Memoria Anual de ONG RESCATE, sobre las actividades y proyectos (Atención Directa, Cooperación Internacional y Sensibilización-Comunicación) realizados en 2009
1. with refugees since 1960
ANNUAL
R E P O R T 09
Spanish version on the other side
www.ongrescate.org
2. The logo of our NGO is composed of two elements: the arrow
and the word “RESCATE”:
• The arrow symbolizes “The Circle of Return”, a metaphor that
describes the situations where refugees are involved: flight,
stay in the country of transit, resettlement, shelter, return
to country of origin. A “circle” in motion, always changing,
unexpected.
• The word “RESCATE“ describes the mandate of the association:
to rescue refugees. The word is placed under the arrow, to
indicate that our NGO wants to be the place where refugees find
support during their transit through the “circle of return“.
Offices of Staff
International RESCATE NGO
Director: Nora Avés
Madrid (Head Office)
C/ Luchana 36. 4º dcha. Accounts and Finance Department
28010 Madrid (Spain) Coordinator: David Palomo
Tels. +34 91 447 29 60 Funds Accounts for international projects: César López de Larrínzar
+34 91 447 28 72 Funds Accounts for national projects: Annick Delepine y Jaouad
Fax. +34 91 447 23 21 Debdoubi
Email: rescate@ongrescate.org
Social Action Department
Legal Area Officer: María Gutiérrez
Comunitat Valenciana
Legal Assistant: Berta Muñoz
C/ Rodrigo de Pertegás, 36. 1º
Psychosocial Area Officer: Mª Ángeles Vega
46023 Valencia (Spain)
Psychologists: Mara García y Ana Prado
Tel. +34 96 344 55 00
Fax. +34 96 344 55 47 International Cooperation Department
Email: rescate.valencia@ongrescate.org Coordinator: Cristina Bermejo
Tracking and Evaluation Officer: Encarnación Guirao
Castilla-La Mancha Tracking and Evaluation Assistant: Ana Pérez y Lola Frigols
C/ La Zona 22. 2º dcha.
45600 Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). Spain Expatriates: Antonio Ventura, Bernardo Vigderovich and Silvia
Tel. +34 680 175 625 Pérez (Colombia), Santiago Santos (Ethiopia), José Carlos Herías
Email: rescate.castilla-lamancha@ongrescate.org and Constanza Gómez (Jordan and Syria), Patricia Maté (Angola),
Arsene Masumbuko, Ana Palao (D.R. of Congo).
Balkans
C/ Onescukova, 39 Delegate in the Balkans: Fernando Mazarro
88000 Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Office Coordinator: Aida Omanovic
Email: rescate.balkans@ongrescate.org Finance Officer: Klaudija Babic
Volunteer Officer: Svjetlan Mihic
Engineers: Miroslav Kovacevic and Esved Dugalic
Design: más!gráfica • Printed on
External Relations Department
Public Awareness Officer: Mª Eugenia de la Hoz
Communication and Fundraising Officer: Inés Vélez
Projects Officer in Comunitat Valenciana: Azahara Montero
www.ongrescate.org Projects Officer in Castilla-La Mancha: Dori Cañadas
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Contents
Letter form the Director 3
Who we are? History of RESCATE 4
Mission and Action Lines 5
Where we work? 6
Social Action 7
New Asylum Law in Spain. Information campaign 11
International Cooperation 13
External Relations 22
Economic Information 26
Audit Report 28
Acknowledgements 29
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4. MEMORIA 2009 • ONG RESCATE
Photos of Secundary School
“Gimnazija”, building at the time
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
located in the Spain Square in
Mostar (Bosnia i Herzegovina),
destroyed during the war of 1992-
1995. RESCATE has completed its
reconstruction in 2009.
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Dear friends,
Introducing this Activity Report that RESCATE has developed in 2009, I would like to underline the
fulfilment of some of the marked objectives in years before that has been finished successfully this
year.
