Memoria de Actividades 2008 (inglés)

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Spanish version on the other side
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2. Offices of RESCATE
RESCATE – Madrid (Head Office)
C/ Luchana 36. 4º dcha. NGO RESCATE Internacional fulfills
28010 Madrid (Spain)
Tels. +34 91 447 29 60 the principles of Transparency and
+34 91 447 28 72 Good Practices of Fundación Lealtad
Fax. +34 91 447 23 21
Email: rescate@ongrescate.org since 2005, and was declared Asso-
RESCATE – Comunidad Valenciana
ciation of Public Utility in 2002. Any
C/ Rodrigo de Pertegás, 36. 1º donation to RESCATE allows a tax
46023 Valencia (Spain)
Tel. +34 96 344 55 00
reduction.
Fax. +34 96 344 55 47
Email: rescate.valencia@ongrescate.org
Donations and collaborations:
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Email: rescate.castilla-lamancha@ongrescate.org
RESCATE, send a email to rescate@
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C/ Onescukova, 39
88000 Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) 447 29 60
Email: rescate.balkans@ongrescate.org
www.ongrescate.org
Staff of RESCATE
Director: Nora Avés
Accounts and Finance Department
Coordinator: David Palomo
Funds Accounts for international projects: César López de Larrínzar
Funds Accounts for national projects: Annick Delepine
Social Action Department
Legal Area Officer: María Gutiérrez
Legal Assistant: Berta Muñoz
Psychosocial Area Officer: Mª Ángeles Vega
Psychologist: Mara García
Labour Guidance Assistant: Aida Sánchez de Alba
International Cooperation Department
Coordinator: Cristina Bermejo
Tracking and Evaluation Officer: Encarnación Guirao
Tracking and Evaluation Assistant: Sara Gutiérrez y Ana Pérez
Expatriates: Antonio Ventura and Ana Echandi (Colombia), José Carlos Herías, Rodrigo Núñez and Santiago
Santos (Ethiopia), Arsene Masumbuko (D.R. of Congo) and Enrique Bermejo (Jordan).
Delegate in the Balkans: Fernando Mazarro
Office Coordinator: Aida Omanovic
Finance Officer: Klaudija Babic
Volunteer Officer: Svjetlan Mihic
Engineers: Miroslav Kovacevic and Esved Dugalic
External Relations Department
Communication and Fundraising Officer: Smriti Belbase and Inés Vélez
Public Awareness and Education Officer: Mª Eugenia de la Hoz
Projects Officer in Comunitat Valenciana: Azahara Montero
Projects Officer in Castilla-La Mancha: Dori Cañadas

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Contents
Letter from the Director 3
Who we are? 4
Activities 5
History of RESCATE 6
Where we work? 7
Social Action 9
International Cooperation 13
Public Awareness and Education for Development 21
Economic Information 26
Audit Report 28
Acknowledgements 29
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“Now that the year is ended we feel satisfied about our
hard work and RESCATE´s continuous improvement of its
general management, the transparency of its activities
and the fulfillment of its aims”
Collaboration of the local
community with the reusing of
bricks for the construction of a
Health Care Center in Walikale
(North Kivu. D.R. of Congo).
Difficulties in moving
the building material for
RESCATE´s projects in North
Kivu (D.R. of Congo).
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Dear friends,
2008 has been a period of consolidation and development of the work that RES-
CATE carries out both in the national and the international area, in spite of or
thanks to having faced several difficulties which affected our projects activities,
such as internal conflicts in some countries where we are present, changes on
the laws which have an impact on the populations we work with in Spain and
Europe, and the social happenings which arise everyday and make our mission
necessary.
Some of the activities carried out in 2008 to be highlighted are those correspon-
ding to Public Awareness and Development Education projects which aim was
to inform and make society aware of the serious situation of accessing to water
in Ethiopia, make the Media be acquainted with and properly inform about the
people facing immigration and refuge, and give information about the value of
intercultural education in classrooms.
In 2008 it is also important to point out the collaboration of RESCATE with other
NGO, such as Resettlement Group, Net Against Human Trafficking, those com-
mitted to supporting asylum seekers, both in legal and psychosocial matters,
and those corresponding to CONGD whose we are members of.
In the international area, 2008 has marked an increase in the efforts to conso-
lidate the best work conditions in the countries where we carry out cooperation
projects, despite all the unexpected changes, in order to properly respond to the
needs of the beneficiary populations. Such is the case of D.R. of Congo, specially
in North Kivu, affected by an internal conflict, where RESCATE participates in
the construction of health care centers, and Ethiopia, where our projects have
been delayed by internal problems in the region and the country. Thanks to the
team efforts every difficulty has been solved and the projects will continue in
2009.
Now that the year is ended we feel satisfied about our hard work and RESCATE´s
continuous improvement of its general management, the transparency of its ac-
tivities and the fulfillment of its aims.
We hope this Annual Report will give you a clear and close vision on what we are.
Nora Avés
Director
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Who we are?
RESCATE is a non profit Association, Member
based in Spain, it is non political and Enrique Ramo Ramo
non religious, consisting of 157 mem- Commercial and Quality Manager
bers of different nationalities who live (Grupo DIMA).
in Spain.
Member
The Board of Directors consists of the Araceli García del Soto
following members, elected by a Gene- Researcher in the Humanitarian Inter-
ral Assembly: national Affairs Institute in Fordham
University (New York).
President
Juan Ángel López Romero Member
Account Auditor and Fiscal Consultant Mercedes Dorado Gutierrez
She works in the Ministerio de Fomen-
Treasure and Secretary
to of Spain. She also collaborates with
Nicolás Ramo Kalkus
Karibu Association and Bangassou Or-
Financial Director (Grupo DIMA)
ganization.
