Partnership in actionAnnual Review 2013/14

Dear friend, It is a great pleasure to introduce the first Annual Review from All We Can. We launched our new identity alongside our future plans in April 2014. All We Can is a new name inspired by the organisation’s long and proud history of demonstrating practical compassion, love, and justice to some of those in greatest need in our world. It has been important to celebrate the past as well as set out our future vision as we began this new chapter for Methodist relief and development work. We believe that our collaborative approach to tackling poverty – rooted in Christian principles and Methodist values – is more relevant today than ever. In complex local settings, individuals and groups in poor and marginalised communities are often best placed to identify the problems and initiate appropriate long-term solutions. Our new strategy therefore refocuses our work to better support our partners – including churches, organisations and individuals – to bring about lasting change in their communities. The achievements you see here are therefore not simply All We Can’s, but the fruit of collaboration with, and much hard work by, our talented and committed partners and the communities they serve around the world – all doing what they can. We are grateful to them, as we are to the many generous supporters and volunteers who make All We Can’s work possible, and to all in the Methodist Church and beyond who engaged with the development and launch of our future plans this year. Thank you for sharing in the journey with us, and for your loyal and continued support through this significant time of transition and renewal.

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Maurice Adams, Chief Executive, All We Can

Our vision: Every person’s potential fulfilled

Our mission: All We Can – formerly known as

MRDF – helps people in some of

the world’s poorest communities

to become all that they can, by

investing in partnerships that

improve quality of life and create

positive, long-term change for

individuals, families and nations.

Cover image: Martine Kakinda (left), Programme Co-ordinator of All We Can’s partner SOEDC (Ecumenical Solidarity for Education and Development) in Burundi, with Purcherie Niyonyungu who increased her harvest

thanks to agricultural training and support from SOEDC. This image: In rural Burundi, SOEDC is supporting Leonie Ndereyimana and members of her tribe, the Batwa, to increase their nutrition levels and incomes by

learning modern farming techniques. ©All We Can/Purple Flame Media

In 2013-14, All We Can...Our strategic objectives

• Unveiled our new strategy and new name which reflect our commitment to tackling poverty

• Supported 33 partner organisations in 14 countries to fulfil their mission to improve the quality of life of poor and marginalised people in resource limited places

• Helped more than 225,000 people gain access to better health, water, sanitation, training, education, employment and sustainable livelihoods.

• Launched a new programme to help churches and faith-based organisations in poor communities to effectively meet the needs of their neighbours

• Enabled 7 partner organisations in 7 countries to respond to 8 different humanitarian crises, ensuring that food, medicine and shelter were available to tens of thousands of people affected by man-made and natural disasters

1. To enable our partners in development to fulfil their mission to improve the quality of life of poor and marginalised people in resource limited places

2. To enable our partners in relief to respond to humanitarian crises with an emphasis on forgotten emergencies

3. To challenge the causes of poverty, inequality and injustice and promote solutions through engaging in education and advocacy, both in the UK and internationally

4. To manage the organisation effectively and efficiently in order to achieve its goals.

Image: Women from the Subarna Self-Help Group in Kalyanpur village, India, pile handmade bricks ready to be fired. They started their small business with support from All We Can’s partner READ and now they have a sustainable source of income. ©All We Can/READ

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Haiti

Jordan

PalestineIraq

Mali

India

Nepal

Cambodia

Philippines

CameroonTogo

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Tanzania

Burundi

Mozambique

Malawi

Ethiopia

Kenya

Uganda

South Sudan

Countries where we supported both development and emergency response work

• India • Mali

At the heart of All We Can’s approach to development is a belief in the long term effectiveness of partnerships. In 2013-14 we worked in partnership with 33 local organisations in 14 countries.

We continued to target disadvantaged and under-served communities i.e. those living in extreme poverty but who are also marginalised due to lack of support because of their gender, age, disability, caste or religion, ethnicity, or geographical location and limited access to state or other services.

Where we worked

Key

Countries where we supported long-term development partners to tackle poverty and injustice

• Burundi• Cambodia • Cameroon• Ethiopia• Haiti• Kenya

Countries where we responded to humanitarian emergencies

• Iraq• Jordan – Syrian Refugee Crisis• Palestine• South Sudan• The Philippines

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• Malawi • Mozambique • Nepal • Tanzania • Togo• Uganda

We seek to enable transformative change in poor communities by supporting the work of local partner organisations, which we believe are often best placed to understand and address the needs of local populations.