Example for this is the complete rebuilding of the Secondary School in Mostar (Gimnazija),
destroyed mostly during war, and for which RESCATE, thanks to the finance of AECID, has been
contributing for many years in order to support herewith the building for peace through the meeting
of pupils coming from the different cultures existing in the country, in a single educational space.
I would also remark in 2009, the develop of projects that enable the access to water of villages
affected by drought in Ethiopia, financed by an award of Fundación José Entrecanales Ibarra, and by
wars, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, financed by the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La
Mancha.
Also in the same way, in countries like Jordan, Syria, Colombia and the D.R. of Congo, some projects
have been developed specially addressed to women, and in Albania, Kosovo and Afghanistan, the main
beneficiaries have been children.
Another activity during 2009 in which RESCATE, from its Social Action Department, specially got
involved was the working party that, together with other NGOs working for refugees, proposed
improvements to the draft of the new Asylum Act and supported the approval of a Resettlement
Program for refugees in Spain, that was finally effective last January 29th 2010.
Likewise, the Information Campaign about the new Asylum Act has been considered as an important
work in 2009, due to its impact in our main attention group at national level. This campaign was part
of a project financed by the Ministry of Work and Immigration.
The areas of Awareness, Education for Development and Communications and Fundraising was marked
by the practice of a new strategy that promoted the external relations strengthening and facilitating
the fulfillment of the general objectives of the entity action in the field of International Cooperation
and Social Action.
In Comuntat Valenciana, in Castilla La Mancha and in Madrid, the projects and activities of these areas
began in 2009 to show a common action line that we hope will make the work of RESCATE visible and
will aware the society about the objectives of the Mission to which we answer.
I invite you to share with this Activity Report our experience in 2009.
Nora Avés | Director
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Who we are?
NGO RESCATE International is a spanish association, non political and secular,
that works since 1960 on behalf of refugees and displaced people, taking
special attention to the most vulnerable, children and women.
The association is formed by 170 members, of Ramo Ramo, Araceli García del Soto, Mercedes
which 38 are donor members. The Board of Direc- Dorado Gutiérrez, Gordana Marjanovic Kruzik,
tors consists of the following members, elected Elisa Salvador Zuloaga, Alfonso Cavallé Sesé,
by a General Asammbly: Nancy Heine e Isabel Pardo Martínez.
President: Juan Ángel López Romero. Account The members are persons of different national-
Auditor and Fiscal Consultant. ities who share the mission of RESCATE and
Treasure and Secretary: Nicolás Ramo Kalkus. decide to join the association and collaborate
Financial Director of Grupo Dima. in the task. More information:
Members: Michaela Kalkus Pokorna, Enrique rescate@ongrescate.org
History
RESCATE began its activity in 1960, in Madrid, as the delegation of the north
american organization IRC in Spain. After 50 years in operation, RESCATE has
evolved to adapt the changes.
• 1933. Albert Einstein establishes a support net- grams which operates in the areas of relief, reha-
work for europeans seeking to escape the nazi bilitation and development, supporting popula-
regime. This marks the birth of the International tions and communities affected by conflicts and
Rescue Committee (IRC). natural disasters.
• 1960. IRC opens an office in Spain: IRC-Spain.
• 2002. RESCATE is declared an Association of
This office is initially dedicated to the resettle-
Public Utility.
ment of refugees to the United States, Canada
• 2005. RESCATE fulfils all the principles of Trans-
and Australia, for refugees who came to our coun-
try. parency and Good Practices set out by the Fun-
• 1980. IRC-Spain collaborates with UNHCR as an dación Lealtad.
implementing agency for projects. This partner- • 2007. RESCATE obtained the status of qualified
ship continues until december 1995. NGO by the AECID, necessary to sign Coopera-
• 1985. Thanks to the first spanish Asylum Act tion Agreements with the Agency.
(1984), IRC-Spain begins to provide legal coun- • 2008. RESCATE changes its previous name
seling to asylum seekers in Spain, and also “Comité Internacional de Rescate España -
begins to work in the areas of family reunifica-
RESCATE” to the current name: NGO RESCATE
tion and return.
