Annual Report 2018 by Kirkon Ulkomaanapu / Finn Church Aid

ANNUAL REPORT 2018

FINN CHURCH AIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COUNTRIES OF OPERATION 2018 Our work is funded by:

Asylum, Migra on and Immigra on Fund Supported by The European Union

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EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT a fund for education in emergencies

Our work is funded by:

Government of the United States

Our work is funded by: Asylum, Migra on and Immigra on Fund Supported by The European Union

Internal Security Fund Supported by The European Union

OUR WORK IS FUNDED BY:

EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT

Asylum, Migra on and Immigra on Fund Supported by The European Union

EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT a fund for education in emergencies

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EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT

a fund for education in emergencies

Government of the United States

a fund for education in emergencies

Internal Security Fund Supported by The European Union

Government of the United States

European Union Civil Protec on and Humanitarian Aid

Monrovia â&#x2014;? LIBERIA

CONTENTS Foreword: Schooling for Refugees.................. 5 A New Global Programme................................. 6 The results of FCA’s work in 2018....................... 8 Humanitarian Assistance................................... 18 Advocacy................................................................. 21 Cooperation Partners.......................................... 22 FCA Investments.................................................. 24 Volunteer Networks.............................................. 25 Our Responsibility................................................ 28 Administration....................................................... 30 Personnel................................................................. 31 Economy.................................................................. 32 Income Statement & Balance Sheet.............. 42

FINLAND ● Helsinki

SYRIA PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES ISRAEL ● Amman JORDAN

NEPAL ● Katmandu BANGLADESH

ERITREA

MYANMAR

Yangon ●

● Asmara

CAMBODIA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ● Bangui

● Phnom Penh SOUTH SUDAN ● Juba

SOMALIA

● Mogadishu UGANDA KENYA ● Kampala ● Nairobi

Publisher: Finn Church Aid Editor: Kristiina Markkanen Layout: Tuukka Rantala Photo editor: Tatu Blomqvist Printing house: Erweko Oy Helsinki, Finland June 2018

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VALUES •• •• •• ••

Unconditional love for our neighbours Unyielding hope Courage Respect

MISSION Action for human dignity.

VISION Finn Church Aid’s (FCA) vision is a world comprised of resilient and just societies where everyone’s right to peace, quality education and sustainable livelihood has been fulfilled.

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Ibrahim Milhem and daughter Layal in Irbid, Jordan.

FOREWORD

SCHOOLING FOR REFUGEES AND A SURPLUS FOOD SUPERMARKET IN FINLAND For Finn Church Aid, 2018 was a year of great action and new innovations. We continued our work as the largest Finnish development organisation and provider of humanitarian aid, while reforming our work and introducing new tools. In September, we opened a surplus food supermarket, WeFood, in Helsinki, which received substantial media attention. As of the fall of 2018, the store managed to reduce food waste in Finland by more than 10 000 kilograms. The principles of sustainable development guide FCA’s operations and we support work toward the achievement of the Agenda 2030 goals in our programme countries. The involvement of the private sector is in line with the principles of sustainable development. Working with the private sector for job creation and livelihoods is a growing priority in Finn Church Aid’s work. Strengthening the entrepreneurial skills of young people and refugees is one example of FCA’s focus on job creation. Another, is the continuing work of the Women’s Bank, which supports women’s micro-entrepreneurship, and has been expanded to include small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loans and technical support. Negotiations between FCA Investments Ltd (FCAI), established by FCA in 2017, and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) concluded, and the parties signed an agreement with the State Treasury for a loan of EUR 16 million. At the same time, FCA and the Women’s Bank prepared for new social enterprise activities in Uganda. In 2019, a laying house with 15 000 chickens will be built near Kampala directly employing 30 people and indirectly creating income for several hundred people (mostly women) in the production of fodder and the sale of eggs.

We also invested efforts in developing the involvement of people with disabilities especially in the field of humanitarian assistance. We adopted guidelines aiming for child protection and received the prestigious Core Humanitarian Standard Alliance (CHS) certification to describe the quality of our work. Our operations continued to grow. At the end of 2018, Finn Church Aid employed almost 500 people in 15 different countries located mainly in war zones and fragile areas. Additionally, approximately 1 500 teachers were employed in Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda aid programmes. From time to time, difficult security situations and unexpected disasters (mainly conflicts) slowed down the implementation of the long-term programming in fragile countries, including the Central African Republic and Syria. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of people in different parts of the world received vital support through FCA and our partners. Once again, we also received a tremendous amount of private contributions, for which we are grateful. So a big thank you. Jouni Hemberg Executive Director, Finn Church Aid

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In 2018, we also began exporting Finnish entrepreneurship qualifications. We invested efforts in the training of refugees and youth exposed to the risk of social exclusion and exported the first Finnish vocational degrees in business management, placing them within the reach of refugee youth in Uganda. The role of vocational education and training – particularly in entrepreneurship – has proven successful. FCA promotes the concept of “From Learning to Earning” – for all of our livelihood work, and we focus especially on women and young people. In accordance with our strategy, we continued to focus our activities on the world’s most fragile and challenging operating environments. Globally and locally, we entered into new partnerships with UN organisations, multilateral development banks, civil society organisations (CSOs), and governments. We launched activities with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and UN Women. In addition to Finnish development cooperation support, the development cooperation authorities of several other countries funded our operations. Among the new donors in 2018 were the states of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

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A NEW GLOBAL PROGRAMME INTRODUCED IN 2018

LIVELIHOOD

Resilient and just socities

ENABLING: EARN AND TRADE TO STABILISE

ENABLING: LEARN TO EARN

REALISATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL Inclusion of marginalised groups

PEACE

The work of Finn Church Aid is divided into three themes that are vital for bringing about sustainable change. The themes are related to the rights of the individual, meaning that everyone has the right to live in peace, to receive quality education, and to earn a sustainable livelihood. These themes are interrelated and mutually dependent. Together they form Finn Church Aidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programme framework, which also includes issues related to gender and equality. Depending on the challenges and the operational environment, we can engage in development cooperation, provide humanitarian assistance, conduct advocacy outreach, or make investments. The implementation of these rights is threatened especially in fragile contexts, which is why working and being present in those countries is a top priority for FCA. The new six-year programme period of FCA began in 2018. Our work is grounded on rightsbased approach and intervening in the causes of poverty and injustice are at the core of it. Within the framework of the new programme,

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Active citizens

QUALITY EDUCATION

ENABLING: LEARN TO INFLUENCE

we are creating new opportunities for people and strengthening the ability of individuals and communities to respond better to societal changes. The work of Finn Church Aid especially improves the opportunities of youth, women, and people affected by different kinds of crises and conflicts to gain sustainable livelihoods and well-being as equals with others. For this, we need new businesses and jobs, as well as the knowledge, skills, competencies, and networks required for people to gain employment or run a business. Quality education is a human right. It opens channels to livelihoods and gives people faith in the future. By supporting the impartiality of education, we can ensure that everyone receives the support they need. FCA also strengthens the ability of the teaching sector authorities to assume responsibility for the development of better learning opportunities. Education can also promote peace and give people valuable tools to avoid and resolve conflicts. Schooling also protects children and youth in unstable conditions.

The peace work of Finn Church Aid supports all-round involvement where young people, women, and refugees, as well as religious and traditional actors, are at the center. Additionally, FCA provides special support for the participation of women and young people in decision making and advocating for themselves. Extensive participation ensures that their voices can be heard when planning a common future. Supporting the increased social activity and influence of communities and groups of people in disadvantaged positions is at the core of the new programme. At the same time, we are engaging in cooperation with local authorities so that the knowledge about their obligations and their ability to respond to these will grow. By bringing together rights-holders and those responsible, we promote local ownership, involvement, and accountability, and lay the foundation for the sustainable reduction of poverty. Piritta Rikkonen Global Development Coordinator

THEMES

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THE RESULTS OF FCA’S WORK IN 2018

Pupils concentrating on their school work in Adjumani Northern Uganda.

MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND SMALL COMPANIES AND HUNDREDS OF JOBS Finn Church Aid’s Right to Livelihoods theme aims to reduce poverty by promoting sustainable economic development that involves people who are marginalised in different ways. In particular, we seek to support the livelihood, entrepreneurship and employment of women, young people, and refugees. We engage in cooperation with the private sector and influence the structures that produce social and economic inequality. In disaster situations, we support a quick return to normal life when it comes to livelihood opportunities and a speedy recovery of local, small entrepreneurs. The creation of businesses and jobs is a key indicator of the Right to Livelihoods. In 2018, the projects supported by FCA reported 1 087 new businesses and over 600 new jobs.

In addition to this, 637 existing businesses received support for developing their business operations. Development work increasingly rests on research results. Market and value chain reports are an integral part of planning livelihood projects. Entrepreneurship training and various short-term courses promoting livelihoods were offered to those who established a business, or were planning to do so. FCA also offers business coaching and advisory services at the critical start-up phase. In the field of vocational education and training, FCA applies an action model, which supports moving directly to working life after graduation. FCA monitors this process for six months after graduation.

