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Seema Aziz, Founder of CARE Pakistan

Hand-washing could reduce the risk of diarrhoea by nearly 50%

“ You will never have an illiterate child from a literate mother” The risk of dying from maternal causes for a woman in a low income country is 23 X higher compared to a woman living in a developed country

1.3 billion young people will enter the workforce over the next decade, but only 300 million new jobs are expected to be created 3

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"

In developing, low-income countries, every additional year of education can increase a person’s future income by an average of 10%

Nelson Mandela

Half the hospital beds in developing countries are filled with people suffering from diseases caused by poor water, Around 760,000 children die every year from diarrhoea caused by sanitation unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene that’s almost2,000 children a day 6

Small family farmers account for 70% of global agriculture production and the largest share of the world’s undernourished

43%

In 24 low- and middle-income countries, less than half of all births are attended by skilled health workers

of child deaths occur in the first28 days of life

what motivates us The Vitol Group first began making charitable grants in 2002 and established the Vitol Foundation in 2006. Since that time, we have funded over 1700 projects in 119 countries around the world. From the beginning, our grants have focused on enabling children living in deprivation to escape the cycle of poverty and reach their potential in life. Vitol staff visit, live and work in many of the least developed countries in the world, where access to basic services is often inadequate. We could see the need very clearly and in most cases that need was outside the scope of an energy company. So the Vitol Foundation was formed as the philanthropic arm of the Vitol Group, to invest in projects and partners driving positive change in some of the most under-served communities. Vitol has business in more than 160 countries and although the Foundation will always look to support projects where we work and there is need, over a third of our grants have been in countries where the company has no business. As a foundation, we look at our grants as investments, seeking out initiatives with the potential to generate a social return in a sustainable way. At times, these investments are long-term and at others, our role is to help alleviate a crisis. But at all times, we seek to deploy resources to greatest effect: swiftly, collaboratively and in response to local need. We hope you enjoy this report and, as always, welcome any feedback you may have.

Ian Taylor Chairman of the Vitol Foundation

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The Sabre Trust, Ghana

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About Us We support projects that fall under four programme areas that are critical to a child’s development: Health, ‘WASH’ (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene), Education, and Livelihoods. We also respond to humanitarian emergencies with trusted partners. Building on the lessons learned through this broad approach over the last decade, we aim to increase the impact of the Foundation by making fewer but larger investments in exemplary projects with the following goals: • To fund transformational, efficient, sustainable, scalable and replicable investments in development • To support and strengthen government, private sector and community systems in order to provide sustainable health, WASH, education and employment opportunities

HEALTH WASH

LIVELIHOODS

• To learn from actively seeking out the best and the brightest, wherever they may be

EDUCATION

• To share models of evidence based best practice that can be scaled by government, private sector and/or communities • To expand engagement and leverage the knowledge base of the Vitol Group worldwide

The Vitol Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications. We source new projects through recommendations from experts, donors and other partners, suggestions from Vitol staff and through detailed research by the Foundation team.

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What we aspire to be The Foundation principles are aligned with many of the qualities that have made the Vitol Group a world leader in the energy business...

Safe Water Network, Ghana

Responsive

Flexible

• Rapid assessment of investment opportunities

• Support for a wide range of innovative solutions

• Early funding of promising models

• Prepared to take calculated risks

• Fast response to emergencies

• Fund what others cannot or will not

• Multiple rounds of funding a year

• Welcome new ideas and approaches • Open to modifications to projects if needed • Not limited by any corporate agenda

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" The Vitol Foundation's flexible approach in support of Riders for Health has enabled a true partnership to develop. Partnerships of this kind create the platform for sustained impact. " Andrea Coleman, CEO, Riders for Health " The END Fund has enjoyed a positive and responsive partnership with the Vitol Foundation. When US government funding was suddenly suspended in Mali, the Foundation moved swiftly to commit and deploy resources to ensure over 11 million people continued to receive treatment." Ellen Agler, CEO, The End Fund

" The Vitol Foundation has been a long-standing partner of WaterAid. Based on trust and mutual respect, their responsive approach has helped to reach some of the most marginalised communities with access to water, sanitation and hygiene across four of WaterAid’s country programmes." Dave Hillyard, Head of Partnerships, WaterAid " The Vitol Foundation’s expansion funds for PEAS schools mean they now run without external financial support. By enabling our sustainable SmartAid model to operate and flourish, the Vitol Foundation is helping PEAS reach more children in a more efficient, scalable way." John Rendell, Founder and CEO, PEAS

One Acre Fund, Kenya

Global reach, local understanding • Harness in-depth country knowledge of Vitol Group staff in around 40 countries • Listen to the needs of the people on the ground • Respect for cultural norms wherever our partners are working • Proactively include the most vulnerable groups • Foundation partners in over 65 countries for the last decade

