization, study on anthropological issues and comprehension of social and economic events – all of which is based on a shared vision: centrality of the person and the value of the common good. AVSI is licensed for international adoptions under authorization by the Italian Government.
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STARTING FROM THE POSITIVE Every person and every community represents a potential resource, regardless of their vulnerability. This means valuing and strengthening all that has been made by people and also helping people to understand their own value and dignity.
DOING WITH Starting from a relationship with the people to whom the project is directed and building with them on the basis of their development path.
DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND SUBSIDIARITY Development projects must favor associations, ackowledgment and must value the establishment of intermediate bodies along with responsible and engaged social fabric.
PARTNERSHIP Promotion of partnerships with all the actors in the field in order to favor synergies and optimize available resources.
where we are, what we do
In 2011, AVSI Foundation has completed
99 x 37
projects
coutries
in Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia, in addition to the distance support.
CANADA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MEXICO HAITI Countries where AVSI is implementing projects
HONDURAS
Countries where AVSI is promoting activities
VENEZUELA
COLOMBIA ECUADOR
total resources 2011
27.252.000 euros • Private • Public
65%
17.740.000 euros
PERU
PARAGUAY CHILE
ARGENTINA
35%
9.512.000 euros
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BRAZIL
type of projects
agriculture, food security, water
social educational
4 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN 3 ASIA 2 MIDDLE EAST 1 EASTERN EUROPE 1 TOTAL 11
29 17 4 3 7 60
AFRICA
human rights
emergency
work
2 2 0 0 0 4
1 5 0 0 1 7
1
1
healthcare
7 1 0 0 0 8
urban development
energy and environment
migrations
1 1 0 0 0 2
1 0 0 0 0 1
2 0 0 2 1 5
TOTAL
47 30 6 6 10 99
RUSSIA LITHUÂNIA GERMANY SWITZERLAND
SPAIN
POLAND ÁUSTRIA
ITALY
SAN MARINO
ROMANIA
KAZAKHSTAN
KOSOVO ALBÂNIA
PORTUGAL LEBANON PALESTINIAN TERRITORY JORDAN MYANMAR
THAILAND NIGERIA SIERRA LEONE
ETHIOPIA SOUTH SUDAN
IVORY COAST
UGANDA RWANDA CONGO BRAZZAVILLE D.R. of CONGO
KENYA BURUNDI TANZANIA
ANGOLA
MOZAMBIQUE
PHILIPPINES
Focus. Four cases from around the world. work
healthcare
Árvore da vida
Free
> focus Mr. Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer of FIAT,
praises the vocational training project Árvore da Vida, presented by AVSI at the Rimini Meeting in the month of August. The previous day, the President of FIAT, Mr. John Elkann marvels at the results of the program as he meets Brasilian women of Cooparvore, intent on making accessories out of recovered material from car production waste in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
> activities
Árvore da Vida was born in 2004 from FIAT Brazil’s desire to invest and value the educational resources in the communities around the Belo Horizonte facility (Terezopolis area, Minas Gerais) with the hope of reducing crime and improving professional skills. The program has helped the youth continue their schooling and subsequently access the labor market. Direct beneficiaries are 13,500, of which: 6,547 children and adolescents have attended educational, recreational and sport activities, 825 youth have attended literacy courses and remedial classes and 1,471 have attended training courses, 1,200 youth have a “decent” job, 800 of which at FIAT or satellite industries. 9 educational centers have been restored attended by 5,500 children, adolescents and families; a cooperative has been started with 27 women (some of whom participated in the Rimini Meeting). This cooperative manufactures accessories made from car production waste. Furthermore, 51 companies have been involved.
> partners CDM, Fiat Automobiles, Italian Cooperation, Region
of Lombardy, Embassy of Italy in Brazil, Region of Sicily, Aethra, Apromiv, Municipality of Betim, Conselho Municipal da Crianças e Adolecencia - CMDCA, CDO Alto Milanese, COSMIT, ERRECI, PETROLVALVES.
> reason The project was successful in letting out the
aspirations of the heart on the part of the people involved, especially the youth, and self-confidence, by proving that life is not only about gang fights, trafficking and crime: it also has a meaning and everybody can make the best of their own talents and capacities in sight of the common good, just like any company would do.
> focus On the occasion of the
international celebrations of World AIDS Day, and in collaboration with the association Medicina & Persona, on December 1st AVSI presented FREE, a campaign about AVSI’s ten years efforts and successes in Uganda in support of HIV mother-to-child transmission reduction programs. A booklet, a video were published and an exhibition was hosted by the mayor of Rome, Mr. Gianni Alemanno, in the magnificent Rome City Hall on the Capitoline Hill.
> activities This project has already involved 197,343 mothers,
4,713 healthy babies born from HIV-positive mothers, 4 hospitals and 37 health centers. It has been sponsored and supported by AVSI since 2002, and become an international model to reach the targets set by the United Nations for 2015: promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, reducing mortality. AVSI has been including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) as a component of its healthcare projects for 10 years now, sponsoring Northern Uganda’s major hospitals and health centers. This program, through the administration of antiretroviral drugs to the mother during labor and to the baby within 72 hours of birth and along with a special attention to feeding methods, reduces the chance of HIV mother-to-child transmission by at least 70%.
> partners Activities in Uganda are carried out in collaboration with the Ugandan government, the Italian Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, local healthcare institutions, local civil society mothers, 4,713 healthy babies organizations. Also important is the role of born from HIV-positive mothers, the private partners which ensure project 4 hospitals and 37 health centers. sustainability through their contributions. This project has already involved
197,343
> reason Not only does PMTCT provide HIV-positive mothers with the possibility of having healthy babies, it also makes it possible for all the women to access complete and efficient antenatal care, thanks to the improvement of the health system and support to mothers, fathers and children, in an effective combination of information, prevention and medical treatments.
The person at the core of development energy and environment
social educational and migrations
CI Plan with ENI
Dadaab
> focus Since April 2011, AVSI
has been an officially-recognized NGO in Congo-Brazzaville, too (Republic of the Congo), where it is operating on an integrated project with social and educational, entertainment and agricultural activities. That means providing new opportunities in the prefecture of Hinda – about 50 km north-east of Ponte Noire – in collaboration with ENI. In order for the company to be able to carry out its business activities and for the local communities to make the most out of sustainable development, a partnership has to be established on shared goals. In this context, AVSI aims to acts as an intemediary between ENI and the local communities so that the business will serve as a tool to improve the quality of life of people and the quality of the environment.