The results are encouraging. Of 706 graduates, whose progress was monitored, 71% are earning a living of which 39% are working aspaid employees, 31% are self-employed, and 1% are entrepreneurs. The men in all the age groups and the young women established themselves very well in working life, whereas women over the age of 25 found employment less successfully. Only 45% of them were earning an income during the follow-up period. In other groups the percetage was 70-80%. In the vocational education and training group, the distribution of men and women was even (50% each), which is in line with FCA’s objectives. Of the men, 50% sought paid work, whereas most of the women became self-employed. Research results show that in our areas of activity there is less paid work available to women compared with

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Nepalese Kamu Sumar established her shop after her divorce with help from FCA.

work available to men. In such a situation, entrepreneurship training targeting women is a particularly effective channel to begin earning. During the year, 1 087 new business activities were launched, of which 85% by women. Nearly 50% of these (249 businesses) can be counted as auxiliary agricultural activities and a similar proportion (278 businesses) can be counted as a means of self-employment. Women established a total of 71 micro-enterprises or small businesses, most of these in Nepal. That is where the development of female entrepreneurship is most deeply rooted, thanks to the Women’s Bank. By comparison, male business activities are related to agriculture considerably less often, but like women, men most commonly found self-employment (184 businesses). In addition to this, men established 17 micro-enterprises.

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The hybrid model of vocational and entrepreneurship training developed by FCA triggered 20% (227) of the new businesses. FCA also seeks to influence the operational environment of the businesses in a manner compatible within each context. In Jordan, FCA is an active member of a network that is driving changes to the stringent working life restrictions imposed on Syrian refugees. In December of 2018, the Jordanian Government conceded to open a few small entrepreneurship sectors to Syrians as well. In Cambodia, FCA is working in line with the Ministry of Agriculture for the development of services offered to agricultural cooperatives and for opening markets for their products. The Cambodia country programme is an FCA forerunner in the process of mapping and preparing for climate change.

PEACE WORK AMONG WOMEN AND YOUTH Women, young people, and refugees, as well as religious and traditional actors, are at the core of FCA’s peace work. These stakeholders are often left out of decision-making and peace processes even though they play a central role in conflict resolution and peace building. FCA supports their active role at the local, national, and international level, in order to ensure that the voice of community and grass-root actors is heard in decision-making processes. In 2018, FCA supported peace at the national and local levels in Cambodia, the Central African Republic, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda. This work is in line with the UN’s goals for sustainable development and UN Security Council resolutions 1325 and 2250 on youth, women, and peace. Support for the role of young people’s influence is a growing theme in many FCA programme countries. In 2018, FCA supported the cooperation between young people and decision-makers in Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal, and Uganda. FCA supports the peaceful resolution of conflicts. In Kenya and South Sudan, FCA provided support for setting up women’s and young people’s peace committees. The work of women’s peace committees in South Sudan supported dialogue in eight villages, which led to a decline in violence. In Kenya, more than 1 500 people from formerly belligerent communities gathered for a prayer of peace. Representatives of the local and regional government participated as well. In Cambodia, FCA provided support to local village committees in resolving issues, such as land disputes. A total of 434 disputes (70%) were peacefully reconciled in a manner that was satisfactory to the parties concerned. In Nepal, FCA has supported the ending of caste-based discrimination. In 2018, three municipalities committed to strengthen the role of the members of the Dalit community in the local government.

THEMES

In Somalia, FCA supported the participation of civil society in the political and state-building processes, for instance, by raising awareness about the role of communities through a radio programme, which reached around 715 000 listeners, and by arranging a retreat for Members of Parliament and civil society representatives. Additionally, FCA and the peace network provided support to the Somalian government for the development of a reconciliation framework by arranging 14 consultations in various parts of Somalia.

ELSANOUSI LEADS PEACEMAKERS NETWORK The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers gained a new Executive Director in 2018. Mohamed Elsanousi was appointed successor to Antti Pentikäinen who had held the tenure for four years. Meanwhile in 2018, Tarja Kantola, the Chair of the Finn Church Aid Board of Directors, was appointed co-chair of the Advisory Council to the UN Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development together with Faisal Bin Muaammari, Secretary-General of KAICIID.

FINNISH QUALIFICATIONS EARNED IN UGANDA

According to UN Refugee Agency, 50% of primary school-age refugees and 75% of lower and higher secondary school-age young people worldwide do not attend school. FCA offers vocational education and training and entrepreneurship training so that these children and young people can build their future and gain employment already as refugees.

During 2018, Finn Church Aid efforts for the improvement of the quality of education continued to grow. Projects aiming to ensure the right of children and youth to gain high-quality education are being carried out in all FCA programme countries, as well as Bangladesh. This work aims to ensure the implementation of the rights of refugee children and youth in particular, as well as those of internally displaced children and youth. In 2018, we worked in many countries, including Bangladesh, the Central African Republic, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda, in order to ensure that children and youth living in the midst of crises have access to primary and secondary education.

The vocational education and training offered by FCA seek to place new graduates directly in working life. In 2018, 4 020 learners received vocational education and training supported by FCA. More than 70% of them found employment within six months of graduation. Through student counselling, learners are guided in their studies and questions on further education. A total of 2 483 students received student counselling in 2018. Ensuring quality education depends on the competence of teachers. Teacher training is one of the most important areas of FCA’s educational work and it continued to grow in 2018. During the year, we trained a total of 6 947 teachers. Teacher training is being developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of each partner country.

In 54 schools situated in the Mingkaman, Pibor, and Fangak States of South Sudan, FCA supported the schooling of 32 502 children by distributing teaching and learning materials. At the same time, FCA strengthened the pedagogical and psychosocial skills of teachers and reconstructed classrooms. PHOTO: TATU BLOMQVIST

Peace building volunteers in Myanmar remember well what it is like to grow up in the midst of armed conflict.

New initiatives were also made in the field of educational work. Enabled by a joint project of FCA and the education export company Omnia Education Partnerships Ltd, 20 young people in Uganda earned Finnish vocational qualifications in business management. The requirements of this qualification correspond with Finnish secondary education qualifications, making the graduates eligible for further studies within the EU, among other places. This was the first time that Finnish qualifications were exported to a refugee context. FCA is recognised as a sought-after cooperation partner by both major funding partners and key international educational operators. This is demonstrated by our role in UN cluster activities, as well as by UNICEF’s increased support for our programmes. FCA reformed its results framework in 2018, so the figures presented here are not directly comparable with data from previous years.

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PROGRAMME AREAS

WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA

39 200

children were given school supplies and 28 class rooms were renovated in the Central African Republic.

477

PERSONNEL: 53

teachers got training in CAR in 2018. 147 of them were volunteer teacher-parents.

PARTNERS: Réseau des Médiateurs, Serving Humanity for Empowerment and Development SHED Monrovia ● LIBERIA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ● Bangui

109

police and prison guards, 430 prisoners, 45 religious and traditional leaders and 12 officials of the courts participated in training which aim was to make the judicial system function better.

FUNDING

IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Finn Church Aid is engaged in peace work and is developing the country’s education system together with the local Ministry of Education. In a country recovering from civil war, FCA distributed school supplies to 39 230 children and reconstructed 28 class rooms during 2018. FCA supports parents’ associations to encourage commitment to their children’s ed-

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FCA SUPPORTS PARENTS’ ASSOCIATIONS IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

ucation. FCA carried out an awareness raising campaign in the Central African Republic in 2018. The campaign targeted 70 parents and focused on the importance of education with special emphasis on sending girls to school. FCA supported 11 schools located in the south-western prefectures of Sangha-Mbaéré and Mambéré-Kadéi, which had been affected by armed conflict. In Bozoum, a city located in the north-western part of the country, FCA and the country’s Ministry of Education collaborated in training 21 literacy teachers who then arranged literacy education three times a week. This education targeted illiterate women. A total of 450 women participated in the teaching that began in September. The prolonged conflict has made making a living uncertain. In the prefecture of Ouham-Pendé, FCA arranged small entrepreneurship training, involving 168 participants. In addition, FCA supported the members of 22 parents’ associations in making a living so that they could buy their children school supplies. FCA fostered the dialogue between various religious groups and was involved in arranging peace mediation training in five different prefectures. A total of 253 people participated in this training, after which they were supported in their peace mediation work.

Ministry for Foreign Affairs ................ 0.9 M€ International funding........................... 1.0 M€ Parishes.................................................... 0.6 M€ Private and corporate donations..... 0.3 M€ Disaster relief fund................................. 0.4 M€ Women’s Bank....................................... 0.1 M€ Total.......................................................... 3.3 M€ PHOTO: FREDRIK LERNERYD

IN LIBERIA, Finn Church Aid worked to improve the operation of the legal system and especially the rights of those arrested, who are in a vulnerable position. Together with local partners, FCA offered legal assistance to prisoners and training for prison staff, the police, representatives of the judiciary, religious and traditional leaders and the general public. We promoted interaction between the local and national levels by raising local concerns and suggestions to the level of national dialogue. FCA and its local NGO partners established networks with human rights actors both in Liberia and internationally. Some of the issues they singled out include crowded and poor prison conditions, prolonged detentions without trial, the need to accelerate legal processes, and zero tolerance for female genital mutilation. This work had such an effect that it was mentioned in the recommendation report of the UN Human Rights Committee. Among other things, it was recommended that an ombudsman should be recruited to every prison. A total of 109 police and prison guards, 430 prisoners, 45 religious and traditional leaders, and 12 members of the judiciary participated in the two-year project. Indirectly, the project benefited some 210 000 people in the Bong, Nimba, and Lofa Counties.