International.
• 1992. IRC-Spain reconstitutes itself as a legally
• 2009. RESCATE obtains the Development Coop-
autonomous, spanish NGO, giving birth to the
current organization. The entity continues with eration Award of the Foundation José Entre-
its work in legal counseling, and begin integra- canales Ibarra, for a project to improve the
tion programs for asylum seekers and refugees. health and living conditions in the region of Oro-
• 1996. RESCATE launches an International Pro- mia (Ethiopia).
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Mission and Action Lines
RESCATE’s Mission is to work in favour of refugees and communities victims
of oppression, armed conflicts and big political and social crisis, helping
them to find a lasting solution for their situations and facilitating them the
access to their basic rights.
Our vision is: 2 International Cooperation in countries that
suffer and / or have suffered wars and / or
To cooperate for the rebuilding and strength- with refugees and displaced population, and
ening of developing countries where groups of / or affected by conflicts.
displaced people and refugees live, that together
with local population will need protection and 3 Awareness and Education for Development
help for attending its needs. for the Spanish society.
To keep the attention over displaced people and Also, RESCATE belongs to the following NGO net-
refugees during the whole process of internal works: European Council on Refugees and Exiles.
displacement and / or exit and possible reset- www.ecre.org; Federación de ONG de Desarrollo
tlement in another country, until they fit in or de la Comunidad de Madrid. www.fongdcam.org;
decide to return to their origin countries where Federación de Entidades de Voluntariado de la
conditions for their integration and security are Comunidad de Madrid. www.fevocam.org; Fun-
possible. dación para la Solidaridad y el Voluntariado de
la Comunidad Valenciana. www.fundar.es; Red
To aware and raise consciousness to the soci- Española contra la Trata de Personas. www.red-
ety about national and international work, contralatrata.org; Coordinadora Valenciana de
essential activity for granting the sustainability ONGD. www.cvongd.org; and to the Plataforma
of working results. contra la Pobreza de Valencia.
The basic values for our work are: solidarity, In 2009, RESCATE´s projects have benefited
responsibility, respect, dignity, equality, justice 745.000 persons, in 11 countries, of 4 conti-
and peace promotion. nents.
Action Lines
To carry out this mission, NGO RESCATE rely on
a professional managing team (employed per-
sonnel) that nowadays develops three action
lines or projects:
1 Social Action or Direct Attention for per-
sons demanding International Protection or
that have already obtained such protection
in Spain.
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Where we work?
Spain (Head office)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kosovo
Albania
Syria
D.R. of Congo
Colombia
Angola
Afghanistan
Jordan
Ethiopia
RESCATE’s mission is to work in favour of refugees and communities victims of oppression,
armed conflicts and big political and social crisis, helping them to find a lasting solution for
their situations and facilitating them the access to their basic rights.
The values on which our work is based are: solidarity, responsibility, respect, dignity, equality,
justice and peace promotion.
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Social Action
Introduction
The Social Action Department implements Direct tate the adaptation and integration process in
Services programs for our target group that lives the Spanish society of the attention group, and
in Spain: persons demanding for asylum, no to promote the course of their basic rights.
matter in which phase of the proceeding, dis-
placed persons, beneficiaries of any type of in- In every activity, special attention is given to
ternational protection (refugees, subsidiary gender inequality (identification of discriminatory
protection and stateless) and immigrants. situations and their effects, assumption of less
egalitarian gender roles, gender violence, etc.).
Social Action is constituted by two working
fields: Legal Area and Psychosocial Area, built In order to professionalize and update its act-
by a multidisciplinary team of two psycholo- ing, the working team attends forums, work-
gists, one social educator and two lawyers. shops and courses, and takes part in European,
national and local working parties related to the
The department’s main action line is to facili- group’s reality.
