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Overseas Aid Committee of the Council Of Ministers

Annual Report 2006-2007

External Relations Division







Overseas Aid Committee

of the Council of Ministers

Annual Report 2009 – 2010


Chief Secretary‟s Office Government Office, Bucks Road

Douglas, IM1 3PN

Price Band D £3.90

Contents

Section Page No.

1. Foreword by the Chief Minister 5

2. Introduction by the Chairman of the Overseas Aid Committee 7

3. Overview of the Overseas Aid Committee‟s activities in 2009 – 2010 9

4. Case Studies 11

a) Case study one 11

Charity: One World Centre

Project: Charity Challenge 2009

b) Case study two 13

Charity: Excellent Development

Project: Kitandi fruit tree growers

c) Case study three 15

Charity: Mines Advisory Group

Project: Explosive Ordnance Proposal (EOD) Cambodia

d) Case study four 17

Charity: Kids In Need of Education (KINOE)

Project: Akanksha Educational Centres

e) Case study five 19

Charity: Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

Project: DEC Disasters - Haiti Earthquake Appeal

5. Synopses of projects supported 2009 – 2010 21

6. Appendices

a. Appendix A Overseas Aid Expenditure 2008 – 2009 35

b. Appendix B Definitions for the nine development aid categories 36

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To: The Hon Noel Q. Cringle, OBE, MLC, President of Tynwald, and the Honourable

Council and Keys in Tynwald assembled.

1. Foreword by the Chief Minister

In 2009-2010 the Overseas Aid Committee spent £2.4 million on funding charities, based both on the

Isle of Man and in the UK, to work with those most in need in developing countries across the world.

The work of the Committee plays an important role in helping alleviating poverty across the globe, and

also enhances the Isle of Man‟s international reputation as a responsible and caring nation.

As the Chairman makes clear in his introduction, the Committee has in recent years undergone a

number of changes aimed at improving its processes and procedures to ensure that it is both more

accountable to Isle of Man residents and that funds are spent in the most efficient way possible. The

Committee has also spent more time engaging with both Manx and UK-based charities to ensure that

they get the most out of their involvement with the Committee. It will continue to make such changes

over the coming months.

However, the focus of this Annual Report is the projects which were funded during the 2009/10 financial

year, and which have recently come to a conclusion. The attached report gives an overview how the

2009/10 budget was broken down by UN Millennium Development Goal, and by region, along with a

more detailed review of some specific case studies, and a brief synopsis of each project supported.

The Committee supported a wide range of charities during the period with the largest recipients being:

Christian Aid £362,159

Oxfam £341,684

Save the Children £125,455

Disaster Emergency Committee £176,690

Sightsavers £165,750

Concern Worldwide £125,000

The Committee is appointed by the Council of Ministers, and membership during the period covered by

this report was as follows1:-

Mr G Waft MLC, (Chairman)

1 Mr Waft MLC and Mr Watterson MHK left the Committee in summer 2010 and were replaced by Hon David

Anderson MHK, Minister for Health and Mr Eddie Lowey MLC. Ms Burden also stood down in 2010 and has been

replaced by Ms Clare Bader.

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Hon P A Gawne MHK

Mr J Watterson MHK

Mr H Green (Lay Member)

Ms A Burden (Lay Member)

Whilst the Committee operates within a remit and a set of priorities agreed by the Council of Ministers,

we are indebted to the Committee and its officers for their enthusiastic approach to their work, and the

manner in which they support those in less developed countries with fairness and compassion. On

behalf of the Isle of Man Government I would like to thank the Committee for their invaluable work.

__________________________________

Hon J A Brown MHK

Chief Minister

February 2011

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2. Introduction by the Chairman of the Overseas Aid Committee

The Overseas Aid Committee is the Isle of Man Government body responsible for funding

development aid projects in the world‟s less developed countries and for providing donations to

international emergency appeals.

In the financial year covered by this report, April 2009 - March 2010, during which Mr George

Waft MLC was the Chairman, the Committee built on major changes first implemented in the

previous year flowing from the report on “The Policy and Funding of Overseas Aid” (June 2008).

A number of changes have been made to the Committee‟s procedures and processes, aimed at

making it more accountable, accessible and more efficient in its aims of providing aid.

Firstly, in addition to the development aid (small grants) and emergency aid funds, 2009/10

was the first year of the new multi-year grant scheme. The scheme allows for three year

projects to be funded, rather than the one year required by the development aid scheme. This

provides charities with the opportunity to develop more sustainable projects which are more

cost effective and have a greater impact on the recipient community. Ten multi-year projects

were funded.

Also in the previous year the Committee had aligned its funding and selection criteria more

closely with the UN Millennium Development Goals when considering applications. The

Committee now uses the United Nations Human Development Index to prioritise those projects

based in countries ranked lower down on the Index. This system has been working well,

allowing for a more focussed approach to the Committee‟s consideration of applications and

aligns the Committee more closely with accepted international practice. The Committee has also

prioritised applications from Manx charities in order to ensure that it supports the vital

contribution that they make throughout the world for those in need. Manx charities have also

helped to raise the profile of development issues within local schools and the broader

community.

The new processes have helped the Committee sift through the large number of applications

which it has continued to receive – almost 400 submissions for support were sent to the

Committee through the various funding streams though it was only possible to support 57 of

these.

Alongside the £1M set aside for multi-year grants in 2009/10, the Committee had at its disposal

£800,000 for development aid and £600,000 emergency aid, adding up to a total of £2.4M.

Through the multi-year grants scheme, the Committee funded projects such as those by

CAFOD, which seeks to address disaster risks in Sierra Leone, and Concern Universal, which

aims to reduce poverty in the Upper River Region of the Gambia through skills training.

Development aid projects included the Namaste Children‟s House project to set up a micro-

finance project in Nepal and a project by Restless Development to provide awareness on HIV

and AIDS in Zambia. Emergency aid was provided to Haiti, through the Disasters Emergency

Committee, in the aftermath of the earthquake there. Emergency aid was also provided to

Christian Aid to deal with flooding in El Salvador and to Red International for winter relief in

Afghanistan. Further examples can be found in Section 4, which contains some in depth case

studies, and summaries of all of the projects funded by the Committee.

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The Committee was also pleased to provide funding for the One World Charity Challenge

alongside the H & S Davidson Trust. This initiative, which is run by the Isle of Man‟s One World

Centre, played an important role in promoting the cause of international development among

Year 12 students, giving them an understanding of global citizenship and recognition of the way

in which their actions can make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged people. More

information about the Challenge can again be found in Section 4.

In the coming years we hope to continue our work to modernise and streamline our processes

and seek to implement found recommendations contained in the Council of Ministers‟ report.

The Committee is grateful for the continued support of the Isle of Man Government and the

people of the Isle of Man.

February 2011

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3. Overview of the Overseas Aid Committee’s activities in 2009/2010

The Overseas Aid Committee of the Council of the Ministers is responsible for the allocation of funding

for development and emergency aid projects.

