2013 - Annual Report - World Family of Radio Maria by World Family of Radio Maria

WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA NGO ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2013

WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA NGO ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. LETTER BY THE PRESIDENT ..........................................................................................................3 2. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................5 3. IDENTITY OF THE WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA NGO ASSOCIATION .................. 11 4. STAKEHOLDERS’ MAP AND INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES................ 13 5. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE...................................................................................................... 15 6. COMPOSITION OF THE CORPORATE BASE ............................................................................. 17 7. INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION/

ATTESTATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS................................................................ 21

8. PAID PERSONNEL............................................................................................................................ 23 9. VOLUNTEERS .................................................................................................................................... 27 10. OUTSOURCING CONTRACTS...................................................................................................... 29 11. FINANCING OF THIRD-PARTY PROJECTS ............................................................................. 31 12. EQUITY DIMENSION..................................................................................................................... 40 13. ECONOMIC DIMENSION .............................................................................................................. 44

ANNUAL REPORT WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA NGO ASSOCIATION 1. LETTER BY THE PRESIDENT We are at the third edition of our Annual Report which aims at granting to our stakeholders transparent and accurate information about the activities of World Family of Radio Maria in the year 2013. We consider this activity extremely important in order to give full transparency about World Family’s activities, projects, accounts and impact to all our Associate Members and all the stakeholder that are interested to our activity. Our activity is growing year after year in more than 60 countries in the 5 continents. Our mission is supporting the social and cultural growth of the populations through communication projects aimed at development. But not only economic development: every day we work with local associations training and supporting them in order to provide a real impact to their communities, working to promote peace, knowledge, spiritual and material growth with a major focus on the poorest areas of the world. A lot of efforts are requested to those who are committed to improve people’s life by empowering them through knowledge, skills, information and formation, especially when one works with so many different culture, languages and approaches. Such work requests us to upgrade continuously our organization and above all the people who are involved in it. I think in 2013 we fully carried out responsibilities with courage and determination, aware that our actions touch millions of people in the world. Which is a great responsibility: to use communication to spread those values that make human being more and more human. With this in mind in 2013 World Family of Radio Maria worked restlessly to achieve its goals in line with the objectives set by its Associate Members during the World Conference that, held every three years in Italy, is a benchmark in our way for spreading and developing Radio Maria project in the world. In this Annual Report we highlight our activities, resources, accounts and strategies used in 2013 to get our current results and, which will be the starting point for our so important work in the next future. I hope you will enjoy the reading and you will get closer and closer to our world of communication for development. Regards, Emanuele Ferrario, WFRM President

2. INTRODUCTION For this edition of the Annual Report, like in the past year, we referred to the model suggested by the Italian Agency th

for the Third Sector, approved by the meeting of the Council held on 15 April 2011 with resolution 147 and entitled “A Guide to Annual Report of no-‐profit organizations”. Our Association believes that the Annual Report is an important tool for the “reporting of responsibilities, behaviours and corporate results”. Therefore, through its Annual Report our Association wishes to provide, potentially to the entire audience of its stakeholders, information that goes beyond the economic figures, found in the financial statements. We would like to thank all the collaborators and volunteers that allowed us to achieve all the results of the past year 2013 focusing on the following challenges that our organization will face and resolve in the next couple of year. Knowing the particular economic crisis that affected Italy and consequently all the no profit organizations and the world of the international cooperation, we were able to react quite well maintaining the main objectives and projects that we fixed for this year 2013. Which was possible thanks to the improvement of the standard of organization through the continuous efforts to involve all stake holders around our organization and investing in some important areas as information technology and communication data. The year 2013 followed the World Congress of Radio Maria, which was held in Collevalenza, Italy, in October 2012. The Congress gave to World Family guidelines for the next three years. World Family carried out its activities in line with those guidelines and with its mission consisting in support to social and cultural growth of people through communication projects. In collaboration with several no profit organizations spread all over the world our association not only fulfilled its own goals, but also contributed to the integral development of human being, in line with the Millennium Goals of the United Nations. In more than 60 countries in the 5 continents, it supported programs which aim at improving the standard of living by informing, forming and educating millions of people using media every day. Together with local communities and associations, World Family contributed to encourage peace in countries with open conflicts: peace among and within peoples, especially by spreading values of solidarity and brotherhood of the Catholic Church. The World Family’s commitment to continue in the future years, as in the past, its operational efforts to projects in developing countries was hereby confirmed, thinking that the work of communication for development through the

religious values of the catholic teachings, could help local communities to grow in a better civil life together with the open behaviour to the differences. Radio is a simple special instrument to do that and doing projects in the development countries to help local association of volunteers to build their local communication activities with great involvement of the population is our main goal. This didn’t only mean that materials, technicians and skilled consultants were sent, but also that a huge number of volunteers were involved in the activities. Here is a summary of the activities subdivided by large geographical areas:

