IT m e a n s THE WORLD.
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Yesterday, 24,000 children, mothers, brothers, aunts, fathers, sisters, uncles and other beloved family members died because they didn’t have basic medical care. Today, you are learning how we’re trying to change that. For more than 20 years, Physicians for Peace has seen this desperate need and is working to strengthen the world’s healthcare systems through long-term, sustainable, medical education and training that can be used long after we’ve left a location. It’s simple. We do more than provide medical education and clinical care.
We become friends.
We promote hope.
We protect futures.
See how we accomplished all this in the past year. And help us continue to do this important work.
IT m e a n s THE WORLD.
THROUGH YOU, WE BRING COMPASSION TO THOSE WHO MAY KNOW ONLY FEAR. WE BRING HOPE TO EYES FILLED WITH SORROW. WE BRING A FUTURE TO CHILDREN WHO DESERVE TO GROW UP HEALTHY AND HAPPY.
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Our emphasis on collaborative partnerships has continued to demonstrate their value. For example, our Partnership for Eritrea, created by Physicians for Peace, The George Washington University, and the Eritrean Minister of Health, has been joined by Columbia University and Yale University to bring post graduate medical education to a nation determined to bring its health care system into the 21st century with the help of Physicians for Peace.
In 2007, we launched the Charles E. Horton Humanitarian Award for Global Health, with Professor Jeff Sachs, noted world leader in poverty reduction. In 2008, that award went to Senator Bill Frist, a cardiologist who has devoted both his public and private life to improving health care for children in the developing world.
None of our efforts would be remotely possible without our selfless volunteers and our generous donors. Physicians for Peace gets no U.S. government money and relies almost exclusively on the kindness of individual donors. In this economy, as most charities have discovered, 2008 gifts are down considerably and projections for 2009 are equally pessimistic. But through prudent planning and careful financial management, we are cautiously optimistic that we will continue to maintain the level of our field operations without cutting services to those who need it most.
Physicians for Peace
financials, you will note that we remain committed to the uncompromising stewardship of our precious donor gifts. In fact, we have now earned five consecutive annual four-star ratings from Charity Navigator, validating that we exceed industry standards for fiscal management, actually placing us in the top 4-5% of all evaluated charities. We expect that trend to continue. We also expect to continue our ability to contain our administrative costs while ensuring 90% or more of our cash and material gifts go directly to our field operations.
DEAR FRIENDS OF
Physicians for Peace,
Against the backdrop of difficult economic times, Physicians for Peace continues to thrive and meet the needs of those who struggle in poverty and whose access to even the most basic health care is sparse or nonexistent. While it has not been without its challenges, we have stayed the course, focusing on our mission, the extraordinary volunteers who give life to our mission, and the countless tens of thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the work we do. What has sustained us in this particularly difficult environment has been the fact that in early 2008, we began a very rigorous strategic planning process and restructuring that buoyed us through these turbulent times. We were well positioned to weather the storm and emerge even stronger and more resilient. For those longtime observers of Physicians for Peace, you will note that we changed our fiscal year to now coincide with the calendar year. So the financial statements included here are the first we’ve reported on a January 1 - December 31 basis. As you study the
Also in 2008, we explored a great deal of new territory both geographically and programmatically. India, Liberia, Libya, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Mali, Senegal, Malawi, and others are now part of our portfolio, approaching 60 countries served. Our Walking Free and Seeing Clearly programs have expanded significantly as have our child and maternal health initiatives. We are particularly enthused that our Central American Pediatric Burn Consortium, founded by Physicians for Peace in 2006, has prospered to the point that today, it is an independent organization governed by its own membership.
We would certainly encourage you to take advantage of our growing emphasis and reliance on our important social networking and electronic communications. Our Web site (physiciansforpeace.org) is a portal to a wealth of information, access to our blogs, and almost unlimited information via YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other sites.
We are eternally grateful to our many friends and supporters and thank you for what you have done on our behalf. It truly means the world to us. And to those who need us.
— Brigadier General Ron Sconyers (USAF, Ret.), President and Chief Executive Officer, Physicians for Peace January 11 - 18, 2008 San Salvador, El Salvador Burn Care Surgery
January 11 - 19, 2008
Santiago, Dominican Republic Burn Care Nurse Education
January 11 - 19, 2008
Santiago, Dominican Republic Burn Care Rehabilitation Fact Find
January 14 - 21, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea EVMS Student Exchange
January 14 - 18, 2008
Santiago and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Walking Free
January 14 - 19, 2008 San Salvador, El Salvador Burn Care Nurse Education
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WHERE WE BEGAN.