> activities In order to have a better knowledge of the reality,
AVSI has conducted a number of studies on the communities around ENI’s production facility of M’Boundi, in the Kouilou Department. The research involved an estimated population of 25,000 people living in 24 villages (out of a total 34,000 people living in 31 villages), or 77% of the population. The studies have been the starting point of a Community Investment (CI) Plan for an integrated development plan of the communities. Furthermore, AVSI supports social, economic and educational activities, favors community/meeting opportunities where agriculture and respect for the environment are promoted.
> partners The so-called CI Plan with its integrated approach,
showed a set of development activities within a medium and long term program to be implemented in close collaboration with the local communities.
> reason The concept here is that companies locating in a
particular area provide chances of integrated development only if the local communities are aware of the value of human dignity and the positive effect of company activities on the person’s dignity, values and social relations.
> focus
Since 2011, the Horn of Africa has been experiencing the most severe drought in the past 20 years - adding up to the difficult situation of Somalia. In such a dramatic context, 12 million people have been suffering hunger. Addressing the Holy Father’s call to take a stand on this emergency, AVSI immediately intervened in the month of July.
> activities AVSI has been at Dadaab since 2009:
this refugee camp in Kenya is a shelter for hundreds of Somali families fleeing hunger and thirst – the foundation’s goal is that incoming people will start again a worthy life. The logic behind the intervention was to address the educational emergency by improving access to education and education quality itself; reskilling the teachers and building safe places where children and adolescents could spend their time and learn to read and write, facilitating girls’ school attendance and providing schooltexts, desks and all the necessary tools.
> partners United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Italian Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mount Kenya University, UNICEF, the U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM), AGIRE and the Permanent Center of Education (PCE) in Uganda, which is a partner of AVSI on training in Africa. > reason The key point is a presence centered on the
person – not merely on the “refugees” or “displaced” - capable of restarting, driven by their dignity and fueled by hope.
stakeholders
Stakeholders are “interest-bearers”. By this term all the subjects are meant who exert some kind of influence on an organization. These include staff, local partners, international partners and sponsors.
human resources total Italy 79 - total abroad 1,322 Staff in Italy Cesena Milan Total
Staff Abroad
(1)
Also includes project-term employees (27 in all)
Albania Brazil Burundi Ivory Coast Ecuador Ethiopia Jordan Haiti Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Palestine Lebanon Mexico Myanmar Mozambico Nigeria Peru R.Congo (Br) D. R. Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Sierra Leone South Sudan Thailand Uganda Total abroad
donors
29,518
EMPLOYEES1
CONSULTANTS
VOLUNTEERS
CIVIL SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
TOTAL
27 29 56
0 1 1
13 5 18
0 4 4
40 39 79
EXPATRIATE STAFF
CONSULTANTS
FREE COLLABORATIONS
LOCALLY HIRED STAFF
TOTAL
3 5 3 4 2 1 1 12 1 7
7 2 3
1
2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 11 1 1 3 2 4 1 22 96
26 50 46 2
1 1
1 236
6 3
1
1 1
28 1 13 78
3
3 3
1
281
1 4
89 4 55 14 176 1,178
5 2
3 44
58 5 3 12
11 33 56 50 5 2 2 254 1 69 5 5 15 2 29 6 16 79 4 296 1 1 96 8 59 15 202 1,322
27,564 distance support sponsors 708 companies, individuals, banks, foundations, 3,197 private donors schools, families. Among these 708 companies 253 AVSI Points with more than 700 events during the Tents Campaign
local partners 700 governmental, educational, healthcare institutions, non-governmental and religious organizations
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AVSI is expression of a network of actors bound by a mission and guiding values, worldwide. This network is made up by the partner organizations in the countries where AVSI operates: more than 60 organizations now make up the informal AVSI network, which works systematically on the implementation of projects, common reflection on development, to share methods and experiences.
the network and constituency
The network includes founding members and participating members, but also partners. A network bound by operative friendship. Also, 253 support groups in Italy participate in – and influence - AVSI’s activities, through fundraising and awareness campaigns: more than 700 events in 2011.
ITALY > Associazione Famiglie
per l’Accoglienza www.famiglieperaccoglienza.it founding member > Associazione per l’Uganda > AVSI Alto Adige Südtirol http://users.south-tyrolean.net/ avsi-aast > CBAU - Comunità Biellesi Aiuti Umanitari - www.cbau.net > DIESSE - www.diesse.org > EDUS - www.educazionesviluppo.org > FOE Federazione Opere Educative www.foe.it > Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà www.sussidiarieta.net founding member > Fondazione Sacro Cuore di Cesena founding member
ALBANIA > SHIS www.shisalbania.org
founding member
ARGENTINA > ACDI Asociación Cultural
para el Desarollo Integral www.acdi.org.ar - founding member > Obra Padre Mario Pantaleo http://padremario.org
ANGOLA > A Semente do futuro
BRAZIL
> CODESC founding member > CDM - www.cdm.org.br
founding member > AVSI North-East > Ceduc > Obras educativas Padre Giussani www.obraseducativas.org.br > CREN Sao Paulo www.unifesp.br/suplem/cren/ > Cantinho da Natureza di Rio www.cantinhodanatureza.org.br/ > Scuola Agricola Rainha dos Apostolos di Manaus
BULGARIA > APSI Association in support of social
enterprises
CANADA > AVSI Canada - http://avsi-canada.org
founding member
CHILE > Fundación Domus
www.fundaciondomus.cl founding member
ECUADOR > Fundacion Sembrar > CUET
GERMANY > Support International V.