For the 2009/10 financial year the Committee received an allocation of £2.4 million. The budget was split

into three main types of expenditure –small grants, of up to £100,000, for which £800,000 was

allocated, multi-year grants, with an allocation of £1,000,000, and emergency aid, with £600,000. In

2009/10 the Committee made changes to the way in which it targets its budget and selects projects,

aligning the funding and selection criteria more closely to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

In total, 57 projects were funded, 21 under the small grants scheme, 25 under the emergency grants

scheme and 10 multi-year projects.

The figure below shows the breakdown of expenditure on small grant and multi-year grant projects

according to the particular development goal addressed (emergency aid funding is excluded from the

table as these are not judged on the basis of the MDGs). As can be seen, the majority of funding (44%)

has addressed the goal of ending poverty and hunger, while 19% has been devoted to projects

addressing the goal of environmental sustainability. 14% of funds have been used for projects

concerning child health.

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As can be seen from the figure above, which breaks down the Committee‟s expenditure by region, the

vast majority of expenditure (71%) went to Africa. This of course reflects the fact that many of the

world‟s least developed countries are to be found in this region (according to the United Nation‟s Human

Development Index). Projects in Asia received 22% of the Committee‟s funding, while 7% was awarded

to projects concerning South America.

More detail about the individual projects can be found in the following sections.

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4. Case studies

Charity Challenge 2009

Case Study 1:

Charity Challenge IoM is an innovative and creative One World Centre initiative, supported by the H&S Davidson Trust, to encourage year 12 students, in teams of 4-6, to become more aware of the quality of life for the majority of the population of the world. Through researching the work of an NGO supported by the Isle of Man Overseas Aid Budget the students will encounter some of the development issues that youngsters are facing on a daily basis - By viewing the impact of the work of the charity through the eyes of a person in that country it is hoped that the students will develop empathy for people in other parts of the world. All of the teams use their research to create a multimedia presentation about their chosen charity. Each school selects one of their teams to take part in an inter school final where a panel of judges will award grants to each of the charities represented based on the quality of the presentations.

Chairman of the Overseas Aid Committee, George Waft MLC introduced an added element of drama to the event when, before the judges retired to make their decisions, he announced the Committee had agreed to match the £10,500 grant pool funded by the H&S Davidson Trust pound for pound, raising the total to £21,000. In view of the sum involved, it was decided the nine charities not represented at the finals would each receive a £500 grant and the remaining £16,500 would be allocated by the judges to the seven finalists. Then a last-minute donation of £3,500 from a local businessman who wished to remain anonymous brought the total sum to be divided among the seven teams to £20,000.

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The largest share of the grant, £5000, together with the Frances Davidson Cup – donated by Chairman of the H&S Davidson Trust Hugh Davidson in honour of his late aunt Manx-born Frances Davidson – was awarded to the Castle Rushen High School team for their insightful and sensitive presentation on Childcare Kitgum Servants, a charity committed to giving hope and a future to the children of war-torn northern Uganda. Pat Wiles of Childcare Kitgum Servants in the Isle of Man said: „We‟re trying to raise £35,000 to fund 19 water tanks to harvest the rain water from the wet season to protect the water supplies of the 8000 pupils and 400 indigenous staff as the region‟s being affected by climate change, so it‟s great that Castle Rushen‟s Charity Challenge award will help fund three of the tanks.‟ Ballakermeen High School‟s team representing Action Saves Kids and Isle of Man College‟s team representing Koru Hospital Fund were each awarded £3,500; £3000 went to Queen Elizabeth II High School‟s team representing Excellent Development; St Ninian‟s High School‟s team representing The Pahar Trust and King William‟s College‟s team representing Namaste Children‟s House each received £2000, while £1000 was awarded to Ramsey Grammar School‟s team representing Hands of Hope. In his vote of thanks Hugh Davidson said entries having grown to 24 teams this year combined with the generosity of the Overseas Aid Committee and the anonymous donor had transformed Charity Challenge, and he went on to praise the students for their resourcefulness and enthusiasm for the Charity Challenge programme, a Freedom to Flourish initiative delivered through the One World Centre that „empowers students in the Isle of Man to help people in the developing world reach their full potential‟. Chair of the judging panel and One World Centre co-ordinator Cheryl Cousins spoke of how the students‟ presentations had served „to change the way we think about the poor and forgotten people…those who have no voice‟, then addressing the seven teams she said: „You spoke up for them tonight and helped give them the opportunity for a better life.‟

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Case Study 2: Kitandi fruit tree growers

In July 2009, the Isle of Man Overseas Aid Committee granted £41,747 to Support the Kitandi Fruit Tree Growers Self – Help Group (SHG) in Ukambani, southeast Kenya, to work towards water and food security. Kitandi are a used to be adversely affected by drought which resulted in acute food shortages. Income levels for most households were below one dollar per day international poverty line and poverty oppressed many. When they came together as a group, their agenda was to look for ways that could help to alleviate poverty. Prone to

drought and food shortages, the area was hit severely by the 2009 east African drought, the worst seen by farmers in a lifetime. However, members of the Kitandi fruit tree growers have stuck together and worked hard to improve their livelihoods. Thanks to the work they have put on their farms, they coped better than many of their neighbours with the harsh conditions of the drought.

They currently have 27 members, 15 of whom are women. Each member supports on average an

extended family of 7. In 2009 they have 8 new sand dams (4 funded by the Isle of Man Overseas Aid

Committee), which will permanently increase the

local supply of clean water. Increased food

production and new trees planted in the area have

had a positive impact on the local economy. The

total population of Kitandi (2,500) the

administrative sub-location where the group is

located, will benefit from the project outputs,

notably due to access to the sand dams and the

reduction of stress on other water resources.

John contemplating the transformation of the Kaiti valley, Kitandi

In 2009, the 8 new dams build by the Kitandi SHG, 4 of whom were funded by the Isle of Man OAC will

bring many benefits. Sand dams are a reliable source of water, notably in drought periods. Sand dams

also recharge underground water levels and raise the water table. This has a significant impact on the

local environment and benefits increase with time.

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Water from the sand dam enables tree seedlings to be germinated in nurseries, meaning that they are strong enough to be planted out successfully when the rains come. The Excellent Development survival rate of trees is between 65 and 90%, whereas overall in Kenya the survival rate is 2%. Trees provide food, fodder, fertiliser, fuel, lumber and a source of income, as well as aiding soil

and water conservation. In 2009 farmers of Kitandi have planted over 3,500 trees, exceeding their initial target of 2,000 despite the drought.

Access to water, fertiles oil and healthy trees are the pillars that allow farmers to invest time on further development activities to increase food production. Peer learning workshops and exchanges as well as demo plots enable farmers to apply and develop the most suitable farming techniques. Improved food production results in

improved health and incomes. This

impacts positively on the whole

community.

Farm in Kitandi at the end of 2009 drought. Despite the prolonged lack of water, the harvest was

successful.