Member
Member
Michaela Kalkus Pokorna
Gordana Marjanovic Kruzik
Director of RESCATE from 1989 to 2003.
Services sector. She collaborates with
She worked with refugees and asylum
Charter 100 Association (Professional
seekers for more than 20 years.
Women).
Member
Member
Elisa Salvador Zuloaga
Alfonso Cavallé Sesé
She works in the American Embassy in
Legal Consultancy Director in Kiss Ca-
Madrid. She has collaborated with the
pital Group, Radio Blanca and Clínica
Asociación de Amistad Hipano-Nicara-
Cemtro. Ex-president of Asociación
güense, AFESIP and the Escuela Popu-
Española de Radio Comercial, Asocia-
lar de Prosperidad.
ción Europea de Radio and Asociación
Member Internacional de Radio Difusión (AIR).
Nancy Heine
Member
Coordinator of the advisory team for
Isabel Pardo Martínez
expatriates and their families (Reloca-
Doctor, specialist in Pediatrics.
tions Company).
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Activities
NGO RESCATE International works
since 1960 on behalf of refugees and
displaced people, taking a special in-
terest in children and women.
Currently our activities fall into three
categories:
1. Social Action in Spain.
2. International Cooperation in
countries which are suffering and/
or have suffered wars and/or with
refugees and displaced popula-
tions, and/or affected by conflicts.
NGO RESCATE Internacional is a
3. Public Awareness and Educa-
member of:
tion for Development.
• ECRE (European Council of Refu-
In all its activities, RESCATE pays
gees and Exiles. www.ecre.org).
special attention to the quality servi-
ce and the continuous training of the • FONGDCAM (Federación de ONG de
staff. Therefore, every department Desarrollo de la Comunidad de Ma-
participates in specific training cour- drid. www.fongdcam.org).
ses and adopts new procedures in or-
• Federación de Solidaridad y Volun-
der to improve the daily work.
tariado (Valencia).
In this way, RESCATE fulfills all the
• FEVOCAM (Federación de Entida-
principles of Transparency and Good
des de Voluntariado de la Comuni-
Practices set out by the Fundación
dad de Madrid. www.fevocam.org).
Lealtad since 2005; it has been de-
clared an Association of Public Utility • Red Española contra la Trata de Per-
in 2002 and qualified for the multi- sonas (www.redcontralatrata.org).
annual Agreements signing with the
International Cooperation Spanish • CVONGD (Coordinadora Valenciana
Agency for Development (AECID). de ONGD. www.cvongd.org).
In 2008 RESCATE´s projects have
benefited 669.377 people, in 11 coun-
tries, of 4 continents.
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History
RESCATE was founded in 1960 as a 1992
delegation in Spain of a north ameri- IRC-Spain evolves into an indepen-
can organization, IRC (International dent Spanish NGO. The organization
Rescue Committee). After 50 years in continues giving legal advice and put
operation, RESCATE has evolved into into action Integration Programs for
the NGO it is today. asylum seekers, refugees and displa-
ced people.
1933
Albert Einstein 1996
sets up a su- We start working on Emergency In-
pport network to ternational Programs, Rehabilitation
help Europeans and Cooperation for Development,
escape from supporting populations under con-
the Nazis. That flicts or natural disaster situations.
is how Interna-
tional Rescue 2002
Committee (IRC RESCATE is declared an Association
was born). of Public Utility.
1960 2005
IRC opens a delegation in Spain, IRC- RESCATE fulfills all the principles in
Spain, as a resettlement office for re- Transparency and Good Practices
fugees in our country who wanted to set out by the Fundación Lealtad.
go to United States, Canada and Aus- 2007
tralia. RESCATE obtains the status of Deve-
1980 lopment NGO qualified by the Inter-
IRC Spain collaborates with UNHCR national Cooperation Spanish Agency
implementing projects. This collabo- for Development (AECID), for the mul-
ration continued until 1995. ti-annual Cooperation Agreements
signing.
1985
With the Asylum Law (1984), IRC-Spain 2008
starts giving Legal Advice to asylum RESCATE changes its previous name
seekers and working in Family Reuni- “Comité Internacional de Rescate
fication and Voluntary Return. España-RESCATE” to: ONG RESCATE
Internacional. RESCATE’s projects
benefit 669.377 people, in 11 coun-
tries, of 4 continents.
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Where we work?
1 Spain – Head Office 5 Syria 8 Ethiopia
2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 6 Jordan 9 D.R. of Congo
3 Kosovo Territory 7 Afghanistan 10 Angola
4 Albania 11 Colombia
2 3
1 4
5 7
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11 8
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- RESCATE’s mission: “To work for refugees and communities
who have been victims of oppression, armed conflict, and ma-
jor political and social crises and to help those affected to find
long-term solutions to the situations they are facing as well
as to help them access what are their basic rights”.
- The values in which RESCATE’s work is based are solidarity,
responsibility, respect, dignity, equality, justice, and the pro-
motion of peace.
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“In Spain we focus our attention and services on asylum see-
kers, refugees, displaced persons, citizens, stateless persons
and/or beneficiaries of certain types of international protec-
tion, and immigrants”
Legal and psychosocial counseling in the head office of RESCATE in Madrid (Spain).
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Social Action
Introduction
The Social Action Department carries The methodology that we employ in our
out our Direct Services program to as- work is a multidisciplinary and gender-
sist our target community within Spain, focused approach.
specifically: refugees, asylum seekers (in
There is a very high level of involvement
whatever stage of the process they might
on the part of our technical team; therefo-
be, whether admitted, not admitted, be-
re, to professionalize and specialize our
ing processed, or denied), stateless per-
performance to the greatest extent pos-
sons, immigrants, and beneficiaries of
sible is one of the principal motivators.
certain types of international protection.