What Distinguishes
Physicians for Peace?
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Physicians for Peace was founded in 1989, dedicated
And What Drives Us to Continue.
Our Purpose Physicians for Peace provides medical education and training, clinical care, and donates medical supplies to developing countries with unmet needs and scarce resources. Our programs ensure lasting change in our host countries.
In 2008, Physicians for Peace completed 56 missions involving 208 volunteers, and traveled to 17 countries, including a first-time factfinding visit to Vietnam. Sustainability and Replicability Host countries invite Physicians for Peace to initiate our medical programs, which they then sustain and replicate. Many developing nations use our Burn Care program as a model for improving the outcome of burn victims, and our newly established Burn Consortium serves as a clearinghouse for training and education throughout Central America and the Caribbean. Medical Diplomacy Through our medical education programs, alliances are forged, health care burdens are eased, and ongoing friendships are established among medical professionals in the United States and their peers in the developing world.
to the ideal that health care in the developing
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world can best be improved by providing training
If you heal someone, you help one person. If you teach someone to heal, you help many.
and education to medical professionals in those countries. When we send one volunteer medical professional overseas, that person might train
Dr. Charles E. Horton Sr. Founder, Physicians for Peace
Residency programs in pediatrics and surgery were launched in 2008 through The Partnership for Eritrea, comprising the first-ever postgraduate training programs in this African country. International Relevancy Physicians for Peace fully embraces the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals to meet the needs of the world’s poorest by 2015. In 2008, Physicians for Peace programs received nearly $1 million in donated medical services by health care providers, and we sent more than $9 million in medical supplies globally to support our programs. Equity to All Physicians for Peace ascribes to no religious or political affiliations, showing compassion and respect to member of all nations. Since its inception, Physicians for Peace has made hundreds of trips to more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, changing the lives of countless thousands of people along the way.
10 of his or her in-country peers, who will later heal thousands or tens of thousands of patients
Partners for a
in the world’s most underserved populations.
The mission of Physicians for Peace would not be achievable without the many partners with whom we have become involved throughout our history. Following is a list of some of the corporations, foundations, academic institutions and others that have supported Physicians for Peace:
By focusing on long-term, sustainable, replicable
Better Tomorrow
medical education and training, we send teams of medical volunteers — including physicians, dentists, nurses, physical therapists, physician assistants and other health care professionals — to places where their teaching and healing skills are needed most.
AT Home Care Chesapeake General Hospital Columbia Earth Institute Eastern Virginia Medical School EYE See Family Health International The George Washington University Medical Center Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics, Inc. Lions Clubs International Medtronic Mylan Pharmaceuticals New Eyes for the Needy Old Dominion University Project Hope Universidad Católica Santo Domingo Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Message from our President & CEO
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Introduction to Physicians for Peace
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Our Programs
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2008 Financial Statements
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Board of Trustees
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Medical Operations Committee and Staff
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Ways to Give
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SPECIAL THANKS TO: Charles Sefton Parr
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January 16 - 23, 2008 Guatemala City, Guatemala Walking Free
January 17 - 31, 2008 Dhaka, Bangladesh Clinical Care
February 26 - 28, 2008 Santiago, Chile Burn Care
February 11 - 22, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Psychiatry
February 1 - 8, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea ENT
February 22 - March 8, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Faculty Development
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BURN CARE PROGRAM
h Reducing scars on the outside…and the inside. The Burn Care Program helps developing nations by providing burn surgery education, burn nursing education, and the development of burn clinics. Volunteers also provide didactic training in burn reconstructive surgery and teach medical personnel the latest in treatment methodologies, including burn garment education. This innovative training teaches local seamstresses to sew burn compression garments, which greatly reduce scarring and skin contractures during healing, at a cost of about 1/100th of the same treatment garments in the U.S. Through the Burn Care Program, Physicians for Peace has improved the health and well-being of thousands of burn victims around the world.