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Case Study 3: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Cambodia

A community member alerts MAG EOD to the location of a suspected explosive item

As a result of nearly three decades of war, Cambodia remains one of the most severely landmine and UXO affected States world-wide. This mainly affects the poorest and most isolated agricultural communities, where over 40% of rural Cambodians remain physically endangered and socially and economically disadvantaged by a combination of landmines, cluster munitions, air dropped bombs and other Unexploded Ordnance (UXO). The Cambodian Mine/UXO Victim Information System (CMVIS) shows that from January through December 2009 there were 243 landmine UXO casualties and over 27,000 landmine and UXO casualties since 1992. Amongst those suffering the most from this legacy of conflict are those whose homes and villages became battlegrounds during the years of fighting.

The contribution from the Isle of Man Overseas Aid Committee will support the deployment of one highly specialised and mobile EOD team to support the clearance of UXO in MAG operational areas. An EOD team is a mobile five-person multi-skilled unit, comprising of one supervisor, one medic and three EOD trained deminers, capable of providing a mobile response to reports of UXO within communities affected by landmines and UXO. EOD teams respond to direct requests from communities, conduct demolition tasks, and also deliver important Risk Reduction Education (RRE) to communities. Particularly vulnerable at-risk groups were targeted with RRE; in the case of this project vulnerable groups are young males and ex-combatants. MAG teams see the firsthand impact of the known or suspected threat of a single landmine, item of UXO, or indeed a whole minefield, on the livelihoods of communities. The removal of 1,933 mines and UXO under this project has provided safe land for socio-economic development in support of some of the most impoverished communities in Cambodia, and targeted RRE contributes to saving the lives and limbs of some of the most vulnerable people. With the generous support of the Isle of Man Overseas Aid Committee, the work undertaken by EOD 7 has directly contributed to removing UXO and landmines and contributed towards the RGoC‟s National Mine Action strategy, Ottawa Treaty obligations and MDGs, including Cambodia‟s specific ninth goal. Through the deployment of the EOD team to priority tasks in Pailin Province, MAG has ensured impact driven solutions to mitigate the effects that the landmines and UXO have on livelihoods, health, and

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economic and social development in Cambodia and enable people affected by conflict to develop their futures in a safer environment which in turn will assist in poverty alleviation. MAG would like to take this opportunity to express its thanks to the Isle of Man Government for their continued valued support of its Humanitarian Mine Action activities in Cambodia.

Farmer Tuath Sareth (aged 45) and his wife and three children are beneficiaries of the Isle of Man OAC supported Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) activities in the village of Suon Ampov Khang Kaeut village in Pailin province. Sareth settled in the village in 1997 after the political party integration and election agreements which took place that year. According to Sareth, no people lived in the village between the 1979 and 1989 as it was under the supervision of Cambodian

government and Vietnamese troops and from 1990 until 1997 it was under the control of the Khmer Rouge.

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Case Study 4: Akanksha Educational Centres

Three supplementary educational centres, serving some of the poorest children from Mumbai's slums are being helped by the Isle of Man. In April 2009, The Overseas Aid Committee donated £14,260 to the UK-registered charity KINOE, which believes that education is the best way of lifting people out of poverty.

Thanks to the generosity of the Isle of Man, over 150 disadvantaged children from the slums of Mumbai are attending classes to learn English, maths and social awareness skills, to ensure they have the knowledge and confidence to pass exams and make a better life for themselves and their families. Most of these children live in windowless, one-room shacks, with no running water. The shacks are crowded close together, and in the monsoon season, the pathways through these communities are awash with muddy water. Families have to queue both for communal toilets and for an allocation of water. Each family is given a ration card and a time slot when they must collect their water in large pots. If they miss their slot, they will have to wait 24 hours for their next turn. The parents here are bringing up families on an income of £45-£70 per month. All of these children will be first generation literate. At the centres, in addition to learning English and Maths in the context of a balanced curriculum, these children are given the self-confidence and self-esteem to make them feel they can be agents of change in their communities. Education in the state schools is often inadequate, with large classes, rote learning, and a high absentee rate among the teachers. Unlike the state schools, in the educational centres, the ratio of teachers and assistants to pupils is very high. Pupils are encouraged to interact with the teachers and with their classmates, so that learning becomes an interesting and enjoyable communal enterprise. Given the stresses of slum life, it is important that time at the educational centres should be enjoyable.

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In addition, specialist art classes and sports coaching are available to any of the children who show particular interest or aptitude. Mothers are sometimes employed as helpers in the classrooms or to help pack artworks that have been designed by the children.

Any absences by pupils are immediately followed up by the social workers who are attached to each educational centre. These social workers also work closely with the communities, to deal with social problems as they arise. Parents' meetings are held each month at each centre, and various health and hygiene topics are covered, such as substance abuse and ways to prevent the spread of diseases. The importance of education for girls as much as for boys is impressed upon the parents, and they, like their children, become ambassadors for education in their communities. Twice a year, the charity arranges for a panel of doctors and dentists to examine the children free of

charge. The trustees and staff of KINOE and the children of Campion, Sir JJ and KGM2 would like to say a big thank-you to the people of the Isle of Man

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Case Study 5: DEC Disasters – Haiti Earthquake Appeal

The DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal has now raised over £101 million of which over £30 million has been spent already to help 1.2 million people with aid. An unprecedented aid effort in Haiti has reached more than two million survivors in the first 100 days since 12 January‟s devastating earthquake. Workers from aid agencies, the UN, government and ordinary Haitians pulled themselves out of the ruins of their homes and offices, buried their dead and started helping others. The initial bottlenecks in getting aid into the country by land, sea and air have been increasingly overcome with the trickle of aid arriving in the first weeks quickly turning into a torrent. Huge challenges remain with many survivors still living in very poor conditions as the rainy season intensifies into May and the hurricane season looms in June. Emergency medical care for the 300,000 people estimated to have been injured in the quake has been delivered with Merlin and partners of the British Red Cross setting up field hospitals. Merlin has seen over 5,600 patients, performed almost 400 surgical operations and its mobile clinics are now reaching rural areas. Increasingly medical staff are dealing with more routine medical issues, such as helping women suffering complications in labour, and the Red Cross have played a central role in a vaccination campaign for children and adults which has so far reached half a million people. The Red Cross, Save the Children and World Vision have played a significant role in identifying 767 unaccompanied children and seeking to reunite them with family members. Save the Children and World Vision have also set up child friendly spaces, which play host to many of the 58,000 children using such services each week. Along with CARE and partners of CAFOD these agencies have helped provide food to 3.5m people by distributing rice supplied by the UN. CONCERN is now also working with the UN to provide food to over 50,000 children and women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.

Help the Aged are supporting older people in existing institutions and by relocating residents from the partially ruined municipal care home in Port au Prince. ActionAid are also working with vulnerable groups including older people and pregnant women, as well as providing a wide range of other services. Many DEC agencies have helped provide clean drinking which is now reaching 1.3m people on a regular basis with Oxfam and the Red Cross alone reaching hundreds of thousands. These agencies have also been central to efforts to provide over 5000 latrines but rapidly increasing this to 21,000 by July remains a huge challenge because of a lack of space in already overcrowded camps and the significant risk of flooding to conventional pit latrines.