Power of Partnerships • Facilitate collaboration between best practice partners • Prioritise co-funding in all projects • Foster regional hubs of collaboration where we have multiple partners • Support public-private-partnerships in a drive for sustainability • Seek integrated multi-sector programmes

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who we hope to fund To achieve these goals, we look to support exceptional projects and partners that are…

Fabretto, Nicaragua

Transformational

Efficient

• Innovative

• Good governance and inspired leadership

• Game-changers

• Value for money

• Demonstrate clear results

• Proactively share and assess best practice and credible data

• Transition from humanitarian aid to development solutions

• Harness local knowledge • Constantly learning and adapting • Accountable and transparent

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" Muso has managed to take all the best ingredients of success and bundled them into one, integrated intervention. I want to go out on a bit of a limb and say that I think the Muso model is the most promising model in child survival working today" Leith Greenslade, Vice Chair of the UN’s MDG Health Alliance " One Acre Fund is tackling a complex social problem with a sustainable, scalable solution. We believe their work has the potential for transformational benefit to the area of subsistence farmers, and we’re honored to support their commitment to driving change on this difficult challenge." Sally Osberg, President and CEO, Skoll Foundation

" Sabre Trust is a smart organisation that extends its influence and impact way beyond its project sites and partnerships at the local level. Sabre has worked with the central government in Ghana to help shape its national policy, plans and patterns of investment for Kindergarten education. This measure of trust and influence is very rare for a ‘small charity’. It is hard earned. And it is a measure of Sabre’s credibility, its organisational intelligence, and its exceptional staff." Peter Colenso, Executive Director, Education, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

One Acre Fund, Kenya

Sustainable

Scalable and Replicable

• Strengthen local, regional and national systems

• Robust monitoring and evaluation

• Build human capacity within communities, government and private sector

• Evidence to substantiate that the model is scalable and replicable

• Local participation, motivation and responsibility

• Proof of best practice through evidence, peer review, expert opinion and donor recognition

• Encourage government involvement, engagement and investment • Demonstrate a strong business plan that can transition away from donor funding

• Balance cultural variance with a drive for scalable models

• Environmentally responsible solutions

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Active Grants Completed Grants

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Using data from international bodies such as the UNDP, UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO and World Bank, and our diverse partnership networks, the Vitol Foundation identifies and supports projects in countries where the need is greatest and with the best partners to address those needs.

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Health The goals that motivate us... Our health programme supports inclusive projects that improve access to quality primary healthcare services. These projects focus on women and children in particular, through both direct healthcare provision and developing healthcare delivery. Poor health impacts on educational attainment and subsequent income generating capacity, perpetuating the cycle of poverty. To achieve these goals, we aim to support projects that: • Strengthen health systems through provision of training and infrastructure development, supply chain improvement and improved quality of health data collection • Focus on preventable and curable health burdens that significantly contribute to child mortality and impair a child’s development • Improve access to maternal and reproductive health services • Support breakthrough innovations that are affordable, scalable and evidence based • Encourage public-private-partnerships (PPPs) to increase access to, and demand for, healthcare services In 2014, the Foundation supported 29 health projects in 39 countries and made 12 new grants. 79% of the Health budget was spent in Africa, 9% in Latin America, 6% in Asia, 2% in the Middle East, 2% in Europe and 2% North America.

Muso, Mali

Star Projects Pro Mujer Supporting access to affordable healthcare for Latin America’s female micro-entrepreneurs Pro Mujer is an international women’s development organisation whose mission is to provide poor women in Latin America with the means to build livelihoods for themselves, and futures for their families. Pro Mujer identified that as both care provider and incomegenerator, one of the main obstacles to the success of women’s micro-enterprise was their own or a member of their family’s ill health. The Vitol Foundation has been supporting the work of Pro Mujer in developing and implementing a customerdriven, sustainable healthcare model which addresses the specific needs of the community it serves, whilst also supporting women to establish their own small businesses. Based on the success of the pilot schemes, we’re currently supporting a roll-out across all the countries in which Pro Mujer operates (Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Nicaragua) due to be completed in 2015. The model is designed to be selfsustaining and will provide over 300,000 women and their families with access to Pro Mujer services, enabling them to transform not only their own lives and circumstances, but those of their dependants as well.

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Sub-Saharan Africa is the most dangerous place in the world for a woman to be pregnant. 1 in 40 women in Sub-Saharan Africa will die in pregnancy or giving birth.12

1 in 40

Life Ride The Albert Einstein School of Medicine Innovative mobile phone platform delivers emergency transport and transmits data for expectant mothers in Western Uganda

Touch Foundation, Tanzania

Touch Foundation Treat & Train: creating a replicable and sustainable health care system in the Lake Zone of Tanzania

LifeRide is a grassroots, automated mobile phone platform designed to facilitate emergency transportation for pregnant women in poor rural areas to decrease maternal and infant mortality. With Vitol Foundation support, LifeRide received a World Bank Innovation Grant to co-fund the pilot. Using existing infrastructure, LifeRide links health centres, referral hospitals and women in labour who need advanced obstetric care with local drivers using real-time payment vouchers over existing mobile phone networks. Using the same app, critical medical information can be transmitted from midwives to the hospital whilst the patient is in transit. As a result of this pilot, women in rural Western Uganda will benefit from access to emergency care at a time when they need it most. We hope that with the support of the Ministry of Health, the data gathered will provide evidence to support a nationwide roll-out of the scheme and serve as a model for emergency transportation elsewhere in rural Africa.