WALKING FREE PROGRAM
h To some, freedom is as simple as walking. Throughout much of the world, amputee victims of land mines, earthquakes, motor vehicle accidents, industrial and agricultural accidents, birth defects, disease, and war receive little or no medical treatment. Physicians for Peace designed the Walking Free Program to help those who are suffering by establishing sustainable prosthetic and rehabilitation centers in developing nations. Efforts include prosthetic and orthotic production, clinical and academic education programs, direct patient care, surgical and medical management, and public education. The Walking Free Program has had much success conducting dozens of research, education, and training missions. Additionally, we have helped more than ten thousand patients with prosthetic and orthotic needs, providing millions of dollars in prosthetic and orthotic in-kind contributions, including rehabilitation and surgical supplies and equipment. February 29 - March 10, 2008 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Fact Find
March 1 - 5, 2008
Guatemala City, Guatemala Burn Care Nurse Education and Burn Care Surgery
March 22 - April 5, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea Foot and Ankle Surgery
March 24 - April 14, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Community Medicine and PICU
March 28 - April 7, 2008 Kaduna, Nigeria VVF
March 5 - 8, 2008 Panama City, Panama Burn Care Fact Find
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DENTAL CARE PROGRAM
h A healthy mouth can lead to a healthy future. The Physicians for Peace Dental Care Program works to enhance dental faculty techniques, student skills, public dental clinic services, and preventive education for indigent patients. Through direct patient care, the dental team performs extractions and treats cavities and decay, as well as acute pulp and acute occlusive diseases. They also give instruction in oral hygiene, dietary counseling, cavity prevention, and oral cancer screenings. In addition to patient care, the team provides lectures for the country’s local dentists, bringing them updated techniques. The Dental Care Program has visited Peru, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Philippines, and Vietnam.
SPECIALIZED SURGICAL MISSIONS
h Creating a healthier future with care and education. Physicians for Peace conducts medical/surgical missions to address the immediate clinical care needs of local populations where access to medical care is limited or non-existent. While delivering hands-on patient care, our volunteers also partner with local medical staff and teach and demonstrate new techniques and procedures in areas where concepts like continuing medical education are unknown. Our specialized surgery volunteer medical teams include cardiology, cleft lip and cleft palate, plastic surgery, and limb reconstruction. March 6 - 19, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Pediatric Critical Care
March 9 - 16, 2008
Guatemala City, Guatemala Dental Care
March 11 - 23, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Faculty Rotation / Pediatrics
April 15 - May 10, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / GI and Nutrition
April 24 - 29, 2008
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Walking Free
April 30 - May 10, 2008
Ramallah, West Bank Diabetes Clinic and Cleft Surgery
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THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ERITREA
h Working together, we can better help those in need. Eritrea, a country with 4.9 million people, currently has just five pediatricians and seven surgeons who serve the entire population. After declaring independence from Ethiopia after three decades of war, a noticeable casualty of the struggle has been the health care system, as most physicians fled for safety. The Partnership for Eritrea is an innovative collaboration between Physicians for Peace, The George Washington University Medical Center and the State of Eritrea Ministry of Health. In existence for two years, the Partnership has developed and implemented a graduate medical education program at the Orotta School
SEEING CLEARLY PROGRAM
h We focus on vision care and offer the gift of sight. In the developing world, faced with a dire crisis in health care, the access to vision care and treatment is often a low priority. Yet in most cases, a standard vision exam and prescription glasses are all that is needed for a patient to see clearly, often for the first time in his or her life. The Philippines is a perfect example of a country facing this situation. Spread over 7,000 plus islands, access to decent medical care is almost non-existent for a large percentage of
of Medicine in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara. Residency programs in pediatrics and surgery were launched in January 2008, comprising the first-ever postgraduate training programs in Eritrea. The first class of eight pediatric residents is scheduled to graduate from the program December 2009. The Partnership for Eritrea has also launched its OB/GYN Residency Program in collaboration with Columbia University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which will ultimately decrease maternal and infant mortality as it trains physicians to give the best possible perinatal care.
the population. When care is available, people may have to travel hundreds of miles to receive it. The Seeing Clearly Program created the first eyeglass bank in the Philippines in 2004, and an optometry clinic in 2006. Through the program and facilities, medical professionals are trained to use sophisticated equipment to determine the prescription strength of donated eyeglasses and to provide comprehensive eye exams to patients, who then receive either appropriate medical treatment or a pair of prescription glasses. May 10 - 17, 2008 Diybarkir, Turkey Walking Free
May 2 - 10, 2008
Guatemala City, Guatemala Walking Free
June 13 - 17, 2008
Santiago, Dominican Republic Burn Care Rehabilitation Training
June 18 - 22, 2008
San JosĂŠ, Costa Rica Burn Care Rehabilitation Training
June 19 - 28, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Radiology
June 30 - July 4, 2008 Kaduna, Nigeria VVF
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS
h Every minute, another woman dies in childbirth. And every baby who lives grows up without a mother. EVERY STORY IS FILLED WITH HEARTACHE AND HOPE. THROUGH THESE SPECIAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS, PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE IS WORKING TO CREATE A MORE HEALTHFUL, HOPEFUL WORLD.