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If we had been able to get an education earlier, we wouldn’t be illiterate now. Before, I didn’t know how to write even my own name, but now I do. That feels wonderful.” Nafissa Yaya, 45, Central African Republic

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PROGRAMME AREAS

Andre Bitobang teaches at Bahoyo primary school in the Central African Republic. Parents of the children have chosen Bitobang as the teacher of their children.

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EAST AFRICA

111 958

people became direct beneficiaries of the FCA’s work in Uganda in 2018.

PERSONNEL: 226 PARTNERS: South Sudan Council of Churches, EU, ECHO, UNICEF

ERITREA

SOUTH SUDAN ● Juba

8 484

people (8 184 under the age of 25) in Uganda participated in workshops for the prevention of conflicts and radicalisation among youth.

● Asmara

1 293 SOMALIA

teachers in Uganda received training that improved the quality of teaching.

● Mogadishu UGANDA KENYA ● Kampala ● Nairobi

IN UGANDA, most of FCA’s work focused on education. The primary schools supported by FCA had a total of 39 970 students while secondary schools had a total of 4 393 students. FCA is the main cooperation partner of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR for education in Bidibidi, one of the world’s largest refugee settlements. In addition to the students mentioned above, 1 883 young people in Bidibidi participated in an accelerated learning programme, whereby they caught up with lost years of learning. Based on the promising beginning, the EU extended the accelerated learning programme funding by two years and the project is expanding to the Kyaka Refugee Settlement in Southwestern Uganda. Thanks to the additional funding, an unprecedented number of young people, totalling 799, graduated from the popular vocational school in in Rwamwanja refugee settlement in 2018. Of 238 young people who graduated in July, 78% were earning a livelihood by the end of the year through the skills they had learned. This is a significant achievement in Uganda, a country that is wrestling with massive youth unemployment. A legislative amendment in Finland, which came into force last year, allows the export of Finnish qualifications outside the EU countries. Thus for the first time, an FCA pilot project offered a total of 20 students the opportunity to earn a Finnish micro-entrepreneurship diploma in Uganda. These students graduated in June. The food situation in SOUTH SUDAN has not improved significantly after the famine of 2017. Due to the conflict, which escalated in 2016, the price of food has increased tenfold,

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FUNDING

A LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT IN FINLAND ALLOWS THE EXPORT OF FINNISH QUALIFICATIONS OUTSIDE THE EU COUNTRIES.

putting food beyond the reach of the most vulnerable families. FCA provided support in the form of cash aid to a total of 1 945 families, whereby these families were able to obtain food from the markets. For the recovery of food production, FCA began a project that provides support in the form of training, seeds and equipment to 1 000 farmers and 500 fishermen. At the end of the year, 538 young people began vocational education and training to become construction workers, mechanics, electricians, hairdressers, and hotel industry employees. The peace agreement ratified in September of 2018 has raised cautious optimism in the country. In particular, FCA has supported the peace dialogues led by women and young people in in the states of Jonglei and Fangak. In Kenya, FCA’s education project allowed a total of 26 875 students to return to school in Turkana, Garissa, and Marsabit, the poorest counties of the country. The project also trained 360 primary school teachers. FCA operating areas in Kenya have been plagued by drought in recent years. The water shortage affects children’s education because they often have to walk long distances to fetch water for their families. FCA improved the availability of pure water for 8 675 citizens, for instance, through water systems built in conjunction with schools.

Ministry for Foreign Affairs ................ 3.9 M€ International funding........................... 7.3 M€ Parishes.................................................... 1.1 M€ Private and corporate donations..... 5.1 M€ Disaster relief fund................................... 1.0 M€ Women’s Bank....................................... 0.6 M€ Total.......................................................... 19.0 M€

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I grew up in the Katwe slum in Kampala and never went to school as a child. We never had any opportunity for a decent life. I ran away from home when I was 18. When my friends ended up in prison, I realised that we were on the wrong path. I was fortunate enough to be accepted at a training centre in Katwe to study photography. ” Muhamud Lwanga, 22, Uganda

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PROGRAMME AREAS

“Social cohesion has become stronger in my class as a result from my teaching training with FCA”, Khadia Samiya says. FCA has been training teachers in Northern Uganda to work with traumatised refugee children and to build trust between them.

FINN CHURCH AID IS THE ONLY FINNISH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION WITH OPERATIONS IN ERITREA.

IN SOMALIA, FCA provided support to the government and non-governmental organisations in forming a social, religious and political reconciliation process. With its work for the strengthening of state structures, FCA has already gained recognition as as a well-known and respected peace builder in Somalia. In 2018, FCA expanded its operations to education in Baidoa. Through this project supported by the EU and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 4 312 children were able to go to primary school. A total of 209 students graduated through FCA’s livelihood and entrepreneurship project in Somalia. IN ERITREA, FCA’s work focused on supporting teacher training and a school for the hearing-impaired. Efforts for the development of teacher training continued in close cooperation with the country’s Ministry of Education

and the National Commission for Higher Education. A total of 1 400 students participated in the teacher training programme supported by FCA. Additionally, 130 teacher educators participated in professional training sessions. Seven of them participated in an academic exchange programme in Finland. At the school for the hearing-impaired, FCA supported the vocational education and training of youth. A total of 35 young people participated, and they are due to become qualified tailors in 2019. Nearly all of the graduates from previous years are employed. FCA also supported the basic education of hearing-impaired children, for instance, by acquiring books and digital learning devices, such as tablets and laptop computers. Additionally, FCA offered further training to 12 members of staff at the school for the hearing-impaired. FCA is the only Finnish non-governmental organisation with operations in Eritrea.

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MIDDLE EAST PERSONNEL: 24 PARTNERS: Arab Councelling Center for Education, Sadaka Reut Arab Jewish Youth Partnership, St. Ephrem Patriarchate Development Committee

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new businesses in Jordan were established by 51 people who participated in FCA entrepreneurship training. Furthermore, the businesses employed 21 people.

3 979

children affected by the conflict were able to go to reconstructed schools in Syria and 2 000 of these children also received school supplies.

2 888

girls and 3 266 boys participated in educational events held in camps for internally displaced people in Syria.

FUNDING Finn Church Aid’s work in the Middle East focused on supporting refugee education and livelihood opportunities in Jordan and Syria.

IN SYRIA, FCA’s efforts focused on reconstructing schools in central Syria. Having functional and safe schools is one of the most

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IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND ISRAEL, FCA offered hundreds of students entrepreneurship training and workshops to activate social thinking. To the youngest school children, we offered afternoon activities. The first volunteers of Teachers without Borders Finland network in the Palestinian Territories trained teachers in cooperation with the education authorities. In East Jerusalem, we provided support to children and youth whose education was in danger of being disrupted. In Israel, 162 young people participated in workshops, where they were given tools for dealing with sensitive socio-political issues and encouraged to participate in civic activism. In the West Bank, we supported the cooperatives of rural women. The women’s strengthened marketing skills and better access to the markets contributed to the birth of 27 new jobs in the Qalqilya countryside. The saving and loan groups of the villages granted EUR 90 000 in microloans to small, rural businesses.

Ministry for Foreign Affairs ................ 0.7 M€ International funding........................... 0.8 M€ Parishes.................................................... 0.4 M€ Private and corporate donations..... 1.5 M€ Total.......................................................... 3.4 M€

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IN JORDAN, Syrian refugees continued to impact society in many ways without any sign of their large-scale return. With the prolongation of the war in Syria, it has been increasingly difficult to obtain international funding for humanitarian assistance. FCA’s efforts in Jordan focused in particular on building resilience of refugees and their Jordanian host communities with a view to reducing dependency on humanitarian aid. In Jordan, FCA operated in the Za’atari and Azraq refugee camps, as well as in the capital city of Amman. We combated youth unemployment by offering education and by helping youth find jobs, engaging in cooperation with businesses, and supporting the establishment of small enterprises. We strengthened local competencies and youth employment by providing training in student counselling and on-the-job learning to 32 representatives of vocational schools and the private sector. Instructors trained by FCA provided support to 501 people in transferring to the labour market or to new jobs. The education offered to youth included subjects like English, ITC skills, mobile phone repair courses, and craft workshops. Additionally, the young people received psychosocial support through physical exercise and other recreational activities, such as circus and soccer.

important issues when internally displaced families consider returning home. We supported the reconstruction of 11 schools, delivered school supplies, and arranged educational events. Thanks to such events, 10 000 learners gained access to either formal or informal education. In 2018, the work has mainly focused on infrastructure rehabilitation. FCA provided 393 teachers with further education, which strengthened their competence to support learners who have been affected by the conflict. Of the teachers who participated in this training, 39% were women. The needs in the education sector are immense since around 50 000 teachers have left the sector due to the war.

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We gathered the most important things in less than an hour, left our home, and tried to catch a ride with any vehicle leaving the city. That’s how we fled the war in Syria to Azraq refugee camp in Jordan four years ago. My older children have participated in the computer and English courses arranged by FCA in the camp. Education is very important. I wish everything would be possible for my children.” Rose Hashan, 45, Syrian refugee, Jordan

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PROGRAMME AREAS

FCA volunteer trainers offer psychosocial support to Syrian refugee children in refugee camps in Jordan.