www.supportinternational.de founding member
HAITI > Université Notre Dame d’Haiti > National Bishops’ Commission on
Justice and Peace
KENYA > St. Kizito Vocational Training Institute
www.stkizito.com > COWA founding member > Cardinal Otunga School
KAZAKHSTAN > MASP
KOSOVO > SHPRESA E JETËS > Agrodukagjini
LEBANON > La Libanaise > Caritas Lebanon
www.caritas.org.lb/
LITHUANIA
> SOTAS - www.sotas.org
founding member
MEXICO
> CRECER DIJO founding member > CSJ founding member
MYANMAR
SAN MARINO > AVSI San Marino
www.avsisanmarino.sm founding member
SPAIN > CESAL - www.cesal.org
founding member
> Ayeyarwaddy Homeland
SIERRA LEONE
MOZAMBIQUE
> Family Homes Movement
> Khandlelo Associaça ˘o Para
Desevolvimento Juvenil
NIGERIA
> St. Kizito Clinic founding member > The Seed founding member
PALESTINE
> Effetà
> ATS e Custodia di Terra Santa
www.terrasancta.org
PARAGUAY
> Fundacion San Rafael
www.sanrafael.org.py
PERU
> Universidad Católica Sedes
Sapientiae - www.ucss.edu.pe
POLAND
> AVSI Polska - www.avsipolska.org
founding member
PORTUGAL
> VIDA - www.vida.org.pt
founding member
ROMANIA
> Fundatia Dezvoltarea Popoarelor
www.fdpsr.ro founding member
RUSSIA
> Maksora - www.maksora.ru
founding member
www.thefhm.org/ITA/Benvenuto.html
SOUTH SUDAN > St. Mary’s University > St. Kizito School > St. Theresa Clinic
SWITZERLAND > AVAID founding member
UGANDA > COWA (Companionship
of Works Association) www.btvet-uganda.org/trainingprovider/homepages/cowavocational-training-center founding member > Meeting Point International www.meetingpoint-int.org founding member > Meeting Point Kitgum http://meetingpointkitgum.org founding member > Permanent Center for Education > Luigi Giussani High School > Meeting Point Hoima > St. Joseph Hospital
USA > AVSI USA
www.avsi-usa.org founding member
VENEZUELA > Fundacion San Antonio
our organizational structure AVSI Foundation manages its activities through the following institutional bodies.
bodies
members
BOARD OF FOUNDERS
It gathers twice a year, approves and defines the activities of the foundation which are suggested by the Board of Directors: It appoints the directors, the president of the foundation, the board of auditors, decides on statute changes, and approves both final and budget plans.
41 founding members: • 24 agencies of which: 7 NGOs from developed countries 15 NGOs from developing and transition countries 2 Italian foundations 17 natural persons
BOARD OF PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
It gathers at least once a year, summoned 112 participants: and headed by the president of the foundation, • 4 agencies of which: suggests one or two representatives out of which the 2 NGOs from developing countries board of founders appoints a member of the board 2 Italian associations of directors. It expresses non-binding opinions and 107 natural persons proposals concerning the activities of the foundation.
CBOARD OF DIRECTORS
It has all the powers of ordinary and extraordinary administration of the foundation. Mandate lasts three years; number of members can vary from 7 to 11 according to the board of founders. It prepares the final and budget plans, suggests possible statute changes, appoints the secretary-general, and draws guidelines for the activities.
In 2010 AVSI board of directors was renewed. Mario Saporiti Ezio Castelli Alberto Piatti Pablo Llano Torres Daniele Nembrini Fabrizio Palai Michele Faldi
PRESIDENT
The president represents the foundation and monitors the execution of approved acts.
Mario Saporiti
VICE-PRESIDENT
The vice president replaces the president in case of absence or impediment.
Ezio Castelli
SECRETARYGENERAL
BOARD OF AUDITORS
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AVSI Point Network Secretary
The secretary-general is responsible for Alberto Piatti the operative direction of the foundation and exercises all the ordinary and extraordinary powers conferred to him by the board of directors. The mandate lasts three years and can be renewed. Monitors the activities of the foundation and is made up of three members. The board has a mandate of three years and its members can be renewed
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Paolo Sciumè - President Damiano Zazzeron Alvaro Agasisti
Tents Campaign AVSI Point Network
Volunteers
Sponsors Department
Communication Department
PRESIDENT
Board of Directors AVSI USA Representation with international agencies
Secretary General
Finance Treasury
Director of CTO
Operating Manager Knowledge Center Officer
Administration Manager
Accounting
Fund raising Communication
Front desk Cesena
Human resource
External Relations
Adopt a Work: Wedding Favors Company Gifts
Data system support CRM
Data Base Department
Payments Department
Personnel
Purchasing
Rules Implementation
General Offices
Quality Systems
Administration Offices
Communication Officer
Relations with EU
National Technical Team – Foreign Countries Coordination Office
Local Cooperation
Milan Africa Desk Area
Eastern Europe/Asia Desk Area
Logistics
International Adoptions
Projects
Fund Raising Dept Coordination
Private donors
Reporting
Latin America & Caribbean Desk Area
Middle East Desk Area
Cesena
Naples
IT
“Following the example given in the parable of the Good Samaritan, Christian charity is first of all the simple response to immediate needs and specific situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick, visiting those in prison, etc. Individuals who care for those in need must first be professionally competent: they should be properly trained in what to do and how to do it, and committed to continuing care. Yet, while professional competence is a primary, fundamental requirement, it is not of itself sufficient. We are dealing with human beings, and human beings always need something more than technically proper care. They need humanity. They need heartfelt concern” Benedictus XVI, Deus Caritas Est (n. 28-31)
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60
projects
-
29 17 4 3 7
africa latin america and caribbean asia middle east eastern europe
social educational
The social and educational field is the largest for AVSI Foundation. It includes activities of sheltering, family support, primary and secondary pre-school education, informal education, educational quality, maternal and women’ skills quality, childhood care and protection, civil society organizations and solidarity networks support, reconstruction of intra-community relations in conditions of vulnerability and post-war scenarios, and special attention to people with disabilities.
The implementation method is common to many interventions: focusing on the person within her/his family and community, valuing her/his personal background (resilience), valuing the community heritage through the strengthening of helping relations, the support to associations of people, and the involvement of the institutions.
Rather than with an easy-charity approach, projects are carried out with a focus on education by valuing the person who learns from past and shared experiences, who is ambitious and ignites the spark of development.