The other enormous challenge facing the people in Haiti and those trying to help them is ensuring everyone has at least basic shelter as the rainy season intensifies in May. The Red Cross has led these efforts, with many other DEC members, ensuring 1.2m people have received heavy duty plastic sheeting or tents. Part of the reason DEC agencies have focused primarily on providing plastic sheeting rather

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than tents is the lack of space to pitch tents and the ability for families to keep using waterproof sheets as they improve their temporary shelter. Sadly, another reason for this decision is now coming into focus – most the tents distributed in Haiti are now leaking which means even more plastic sheeting is needed to help make them waterproof. Islamic Relief is running three large camps which it is seeking to improve by installing showers, drains and washing facilities. Conditions are very poor in many of the 1,325 other camps in which people are now living. Christian Aid has worked particularly closely with local Haitian organisations to support their wide range of efforts covering food, water, shelter and household supplies. They are now working to support people to feed their families and earn a living through agriculture. Tearfund have helped reopen 12 schools and where schools have reopened wider studies have shown that 75% of children quickly returning to class. These efforts are complicated not just by the damage to schools but also by the fact that many buildings have been used for emergency shelter.

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5. Synopses

Organisation

British Red Cross Society

CAFOD

Christian Aid

Concern Universal

Concern Worldwide

Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

Excellent Development

Global Action Nepal

Handicap International UK

Hands of Hope

Helpage International

KINOE

Learning for Life

Manx Landmine Action

Merlin

Namaste Children‟s House – IOM

One World Charity Challenge

Oxfam

Pahar Trust Nepal

Plan UK

Practical Action Ltd

Pump Aid

RED International

Save the Children

Send a Cow

Sightsavers International

Tearfund

The Save the Children Fund

Unicef

Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO)

WaterAid

World Vision

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Chile Earthquake

File Ref: EMR 061.09/Aid category: Emergency Beneficiaries: 10,000

Funding requested: £10,000.00 Funding awarded: £10,000.00

The Chilean Red Cross was able to respond immediately to the affected regions. Some 2,500 Chilean Red Cross volunteers worked alongside the country‟s National Emergency Office distributing emergency food and water and

items such as blankets, tarpaulins, hygiene kits and kitchen sets to families all sourced locally as far as possible, to help contribute to the local economy. Providing medical assistance, provision of safe water and sanitation and

shelter.

Addressing disaster risk through sustainable

environment management in

Sierra Leone

File Ref: MYG 027.09/Aid category: Multi Year Grants Beneficiaries: 29,203

Funding requested: £ 81,720.00 Funding awarded: £81,720.00

The aims of this project were to reduce the vulnerability of target communities to drought, bush fires and wind storms through sustainable environmental management. The project will improve the target community‟s

understanding and implementation of sustainable environmental management and agricultural practices that will

reduce the target community‟s vulnerability to hazards, improve their food security, reduce hunger and poverty, and ensure long term environmental sustainability. The project will support 10 target communities to implement

sustainable agricultural activities including the use of drought resistant crops. The project will enable these communities to take practical steps such as planting trees to create windbreaks and stabilise the soil, providing

them with eco-stoves and water storage facilities. The Project will also help support 10 communities to develop community disaster risk reduction action plans, enable the Community to evaluate the hazards and the links

between these hazards and their existing land use management practices.

Improving food security for small-scale farming

households in Sierra Leone

File Ref: MYG 008.09/Aid category: Multi Year Grants Beneficiaries: 153,659


This project will contribute to improved food security and progress towards the MDGs of the population of Bonthe District, Sierra Leone, focusing specifically on small-scale farming and fishing households in three chiefdoms of

Bonthe. The work targets some of the poorest and most marginalised community members and these activities will directly strengthen their ability to provide food and nutrition for themselves and their families.

Poverty reduction in Rural

Burundi

File Ref: SG 113.09/Aid category: Small Grants Beneficiaries:126,600


This project has helped address food security issues among rural communities in Burundi by implementing

measures to encourage reforestation and reduce soil erosion. As a result, the project has reported significant changes in attitudes towards environmental protection in the target communities, which is essential to the overall

success of the work. Activities included creation of 30 tree nursery sites, planting of over 1.38 million forest and agro-forest tree seedlings in total a total of 1,384,374 forest and agro-forest trees have been planted, 24,100 fruit

trees, 906,794 forest shrubs and the planting of 36, 244 metres of hillside terracing as an erosion control measure.

Strengthening resilience, health and livelihood

capacities for Communities in Southern Angola

File Ref: SG 114.09/Aid category: Small Grants Beneficiaries:12,000


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This project has made significant progress in addressing health, educational and livelihood issues in 14 rural villages in the municipality of Mavinga, South Africa. Activities have been focused on water and sanitation, skills

training, education, health and community empowerment, the project has reported significant changes in behaviour and attitudes in the social and economic life of communities. 13, 950 stakes of cassava distributed to villages, 9

meetings organised in 9 villages with the objective of sharing and exchanging information about profitable

agriculture, 37 information and education workshops held involving 124 women, 96 men and 74 young people and 2 community landmine awareness sessions were held covering topics such as how to recognise mines, indicators

that may suggest an area might be mined, conventional and international signs.

Sri Lanka Emergency – April

2009

File Ref: EMR 003.09/Aid category: Emergency Beneficiaries:10,000


This project helped to provide decent living conditions for internally displaced people (IDPs) providing basic clothing

for members of 2,260 families, essential nutritional food to 1,348 fa;milies and milk powder for 500 infants to

maintain the nutrional level of 2,148 familes during the crisis situation. To reduce helath hazards in the camps the project provided sanitary towels for 1,000 families and basic hygiene kits for 400 families. All items were

purchased from local markets, which supported the local economy and had a positive effect on the local community.

Flooding in El Salvador –

November 2009



This project provided emergency relief packs for 284 families in seven communities, relief packs that compiled wih

Sphere humanitarian standards for nutrition consisting of sugar, vegetable oil, cereal and pasta. Personal hygiene kits were provided to 90 families and a water system was in stallied in a school benefiting 73 children. The Project

also provided livelihood rehabilitation work with 132 families in four targeted communities helping to restart

agricultural activities through the provision of planting crops, seeds and agricutural tools. With the help of this project, families are restoring production infrastructure to ensure crops can be successfully grown during next

harvest.

Upper river region livelihood improvement and poverty

reduction project

File Ref: MYG 067.09/Aid category: Multi Year Grant Beneficiaries: 63,079


The project seeks to reduce the level of poverty and enhance the livelihoods of the poor and peri-urban population

within the Upper River Region of the Gambia, through skills training, small sustainable enterprise development, and through access to appropriate and affordable irrigation technologies.