The Touch Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Treat & Train programme is designed to establish a regional health care and education network where doctors and other medical personnel, especially in rural areas, are in short supply. With 280 medical student graduates to date, Treat & Train graduates represent 10% of all Tanzaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physicians. The training teams not only teach students, but also provide patients with access to care previously unavailable at these rural hospitals, enhancing the skills of the existing staff and driving improvements in hospital systems and processes. Because of this programme more than 900,000 patients a year will have access to improved quality healthcare by 2015. The Vitol Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued support for Treat & Train has enabled the Touch Foundation to leverage additional funds for the programme due to a 1:1 match funding agreement with USAID.

Tostan, Senegal

Children in low income countries are 56 times more likely to die before age 5 compared with high income countries.13

Africa bears 25% of the global burden of disease yet has 3% of all health workers.14

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WAsh

(Water,Sanitation & hygiene)

WaterAid, Madagascar

The goals that motivate us... Through our WASH programme funding, our goal is to improve health by focusing our efforts in the countries where the need is greatest to ensure sustainable access to clean water and to increase uptake of good hygiene and sanitation practices. Unclean drinking water and poor sanitation and hygiene are major causes of diarrhoea; the second biggest killer of children worldwide. Yet hand-washing alone could reduce the risk of diarrhoea by nearly 50%.2 To achieve this goal, we aim to support projects that: • Increase demand for, and sustainable access to, improved water sources • Increase demand for, and sustainable access to, improved hygiene and sanitation • Promote universal access so that no one is left out • Strengthen service delivery, supply chain and management structures • WASH education and facilities in schools • Support government and/or private-sector engagement in scale-up prospects, encouraging public private partnerships (PPPs)

Star Projects WSUP An innovative public-private partnership solution to sustainably meet the water and sanitation needs in impoverished urban communities Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) aims to improve the lives of people living in low-income and informal urban settlements around the world. By bringing together privatesector service providers, local NGOs and the government, WSUP strengthen their capacity to provide sustainable water and sanitation services, promote good hygiene and raise the health and environmental standards of the community. Our funding is supporting WSUP’s work in cities in Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zambia, with the objective that by mid-2015 service providers will adopt and replicate effective, sustainable and scalable models of pro-poor urban water and sanitation services. By mid-2015, 3.5 million low-income urban consumers will benefit from improved water, sanitation and hygiene services thanks to WSUP’s work.

In 2014, the Foundation supported 29 WASH projects in 23 countries, 10 of which were new grants. Of the WASH budget, 60% was spent in Africa, 21% in Asia and 19% in Latin America.

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768 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in ten of the world's population.15

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dZi Foundation Empowering remote Nepali communities to improve sanitation infrastructure, health and agricultural productivity through pioneering sanitation technology The dZi Foundation works in partnership with Nepal’s most remote communities to improve quality of life and reduce poverty, while providing the skills and knowledge necessary to sustain this process themselves. We’ve been supporting the ‘Ek Ghar, Ek Charpi’ (one toilet for every household) Project which aims to improve health by ending open defecation and educating communities about sanitation, as well as improving agricultural productivity by providing the means to produce fertiliser for use on crops. Over three years, with community engagement and a partner NGO’s support, one toilet for every household has been built across the county of Sotang. 49% of these are Eco-San models which facilitate the use of urine as fertiliser. As a result the whole county has been officially declared ‘Open Defecation Free’ and crop yields have significantly increased.

Water for People, India

Sanergy Supporting micro-entrepreneurs to create a sustainable value chain of hygienic sanitation facilities in informal settlements in Kenya Sanergy aims to build healthy and prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation affordable and accessible throughout Africa’s informal settlements. Sanergy works with local communities to build a dense network of Fresh Life Operators. These are micro-entrepreneurs who invest in and run Sanergy's hygienic sanitation facilities - Fresh Life Toilets – as viable businesses by charging customers a nominal fee. Both Sanergy and Fresh Life Operators are creating jobs in areas where unemployment rates are as high as 40%. After successful and proven implementation in Mukuru, we’re supporting the replication of the model in Kayaba, a nearby informal settlement. Through this support, 4,000 people will have access to lasting hygienic sanitation and the foundation will be laid to scale it to reach 10,000 people by 2015. 1,000 tons of waste each year will be safely removed, treated and recycled and 200 jobs will be created.