Direct Services: 2009 projects table
Proyect Donor Grant Beneficiaries
INTEGRATION LINE
Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración.
Information, Orientation and
Secretaría de Estado de Inmigración y 30,000 € 82
Advice Program (PIOA)
Emigración. DGII – Régimen General
Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social.
Secretaría de Estado de SS, Familia y
Familiar Regrouping 28,560 € 85
Discapacidad. Dirección General Polí-
tica Social, Familias e Infancia - IRPF
Support Familiar Regrouping process Obra Social Caja Madrid 6,000 € 19
Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración.
Secretaría de Estado de Inmigración y
Integration Support 44,352.15 € 31
Emigración. DGII – Fondo Europeo
para los Refugiados (FER)
VOLUNTARY RETURN LINE
Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social.
Voluntary Return for foreign Attended people: 345
Secretaría de Estado de SS, Familia y
persons in vulnerable situation 41,000 €
Discapacidad. Dirección General Política
(RTEV) Returnees: 20
Social, Familias e Infancia - IRPF
Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración. Attended people: 317
Voluntary Return for foreign
Secretaría de Estado de Inmigración y 55,000 €
workers (APRE)
Emigración. DGII – Retorno Voluntario Returnees: 52
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DIRECT SERVICES
Integration line
1 INFORMATION, ORIENTATION AND ADVICE PROGRAM (PIOA): Legal and psychosocial attention
in order to facilitate and promote the integration process of international protection applicants. Total
applications: 202. Total attended persons: 82.
GENDER NATIONALITY LEGAL STATUS
Male Female Africa America Asia Asylum status Inmmigration status
47 35 38 39 5 50 32
2 FAMILIAR REGROUPING: Information, orientation and advice about requirements and proceedings
for familiar regrouping: processing, travel management and follow-up of cases. Total attended persons:
85.
GENDER NATIONALITY LEGAL STATUS
Male Female Africa America Asia Europe Asylum status Inmmigration status
39 46 12 60 2 11 2 83
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PROJECTS IN SPAIN
3 SUPPORT DURING FAMILIAR REGROUPING PROCESS: Individual and/or familiar psychological atten-
tion for persons to be regrouped and/or regrouped along the familiar regrouping process. Total attended
persons: 19.
GENDER NATIONALITY LEGAL STATUS
Male Male Africa America Europe Asylum status Inmmigration status
8 11 2 11 6 0 19
4 INTEGRATION SUPPORT: Psychosocial intervention and legal attention in order to facilitate the
integration process of persons with refugee statute, stateless and beneficiaries of another kind of inter-
national protection. Total attended persons: 31.
GENDER NATIONALITY LEGAL STATUS
Male Female Africa America Asia Asylum status Inmmigration status
24 7 7 7 16 24 0
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Voluntary return line
Premise of these projects is that the person obtains all the information regarding the decision to
return, the alternatives to it and the situation in his origin country in order to avoid rushed decisions.
The applications have been attended by the RESCATE offices in Madrid, Valencia and Talavera de la
Reina (Toledo).
1 VOLUNTARY RETURN FOR FOREIGN PERSONS IN VULNERABLE SITUATION (RTEV): Information
and guidance about voluntary return and management of the selected cases. Total applications: 345.
Total returnees: 20.
GENDER NATIONALITY LEGAL STATUS
Male Female Colombia Bolivia Paraguay Argentina Asylum status Inmmigration status
11 9 7 6 4 3 6 14
2 VOLUNTARY RETURN PROGRAM BY ACCUMULATED AND ANTICIPATED PAYMENT OF THE UNEM-
PLOYMENT CONTRIBUTE BENEFIT FOR FOREIGN WORKERS (APRE): Management of the complementary
benefits foreseen in the Voluntary Returning Plan of General Director for Immigrants Integrations (MTIN).
Total applications: 317. Total returnees: 52.