In Africa feasibility studies to support the growing of new local radios with high cultural and social profile were conducted in Liberia, Guinea Conakry, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali and Nigeria, while in other countries we studied the possibility of expansion in Uganda, Kenya, Cameron, Ivory Coast and to improve the network and the equipment for projects in Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Kenya. In Mali and Nigeria the local situation of instability and legal impediments did not allow our projects to have a significant step forward until now. In Central African Republic we registered a loss in terms of equipment and operation as the war that the country experienced gave rooms to acts of vandalism in one of the branches of our project, whose equipment was stolen. Even in Bangui where a new headquarter for the local association had been built and equipment was sent, we had to suspend operations until the political and social situation is normalized. In Europe a new radio started in Kosovo, in cooperation with a local organization but also with partner in Albania. In fact this is an example of reciprocal help that our partners and members give to one another in order to grow together. In East Europe our efforts increased in empowering our local partners which are constantly growing and more local organizations are expressing their interest in our activities: in Montenegro and Belarus we had contacts and visits to evaluate possibilities of planning and implementing projects. Further development of our activities will depend on local legal and social conditions. In Ireland, Latvia and Macedonia feasibility studies were conducted and first phase of related projects will be implemented in 2014. In Latin America our efforts have been directed to improve and renovate broadcasting networks in Chile and Argentina while in Guatemala and in Mexico new radio automation systems were installed. Our commitment to improve people life continued in a special way in countries like Brazil and Dominican Republic where we participated in programs focused on vulnerable people: we believe education is the key to development, therefore World Family invested in programs aimed at increasing

knowledge in several areas (agriculture and food security, human rights, health, etc.). Special attention was given also to local culture support, as it is the case of Uruguay where local minorities were offered opportunity to value their traditions and customs through a new broadcasting project in the capital city. Lastly, 2013 was a year in which many efforts and resources were dedicated to Asia. In that continent, the particular political and cultural conditions of some countries where World Family was called to operate, forced us to find new ways of implementing our activities. In fact we focused our attention on new technologies in broadcasting: particularly the use of internet applied to the broadcasting gave chance in 2013 to a web radio in India and to set a studio for another web radio in Macao. More traditional activities were carried out in Indonesia and Philippines with renovations of some broadcasting systems, and in Papua New Guinea with installation of a new satellite link. In Armenia, the project of a local communitarian radio started in 2012, strengthened its presence in the country with more cultural and educational programs.

Particularly another important action of the World Family is to promote financial autonomy and sustainability of the projects in a given period; besides during 2013 World Family strengthened its efforts in providing professional formation and knowledge on methods of local communities involvement to people who are active in its projects. A total of 71 professional figures and several volunteers from all over the world were formed during training sessions that were held both in WF’s headquarter and in partners’ office. Most of them come from developing countries in Africa and Latina America. The training program was run with the collaboration of technical and professional people of formation areas. One of our 2013 successes was the fact of having developed teams and centres focused on formation in partner associations: in particular we have to underline the commitment in this field of our associate members in Guatemala, Rwanda, Malawi and Burundi, that organized and implemented continental courses. This is a sign that World Family’s investment in local human resources is the answer to the need of formation in developing countries. In Europe the main center for training has been World Family’s headquarter in Varese and Rome, but it is our intention to develop more centers in the continent during the next years. The idea behind is a participative formation where WF and local partners take the responsibility to form and train people who are involved in Radio Maria projects.

METHODOLOGICAL NOTE For this third edition of our Annual Report we have used information taken from several WF department and individuals: 

Administration

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Communication managers

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Technical Services

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Continental Managers

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The information contained herein comes from the following sources:

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Minutes of the meetings and of the Board

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Letters, e-‐mails and communications to and from the stakeholders

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The Association’s management documents

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Reports from partners and local offices

The document was approved by the Board held on 27 of May 2014 and will be distributed by means of circulars, newsletters and through the World Family’s institutional website. The Annual Report refers to the World Family of Radio Maria NGO Association, and also contains a few pieces of information concerning its main stakeholders, which are mainly the Associations of the individual countries.

3. IDENTITY OF THE WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA NGO ASSOCIATION The World Family of Radio Maria Association has its registered office in Via Rusticucci 13, 00193 Rome. Its main operational offices are located at the address of Via Mazzini 12, 21020 Casciago (VA). It is an acknowledged th

association that, on 15 September 2005, was enrolled in the Register of Legal Persons of Milan under no. 1539. During the course of the 2013 period, the Association had a total income of € 8.336.365 (including financial income). The Association has a workforce of 20 paid individuals, 19 of them are employees and 1 is on a project-‐based contract. It also has 82 volunteer who are involved in several activities of the Association in Italy and abroad. The mission of the World Family of Radio Maria NGO Association can be summarized as follows: it is dedicated to assist and help, through its own services, the diffusion of the Radio Maria project throughout the world, specifically providing assistance to developing countries in order to create a local organizational culture within the scope of the means of communication and their related activities. This principle is contained in the corporate purpose, in article 2 of the Bylaws, which states: “The purpose of the association shall be the planning and realization of structures, training of personnel, research, and exchange of experience for the global distribution of the radio project Radio Maria”, as well it intends “methodically to pursue activities, with ample regard for continuity, which are exclusively education and training oriented in the promotion of broadcasting and mass media, principally in developing countries” and therefore “to encourage the social and cultural growth of the countries in which works, and particularly in those who are developing countries, through the promotion of its social, cultural, and religious values, for the improvement of social relations and the enrichment of human resources, with the help of radio broadcasts, and advertising of specific local events”. The Association thus operates in the cultural and socio-‐educational sector, as well as in the sector of professional training, health protection and prevention, agriculture and environment. It pursues its aims through two main areas: 

The socio–cultural–educational area through the implementation of communication projects aimed at development

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The professional training area through the implementation of technical training projects in the field of social communication.

The recipients of such activity are mainly local organizations in over 60 countries, of which over 50 are located in developing countries such as Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. The Association operates according to codes of conduct that have consolidated themselves through the years, and specifically with no commercial, advertising or sponsorship contribution whatsoever.