Improved access to quality primary, reproductive and

child health services

File Ref: SG 001.09/Aid category: Small Grant Beneficiaries: 56,078


The overall aim of this project was to improve access to quality primary, reproductive and child health care services

in Kunike and Kunika Barina of Tonkolili District. This was achieved by strengthening and supporting quality reproductive and child health, improving health seeking practices and access to quality health care. The

achievement of these objectives was driven by a number of key activity areas in infrastructure development,

provision of supplies and equipment, skills training for health workers and capacity building of Health Management Committees and community mobilisation and education. 15 Health Management Committee members benefited

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from training in health planning and management. There are 12-15 members per committee which means over 200 people participated in the training, additionally 15 Primary Healthcare Unit workers received specialist skills

training and over 500 community members participated in community health clubs.

Emergency drought response

Project, Kenya



The main objective of the project is to provide water to the worst affected areas and people, by constructing and

providing underground tanks, plastic tanks, water trucking in Southern Districts and also providing emergency

funds for borehole generator repairs and fuel. The project will benefit 2,400 people with approximately 5,000 livestock.

Flood response in North-Eastern Afghanistan



The Project provided 1,000 families with essential household kits, hygiene kits and temporary shelter materials with attention paid to community involvement and the repositioning of stock in case of future incidences of flooding.

The provision of hygiene kits and relief items were supplemented with training sessions on hygiene awareness,

personal hygiene and use of clean water to prevent the spread of disease.

Emergency response in

Cyclone AILA

File Ref: EMR 017.09/Aid category: Emergency Beneficiaries:6,000 families


The Project aimed to assist 6,000 of the poorest and most vulnerable flood affected families, in particular those

families whose houses and productive land have been destroyed. The Project will also address the urgent shelter needs of cyclone affected families and contribute to the supply of tarpaulin sheets, water storage items for safe

drinking water and mosquito nets.

Emergency response in Cyclone AILA



The funding has helped purchase and distribute survival packs including rice, vegetable oil, pulses, salt flour, oral rehydration salts and soap, reduce tension and anxiety of affected populations through the provision of food relief

packages and assisted people for early recovery. The project initially set out to provide 1,470 familes with emergency food and non food support for two weeks but the actual coverage was for 1,572 families.

DEC Disasters Appeal Indonesia, Philippines and

Vietnam

File Ref: EMR 031.09/Aid category: Emergency Beneficiaries: -

Donation Funding awarded: £50,000.00

This DEC appeal was launched in October 2009 and raised £7 million, raising over £1 million in 24 hours in which 13 Member Agencies participated. Among the many activities carried out in Indonesia 85,000 families received

emergency healthcare, 57,000 families were provided with tents or tarpaulins, 37,000 people were supplied with household supplies including mosquito nets, blankets, kitchen sets and baby kits, 12,000 families received clear

water and 10,000 children were helped to get back to school. In the Philippines 900 families were rescued, 81,000

families were provided with household supplies, hygiene kits were provided for 67,600 families, food for 17,000 families and water and shelter for 3,500 families. In Vietnam provided help with rescue operations, 19,000

household items were provided including soap and detergent, hygiene kits and blankets, 16,500 families were provided with food and 800 mothers were helped feed their babies or infants.

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DEC Disasters – Haiti Earthquake Appeal

File Ref: EMR 058.09/Aid category: Emergency Beneficiaries: -

Donation Funding awarded: £126,690.00

The DEC appeal was launched on 12th January 2010 and raised over £101 million. A devastating 7.0 magnitude

earthquake struck Haiti on January 12th 2010. It was the worst earthquake to hit the country in 200 years. Up to three

million people live in the area worst hit by the quake, which centred 10 miles south-west of the densely populated capital Port-Au-Prince. The latest estimates are 230,000 people killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were

all destroyed. Among the many activities carried out over 250,000 people were provided with clean drinking water, emergency shelter for 100,000 people, building of 3,000 latrines, medical consultations for 100,000 people and

supplementary feeding for 1,890 malnourished children.

Excellent Development –

Seed Security Programme –

August 2009 – March 2010



This project provided seeds to 62 communities representing 2, 353 farmers. Although the initial number of communities was reduced from 65 to 62, the number of farmers supported remained the same. Despite the 2009

droughts, most communities did manage to produce and store a significant surplus of seeds in many varieties.

Unfortunately, some communities living in the worst affected areas experienced a very low yields. 36 communities were coached on how to set up seed banks, farmers were trained in cultivation of drought, resistant crops, seed

storage and best methods of terracing their farms.

The excellent water, soil and

trees Kitandi fruit growers Project


Funding requested: £41,747.00 Funding requested: £41, 747.00

This project has enabled members of the Kitandi Fruit Tree growers self-help group to improve water supply and

food production, as well as their health, income and education. The main objective for them was to ensure long

term food and water security. The project‟s holistic approach to these problems started with the building of small sand dams and the terracing of the adjoining land, followed by the planting of trees. These measures resulted in

improved soil and water conservation, which enabled increased food production.

Excellent Development

Kenya – Food for work famine relief –

March/August 2009



The Overseas Aid Committee had originally given £10,445.99 towards this project in March 2009, however the

situation has deteriorated following several successive droughts leaving 1.3 million people facing starvation. This project enabled the food for work famine relief programme (FFW) to continue enabling people to survive and

remain in their community to work on initiatives to build greater resilience to droughts and improve food security.

The work carried out included building sand dams, terracing land, diversifying and re-introducing drought resistant varieties of crops.

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Global Action Nepal

Education and skills Project for girls, adolescents and

adult women



The project aimed to empower girls, female adolescents and adult women through education and training to enable

them to play a more significant and vociferous role in the political, educational, social and intellectual lives of their

communities. The project delivered primary teaches development courses overall 38 teachers from 10 schools were trained, helping to achieve child-friendly classrooms, providing colourful, positive learning environments,

implemented clean water sources and sanitation facilities in each school. Also, trained 43 child club teachers in capacity building skills, tuition and coaching classes into formal education. Conducted various classes on

development of youth gender and family health/nutrition issues, communication skills, problem solving, and self

esteem.

Assistance to persons with

disabilities affected by the floods of 1st Sept 09 in the Kadiogo

province in Burkina Faso



This project carried out needs assessments for 574 people with disabilities affected by the floods, 61 receiving an

individual aid which had a direct impact on their life. 50 people were to receive individual assistance for their

rehabilitation ultimately there were 61 beneficiaries.

Dystrophic baby hospital

File Ref: SG 167.09/Aid category: Small Grant Beneficiaries: 350


This funding helped to support 19 families with food parcels for a year. This was to prevent babies who had been

admitted to the dystrophic baby hospital in Botoshani from being readmitted due to poor diet. Monthly distribution

of food packages, at each visit to the families parents are given education and counselling on child care and family planning by the trained social workers.

Emergency response project in Shinille Zone, Somali

Regional State, Ethiopia



This project aimed to provide life saving water and sanitation services to 60,000 vulnerable, drought affected pastoralist older people and their families. Activities included; provision of emergency water trucking for 12,238

severely drought affected families for 4 months, construction and maintenance of critical water points (19 shallow wells, 2 cattle troughs), and distribution of 1,300 jerry cans. Construction work was carried out through

involvement of 800 low income families, in turn enhancing the food and livelihood security of the targeted local

communities.