Gram Vikas, India

Every year, more children die of diarrhoea than malaria, HIV/AIDS and measles combined.16

According to the World Bank, hygiene promotion is the most cost-effective health intervention.17

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Education The goals that motivate us... Through our education programme, which includes early years, primary and secondary school, further and informal education, as well as educational projects targeting the leaders of tomorrow, our overarching goals are to offer children the opportunity to improve their lives and contribute to positive change within their communities and wider society. To achieve these goals we aim to support projects that: • Develop and strengthen the government’s ability to deliver high quality education • Ensure gender equality and universal access • Make education relevant, preparing young people for the job market and for life • Keep children in school for as long as possible to reach their full potential • Support schools for the most disadvantaged as well as the leaders of tomorrow In 2014, the Foundation supported 60 Education projects in 36 countries and made 18 new grants. Of the Education budget, 63% was spent in Africa, 23% in Asia, 7% in South America, 4% in Europe and 3% in the Middle East.

Star Projects Educate! Strengthening education systems in Africa to tackle youth unemployment and poverty through entrepreneurship Educate!’s goal is to develop and deliver a relevant and experience-based education model that combines entrepreneurship and leadership training, long-term mentorship and experience in starting an enterprise. Starting in Uganda, they aim to make such a model part of education systems across Africa. With early success in developing and implementing their model in a number of schools, we’re supporting Educate! in their mission to fully transform the education system, reaching 100,000 students annually across 1,000 schools in Uganda in 10 years. Research and evaluation has demonstrated that students who have received Educate! training and mentoring are more likely to start their own business and improve their income which in turn improves their own and their communities’ livelihoods.

Camfed, Ghana

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More than 57 million children continue to be denied the right to primary education, and many of them will probably never enter a classroom.18

57 million

CARE Pakistan, Pakistan

Room to Read Working with the Ministries of Education to increase literacy levels in Africa and Asia Room to Read works closely with the Ministries of Education in its focal countries, first to support the development of a national literacy framework and then to design and implement a literacy instruction programme, which we’re helping to fund in Zambia. The programme is a school-based intervention that aims to strengthen the teaching and learning of reading and writing in the early primary grades. Room to Read partners with governments to fill gaps in the curriculum for early readers. This includes developing supplementary instruction material, training educators and providing one-on-one support to teachers. Recent assessments designed to evaluate the impact of the programme clearly demonstrated better results from students who were taking part in the programme in comparison to those who were not. Strong literacy skills are linked to better health outcomes, gender equality, increased income and poverty reduction, so through the programme we’re helping to provide a generation with the tools to improve their futures and reach their full potential.

Partnership for Child Development (PCD) Supporting the roll-out of a nationwide Home Grown School Feeding programme in Nigeria Nigeria has one of the highest numbers of out of school children in the world. However, locally supplied meals in schools significantly increase attendance and raise a child’s capacity to learn, whilst also improving the livelihoods of local farmers and caterers. In order to help tackle this problem of low enrolment, the government is eager to roll out Home Grown School Feeding programmes in every state in Nigeria, but need the technical expertise to do it. The Vitol Foundation funded two conferences in Nigeria in May 2014, run by PCD (of Imperial College London), and the World Bank: the world leaders in school nutrition. The conferences were at the Federal and State level to support a nationwide Home Grown School Feeding programme in conjunction with the Ministries of Education, Health and Agriculture. At the meeting in May, the Federal Government made a commitment to fund a Home Grown Feeding Programme in every state. Now we are helping PCD, along with a number of other partners, to help make this a reality. We have also asked PCD to pilot Envirofit’s Institutional Clean Cookstove in their school nutrition programmes in Nigeria and Ethiopia. The Vitol Foundation co-funded the development of the prototype for this new stove with Envirofit. Through this pilot, we hope to demonstrate that this institutional stove can reduce the cost of fuel for school nutrition programmes by 80%, reduce harmful smoke emissions by up to 90% and halve the cooking time.

Education is not simply a moral imperative; it is the smart choice. Every dollar invested generates $10 to $15 in returns.19

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Livelihoods The goals that motivate us... Our Livelihoods Programme aims to break cycles of poverty by helping young people transit from education to meaningful employment and by strengthening market systems so that people living in deprivation can access the tools they need to work themselves out of poverty - knowledge, finance, technical inputs, infrastructure and markets. To achieve these goals, we aim to support projects that: • Move communities from subsistence farming to productive agricultural enterprise • Support innovative and scalable job creation and training solutions • Deliver energy and communication solutions to off-grid communities • Help to make commercial markets work for the poor • Facilitate access to knowledge, finance, financial literacy, inputs, infrastructure and supply chains In 2014, the Foundation supported 40 Livelihoods projects in 28 countries, 16 of which were new grants. Of the Livelihoods budget, 63% was spent in Africa, 28% in Asia and 9% in Latin America.

