ICCO Wall Calendar 2013 by ICCO

PARTNER TO ENTERPRISING PEOPLE

DOING GOOD BUSINESS IN 2013

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ICCO WORKS WITH ENTERPRISING PEOPLE TOWARDS A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY, INJUSTICE AND EXCLUSION ICCO SOUTH EAST ASIA & PACIFIC ICCO is an international development organization with roots in the Netherlands. We have 7 regional offices in the world and work in 44 countries. The regional office in South East Asia & Pacific has more then 300 projects in 6 countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Vietnam.

MISSION Our mission is to end poverty, injustice and exclusion to establish a full and dignified life for all. Based on equality, co-responsibility and respect for

connected to our values: compassion, justice and stewardship.

PROGRAMS Through entrepreneurial partnerships we empower people to fulfill their economic, social and civil rights. We connect people, organizations, companies, knowledge and innovative ideas in order to achieve our mission. But we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do this by ourselves. Therefore we focus on four interrelated programs: Fair Economic Development, Food & Nutrition Security, Fair Climate and Conflict Transformation & Democratization.

ICCO South East Asia & Pacific Jl. Tukad Batang Hari IX no.8 Panjer - Denpasar 80225 Indonesia P : +62 361 895 58 01 E : south-east-asia@iccokia.org W : www.iccokia.org/southeastasia F : ICCO Regional Office South East Asia & Pacific

Cover Photo : Marcella Bos, Design : Hendrikus Toby, Denpasar - 2012

diversity we seek to cooperate with organizations and companies that feel

Photo: Wahyu Sadewo

JANUARY

Meet the ICCO family. We work with a dedicated team at our Regional and country offices in South East Asia & Pacific. Through innovative partnerships in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Vietnam we empower people to fulfill their economic, social and civil rights.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

1: Global Family Day

Photo: Marcella Bos

ICCO has been working in South East Asia & Pacific since the 1970s. Centered on agrarian reform and rural democratization our program has made significant contributions in people empowerment, and the re-distribution of thousands of hectares of land to small farmers and indigenous people. These efforts for more social justice are the strong foundations of our current program on Fair Economic Development which focuses on connecting poor producers and farmers to value chains.

FEBRUARY WHAT DO YOU DO?

20: World Day of Social Justice

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Women in South East Asian countries are often excluded from decision-making structures: from household level until politics. Encouraging female leadership, making government officials aware of gender equality, microfinance for women and actively involving women in peace processes are examples of our strategy. ICCO & Kerk in Actie empower organizations that focus on lady farmers, because we believe that investing in women benefits a whole family.

MARCH WHAT DO YOU DO?

8: International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day

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Climate change is considered one of the most important problems of this century. Especially countries like the Philippines and Indonesia are severely hit by the consequences of climate change. The main cause of global warming is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing carbon footprint. The aim of the ICCO Fair Climate program is to reduce CO2 emissions of rich countries through carbon trade. We support poor forest communities to increase their income by introducing carbon credits. We also encourage them to produce non-timber-forest-products as an alternative for timber and deforestation.

APRIL WHAT DO YOU DO?

22: Earth Day

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We encourage fair and sustainable trade in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands through our partnership with the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand. The ICCO funded project Fair Trade Promotion aims to tackle the challenges of small producers to access international markets. We support farmers and agricultural businesses to achieve a Fair trade Certificationâ&#x201E;˘ for their products. This certificate gives the security of stable prices and long-term trading partnerships. Around 8.600 small farmers are benefitting from the ICCO project.

MAY WHAT DO YOU DO?

11: World Fair Trade Day

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It took Saw Ku five weeks to bring his wife and children from Karenni state in Myanmar to the refugee camp Ban Mai Nai Soi in Thailand. In the camp the family gets food and shelter from non profit organization The Border Consortium (TBC). TBC gives support to refugees and internally displaced people along the boarder with Myanmar and Thailand. ICCO is a board member of the consortium

JUNE WHAT DO YOU DO?

20: World Refugee Day

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Connecting poor producers, workers and small, medium and large enterprises to production chains is the focus of the Fair Economic Development program of ICCO in South East Asia & Pacific. Together with the private sector and other partners we make existing value chains like muscovado sugar in the Philippines more sustainable. ICCO organizes and strengthens farmer and producer cooperatives in their engagement in value chains.

JULY WHAT DO YOU DO?

7: International Day of Cooperatives

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ICCO supports indigenous peoples in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Vietnam to live in dignity. We believe this is possible by organizing, increasing and consolidating the power of the people. In all countries we work with partners that develop initiatives that tackle the causes of exclusion and injustice of indigenous people.

AUGUST WHAT DO YOU DO?

9: International Day of Indigenous People

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We help people to assert their rights. Throughout history active citizens have demonstrated that empowered people have the ability to positively influence the decisions that affect their lives. ICCO supports the efforts of a broad range of civil society organizations in South East Asia & Pacific to help establishing a non-violent society. A society where rights are respected and differences are resolved through democratic means.

SEPTEMBER WHAT DO YOU DO?

15: International Day of Democracy 21: International Day of Peace

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People in countries like Myanmar and Cambodia are struggling to feed their families. Every person on earth - man, woman and child - has the right to have access to adequate food. Improving the food and nutrition security of rural households is at the core of our Food and Nutrition Security program in South East Asia & Pacific. ICCO supports poor producers to sustainably increase their production for a better income and for better nutrition.

OCTOBER WHAT DO YOU DO?

16: World Food Day

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ICCO and Kerk in Actie have a special program for children: Children at Risk. We support civil society organizations in South East Asia & Pacific that give street children, war children, children in prison, children with a disability and sexual abused children an opportunity to build a peaceful and secure life. We mostly invest in small scale projects in Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar.

NOVEMBER WHAT DO YOU DO?

20: Universal Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day

Photo: Wahyu Sadewo

Every day two billion people have to live from less then 2 dollars a day. Unfair economic, social and political situations and relationships are often the cause of poverty, injustice and exclusion. Through innovative partnership ICCO empowers poor people, indigenous people and other marginalized groups like women, children and people with a disability to fulfill their economic, social and civil rights.

DECEMBER WHAT DO YOU DO?

3: International Day Persons with Disabilities 10: International Human Rights Day