All We Can’s partners work across a number of different technical areas such as health, education, human rights and agriculture. Many of these issues are inter-linked and affect communities in different ways so to be as effective as possible our partners tailor their approach.

Crucially, we provide appropriate funding and capacity and organisational development in order to help our partners to fulfil their different missions and activities. Our long-term backing and flexible approach give them the freedom to tackle poverty in meaningful and sustainable ways.

Cameroon: Ten years of partnershipInspiring partnerships

In Odisha, one of the poorest states in India, READ (Rural Educational Activities for Development) supports women’s Self-Help Groups to increase their income and improve nutrition through farming, as well as promoting women’s rights through information and political participation.

Manjulata Sahu, its Executive Secretary, has worked closely with All We Can for more than seven years. She comments, “READ has assisted more than 17,000 women this year. Our achievements would not have been possible without the support of All We Can.”

This year: 914 women have joined Self-Help Groups and been able to save enough to start small businesses

A Farmers’ Committee has managed to secure government land for growing rice

A drinking water supply tank has been constructed for two villages

India: Promoting women’s rights

CDVTA (Community Development Volunteers for Technical Assistance), in Cameroon, works with and for the elderly to improve living conditions, encourage intergenerational interaction and support advocacy.

All We Can has supported CDVTA’s pioneering work for ten years, and secured funding from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for a major project to expand its activities over the period 2009 to 2014.

Its Director Francis Njuakom Nchii says, “All major achievements recorded by CDVTA have been extensively as a result of the gracious and indefatigable kind support of All We Can. We are extremely happy and pleased to note that all implemented activities on the DFID project have exceeded all targets.”

This year:CDVTA was able to provide support to nearly 18,000 elderly men and women

Most elderly clubs are now self-sustaining, with their income having increased by 40% this year

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partner READ in India. ©All We Can/Catherine Rennie

Burundi: Investing in God-given potential Partnering with churchesAHD (Humanitarian Action against Delinquency) in Burundi provides skills training to vulnerable young people with the aim of assisting them to find paid work or to start their own small business cooperatives.

All We Can assisted AHD to develop the capacity of their school workshops by supporting the purchase of additional equipment and training of teachers in sewing and welding.

Jean Paul, a young man in his twenties, was orphaned in 1993, when he was still a child. After dropping out of school, he spent several years doing nothing. Thanks to the training in welding he received from AHD, he has been renamed in his community. When asked the question “Who is Jean Paul?” one of his neighbours said: “Jean Paul nor Umwe”, which means, “Jean Paul is unique.”

Gaston Niyonzima explains, “There is no one compared to Jean Paul. This is the

In the first year of the project: 72 students were provided with training in sewing, welding, motor mechanics and carpentry

60 passed their test at the end of their practical training and received diplomas

49 students participated in business training to help them set up and manage their own enterprises

44 students have so far started employment, the majority as part of new co-operative groups

We have to share our pride with All We Can because AHD received support from you to do all this.” Gaston Niyonzima, AHD.

best welder we’ve ever had and even when he is not here, some people prefer to wait until he’s back instead of giving an order to another welder.”

We work in countries where faith is part of everyday life. Faiths are the largest organised sector of civil society worldwide. They are trusted as a source of insight, help and authority in communities. They are concerned about long-term, real and relevant change that will impact the generations, not short-term projects.

Being an organisation with our roots in a faith tradition helps us to understand and build relationships in this context. We support partners of different faiths,

In Haiti, All We Can has collaborated with World Church Relationships and the US-based United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to provide training and advice to build the expertise of a new Health Board for the Methodist Church in Haiti. The church can now improve and monitor the quality of services provided by their 12 health clinics.

and of no faith, all of which are delivering effective development programmes.

During the year, All We Can launched Church CAN (Church Community Action for Neighbours), a new programme designed to engage, encourage and enable Methodist Churches in developing countries to effectively respond to the needs of their communities. It is initially being piloted in Haiti and Uganda, and implemented in collaboration with the World Church Relationships team of the Methodist Church in Great Britain.

1110Image: Representatives from the Methodist Church in Haiti’s new Health Board receiving training. ©John HarbottleImage: Jean-Paul making new window frames. ©All We Can/AHD

Humanitarian relief Forgotten emergencies

All We Can has a particular focus on forgotten emergencies – those situations that receive little media coverage or places that are no longer in the public eye despite ongoing difficulties.

This year, All We Can enabled 7 partner organisations in 7 countries to respond to 8 different humanitarian crises, ensuring that food, medicine and shelter were available to tens of thousands of people affected by man-made and natural disasters.