PALS/NALS Training Prenatal and Neonatal Advanced Life Saving Training
Often saving the life of a newborn child is as simple as knowing what to do. Prenatal and Neonatal Advanced Life Saving certification and training for health care professionals is crucial in the developing world in order to reduce infant mortality. Physicians for Peace has sent
Midwifery Program
teaching missions to India, covering a wide range of
Physicians for Peace has partnered with volunteers to create an educational
pediatric techniques, from basic
training class focusing on midwives. Most often midwives are the primary
hygiene and infection control
maternal health care providers in many of the countries where we work. The goal
to IV therapy, developmental
of providing training for new or improved practices and techniques will result in
care, and much more. This type
many mothers’ and babies’ lives saved. The Physicians for Peace volunteers teach
of knowledge can empower
about issues dealing with abnormal labor, postpartum hemorrhage, eclampsia,
one nurse to save countless
and basic neonatal life support.
infant lives, as well as pass the learning on to others.
VVF Surgery VVF and RVF (vesicovaginal fistula and rectovaginal fistula) are serious
Resource Mothers Program
complications of childbirth, where prolonged labor results in serious tissue
The Resource Mothers Program, modeled on a Virginia-based initiative to
damage. The condition occurs more often in developing countries where women
improve the health of expectant and new mothers and their babies, empowers
become pregnant at a very young age. Their small pelvic size and lack of access
women in deprived and underserved neighborhoods in the developing world
to proper medical care during childbirth results in the type of obstructed and
to serve as mentors to pregnant
prolonged labor that causes VVF. Living with the effects of this condition can be
adolescents, helping them to
devastating; women are often shunned by their husbands, ostracized by their
have safe pregnancies and
families, and live as social outcasts with no way to support themselves.
healthy babies. The program was launched in November 2005
Physicians for Peace VVF missions are designed to assist local hospitals with all
in Santo Domingo, Dominican
aspects of care for victims of this condition, from performing reconstructive surgeries,
Republic, as “Madres Tutelares”
to stocking hospital supply rooms, to providing job training to women during their
and has seen the births of
post-op recovery period so they can leave the hospital with hope for a new life.
hundreds of healthy newborns.
July 14 - 20, 2008 Manila, Philippines Clinical Care
July 14 - 20, 2008 Manila, Philippines Walking Free
August 10 - 16, 2008
Moca, Dominican Republic Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Surgery
August 10 - 16, 2008
Santiago, Dominican Republic Burn Care Rehabilitation Training
August 8 - 26, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Cardiology
August 8 - 30, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / GI
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STATEMENT OF
h Functional Expenses Year Ended December 31, 2008
Western Hemisphere African Affairs Affairs
East Asian Pacific Affairs
European and Eurasian Affairs
In-kind donations $6,651,246 $1,969,583 $590,149 Donated services 227,875 558,230 37,078 Salaries — — — Travel 126,034 170,194 43,195 Professional consultant 3,609 266,914 — Strategic plan development — — — Special events — — — Office expenses 7,926 40,187 10,749 Fringe benefits and payroll taxes — 5,042 Uncollectible pledge expense — — — Fundraising tools — — — Government relations — — — Office rent — — — Postage/freight 4,111 19,351 7,754 Contract labor 52,312 9,000 Investment expense — — — Collateral materials — — — Payroll taxes — — — Mission support 3,200 469 — Warehouse rent/utilities — — — General insurance — — — Professional fees — — — Depreciation expense — — — Equipment lease — — — Trustee expense — — — Public relations — — — Warehouse support — — 195 Education 750 3,500 — Repairs and maintenance — — — Advertising/promotions — — — Direct mail appeal — — — Dues and subscriptions — — — Medical supplies 846 982 — In-Kind other 1,321 115 707 Gifts and flowers 343 141 — Taxes and licenses — — —
$
$22,630
September 5 - 21, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea Foot and Ankle Surgery
$7,079,573
$3,034,708
September 21 - 28, 2008 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Plastic Surgery
$698,827
— 15,232 — 7,321 — — — — — — — — — 77 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Near Eastern Affairs
$