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Akanksha Educational Centres

File Ref: 118.09/Aid category: Small Grant Beneficiaries: 780


This project helped fund three supplementary educational centres for impoverished children in Mumbai, India for one year. The educational centres provide supplementary education to children aged from 5 to 18 years, in

English, Maths, Social issues, Drama and Sports. As the education provided by State Schools is so poor, children need extra tuition in order to pass exams, this is provided to parents at no extra cost as long as the pupil is also

attending state school. There are currently 31 supplementary centres running in Mumbai, teaching 1,920 children.

Floating School



A mechanised boat was built locally and classroom facilities were installed. The boat was stocked with learning

materials, a small library and media facilities including a radio, television, VCR and DVDE. A part time

administrator, three teachers, one social worker and a boat assistant have been hired. Alongside literacy and mathematics, children are taught the history of Bangladesh, geography, the address of the villages, weather,

electricity and the solar system. Students were also given a basic knowledge of cleanliness, nutrition and health issues. The Floating School travels six days a week to 30 different villages, providing education to 250 children

(aged 6-12 years) and 50 youths (aged 13-18 years). Classroom activities are held 6 days a week except Government holidays with 40 – 50 students in each class, whilst the floating school is docked, community members

are able to use the library and media facilities.

Explosive Ordance Disposal (EOD) Cambodia



The contribution from the Overseas Aid Committee has supported the deployment of one highly specialised and mobile Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team to support the clearance of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in MAG

operational areas. The EOD team was deployed to 38 villages within Ba Yakha and Ou Tavau Communes in Pailin Province, where the team responded to requests from communities and local authorities for the removal and

destruction, the EOD team targeting 38 villages benefitting 870 people from 148 families, targeted Risk Reduction

Education (RRE) was provided in each village in conjunction with the team tasks, RRE sessions benefited a total of 1,130 adults and 768 children. Through the deployment of the EOD MAG has ensure impact driven solutions to

mitigate the effects that landmines and UXO have on livelihoods, health, and economic and social development in Cambodia and enable people affected by conflict to develop their futures in a safer environment which in turn will

assist in poverty alleviation.

Provision of Mobile Clinics in

Myanmar (Burma)



There were three main objectives for this project reduce the prevalence of the four most common diseases in the under fives, provide pre and post natal care and provide community health education. Three mobile teams were

involved in providing first line treatment for targeted diseases in 54 target villages. Mobile clinics visited at least

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once a week to Health Posts and clinics were open for one or two days, maternal health services provided regular checkups and iron supplements and there were health education activities held every month in target villages.

Namaste Children’s House – Isle of Man Namaste Children’s House – Micro-Finance Project

File Ref: SG 172.09/Aid category: Small Grant Beneficiaries: 125


This project has enabled 25 families successfully start a small business with help and advice from experienced staff in Namaste Children‟s House – Nepal and others. There are five families involved in the five different types of

business, such as buffalo or goat farming, street vendor, vegetable/sewing or tea shop.

One World Charity Challenge

Match £ to £ the Awards at

the Charity Challenge

File Ref: SG 193.09/DONATION Beneficiaries: -


Charity Challenge is a secondary school project coordinated by the One World Centre as a Freedom to Flourish

initiative supported by the H&S Davidson Trust. It challenges yr 12 students across the Island to research either the work of a Manx charity operating overseas, or a charity supported by the IoM Overseas Aid Budget and to put

together a presentation that will convince a panel of judges of the effectiveness of that charity and its impact upon the life of a young person living in the developing world. The largest share of the grant, £5000, together with the

Frances Davidson Cup – donated by chairman of the H&S Davidson Trust Hugh Davidson in honour of his late aunt Manx-born Frances Davidson – was awarded to the Castle Rushen High School team for their insightful and

sensitive presentation on Childcare Kitgum Servants, a charity committed to giving hope and a future to the

children of war-torn northern Uganda.

Pat Wiles of Childcare Kitgum Servants in the Isle of Man said: „We‟re trying to raise £35,000 to fund 19 water tanks to harvest the rain water from the wet season to protect the water supplies of the 8000 pupils and 400

indigenous staff as the region‟s being affected by climate change, so it‟s great that Castle Rushen‟s Charity

Challenge award will help fund three of the tanks.‟

Ballakermeen High School‟s team representing Action Saves Kids and Isle of Man College‟s team representing Koru Hospital Fund were each awarded £3,500; £3000 went to Queen Elizabeth II High School‟s team representing

Excellent Development; St Ninian‟s High School‟s team representing The Pahar Trust and King William‟s College‟s team representing Namaste Children‟s House each received £2000, while £1000 was awarded to Ramsey Grammar

School‟s team representing Hands of Hope.

Increasing access to water

and sanitation in conflict affected communities


Funding requested: £273,498 Funding awarded: £99,444.00

Oxfam is supporting reconstruction in the former conflict area of Kailahun in Sierra Leone by building sustainable, community driven, water and sanitation systems. This project aims to rehabilitate ten gravity-fed systems, install

rainwater harvesting systems and latrines in 15 schools and 10 health centres, rehabilitate 20 wells and train school and community health clubs to implement community-wide disease prevention campaigns.

Reducing hunger by

supporting farmers to expand and increase rice

productivity



This project seeks to significantly increase and expand rice production, train farmers and support their

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unions/technical capacity, establish a central rice production facility and create rice stocks to see the poorest people through food insecure periods. 755 acres of land has been identified, Irrigation system has been designed and is

being implemented, concrete dams sites defined and rice processing centre is being constructed.

Providing a reliable water

source for 54,000 people in Harshin, Ethiopia



The aim of this project was to provide a reliable supply of water for people and their livestock, to raise community awareness about good hygiene practices, sexually transmitted diseases and the help women improve their

livelihood by cultivating livestock forage. Activities included establishing a water users committee consisting of 32

people, 80 women trained in fodder production, 40 pasture plots planted and fenced off, 64 female health workers trained in public health prevention and 16 clan leaders trained to reduce harmful traditional practices. Due to

unseasonable heavy rain the borehole that was drilled in February in Harshin hampered the casing of borehole funds were moved for a borehole to be built in Awberre district, and Jijiga district.

Zambia Flood Response Appeal



This Project helped support 21,000 men, women and children affected by the Flood distributing maize seed,

vegetable seed and fishing nets to provide livelihood support to affected households. In addition, blankets, bed

nets, chlorine and soap were distributed in coordination with local partners to ensure communities‟ health. Water points were constructed at schools and two latrine blocks were constructed at two health clinics and schools, and

40 area development committee members and nine water committee members were trained in water point operation, maintenance, organisation and management. As a result these public health activities have increased

availability at schools, clinics and the local community. To ensure public health of the community, 120 hygiene promoter were trained and took responsibility to carry out health promotion activities, these trained women and

men were also provided with 120 hygiene promotion kits.