Exceed, Cambodia

Star Projects Living Goods Saving lives and creating sustainable livelihood solutions through micro-franchise networks Roughly 270 million people in Africa lack access to lifechanging products such as malaria treatment, clean-burning cook stoves, fortified food and solar lamps. This is the gap that Living Goods aims to fill. Living Goods recruits, trains and supports village-based micro-entrepreneurs to earn an income delivering products to the doorsteps of the poor. Living Goods franchises out its brand and business model to poor men and women, provides regular, free health and business training, financing and a “business in a bag” including uniforms, signage and business tools. The entrepreneurs also get a small loan to purchase a basket of high-impact products. In Uganda, Living Goods’ highly cost-effective, entrepreneurial community health model has reduced child mortality by more than 25%. Meanwhile in Kenya - Living Goods’ newest country - the organization is focusing on accelerating the programme’s financial sustainability through innovations in recruitment and distribution, product development and consumer financing. Our support for Living Goods is helping to accelerate innovation and impact within the Living Goods model and grow the network in Kenya to 300 agents, reaching more than 60,000 beneficiaries by the end of 2014.

Technoserve, Ethiopia

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Globally, over 1.3 billion people are without access to electricity and 2.6 billion people are without clean cooking facilities. More than 95% of these people live in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asian countries.21

1.3 billion

iDE Boosting crop yields and incomes by sustainably increasing knowledge transfer and access to improved seeds and agricultural inputs iDE work across Africa, Asia and Latin America to create income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. The Vitol Foundation is working with iDE in Cambodia to address the problem of poor crop performance often experienced by smallholder farmers who buy their seeds and farming equipment from local sellers with little or no knowledge or support. iDE’s Farmer Business Advisor (FBA) initiative presents a market-based and financially sustainable solution. They support local entrepreneurs to become Farm Business Advisors who, once trained, support themselves by providing technical advice and selling agricultural provisions to their farmer clients. By providing farmers with knowledge and training, as well as improved quality seeds and other agricultural equipment, farmers are able to improve their crop yields and, as a result, their income. iDE’s FBA model demonstrates how market forces and the profit incentive can be harnessed to deliver knowledge transfer and farming behaviour change without expensive government or charity training programmes. The model has won both the World Bank Development Marketplace Award and the first Nestle Prize in Creating Shared Value Award. It has also featured as a Harvard Business School case-study and been recognised by the UN Development Programme as an innovative and sustainable solution. The approach is proving highly successful on the ground, with client farmers on average netting USD 260 per year on investments of less than USD 50. Their reach is also growing: the model is being replicated in Zambia and Mozambique with locally appropriate modifications, and is also influencing similar initiatives in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.

Mann Deshi, India

Bamyan Media An innovative reality TV show to stimulate entrepreneurship and tackle youth unemployment in Egypt The Vitol Foundation is supporting reality TV show ‘El Mashroua’: a highly innovative way to reach disengaged Egyptian youth with entrepreneurship skills training and ongoing mentoring. 70% of Egypt’s youth is unemployed and the development of new start-ups has been identified by both expert economists and the youth themselves as the best way to rejuvenate the economy and motivate and inspire the large numbers of disaffected young people in the country and wider region. The show uses cutting-edge training methodologies from Harvard Business School to maximise learning, signposting viewers to ongoing training opportunities both locally and online. The Vitol Foundation has supported the model’s ‘Beyond the Show’ activities which link viewers with practical advice, training and funding incubators in their local area so they can turn their dream of setting up a business into a reality. This novel concept has already been a huge success with 27 million viewers in Egypt, 7 million viewers in Afghanistan and millions of users online. Bamyan Media are now planning to replicate the model across the Middle East and Asia where youth unemployment is a major concern.

Opportunity International, Rwanda

Every 10% increase in smallholder agricultural productivity in Africa can lift almost 7 million people above the dollar-a-day poverty line.22

The global youth unemployment rate, estimated at 12.6% in 2013, is close to its crisis peak.23

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Emergency response The goals that motivate us...

Education in Emergencies

Through our emergency funding our goal is to support communities in the aftermath of natural disasters and human conflict. We also support the call for increased funding for and access to education in humanitarian response efforts; historically one of the lowest priorities for donors, with tragic consequences for future generations.

One of the lowest priorities in emergency response is access to education. More than 57 million children of primary school age are out of school, and 50% of those reside in conflict-affected areas. Helping childen and adolescents get access to education and learning opportunities has become an important area of focus for the Foundation. Research has shown that the cost of not educating children is significantly higher than the necessary investment to get them back into school or training. Since 2003, the average refugee spends 17 years displaced; without education what hope is there for these children’s futures?

To achieve these goals, we aim to: • Respond rapidly when needed

We have been working closely with a consortium of NGOs, Foundations, Private Sector companies and the UK Department for International Development (DfID) to raise the profile of UNICEF’s ‘No Lost Generation’ campaign and support programmes to increase the access to and quality of education for refugees and internally displaced people. Our goal is to help find a low cost, quality education model that can be replicated.