To accomplish this, our team is often
The Department is made up of two parts: attending various conferences, forums,
the Legal Area and the Psychosocial courses, etc. and actively participates in
Area. Its mission is to be “a social agent various European work groups as well as
to promote change and development, state, municipal and local work groups
working towards integration and pro- that are related to our target community
blem resolution as well as to determine (Asylum Group, Psychology Group spe-
and identify the social problems and ne- cializing in asylum matters, Foreign Le-
cessities”. gal Group, etc.).
Direct Services: 2008 projects table
Project Donor Grant Beneficiaries
Integration Line
Fondo Europeo para los Refugiados (FER). Secretaría
Community Development 67.339,93 € 120 people
de Estado de Inmigración y Emigración - DGII. MTAS
IRPF. Secretaría de Estado de Servicios Sociales, 28.000 €
Reuniting Families 83 people
Familia y Discapacidad. MTAS
Information and Orientation Program Régimen General. Secretaría de Estado de Inmigración 23.000 € 116 people
Employment Orientation Service y Emigración. DGII. MTAS 21.000 € 48 people
Psycologic Counseling Service Obra Social La Caixa 4.000 € 44 people
Voluntary Return Line
Voluntary Return for immigrants who IRPF. Secretaría de Estado de Servicios Sociales,
31.000 € 233 people
are vulnerable Familia y Discapacidad. MTAS
Fondo Europeo para los Refugiados (FER). Secretaría
Voluntary Return for asylum seekers 85.074,64 € 39 people
de Estado de Inmigración y Emigración - DGII. MTAS
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Direct Services Projects in Spain
The projects administered in the Social Action Department fit into to lines: the Integra-
tion Line and the Voluntary Return Line.
The Integration Line
This line develops projects that work from both the legal and the psychosocial
towards and facilitate the process of inte- areas. In 2008 we developed the follow
gration in Spain for our target community projects:
1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Nationality
Project of legal, social work, and psycho-
logical services, through personalized
plans of action for asylum seekers (in East Europe
whatever stage of the process they might
be) and/or refugees; as well as acquiring
economic assistance for select cases.
Legal Status Gender
Refugees Male
Asylum seekers admitted and/ Female
or admission stage
Asylum seekers not admitted
or denied
Ns/Nc
2. REUNITING FAMILIES: Nationality
Providing information, orientation, and ad-
vising on the requirements and process for
reuniting families and/or extending asylum East Europe
to include family members; also includes
the procedure, organization and planning
of trips, and following-up on our cases.
Legal Status Gender
Refugees and/or Male
Asylum seekers Female
Immigrants
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3. INFORMATION AND ORIENTATION Nationality
PROGRAM:
On questions related to immigration
East Europe
laws: documentation, nationality, and
the penal system and rights.
Legal Status Gender
Refugees and/or Male
Asylum seekers Female
Immigrants
4. EMPLOYMENT ORIENTATION SERVICE: Nationality
Support in job searches, finding courses
and training, legal counseling and orien-
tation in terms of applying for asylum and East Europe
refugee status, as immigrants.
Legal Status Gender
Refugees
Asylum seekers admitted and/ Male
or admission stage Female
Asylum seekers not admit-
ted or denied
Immigrants with identity papers
Immigrants without identity papers
Ns/Nc
5. PSYCOLOGIC COUNSELING SERVICE: Nationality
Offered to aslyum seekers, refugees, im-
migrants, etc. who exhibit mental and/or
physical health problems, so that they East Europe
may have a better quality of life, which
affects their process of integration.
Legal Status Gender
Refugees
Asylum seekers admitted and/ Male
or admission stage Female
Asylum seekers not admit-
ted or denied
Immigrants without identity papers
Ns/Nc
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Voluntary Return Line:
We have projects aimed at those who information with regard to the effects
have made an informed decision to of their return, the alternatives they
voluntarily return to their country of have, and what it will be like for them
origin. These projects make it possi- in their country of origin. In 2008 we
ble for these people to count on all the developed two different programs:
VOLUNTARY RETURN FOR IMMI- Nationality
GRANTS WHO ARE VULNERABLE:
Information and orientation on voluntary East Europe
return, as well as going through the pro-
cedure for certain selected cases. Total
number of returns accomplished: 15
Legal Status Gender
Immigrants with Male
identity papers Female
Immigrants without Ns/Nc
identity papers
VOLUNTARY RETURN FOR ASYLUM asylum seekers that decide to return.
SEEKERS: It contains information on the current
Information and orientation on volun- employment possibilities in their
tary return, as well as going through country. Total number of returns ac-
the procedure for certain selected complished: 6
cases for asylum seekers (those not
Nationality
admitted, denies and/or being pro-
cessed, etc.) who applied in this way.