4. STAKEHOLDERS’ MAP AND INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES The Association’s stakeholders are: TYPE

NUMBER

Non-‐governmental Organizations and Associations

Employees

Personnel employed on a project-‐based contract

Volunteers

Consultants

The main stakeholders of the World Family of Radio Maria are the Associations that share and pursue the same purposes with the World Family, and which are distributed in over 60 countries, about over 50 of which in developing countries. Many of the local NGOs and not-‐for-‐profit associations, initially set up as counterparts in WFRM project, have enhanced their partnership over time and shared with WFRM the ideal inspiration and work method, thus originating an informal network that is basically located in the southern regions of the world and in transition countries. Most of the

NGOs that belong to the network have also become members of WFRM, to confirm the existing deep bond and collaboration. The stakeholders are contacted and their involvement is solicited through a monthly newsletter which is currently being revised and which is also published on the Association’s website. Beside it an annual institutional meeting and a few periodical continental meetings for informational and training purposes are held, at least an annual report and a magazine-‐type publication are published (“Miracle of Volunteers”).

5. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE nd

During the course of the year 2013, the Association convened a general meeting, on 22 of May 2013 with the following Agenda: st

Approval of Balance Sheet at the 31 of December 2012 Report of the Board of Directors Approval of Budget 2013 Ratification of membership fee Board proposal Mariathon 2013 Document “The Identity of Radio Maria” Any other business

Pursuant to art. 9 of the Bylaws, the Board of Directors is appointed by the General Meeting. During the course of 2013, the Board met a total of four (4) times. Below is a list of the most significant resolutions adopted during the year 2013:

DATE OF BOARD

OBJECT OF THE RESOLUTIONS

MEETINGS 11.02.2013

Membership fee 2013 Mariathon update

18.04.2013

Convocation of the General Assembly to be held on 22/05/2013 Approval of the Balance draft for the year 2012 (till 31/12/2012)

21.05.2013

1) Approval of the Balance sheet for the year 2012 (as of 31/12/2012) 2) Report of the Board of Directors 3) Approval of Budget 2013 4) Mariathon 2013: feedback and results 5) Documents “The Identity of Radio Maria” and Manuals 6) New License Radio Maria 7) New members

27.11.2013

1) Financial statements at 31/10/2013 and forecast to 31/12/2013 2) Plan and budget for 2014 3) Development Countries Projects 4) Mariathon 2014 5) Training Project 6) World Family Magazine and New edition “Progetto Radio Maria” 7) Web Radio

6. COMPOSITION OF THE CORPORATE BASE The members of the World Family of Radio Maria NGO are, pursuant to the Bylaws, individual not-‐for-‐profit associations. At the end of 2013, there were 57 members, compared to 58 members at the end of 2012. Association of Radio Maria Company Limited in Tanzania requested for resignation from membership, because its status of non for profit organization has changed in to profit organization. World Family of Radio Maria NGO accepted its resignation in accordance with the Bylaws. In fact only non for profit organizations can be members of World Family of Radio Maria. The following is the list of current members:

COUNTRY OF THE

NAME

REGISTERED OFFICE

Associazione Radio Maria

Italy

Asociacion Radio Maria

Peru

Asociacion Radio Maria de Colombia

Colombia

Udruga Radio Marija

Croatia

Radju Marija Malta

Malta

Internationale Christiche Rundfunkgemeinschaft E.V.

Germany

Fondo Radio Maria

Russia

Verein Radio Maria Austria

Austria

Fundacion Radio Maria

Ecuador

Asociacion Radio Maria

Guatemala

Radio Maria Uganda

Uganda

Asociacion Radio Maria

Panama

Asociacion Radio Maria

Bolivia

Association Radio Marie France

France

Asociacion Radio Maria

Spain

Radio Maria Inc.

USA

Association Radio Maria Togo

Togo

Corporacion Radio Maria Chile

Chile

Association of Radio Maria Malawi

Malawi

Associacao Radio Maria Mocambique

Mozambique

Asociacion Radio Maria

El Salvador

Radio Maria Foundation Inc.

Philippines

Association Radio Maria Burkina

Burkina Faso

Asociacion Civil Radio Maria Argentina

Argentina

Shoqata Radio Maria

Albania

Radio Maria Asociacion Civil

Mexico

Asociacion Radio Maria

Nicaragua

Asociacion Radio Maria

Paraguay

Association of Radio Maria Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Marijos Radijas

Lithuania

Association Radio Maria Rwanda

Rwanda

Udruzenje Marija

Serbia

Asociacion Radio Maria

Costa Rica

Association de Radio Maria Burundi

Burundi

Associacao Radio Maria do Brazil

Brazil

Magyarorszagi Maria Radio Kozhasznu Alapitvany

Hungary

Asociatia Radio Maria Romenia

Romania

Asociacion Civil Radio Maria

Uruguay

Association of Radio Maria Zambia

Zambia

Asociacion Civil Radio Maria

Venezuela

Association Maria Congo

Congo

Radio Maria Inc.

Dominican Rep.

Friends of Radio Maria Inc.

USA

Radio Maria Canada

Canada

Verein Radio Maria Soudtirol

Italy

Vereniging Radio Maria Nederland

The Netherlands

Radio Maria PNG Incorporated

Papua New Guinea

Radio Maria Beafrika

Central African Rep.