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PROGRAMME AREAS

ASIA

NEPAL ● Katmandu BANGLADESH

187 MYANMAR

PERSONNEL: 34 PARTNERS: LWF, Metta Development Foundation, Life with Dignity, Solve, Federation of Women’s Entrepreneurs’ Association of Nepal

new agricultural enterprises received support and training for developing their operations in Cambodia.

291

Yangon ● CAMBODIA ● Phnom Penh

people participated in women’s groups in Myanmar, receiving training for business operations of their own.

255

students in Nepal completed their vocational education and training and were provided support in gaining employment.

FUNDING

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instance, to develop career counselling plans and information materials. In Myanmar, we also arranged four interfaith workshops aiming to promote mutual understanding and respect among different religions. A total of 66 religious leaders representing a variety of religions and areas participated in these workshops. IN NEPAL, we improved the livelihood and employment opportunities of the most disadvantaged people with support for registering 12 cooperatives led by women and establishing 69 small enterprises. Providing existing businesses with support for development and for raising their goals was one of the key objectives as well. This has been of significant benefit to groups, such as former bonded labourers who otherwise encounter serious difficulties in finding employment and who previously had to leave their families and communities to seek work abroad. During 2018, FCA supported the education of 27 101 children and young people from early childhood education to the secondary level, for instance, by granting scholarships and providing school supplies. The reconstruction project following the disastrous flood of 2017 came to an end. The project had involved building or repairing the toilets and improving the availability of drinking water at 83 schools. A total of 1 786 students received vocational education and training. Of these students, 83% were women. We also completed new career counselling material for vocational education and training. FCA continued its advocacy work for the implementation of the rights of former bonded labourers and Dalits (casteless people). In five provinces, it provided support to human rights actors who are engaged in efforts for the elimination of discrimination. FCA arranged

Ministry for Foreign Affairs ................ 1.9 M€ International funding........................... 0.4 M€ Parishes.................................................... 0.3 M€ Private and corporate donations..... 1.5 M€ Women’s Bank....................................... 0.8 M€ Total.......................................................... 4.9 M€

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IN MYANMAR, improving the socio-economic status of women is central to our work. Through support provided by UN Women and FCA, women’s livelihood opportunities increased in Rakhine State, which has been affected by conflict. We improved the economic position of women by giving weavers and handicraft makers vocational and business skills training, as well as support for financing and accessing the markets. A total of 300 women participated in this training. The voice of women was made more audible by bringing together female entrepreneurs and enterprises and administrative and civil society representatives. The livelihood work supported by Women’s Bank expanded to Kayin State. A total of 125 women participated in training and making a business plan and 105 of them received support for developing their livelihoods. In northern Shan State, we supported education in 20 refugee camps, for instance, by distributing study materials to 1 792 students and by recruiting 21 teachers. The parents of the students found that the children benefited from the education support. In the Taunggyi area, a new vocational education and training project began for youth who had dropped out of school. In the first year of the project, 29 youth participated in this education and training. In addition to education and training, the project engages in advocacy work for the improvement of youth employment opportunities. Local operators are encouraged to offer jobs and traineeships. Additionally, we disseminate information about employee rights and children’s rights, among other things. A new student counselling project began at the monastery schools situated in the Yangon and Taunggyi areas. The project aims, for

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Other teachers teach you their various subjects, but a career counsellor teaches you how to set goals, use your time sensibly and select subjects that are suitable for you. The career counsellor also gets you to think what you would like to do in the future. Career counselling has taught me to work towards my goal, but also to make decisions. Others do not decide for me.” Angkeriya Oeurn, secondary school learner, Cambodia

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PROGRAMME AREAS

The festive season is a busy time for seamstress Nu Nu Lwin. Sawing training and financial training have helped her to pay off her debts, among other things.

events and dialogues on the rights of casteless people on the local, regional and national levels and promoted the enforcement of laws for the elimination of discrimination. This advocacy work also brought results with regard to improving the status of former bonded labourers. Based on an initiative by FCA and one of its partner organisations, 1 700 freed Kamaiyas (former bonded labourers) received support for reconstructing their homes while 52 individuals received their certificates of land ownership and 440 others received their identity cards. IN CAMBODIA, career counselling expanded to technical secondary schools and counselling was provided at 28 schools. Career counsellors provided classroom counselling to 8 290 students (54% girls) and personal counselling to 1 000 students (53% girls). We engaged the schools and the job markets in cooperation by arranging a two-day

career fair in Battambang. The fair attracted more than 4 000 visitors of which 900 were secondary school students. The students became acquainted with 55 social enterprises and private businesses, as well as the activities of educational institutions. They also participated in workshops where they learned to identify their strengths and make educational and career choices. The impacts of climate change are clearly evident in Cambodia and we have begun adjusting to these. Together with a humanitarian assistance volunteer of the EU, we conducted an analysis of how risks and disasters, such as poverty and climate change, experienced by Cambodians affect farmers and women in particular. We arranged 21 courses on water-saving irrigation. A total of 365 farmers participated in this training. In the Pursat area, we provided four water basins for irrigation and domestic

use to meet the acute shortage of water. The water basins benefited 340 people. Additionally, we distributed 135 water tanks for collecting rainwater and 91 solar panels. The Cambodian Changemaker Network for youth engaged in a diverse range of work for the inclusion of youth in civic activity. A total of 105 young people received support and information on volunteer work and leadership. The Network supported the young people with small scholarships to carry out different activities in their communities. They learned useful skills related to event organisation and volunteer activation. As a result, the communities gained new, active volunteers to conduct grass-roots development work. Four representatives of the Cambodian Changemaker Network together with volunteers from the Teachers without Borders network participated in the Asian Youth Forum organised by by the Asian Development Bank in South Korea.

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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

FCA has built secure spaces for Rohingya girls and women in the refugee camp Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.

LITERACY AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TO ROHINGYA REFUGEES FROM MYANMAR Finn Church Aid has been working in the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh since the beginning of 2018. A joint project of FCA and DanChurchAid provides psychosocial support to those who have experienced gender-based violence, as well as education for women and teenage girls. According to the UN, close to one million members of the Rohingya population fled from Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar, located in the southeastern corner of Bangladesh, in September of 2018. Most of these people are women and children. They left Myanmar, fleeing violence, which the UN human rights observers’ report describes as comprising mass murders and gang rapes. In the refugee camps FCA supports Education in Emergencies, which focuses on support to teaching reading, writing, and numeracy, life

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skills, and livelihood. This education was given in facilities intended for women and girls in the refugee camps as well as in homes around Cox’s Bazar. The project provided women and girls with better chances of seeking services and sources of livelihood for themselves.

AT THE REFUGEE CAMPS, WE HAVE CREATED WOMEN’S FACILITIES INTENDED FOR YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS IN PARTICULAR.

Before starting this work, we asked 313 women and girls within the sphere of our work what kind of information and education they especially hoped to get. Of the women and girls who responded to the survey, 68% had never attended school while 22% had only attended primary school. Some had completed secondary school and some had attended madrasa schools. “The people are very interested in education,” says Petra Weissengruber, Education

Programme Manager at Finn Church Aid. “They are interested in sewing, knitting, and crocheting. Many of them already have these skills and they are hoping to share their knowhow. The survey results show that the women are prepared, for example, to provide home teaching to their neighbours. In the area of life skills, they are especially interested in hygiene and nutritional issues. Women also hoped to get information on family planning, child marriages, and health in general.”

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Cash-based support was given to one thousand beneficaries in Old Fangak, South Sudan last year.

CASH DISTRIBUTIONS EMPOWER BENEFICIARIES The results of the survey showed that in refugee camps, we should raise the awareness of women and girls about their right to education so that their participation would become more acceptable to their traditionalist communities. At the refugee camps, we have created safe spaces intended for young women and girls in particular. In addition to this, we are working with the families of single mothers. “The facilities intended for women and girls allow you to feel safe. It’s always nice to come here and spend time with others,” says a refugee woman who is serving as a volunteer teacher. In Myanmar, she taught Burmese and sewing. FCA’s efforts in Bangladesh are being supported by collection funds and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

Cash distributions are among the most important humanitarian assistance tools. Humanitarian organisations use cash distributions extensively as a form of work in a variety of sectors. Cash is a market oriented solution and an alternative to the distribution of goods. It also gives the beneficiaries a chance to decide what their most urgent needs are. There are an ever-growing number of studies on the cost-efficiency of cash. Its increasing frequency and appreciation are depicted by the fact that the recommendations from the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) advised humanitarian operators to give cash a key role in aid operations. This worldwide trend is visible also in Finn Church Aid’s operations. Cash is an increasingly common form of aid in both the livelihood and education sectors.

THE FCA HAS GIVEN SMALL CASH DISTRIBUTIONS TO 1 000 FAMILIES IN THE OLD FANGAK AREA IN SOUTH SUDAN.

Cash will have a different effect, depending on the sector. In the field of livelihood, it can be used, for example, to buy food and aid supplies or to revive livelihood. For retailers it may give a chance to reopen their shops. In the education sector, cash distributions can cover, for example, tuition or transportation costs, allowing the beneficiaries to attend school.