The Philippines In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, made landfall in the Philippines. It devastated many communities and affected over 14 million people.

Thanks to the generous reaction of many Methodists, All We Can was able to respond quickly. Working in partnership with five organisations on the ground, in the months since the typhoon All We Can was able to deliver support to those most in need including:

Survival kits, food and essential supplies for 26,500 households

Fishing boats and nets to enable 500 families to rebuild their livelihoods

Providing 4,300 grieving families with access to counselling to help them cope with the loss of loved ones, significant trauma and physical injuries

Materials and training to enable 2,900 families to rebuild their homes

Through our partner Woord en Daad, All We Can provided 85 houses and shelter kits for repairing 45 houses in Giporlos. Anna, a victim of the typhoon who benefited from a new home, said: “I now have a house. A blue house which will be finished with yellow frames. A firm new home with happy colours. This house is so important for me, it means I have a home again!”

SyriaWe continued to respond to the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict in Syria, in particular by supporting Syrian refugees in Jordan through our partner Medair.

All We Can’s partner Medair selected 34 year old mother Falha and her family to be part of their Shelter Repairs Project, helping to make the small shelter they now call home ready for the cold winter months. Falha’s family was also given a hygiene kit consisting of water filter, two jerry cans, water tablets, clay pot and soaps.

Falha says: “Words cannot express how thankful I am for receiving this kit from Medair. I need every single item of it. I believe diseases now will decrease since my family will have better access to water.”

South Sudan This year All We Can helped to address the growing – and neglected – maternal health crisis in this fledgling country, through supporting our partner IMA World Health to build a temporary static clinic in Bor County in Jonglei State. The new clinic enables healthcare workers to treat mothers and children that require more intensive care during labour and delivery, enabling life-saving work to continue through the rainy season.

During the year, we supported our partner IMA to provide care for 210,000 internally displaced refugees in the Jonglei region of South Sudan

1312Image: One of the new homes built by All We Can partner W&D in Girporlos, the Philippines. ©Woord en Daad

Image: Falha’s daughters, 6 and 5 years old, show their appreciation for their new clay pot, provided by Medair, to help store and keep clean water cool. ©Medair/Naomi Downs

Speaking outWe presented our campaigning work under the theme Testimonies from the Margins, drawing on the example of the prophet Amos and highlighting the true cost of debt and fashion for people in the world’s poorest communities.

Supporters were invited to amplify the voices of garment workers and debt campaigners from indebted countries by taking action.

We collaborated with specialist campaigning partners, to influence policy around these issues that directly affect the quality of life of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Advocacy and education in the UKThis year, All We Can engaged thousands of students and church members in advocacy and education work which addressed some of the structural causes of poverty, inequality and injustice.

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Highlights: Over 3,000 pupils from Methodist Independent Schools learnt more about global issues and their role as global citizens through the World AIMS programme

Over 570 churches learned more about the realities of life for people living in poor communities in Togo, through our harvest resources

72 congregations engaged with our Partner a Project scheme to give to, link with, learn from, and pray for our partners in India, Uganda and Mali

Grants totalling £55,000 were made to three campaign partners: Jubilee Debt Campaign, Traidcraft and The Climate Coalition for partnership work in 2014/15

They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of the poor as dust upon the ground and deny justice to the oppressed.” Amos 2:6

Image: Students from Methodist schools met with David Kennedy from DFID in London Fashion Week to hand in hundreds of campaign action cards signed by All We Can supporters. ©All We Can/Stephanie Atkins

Image: Hundreds of “Mini Protest Banners” were hand-stitched by students to raise awareness of the fashion campaign. The banners toured Methodist schools around the country to inspire action. ©Tom Pursey

DebtOur partnership with Jubilee Debt Campaign this year supported the launch of the Caribbean Debt Network, and this work was instrumental in instigating a call by Grenada’s government for a debt audit. All We Can also funded the creation of a Bible study resource, Jubilee Economics, to help churches and community groups to engage with the campaign.

Fashion and Human RightsWe collaborated with War on Want to call for better conditions for workers in supply chains, particularly in the garment industry, following the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. This campaign saw significant success with a number of major high street retailers committing to the new Bangladesh Safety Accord during the year.

Food speculation2014 saw the successful conclusion of a three year campaign with World Development Movement calling for an end to reckless speculation on basic commodities in the financial markets, which drives up food prices and has a detrimental impact on people living in poverty. The European Union agreed to new controls on commodity trading and increased transparency about futures contracts.