Asociatia Radio Maria Erdely

Romania

Holy Mother World Networks

Canada

Association Radio Maria Kenya

Kenya

Perkumpulan Radio Maria Indonesia

Indonesia

Association Radio Maria Gabon

Gabon

International Charitable Organization Radio Maria

Ukraine

Verein Radio Maria Deutschschweiz

Switzerland

Udruga Glas Marija

Bosnia and Herzegovina

VZW Radio Maria

Belgium

Pursuant to art. 9 of the Bylaws, the Board of Directors is appointed by the General Meeting for a three-‐year term. The current Board was elected in 2012. The members reflect the international nature of the Association, since they come from 9 different countries: NAME AND SURNAME

DATE OF ELECTION

COUNTRY

ROLE

Emanuele Ferrario

12.10.2012

Italy

President

Fr. Livio Fanzaga

12.10.2012

Italy

Councilor

Alicia Del Cid

12.10.2012

Guatemala

Councilor

Fr. Fabian Alberto Rovere

12.10.2012

Uruguay

Councilor

Lukas Bonelli

12.10.2012

Austria

Councilor

Fr. Prenke Lazraj

12.10.2012

Albania

Councilor

Bernardin Rutwaza

12.10.2012

Rwanda

Councilor

Fr. Gabriel Anda

12.10.2012

Cameroon

Councilor

Joy Gallardo

12.10.2012

Philippines

Councilor

Fr. Rafi Koot

12.10.2012

India

Councilor

Board members are volunteers therefore they don’t receive any payment or attendance token during their term of office. The minutes of the Board of Directors and Directive Councils’ meetings are made available to the members and kept on file at the administrative offices in Casciago (Varese), at the address of Via Mazzini 12. The Chairman Emanuele Ferrario is the legal rapresentative of the Association. The World Family has not appointed a Board of Statutory Auditors because, since its very founding, in order to ensure the highest transparency possible, it was decided to submit the financial statements to a specific external auditing firm for certification purposes. Once they are approved by the Board, the financial statements for the period, published in both Italian and English, are personally distributed to all members attending the annual meeting, or sent in electronic format by e-‐mail to all absent members.

7. INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION/ATTESTATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS As already mentioned, financial statements are submitted to auditing and certification by an independent company specifically. KPMG S.p.A., which will be paid a total of € 10.040,58 after conclusion of the certification process.

8. PAID PERSONNEL At the end of the period there were 19 employees, subdivided as follows:

TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AT THE END OF 2013

WOMEN

MEN

HIRED WITH OPEN-‐ENDED CONTRACT

HIRED WITH FIXED-‐TERM CONTRACT

HIRED WITH PART-‐TIME CONTRACT

During the year 2013, eight employees were hired and two employees were terminated. One of the new employees previously had a project contract, now he is employed without a time limit. Two persons, a senior and a junior, were employed in the marketing and fund raising department, while a new employee in administration, and one more engineer in the technical department have been hired. In the office/studio in Rome a young collaborator was given an apprenticeship contract. The overall turnover rate, given by the ratio of total incoming and outgoing employees during the period, in relation to the employs average during the period is therefore equal to 19%. Employees are hired pursuant to the National Labour Collective Agreement for Commerce, tertiary sector. During the period, two project based contracts ended: th

1) Africa Supervisor, contract end date: 5 of November 2013, project aimed at optimizing the management of the existing radio stations in the African continent. At the end of this project the person involved was employed by the Association in order to integrate its African office. 2) Assistance in the organizational restructuring for the local association in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the contract th

ended on 30 of June 2013. th

One project based contract was valid during the all year as its end is on 15 of February 2014: Europe Supervisor, project aimed at optimizing the management of the existing radio stations in the European continent. There were no workplace accidents during the course of 2013, and there is no on-‐going litigation on the topic of health and safety or concerning other issues with employees or project-‐based collaborators.

The average number of sick days was equal to 3,9. However, this figure was determined by a long sick leave of one of the employees (41 days), otherwise the average sick days per employee would be equal to 1,73. During the year the Association has increased the number of training courses for its staff. In fact World Family decided to invest to increase knowledge and skills in several fields for different categories of personnel. Some courses involved also volunteers: TRAINING BODY

COURSE

HOURS

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

FONDER Fondo Enti Religiosi

Spanish language

CIESSEVI Centro Servizi per il Volontariato

Corporate Fund Raising

CIESSEVI Centro Servizi per il Volontariato

Training courses management

FONDER Fondo Enti Religiosi

Train the trainers

Axel Technology

Audio Frequency support

Before – Consultants in Training

From remote teams

to virtual teams Before – Consultants in Training

Train the Trainers

Hereby the organisation chart of the World Family:

9. VOLUNTEERS There are 82 volunteers who work for the Association, one of which is the president. In Italy there are 25 volunteers distributed on the two offices of World Family of Radio Maria: in Rome 15 volunteers, in Casciago (operation and administration headquarters) 10. But most of volunteers (57) are foreigners who assist the implementation of each on-‐going project with our partners in their own countries. Out of the total number of volunteers 56 are men, and 26 are women.

In Rome volunteers are committed to support editorial activities in cooperation with our partners, while in Casciago volunteers work in collaboration with administrative personnel. Please note that within the Associations that are members of the World Family, the Chairman and the members of the Directive Councils are all volunteers. The volunteers in Italy always attend the convivial holiday events held at the headquarters, especially during Christmas. An insurance policy is taken out for the volunteers to cover possible injuries.

10.