— 74,720 — 10,846 — — — — — — — — — 80 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
$85,646
September 22 - October 4, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Community Medicine
South Asian Affairs
Program Service Support
$300 63,290 — 5,313 — — — 110 — — — — — 135 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 347 — — —
$
$69,495
Total Program Expenses Fundraising
— $9,211,278 — 976,425 188,065 188,065 5,888 368,791 56,850 327,373 71,542 71,542 — — 10,765 69,737 34,493 39,535 — — — — — — 60,992 60,992 35,373 66,881 (576) 60,736 — — — — 14,387 14,387 22,100 25,769 31,624 31,624 14,715 14,715 — — — — — — — — — — 9,841 10,036 2,933 7,183 — — — — — — 45 45 221 2,396 — 2,143 — 484 258 258
$559,516
$11,550,395
September 24 - October 1, 2008 Santiago and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Walking Free
$
— — 264,565 10,144 42,582 71,542 143,244 3,335 36,355 110,000 109,679 90,909 10,528 304 291 — 54,435 19,904 7,908 — — — — — — 16,061 — 307 — 5,475 4,568 — — — 106 —
$1,002,242
Management Total and Supporting General Services
$
— — 261,014 3,637 590 35,771 — 47,921 45,093 — — — 11,497 3,526 8,117 58,700 — 19,883 — — 9,522 22,280 19,954 19,900 17,498 — — 2,211 7,603 246 — 3,788 — — 1,225 —
$599,976
September 29 - October 3, 2008 San Pedro Sula, Honduras Burn Care Fact Find
— — 525,579 13,781 43,172 107,313 143,244 51,256 81,448 110,000 109,679 90,909 22,025 3,830 8,408 58,700 54,435 39,787 7,908 — 9,522 22,280 19,954 19,900 17,498 16,061 — 2,518 7,603 5,721 4,568 3,788 — — 1,331 —
Expenses Total
$
$1,602,218
$9,211,278 976,425 713,644 382,572 370,545 178,855 143,244 120,993 120,983 110,000 109,679 90,909 83,017 70,711 69,144 58,700 54,435 54,174 33,677 31,624 24,237 22,280 19,954 19,900 17,498 16,061 10,036 9,701 7,603 5,721 4,568 3,833 2,396 2,143 1,815 258 $13,152,613
October 10 - 24, 2008 Asmara, Eritrea Multi Specialty
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STATEMENT OF
h Changes in Net Assets
STATEMENT OF
Year Ended December 31, 2008
Year Ended December 31, 2008 Unrestricted
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
Total
Net assets - December 31, 2007 Change in net assets
$13,061,110 (2,398,680)
$994,947 (393,031)
$260,000 —
$14,316,057 (2,791,711)
Net assets - December 31, 2008
$10,662,430
$601,916
$260,000
$11,524,346
STATEMENT OF
h Activities
Year Ended December 31, 2008
In-kind contributions - supplies $10,679,390 Contributions 891,441 In-kind contributions - services and other 987,269 Investment income 367,907 Special events revenue 279,869 Realized and unrealized investment gains (losses) (3,226,438) Net assets released from restrictions 774,495 Total public support, revenue and other income 10,753,933
Temporarily Restricted
$
— 381,464 — — — — (774,495) (393,031)
Permanently Restricted
$
Total
— — — — — — — —
$10,679,390 1,272,905 987,269 367,907 279,869 (3,226,438) — 10,360,902
EXPENSES
Program Services Western Hemisphere Affairs African Affairs East Asian Pacific Affairs Program service support Near Eastern Affairs South Asian Affairs European and Eurasian Affairs Total program services Supporting Services Fundraising Management and General Total supporting services Total Expenses Change in net assets October 4 - 12, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Faculty Development
7,079,573 3,034,708 698,827 559,516 85,646 69,495 22,630 11,550,395
— — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — —
7,079,573 3,034,708 698,827 559,516 85,646 69,495 22,630 11,550,395
1,002,242 599,976 1,602,218
— — —
— — —
1,002,242 599,976 1,602,218
13,152,613
—
$(2,398,680)
$(393,031)
October 4 - 19, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Nephrology
Change in net assets Adjustments to reconcile to cash from operating activities: Depreciation Net realized and unrealized gains on investments Reinvested interest and dividends Uncollectible pledge expense Change in: Contributions receivable Interest receivable Inventory Security deposits Accounts payable and accrued expenses Net cash from operating activities
$(2,791,711) 19,954 3,226,438 (364,124) 110,000 (37,407) 1,184 (1,468,112) (5,845) 74,433 (1,235,190)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted PUBLIC SUPPORT, REVENUE, AND OTHER INCOME
h Cash Flow
$
—
13,152,613
—
$(2,791,711)
October 7 - 24, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Surgical Faculty Rotation / Pharmacology
Purchase of furniture and equipment Proceeds from sale of investments Purchase of investments Net cash from investing activities
(7,679) 7,454,223 (5,989,674) 1,456,870
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
221,680
