2015 Annual Report - Amazon S3 · Management Committee 9 Our People - Staff, Volunteers and Supporters 10 Overseas Projects and Programs 10 -19 Australian Programs 20 Financial statements

WORLD YOUTH INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15 !

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World Youth International

2015 Annual Report

To educate, empower and inspire positive change within the global community through the legacy of Robert Hoey

Email: [email protected] www.worldyouth.org.au

WORLD YOUTH INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

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Contents

World Youth International – Who we Are 3

Past Achievements 4

Awards 5

Message from our Board 6

Governance Statement 7

The Board of Directors 8

Management Committee 9

Our People - Staff, Volunteers and Supporters 10

Overseas Projects and Programs 10 -19

Australian Programs 20

Financial statements (pages 1-7 of the financial report) for the year ending 30th June 15 21


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World Youth International – Who we are

Founded in 1988 by the late Robert Hoey, World Youth International (WYI) is one of Australia’s leading not-for-profit international development organisations and signatory to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID). With a head office located in Adelaide, the organisation has facilitated meaningful volunteering opportunities for more than 3,200 Australians of all ages, working in some of the world’s poorest communities for more than 24 years. At the very heart of World Youth’s mission is a commitment to community-led, sustainable development projects.

Our Vision is to:

Educate, empower, and inspire positive change within the global community through the legacy of Robert Hoey.

We are committed to:

!" Creating innovative and exciting opportunities for people to live life passionately and contribute to the global community.

!" Enhancing quality of life, strengthening communities and reducing poverty through sustainable development projects.

We provide the following:

•" Overseas Action Program (for participants aged 18-30) •" Nurses in Action Program (for health professionals aged 21 and over) •" Community Development Projects in developing countries •" Child Sponsorship in Nepal and Kenya •" Education Trust Fund in Nepal •" Personal Empowerment Program in Australia

We envisage a world in which young people grow up confident in themselves and their abilities, with high self-esteem, courage and passion for their lives and the lives of all humanity. A world which young people live in a supportive and harmonious environment receiving educational opportunities and share in a commitment to a safe, clean and sustainable future for our planet.

WYI has supported thousands of people in developing countries transform their own lives and the future of their communities. The organisation, through the work of its extraordinary volunteers and supporters, has already been able to complete a number of major projects including the building of our school in Gokarna, Nepal, which now has more than 600 children attending each year and is placed in the top 2% of schools academically nationwide; building the Sapana Dreaming Children’s Home in Nepal; supporting the construction of two other children’s homes in Western Kenya; and most recently the completion of our community hospital in Kenya – ‘The World Youth International Mama Ann’s Odede Community Health Centre’. All of these projects are entirely locally run and working to become self-sustaining.


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World Youth International - Past Achievements

" The first organisation to be granted visas to take 100 Australian and New Zealand students on an exchange program to the former Soviet Union.

" The first organisation granted permission by the Chinese government to have our students live in Chinese homes.

" The first international organisation to run exchange programs for Australian students to Nepal.

" The first Australian organisation to run exchange programs for Australian and New Zealand students to Kenya.

" The first Australian-built primary/high school in Nepal.

" The first Australian organisation to build an orphanage in Nepal.

" The first organisation to build monolithic domes in Kenya (Owiti Children’s Home).

" Presentation of the unique Corroboree Program to celebrate the Year of Indigenous People, bringing together Aboriginal and Maori people and Native American Indian Elders to share their wisdom and provide a celebration of cultural diversity.

" Fundraising in excess of $2,800,000 to build our projects with no government or corporate support.

" From 2009-2015, our World Youth International School in Nepal received 100% pass rate for its senior students studying their SLC. This resulted in our school being upgraded to ‘level A’ by the Education Dept in Nepal.

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World Youth International – Recognition Awards

" 2003 – ‘Best orphanage in Nepal’ awarded to World Youth International Sapana Dreaming Children’s Home by the Social Welfare Council of Nepal.

" 2003 – ‘Tall Poppy Award’ presented to Terry Hoey for life achievement at just 30 years of age (the youngest ever to achieve this award).

" 2004 – Order of Nepal, the Gorkha Dakshin Bahu awarded to Ralph Hoey award for outstanding humanitarian community services, by His Majesty King Gyanendra of Nepal.