OUTSOURCING CONTRACTS

For the procurement of certain services, the World Family of Radio Maria NGO relies on companies and people specialized in the sector. In particular, this occurs for the satellite service, for the audio streaming service, with skilled technicians in the radio and audio frequency areas. The satellite service allows the radio signal to be broadcasted throughout the country’s territory without relying on an infrastructure of capillary broadcasting apparatus in the country, thus resulting in a considerable reduction in investment costs as well as in routine and extraordinary maintenance costs. During the course of 2013, a total of € 410.150,29 was spent for this type of services. As regards audio streaming, which allows people to listen to the radio via web in any country of the world, the Association relies on the company IT Net, and pays a monthly fee. The cost of said supply was equal to € 31.420,03 in 2013. The “Technical Task Force” consists of a group of highly skilled technicians in the radio and audio frequency sectors. The World Family sends the Technical Task Force to developing countries to provide assistance to the local technicians in assembling, repairing equipment and apparatus; they also provide on-‐the-‐field training. Such expense increased as more interventions were done due to a number of projects focused on installating and upgrading of studios and network , the total cost was equal to € 128.590,26 compared to € 116.117 in 2012. Lastly, please note that there is no on-‐going litigation with the owners of the services which are being outsourced.

11.

FINANCING OF THIRD-PARTY PROJECTS

Below are the description of the situation and the progress status of the most significant on-‐going projects. The smaller projects related to the supply of materials and spare parts purchased by the World Family of Radio Maria itself or by the local associations are not included:

2013

Association

Title

Albania

Shogata Radio Maria

Communication for Development Tirana and Scutari II

Argentina

Asociacion Civil Renovation of radio networks Cultural -‐ social -‐ Extended Radio Maria for the development of local educational 2013 Argentina communities

Armenia

Radio Mariam Cultural Digital networks in the capital Foundation Yerevan Radio Maria VZW Education to development, human promotion and religious information for disadvantaged persons Asociacion Radio Promotion of socially vulnerable Maria people through cultural empowerment Udruga Radio Marija U Antennas for Peace. Peace Bosni I Hercegovini education through radio in the ex-‐ Yugoslavia Republics Realization of a production center Associacao Radio for the communication for Maria do Brasil-‐ARMB development Association Radio Music as cultural instrument for Maria Burkina people education Association Radio Realization of new radio Maria Burundi transmission plants Association Radio Realization of new broadcasting Maria Cameroun stations Association Radio Start up of a broadcasting station in Maria Centrafrique Bangui Corporacion Radio Radio network renovation Maria Salesian Institute Broadcasting with new technologies

Belgium

Bolivia

Bosnia

Brazil

Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Rep. Chile Cina -‐ Macau Rep. of Congo

Association Congo

Dem. Rep. of Congo Dem. Rep. of Congo

Association Radio Maria Association Radio Maria Congo RD Center Radio Maria Inc.

Dominican Republic Ivory Coast Ecuador Philippines

Association Maria Fundacion Maria Radio Foundacion Incorporated

Maria Communication for development. A project to form communicators Antennas of peace in the eastern region Antennas of peace

Network and studio renovation in Santo Domingo Radio A voice of peace in West Africa

Area Cultural-‐social-‐ educational

Duration and Status in 2013 2013-‐2015

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2012-‐2015 educational Education to Extended to 2013 development

Cultural – social -‐ educational

2013-‐2015

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2013-‐2014 educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2011-‐2013 educational Cultural – social -‐ educational Technical training

2013-‐2015

Technical

2013-‐2015

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2013-‐2015 educational Technical 2012-‐2014 Cultural – social -‐ 2013-‐2016 educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2013-‐2015 educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2010-‐2013 educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2012-‐2015 educational Technical

2013-‐2014

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2011-‐2013 educational Radio Improvement and upgrade of the cultural -‐ social -‐ 2012-‐2013 network in developing regions educational Maria Project of communication for the Cultural -‐ social -‐ Extended to 2013 development for the local educational communities of the northern region

France

Gabon

Guatemala Guinea Conakry Guinea Equatoriale

India

Indonesia Kenya Kosovo Malawi Mexico Mozambique The Netherlands

Papua New Guinea

Perù Romania Romania Russia

Rwanda

Serbia

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

Switzerland

Tanzania

Radio Maria France

Education to the development of the human promotion of disadvantaged people Associaton Radio Promotion of cultural and Maria Gabon agricultural heritage in local communities Asociacion Radio Renovation of production unit in Maria local communities Radio Voix de la Paix A voice of peace in West Africa SARL Association Radio A voice of Peace in West Africa Maria Guinea Equatorial Radio Maria Project of communication for the Association development for the local communities of Kerala region Association Radio Renovation of broadcasting Maria network Association of Radio Renovation of a broadcasting Maria Kenya network Shoqata Radio Maria Peace building promotion towards local Albanian ethnic groups Association of Radio A voice of peace in East Africa Maria Malawi Radio Maria Renovation of production site for Asociacion Civil local communities’ communication Associacao Radio Building radiofrequency networks Maria Mocambique to promote local communities Vereniging Radio Information and education to the Maria Nederland development -‐ human promotion for disadvantaged persons Radio Maria PNG Communication Networks Project Incorporated for the islands communities development Asociacion Radio Support to local communication Maria networks Asociatia Radio Maria Radio networks for the local Romania communities development Maria Radio Erdely To encourage the communication Egyesulet among linguistic minorities Development Fund of Cultural Project of Communication non-‐comm. Radio for Development Broadc. “Radio Maria” Radio Maria Rwanda A Communication project for peace building in Rwanda – the Radio at mankind’s service Udruzenje Rarija Antennas of peace. Peace education in the ex-‐Yugoslavia Republics Association of Radio A voice of peace in West Africa Maria Sierra Leone Association of Radio A voice of peace in West Africa Maria Sierra Leone – Makeni Verein Radio Maria Education to development, human Deutschschweiz promotion and religious information for disadvantaged persons Association of Radio Project for the spreading of culture Maria and integration in the local communities