Pakistan Emergency Appeal



This project has helped support 520,000 displaced people in the North-West Frontier Province and 27,600

additional families who are returning to their homes, improving access to income and food. For displaced people, prioritising the provision of clean water and sanitation in host communities, small camps and schools. Constructing

safe and hygienic latrines and bathing spaces with separate areas for men and women, ensuring families have access to clean and safe water by installing special hand pumps and carried out repairs and maintenance on

existing water supplies. Thousands of hygiene and kitchen kits were distributed, clean up campaigns were set up

in schools, camps and towns recruiting and training hundreds of Community Health Volunteers to pass on hygiene promotion messages which has helped to limit disease and improve health.

Ethiopia Cholera Emergency

Appeal

File Ref: EMR 016.09/Aid category: Emergency Beneficiaries: 118,000 (19,000

Families)


This project set up four Case Treatment Centres were established equipped with nurses and team leaders and a

total of 2,058 people with acute watery diarrhoea (awd) were treated between June and October. Six productive

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hand dug wells were constructed, and a total quantity of 2,760m litres of clean water was distributed to 5,522 people through water trucking. The project also provided all affected households with water purification tables for

one month, each tablet was used to purify 20 litres of water each household was also provided with 2 jerry cans and 15 bars of soap in support of hygiene promotion activities. A total of 10,314 people received health education,

particularly raising awareness of hand washing with soap and disposing of waste in garbage pits to avoid

contamination.

Emergency Food Crisis

Appeal



Oxfam and this project are now helping more than 750,000 people with a variety of projects across the region. As well as trucking in clean water and have helped support 4,250 households with a cash-for-work scheme, giving

families a way to make a living and provide the means to buy food and other basic items such as soap and medicine, and longer-term loans and skills training to help families increase their income for the future.

Depot School Hostel and

extension project



The aim of this project was to construct two new classrooms as a sixth form centre and a hostel at Depot High School in Dharan, Nepal. This hostel will allow the girls who attend the school to remain at school and study for

their Leaving certificate, Depot School has an exemplary academic record as well as outstanding achievements in both sporting and cultural areas.

Emergency Appeal for

flooding in Senegal



This project successfully distributed sets of school materials to 5,743 children of flood-affected families, and 5,000 (approximately £7.50) West African Francs to families to allow them to spend money according to their individual

needs. This was instead of distributing food aid to avoid the manipulation, damage, or even loss of food stocks

that is often encountered with food distribution.

People’s Plan into Practice:

Building productive and liveable settlements and

slum dwellers in Kisumu and Kitale



This project has laid a strong foundation of community structures, six neighbourhood Planning Associates have been formed and one strengthened for better representation of the communities, Community leaders were trained

in leadership and management skills. The project has helped poor households to improve infrastructure services and promoted hygiene practices, by planning the construction of physical facilities and have trained 50 pupils (25

boys and 25 girls), 17 community Trainers of Trainees on Child to Child approaches on hygiene promotion and in

addition 25 school health clubs have been formed. The Project has also helped poor communities obtain better

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housing and land tenure through clearing land tenure, appropriate building materials to improve housing and roll out credit facilities. Thirty community artisans have been identified to train in water, sanitation and solid waste

management in order to improve their skills and income levels.

Sustainable clean water

sources in Liberia


Funding requested: £ 297,593.23 Funding awarded: £99,859.47

This project has a dual purpose, firstly it will train 50 former Liberian child soldiers in the construction of the Elephant Toilet, a low cost, easy to build technology designed by and unique to Pump Aid. This will give them the

skills to take back to their communities which will allow them to gain employment and contribute to the reconstruction of their country. Secondly they will employ trainees and install 500 Elephant Toilets providing

approximately 12,500 people with a sustainable sanitation facility. The simple technology and community mobilisation and training will ensure that the toilets can be maintained without further assistance from Pump Aid.

Community participation at all stages of the project ensures empowerment which further ensures that maintenance

will take place as community members want to look after their own sanitation source.

Community Health Workers – OMCC India Healthcare

Initiative



This is an ongoing project with the initial target of 100 Community Health Workers (CHWs) to be trained and in

place by March 2010. This project has successfully trained 10 CHWs and has covered their costs for one year. The training focuses on three areas health promotion and education, skills-based care and improved neonatal and

maternal care.

Afghan Winter Relief Project



This emergency project has provided 1000 families with food distributions which has helped them survive the winter and earn an income as spring comes. The list of beneficiaries was pre-selected according to a list of criteria

and agreed in consultation with the government authorities. Blankets were also produced by members of the Self Help women groups.

Youth Partnership Project –

Zambia

File Ref: 169.09/Aid category: Small Grant Beneficiaries: 26,663

Funding requested: £85,300 Funding awarded: £70,000.00

This project will help create behavioural change among young people in Zambia through knowledge and awareness

raising of sexual reproductive health issues, as well as the development of life skills in order for them to protect themselves from HIV and AIDS. Over 260 qualified peer leaders helped to organise 4 community workshops and

events in every placement community, 32 Volunteer Peer Educations took the lead in building local capacity, in

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liaison with community HIV committees as a result there has been a significant increase in a number of communities where there are youth friendly sexual reproductive health (48 last year to 99).

Rubeya Village, Rwanda



This project will help transform the lives of the people in Rubeya (Rwanda) through health and education initiatives, especially those designed to reduce mortality rate of babies and young mothers, and to enhance „early

years‟ child education achievement.

India Cyclone Emergency Proposal



The initial aim of this project was to provide 2,000 families in the blocks of Sandeshkhali 1 and 2, district of North 24 Parganas, with emergency shelter, but by October this Project had successfully procured and distributed

tarpaulins and construction materials to 2,336 targeted families in the selected area. The average family size here is six people, so around 9,344 children and 4,762 adults have benefitted.

Emergency nutrition intervention in Somali region



Dzud’ emergency response in

Mongolia 2010



This project was able to protect the health and well-being of 11,038 vulnerable children in kindergartens and

schools, and 1,180 adult members of „Dzud‟. The project was implemented in two phases the first phase covered

24 schools and 19 kindergartens reaching 2,272 children with approximately four weeks worth of food supplies and hygiene kits, 200 children sleeping in dormitories with blankets and mattresses, 2,384 children schools heating

systems were repaired and 5,274 children by providing their schools/kindergartens with 2-3 weeks of hearing fuel supplies. The second phase targeted herder families with children and children staying in dormitories in 13 districts

reaching 750 vulnerable households with food packages these distributions benefited more than 2,250 children,

1,678 children were provided with warm blankets and/or boots or shoes and 120 households were supplied with one to two month‟s supply of coal.

Self-sufficiency and sustainable livelihoods for

Rwandan genocide survivors



This project has met the three objective by promoting integrated and sustainable agriculture to 81 families (486 people) which have implemented new techniques. The families have transformed their land, been provided with

dairy cows and as a result have milk, vegetables and fruit and so are able to provide sufficient and nutritious food so the families are able to eat more than one meal per day and malnutrition levels are reduced. Sale of surplus

produce has resulted in significant increases in household income such that families can pay for heir basic needs,

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afford school fees for children and pay for healthcare. The groups are practicing savings and credit and been able to save substantial amounts of money so that participants have been able to invest in other income generating

activities. This means they are no longer reliant on a single income source, they have savings to see them through any difficulties, knowledge and skills they will never lose that will mean they will always be able to make a living

from their land.