" 2006 – Order of Australia was awarded to Ralph Hoey by the Governor General of Australia, His Excellency, Michael Jeffery and presented by the Governor of South Australia, Majorie Jackson-Nelson.

" 2010 – South Australian Young Achiever of the Year Leadership Award. Jess Roberts was awarded the South Australian Young Achiever of the Year Leadership Award. She was recognised as being the "Best of the Best" and in the top 1% of personal achievers in our state for exemplifying leadership and community spirit through her willingness to work for the benefit of others.

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Message from our Board

The 2o14 – 2015 financial year while being very productive, has seen some changes in World Youth International. The outbreak of the Ebola situation in Western Africa brought about a downturn in the number of applicants applying for our programs in Kenya. Because of this, a decision was made by our Board to downsize our office and staff and move to a smaller complex until such times as things settled down again in Western Africa and we are able to meet our projected participant numbers for the financial year. In saying this, fifty one fully qualified healthcare professionals from rural and urban hospitals and clinics across Australia travelled to Kenya as volunteers on our NIA programs during the past financial year.

On the productive side, the Odede Health Centre was given the Award for Skilled Birth Deliveries in Rarieda Sub County of Western Kenya with 150 babies being born. Also the number of people voluntarily tested and treated for HIV has significantly increased. The overall number of patients now treated at our centre has increased to 3,838. WYI Nurses in Action have visited more than 200 houses through our outreach program in 2015 with more than 1500 patients treated through our medical camps.

The Odede Health Centre has also been approved as a provider for the National Health Insurance Fund in Kenya which means it can provide families living in poverty with access to micro health insurance from 2015. This will make a significant impact for the sustainability of the facility and for many families that will be able to access health services.

Our World Youth International School in Nepal is one of the reputed academic institutions of northern Kathmandu providing high quality education. Approaching new techniques, principles and pedagogy on education, our goal is to guide our students toward perfection so as to make them innovative and global thinkers

Unfortunately the devastating earthquake in Nepal and its aftershocks have ruined the lives of many community members in Gokarna with their houses destroyed and people suffering badly. Also most of the students were affected in many different ways by the situation and subsequently counseling was provided by the WYI staff. The disaster did hinder the schools progress but classes have now re-commenced and repairs can begin on the school’s buildings. The WYI Sapana Dreaming Home was also badly effected with all the children moved to our administration centre until their home was repaired and made safe to re-enter.

I would like to personally thank all our supporters who have donated and raised funds for our Earthquake Appeal. We are all very grateful for the generosity of the people who have come out in support of our appeal. Water pipes from the Government line were replaced by WYI almost immediately and food provided for the children. Since then, any urgent repairs at the school and Sapana Home have been carried out. Major repair work on our buildings will commence once the monsoon season is over.

And finally, I would like to give a special thank you to all our volunteers, staff, participants, Management Committee members and Board of Directors who have made it possible to continue our vision: To educate, empower, and inspire positive change within the global community through the legacy of Robert Hoey.

Ralph Hoey Director / Founding Member


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Governance Statement

World Youth International (Aust) Ltd was established in 1993 as a public company limited by guarantee and is a Charitable Institution registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. It is governed by five Directors who are responsible for the overall running of the organisation.

In 2002 World Youth International created the World Youth International Benevolent Trust. The organisation is the Trustee of the Trust, and is responsible for maintaining the fund and assuring that all funds received are used for the principal purpose being:

To provide aid for the relief of people suffering poverty, distress, misfortune and helplessness in countries declared by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as developing countries.

A Management Committee for the Trust has been established and directs the Trustee in the management and operations of the Trust. The Committee consists of a chairperson, secretary, treasurer and other members.

In 2006 World Youth International (Aust Ltd) as the Trustee of the World Youth International Benevolent Trust, determined to establish the Hoey Foundation. The Hoey Foundation will at all time form part of the World Youth International Benevolent Trust and the Rules governing the Foundation as set out in the Deed of Trust. The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a permanent and growing source of income to assist in fulfilling the Principal Purpose.!

WYI has established international partnerships, assisting with the set up of WYI Nepal and Kenya as non- government organisations. The organisations are self-governing but work together with WYI Australia in partnership in creating sustainable community development projects. Local NGO partnerships have also been established in other countries allowing our development programs and projects to work effectively.