Education development

to 2012-‐2015

Human promotion

2013 -‐ 2015

Technical and 2013-‐2015 professional training Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2012-‐2015 educational Cultural-‐social-‐ 2013-‐2017 educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2011-‐2014 educational Technical -‐ cultural

2013-‐2015

Technical -‐ cultural

2013-‐2015

Cultural -‐ social -‐ educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ educational Education to development Cultural -‐ social -‐ educational Education to development

2012-‐2015 2013-‐2016 2013-‐2015 2011-‐2013 Extended to 2013

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2011-‐2013 educational Technical – education -‐ social Cultural -‐ social -‐ educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ educational Education development

2013-‐2015 Extended to 2013 Extended to 2012-‐ 2013 2012-‐2015

to Extended to 2013

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2013-‐2015 educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2011-‐2013 educational Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2011-‐2013 ended educational Education development

to 2011-‐2013

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2011-‐2013 educational

Togo Ukraine

Uganda

Uruguay Zambia Tanzania USA

Association Radio Maria Togo The International Charitable Organization Radio Maria Radio Maria Uganda

Network and Lomé studio renovation Installation and network development in Zhytomyr, Kamayanets, Horodok

Local communities integration project for the development of the human being II Asociacion Civil Radio Renovation of radio network Maria Association of Radio Local network restructuring Maria Zambia World Family Africa Training project for communication and development World Family Inc. – Training and technological center America for projects for the Latin communities in the U.S.A. and in Latin America

Technical

2013-‐2014

Technical development

2013-‐2014

Cultural -‐ social -‐ 2013-‐2014 educational Technical

2013 -‐ 2015

Technical

2013-‐2014

Professional training

2011-‐2014

Professional training 2011-‐2014 and technologies

SUMMARY OF RESULTS: A total of 51 projects was implemented in 2013, 23 of them started during the course of the year, while 15 ended in the same period. Some areas of social educational projects: Manufacture/supply,

on site visits by skilled personnel (sending of internal personnel, technical operators and

production

involvement of volunteers);

conditions:

final feasibility study (for areas falling under one’s responsibility, timing, sustainability,

assessment criteria, monitoring); design activities (technical project, training programme, team design, etc.); ordering materials (listing of project materials and supplier selection); sending material (logistics, choice of forwarding agents, Customs-‐related paperwork, warehouse for construction materials and installations functional to the activity (selected design, adaptation or construction of facilities) Assistance and

assembly of facilities (skilled technicians sent to supervise the jobs and the final assembly);

assembly services:

final testing of structures (testing carried out according to standard procedures approved by the laws in force in Italy and in the beneficiary countries)

Training operators:

assistance during the set up and selection of the teams and managerial training (first selection on site, followed by training in Italy of the area managers); on-‐site training programmes (technical editorial personnel and sector experts sent for on-‐ site training); initial operational assistance through continental managers (with specialists of the continental area on hand); supervision of internal audit (visit by internal personnel for verification purposes: regularity audit and performances audit); external audit

A GLANCE AT SOME PROJECTS AND RESULTS In Cameroon a new studio was realized and started its operations in 2013 in Yaoundé therefore a new project was launched to extend the broadcasting network to several parts of the country in accordance and cooperation with local no profit organizations and the Cameroon Episcopal Conference. Also in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo, a studio was installed with a previous project which ended at the end of 2012. Last year in Congo we started a new project whose focus is development: it intends to support programs aimed at developing the most vulnerable part of the society by spreading knowledge and relevant information through the radio. In Indonesia we accomplished the goal of installing a studio in Meden in 2012. From 2013 a new project focused on communication for development started. In Uruguay, after installing a new studio in 2012 in Montevideo, last year a new project started for the renovation and upgrading of the network in order to reach minority groups and local communities, where cultural support programs have been activated. A new country where WF was called in Africa is Equatorial Guinea. In 2013 the first phase of the project consisted in implementing the feasibility study which was done before. Official launching of activities of the local association is expected in 2014. In Mozambique a new headquarter has been planned in the capital city Maputo. Restructuring of building has been accomplished and equipment sent. In 2014 it is expected to start operations On the side of not accomplished project we have to record a case in which the goals could not be achieved: During 2013 in Central African Republic an armed conflict interested the whole country. Our project in Bossangoa had to stop as studio and offices were ransacked and equipment stolen. No person was injured but activities had to stop. For this reason, before the end of 2013, World Family started in Bangui a different project where it is expected to give life to a new broadcasting centre. Full implementation will be done once the political situation is stable and allows people and organizations to work in security and safety.

TWO NEW RADIOS STARTED IN 2013: Radio Maria Kosovo

Radio Maria India

Inauguration:

January 2013

June 2013

Place: Pristina

Place: Cochìn, Kerala

1 frequency

Web Radio

24 hours

Studio equipment was renovated or completely replaced in 7 countries: Belgium, Burundi, Cameroun, Guatemala, China, Mozambique and Central African Republic (the last two not yet completed). Renovations of broadcasting plants in 9 countries: Chile, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, while in more than 15 countries extraordinary works for repairing or upgrading old equipment were executed both in radio and in audio frequency.