In the framework of the project, we East Europe
edited a publication “Colombia: Ma-
nual on enterprising” for colombian
Legal Status Gender
Refugees Male
Asylum seekers admitted and/ Female
or admission stage
Asylum seekers not admitted
or denied
Ns/Nc
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International Cooperation
Introduction
The Department of International Coo- The projects developed in 2008 con-
peration carries out the projects deve- sisted, principally, in the material,
loped in countries which have suffered economic and social reconstruction of
and/or currently suffer from conflicts countries in a post-conflict rehabilita-
or natural disasters, with refugees, tion stage, such as Albania and Bosnia-
displaced or returning population, fo- Herzegovina. This year, RESCATE has
cusing on the most vulnerable victims: started to work in Angola –after 30
women, children and ethnic minorities. years of civil war- developing a project
of sustainable agriculture and training
The department is composed of a team
of the rural population.
of professionals in Spain and expa-
triates who work in the field with the Moreover, RESCATE has implemented
local partners (or counterparts). Du- projects aimed at satisfying the basic
ring 2008, RESCATE has been working social needs –i.e. housing, health and
in ten countries in 4 continents, Africa, hygiene, education, food sovereignty,
Latin America, Asia and Central Euro- etc.- of populations suffering from cu-
pe, continuing with the development of rrent conflicts, such as Colombia or the
the tasks started in 2007. D.R. of Congo.
This year, for the first time, the de-
partment has implemented four Coo-
peration Agreements (or group of pro-
jects) lasting for several years, signed
with the Spanish Agency for Internatio-
nal Development Cooperation (AECID)
in Colombia, Middle East, Ethiopia and
the Balkans.
Furthermore, 27 projects on Coopera-
tion, Humanitarian Aid and Emergen- Antonio Ventura, expatriate in Colombia,
cy Aid have been carried out, aimed at providing a training.
supporting refugees, displaced or re-
turning populations, or, simply, the lo-
cal communities whose means of life
have been affected by a conflict or a de-
vastating incident.
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Africa
ETHIOPIA. RESCATE continued wor- from their homes, adding to the more
king in the northern area of the Federal than 1.4 million displaced population.
State of Somali and has expanded his
In 2008, we have developed three assis-
framework for action to Sidamo and the
tance projects focused on the displaced
Oromia region, with projects related to
population, especially women and chil-
the promotion of food sovereignty and
dren: Reconstruction of two schools,
access to drinkable water for the rural
training of the teachers, construction of
population.
a Health Center and give support to the
The nomad agro-shepherd communi- basic health services as well as social
ties affected by the internal conflicts, insertion of women victims of war.
economic and social exclusion and
ANGOLA. This year, RESCATE has initia-
drought, are the main beneficiaries of
ted its activities in Angola, particularly,
our programs. RESCATE’s strategy is
in the Bié province, an area highly da-
based on the “environmental restora-
maged by war. It is estimated that 67%
tion” in order to prevent natural disas-
of the province population were internal
ters and conflicts caused by the control
displaced.
of natural resources.
Nowadays, Bié is one of the provinces
D.R. of CONGO. RESCATE develops its ac-
with the highest food insecurity in the
tivities in North Kivu, one of the most da-
country. Thus, RESCATE has opted to
maged areas by war. At the end of august
operate in two different manners: pro-
2008, a new violence outbreak took place
motion of agricultural development
and thousands of people had to escape
and literacy education for adults.
Nomad agro-sheperd community of Somali Region (Ethiopia).
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AFRICA: 2008 projects table
Local
Project Donor Grant Beneficiaries
Partners
ANGOLA
Promotion of sustainable agri- People
cultural production systems and 7.000
in Need AECID 512.917 €
access to education in the municipali- people
(PIN)
ty of Cuemba, Bié Province.
ETHIOPIA
Promotion of Food Sovereignty in the Hope for
16.656
most affected areas by drought in the the Horn AECID 434.447,93 €
people
Harshin district, Somali region. (HFH)
Junta de
Program of Comprehensive Develop- 70.000
HFH Castilla y 558.000 €
ment in Harte Sheikh. people
León
Access to Primary Education of she-
14.000
pherd communities in five districts of HFH AECID 243.324 €
people
Somali regional State.
Obra
Program of Comprehensive Develop- 60.500
HFH Social La 600.000 €
ment in Kebri Beyah district. people
Caixa
Food Sovereignty, diversification of
income sources, improvement of the
production and strengthening of the
42.184
association network and the mar- HFH AECID 1.760.000 €
people
keting systems, incorporating envi-
ronmental sustainability and gender
equality in Somali.
D.R. OF CONGO
Construction, provision of equipment Comu-
Cáritas- 120.000
and start up of a Health Center in nidad de 154.000 €
Goma people
Walikale (North Kivu). Madrid
Improvement of education quality
through the reconstruction of two Cáritas- 1.259
AECID 300.610 €
schools and training of teachers in Goma people
Walikale.
Support to the basic health services
Cáritas- 189.918
as well as social insertion of women AECID 409.653 €
Goma people
victims of war in North Kivu.
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Latin America
COLOMBIA. According to data from
the United Nations High Commissio-
ner for Refugees (UNHCR), Colombia
continues to be the country with the
second greatest population of dis-
placed people in the world, 4 million
people. In 2008 alone there were
more than 380,000 displacements,
greater than the 2007 figure.
Our work is concentrated in the De-
partment of Cauca, one of the areas
most affected by conflict and where
the population is greatly diverse in food security, work training, medical
terms of ethnicity, with large indige- and health establishments, and reor-
nous and afro-colombian communi- ganization, all towards the end goal of
ties. guaranteeing human rights as well as
economic, social, and cultural rights
RESCATE’s projects have principally for the indigenous and afro-colombian
included development in rural areas, communities.
LATIN AMERICA: 2008 projects table
Local
Project Donor Grant Beneficiaries
Partners
COLOMBIA
Junta de
Construction of 103 small health Asociación
Comuni-
stations in the rural districts of Agua Cultural 635
dades de 98.348 €
Azul, Primavera, and Cantarito in the Casa del people
Castilla-La
Municipality of Villarrica (Cauca). Niño
Mancha
Improvement of health and sani- Corpora-
tation conditions, environment, and ción para
habitability of 80 farm worker families la Investi-
with limited resources as well as the gación y el Generalitat 792
94.134 €
improvement of three rural schools Desarrollo Valenciana people
by installing health stations, septic Agrope-
tanks and training in the Municipality cuario
of Sucre (Sucre). (CINDAP)
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The improvement of social infrastruc-
tures through the construction of a Generalitat 4.759
CINDAP 111.569,73 €
water treatment plant in the Munici- Valenciana people
pality of Sucre (Sucre).