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The Board of Directors 2014 – 2015

"Mark Veitch: Chairperson Mark commenced work in the IT sector in the mid 80$ s and has become a leader in sales and management in Asia Pacific Japan. With a particular focus on business start ups, Mark has assisted number companies such as KVS and Big Fix establish their footprint in APJ and then ultimately worked with them to integrate at the time of acquisition. In this process he has held Director and Vice President positions with major multi nationals including Wyse, Veritas, Symantec and IBM. An entrepreneur in his own right, Mark is CEO and Founder of Defining Social Pty Ltd, a distributor of security, management and risk mitigation software and Founder of Your Social Village Pty Ltd.

Ralph Hoey AM Ralph is a founding member of World Youth International and has previously worked as finance manager and major projects coordinator for over 20 years with our organisation. In 2004 Ralph became the first Australian to be awarded the Order of Nepal, the Gorkha Dakshin Bahu. The award was presented by His Majesty, King Gyanendra for humanitarian services performed in Nepal. In 2006 Ralph was awarded the Order of Australia AM by the Governor General of Australia, His Excellency, Michael Jeffery, for humanitarian services overseas.

Cindy Angel: BIT (Hons) Grad Cert Counselling After 10 years as a Management Consultant and Learning Development Manager, Cindy made the transition to working with not for profit and non-government organisations. Cindy has worked with WYI since 2007 in various capacities, developing office policies and procedures, successfully implementing WYI’s first four programs to Cambodia and taking on a coaching and mentor role at PEP. Since her transition, Cindy has also worked with Oxfam Aust and currently AVI while completing her Masters in Social Change and development.

Lucia Gauci Lucia has worked in the Australian Government in various Operational, Management and Leadership roles for over 25years, developing skills and experience in Learning and Development, Change Management and Human Resource Management. Lucia joined the World Youth International Board in 2013 and has held various roles with sporting clubs, school committees and service organisations. Having travelled to a third world country as a young adult, Lucia strongly believes in the benefits of such experiences for individuals and communities alike. In 2008, Lucia completed a trek to the first base camp on Mt Everest in Nepal and was left with a lasting impression of the people that live along the route.


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Kathryn Anderson Kathryn is the editor of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal that is read by over 96 thousand nurses, midwives and universities across the country. Her qualifications include an Arts Degree, Majoring in Journalism and a Nursing Degree. Prior positions include public relations officer for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) and part time journalist for Link Disability Magazine and other freelance assignments. Kathryn is also a registered nurse and has extensive experience in nursing and middle management in both public and private hospitals.

Georgie Evangelou Georgie is a senior HRM professional with 20+ years’ experience applied in multiple industries, sectors, locations and HRM functions. Has extensive experience in contemporary HRM practice in the international development sector including Head Office operations and in-country experience in culturally diverse regions. Georgie has a good understanding of INGOs, international development divisions of management consultancies, bilateral and multilateral agencies across a wide range of sectors. Presently leads the HR team that supports Coffey’s international development programs in the Asia Pacific region and is a member of the Senior Executive Team at CARE Australia.

Ann Hoey: Secretary Ann is a founding and respected member of World Youth International and is referred to as ‘Hajurama’ or grandmother in the children’s homes we have built and operate overseas. She has worked in various roles within the organisation including program manager, overseas team leader and is the current child sponsorship coordinator in Nepal. Ann served as a Director of World Youth International for over 22 years and is now the Secretary.

Honorary Advisor"

Tom Doman: Advisor to the Board on legal matters.

Management Committee

The Management Committee of the World Youth International Trust as of 30th June 2015 consisted of:

Name Experience Responsibility Ann Shuttleworth Management Sponsorship Ralph Hoey AM Finance Chairperson Warren Wilson Project management Overseas projects


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Our people - Staff, Volunteers and Supporters

World Youth International has been supported by people from around the world since our beginning. The work we are doing today would not have been possible without these volunteers and their commitment to the people of the world.