• Support trusted partners in hard-to-fund and low-profile emergencies • Engage staff in fundraising for large-scale and high-profile emergencies • Engage experts to help assess when and where we are needed • Proactively work to increase access to, and quality of, education in humanitarian response • Make strategic investments in emergency preparedness • Embed disaster risk reduction and resilience in our four programmatic areas Our ability to release funds almost immediately has set the Vitol Foundation apart over the years, and we were named Save the Children’s first ever Corporate Emergency Partner of the Year in 2011.

Recently our attention in this area has been on the refugees from Syria and the countries hosting them. We have been working with a group of corporate donors, Foundations and NGOs to identify and pilot low cost interventions to support children back into education, whether formal, informal or non-formal. We are also helping partners find education solutions in Ebola afflicted countries, where school closures will mean nearly 5 million children will miss a full year of school in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

In addition to direct support from the Foundation, Vitol Group employees have raised significant funds for large-scale emergencies and we are extremely proud of the outstanding generosity from Vitol staff around the world.

Children in Crisis, Afghanistan

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Education receives just 1.4% of humanitarian aid funding.24

1.4%

Emergency Appeals Since 2003, the Vitol Foundation and Vitol Group employees have supported more than 50 humanitarian response efforts worldwide. 2014 West Africa Ebola crisis – Last Mile Health, International Committee of the Red Cross, Restless Development, Children in Crisis 2014 West Africa Ebola crisis - Vitol Group support for Africa Union Medics in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia 2014 South Sudan conflict related displacement – Mercy Corps, International Rescue Committee 2014 Gaza and Israel humanitarian conflict - International Committee of the Red Cross/British Red Cross, Mercycorps 2014 Iraq conflict related displacement – AMAR, International Rescue Committee 2013 Syria conflict affected populations – International Rescue Committee, Merlin 2013 Jordan Syrian refugees – War Child 2013 Philippines Typhoon Haiyan – International Committee of the Red Cross 2012 Niger food insecurity – Plan International, Save the Children, MercyCorps 2012 Syria conflict affected populations – International Rescue Committee 2012 Chad and Mali drought – Oxfam 2012 Yemen food insecurity – Oxfam 2012 DRC conflict related displacement – War Child 2011 Thailand flooding – Save the Children 2011 Philippines flooding – Save the Children, Habitat for Humanity 2011 Egypt Libyan conflict related displacement – Save the Children 2011 Somalia Horn of Africa famine – Concern Worldwide, Merlin, Save the Children 2011 Japan Earthquake – Save the Children, International Committee of the Red Cross/British Red Cross 2011 Pakistan winter – Save the Children 2010 Haiti earthquake – Save the Children, Plan International, Mercy Corps, Cure International, Merlin 2010 Indonesia earthquake – Plan International 2010 China earthquake – Care for Children

Developing countries host over 86% of the world’s refugees and in 2013, 50% of refugees were under 18 years old.25

British Red Cross/International Committee, Philippines

2010 Pakistan floods – Merlin, Plan International, Graham Layton Trust, Save the Children 2010 Bangladesh floods – Habitat for Humanity 2010 Guatemala tropical storm Agatha – Plan International, Common Hope 2010 Niger food crisis – Plan International 2010 Myanmar floods – Merlin 2009 Philippines typhoon – Leonard Cheshire Disability, Save the Children 2009 Kenya floods – Save the Children 2009 Sri Lanka conflict affected population – SOS Children’s Villages 2009 Indonesia earthquake – Save the Children 2009 El Salvador floods – Plan International 2008 China earthquake – Care for Children 2008 Syria Iraqi displaced people – MercyCorps 2008 Ethiopia crop failure – Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association 2008 Myanmar Cyclone Nargis – Save the Children, MercyCorps 2008 Tajikistan severe winter – Save the Children 2008 Mozambique Cyclone Favio – Save the Children 2008 Kenya drought – Save the Children 2008 India Bihar floods – Save the Children 2008 Haiti Hurricaines Hannah + Ike – Save the Children 2008 Zimbabwe floods – Plan International 2007 Bangladesh floods – Save the Children 2007 Peru earthquake – Save the Children 2007 India Bengal floods – Save the Children 2007 Dominican Republic floods – Save the Children 2007 Mexico floods – Save the Children 2007 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea floods – Save the Children 2007 Burkina Faso floods – Save the Children 2007 Ghana floods – Afrikids 2006 Kenya and Somalia floods – Save the Children 2005 USA Hurricane Katarina – Red Cross USA 2005 Pakistan earthquake – Save the Children 2005 Niger emergency feeding – Save the Children 2005 India tsunami – Kings World Trust for Children 2005 Cuba Tropical Storm Arlene – La Centro de Rehabilitacion Integral Pediatrico 2004 Pakistan earthquake – The Citizens Foundation 2004 Iran earthquake – Bam Earthquake Disaster Fund 2004 Morocco earthquake – King of Morocco Earthquake Fund 2003 Algeria earthquake – Sonatrach Limited 2003 Iraq conflict – Medical Aid for Iraqi Children