Internal personnel trained: 19 Volunteers trained in the information and communication area: 82 New people involved in projects undergone training sessions: 71 Trained audio frequency technicians: 4 Promotion of local languages and local culture in developing countries through live broadcasting: 100% of programs are in local languages, including the two new radios.

Alphabetization

Human rights promotion

Contribution in human

Health education

promotion programs in:

Food security and agriculture Empowerment of vulnerable people Peace and justice Education to development and sustainability Small business management and entrepreneurship education

Involvement of local communities Every day programs that are produced in local communities and especially among the most vulnerable people are aired by national radios. Together with our partners we try to give voice to the voiceless making local communities protagonists of our programs, especially in developing countries. Activities in professional training area 2013 was a year in which WF invested considerably in human resources, especially through its partners that dedicate part of their activities to formation. The idea of having dedicated teams to formation in every continent has been successful. In fact the groups EFCA (Equipo de Formación Continental de America) in America and FARM (Formateurs Africains Radio Maria) in Africa have been looking after the formation of new members of associations in their continents, organizing training sessions and workshops. In Tanzania, country where a training center was already set some years ago, our local partner was involved to organize and implement training sessions in cooperation with FARM and other local no-‐profit organizations in 3 more countries: Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi. Such collaboration supported and supervised by WF, gave life to field trainings which were particularly successful. A total of 26 people coming from 16 African countries were trained in five different session (2 in Rwanda, 2 in Burundi, 1 in Malawi). The sessions were in the area of editorial management and administrative management. Empowering our partners was one of the objectives of WF efforts during 2013: the result is not only visible in the way trainees are working now in their associations and countries, but also in the fact that in Africa there are three more centers for training, which are contributing to the general development of Radio Maria project in the continent. Also in Latina America the training activities continued with vigour during the year 2013. In fact 16 people were trained in management and editorial techniques, in 4 training sessions. In Europe the WF training department directly organized 7 training sessions whose beneficiaries were people involved in local associations not only from Europe but also from America, Africa, Asia. In fact a total of 25 people were trained in WF headquarter, 12 from Europe, 9 from Africa, 2 from Latina America, 3 from Asia. WF headquarter serves until now as training center for Europe and also for the other continents when there are sessions with a worldwide target. With European no-‐profit organizations WF is in the process to organize training centers dedicated to Europe, like Dar es Salaam is for Africa and Guatemala for Latin America.

An important workshop was held in Italy for all those people who, as member or partners of WF, are involved in formation. During the workshop new strategies of training were identified. Participants were 18 in total, coming from Europe, America and Africa.

Project Financing Sources Below is a table that shows the distribution of the financing sources of on-‐going projects: SUBJECTS

VALUES

PERCENTAGE

Contributions from members

3.309.031

39,39%

Other donations from members

2.886.032

34,36%

Pre-‐tax 5 per thousand government contribution

2.151.701

24,62%

Donation from third parties

10.562

0,13%

Other income

42.502

0,51%

TOTAL

8.399.828

100,00%

The item “Contributions from members” consists of a variable membership fee and a fix annual fee paid by the associations to the World Family of Radio Maria NGO. The fix fee amounts to 500 USD, while the variable fee is based on the gross revenues shown on the financial statements of the previous year of each association. “The other donations from members” are donations given by the associations for the co-‐financing of specific projects of communication for the development and projects of information and education to development. The item “Government contribution” consists of the 5 per thousand of taxpayers’ income received by the State and intended for not-‐for-‐profit organizations. The item “Donation from third parties” regards donations from both, associations and from private supporters. Hereby the “Variation in inventory”, reported in the income statement, for the amount of € 64.333, has not been included, as they are specific bookkeeping adjustments; including this item, the income would be € 8.335.495.

12.

EQUITY DIMENSION

The financial statement of the World Family of Radio Maria NGO has always been drawn up according to the provisions of the Italian Civil Code for corporations and in order to guarantee the utmost transparency, they have always been submitted to the certification by a primary auditing firm. It has been appropriately integrated by considering the “Directives for financial statements drawing up of non – profit originations”, drawn up by the Italian Non – Profit Agency. In particular, the financial statement layout has been made by considering the “Directives” in order to give a better view about the “core activity” and in fact to guarantee a major transparency. It should be noted, that there are no law obligations in this matter. Please find below the Balance Sheet for 2013 along with the one pertaining to the 2012 period:

BALANCE SHEET -‐ ASSETS

31/12/2013

31/12/2012

A -‐ Associative share proceeds

to be received

1.443

B -‐ FIXED ASSETS

I Intangible fixed assets

-‐

II TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

1 -‐ Land and buildings

-‐

Accumulated depreciation

-‐

2 -‐ Industrial and commercial equipment

300.102

262.012

Accumulated depreciation

(300.102)

(262.012)

-‐

3 -‐ Other assets

a) Furniture and fittings

261.417

238.975

Accumulated depreciation

(261.417)

(238.975)

-‐

b) Motor vehicles

66.840

53.450

Accumulated depreciation

(66.840)

(53.450)

-‐

III FINANCIAL FIXED ASSETS

1 -‐ Investments

a) subsidiary companies

-‐

2 -‐ Amounts receivable

281.429

334.786

3 -‐ Other securities

-‐

281.429

-‐

334.786

Totalfixed assets (B)