DSP stats as of Dec 31st, 2011
distance support
32,161
children and adolescents included in DSP
27,564
active sponsors
0-3 years: |||||| 4.53% 4-5 years: |||||||||| 7.26% 6-12 years: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 45.22% 13-16 years: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 28.16% 17-18 years: ||||||||||| 7.81% 19-24 years: ||||||||| 6.72% > 24 years: | 0.29%
AVSI Foundation Distance Support Program (DSP) includes as many as 32,161 children and adolescents all over the world (data as of December 2011). Distance Support is a way to share knowledge and experiences through a constant and continuous contribution (312 euro a year) by any Italian subject (individuals, families, groups of friends, companies...) and directed to a welldefined “beneficiary” (either a child or an adolescent) in some country around the world. The support allows the beneficiary to receive food, medical treatments, healthcare, education and to participate in recreational and educational activities. It is a personalized path, where the child is entry point to his/her family and community. The intention here is never
to replace anybody’s responsibility, but to guide them along the development of their own autonomy and make them factors of economic development and change for the society they live in. The sponsor is periodically informed about the child, his/her country, the project and AVSI’s activity all around the world, and shares an interpersonal relationship aimed to teach the child gratitude and the sponsor a better understanding of the child’s living environment.
A distinctive feature of AVSI distance support is educational accompaniment that ensures, along with material support, the presence of adults who take care of the child over his/her growth. Many Italian schools, companies, corporations, groups of friends, families pay a lot of attention and dedication to the living conditions of the most vulnerable populations through distance support correspondence: this tool often becomes a way to share needs, thus igniting new synergies and opportunities. This is very much the case of Unicoop Tirreno which offers distance support as a token gift; of SKY Group which aired an AVSI distance support commercial for free on its TV channels after experiencing it first-hand; the same goes for those who choose the distance support as wedding, baptism or confirmation favors.
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human rights Human rights are an aspect that is present through every AVSI projects AVSI’s mission is actually to promote the dignity of the person through development cooperation activities with a special attention to children (food, family, education) and vulnerable people (the poor, the sick, the disabled, the refugees).
Human rights are indivisible by nature: a number of specific situations may compromise human rights (war, violence, illness, poverty), but in each case the approach have to be holistic and not fragmented in social categories, because the aim of the human rights promotion is the person. In child soldiers interventions, for instance, a key success factor is an approach focused on a global reconstruction of the individual, in his spiritual, personal, relational, behavioral dimensions. The civil society has to be supported in concrete interventions and not only by raising the awareness of public opinion or by external watching missions. Civil society organization like AVSI are really promoting human rights in their interventions and are able to help also in finding methodologies and approaches useful for policies.
The “Beyond the Walls” program, developed in Brazil in a partnership with the APACs (Associations for Protection and Assistance of Prisoners, non-profit entities of the civil society), aims to humanize jail conditions, by employing a new approach which is now considered a key reference point worldwide in terms of detainees’s conditions. The focus is resocialization of detainees in order to prevent recidivism; human rights promotion of 1,400 detainees; support of the APAC’s located in the State of Minas Gerais; vocational training of detainees for professional qualification.
agriculture, food security and water
11 projects
-
4 3 2 1 1
africa latin america and caribbean asia middle east eastern europe
Agriculture, food security and water are three milestones for AVSI, as they are strictly intertwined: they are potential factors in the development and in the improvement of life conditions. In 2010, hungry people in the world numbered about one billion, 98% of which in the developing countries. In the food and farming sector, AVSI Foundation’s projects include food security and malnutrition reduction measures, with a focus on the improvement in the availability of food items for families, yet also orientation and training on innovative technologies in the farming sector, protection of the environment and of water resources.
From access to food aimed to reduce undernourishment to access to international markets for the small producers. A sort of “chain” that goes from favoring a larger knowledge of growing and breeding techniques to improving water use and maintenance at home. Several of AVSI’s experiences are largely contributing to the international debate promoted by EXPO 2015 on healthy nutrition. Such experiences are the urban yards in Haiti where families grow daily food and the activities in the southern part of the country which are generating future perspectives, by restoring and expanding water systems, providing university-level training to agricultural technicians, introducing
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tranformation and traceability projects of cassava and other local crops, including soil management as well. Hopefully, the project will be presented at the EXPO Milan exhibition. In Lebanon, work with the farmers and regeneration of waters in the Marjayoun Plain, along the border with Israel, have both spread a unique method, by putting together beneficiaries, governments and institutions. Whereas the Rice Bank for Burmese farmers’ households, in Myanmar’s Dry Zone, leverages solidarity to defeat usury and poverty.
WATER AS ENERGY FOR LIFE. “Eradicating hunger and thirst in the world” is the goal of AQUAPLUS, the Haiti project established by Expo 2015 and Rotary International – District 2040 in the Rotary Club Foundation Milan for Milan – in partnership with the University of Milan , Unicredit Foundation.
1 project
-
africa
energy and environment
Access to energy represents, in fact, an essential prerequisite for the economic development of communities. The hectic pace of today’s life has nonetheless already affected a large part of the needy populations, who tend to access energy in ways that are harmful to the planet, inefficient and disrespectful of nature. It is the case with deforestation aimed to produce vegetable coal or illegal, inefficient access to the existing networks, especially in bigger cities. In this field of activities, AVSI works in partnership with some companies to improve energy supply efficiency, provide studies on alternative access to energy in poorer environments and on environmental protection.
In Brazil, in fact, together with some companies, energy is supplied to the populations and at the same time real needs of thousands of people are assessed through daily meetings. Same goes for the “Peace Forest” program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose focus is reforestation and improvement of both the ecosystem and biodiversity thanks to education
and training of households. The “Peace Forest” program helps balance out CO2 emissions, as shown by AVSI “Double Zero CO2” campaign, along with Utilità and Matching. AVSI and ENI are trying to find a way to match the company’s presence in Africa with a social benefit for the populations in its areas of operation.