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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN 2018 Uganda Support in education, focus on refugee children and youth. 4 752 682 € Central African Republic, CAR Support in education .......................................................................... 2 025 190 € South Sudan Support in education and livelihood.............................................. 1 800 602 €

FCA distributed food to around 3 000 families in the Philippines last year after Typhoon Mangkhut.

Somalia Support in education ..........................................................................

50 000 EUROS IN EMERGENCY AID TO THE PHILIPPINES

913 149 €

Jordan Support for the Syrian refugees in education and psycho-social support................................................................ 660 645 €

Typhoon Mangkhut hit the Philippines in September 2018, bringing on massive destruction. The storm caused losses to more than half a million people. Even though they had prepared for the storm with major evacuations and by protecting the buildings, the storm caused great destruction especially in the northern parts of the country. The power was out in many areas and the flood water and landslides made it difficult to move from one place to another.

Kenya Support in education and emergency aid.................................... 652 789 € Syria Support in education and livelihood.............................................. 590 881 €

The number of people at the evacuation centres peaked at almost 200 000. At least 66 people lost their lives. FCA granted 50 000 euros from its Disaster Fund to help the people affected by the typhoon. The aid was delivered to the Philippines together with a long-term Finn Church Aid cooperation partner, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).

Myanmar Support in education........................................................................... 395 374 € Greece Support in education, focus on refugee children and youth.

310 125 €

Bangladesh PHOTO: ACT-ALLIANSSI/CWS

Emergency aid and support in education and protection......

303 561 €

Nepal Support in education ..........................................................................

121 962 €

Indonesia Emergency aid.......................................................................................

111 792 €

Philippines Emergency aid .....................................................................................

Victims of the earthquake received clean water and food in Indonesia last year. FCA supported 2 443 families with shelter and 2 059 with health care from mobile clinics.

50 000 EUROS TO EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS IN INDONESIA In the autumn of 2018, Finn Church Aid donated EUR 50 000 from its Disaster Fund to help the victims of an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred in the Palu and Donggala city areas on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, also causing a tsunami on the city coasts. More than 2 000 people died. The destruction was estimated to have affected at least 300 000 people.

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77 158 €

Development of disaster preparedness and risk reduction in Uganda, Cambodia and Nepal (EUAV)......................................................................................................

162 015 €

Support to the rapid response fund (ACT Alliance) ....................................................................................................................

70 000 €

Support to the Global Education Cluster, Rapid Response Team ....................................................................................................................

65 326 €

Humanitarian roster ....................................................................................................................

10 964 €

ADVOCACY

AN AMENDMENT TO JORDANIAN LAW, VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN NEPAL

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Special Advocacy Theme: The Well-being of Youth.

Finn Church Aid actively engaged in advocacy work both in Finland and its programme countries, as well as on international forums. As in previous years, the advocacy work focused on the Right to Education, the Right to Peace, the Right to Livelihood and human rights issues. In our programme countries, we implemented and supported more than 695 advocacy work initiatives. Of these, 69% brought about a positive change. For example, our advocacy work in Jordan contributed to an amendment to a law, which facilitated the employment opportunities of Syrian refugees. Meanwhile, our advocacy work in Nepal resulted in the municipalities granting additional funding for the vocational education and training of unemployed youth. In Somalia, we developed the national reconciliation process. The special theme of our advocacy work was youth. We published a report, entitled

“Youth on the Move”, and arranged several advocacy events both in Finland and on international forums. For example, we launched a report together with the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth. The report attracted a great deal of attention. We successfully raised the topic of young people often becoming marginalised in the field of aid work, even though they represent a high proportion of the population in fragile countries. Young people can be dynamic actors and they have tremendous potential as builders of their lives and communities if they are given such a possibility. In the report, we provided recommendations to decision makers and we are committed to promoting the implementation of those recommendations now and in the future. We launched advocacy for the Finnish parliamentary elections with three main points.

The first one concerned making education the priority theme of development policy and the others concerned development cooperation appropriations and a corporate responsibilitylaw. Our advocacy work in education brought about promising results in 2018. The objective was furthered and supported by a report, ordered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and a working group that was established to provide policy recommendations to the MFA. The FCA provided its expertise for both. On the whole, we engaged in active and direct dialogue with the decision makers. Additionally, we invested efforts in developing the competence of our employees and partners and drew up an advocacy work strategy for the period 2018–2023. Katri Suomi Head of Advocacy

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PARTNERS AND NETWORKS FOR COOPERATION

FINN CHURCH AID COOPERATION PARTNERS Finn Church Aid engages in cooperation with international organisations and networks, local civil society actors, national governments in our programme countries and Finnish partners on the local, national, and international levels. Some of FCA’s partners and donors are shown here. ● Membership ● Cooperation ● Ownership ● Other type of relation

International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development

CONCORD

cooperation

membership

The European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs.

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● ACT Alliance EU

VOICE

membership

UNDPA/MSU

cooperation

EU Trust Funds

working group membership

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The DirectorateGeneral for European The peace mediation support International Coopera- International Coopera- Civil Protection and unit of the UN Department of tion and Development tion and Development Humanitarian Aid Operations. Political Affairs. Fund. Organization. cooperation

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

membership

FCA is a founding member and one of the key actors. ACT is an alliance of ecclesiastical development cooperation, humanitarian assistance, and advocacy actors and one of the biggest aid organisations in the world.

EU Radicalisation Awareness Network

● cooperation

EuropeAid

ACT Alliance

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A network for cooperation between the humanitarian organisations of the EU countries.

ECHO

UNESCO

An international network promoting the relationship between religion and sustainable development.

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cooperation

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● ACT Europe Regional Forum

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membership

● UNICEF

cooperation The UN Children’s Fund.

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UNHCR

cooperation

Charter4Change

UNDP

membership

cooperation

The UN Refugee Agency.

Localisation of Humanitarian Aid.

The UN Development Programme.

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UNOPS

cooperation

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UN Office for Project Services

UN Women

cooperation

OCHA

membership

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Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development

cooperation

IOM

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

A council established by the Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development and more than 50 faith-based NGOs in 2018.

International Organization for Migration IOM

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cooperation

Faith-based Advisory Council

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The UN Entity for Gender Equality.

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cooperation The UN organization for migration.

● UN Global Education Cluster membership

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OSCE

WFP

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

cooperation The UN World Food Programme.

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The working group of OSCE

● Education Cannot Wait

membership

UNESCO Teacher Task Force

cooperation

task force membership

An organisation funding education in disasters.

membership

Formed in 2010 to gather information about the work of faithbased organisations.

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● ECOSOC

observer status The UN Economic and Social Council.

● IFAD

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International Fund for Agricultural Development.

cooperation

GPE

Global Partnership for Education

● INEE

● Business Cooperation cooperation

steering group membership Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies.

PARTNERS AND NETWORKS FOR COOPERATION

International partners and networks

Donors See page 2.

Finnish partners and networks

EAPPI (Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel)

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Teachers without Borders

FCA network

World Council of Churches

An international, ecumenical programme that recruits and despatches observers to monitor the interaction between the Palestinian inhabitants and the Israeli military.

Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

cooperation

FCA is one of the World Council of Churches organisations for cooperation. Together we support peace, interfaith dialogue, and efforts promoting the implementation of human rights.

The WLF is an important humanitarian assistance and advocacy partner of the FCA.

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Finnish Ecumenical Council

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membership

Changemaker

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Secretariat

FCA hosts the Secretariat of the Network.

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● KIOS Foundation

FCA network

Changemaker is an advocacy network for youth.

Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers

FCA network

Teachers without Borders aims to support the pedagogical know-how and quality education of teachers in the world’s most fragile contexts.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland dioceses and parishes

membership

Women’s Bank

A human rights foundation of NGOs.

FCA network

Women’s Bank is a volunteer Network which raises funds to support women’s sustainable entrepreneurship and livelihood in developing countries.

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Fingo

membership

close cooperation

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Wider Security Network.

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Common Responsibility Campaign

membership

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

close cooperation

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WISE

An umbrella organisation of Finnish organisations for development cooperation.

partnership organisation

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Finnish Refugee Advice Center membership

FinnWatch

membership

● Finnish Somalia Network membership

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Finnish Fair Trade Association

National Cooperation Network for the Prevention of Violent Radicalisation and Extremism

membership

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membership

Maailma.net membership

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State departments of development cooperation

World Bank cooperation

● FCA Investments ownership

An investment company established by Finn Church Aid.

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ownership

An education export company established by Finn Church Aid, the Savo Joint Municipal Authority for Education, Omnia, and the Finnish Institute for Enterprise Management.

Regional Development Banks

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A network promoting the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 ”Women, Peace and Security” in Finland.

TRUST Steering Group of the Ministry of Justice membership

Friday Group membership

cooperation

Local partners and ministries of countries with FCA operations

membership

Omnia Education Partnerships Ltd (OEP)

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cooperation

For example, the British FCO, the Swiss SEM, and the US Department of State.

cooperation

1325 Network Finland

● IFC

cooperation International Finance Corporation

● Red Nose Day Foundation (Nenäpäivä säätiö) partnership

A group comprising NGO representatives, MPs, and officials of the various ministries, which advocates for strengthening the substance of social, health, and human development in Finnish and European development policy.

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INVESTING

FCAI INVESTS IN THE MOST FRAGILE COUNTRIES First investments will be made in 2019 in Uganda and Somalia.