The partnership with All We Can was vital for helping to stop banks betting on hunger in the global south. This was a long, hard-fought and often technical campaign, but it just goes to show that working together to put sustained pressure in the right places we can make big businesses put the needs of people first.” Nick Dearden, Director of WDM

2013/14 in picturesWe believe that All We Can has a distinctive and important contribution to make in the future. We see potential in even the poorest places, and work with people and groups who have been overlooked by others.

We are not limited to short-term grants or constrained by size or bureaucracy, so we can effectively respond to where the needs are greatest. Unlike many other agencies, we are able to provide guidance, friendship, and long-term commitment, as well as funding.

As we continue to implement our new strategic direction, we will seek to build from these core strengths and principles to stimulate progress and bring about more sustainable long-term change in more places. We’re committed to doing all we can to help those who need us most.

Please help us to do all we can:• Share our story.• Pray with us.• Use your voice to speak out.• Give all you can.

1. Leaders from the Methodist Church joined staff and supporters of All We Can at Westminster Central Hall to launch our new

name on 8 April 2014. 2. Greenbelt Festival goers were invited to take action on climate change. 3. Methodist President Ruth

Gee visited All We Can partners in Cameroon to learn more about our work. 4. Supporters Paul and Annie Roebuck completed a

sponsored Tandem Tour challenge from Lands End to John O’Groats. 5. The Methodist President and Vice-President launched our

harvest materials at Methodist Conference in Birmingham. 6. Staff travelled to Nepal and Burundi with Purple Flame Media to

gather stories and video from our partners to support the launch of All We Can. 7. Super-fit supporter Susan Hales ran the Brighton

Marathon and London Marathons for All We Can. 8. Our partner AMAPEF in Mali started a new awareness-raising project to

prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

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Image: “With All We Can’s support we have made the lives of many women and girls successful and happy.” Bina Silwal, Director of All We Can partner Kopila Nepal. © All We Can/Purple Flame Media

Financial review

Income We are again extremely grateful to our supporters, whose generosity meant that donated income increased by 35% to £1,608k (2013: £1,191k).

Of this, £445k (2013: £35k) related to humanitarian needs, primarily in response to the emergency appeals for the Philippines and Syria. Donated income for unrestricted and restricted development purposes remained stable at £1,163k (2013: £1,156k).

Investment and other income increased to £32k (2013: £19k).

Expenditure Total expenditure increased by 39% to £2,759k (2013: £1,990k).

The amount spent on development activities increased by 10% to £1,433k (2013: £1,297k), and expenditure on humanitarian activities increased to £567k (2013: £118k), reflecting the increase in high-profile emergencies during the year. Expenditure on advocacy and education activities increased by 45% to £275k (2013: £189k).

How the money was spentIn total we spent £2,758,570

Legacies £726,526

Restricted donations and grants receivable

£914,393

Unrestricted donations and grants receivable

£1,034,267

Investment income

£31,540

Where the money came fromOur total incoming resources were £2,706,726

Overseas development £1,432,897

(52%)

Humanitarian aid £567,186

(21%)

Advocacy and education in the

UK £274,788 (10%)

Fundraising and publicity

£393,104 (14%)

Governance * £90,595

(3%)

Charitable activities £2,274,871 (82%)

*Governance costs relate to the general running of All We Can as opposed to those costs associated with fundraising or charitable activity. They include external audit costs and the costs associated with constitutional and statutory requirements e.g. the cost of trustee meetings and compiling statutory accounts. Included within this category are any costs associated with the strategic, as opposed to the day to day, management of All We Can’s activities.

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Main supporters:Methodist individuals, churches and institutions remain our primary source of regular income, and we are particularly grateful to the following for their substantial and ongoing financial support this year:

• World Development & Relief Committee of the Methodist Church in Ireland

• Methodist Insurance plc• Methodist Chapel Aid Ltd• Trinity Methodist/URC Church Leek• Notting Hill Methodist Church• Melbourne Terrace Methodist

Church York• La Rocque Methodist Church• East Bridgford Methodist Church• Cheshire South Methodist Circuit

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• Department for International Development’s Civil Society Challenge Fund and Global Poverty Action Fund

• The Grimmitt Trust• The Thomas Hughes Foundation• ElectricAid • The Donald Forrester Trust• The Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust

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Image: Anghou Glory was able to expand her small shop thanks to training and a loan from All We Can partner NADEV in Cameroon. She can now better support her three children. ©All We Can/Erica Bertolotto

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Image: A young boy in Burundi plays with a stick and wheel as he walks along the road. ©All We Can/Purple Flame Media