281.429

334.786

C -‐ Assets forming part of

working capital

I Stock

4 -‐ Finished products and goods

15.363

79.695

II Receivables

4 bis -‐ Tax receivables

146

2.096

5 -‐ Others

49.160

49.306

295.291

297.387

III Financial assets not of a fixed nature

6 -‐ Other securities

999.218

-‐

IV Liquid funds

1 -‐ Bank and postal accounts

327.506

789.089

3 -‐ Cash-‐in-‐hand and cash equivalents

2.991

330.497

3.308

792.397

Total assets forming part of

working capital ( C )

1.394.384

1.169.479

D -‐ Prepayments and accrued income

Prepayment and accrued income

14.974

30.802

Total assets (A+B+C+D)

1.692.230

1.536.510

BALANCE SHEET -‐ LIABILITIES

31/12/2013

31/12/2012

A -‐ Net worth

I Free capital:

1 -‐ Managerial result

21.442

87.153

Exercise in progress

2 -‐ Managerial result

817.201

730.047

Preceding exercises

3 -‐ Statutory reserves

-‐

II Endowment fund

162.155

III Bound assets

-‐

TOTAL NET WORTH (A)

1.000.798

979.355

B -‐ Provisions for contingencies

and other charges

1 -‐ Pension and similar provisions

2 -‐ Other

-‐

TOTAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTINGENCIES

-‐

AND OTHER CHARGES

C -‐ Employees' leaving entitlement

Employees' leaving entitlement

238.921

212.514

D -‐ Payables

2 -‐ due to banks

-‐

831

3 -‐ due to other financial institutions:

-‐ due within one year

-‐

-‐ due after one year

-‐

5 -‐ accounts payable to creditors

237.694

177.228

6 -‐ amounts payable to tax authorities

43.847

36.666

7 -‐ social security charges payable

44.567

36.444

8 -‐ other amounts payable

124.632

450.740

92.357

343.526

E -‐ Accrued expenses and

deferred income

Accrued expenses and deferred income

1.771

1.115

TOTAL LIABILITIES (A+B+C+D+E)

1.692.230

1.536.510

Memorandum and contingency

518.000

accounts

13.

ECONOMIC DIMENSION

For the statement of activities too, reference has always been made to the Italian Civil Code with regards to corporations and appropriately integrated by considering the “Directives for financial statements drawing up of non – profit originations”, drawn up by the Italian Non – Profit Agency. The Statement of Activities is provided here below, together with the 2012 figures.

STATEMENT of Activities -‐ Expenses

2013

2012

1 Expenses from typical activities

1.1. Purchases

20.630

60.373

1.2. Services

1.420.537

1.446.227

1.3. Use of third party assets

95.472

87.437

1.4. Personnel expenses

a) wages and salaries

717.705

627.404

b) social security contributions

212.064

181.131

c) Employees'leaving entitlement

46.071

975.840

38.529

847.064

1.5. Amortisation and depreciation

a) Amortisation of intangible

assets

-‐ trademarks and licences

25.448

4.524

-‐ setting-‐up costs

4.965

186.429

-‐ software programs

200.949

231.362

161.518

352.471

b) Depreciation of tangible

fixed assets

-‐ industrial and commercial

41.385

28.232

equipment

-‐ furniture and fittings

23.612

61.110

-‐ motor vehicles

24.390

89.387

-‐

89.342

1.6. Other operating costs

36.043

38.438

1.7. Contributions for projects

5.431.129

5.509.237

2 Financial Costs

2.1. from banks

9.127

11.617

2.2. from exchange rate losses

4.105

2.3. devaluation securities

782

-‐

2.4. other

9.982

15.732

3 -‐ Extraordinary expenses

3.2. Other

-‐

16.157

Total expenses from tipycal activities

8.310.382

8.462.478

Taxation on surplus for the year

4.541

2.315

Surplus for the year

21.442

87.153

Total

8.336.365

8.551.946

STATEMENT of Activities -‐ Incomes

2013

2012

1 – Incomes from typical

activities

1.1. Incomes for projects

2.886.032

3.456.568

1.2. From the State

2.151.701

2.128.463

1.3. From associates

3.309.031

2.893.362

1.4. From the third

10.562

32.277

1.5. Other incomes

42.502

79.517

1.6.Variation in work in progress

(64.333)

8.335.495

(48.961)

8.541.226

2 -‐ Financial Incomes

2.1. From banks

111

2.2. from financial activities

-‐ securities

673

10.310

2.3. from exchange rate gains

870

345

10.720

Total incomes from typical

activity

8.336.365

8.551.946

During the year 2013 the revenues of the World Family were equal to € 8.399.828 net of variation in inventories (€ 64.333) and decreased by € 190.359 compared to 2012 (€ 8.590.187). Despite the reduction of the available financial resources during 2013, the year ended with a surplus of € 21.442, while during the previous year there was a surplus of € 87.153. As usual the surplus is not distributed, but will be used for institutional activities, as provided for by art. 4 of the Bylaws. Even during the year 2013 the World Family of Radio Maria NGO did not carry out any advertising or specific activity for collecting funds. The donations are usually made through banking and/or postal channels. As clearly shown by the aforementioned data, there are no subjects that, due to the entity of their contributions, can jeopardize the Association’s independence. The Association has no contractual relationship underway with the Public Administration.

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