Finn Church Aid has taken up investment activities to the most fragile states of the world. It is a serious attempt to create something new. In developing countries, the creation of jobs plays a key role in the fight against poverty and inequality. Jobs and livelihood are also keys to sustainable peace. According to World Bank estimates, the more than 600 million jobs need to be created during the next 15 years in order to give the growing population opportunities for decent livelihoods. The challenges of the future are so great that conventional development cooperation alone will no longer suffice. New methods and tools are needed to support and scale development in the future. One of the new tools is FCA’s investment company, FCA Investments Ltd (FCAI), which invests in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Up to 70% of new jobs emerge in SMEs and the proportion is even greater in the most fragile countries. However, even though small and medium-sized enterprises have the best potential of creating new jobs, they are also in the most difficult position in terms of getting financing to launch and develop their business operations. FCA Investments also offers the SMEs support for developing business operations, such as financial management and administration. FCA specialists and business professionals, who wish to contribute their professional competence on a voluntary basis, can help these businesses. The first direct investments will be made in 2019 in Uganda and possibly in Somalia. As the resources grow, investment activities can be launched, for example, in Cambodia, Jordan, Kenya, Myanmar, and Nepal.

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FCA Investments: Theory of Change 2.ACTIVITIES 1. INPUTS

5. IMPACT Reduced poverty, decent work and economic growth, partnerships for the goals.

It invests in and advises small and medium-sized companies.

FCAI has capital and knowledge.

3. OUTPUTS 4. OUTCOME …which mikäwill generate decent jobs and increased Income.

FCA Investments invests in socially and environmentally responsible businesses that create jobs, raise the income level of low-paid employees, and reduce poverty. In its earlier projects, FCA has provided support to female entrepreneurs in particular. Securing employment for women and young people is one of the main goals of the investment activities of FCA Investments as well. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs granted FCAI a loan of EUR 16 million. FCAI will use the entire loan for investment activities. It will be used for business operations that create jobs, raise the income level of low-paid employees, and reduce poverty. An investment manager, enabling the preparation of direct investments in addition to others, has been appointed to Uganda.

This will boost the growth of responsible businesses…

A strong presence in FCA’s countries of operation, local competence, and conflict familiarity are among the strengths of FCA. The target businesses should commit to the principles of good management and transparency and they should have credible operational competence. The size of an investment varies between EUR 100 000 and 1 million. We are especially interested in funding businesses that have women or youth in key roles. We have not imposed any sector limitations. Examples of potential sectors include sustainable agriculture and food production, health care, water and sewer utilities, waste management, education, small industries, logistics, renewable energy, and financial services for small enterprises. Jukka-Pekka Kärkkäinen CEO, FCAI

VOLUNTEER NETWORKS

A NEW VOLUNTEER NETWORK FOR FCA IN 2018 PHOTO: TATU BLOMQVIST

WeFood is mainly run by volunteers, who take care of shelving and logistics, among other things.

WEFOOD HAS ALREADY “RESCUED” 30 TONNES OF FOOD Finn Church Aid opened the first surplus food supermarket in Finland on 20 September 2018. The supermarket is situated in the Redi shopping centre in Kalasatama, Helsinki. Already, WeFood has reduced the amount of surplus food wasted in Finland by more than 30 000 kilograms by selling surplus food donated by manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, retailers, and producers. Additionally, the supermarket has sold more than 5 000 litres of beverages. All this edible food would have gone to waste without WeFood. The supermarket has attracted a great deal of interest. Representatives of about 15 media outlets attended the WeFood opening and the supermarket was mentioned more than

30 times in various publications during the autumn of 2018. As a concept, WeFood is based on volunteer activity. Volunteers serve customers at the supermarket, place the products on the shelves and take care of the operations and comfort of the place. Logistics volunteers collect the batches of surplus goods received as donations and bring them to the supermarket. Some 130 volunteers are involved in the WeFood project. The sold products are batches of surplus goods, which would otherwise go to waste. Around 15 different cooperation partners donated surplus goods in 2018. These partners included exporters, wholesalers, manufacturers, and retailers.

SURPLUS GOODS WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE. Additionally, WeFood engages in cooperation with Nissan. The surplus goods are transported in a Nissan e-NV200 electric van. WeFood has also engaged in cooperation with an educational institution, Perho Culinary, Tourism and Business College. The students have become familiar with the supermarket operations by doing trainee shifts. Additionally, one of the students has completed their traineeship at WeFood. About ten groups of school children from various primary schools in Helsinki visited the supermarket during the autumn.

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VOLUNTEER NETWORKS

11 EAPPI-VOLUNTEERS PROMOTING PEACE IN THE WEST BANK

Changemaker participated in a climate march as a part of its advocacy training last October.

CHANGEMAKER ARRANGED ADVOCACY ACTIVITY TRAINING In the Changemaker campaign for food security in 2018, the network urged Finnish development cooperation to take food security into account more. The campaign was a great success, for instance at the World Village Festival and the Herättäjäjuhlat event, where young people got more than 1 000 to sign their food security appeal. Changemaker is an advocacy network where youth and young adults learn to advocate for global justice. Changemaker is comprised of enthusiastic youth becoming empowered and learning ways of influencing the surrounding world when they get involved in the network activities. During the spring, the network arranged advocacy activity training in Jyväskylä, Tampere, and Helsinki. In the autumn, the network focused its advocacy activity training on a course, which was held partly online and partly in Helsinki. These courses brought to the network new members who enthusiastically got involved in planning and carrying out the 2019 campaign. In the spring and autumn, the network arranged magazine work training, tackling

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the subject of journalism as a communications tool, to support the work of the editorial staff of Globalisti magazine. All this training especially attracted young people who would not have participated in the network activities otherwise. Young people were also told about Changemaker activities during parish and school visits made by volunteers in a number of different cities. Arranging low-threshold Changemaker nights in Helsinki was a new form of activity that began in the autumn. Various themes of advocacy work were addressed on these nights, but their advertisements especially focused on the opportunity to meet other young people who are interested in development issues. In November, Changemaker sent two volunteers to the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) held in Katowice, Poland. There they got new ideas and ways of promoting climate advocacy in Finland. During 2018, three new local groups were founded in Turku, Tampere, and Seinäjoki. The number of new members was 132 and 19% of those who joined became actively involved.

The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is an ecumenical initiative, which supports local and international efforts to end the Israeli occupation and bring a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on international law and United Nations resolutions. In 2018, FCA deployed 11 volunteers to Occupied Palestinian Territories with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Out of the 20 countries participating in the EAPPI programme, Finland is one of the largest contributors. The EAPPI volunteers were deployed in the West Bank, where they offer protective presence to vulnerable communities and monitor the compliance of the international humanitarian law and human rights in the Occupied Palestine Territories. Following their deployment period, volunteers participate in advocacy work mainly in Finland. They advocate civilian protection and policy change, affirming respect of human rights and international humanitarian law, and urging the international community to actively promote a just peace for both Israelis and Palestinians. In May 2018 EAPPI had a large visibility and advocacy campaign in May 2018 “Prisoned for a post – The virtual dimension of occupation” including social media campaign, exhibitions, school visits and presence in the World Village festival. The exhibition in Sanomatalo reached approximately 250 000 viewers. During 2018, EAPPI was more visible in Finland’s largest media outlets than previous years. EAPPI Volunteers were interviewed regarding the situation in IOPT, in the Helsingin Sanomat, MTV, YLE and several other smaller media outlets.

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Teacher Sarah Atiku participated in mobile mentoring for teachers in Pagirinya refugee settlement, Uganda.

Women´s Bank volunteers at their autumn meeting in Helsinki last year.

A PEAK YEAR FOR WOMEN’S BANK The most successful year in the history of Women’s Bank was 2018. An unprecedented amount of donations of more than EUR 1.8 million were raised and the work expanded to the Central African Republic. The Bank had a total of 12 projects in five developing countries: Cambodia, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, and Uganda. Its efforts reached 26 000 women and their families. The project costs were EUR 1.4 million with a cost percentage of 17.1. The volunteer network focused on Women’s Bank fundraising covered more than 40 locations in Finland. Around 1 000 volunteers were actively involved and their work reached some 10 000 interested people.

The Women’s Bank Walk was arranged for the ninth time in 75 different locations, raising EUR 82 000. The Women’s Bank Open golf tour was held in the summer of 2018, and through the efforts of 24 golf clubs and 1 200 players, raised EUR 40 000. Funds were raised at hundreds of other events as well, for instance, by singing, dancing, skiing, doing crafts, coding, blogging—and even by having a sauna. One group of volunteers took a trip to Nepal at the group’s own expense to get acquainted with the project work being done in that country. Cooperation with local and national businesses continued. Project-specific donations were made by Handelsbanken, Kaiko Clothing Oy, Novita Oy, and Suominen Oyj.

TEACHERS VOLUNTEERING IN AFRICA, THE MIDDLE-EAST, MYANMAR AND GREECE The Teachers without Borders network sent 26 short and long-term volunteers to FCA Programme Countries in 2018. Volunteers were working in Kenya, Uganda, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Israel and occupied Palestinian territories, Myanmar and Greece. The volunteers worked as education specialists in sector development projects, supporting planning and capacity building as well as curriculum development. The volunteers contributed on various levels, from ministries to teacher training institutions and individual schools. World Teacher Programme was organised together with a Dutch partner in Uganda, in schools involved in FCA’s teacher training project. FCA Uganda’s project schools and Finnish primary school teachers also collaborated in a peer-to-peer mobile mentoring programme.