Every dollar spent on preparing for a disaster saves $7 in emergency response.26

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staff engagement Vitol employees visit, live and work in nearly every developing country worldwide. With such a global reach, we encourage staff to introduce us to organisations that they are inspired by and some of our best partnerships have come from staff suggestions. We also aim to harness the local knowledge, expertise and capabilities of employees worldwide by inviting them to visit projects and partners in-country and to give us their feedback. These project visits are also an opportunity for staff to better understand the work of the Foundation and the challenges faced by our partners on the ground and the children and families they are helping. Vitol offices around the world also get funding from the Foundation to support local causes, and staff engage in fundraising events for charities that they feel passionately about. The Vitol Foundation will match those funds if they fall within our guidelines. " Funny what can happen at the Emirates on a match day. My flatmate at the time introduced me to a friend of his who managed a football based charity, Grassroot Soccer. I was taken by the project’s achievements so far and future goals and introduced them to the Vitol Foundation team. Before I knew it, the Vitol Foundation had become a major supporter of their programme in Zimbabwe. I was thrilled to learn of our Foundation’s equal interest in the project and the decision to donate a significant amount of money to this great charity."

Charles Hotimsky, Vitol Bahrain

" In June 2012, I was visiting Sierra Leone for Vitol when I met Tom Cairnes. He was a Director of the Welbodi Partnership who worked at Ola During Paediatric Hospital in Freetown. Their ambition was to transform the hospital into a paediatric teaching hospital and to build in-country capacity to make a meaningful impact on the high child mortality rates in this post conflict country. They needed a radiology department to get accredited by the West African College of Physicians. On my next visit I met him again, after which I put them in touch with the Foundation team. They subsequently funded Welbodi, the hospital is now accredited and the radiology unit up and running."

Ian Brown, Vitol Nigeria " I was first introduced to WSUP in a school on the outskirts of Maputo when I was invited to visit one of their water sanitisation projects. I was shocked to see the unhygienic conditions that the children had to endure but was encouraged by the work that WSUP were undertaking, including ensuring the provision of clean running water and segregated washing facilities. What particularly appealed to me was WSUP’s high level of engagement with the private sector and their strategy of working with existing infrastructure. Vitol’s involvement has helped to put in place a sustainable solution to providing clean running water and has helped to improve the lives of hundreds of children in Maputo."

Simon Hale, Vitol London " I visited the Children’s Hospital Trust in Cape Town, which gives doctors from across Africa the opportunity to improve their medical skills with guidance from experienced physicians. These doctors return home and pass on their new knowledge to other local doctors, greatly improving health care provision across many communities. I am so proud to be part of Vitol, a company with the funds and ability to sponsor such amazing programmes."

Dora Zakiewicz, Vitol South Africa

Vitol London, Ethiopia Trek for WaterAid

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Vitol Rotterdam, office raffle for SCWC

Vitol Houston, Lake Tahoe Ride for Juvenile Diabetes

" I have visited some of the projects that the Vitol Foundation has funded in countries in Asia and my deepest impression, which I cannot forget, was the visit made to Sirajganj Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The hospital is a 3 hour drive from Dhaka and was started by a selfless doctor with an inspired team dedicated to serve the local community who couldn’t afford even basic medical amenities. In Bangladesh, there is an alarming level of cataracts in both the elderly and infants due to pollution and malnutrition. During the visit, we witnessed a live cataract operation which is done in 5-7 minutes. We saw first-hand how the poor villagers were cared for in this hospital and how this operation gave the beneficiaries a new lease of life. I am glad to be a part of the Foundation Panel that approved the grant for this project as I saw for myself the difference that we are making to other lives."

Vitol Singapore, Cambodia projects visit

Jennifer Lum, Vitol Singapore " The Houston office took part in the 100 mile Lake Tahoe Bike Ride in September 2014 in the name of charity to defend Vitol's Yellow Jersey win from 2013! For the second year Team Vitol were supporting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Our 12 strong Team Vitol spent two months training, riding distances of up to 100 miles in the balmy 35°C Houston summer, and were awarded the top corporate fundraiser for the second year in a row."

Jason Volz, Vitol Houston " 15 of us from Vitol’s London office undertook a gruelling fiveday trek in the highlands of Ethiopia to raise funds for WaterAid. We hiked a collective 1500 miles across the awe-inspiring Simien Mountains, seeing first-hand the sanitation and water management challenges in this remote rural setting before visiting a number of local WaterAid projects. We could see the huge difference a quality water system can make. It was truly inspirational."