Professional Services

Mr. Stephen Shirley—Stephen K Shirley Chartered Accountant

Adelaide Office staff

Terry Hoey Finance and Program’s Manager Alice Johnson Overseas Program Coordinator Celia Boyd Major Project Coordinator, Kenya Tim Butterfield IT, Web and Graphic Designer Ann Hoey Sponsorship Coordinator Nepal Ann Shuttleworth Sponsorship Coordinator Kenya Lyn Schodde Coordinator of the Education Trust Fund Nepal

Patron

Ms Joanna Giles: Patron of the WYI Sapana Dreaming Children's Home, Gokarna Nepal

Overseas Projects - Kenya

"World Youth International has a proud history of supporting community development projects in Kenya for the past 19 years. During this time we have partnered with communities and NGOs in supporting a range of projects including child sponsorship, the building of classrooms, kindergartens, eco-toilets, community centres, irrigation projects, goat breeding and more recently, the construction of the community hospital in the community of Odede.

The Mango Tree Child Sponsorship Program.

There are currently 23 orphan children sponsored through the Mango Tree in Kenya, with 12 having now completed their studies, after joining the WYI program in 2004. Another four may leave at the end of 2015 when they complete their studies. The annual graduation ceremony in August 2014 featured two WYI students, who graduated in Mechanics and Early Childhood Education.

The majority of the primary school aged children have successfully transitioned into boarding school life and are showing steady improvement in their academic results. Where possible, they return to their guardians during school holidays, or they may attend special holiday tuition programs.


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The orphans still living in remote areas with their families are being encouraged to join a boarding school where they will benefit from the stronger curriculum and regular support from counsellors and educators. Over the past year the sponsor numbers for Kenya has slightly reduced but payments still meet the costs of the program, due to the number of orphans declining as well.

Special thanks to Ann Shuttleworth for volunteering her time to coordinate this program and for updating sponsor and financial reports.

Mama Ann’s Odede Community Health Centre

OVERVIEW!!

In its second year of operation, Mama Ann’s Odede Community Health Centre has had more impact than ever before. The facility has reached more people in the community, expanded its staff and health services, launched its Micro Health Insurance scheme, and been recognised as a professional and high-quality provider of healthcare.

!!!!KEY!SUCCESSES!

!The Odede Health Centre was given the Award for Skilled (Birth) Deliveries in Rarieda Sub County (located in Western Kenya) for 2014.

The number of people voluntarily getting tested and treated for HIV in Odede and surrounding villages has significantly increased since the opening of the Health Centre.

WYI Nurses in Action volunteers have visited more than 200 houses through outreach programs in 2015.

The Odede Health Centre has been approved as a provider for the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) in Kenya, which means it can provide families living in poverty with access to micro health insurance from 2015. This will make a significant impact for the sustainability of the facility and for many families that will be able to access health services.

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IMPACT!"

July 2014 – June 2015

Patients Treated at Health Centre: 3,838

Patients Treated Through Medical Camps: More than 1,500

Babies Born at the Health Centre: 150

Average Number of People Treated Each Month: 295

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The Nam Lolwe Cooperative"

!WYI has supported the Nam Lolwe Cooperative for several years, and takes a “hands-off” approach to these community development projects. This means that WYI supports the Co-op with initial seed funding for projects that its members choose, and which are entirely community-driven. In 2014 and 2015, WYI has supported the expansion of one existing project and the piloting of two new projects, all of which have the aim of improving the income and livelihoods of families in the Odede community.

!HAPPY!GOATS!PROJECT!

"This project is an expansion of a previous pilot project with the Co-op, and involved working with the women in Odede to grow their goat herds, to generate income for families and improve livelihoods and access to basic services such as education and healthcare. !

!IMPACT:!!

!37 women have been given a total of 80 female goats through this project, and together they share 4 bucks (male goats). More than 43 kids (baby goats) have been born, with the total number of goats increasing by 54% over the past year.

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MAIZE!FARM!PROJECT!!

This project has involved providing the funds for the Co-op to build fencing and irrigation for their maize crop, which aims to improve food security and livelihoods for members and their families.

This project is ongoing, and the first crop has been planted for harvesting in 2015. !!!!!

Started: July 2014 Amount: $7,339.51 Donor: B1G1

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Started: May 2015 Amount: $2,961.27 Donor: B1G


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!!MICROFINANCE!PROJECT!!