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RESPONSIBILITY

School children in Kalobeyei refugee camp in Kenya. FCA has built three new schools for 6 000 children in the area.

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RESPONSIBILITY

PROTECTING CHILDREN, COMPENSATING FOR OUR FLIGHTS In 2018 FCA adopted a special guideline to protect children.

In all its operations, Finn Church Aid has begun to pay special attention to the assessment and prevention of risks to children. In a crisis situation, children may become separated from their families or they may have otherwise traumatising experiences, such as sexual harassment or exploitation. Children may be used as objects of trade or as sources of child labour. In armed conflicts, children are recruited to become child soldiers or to perform auxiliary military tasks. In 2018, we adopted a special guideline to take account of the need to protect children. The guideline is based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and humanitarian principles, such as “Do no harm”, meaning that at least our operations will not cause any harm. Each FCA employee signs a commitment to observe the Code of Conduct of Finn Church Aid upon hire. When recruiting personnel, FCA conduces reference checks along with an extract of the criminal record if the job involves direct contact with children. We provide our employees with training as well. As we engage in programme work and plan our projects, we pay special attention to the assessment and prevention of risks to children. We constantly monitor and evaluate the projects and change our operating models if necessary. This applies also to communications. The decision to publish an image is made with the best interest of the child first and foremost in mind, by hearing the child and obtaining a written consent from the child’s guardian. Finn Church Aid partners and subcontractors commit to these rules as well. Each employee also has the duty to report any inappropriate conduct or activity, following

SINCE 2014, THE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM ALL FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

a set procedure in a system created for this purpose.

FINN CHURCH AID IS:

Finn Church Aid is a global organisation and its operations reach around the world. As our operations expand and the number of our personnel increases, air travel also increases. We invest efforts in a variety of electronic conference and training options, but telecommunications connections in fragile operational environments pose challenges of their own. Travel by air is inevitable in carrying out our work. Since 2014, the carbon dioxide emissions from the flights taken by FCA personnel have been compensated by FCA through Klima-Kollekte – Kirchlicher-Kompensationsfonds gGmbH, a joint CO2 compensation fund of church organisations, based in Germany. All projects funded by Klima-Kollekte have Gold Standard certification, established by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other non-governmental organisations. The GoldStandard takes the local social impact of projects into account and sets particularly rigorous requirements for the verification of emissions reductions. FCA operates ethically and ecologically. FCA is the first organisation in Finland to be granted the international Core Humanitarian Standard, which evaluates quality and responsible practices. Our operations are audited by independent auditors annually.

Finn Church Aid carries its social responsibility by operating ethically and ecologically.

•• A WWF Green Office reducing the environmental load since 2009; •• A Fair Trade workplace and one of founders of Fair Trade. We use Fair Trade products; •• A founder of FinnWatch, which analyses and monitors the operations of Finnish businesses in the developing countries.

Finn Church Aid 2018

ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATION 2018

PHOTO: TATU BLOMQVIST

Finn Church Aid Board of Directors. From left: Jaakko Rusama, Ritva Ohmeroluoma, Sixten Ekstrand, Kaisamari Hintikka (member of the board from 2019–), Olli-Pekka Silfverhuth, Reetta Meriläinen, Riikka Hietanen, Tuomas Aho and Anna-Kaisa Ikonen. Missing from the photo: Tarja Kantola (chair), Pekka Haavisto, Marjaana Jauhola, Juhani Lavanko, Aila Paloniemi, Mark Saba, Mari-Anna Auvinen, Kalle Kuusimäki and Riina Nguyen.

Finn Church Aid is governed by a Board of Directors, appointed by the Plenary Session of the Church Council. The Board consists of the Chair and 10-13 other members. The Board of Directors elects a Work Committee and an Audit Committee from its members. The Board of Directors convened six times in 2018. In addition, the Work Committee convened five times and held three email meetings.

FCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018 Chair: Tarja Kantola, International Adviser Tuomas Aho, Attorney Sixten Ekstrand, Director Pekka Haavisto, Member of Parliament Riikka Hietanen, Reverend Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, State Secretary Marjaana Jauhola, Docent in Development Studies, Academy of Finland Research Fellow Juhani Lavanko, Vicar

Finn Church Aid 2018

Tapio Luoma, Bishop (Vice-Chair until May) Reetta Meriläinen, Editor Ritva Ohmeroluoma, Master of Economics Aila Paloniemi, Member of Parliament Mark Saba, Reverend, International Ministry & Mission Olli-Pekka Silfverhuth, Vicar (Vice-Chair as of 1 June 2018) Secretary: Jouni Hemberg, Executive Director Expert members invited by the Board 2018 Mari-Anna Auvinen, Secretary General of the Finnish Ecumenical Council Risto Jukko, Director, Office for Global Mission, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (until September) Kalle Kuusimäki, Director of Diaconia, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Riina Nguyen, Executive Director, Orthodox Church Aid and Missions Filantropia Jaakko Rusama, Docent, Office for Global Mission, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (as of 9 October 2018)

The Work Committee 2018 Chair Tarja Kantola, members Marjaana Jauhola, Tapio Luoma (until May) and Olli-Pekka Silfverhuth (as of 1 June 2018), and Jouni Hemberg as secretary. Audit Committee 2018 Chair Ritva Ohmeroluoma, members Tuomas Aho, Olli-Pekka Silfverhuth (until May) and Sixten Ekstrand (as of 1 June 2018). Representatives of the Executive Director Executive Director Jouni Hemberg represented Finn Church Aid in the following cooperation organisations: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Department of Foreign Affairs; the Red Nose Foundation (Chair), Orthodox Church Aid and Mission Filantropia; Common Responsibility Campaign; National Commission on Sustainable Development; National Board for the Prevention of Violent Radicalisation and Extremism and Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE).

PERSONNEL AND SECURITY

PERSONNEL 2018

IN COUNTRY PROGRAMMES 89% OF PERSONNEL LOCALLY RECRUITED At the end of 2018, FCA employed 449 people, 129 of whom worked at the office in Helsinki, engaged in telecommuting or were seconded. A total of 34 expatriate employees and 236 locally recruited employees worked at the country offices or on projects. The proportion of locally recruited employees in relation to the total number of employees at the country offices was 89%. This corresponds with our objective of employing local personnel whenever possible. In cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, we recruited 467 local teachers in addition to our own personnel for the country programme in Uganda. The total number of person-years accumulated in 2018 was 414. Of these, 11.5 person-years were accumulated by fixed-term employees or F2F and telefundraisers. The average age of the personnel was 41.1 years. On the whole, Finn Church Aid employs an almost equal number of men (53%) and women (47%). The office in Helsinki has a slight female majority while most of the field offices have a clear male majority. Both FCA personnel working in Helsinki and the expatriates had an average of 5.3 years of service

at FCA. Most of the locally recruited personnel work on short project assignments. About 70% of the personnel either working at FCA in Helsinki or sent from Finland hold university degrees while 10% of them have primary or secondary education. The proportion of employees who completed their degrees in countries other than Finland is 30%. When comparing the number of the people who completed their degrees abroad, clearly more are working at the regional offices than in Helsinki. The locally recruited personnel’s level of education varies greatly depending on the assignment.

ONE OUT OF THREE EMPLOYEES COMPLETED HEIST-TRAINING Security and risk management are an essential part of Finn Church Aid’s operations. In the year under review, FCA focused attention on personnel security training and its further development. The organisation also increasingly developed the training of the people in charge of regional security and continued to develop its security strategy. A security manager working in Helsinki supports the country offices to develop personnel security under challenging conditions and is

in charge of security operations as a whole. The security manager is assisted by a regional security manager based in Africa. The task of the regional security managers is to provide support to the country directors and offices in their daily security work, to act as contacts in any emergencies, and to assist in risk assessments related to trips to the field. The main security policies and country-specific emergency plans were updated in 2018. Additionally, the country-specific risk assessments made for the benefit of the offices were revised. The standing orders and the separate country-specific policies were also revised to complement the security policy. The standing orders and policies raise the personnel’s security awareness, enabling them to take proper action at the proper time in case of exceptional circumstances. The most comprehensive security training sessions were held in Nairobi. The topics covered by these five-day security training courses (Hostile Environment Individual Safety Training (HEIST)) included first-aid, fire safety, personal safety, risk assessment and driving safety, among others. About one third of the entire personnel have now completed their HEIST training. FCA also arranged training in emergency First Aid and security responsibility for the personnel in Helsinki.

PERSON-YEARS AT FINN CHURCH AID 2013–2018 Finland

Stationed personnel

Locally hired personnel

300 250 200 150 100 50 0

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Finn Church Aid 2018

ECONOMY

FUNDING REMAINED STABLE The interest of international funding bodies in FCA’s operations continued to grow.