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year
645,154
Cash and cash equivalents - end of year
$866,834
STATEMENT OF
h Financial Position Year Ended December 31, 2008
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Current assets Cash and cash equivalents Contribution receivable Interest receivable Inventory Total current assets
$866,834 25,769 21,498 3,465,911 4,380,012
Furniture and equipment - net Investments Contributions receivable Deposits
32,367 7,157,653 61,758 7,172
$11,638,962
November 1 - 15, 2008
November 1 - 8, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Surgical Faculty Rotation / Vascular surgery
Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Net Assets Unrestricted Unrestricted - board designated Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total current assets
Santiago, Dominican Republic Clinical Care - Pediatric Urology
$114,616 3,764,777 6,897,653 601,916 260,000 11,524,346 $11,638,962
November 3 - 9, 2008 Amman, Jordan Walking Free
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COMMITTED TO CREATING A BETTER WORLD:
h Physicians
The members of the Physicians for Peace Board of Trustees share a passionate commitment to the development of world peace and international goodwill through quality medical education and care. We are deeply indebted to this devoted group of volunteers for their unselfish dedication.
for Peace Board of Trustees January 2008 – October 2009
Executive Committee CHAIRMAN Edward A. Heidt, Jr. President and CEO The PENROD Company Virginia Beach, VA
FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Edward H. Karotkin, M.D. Co-Chair, Physicians for Peace Medical Operations Committee Professor of Pediatrics Eastern Virginia Medical School Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Norfolk, VA
SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN Donald S. Buckley, M.H.A., Ph.D., LFACHE Co-Chair, Physicians for Peace Medical Operations Committee Chesapeake, VA
MEMBER-AT-LARGE 1 Nancy H. Nusbaum
Trustees 2
MEMBER-AT-LARGE 1 Juan M. Montero, II, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chair of Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Alliances Kaufman & Canoles Norfolk, VA
Richard Austin
Bernard M. Barrett, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.
Vice Chair Department of Plastic Surgery University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA
John R. Broderick President Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
Allan Irving Goldberg, M.D.
Irvington, VA
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Associate Professor of Nursing Department of Family, Community & Mental Health Systems University of Virginia School of Nursing Charlottesville, VA
Anthony A. Caldamone, M.D., F.A.C.S. Director, Urology Residency Program The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Chief of Pediatric Urology Hasbro Children’s Hospital Providence, RI 2
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Catherine C. Colgan Virginia Beach, VA
Raymond F. Morgan, M.D., F.A.C.S. Chair Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery University of Virginia Medical School Charlottesville, VA 1
2
Charles E. Horton Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. Children’s Surgical Specialty Group Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Norfolk, VA
Eid B. Mustafa, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Charles E. Penn
President The Communications Alliance Charleston, SC
Honorary Trustees †
Frank Batten
Donald R. Laub, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chairman & CEO (ret.) Landmark Communications Norfolk, VA
Redwood City, CA
R. Barrett Noone, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Joseph E. Murray, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. Nobel Laureate Professor of Surgery Emeritus Harvard Medical School Wellesley Hills, MA
Willcox Ruffin, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. Norfolk, VA
2
John F. Hussey
Director, James A. Baker, III Institute for Public Policy Rice University Houston, TX
Media/Community Relations Manager Dominion Resources Services, Inc. Norfolk, VA
1
Washington, DC
Amb. Edward P. Djerejian
Plastic Surgery Center Wichita Falls, TX 2
Robert H. Dennis II, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Norfolk City Council Chief Executive Officer Winn Nursery of VA, Inc. Norfolk, VA
New York, NY
Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Advocacy Officer Association of American Medical Colleges Washington, DC
Kathleen M. Casey, M.D., F.A.C.S. Director, Operation Giving Back American College of Surgeons Chicago, IL
Doris S. Greiner, RN, Ph.D.