Food and livelihoods for

people living with HIV/AIDS



This project will empower 350 families living in Morija district of Lesotho to life themselves out of poverty, grow

sufficient food and generate income for their needs. Lesotho has the third highest HIV/AIDS infection rate in the world and this has resulted in significant loss of labour and many widows, orphans and vulnerable children needing

assistance. This project will build the capacity of 7 community groups of vulnerable farming families so they can

manage the project for themselves. Training in sustainable organic agriculture and improved animal husbandry will provide skills needed to increase production from the land in a sustainable manner. Social development workshops

will address issues such as gender, health and HIV/AIDS to bring about gender equity, better relationships, and improved health. Training in improved natural resource management will teach families how to reverse the effects

of environmental degradation and regenerate soil, land, water and trees.

Reducing poverty through

improved eye health in the

Health for Peace Initiative sub-region

File Ref: MYG 118.09/Aid category: Multi Year Grant Beneficiaries: 3,270,000.00


This project aims to develop human resources for health and infrastructure in Gambia and Guinea Bissau within a larger EC funded programme to establish comprehensive, good-quality eye care services to reduce the prevalence

of blindness. Support from this project will make a very specific and real contribution towards achieving the overall purpose of this project training and deploying eye care personnel to deliver much needed cataract, trachoma and

refractive error services as well as village and schools screening and outreach surgical services to the door step of the rural poor. This project will directly benefit 270,000 mainly women and children and the marginalised and

indirectly the general population of the Gambia and Guinea Bissau which is estimated to be 3,000,000 people.

Establishment of an eye care training centre in Orissa



The overall aim of this project was to support the setting up of a Training Centre for eye health personnel in Eastern India in order to provide refresher training for paramedical eye personnel and increase their numbers in the

country. A short course of skill enhancement for ophthalmic skill enhancement was conducted and 32 Post Graduate Students from three medical colleges benefited from the program, 19 Paramedical ophthalmic personnel

from Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand states received training on basic eye examination in the learning centre.

Promotion of health and

hygiene status in campus

IDPs in SWAT Valley



The projects aims were to reduce the incidence of water borne diseases amongst 2,500 disabled people in the IDP

camp Chota Lahore in Swabi District in Pakistan through the provision of accessible safe water and sanitation

facilities. The Overseas Aid grant went towards construction of accessible latrines, the provision of hygiene kits and technical support.

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Pastoral Crisis Relief, Abalak, Niger



This project aimed to reduce economic and nutritional looses due to pasture deficit among vulnerable pastoral populations in the Abalak Department of Niger, to strengthen and support income generation activities among

populations extremely vulnerable to the effects of the current pasture deficit. 802 households have improved access to an animal fodder bank and 165 households have improved access to grain banks, due to proceeds from

sales at reduced price. 12 sites and 802 beneficiaries were identified and prepared, 1400 sacks of bran was ordered and delivered, Bran sold at 2,500 CFA/sack proceeds were put in sites bank account for later restocking of

animal fodder bank and 165 families at 4 sites were able to purchase grain at reduced price and proceeds were put

in sites bank account for later restocking of grain bank. Unfortunately crop residues were no longer available in sufficient quantity at the time funds arrived.

Immunisation for children and pregnant women to

reduce under-five mortality rates and to improve

maternal health in Liberia



This project aims to protect children and women in Liberia against preventable diseases providing regular

immunisation services to children and women in 200 fixed and 500 outreach sites (targeting 143, 471 children under the age of 1 and 179,338 pregnant women every year over a 3 year period), working with governments,

health workers and community leaders to encourage parents to immunize their children. Train 750 health

professionals across the nation to build knowledge about immunisation this capacity-building approach which will create a pool of potential trainers, improve the cold chain through the maintenance of 250 solar powered

refrigerators so that vaccines are stored safely. Establish waste disposal units in the 6 countries with no waste management systems so that health risks are reduced, as well as providing life-saving vaccines to children and

women in Liberia.

Improving Maternal and

Child Health in North East

Cambodia



This project has helped improve maternal and child health in North East Cambodia by deploying professional

volunteers health centre staff have improved their skills in assessing the nutritional status of children and have increased their confidence in giving nutrition counselling/education to mothers/caregivers, the staff have also

gained knowledge on how to use different tools to determine the nutritional status of children, and the mothers

with malnourished children were given extra nutrition education and counselling. Building their capacity will ensure that women of childbearing age and children under five receive appropriate health messages and support. 24

midwives in five health centres were trained on different topics including antenatal care, postnatal care, maternal mental depression and breastfeeding.

Improving access to water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH)

services in Pujehun and

Kenema Districts in Sierra Leone


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This project directly supported 8,000 vulnerable people to access improved sanitation, and will indirectly support at

least a further 20,000 people in the surrounding areas of intervention communities through improved capacity of local government to meet their WASH needs. The project will link with regional learning centres specialising in

sanitation and LMDGI to learn from and share experiences gained in this project with other sector stakeholders for

the increased benefit of WASH delivery in Sierra Leone.

Mozambique Flood Response



This project was successful in achieving its aim of mitigating the immediate effects of the flooding in Mutarara and reducing the vulnerability of 3,000 affected people to flood-related illness and disease. As a result of the project

600 of the most vulnerable households (3,000 people) benefitted directly, whilst countless more benefitted indirectly through the reduced risk of disease resulting from improved hygiene and sanitation practices following

community trainings. The project helped reduce risk of illness and waterborne diseases through the distribution of

water storage NFIs and water purification tablets, increased access to hygiene through provision of soap and reduced the risk of malaria and increased access to improved shelter through provision of mosquito nets and

blankets.

Appendix A

Overseas Aid Expenditure 2009 - 2010

2 Recommendation 2.3.2 of the Council of Minister‟s report „The Policy and Funding of Overseas Aid‟ (June 2008) gives a target for overseas aid expenditure of 0.7% of Gross Government Income by 2015. 3 Gross Government Income (GGI) for 2009/10 was £877,312,017 excluding Statutory Board (trading) income

Overseas Aid Budget

Expenditure on development aid grants £803,358.00

Expenditure on emergency aid grants and donations £600,000.00

Expenditure on multi year grants £996,642.00

Expenditure from the Chief Minister‟s Emergency Fund Nil

Total Expenditure 2009 - 2010 £2,400,000

As a percentage of Gross Government Income23 0.27

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Appendix B Definitions of the eight Millennium Development Goals

Projects or programmes supported by the Committee must seek to address the Millennium Development Goals which are the international targets agreed during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. These goals, which are to be achieved by 2015, provide a blueprint for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women. Goal 1 – Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2 – Achieve universal primary education Goal 3 – Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4 – Reduce child mortality Goal 5 – Improve maternal health Goal 6 – Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7 – Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8 – Develop a global partnership for development

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