We should continue to pay attention to ensuring the availability of unrestricted internal funding in order to cover the mandatory FCA contribution to international funding. Additionally, we must be able to continue to channel our resources to the development of new programme work. Collaboration with several significant international funding bodies has allowed FCA to expand its operations and enabled growth in many country programmes. The governments of fragile states have also begun to recognise the value of Finn Church Aid’s operations. This has enabled collaboration with new kinds of funding partners, such as development banks. Contributions by private donors continued to grow even though in addition to the natural disasters in Indonesia and the Philippines there were no sudden large-scale disasters. The deficit for the 2018 financial year was EUR 0.5 million. Income for the financial year

Finn Church Aid 2018

PHOTO: JARI KIVELÄ

The development of Finn Church Aid’s funding base continued to see growth in 2018, even though operations were slightly reduced compared to the previous year. The number of private donations continued to show strong growth. International funding bodies continued to show interest in the operations of FCA. FCA’s operations and funding structure have changed significantly over the past ten years. Most of of FCA’s income is acquired from international donors. Examples of international funding bodies include the EU, UN organisations, other international organisations, the development authorities of other countries, and multilateral development banks. The growth of international funding leads to a growing need for internal funding.

In 2018, FCA built a dormitory for school children in Baringo, Kenya.

came to near EUR 40.0 million, corresponding to a decrease of 9.7% over the previous year. Funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and from Finnish and international institutional funding bodies totalled EUR 19.3 million, of which the Ministry for Foreign Affairs allocated EUR 6.3 million to development cooperation work and EUR 2.9 million to humanitarian aid work. Budgetary allocations from the parishes totalled EUR 4.1 million. The Common Responsibility Campaign resulted in the income of EUR 1.4 million while the subsidy from the Church Council was EUR 1.0 million. Income from the private sector, including private donations from the parish accounts totalled EUR 13.8 million. Expenses for the financial year totalled EUR 40.5 million, corresponding to a decrease of 8.4% over the previous year. Aid work expenses accounted for EUR 35.1 million, including EUR 2.8 million in programme planning, monitoring and development costs. Aid

work support functions, i.e. communications, fundraising, stakeholder contacts and general administration, generated the expenses of EUR 5.4 million. The proportions of operating costs used for aid work and support functions in relation to all expenses were 86.6% and 13.4% respectively. Global structural changes taking place in development cooperation will have a significant impact on the operations of FCA in coming years. The organisation is developing new operating models and exploring new financial instruments in order to fulfil its mission, vision and objectives. For example, the prioritisation of funding from the private sector will grow. At the same time, we will continue to deepen our alliance with international actors, such as UN organisations, development banks, ACT Alliance. Antti Miettinen Director of Finance

ECONOMY

FUNDRAISING INCOME 2018 1.0%

PROGRAMME WORK AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 2018 3.5% 2.0% 2.4%

28.0%

27.2%

5.5%

19.6%

24.2%

86.6%

Private and corporate donations ... 10.7 M€ Parishes ................................................... 7.7 M€ Government funding .......................... 9.5 M€ International funding .......................... 11.0 M€ Other income ........................................ 0.4 M€

Programme work ................................. 35.1 M€ Fundraising ............................................ 2.2 M€ Administration ...................................... 1.4 M€ Communications ................................. 0.8 M€ Resource mobilisation ........................... 1.0 M€

Total ......................................................... 39.3 M€

Total.......................................................... 40.5 M€

14.5%

10.2% 2.6%

63.4% Asia................................................... 4 911 894 € Africa................................................ 22 252 711 € Europe............................................. 911 678 € Global Programmes.................... 3 593 756 € Middle East.................................... 3 435 061 € Total................................................... 35 105 100 €

Uganda .................................................... 8.3 M€ South Sudan ......................................... 3.6 M€ Global Programmes ............................ 3.6 M€ Somalia ................................................... 3.6 M€ Central African Republic .................... 2.7 M€ Kenya ....................................................... 2.5 M€ Jordan ...................................................... 2.1 M€ Myanmar ................................................. 1.7 M€ Nepal ........................................................ 1.4 M€ Cambodia ............................................... 1.3 M€ Eritrea ....................................................... 0.7 M€ Syria .......................................................... 0.7 M€ Other ........................................................ 3.0 M€ Fundraising, communications and resource mobilisation ......................... 4.0 M€ Administration ...................................... 1.4 M€ Total.......................................................... 40.5 M€

PROGRAMME AREAS 2018 9.3%

EXPENDITURE 2018

Asia Bangladesh Cambodia Indonesia Myanmar Nepal Philippines

€ -329 854 -1 320 950 -121 475 -1 684 856 -1 370 918 -83 841 -4 911 894

Africa Africa Regional Central African Republic Eritrea Kenya Liberia Sierra Leone Somalia South Sudan Uganda

€ -367 984 -2 662 604 -726 206 -2 464 259 -478 261 -91 344 -3 563 064 -3 611 983 -8 287 006 -22 252 711

Europe Europe Regional Finland Greece

€ -12 612 -549 305 -349 761 -911 678

Global Programmes Global Programmes

€ -3 593 756 -3 593 756

Middle East Jordan Palestinian Territories Israel Syria

€ -2 112 612 -435 944 -180 977 -705 529 -3 435 061

Total

-35 105 100

Finn Church Aid 2018

INCOME STATEMENT & BALANCE SHEET

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT K€ INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

GROUP 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2018

GROUP 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2017

PARENT 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2018

PARENT 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2017

9 157 4 002 10 117 43 23 320

9 183 3 874 14 322 51 27 430

9 157 4 002 9 148 41 22 348

9 183 3 874 13 489 40 26 585

-16 066 -9 306 -9 733 -35 105

-18 688 -9 089 -10 776 -38 553

-17 452 -7 902 -8 780 -34 134

-21 800 -7 594 -8 314 -37 708

-11 785

-11 123

-11 785

-11 123

161

280

161

280

-1 108 -690 -1 798

-1 143 -1 064 -2 207

-1 108 -690 -1 798

-1 143 -1 064 -2 207

-1 637

-1 927

-1 637

-1 927

-2 051 -1 960 2 626 -1 385

-1 843 -1 893 2 261 -1 475

-2 051 -1 960 2 626 -1 385

-1 843 -1 893 2 261 -1 475

-1 373

-1 428

-1 373

-1 428

-14 796

-14 478

-14 796

-14 478

9 886 761 2 607 0 200 13 454

11 879 803 2 786 484 63 16 015

9 886 761 2 607 0 200 13 454

11 879 803 2 786 484 63 16 015

-2 211 11 243

-1 994 14 020

-2 211 11 243

-1 994 14 020

1 150 -19 132

40 4 -1 43

0 150 -19 131

0 4 -1 3

-3 421

-414

-3 421

-454

Subsidy from the Church Council

925

969

925

969

Profit/loss before fund transfers

-2 496

555

-2 496

515

2 192 -143 -86 0 1 962

-1 010 993 -493 0 -510

2 192 -143 -86 0 1 962

-1 010 993 -493 0 -510

-533

-534

Aid activities Income From the government Parishes From international funding sources Other income Expenses

Direct aid Personnel Other expenses

Deficit Support functions for aid activities Communications and stakeholder relations Income Expenses

Personnel Other expenses

Deficit General administration Income Expenses

Personnel Other expenses Appropriation to sectors

Deficit Deficit from operations FUNDRAISING Income Donations from individuals Donations from companies and organisations Donations from parishes Parish income to be transferred Other income Expenses Surplus INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING OPERATIONS Share of profit in partly owned companies Income Expenses Surplus Deficit SUBSIDIES

FUND TRANSFERS Donation Fund Disaster Fund Women’s Bank Fund Aid Fund SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR CURRENT PERIOD

Finn Church Aid 2018

INCOME STATEMENT & BALANCE SHEET

BALANCE SHEET K€ ASSETS

GROUP 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2018

GROUP 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2017

PARENT 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2018

PARENT 1 Jan.–31 Dec. 2017

NON-CURRENT ASSETS Tangible assets Machinery and equipment

120

Investments Shares and other interests Other receivables Total investments

79 6 890 6 969

93 6 305 6 398

78 6 890 6 968

53 6 305 6 358

CURRENT ASSETS RECEIVABLES Current Prepayments for projects Receivables carried forward Other receivables Total current receivables

724 1 821 628 3 173

614 1 667 585 2 867

704 1 821 633 3 158

952 1 631 560 3 143

100

Cash in hand and at banks

8 465

10 438

8 225

9 635

TOTAL ASSETS

18 797

19 822

18 541

19 255

1 945 1 663 2 245 118

4 137 1 520 2 159 118

1 945 1 663 2 245 118

4 137 1 520 2 159 118

5 012 -533 10 483

5 007 45 13 018

5 012 -534 10 482

5 007 5 12 979

LIABILITIES Current Prepayments received Accounts payable Other debts Accrued liabilities Total liabilities

5 230 593 919 1 573 8 314

3 404 585 1 028 1 786 6 804

5 226 380 978 1 475 8 059

3 207 439 1 013 1 618 6 276

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

18 797

19 822

18 541

19 255

Financial securities

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES EQUITY Subscribed capital Other funds allocated to specific activities Donation Fund Disaster funds Women’s Bank Aid Fund 1985 Surplus from previous periods Surplus/Deficit for current period Total equity

You’ll find Finn Church Aid’s entire Financial Statement at finnchurchaid.fi/finances

Finn Church Aid 2018

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