Unidad de
The strengthening of the organiza-
organi-
tions through the consolidation of
zaciones 240
four of the community councils for AECID 150.000 €
Afrocau- people
the Defense and Restitution of Rights
canas
(Cauca).
(UOAFROC)
Comprehensive rural development
for the African descendent and indi-
Ayunta-
genous communities affected by the 1.200
CINDAP miento de 287.181 €
violence in the Indian reservation of people
Madrid
Lopez Adentro and Alto de Palo Dis-
trict, Municipality of Caloto (Cauca).
Comprehensive support for the Afri-
can descendant populations, guaran-
5.000
teeing their human rights as well as UOAFROC AECID 800.000 €
people
economic, social, and cultural rights
(Cauca).
Fundación
The improvement of health and sani-
Intercul-
tation conditions of families displaced
tural para
due to violence as well as farm wor- Generalitat 19.247
la Coope- 191.604 €
kers with limited resources through Valenciana people
ración
the construction of a water treatment
Norte-Sur
plant in Piendamo (Cauca).
(FUNIC)
Afro-caucana ethno-education as an 15.000
FUNIC AECID 198.403 €
ethnic and cultural right (Cauca). people
Humanitarian aid provided to children,
women who are lactating, and the 700
FUNIC AECID 190.942 €
elderly victimized by the eruption of people
Volcano Huila (Cauca).
Employment training and income
generation for 100 indigenous families Ayunta-
620
headed by women from the commu- CINDAP miento de 237.453 €
people
nities of Hispala and 20th of July in the Madrid
Municipality of Puracé (Cauca).
The socioeconomic re-stabilization and
Junta de
food security for 57 indigenous farm
Comuni-
worker families displaced due to vio- 350
FUNIC dades de 140.670 €
lence around the Naya River as well as people
Castilla-La
for 13 vulnerable farm worker families
Mancha
from the Municipality of Timbío (Cauca).
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Asia
AFGHANISTAN. In 2008 we have taken Syria. This year we have completed
up again our work in Afghanistan the rehabilitation of a mother-infant
which, because of security reasons, Health Center at the refugee camp
has been intermittent. The situation of Yarmuk, which has turned into a
keeps on being very unstable after de- big neighborhood in the outskirts of
cades of conflicts and civil wars. One Damascus. There are 100 000 Pales-
of the most urgent problems is the tinian refugees and 400 000 Syrians
lack of educational infrastructures, with minimal resources living crow-
since the three quarters of the facili- ded together.
ties have been destroyed.
Jordan. This year we have set up the
This year we have put into action the creation of an oil mill in Kufranjah (dis-
reconstruction of a school in the Zare trict of Ajloun) to make olive oil and,
District, in the north of the country, with the production leftovers, bring in
which will be equipped with school an alternative source of energy.
material. Also, the teaching staff will
On the other hand, we have kept wor-
be trained, specially the female tea-
king on the Certification for Ecological
chers.
Farm Products, thanks to which, in
MIDDLE EAST. This year we have star- 2008, the Jordan Government appro-
ted up a four year Agreement in Syria ved a Regulation which will guarantee
and Jordan aimed to cover the basic the quality of the cultivated produce
necessities of the most vulnerable with organic agricultural methods in
women in both countries: the Palesti- Jordan.
nian, Iraqi, rural peasant women, and
those who live in poverty areas of the
most populated urban zones.
Afghan girls getting a
lesson in school rebuilt.
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ASIA: 2008 projects table
Project Local Partners Donor Grant Beneficiaries
AFGHANISTAN
Recovering the Scholar
System through the rehabi- People in Need Generalitat 4.130
litation of the infrastructures 239.764 €
(PIN) Valenciana people
and the teacher staff training
in Magzhar, Zare District.
MIDDLE EAST
- Jordanian National Fo-
rum for Women (JNFW)
- Women Federation
for World Peace Jordan
(WFWP)
Providing integral support - Jordan River Founda-
to women in a vulnerable tion (JRF)
situation, refugees, rural - Asociación Coopera-
peasant women, or in situa- tivista para la Capaci-
tions of poverty: access to tación de la Mujer in 27.390
AECID 2.000.000 €
primary education, profes- Jordan people
sional training, employment - Fund for Integrated
opportunities, health care and Rural Development
promotion of Human Rights, in (FIRDOS), in Syria
Syria and Jordan. - Asociación Bissan
para el Desarrollo Social
(Syria)
- Ousrat Al Ikha As
Souriya (Tierra de
Hombres-Syria)
Strategic Planning for the Cer-
Jordan River 350
tification of Organic Agricul- AECID-CAP 99.485 €
Foundation (JRF) people
ture products in Jordan.
Providing services for mother- Asociación
infant health and the preven- 2.800
Bissan para el AECID 202.974 €
tion of thalassemia in Yarmuk people
Desarrollo Social
(Damascus, Syria).
Supporting the Coope-
rative of Kurfranjah produ- Jordan River Generalitat 800
cing olive oil and bringing in 265.020 €
Foundation (JRF) Valenciana people
alternative energies in Ajloun
(Jordan).