Chris Joly, Vitol London

VTTI and various Vitol employees, Amstel Gold Race for ALS

Vitol Dubai, fussball tournament for SCWC

Vitol Geneva, Course de l’Escalade de Geneve for SCWC

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Street Child World Cup In 2013-2014, the Vitol Group, the Vitol Foundation and VTTI were proud sponsors of the Street Child World Cup (SCWC): a global campaign to raise awareness of the plight of street children, to fund a network of support programmes working with street children and to encourage governments to improve their policies and services to better support and protect children living and working on their streets. The most important part wasn’t just the football; the national programmes are all working to help these children move off the streets, back to their families where possible, to get them into education or vocational training, and ultimately to enable them to secure a safer and brighter future for themselves. Every Vitol office around the world was randomly paired with a street child country team, to raise money to help them get to the tournament in Rio and, most importantly, to sustain legacy programmes back home that will transform the lives of many more street children for years to come. In addition, our Brazil office gave the SCWC team important local support in the lead up to the tournament and our Bahrain office raised the most per capita, helping team Pakistan on their ‘Road to Rio’ and beyond.

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The platform that SCWC provides to raise the profile of street children has been instrumental to getting the issues they face onto the agendas of their national governments. The success of SCWC in achieving this is demonstrated by what happened when the teams arrived back in their home countries after competing in the tournament. These are just some of the welcomes the teams received:

Brazil Team Brazil was invited by the Brazilian government to host a national summit to discuss policy changes to the way street children are treated across Brazil. Representatives from all 27 states were in attendance as part of the "Children are not from the streets" campaign.

Burundi Team Burundi were welcomed home at the airport by a representative of the Ministry of Youth and Sport and invited to meet the President of Burundi to discuss the issues facing street children.

Kenya Team Kenya's Captain has been asked to sit on the Children’s Assembly since returning from Rio.

Pakistan Team Pakistan led a ten-city tour raising awareness of street children which resulted in Pakistan's National Assembly passing a resolution for a social protection plan for the country’s 1.5m street children. The tour culminated in a meeting with the Prime Minister.

Tanzania Not only did the SCWC winners get to meet their Prime Minister but the constitutional parliament of Tanzania – consisting of 600 MPs – was temporarily suspended to welcome the team back. On arrival in their home town of Mwanza, the team were met by a cavalcade of 50 motorbikes and 30 vehicles.

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Meet the Experts We’re honoured to have four individuals on the Vitol Foundation Advisory Board who have dedicated their lives to helping others. Their insight and expertise is invaluable in guiding our funding strategy and in helping us identify projects and partners that will be the most effective at tackling issues faced by the world’s most vulnerable and deprived communities. Professor Sir Brian Greenwood’s career has been dedicated to researching and mitigating the effects of malaria and other infectious diseases in Africa, where he lived and worked for over 25 years. His research has included vaccines as well as promoting simpler and more immediate measures, like the use of mosquito nets and preventive drugs. Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since 1996, he is also Director of the Malaria Capacity Development Consortium and he coordinates the African Meningococcal Carriage Consortium, both supported by the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Professor Dr Richard Carter is driven by a passion to alleviate poverty through water development and management in developing countries, with a particular focus on the poorest countries of subSaharan Africa. With over 35 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience, he has worked on projects all over the world. Previously the Head of Technical Support for WaterAid, he is the Director of his own company which is dedicated to rural development in low-income countries. Appointed Professor of International Water Development at Cranfield University in 2002, Richard is also author of over 100 research papers.

Dame Mary Richardson has spent her life initiating and supporting projects that break the cycle of poverty and deprivation through education. A teacher by profession, she spent over a decade as a head teacher transforming a North London school from a failing institution into one which regularly produces Oxbridge candidates, before joining HSBC to implement and run their Global Education Trust. Mary is a founding ambassador of Teach First, a governor on several school boards, and the patron of numerous trusts and societies.

Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, as Vice Chairman of the United Nations Global Compact - a principlebased framework for businesses, stating ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption - has been instrumental in encouraging businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies. He was Non-Executive Chairman of Anglo American PLC until 2009 and is also ex-Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, Chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services and a Director of Accenture and Saudi Aramco.

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"If you educate a man you simply educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a whole nation"

Female labour market income contributed 30% of the reduction in extreme poverty in Latin America between 2000 and 2010

For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, an average of $4 is returned in increased productivity 28

Nearly250 million primary-school age children do not have basic reading and mathematics skills, even though some of these children have attended school for several years 2.5 billion people across the developing world depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. This single profession outnumbers all others combined 31

Lack of water, sanitation and hygiene costs Sub-Saharan African countries more in lost GDP than the entire 33 continent gets in development aid

Young women aged 15 to 19 are twice as likely to die from complications in pregnancy as women in their twenties 34

Irrigated land Productivity is more than double that of rain-fed land. Only 4% of productive land is irrigated in Sub-Saharan Africa

Babies born to adolescent mothers face a substantially higher risk of dying than those born to women aged 20 to 24

The2015 goal to halve the proportion of people living without sanitation is running 150 years behind schedule