Hon. Barclay C. Winn
Jayne T. Keith
Executive Director, Scientific Affairs Merck and Co., Inc. North Wales, PA
Bonnie P. Bryant
E. Ralph Hostetter North East, MD
Thomas J. Gampper, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX 2
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David M. Delpierre, J.D.
KPMG LLP Norfolk, VA
Virginia Beach, VA
Chairman, Physicians for Peace Governance Committee Norfolk, VA
President and CEO Towne Financial Services Group Virginia Beach, VA
Norfolk, VA
TREASURER Harold J. Bernsen, RADM, USN (Ret.)
SECRETARY Edward L. Lilly, M.D., F.A.C.P.
J. Morgan Davis
Warren E. Sachs, D.D.S.
Trustees Emeritus
Drs. Lefcoe, Weinstein, Sachs, Schiff & Associates Virginia Beach, VA
Max C. Chapman Jr.
Hemang H. Shah, M.D. Tidewater Neurologist and Sleep Specialists Portsmouth, VA
Chairman Gardner Capital Management Corp. New York, NY
Ex-Officio Namik K. Baran, M.D. Chairman, Physicians for Peace International Board of Governors Ankara, Turkey
Nancy R. Hussey Chairman, Physicians for Peace Gifts-InKind Committee Charleston, SC
Chapel Hill, NC
Chesapeake, VA
November 4 - 15, 2008 Nagpur, India NALS/PALS Nurse Education
November 7 - 22, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation / Community Medicine and PICU
December 13 - 19, 2008 San Jose, Costa Rica Burn Care Nurse Education
December 14 - 19, 2008 San Jose, Costa Rica Burn Care Psych Assessment
Executive Committee
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Jane W. Smith
President Bob and Margo Taylor Foundation President Taylor Real Estate, Inc. Norfolk, VA
Jo Ann Davis
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Virginia Beach, VA
Robert T. Taylor
President Cottrell Contracting Corporation Chesapeake, VA
Charlotte Plastic Surgery Charlotte, NC
Adelia E. Robertson, R.N. (Pat)
Easton, MD
Benjamin G. Cottrell V
Kevin L. Smith, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Executive Director The American Board of Plastic Surgery Bryn Mawr, PA
Until October 3, 2009
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New Trustee, effective October 3, 2009
December 17 - 20, 2008 Port au Prince, Haiti Seeing Clearly
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Deceased
December 29 - January 16, 2009
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Surgical Faculty Rotation
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SUCCESSFULLY IMPROVING LIVES:
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for Peace Staff
In their role as coordinators and managers of our medical programs and missions, the Physicians for Peace staff are crucial to our success worldwide. Their talents add immeasurably to our effectiveness and their enthusiasm speaks volumes about the rewards of working for a humanitarian organization. We wholeheartedly thank them. Administration Ronald T. Sconyers, BG, (USAF, Ret.) President and Chief Executive Officer
for Peace Medical Operations Committee
MAKING IT HAPPEN:
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Jane Foge Executive Assistant to the President and CEO and Office Manager
Marketing and Development
Katherine Cohee Taylor Communications & Marketing Officer
Marlowe D’Oriano Marketing Manager
The Physicians for Peace Medical Operations Committee is comprised of a broad spectrum of professionals lending their expertise to the oversight of our medical programs, our missions and our volunteers. We thank them for the insight and guidance they provide in carrying out our most important activities. They are truly the heart and soul of our organization.
Senior Director, Development & Communications
Sharon D. Gabriel Development Officer
Laurie D. Harrison Co-Chair and Chief Medical Officer Edward Karotkin, M.D. Virginia Beach, VA
Raouf Gharbo, .DO., F.A.A.P.M. & R., F.A.A.E.M.
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Caroline Martin, R.N., M.H.A. Suffolk, VA
Samuel W. Hill
Newport News VA 1
Co-Chair Donald S. Buckley, M.H.A., Ph.D., LFACHE
Allan Goldberg, M.D.
LaVern Morris Norfolk, Virginia
North Wales, PA
Edward Oldfield, III, M.D. Charles E. Horton Jr., M.D.
Chesapeake, VA
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA
Frances Butterfoss, Ph.D., M.S.Ed., R.N. Yorktown, VA
Pinar Polat Jason Houser, J.D.