This project was piloted in 2-14 - 2015, and loans of between $25 - $60 dollars were given to 20 members of the Co-operative, most of whom were women. The Co-op members also received financial literacy training as part of this project, and were supported to use the loans to start or scale micro businesses. The Co-op charged an interest rate of 10% for loans, and used the income this generated to recycle money for loans and pay for operational expenses. ""IMPACT:!! !

19 people were given loans, 18 of which were women. Each borrower had between 5 to 11 people living with them (such as spouses, children and elderly relatives) so the total number of direct beneficiaries, or people directly impacted by this project, was 152.

18 of 19 loans have so far been repaid in full, with only one loan partially repaid. This is a positive sign that members are using the training and loans to successfully plan for repayments. """"""

What were the loans used for?

David To start a business selling clothes. Since then he is able to pay for his child’s school fees on time, and he is now able to provide food for his family every day.

Patricia To start a business selling fish at the local market and within the village. Since starting the business she has been able to buy 10 sheets of iron to repair her house.

Lillian To buy materials to make baskets, and import brooms to sell. Since starting her micro business she has been able to pay for her child to attend high school.

Alice To significantly expand her existing business selling fish. She has now repaired her house and is able to provide three meals a day for her family of 11 people.

Judith To start a business selling tomatoes at the local market. She can now pay for her children’s school fees and has more money to buy food for her family.

Caroline To grow her business selling vegetables. Previously she was growing her own vegetables to sell, but now she can also buy vegetables from other farmers to expand her business and income.

Consleta To start a business selling tomatoes and other vegetables. She has since bought three goats and has more money to buy food.

Alice To start a business selling fruit. This has helped her to earn more income, which has helped her to pay for health services for her family at the Odede Community Health Centre.

Magdalene To start growing her own vegetables to sell. Since then she has been able to buy a water tank, and now has clean drinking water for her family of 8 people.

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Pamela To start selling vegetables at the market. She can now provide three meals a day for her family.

Rose To start her business selling sugar, tea and rice within her village. She now earns more income to feed her family.

Josephene To grow her business selling fish. She says she has since improved her house and “eats well”.

Maurine To start her business selling bread. Since then she has been able to buy a solar power lamp for her house.

Lilian To start her business selling children’s clothes. Since then she has been able to pay for her two small children to attend nursery school.

Carroline To start her business selling tomatoes in the local market and village.

Jane To start her business selling fish at the local markets. She says that her living standards have improved because they can now access healthcare. Her husband had previously lost his job; so starting her own business means she can now earn income for her family.

Rose To start her own business cooking and selling food at the markets. She has since bought ten sheets of iron to improve her house.

Benter To start her own business selling maize. She has now been able to buy three goats.

Rose To start her own business cooking and selling food. She says she can now easily buy food and medication.

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!NEXT!STEPS!!Based on the success of this pilot, WYI will be supporting the Co-op to expand its Microfinance program from September 2015.

This will allow 48 community members to apply for finance.

THE ASEMBO BAY GOAT BREEDER’S ASSOCIATION !

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OVERVIEW!This project is an expansion of a previous pilot project in partnership with Mama Theresa’s Holistic Centre in Asembo Bay, Western Kenya.

Since the expansion of this project has begun implementation, the original 20 participants (10 households) have continued to successfully grow their goat farms and increase their milk production and income. Another 30 people have signed up to become members of the association, and a further 200 people have expressed an interest to be involved in the project.

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Started: August 2014 Amount: $10,380 Donor: B1G1

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!IMPACT:!!

"To date there are 70 direct beneficiaries for this project, which includes the 20 male and female participants and their children or immediate relatives living with them. This number continues to grow as more people begin to participate in the project and as the local market economy improves.

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This project has improved gender equality through the focus on husbands and wives working together towards a shared goal, and improved food security, livelihoods and income generation for families through the sale of goats and goat milk.

Because of the ongoing success of the project, the Asembo Bay Goat Breeders Association has been recognized by local government and other organisations as a valuable resource and example for other groups. Organisations such as Plan International, Action Aid, and the National Council for Population and Development have visited the project (over 200 people in total) to learn from Asembo Bay and receive training and advice from the farmers. Asembo Bay is now officially recognized by the county government as a learning and production point, as authorized by the Livestock Office.