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Central Europe
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. 2008 marks started the reconstruction of a Residen-
the tenth anniversary of RESCATE in tial and Interethnic Assistance Center in
Bosnia-Herzegovina Its head office is lo- Stolac (BiH).
cated in Mostar when we have five mem-
KOSOVO. RESCATE is building a Toy
bers working. RESCATE has undertaken
Center for disabled minors from the old
the final phase of the reconstruction of
confronted ethnic groups.
Gimnazija, one of the most representa-
tive buildings of the city where students ALBANIA RESCATE has continued with
from different ethnic groups took classes its projects of reconstruction of Pri-
before the war. mary Education Schools and training
teachers. Additionally we have launched
In addition we have developed a strategy
a campaign for the prevention of child
to cover the necessities of the handica-
trafficking, among the local communities
pped or disabled groups both from bir-
and the Media.
th or victims of conflicts. RESCATE has
Project Local Partners Donor Grant Beneficiaries
ALBANIA
Improving the quality of education and reducing Fundación FEMI- 2.503
AECID 250.000 €
absenteeism in the Berdice commune (Shkodra). JET TE PARET people
Reducing failure rates in schools in Dajc y Velipo- Fundación FEMI- 5.699
AECID 347.424 €
je (Shkodra). JET TE PARET people
BALKANS
Providing support for the peace process assisting RESCATE-
the most vulnerable groups, especially handica- Mostar (BiH) y
40.928
pped or disabled members of the population, who Fundación FE- AECID 1.200.000 €
people
are victims of the conflicts in Bosnia-Herzegovina MIJET TE PARET
and Kosovo. (Kosovo)
Creating future prospects for women victims of RESCATE-Mostar Generalitat 42
human trafficking in BiH after the conflict. 193.910,25 €
y La Strada Valenciana people
Supporting the reconciliation in Mostar by
671
renovating the outside of the Secondary Education RESCATE-Mostar AECID-CAP 100.000 €
people
School (Phase I). BiH.
Supporting the reconciliation in Mostar through
the reconstruction of the Secondary Education RESCATE-Mostar 671
AECID 308.866 €
School (Phase II) and the International High y UWC people
School. BiH.
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Public Awareness and
Education for Development
Introduction
One of the priorities of the Public activities were focused on the edu-
Awareness and Education for Deve- cational sector, the new strategy
lopment Department during this year is intended to diversify the target
has been -after a process of transfor- groups, after having detected that
mation and analysis- to create a new the refugees reality keeps on being
strategy for the next years. Besides, unknown to most of the adult po-
in 2008 the department has expanded pulation.
its staff with a new member in Casti-
3. New tools and topics: In order to
lla-La Mancha Community.
expand our objectives and get to
Changing the strategy has been mar- the different public, we are aware
ked by the prevailing necessity of ha- of the need to use new tools such
ving a more efficient perspective on as information new technologies
refugees, displaced people, and vic- and the net. Also, the Department
tims of conflicts and natural disas- has expanded its topics including
ters. matters such as: human traffic-
king, fostering and promoting eco-
The Public Awareness Department
nomic, social and cultural rights,
new approach is based on:
training in “right to asylum”, edu-
1. Transversality: RESCATE activities cation for cooperation, social res-
are several (Direct Services, Inter- ponsibility, etc.
national Cooperation and Public
Awareness) and they are carried
out in different geographical areas “The new strategy is inten-
(international, national, local),
that´s why it is necessary that the
ded to diversify the target
Public Awareness activities show groups, after having detec-
the global identity of the entity and ted that the refugees reality
the coordinated experience of the keeps on being unknown to
rest of the departments.
most of the adult popula-
2. Diversifying the “target groups”: tion”
Up to now the Public Awareness
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Public Awareness and Education for Development
Projects in Spain
In 2008, the projects developed by Public Awareness and Education
for Development Department in Spain has been four:
1. EDUCATION FOR INTEGRATION tical publication, distributed to
centers of both communities and
Thanks to the “Interculturalidad en
benefiting 2.500 peoples in Castilla-
el Aula II. Education for Integration”
La Mancha and 1.500 in Castilla y
project, we have realized a diag-
León.
nosis of the realities in schools
in Castilla-La Mancha y Castilla y 2. ETHIOPIA AND THE MILLENNIUM
León (Spain), regarding the arrival DEVELOPMENT GOALS
of students of different nationali-
The objective of this project, which
ties.
started in 2007 and finished in 2008,
The tools used for the analysis have has been to show the children how
been: questionnaires for teachers, the environmental deterioration
students and parents, dynamics, affects a country which has suffe-
interviews, visiting centers, direct red war, starvation and drought.
observation, etc. Volunteers, non
The tools used have been, on one
- profit entities and members of
hand, performing several Puppet
several educational communities
Shows, and on the other hand, pu-
have participated in this investiga-
blishing a Pocket Guide on the
tion.
Millennium Development Goals
The results of the diagnosis have (ODM), with images of the projects
been collected in a useful and prac- that RESCATE develops in Ethiopia.
Education for
integration dynamic
in a school of
Castilla-La Mancha
(Spain).
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Presentation of the Guide “Immigration and Refuge in the Media” in Valencia (Spain).