The challenge is about re-establishing what Pope Benedict XVI calls “the alliance between man and nature, without which the whole human family is destined to disappear”. In a culture where this relationship is soured and conflictive, it is necessary to restore an intelligent, fruitful and constructive relationship.
urban development
2
projects
-
1 africa 1 latin america and caribbean
In more than 20 years of experience in Brazilian metropolises, AVSI has developed a know-how and a specific method in urban upgrading. This method has been presented at many international summits, such as the G8 or the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and has been documented in studies of agencies such as Cities Alliance. AVSI’s approach in informal urban areas is about building infrastructures and house maintenance along with activities of support for the individual
(healthcare, educational, social), involving the local communities and favoring the partnership among existing institutions and organizations. AVSI’s experience goes to show that the perspective of a sustainable city is only possible when the person lies at the core of policies. In fact, when it comes to sustainable cities, what is mentioned is often services, transportation, energy, traffic, thus downplaying the actual protagonist of all this: the person. Two good examples of this are the following projects, both in Brazil, implemented with the Italian Government, Cities Alliance and the World Bank. The former, in Salvador Bahia, provided technical and methodological assistance to the local institutions on interventions in shantytowns in Salvador and other towns in the State of Bahia; the latter was located in the urban areas of Olinda, in the State of Pernambuco, involving all the know-how and expertise AVSI had developed to reduce poverty. This is, in fact, a reproducible method that started in Brazil and then, following an agreement between governments, was implemented in Maputo, Mozambique, with the goal to improve life conditions in a poor neighborhood. Therefore, the method acquired in Bahia was replicated in Maputo.
The challenge of cities’ sustainable development is about being able to provide access to services that are adequate to the person and that can adjust to the real needs of the new inhabitants. This leap – necessary to bridge the gap between the person and the infrastructure, can only be made by the civil society organizations. Ultimately, by the person.
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8 projects
-
7 africa 1 latin america and caribbean
healthcare
Among the Millennium Development Goals in the health sector are reduction of child mortality and reduction the spread of AIDS by 2015, malaria and TBC or “major diseases”. AVSI’s healthcare projects, mainly focused in Africa, include public healthcare initiatives aimed to support existing healthcare facilities, build hospitals and clinics, grant access to treatments, develop programs for endemic diseases prevention and cure and prevention of mother-tochild transmission of HIV, along with specific interventions on nutrition where technical competence has been acquired.
Special attention has been dedicated to orientation, training and ongoing formation of the operators as well as to the involvement of the communities by raising awareness on the disease and finally the use of mobile healthcare teams capable of reaching patients in remote or inaccessible areas lacking any medical assistance. A good example of this is “FREE: 10 years’ fight against AIDS in Uganda, 10 years of children born free from HIV”. The campaign (see the section on”Focus”) – launched with a booklet, an exhibition
and a video – was intended to show and explain the data collected by AVSI over the ten year-old prevention of motherto-child transmission in Uganda. www.avsi.org/free
7 projects
work
-
1 africa 5 latin america and caribbean 1 eastern europe
AVSI Foundation’s vocational projects and projects to support micro and small enterprises focus on widening access to work for vunerable people, by favoring the encounter between demand and supply, self-employment and microenterprise, with a special attention to youth and women. AVSI’s qualifying point is a conception of work as an expression of the person’s talents. The idea is to support the emergence of strong-skilled local human resources often excluded by society due to the extreme vulnerability of the areas they live in, lack of personal means, adequate training.
Throughout its collaboration with its partner Fundatia Dezvoltarea Popoarelor, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in June 2011, AVSI has developed great expertise in job-oriented vocational training to the youth, after starting out with educational and health programs for children and families. That is a special accompaniment of people, from nursery school to university, from integration of rom families to disabled young men and women. One special focus on work has been put in periurban Lima: an office for vocational training and support to micro-enterprises with a special attention to textile sector. In Eastern Lima, in fact, a large number of textile micro-entrepreneurs have been significantly damaged by the 2008 crisis and the following collapse of exports; thanks to AVSI’s support, they have reshaped and redirected their businesses to address the local market. AVSI’s efforts were aimed to strenghten the chain and improve the design.
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In Haiti, just like in Uganda, tailoring workshops are supported, where a profession is learned which later becomes a source of income, according to the local tradition. In Kampala, the Meeting Point International – partner of AVSI – takes good care of more than four thousand people affected by HIV and orphaned children. The women of the association have provided precious
resources by selling their recycled paper necklaces, thus helped build the Luigi Giussani secondary school which accommodates 400 children. In Port-au-Prince, youth and women are learning new professions from master artisans, rediscovering sewing and needlework with the perlage technique for purses and accessories, along with iron work.
4 projects
-
2 africa 2 latin america and caribbean
humanitarian emergency
Although it is not specialized in emergencies, AVSI intervenes in chronic crises, conflict and post-conflict, never losing contact with all the local actors on the ground.
AVSI’s interventions are conceived to limit the consequences of these breakdowns, by acting on healthcare, infrastructures, education and family income generation. Emergency situations can cause an even greater damage to vulnerable people.
AVSI’s approach is fundamental as it is about rebuilding the human starting by the affirmation of life notwithstanding the emergency. It is particularly worth mentioning that AVSI was involved in the INEE working groups to help define the standards on education in emergencies.
5 projects
migrations
-
2 africa 2 middle east 1 eastern europe
Internal migrations, such as the urban drift and external migrations, entire peoples forced to leave their homeland and roots. Some relocate abroad temporarily due to war or regimes that hamper a decent lifestyle. Others live away from their native land in conditions of lasting precariousness.
Therefore, AVSI operates in the refugee camps at Dadaab, Kenya (see the section on “Focus”), works with the Iraqi refugees in Jordan and builds new houses for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon; also works with the Rom communities in Romania. The transformation of the shantytown of Ribeira Azul, Brazil into nice neighborhoods was possible because the project started from and focused on the positive that lies in every person.
AVSI’s mission is supporting the people who left their origins behind in the path to the re-discovery of that “inborn dignity” that is peculiar of every human being, according to Benedict XVI.
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international adoptions AVSI Foundation has been approved by the International Adoptions Commission of the Italian Government for adoptions. It currently operates in Brazil (States of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espiritu Santo and Bahia), Mexico, Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Colombia.
MAIN STEPS IN THE ADOPTION PROCESS WITH AVSI 1. GROUP INFORMATION MEETINGS For qualified and unqualified couples alike.
5. WAIT AND MATCHING PROPOSAL At this stage, several meetings and interviews are held with the couple. The technical team dedicates these specific meetings to the matching proposal and the couple’s approval.
2. INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PREPARATION CLASS Led by a psychologist with the participation of AVSI operators and families with adoption experience.
6. JOURNEY ARRANGEMENT AND STAY ABROAD After the couple’s approval the journey(s) and stay(s) in the foreign country are arranged. During this time, the couple is always accompanied by an AVSI contact person.
3. IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW AND CHOICE OF COUNTRY The social team meets the couple to further discuss adoption plan, motivation, and identify the country of choice.
7. POST ADOPTION For 2 years or longer the couple will have to keep regular contact with the social services and with AVSI with regard to the post-adoption reports for the foreign country.
4. PREPARATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ALL PAPERWORK DUE TO THE FOREIGN COUNTRY Explanation, preparation and delivery of adoption requests to the foreign country authorities.
adoptions completed
49
34
total adopted children 6% Colombia 47% Brazil
47% Lithuania 2011
317
211 from 2003 to 2011
country LITHUANIA BRAZIL KAZAKHSTAN COLOMBIA TOTAL
1-4 34 10 2 1 47
age of child at arrival in Italy 4-7 7-9 +9 47 57 1 105
39 54 93
37 35 72
total children
total adoption
157 156 2 2 317
114 93 2 2 211
CSR and fund raising WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Within the frame
Building cathedrals, AVSI Point and donors
Everything is done with a goal. The awareness of the goal men in the Middle Ages had as they built cathedrals, is the same that moves the people who support AVSI year after year through the Tents or a donation. Those who built cathedrals back then would give a part of themselves to build something great which was none of their property. Those men would give time, money, materials; some would donate just one button or their whole capital to build the cathedral. The men and women who help AVSI – whether for the first time or for a long time – through the Tents, distance support or some other way, express the same drive as the farmer did back in the fourteenth century when he would offer some days a month of free work to carry the stones, or dig up the foundations of his cathedral. The modern cathedral - The people who support AVSI actually help build this modern cathedral, something that makes it possible for the woman with HIV in Africa to receive her medication, the children in Ecuador to go to school, for the Burmese family to have rice, the kids in Haiti to learn a new job or the youth in the Holy Land to receive education to peace. The Tents initiatives are beautiful, neatly-organized, highly-participated, sociable events, concerts, shows. Some are apparently small, may not make the news, yet have the same value and meaning as greater events. Just drops in the ocean, but – as Mother Teresa would say - the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. GRAZIELLA WORKS AT KRAFT and for many years has been suggesting her colleagues to help AVSI by buying some small handicraft she makes herself at night along with her sister and her friends from Muggiò. THE WOMEN OF GREZZANA, near Verona, has been meeting up once a week since 1995 to work for AVSI. Everything came from Maria Girimondo and Cristina Lonardoni who encouraged Vanna – Maria’s mother – to share her needlework talent and the free time she was getting more of as her children were growing up. And Vanna gathered friends and acquaintances around her and transmitted that will to do something. Since then, they’ve been meeting every week, they sell their products in gorgeous mansions and set up an association. VALTER, A DOCTOR FROM BREBBIA, near Varese, sets up the “big lunch for AVSI” every year, and involves the whole town: some cooks, some finds the tables, some set up the eating area, some sing, some prepare the lottery: everybody’s welcome, as many as 400 grown-ups, children and elderly all participate every year.
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NEW ALLIANCES IN BRAZIL WITH GE OIL & GAS NUOVO PIGNONE S.P.A. In favor of AVSI’s Cantinho de Natureza educational center in Rio de Janeiro. The project includes job-oriented vocational training activities for 750 youth, also involving their families. A financial contribution was necessary and the staff had to volunteer in favor of the boys and girls to teach them a job.
SINCE 2010, SAS INSTITUTE HAS BEEN SUPPORTING AVSI’S ACTIVITIES IN HAITI. The partnership came as a consequence of a gift matching event after the tremendous earthquake that hit the country and continues today with both the company and the staff involved in building an educational center in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince. The center is expected to accommodate 1,000 children and adolescents, 200 mothers and 100 teachers/social workers. SAS Institute employees sponsor a number of children through AVSI’s distance support program.
of the XXXII Meeting of Friendship Among Peoples, AVSI has promoted a conference called “System Italy: alliance for development”. The speakers were the following: Mr. Alberto Piatti, Secretary General of AVSI; Ms. Marina Migliorato, Enel Corporate Social Responsibility Manager; Mr. Mauro Nori, General Director of AVSI; Mr. Francesco Confuorti, President of Advantage Financial; Mr. Daniele Mancini, Diplomatic Advisor of the Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs. Among other participants were Mr. Cesare Trevisani, Vice-President for Infrastructures, Logistics and Mobility of Confindustria; Mr. Antonio Miglio, Vice President ACRI; Mr. Giuseppe Tripoli, Department for Entrepreneurship and Internationalization of the Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs. Debate moderator was Mr. Roberto Fontolan, Director of the Community and Liberation International Center and Director of ‘Buone Notizie’. “We are looking for relevant alliances to create development through training and work, so as to make everyone protagonist in their own environment. Nonetheless, it becomes impossible to help developing countries “at home” if two-thirds of our national aid are cut off. This lack of positive future perspectives causes a growing inflow of people fleeing their countries. Italy as a whole can really represent a model for the growth of several developing countries, as it can leverage on its teamwork and networking skills. I believe our debate today can bring about a new shared vision of development cooperation, in consideration of the role of NGOs and other system actors”. Social responsibility is a need to stay together. But the real work is action. Working together for a common goal – without overlapping - seems more and more necessary. Every actor can do their part for development by sharing their knowledge. We all have it clear in our mind that there is a richness to be rediscovered and which will assign to man the inborn dignity he’s made of. A new subject should step in and take the situation to hand. A new Italian company for development”.