Special thanks to all the work done by Celia Boyd, our Kenyan coordinator.

Overseas Projects - Nepal

WORLD YOUTH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GOKARNA, KATHMANDU

‘Ignite the Heart and Mind’

World Youth International School (WYIS) is one of the reputed academic institutions of northern Kathmandu providing high quality of education. Approaching new techniques, principles and pedagogy on education to guide toward perfection so as to make them innovative and global thinker is our goal. School is accredited by the Nepal Government's Ministry of Education. WYIS students sit for the mandatory government examinations: the district level examinations in the eighth and the SLC (School Leaving Certificate) in the tenth grade. Along with regular subjects, school offers socially useful, productive, community service oriented vocational subjects through various students’ clubs. Spiritual and moral training, social and


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physical training, value based education and students’ news desks along with co-curricular activities are some of the major features of WYI School.

Discipline is necessary to help the school to acquire self discipline, without which a student can’t become upright and grow towards freedom. Students of WYI School are trained through various trainings and under effective monitoring system that helps to build them the ability to freely choose what is truth and good. School’s regular morning assembly creates a pure wave by prayers of students that transcendent into a cosmic energy reached to each and every supportive hands of this institution.

Students’ total academic evaluation is reflected through the class test, unit test, monthly test, terminal test. The school divides a whole academic session into four terminal sessions to evaluate the academic progress and at the end of the yearly session, final examination are conducted. Continuous monitoring and evaluation are the unique features of WYI School.

WYIS provides modern library with basic text book and reference materials and a separate well equipped laboratory for practical classes. Beside the regular classes, WYI School has conducted periodical extra-curricular activities, encouraged to participate in inter house competition e.g. essay writing, poem writing, public speaking, elocution, debate, quiz and other outdoor activities are equally emphasized in the school to explore the hidden talent. Moral instruction includes the study of the foundation of right conduct, relation to god, to society, to the environment and to oneself. The school strongly believes in value education and emotional maturity. Teachers are encouraged to teach value of life while teaching their respective subject.

WYI School has achieved major successes in last academic session. School participated in 1st Beden Pawel Inter-school Football competition and won the runner up title, 2nd runner up in a marathon competition ‘RACE FOR SURVIVAL’ organized by Save the Children, 2nd runner up in Inter-school speech competition. In the same way, school successfully conducted inter-house competitions and awarded the prizes to the respective house winners. Buddha Social Conscious Group of WYIS organized three Senior Citizen Felicitation Programs around the places of Gokarneshwor Municipality last year.

After Earthquake Devastating earthquake occurred on 25th April and its aftershocks have ruined the lives of hundreds of Nepalese people. Locality of the WYIS is highly affected. The village near by the school, Deshe Gau is badly affected. Most of the students come from the village are in panic situation. Almost all the houses are ruined and people suffered badly. It directly affected the education of children. They are neither in condition to provide books, dress or fees of school nor to manage the economic resources. It’s a moral obligation for the school to manage their study. School is trying to provide education and other educational assistance inspire of having a lot of financial hindrance. For the noble effort of Ms. Radhika Uprety ma’am has a special contribution for smooth operation of the school. High expectation of the local village regarding support after earthquake created a big pressure to Ms. Radhika ma’am and she has been handling the situation. Still villagers have hope for more supports through providing scholarship to the students of earthquake victim. WYIS and Sapana Dreaming Home are highly appreciated to ma’am for her untiring efforts and contribution.

Obviously, the disaster hindered school’s academic progress. The school was remain closed for more than one month and as school re-opened, children were mentally disturbed and could not concentrate in study was a real challenge. WYIS staffs and school management committee along with chairperson, Ms Radhika Uprety ma’am were involved in constant counseling to them. School organized many sessions on life skill training which were very helpful in coping the aftermath psychological stress.


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The majority of WYIS students are from local community and financially poor, studying with the help of scholarship program are seen discontinue to the school. For this, school administration made visits to their home and counsel parents and children. The administrative body tried their best and managed the situation normal.

SLC performance of 2014 was quite satisfactory. Among thirty nine students, one student had a major eye problem though she participated in the exam but has to appear one more time. Rest of the students passed with the better percentage.