3. THE WATER MANAGEMENT IN ETHIOPIA migration and Refuge in the Media.
Knowing for understanding” aimed at
“The Water Management in Ethiopia.
providing the Media professionals with
Images to understand” is an itinerant
a useful tool to clarify their concepts
Photographic Exhibition which shows
about immigration and refuge.
the challenges that the inhabitants of
the Somali region (Ethiopia) have to We also produced a documentary film
face to survive in a zone suffering se- (included in a CD along with a digital
vere droughts and affected by border version of the Guide) where experts,
conflicts. journalists and people in general, sha-
re their views on the complex relation
The images taken by the valencian
existing between the Media and the
photographer, Paco Jimenez, show
arrival of immigrants, who left their
the strategies that the inhabitants
countries of origin to improve their li-
use to manage such a vital resource
ves or escaping from conflicts. After
as water is.
the presentation of the Guide and the
During 2008, the photographs have documentary film in a Press Confe-
been exhibited at two Cultural Centers rence, we have given four talks at the
in Castellón and a local center, and Universities of Valencia and Castellón
at the University of Valencia. Also, we for Journalism, Audiovisual Communi-
have released 600 CD with the photo- cations and Advertising students.
graphic exhibition in a digital format.
4. IMMIGRATION AND REFUGE IN THE
MEDIA
Within the frame of this project we
have published a Guide entitled “Im-
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World Refugee Day, June RESCATE was also in the Comunidad
Valenciana (Spain) presenting the Pho-
20th to Exhibition “The Water Management
The objective of the World Refugee in Ethiopia”, during the event organized
Day, June 20th –established by the Ge- by the CAR of Mislata (Valencia) with
neral Assembly of the United Nations- other NGOs and the UNHCR. Several
is to make the people aware, in this activities, some of them sportive, some
case the spanish people, of the reality others cultural, including workshops
of conflicts, wars and forced displace- and concerts, took place.
ment affecting persons in many places
of the world. Lectures, Networks and
RESCATE, as usual, commemorated
Forums
in 2008 the World Refugee Day jointly Invited by several bodies in 2008, the
with other bodies working in this same RESCATE team for Awareness and
field in order to help asylum seekers Education for the Development has
and refugees. given lectures and organized works-
hops addressed to different groups of
RESCATE was in Madrid at the Rain-
people. A workshop on the “Present
bow Festival presenting an informative
situation of the refugees and displaced
table. This event take place every year
people in the world. The case of the
at the Refugee Welcome Center (CAR),
children” was held in La Casa Encen-
located in Alcobendas (Madrid).
dida, an outstanding cultural center in
Madrid (Spain).
Informative table of RESCATE in the Rainbow Festival of CAR, in Alcobendas (Madrid).
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RESCATE-Comunitat Valenciana has NGOs sharing common objectives.
presented a communication at the V
Festival of Cinema and Human Rights Corporate Social Responsi-
at the University of Alicante, and also bility (CSR)
at the Seminar on “Media, Inmigration
and Cultural Diversity” held at the Uni- A new strategy started in 2008 in this
versity Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Valen- field stablishing contacts with new so-
cia. cial actors like the companies keeping
areas of CSR. An example of this ac-
In Castilla-La Mancha, RESCATE orga- tivity was the distribution of the “ODM
nized a workshop in the Center for Uni- Handbook” to the workers of the buil-
versity Studies of Talavera de la Reina ding company OHL by their corporative
(Toledo). An agreement has been sig- volunteers.
ned with the University of Castilla-La
Mancha to provide practical activities
to the students.
Beside these activities, the RESCATE
team has actively participated in the
Networks and Forums of the Comu-
nidad de Madrid (FONGDCAM and FE-
VOCAM) and the Comunidad Valencia-
na (CVONGD and the Valencia Platform
against Poverty), jointly with other
Public Awareness and Education for Development:
2008 projects table
Project Donor Grant Beneficiaries
Interculturalidad en el Ministerio de Traba-
Aula II. Education for jo y Asuntos Sociales 26.000 € 4.000 people
Integration. (MTAS)
Agencia Española de
Cooperación Interna-
Ethiopia and the Mi-
cional para el Desa-
llennium Development
rrollo (AECID) 54.852,00 €
Goals. 4.500 people
Caja Navarra
The Water Manage-
Generalitat Valen-
ment in Ethiopia. Ima- 19.264,84 € 1.700 people
ciana
ges to understand.
Immigration and Refu- Generalitat
16.532,38 € 2.450 people
ge in the Media. Valenciana
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Economic information
INCOME
Income through the
2008 2007
organization’s own activities
Grants and donations 2.767.027,25 1.879.713,69
Public sources 2.543.622,02 1.794.475,83
Private sources 223.405,23 85.237,86
Reimbursments of grants -20.462,75 -7.568,14
Total income through the
2.746.564,50 1.872.242,45
organization’s own activities
Other income 11.207,91 90,95
Financial income 59.692,37 4.292,18
Total income 2.817.464,78 1.876.625,58
EXPENDITURES
Programs 2008 2007
Social Action 257.019,33 179.915,64
International Cooperation 2.199.352,38 1.461.566,10
Public Awareness and
149.755,22 58.232,06
Education
Subtotal 2.606.126,93 1.699.713,80
Administration and Fun-
208.469,14 181.748,06
draising
Total expenditures 2.814.596,07 1.881.461,86
BALANCE 2.868,71 -4.836,28
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Grants and donations managed
in 2008
FROM PUBLIC SOURCES 2008 2007
AECID 1.666.567,86 626.811,53
Ayuntamiento de Madrid 194.064,96 250.889,74
Generalitat Valenciana 285.222,27 211.425,14
Fondo Europeo para los Refugiados 95.936,97 80.094,51
Dirección General de Integración de los Inmigrantes (MTAS) 130.354,76 97.808,61
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha 56.332,77 154.563,58
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla y León 32.691,07 231.178,13
IRPF (MTAS) 59.000,00 59.000,00
Gobierno Bosnia i Herzegovina 1.037,17 1.180,38
Comunidad de Madrid 1.951,44 72.653,69
Other Public Income 8.870,52
Subtotal 2.523.159,27 1.794.475,83
FROM PRIVATE SOURCES 2008 2007
Member’s quotas 3.563,54 4.323,41
Obra Social La Caixa 127.352,46 3.032,35
Caja Navarra 1.809,03 5.781,52
Cityscope S.L. 1.695,92 1.636,80
Moebius Creativa CB 1.014,00
El Corte Inglés 1.000,00
Veterinaria Organización 928,00
Santander 82.173,00
Oficina La Caixa 700,00
Avannet 167,92
ITM, S.L. 842,17
Wizard Computers 75,37
Movistar 236,58
Mundo Unido 447,24
Other Private Income 1.400,00 70.463,78
Subtotal 223.405,23 85.237,86
Total Grants and Donations managed in 2008 2.767.027,25 1.879.713,69
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Acknowledgements
The RESCATE activities to help as- Europeo para los Refugiados (FER),
ylum seekers, refugees, displaced Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-
persons, beneficiaries of certain La Mancha, Junta Castilla y León,
types of international protection Comunidad de Madrid y Gobierno
and immigrants could be possible de Bosnia i Herzegovina.
