vs.A HANDOUT A WAY OUT

POVERTY IS THE PITS.

COMPUTERS

RICE

WATER

TRANSPORTATION

MEDICAL CARE

TOWN MEETINGS

COOKING STOVES

In the Philippines, where an impoverished community develops a business, a computer supply gives the entrepreneurs the capability to expand their business even further.

In DR Congo, a village creates a local rice mill. Today, the community-run mill generates thousands of dollars in annual profit.

An NGO donates rice to an impoverished community, but the supply unwittingly destroys the market for local rice-growing farmers.

An NGO (Non Governmental Organization) provides an African village with computers; however, seeing food as a more immediate need, village members sell the devices in parts for money.

In Malawi, a community builds a mud-brick school house themselves. The building becomes a monument for community pride and ownership.

When an NGO donates pencils, supplies last only two weeks in schools before parents have to buy replacements—a luxury few can a�ord.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

In Bolivia, a community builds a water well with infrastructure to create running water to each house. Village members are knowledgeable of the repair process and are able to protect it.

In India, a community builds better roads to get in and out of their village. Building sewers and repairing tunnels, they address the root of the problem.

In Nicaragua, local trained laborers build safe, smokeless stoves that are manufactured to use 3-5 times less firewood and create less fumes in the house. They also show women several di�erent ways to cook nutritious foods.

In Malawi, children's "birth-to-5" clinics teaching disease prevention and providing medicines are set up to visit local poverty-stricken villages.

Outreach International meets with communities to hear concerns and help prioritize solutions. Community roles take shape and women's voices are heard.

More often than not, NGOs decide what the greatest need is for an impoverished community rather than asking the community members themselves. Women are the least heard.

Years of handouts trap those in

poverty, causing them to

continually rely on others

for answers.

When villages organize, identify

needs and communicate

problems, it brings a brighter future for

generations to come. The community

becomes the solution.

An NGO builds a large hospital to serve a five-mile radius. But because it takes an entire day to get there and be seen, village members from surrounding communities must choose between health and food for their families.

An NGO donates a water source to a community in need. After 8 months, the NGO is long gone and the well breaks down with no one trained to fix it.

An NGO provides a village with bikes for transportation to a local hospital. With poorly maintained roads and no regard for infrastructure, the donation results in flat tires and rusted bike frames.

When an NGO donates cheaply-made stoves to a community, but neglects to listen to community needs, children often burn themselves, smoke fumes are trapped in homes and firewood supplies quickly deplete.

"Now when I look for solutions, I see myself." –Woman in a Malawi village on Outreach International's work in her community.

"I'm praying we get another hurricane so the people in my village will get food."–Woman in Nicaragua referring to handouts they've received from NGO programs.

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WHERE KNOWLEDGE THRIVES, POVERTY DOESN’T.OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

Learnings & Doings

P.O. Box 210Independence, MO 64051

GROWTH

ORGANIZATION GROWTH OVER THE PAST DECADE

$2,209,418 $480,117

$209,114

2012 EXPENSE BREAKDOWN

Program

82%ProgramFundraising

Administration

13%

5%

Fundraising

Administration

5 YEAR AVERAGE

$1.54 MILLION

0 $1M $2M $3M$4M

0 10K 20K 30K40K

$2.9 MILLION

23,370 GIFTS

2003

2012

TOTALCONTRIBUTIONS

14,240 GIFTS2003

2012

TOTALREVENUE

OUR WORK OVER 30 YEARS

FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS Outreach International has provided sustainable solutions to help end extreme poverty around the world. Projects don’t end poverty, people do. That’s why our key investment is in the people themselves‒women, men and children with stunning resilience and untapped intelligence and creativity.

$40,000,000 INVESTED IN PEOPLE

2,806COMMUNITIES

+ thousands of projects

350,750LIVES REACHED

+ millions more impacted

8,625COMMUNITY-LED PROJECTS

in 15 countries

&

34%10%9%18% 26%3%

RANGE OF PROJECTS FOR 2012

Go to outreach-international.org/our-work to see the full report

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