2011 UnionAID Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 An independent charitable trust established by the NZ Council of Trade Unions –Te Kauae Kaimahi.

UnionAID is the international development agency for New Zealand unionists and their families.

Workers in New Zealand helping workers overseas Registered Charity – Charities Commission Reg No CC42051 Trustees: Ross Wilson Executive Chair, Peter Conway, Helen Kelly and Mary-Jane Rivers (with effect from 1 December 2010).

P O Box 6689, Wellington 6141 Email: admin@unionaid.org.nz Web: unionaid.org.nz

Union Foundation Members:

Union Foundation Members: NZ Council of Trade Unions –Te Kauae Kaimahi (CTU), Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union(EPMU), Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), National Distribution Union (NDU), NZ Dairy Workers Union (NZDWU), NZEI Te Riu Roa; NZ Educational Institute, NZ Post Primary Teachers Organisation (PPTA), Public Service Association (PSA), Rail & Maritime Transport Union (RMTU), Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota (SFWU), Tertiary Education Union (TEU).

Trustees’ Report 2010-11 has been another successful year for UnionAID with active fundraising and the planning of new projects.

2011 is going to be the year when UnionAID really takes off. All the hard graft getting established, together with growing support from donors, has laid a strong foundation from which to build.

Just before Christmas we got the exciting news that our application to the Government’s new Sustainable Development Fund to build a skills training centre for young Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot had been approved. The centre will provide 350 young women each year with the skills to get employment in garment factories and is a much needed facility in this border area of mainly Burmese refugees.

This project is incredibly good value for money. $NZ56,000 will build two classrooms/workshops, an office, accommodation for staff and trainees and food and operating costs for the year.

The initiative is a tribute, in particular, to our project leaders and partners in Mae Sot, Min Lwin and Htwe Nge of the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma.

The SDF funding criteria encourages us to focus on economic development and our Tamil Nadu project already has components of this. The Dalit communities could benefit from developing the project’s existing craft and contracting collectives, skills training and micro-financing.

That will be our objective for their new project.

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As a union based organisation, and with a network of Pacific unionists, we would also like to extend our work to our Pacific neighbours. There may be an opportunity to do that this year.

And of course raising funds for all this has to be an important priority for us. Our objective is for all union members, and hopefully families and friends, to commit to a small monthly direct debit, perhaps $10. This year we will have a special campaign to recruit union leaders and staff as Kiwi Solidarity members. Many have said to me that they intend to sign up, but for various reasons they don’t get around to it. So this year we are making that a special campaign with May Day as D Day. As Trustees we are very proud of what UnionAID has already helped these communities in developing countries to achieve. And of course our donors should share that pride because we can’t do it without your financial support.

So thanks again for making your commitment. Your money is already making a huge difference to many thousands of some of the most vulnerable workers in the world.

Peter Conway Helen Kelly Mary-Jane Rivers Ross Wilson

You can help vulnerable workers in developing countries in our region get a fairer deal by making a small monthly donation by direct debit by emailing admin@unionaid.org.nz Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust is a registered charity - Reg. No.CC42051

Financial Report Statement of Financial Performance For the Year Ended 31 March 2011

Statement of Financial Position As at 31 March 2011

Income

2011

Kiwi Solidarity Member Donations

2010

Assets

2010

168,692

89,015

37,219

18,354

30

120

Fixed Assets

585

1,463

General Donations

14,735

12,965

Total Assets

169,277

90,478

Foundation Donations

13,104

63,400

Fundraising Income

25,956

936

268,438

14,500

Current Liabilities

3,971

1,334

3,339

38

Total Liabilites

3,971

1,334

362,821

110,313

165,305

89,144

275,556

8,799

Operational Expenditure

3,478

3,514

Fundraising/Promotional Expenditure

7,626

8,857

286,660

21,170

76,161

89,143

0900 Donations

Grant/Project Income Interest Total Income Expenditure

Current Assets

2011

Liabilities

Equity Notes to the Summary Financial Statements

Project Expenditure

Total Expenditure Surplus/(Deficit)

These summary financial statements have been extracted from the audited financial statements.

A copy of the audited financial statements is available on request from the UnionAid office, or from the website.

Income Sources excluding Grant Funding 2011

Grant/Project Income & Expenditure

2010 63,400

300,000 250,000

37,219

200,000

25,956

150,000

Grant Income

100,000

Project Expenditure

18,354

14,735 30

12,965

13,104 936

120

3,339

38

50,000 0

2011

2010

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Kiwi Solidarity Member Donations

0900 Donations General Donations

Foundation Donations

Fundraising Income

You can help vulnerable workers in developing countries in our region get a fairer deal by making a small monthly donation by direct debit by emailing admin@unionaid.org.nz with your contact details. We will then contact you and make the arrangements.

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Interest

UnionAID Project Priorities for 2011 UnionAID has established the following priorities for our project work in 2011:

The FTUB Mae Sot Project The establishment of the skills training centre for Burmese migrant workers is our first priority for the year. Funding from the Government’s new Sustainable Development Fund will assist with this desperately needed facility.

A Pacific Project A UnionAID Pacific project, with a skills development focus, and possibly a health/education component will be developed if a suitable opportunity and need is identified.

Burma Young Community Leaders The Tamil Nadu Labour Project Union Project Our existing 3 year project ends on 30 June 2011 and our strategy for this project is to work with our partners to develop: • an “economic development” project which meets the SDF criteria, perhaps based on the existing cooperatives, skills training and micro-enterprise work in the present project.

• a restructuring of the present union organising project so that it moves to self-funding, and to have a stronger focus on including new Dalit communities in Tamil Nadu. This project would be funded out of our own donor funding.

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In conjunction with our UnionAID Young Leaders project we intend to build a network of interested organisations to provide ongoing support to the graduates from our programme by way of: • advice on possible sources of funding for their projects • advice and assistance with funding applications • a modest trust fund to consider small project funding proposals to assist the young leaders with their future work.

You can help vulnerable workers in developing countries in our region get a fairer deal by making a small monthly donation by direct debit by emailing admin@unionaid.org.nz with your contact details. We will then contact you and make the arrangements.

Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust is a registered charity - Reg. No.CC42051