Norfolk, VA
Newport News, Virginia
Anthony Caldamone, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P. Providence, RI
Lisa Casanova, M.D. Newport News, VA
John Robb, C.P.O. 1
Nancy Hussey
Newport News, VA
Charleston, SC
John Knight, M.P.H. Portsmouth, VA
Diane Strout, R.N., B.S.N., C.N.O.R., R.N.F.A. Chesapeake, VA 1
December 5 - 28, 2008
Asmara, Eritrea Partnership for Eritrea Pediatric Faculty Rotation
December 7 - 13, 2008 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Burn Care Nurse Education
Development Officer, Event Planning
Until September 30, 2009
Development Officer
Director, Global Health Programs and Volunteer Development
Kenneth R. Hudson Manager, Gifts in Kind
Financial and Human Resources Shelly A. Flinn Director, Financial Management
Shannon D.S. Kane
Susan Carroll Palmer, CAE
Cheryl M. Wearing Development and Human Resources Manager
Eboni N. Washington Coordinator, Global Health Programs and Technology Management
International Representatives Lyne Abanilla Director, The Philippines
Medical Operations Mary M. Kwasniewski Senior Director, Global Health Programs
Ramón López, M.D. Director, The Americas
Haile Mezghebe, M.D. Director, Post Graduate Medical Education, Eritrea
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WAYS TO GIVE
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You Can Mean the World to Someone in Need
For five consecutive years, Charity Navigator, the nation’s premier charity evaluator, has awarded Physicians for Peace a four-star rating - their highest honor. Ranking in the top 5% of nearly 5,000 rated charities, Physicians for Peace has again shown our supporters that our organization is truly worthy of their ongoing trust and commitment. We invite you to contribute to our healing work. With your help – and only with your help – we will continue to bring healing and increase access to quality health care throughout the developing world.
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Donate online at www.physiciansforpeace.org Mail your donation (Payable to: Physicians for Peace) to:
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Physicians for Peace 229 West Bute Street, Suite 200 Norfolk, VA 23510
Host a Party – Gather your friends and family and host a party
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for Physicians for Peace. Wine and cheese, dinner, cocktails, an international-themed affair -– put your style into it, invite your friends, have fun -– funds collected can then be turned over to Physicians for Peace to help combat the global health crisis.
Become a Partner for Peace – Join Partners for Peace, a monthly giving
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program to support the vital missions of Physicians for Peace. Levels starting at as little as $15 a month can mean a world of difference to those we serve. Visit us on the Web at www.physiciansforpeace.org.
Matched Gifts – Many companies offer programs that match your contribution to non-profit organizations. Check with your company to see if it is a “Matching Gift Company”; your $1 can turn into $2 with a simple form.
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Give in Tribute – Make a special, personal contribution by donating in honor of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion.
Leave a Legacy – Planned gifts made as bequests, annuities, or trusts
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allow you to support the worldwide efforts of Physicians for Peace while enjoying favorable tax considerations or lifetime income.
Stock Donations – If you have shares of stock that you would like to
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donate, please call 757.625.7569 and ask for our Financial & Resource Management Director.
Gifts-In-Kind – Donations of medical supplies and equipment are greatly valued. To make a donation, please call 757.625.7569 and ask for our Gifts-in-Kind Coordinator.
All donations are absolutely and completely confidential. Physicians for Peace will not sell or trade your personal information to any other entity in existence without your written permission. If you have any questions, please contact the Development Department at 757.625.7569 or e-mail info@physiciansforpeace.org.
Through you, we bring
compassion
to those who may know only fear.
We bring
hope
to eyes filled with sorrow.
We bring a
future
to children who deserve to grow up healthy and happy.
When you offer your help, it means a mother can live to raise her baby. It means a father can walk into the arms of his family. It means a boy can chew without pain. It means a grandmother can see her grandchild smile. It means a nurse can teach others in her country life-saving lessons. It means a child can grow up in a more peaceful country.
Please. Help us h e l p others.
IT m e a n s THE WORLD. www.physiciansforpeace.org
“
our mission
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Through education and training, we work to increase the medical capability of underserved nations, thereby improving lives, and serve as an inspiration and model for better relations among nations to empower people to develop to their full potential.
www.physiciansforpeace.org
p hysicians for p eace
229 West Bute Street, Suite 200 Norfolk, VA 23510 ph: 757.625.7569 fx: 757.625.7680 em: info@physiciansforpeace.org
All photos © 2009 by Stephen M. Katz for Physicians for Peace