fund raising and efficiency Private/public fund raising progress 55%
45%
48%
2009
52%
35%
65%
9,512,000
17,740,000
2010
29,326,000
2011
34,234,000
27,252,000
• Public • Private How we use your donation
9%
value in euro
structure costs
4%
fund raising costs
1%
collateral activities costs
86% 23,671,000 project costs
Fund raising efficiency rate
Fund raising index
value in euro
2007 > 2011
years
13,480,838.01 971,739.0 Fund raising costs
Fund raising proceeds
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
average on 5 years
0.06
0.05
0.07
0.06
0.07
0.06
index
economic data Annual report 12/31/2011 and 12/31/2010 - assets All amounts in Euro ASSETS INTANGIBLE ASSETS Statutory changes Software Quality certification Trademark registration Improvements to third parties' goods
as of 31.12.2011
as of 31.12.2010
– 35,256 2,599 1,426 29,975
– 11,351 2,808 1,901 42,833 69,255
TANGIBLE ASSETS Lands and buildings Plants and machinery Motor vehicles Office furniture Electronic office equipment
1,772,073 11,475 – 17,318 19,570
58,893 1,742,699 13,727 – 22,006 24,139
1,820,436 FINANCIAL ASSETS Interests in other businesses
118,131
TOTAL FIXED ASSETS RECEIVABLES From private donors From customers on collateral activities From social security From Treasury Other receivables Receivables from institutional donors _ Projects funded by the Italian Government _ Projects funded by the European Union _ Projects funded by international agencies _ Projects funded by CEI _ Projects funded by local administrations
1,802,571 117,981
118,131
117,981
2,007,822
1,979,444
349,160 9,984 114 113,514
482,956 86,701 13,064 114 4,792
5,639,480 3,231,724 7,776,698 260,432 588,268
8,165,829 5,124,797 9,535,996 222,800 550,509 17,496,602
Receivables from other agencies _ due within next year _ due after next year Receivables from foreign subsidiaries _ due within next year _ due after next year
50,000 –
50,000
50,000 –
50,000
486,529 –
486,529
432,130 –
432,130
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN FIXED ASSETS Other securities CASH AND BANK DEPOSITS Bank and post office deposits Cash and values on hand
39,133
5,064,748 33,823
5,098,571
38,670
5,027,901 32,364
5,060,266
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
23,643,607
29,768,625
ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS
3,358
7,199
25,654,787
31,755,268
TOTAL ASSETS
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Annual report 12/31/2011 and 12/31/2010 - liabilities All amounts in Euro LIABILITIES Membership fees Fundation's fund Changes in foundation's fund _ Adjustment to foundation's fund _ Membership fees paid during this year _ Result of the year
as of 31.12.2011
as of 31.12.2010 40,918 703,503
(405,486) – (272,405)
(677,891)
NET EQUITY EMPLOYEES SEVERANCE INDEMNITY MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES _ Payable loans TOTAL MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES PAYABLES TO BANKS _ Due within next year _ Due after next year PAYABLES TO PROJECTS _ By the Italian Government _ By the European Union _ By International Agencies _ By local administrations _ By CEI _ International adoptions _ Private _ Distance Support PAYABLES TO SUPPLIERS _ Due within next year _ Due after next year PAYABLES TO PROJECTS-RELATED STAFF _ Due within next year _ Due after next year PAYABLES TO HEADQUARTERS STAFF _ Due within next year _ Due after next year PAYABLES TO TAX AUTHORITIES _ Due within next year _ Due after next year PAYABLES TO SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCIES _ Due within next year _ Due after next year PAYABLES TO THIRD PARTIES _ Due within next year _ Due after next year TOTAL PAYABLES
MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS GUARANTEES RECEIVED FROM THIRD PARTIES _ Guarantees issued by banks _ Commitments towards third parties COMMITMENTS IN RESPECT OF PROJECTS _ Own commitments in respect of projects TOTAL MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS
(430,087) – 24,601
(405,486)
66,529
293,934
591,686
502,722
204,921
233,776 204,921
538,602 4,718,561 3,501,643 6,958,328 588,598 177,373 29,586 2,857,191 4,050,315
538,602
22,881,595
585,964
585,964
16,052
16,052
353,198
353,198
77,272
77,272
100,498
100,498
238,232
238,232
233,776 150,343 7,416,318 4,435,554 8,453,798 353,023 171,144 51,883 4,011,076 4,340,205
150,343
29,233,001
472,907
472,907
59,847
59,847
354,388
354,388
94,609
94,609
105,606
105,606
253,898
253,898
24,791,414
30,724,599
237
237
25,654,787
31,755,268
ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS TOTAL NET EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
40,918 658,503
as of 31/12/2011
as of 31/12/2010
1,670,799
2,207,945
(1,318,576)
150,682
352,233
2,358,627
economic data Annual report 12/31/2011 and 12/31/2010 - Profit and loss All amounts in Euro PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Contributed Income from Italian Government Contributed Income from the European Union Contributed Income from international agencies Contributed Income from local administrations Contributed Income from CEI Contributed Income from private donors Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects Contributed Income to DSP management CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS
2011
229,166 277,919 493,674 1,564 941,416 974,982 202,176
Consultancy services Sponsorship services Transfer of membership fees PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES
329,200 50,000 50,000
(1,956,044) (2,116,023) (1,925,845) (954,786) (142,750) (2,546,516) (9,803,346)
TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS
(174,430) (762,921) (188,087) (121,054) (35,623) (38,059) (77,387) (430)
Costs transferred to projects management Costs transferred to collateral management TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS Costs of other activities _ Costs for staff _ Costs for services _ Travel and transportation
3,413,572 229,301 100,000
429,200
329,301
27,252,213
34,233,866
(19,445,310) (4,225,375)
(3,007,394) (4,478,590) (3,921,029) (673,343) (178,161) (3,119,248) (10,472,265)
(25,850,030) (4,393,171)
(23,670,684)
(30,243,202)
(2,763,184)
(2,534,892)
(1,282,115)
(166,498) (831,516) (184,267) (142,158) (38,750)
(1,363,189)
(115,876)
(32,784) (76,009) -
(108,793)
107,050 566,485
191,290
(3,487,639)
(3,815,584)
(319,275) (53,305) (23,317)
(180,694) (51,848) (26,226)
TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
(395,898)
(258,768)
OPERATING RESULT
(302,008)
(83,687)
Other financial revenues From securities included in current assets Revenues other than above Interests and other financial costs
8,692 52,136
60,828 (89,805)
7 171,532
171,539 (46,268)
FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS
(28,977)
125,271
Extraordinary revenues Extraordinary costs
131,421 (7,745)
4,207 (21,964)
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS RESULT BEFORE TAXES Taxes of the year RESULT OF THE YEAR
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30,490,993 462,095 346,353 480,382 0 1,091,858 998,384 34,500
3,120,898
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME
Cost of staff at headquarters Other Organization Costs _ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods _ Costs of services _ Travel and transportation _ Costs for the use of third parties' goods _ Other management costs Depreciation and devaluation _ Depreciation of intangible assets _ Depreciation of tangible assets _ Appropriations and devaluations
4,248,957 5,034,429 4,506,405 1,005,210 399,161 5,906,795 6,265,390 3,124,646 23,702,115
Contributed Income from Italian Government Contributed Income from the European Union Contributed Income from international agencies Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI Contributed Income from private donors Contributed Income from DSP Contributed Income from International Adoptions CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS
Projects’ costs Projects funded by the Italian Government Projects funded by the European Union Projects funded by international agencies Projects funded by local administrations Projects funded by CEI Projects funded by DSP Projects funded by private donors Cost of staff on projects
2010
2,694,275 2,653,427 1,921,442 1,100,652 139,644 6,200,152 6,452,834 2,539,688
annual report 2011
123,675 267,356 (118,490) (192,891)
(17,758) 511,967 0 (491,014)
(44,026)
20,953
(251,335)
44,779
(21,070)
(20,178)
(272,405)
24,601
auditor’s report
consolidated financial statements
As a result of ever larger activities of foreign subsidiaries and in order to provide complete information on management trend, AVSI Foundation has recently started to publish a consolidated financial statement.