Prepared by: Mr. Uttam Pathak, Director and Mr.Nirajan Sedhai, Principal. Supported by: Ms. Radhika Uprety, Chairperson.

SAPANA DREAMING HOME GOKARNA, KATHMANDU

Sapana Dreaming Home is a home for peace, love and shelter for many unfortunate souls to become fortune. The home is full with the sound of content, rhymes of growing kids and songs of divine souls. Providing shelter for thirty eight kids, shaping them into a bright full future adopting with the finest qualities of life are the mission of Sapana Dreaming Home. Children of smaller ages to grow up child seen self responsible to manage their life is another beauty of the home. Keeping books, clothes and things onto the proper place show a sense of responsibility, respecting food, chanting the name of almighty and caring each-other and time management for accomplishing various tasks are the brighter sides of the home.

Though, the home children are enjoying all the privileges, the children frequently get health problems and are rush to the hospital. Obviously, the newly adopted children and grown up girls are seen victims of health. Mainly the children are from different communities and are lack of nutrition and get sick time and often. For medical purpose, Ms Radhika Uprety ma’am shows her generosity and is very concerned towards the health of the child, and makes the situation easier for medical recovery. The visits of Ma’am make the children overwhelmed and the child feels safe and secure on her lap.

The natural disaster (earthquake) has created a panic situation in the country. The huge and cry around was really heart rendering. Our children were kept safely during the trouble time. We spent quite long days in tents and in administrative building. Children were very co-operative to each other. Radha ma’am, Rajesh Shrestha sir’s presence and strong support, love and contribution was really praiseworthy. We badly suffered from drinking water because the pipe water was damaged by earthquake, but Radha ma’am managed providing clean drinking water. Now, the problem of water is solved. Thanks for managing the situation normal again.

The passed out children of SDH are gloriously marching towards their lives. Among the eleven children, Bhuwal Nepal has been working as a government officer, Pradeep Shrestha is studying at college and working at a publication house, Santa Pariyar is working as an electrician, Pasang Dong has been working as teacher in a government school in a remote village, though she dropped out her study, Surendra Lama has completed his higher secondary level and started teaching in a school of his village, Kabita Nagarkoti and Sarmila Bogati are studying at college level. Bhim Bomjan, Shanti Tamang and Sumitra Nepali just started their higher secondary level’s education. We heartily appreciate and thanks for helping and saving our souls to bring changes in their lives. From Sapana


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Dreaming Home, four students are going to appear in S.L.C examination this year. As always, SDH children are doing the best result in school.

We believe, the pray of the innocent children transcendent into the cosmic power and blessed all the people and sponsors who are supporting and helping the project throughout the years. We eternally pray to the almighty for his kind sight to our beloved Hajurama (Grandmother) Ann Hoey for her good health and blissful days coming ahead.

Prepared by: Mr. Uttam Pathak.

Special thanks to Ann Hoey and Kristine Kelly for coordinating the Sapana Dreaming and WYI School programs.

Overseas Programs

During the 2014-15 financial year, WYI ran a total of six Nurses in Action (NIA) Programs to Kenya and two Overseas Action Programs (OAP) to Kenya and Nepal.

The NIA is a team program designed for nurses and allied health care professionals. The program runs for four weeks and allows participants to completely immerse themselves in a different culture whilst utilising their skills to make a meaningful contribution to the lives of others. Led by a professionally trained Team Leader, the program focuses on nursing and primary health care projects in both a team-based environment and through individual placements. The team assists in the provision of quality primary health care services in Western Kenya through a variety of placements, such as running mobile medical camps (providing free care to hundreds of people in a day), clinical placements, the facilitation of health promotion sessions and the delivery of home-based care to the chronically ill and elderly.

Fifty one fully qualified healthcare professionals from rural and urban hospitals and clinics across Australia travelled to Kenya as volunteers on our NIA programs during the past 12 months.

WYI will be launching our NIA Nepal program in October 2015 and offering three programs a year to help out in rural mountain villages north of Kathmandu.

The OAP is a team program for people aged 18 to 30. The program runs for five weeks and is led by a professionally trained Team Leader. Participants reside in a rural community in Kenya, Nepal or Peru and are required to work in a hands-on role, building sustainable structures with the help of local builders. These structures are community-driven and focus on the areas of Primary Health Care, Income Generation or Education and Training.