because the economical support,
Private supporters: Obra Social La
trust and collaboration of our:
Caixa, Santander, InMadrid, Grupo
MEMBERS: The RESCATE mem- Dima, Caja Navarra, El Corte In-
bers are those persons who sha- glés, Moebius Creativa, Veterinaria
ring our objectives decide to beco- Organización, etc.
me members and participate in the
ORGANIZATIONS: Centros de Ayuda a
General Assembly.
los Refugiados (CAR) de Alcobendas
In 2008, three groups of members (Madrid) y Mislata (Valencia); Funda-
have been considered: regular ción Luis Vives y Fundación Lealtad;
member, donor member –contri- Mundo Unido Cooperación; Funda-
buting economically- and member ción Ortega y Gasset; Centro Hispano
10 –making important contribu- Colombiano de Madrid.
tions.
In Castilla-La Mancha: Asociación
Presently RESCATE has 137 regu- Socio Cultural San Andrés, Bibliote-
lar members and 20 donor mem- ca Municipal “José Hierro” de Tala-
bers. A main challenge for the next vera de la Reina (Toledo), Asociación
years is to increase the number of “Talavera Acoge”, y a los Institutos de
members in the three groups in Educación Secundaria que han cola-
order to achieve greater support by borado en la publicación “Intercultu-
the civil society to the refugees and ralidad en el Aula II”.
the displaced people.
In Comunitat Valenciana: Ayunta-
DONORS: Public institutions, com- miento de Castellón, Universidad
panies and private people that have Internacional Menéndez Pelayo de
supported economically the RES- Valencia, CAM “La Llotgeta”, Unió de
CATE activities. Periodístes de Valencia, Fundación
CeiMigra, Diputación de Castellón,
Public supporters: AECID, Gene-
Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU
ralitat Valenciana, Ayuntamiento
de Valencia, Universidad Jaume I de
de Madrid, Ministerio de Trabajo
Castellón, Concejalía de Juventud
y Asuntos Sociales (MTAS), Fondo
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de Valencia, Universidad de Valen- Carlota Guzmán, Alicia García y Mª
cia (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales) y Dolores Frigols.
Concejalía de Juventud de Castellón.
Castilla-La Mancha
Our local partners in the internatio- Beatriz Aldana.
nal field:
Comunitat Valenciana
• Asociación Cultural Casa del Niño, Patricia Moratalla, Begoña Tempra-
Corporación para la Investiga- no.
ción y el Desarrollo Agropecuario
D.R. of Congo
(CINDAP), Unidad de organiza-
Arsene Masumbuko.
ciones Afrocaucanas (UOAFROC)
y Fundación Intercultural para la TRAINEES: Rebeca Rubio Ortega,
Cooperación Norte-Sur (FUNIC) in student of 3º Educación Social (CLM)
Colombia (Latin America). y Sa-Nguansin, Watcharabhorn, in-
ternational practising student in Va-
• People in Need (PIN) y Hope for the
lencia.
Horn (HFH) y Cáritas-Goma in Africa.
COLLABORATORS: Madrid: Mary
• Fundación FEMIJET TE PARET in
Cantwell. Castilla-La Mancha: Nata-
Central Europe.
lia Aldana, Elisabet Hernández, Car-
• People in Need (PIN), Jordan River men Mendoza, Maryoli Moreno y Luis
Foundation (JRF), Jordanian Na- Alfredo Bonilla. Comunitat Valencia-
tional Forum for Women (JNFW), na: Juan Pablo Palladino y Miguel
Women Federation for World Peace Montero.
Jordan (WFWP), Asociación Coo-
MEDIA: TVE, Reuters AlertNet, Diario
perativista para la Capacitación de
Levante, Canal 9, Radio Nou, Localia
la Mujer en Jordania, Fund for In-
TV, Agencia EFE, boletín FONGDCAM,
tegrated Rural Development (FIR-
RNE, Revista Miralls, www.revistatei-
DOS), Asociación Bissan para el
na.com, Periódico Xarxa Urbana, Plu-
Desarrollo Social (Syria) y Ousrat
ralia TV y Telemadrid
Al Ikha As Souriya (Tierra de Hom-
bres-Syria) in Asia.
And above all, a heartfelt thank you
VOLUNTEERS: Persons who disin-
to all our beneficiaries, for inspiring
terestedly have contributed with their
us everyday with your character and
motivations, work and time to our pro-
strength.
jects. Without them it would be impos-
sible to develop all our activities.
Madrid
Blanca Vivancos, Marcela Lagunas,
Nina Mosheni, Martin Gottlieb-Hollis,
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