Amount by country LITHUANIA
101,602
KAZAKHSTAN
120,912
ANGOLA
130,366
KOSOVO
156,935
JORDAN
158,165
THAILAND
164,004
RUSSIA
174,802
VENEZUELA
186,119
PARAGUAY
301,583
SIERRA LEONE
307,911
ARGENTINA
334,643
Such statement is not subject to audit even though the Italian headquarters’ and all the foreign subsidiaries’ statements were audited by important auditing agencies.
MYANMAR
380,524
MEXICO
401,394
CONGO
409,200
Following are AVSI’s foreign subsidiaries included in the consolidated statement sheet: Rwanda, DR Congo, Nigeria, Peru, Brazil, Uganda, Burundi, Jordan, Lebanon, Ecuador, Thailand, Kosovo, Haiti, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Palestine. The single balance sheets and financial statements included in the consolidated statement have been provided by the respective foreign subsidiaries.
MOZAMBIQUE
515,515
ECUADOR
532,214
PALESTINE
538,259
NIGERIA
555,697
PERU
628,884
ALBANIA
638,984
The total amount raised by the AVSI-system in the world is 41,477,511.
BURUNDI
927,291
ROMANIA
973,131
SUD SUDAN RWANDA IVORY COAST LEBANON
1,065,862 1,319,644 1,352,480 1,524,988 2,786,462
BRAZIL
3,075,837
KENYA
4,643,115
HAITI
6,531,575
D. R. CONGO
7,681,977
UGANDA OTHER COUNTRIES SOLIDARITY PROJECTS
Consolidated financial statement amount by sponsor
1,542,822 1,314,616
MINUSTAH 735,350 1,77%
OTHERS 1,903,669 4,59%
INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE DONORS ADOPTIONS 7,570,599 202,177 18,25% 0,49%
BRITISH EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION 611,562 2,931,347 1,47% 7,07%
PRIVATE IN LOCO SPONSORS 985,681 2,38%
CEI 139,644 0,34%
Private
18,726,130
45,15% Public
22,751,383
54,85%
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USAID, WORLD BANK e BPRM 4,022,809 9,70%
UNICEF 4,339,435 10,46%
UNHCR 2,438,110 5,88%
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS 1,102,216 2,66%
DUTCH GVT 160,202 0,39%
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT 3,655,473 8,81%
DSP 9,967,674 24,03%
CENTRAL FUND DISPLACED 711,566 1,72%
All amounts in Euro
financial statements 2011
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS – FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES Contributed Income from Italian Government Contributed Income from the European Union Contributed Income from international agencies Contributed Income from local administrations Contributed Income from CEI Contributed Income from private donors Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects Contributed Income to DSP management CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS – FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES Contributed Income from Italian Government Contributed Income from the European Union Contributed Income from international agencies Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI Contributed Income from private donors Contributed Income from DSP Contributed Income from International Adoptions Contributed income allocated to organization costs Consultancy services Sponsorship services Transfer of membership fees PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES
2010 13,905,499
2,694,275 2,653,427 1,921,442 1,100,652 139,644 6,200,152 6,452,834 2,539,688
10,081,545 4,248,957 5,034,429 4,506,405 1,005,210 399,161 5,906,795 6,265,390 3,124,646
23,702,114
30,490,993
319,801 229,166 277,919 493,674 1,564 941,416 974,982 202,176
206,904 462,095 346,353 480,382 0 1,091,858 998,384 34,500
3,120,897 329,200 50,000 50,000
3,413,572 229,301 100,000
429,200
329,301
41,477,511
44,522,314
Projects’ costs in italy and abroad
(26,198,198)
(28,040,553)
Cost of staff on projects
(10,447,058)
(10,633,849)
TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS
(36,645,256)
(38,674,402)
(3,421,657)
(3,240,412)
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME
COST OF STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS Other organization costs _ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods _ Costs of services _ Travel and transportation _ Costs for the use of third parties' goods _ Other management costs Depreciation and devaluation _ Depreciation of intangible assets _ Depreciation of tangible assets _ Appropriations and devaluations Costs transferred to collateral management Costs transferred to projects management TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES _ Costs for staff _ Costs for services _ Travel and transportation TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
(329,381) (1,493,670) (239,616) (180,798) (83,764) (26,713) (219,491) (430)
FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS Extraordinary revenues Extraordinary costs EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS RESULT BEFORE TAXES Taxes of the year ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS
(246,634) 566,485 107,050 (5,321,985)
(319,275) (53,305) (23,317)
OPERATING RESULT Other financial revenues From securities included in current assets Revenues other than above Interests and other financial costs
(2,327,229)
8,692 52,136
(317,127) (1,143,469) (243,038) (184,800) (56,574) (21,883) (209,156)
-
(1,945,008)
(231,038) 191,290 (5,225,169)
(180,694) (51,848) (26,226) (395,897)
(258,768)
(885,627)
363,976
60,828 (130,420)
7 171,532
(69,592) 140,812 (7,745) 133,067 465,616 (85,169) (203,237)
171,539 (78,928) 92,611 4,207 (131,700) (127,493)
511,967 (527,483) 177,210
(15,516)
(644,942)
313,579
(21,070)
(20,179)
(666,012)
293,400
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