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Sixteen young adult volunteers from around the country travelled to Nepal and Kenya as participants on our Overseas Action Programs over the past 12 months. WYI collaborated with partner organisation, Happy Villages in Lieta, Kenya.

The following project was completed by our Kenya OAP volunteers on behalf of Happy Villages in January 2015. This project was completed at their main compound in Lieta:

The construction of a large poultry farm. The project consists of 3 components;

1." Construction of poultry house. 2." Community capacity building especially the women groups, school children and farmers on

entrepreneurship, leadership, agribusiness, food security and micro financing, in order to equip them with skills that will make them contribute positively to the development of the community.

3." Acquisition of feeds as well as making local feeds .

The project is expected to increase household incomes, increase the volume of agricultural output from chicken and other small animals. It will be implemented by the Agriculture Food Security and Environment committee in collaboration with Happy Villages Organization until such time that it will be handed over entirely to the community. The community beneficiaries will participate in the prioritization of improvements and will benefit from trainings aimed at enhancing local capacity to sustainably manage and maintain the project investments.

The OAP team in Nepal travelled to a community called Jwenatar. In this rural mountain community they completed stage 2 of a community centre. This two storey, eight room complex will be used for a variety of services including:

1." Community Library 2." Women’s cooperative 3." Collection centre 4." Multi education programs 5." Storage venue 6." Community meeting centre 7." Health camp venue

This project was put to immediate use and was welcomed by the community.

All of these projects have made a positive and sustainable impact on the local communities in Kenya and Nepal. We couldn’t be prouder of the achievements of our many volunteers and their dedicated team leaders.


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Australian Programs

Personal Empowerment Program (PEP) 2014

WYI’s Annual Personal Empowerment Program (PEP) was held in October 2014 once again at Woodhouse Activity Centre in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. The four-day program is designed to encourage participants to “be the change they wish to see in the world” and help them break through the barriers that may be stopping them from living their life with passion. This year’s PEP was attended by 37 participants ranging in age from 61 to 20 and from a variety of backgrounds:

•" 14 WYI Overseas Action Program returned volunteers (Kenya, Nepal, Peru)

•" 18 WYI Nurses in Action program returned volunteers (Kenya)

•" 2 Build the Bridge volunteers •" 2 Rotaract members sponsored by the Rotary Club of

Prospect •" 1 volunteer interested in applying for a WYI program

in future.

The program was a huge success with excellent feedback and many participants reflecting on their positive experience.

“I found it to be an opportunity where my mind was opened to the possibilities of the world, where I was surrounded by inspiring people with inspiring ideas. It provided me with the opportunity to explore further my own place in life. A safe, yet challenging environment fostering the most important things in the world; passion, values, respect, knowledge, community, trust, taking risks, and most importantly the empowerment of not only ourselves, but others.” – Sarah Abrahamse, PEP participant

The success of PEP 2014 can be attributed to the significant commitment that is made by the staff team that volunteer their time each year. We thank each and every one of the Facilitators, Coaches, Team Leaders, Support Team and Heart Yakka staff for their passion and energy for PEP, without you the program would not be the transformational experience that it is for the participants.

In particular, WYI would like to sincerely thank Jess and Adam Whitefield for their enormous contribution to the program over the last five years. Jess and Adam took the reins of the program in 2010 reshaping it into the PEP format we see today, and have guided the program as Lead Facilitators from 2010-2014. This year was Jess and Adam’s last year in this role as their focus moves on to other things. We thank them for the significant impact they have had on the program and the transformational journey of all participants and staff over the years.

The next Personal Empowerment Program (PEP) will again be held in the Adelaide Hills from October 10th – 13th 2015. We are looking forward to welcoming participants from broader backgrounds with the invitation to PEP being communicated more widely.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2015

CONTENTS

Audit Report Director’s Declaration Income Statement Balance Sheet Statement of Changes in Equity Statement of Cash Flows

Notes to and forming part of the Accounts

Documents

2015 Annual Report - Amazon S3 · Management Committee 9 Our People - Staff, Volunteers and Supporters 10 Overseas Projects and Programs 10 -19 Australian Programs 20 Financial statements