GENDER NATIONALITY LEGAL STATUS
Male Female Ecuador Perú Colombia Argentina Brasil Asylum status Inmmigration status
37 15 24 12 7 6 3 6 14
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New Asylum Act in Spain
Information Campaign
The Chamber of Deputies approved on October, work of the program “Information, Orientation
15th 2009 the Law Project that regulate the Asy- and Advice (PIOA)”.
lum Right and the Subsidiary Protection, which
adapts the Spanish legislation to the European To mark the celebration of the World Refugee
Framework regarding Asylum. Day, June 20th, two parallel activities were
arranged:
In order to inform about the new legislation,
RESCATE has organized in 2009 an information • Round Table about “Practical Implications of
campaign with different activities in the frame- the Asylum Act project. Psychosocial perspec-
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tive”, on June 23rd 2009 at the Círculo Bellas • Online campaign: on RESCATE’s website
Artes (Madrid), in order to create a space for (www.ongrescate.org) a specific place has
the opinion interchanges between profession- been created for questions and answers in
als of different matters (legal, social, psycho- order to inform in an easy and informative way
logical, labour, etc.) which work with the asy- about the reality of the refugees and asylum
lum group. applicants and the legal and social framework
at a worldwide and national level.
Likewise, two mailings were sent to specific en-
tities and institutions, and the campaign was
distributed through the facebook space of
RESCATE, in order to generate traffic to the
website.
• Edition and production of bookmarks, stickers
and information leaflets addressed to public
in general in order to explain the reality of the
asylum applicants and refugees. This informa-
• Solidarity concert “With the refugees: for the tion has been divided into four parts: Basic
Asylum Right”, on June 25th 2009, at the bar Concepts; Asylum Right in Spain, New Asylum
Zanzíbar (Madrid); addressed to the benefici- Act in Spain and Asylum Procedure in Spain.
aries of the Direct Services projects and to the More information and copies:
society in general, in order to make the asy-
lum group visible and to aware about the rescate@ongrescate.org.
problems they face, in their origin countries
as in Spain.
Once the new act was approved, last October
15th 2009, the second part of the information
campaign was developed:
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International Cooperation
Introduction
The Department of International Cooperation Through these projects, it has been that the
carries out projects in countries that have suf- refugee populations displaced in the process of
fered and/or affected by conflict or natural dis- return or simply local people whose livelihoods
asters that have populations of refugees, dis- have been affected by conflict, are to be
placed persons or victims of conflict in general, returned and/or adapted in dignity to the new
with particular attention to the most vulnerable: context created after an armed incident.
women, children and minorities, indigenous peo-
ples and Afro-descendant communities in Latin
America.
The Department is composed of a team of pro-
fessionals in Spain and expatriates who work
in the field along with our local partners
(counterparts). During 2009, RESCATE has
worked in eleven countries in Europe, Africa,
Latin America and Asia, benefiting over 740,000
people.
In 2009, we continued to work in the four mul-
ti-year agreements signed with the Spanish
Agency for International Development Cooper-
ation (AECID), in Colombia, with populations
of African descendant; in Syria and Jordan,
with Palestinian and Iraqi refugee women and
local women; in Ethiopia, with Somali agro-
pastoralists communities; and in Bosnia-Herze-
govina and Kosovo, with the disabled popula-
tion.
On the other hand, we have carried out 29 proj-
ects for Development Cooperation, Humanitarian
Assistance and Emergency emphasis on physical
reconstruction, social and economic situation in
post-conflict countries. And the basic needs of
civilian populations as access to clean water,
education, health, decent work, etc.
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Africa
ANGOLA. RESCATE is still present in the province of Bié, one of the
areas hardest hit by 30 years of armed conflict. In 2009, it has expanded
the presence of RESCATE with the start of a project to improve the sanitary
conditions of Cuemba. By meeting the basic needs: education, health and
agriculture together with gender mainstreaming and governance is getting
a more active and associative fundamental values in the effective develop-
ment of Angola.
ETHIOPIA. In 2009 we continued to work in the regions of Somali, Oromia
and Sidamo with projects of food sovereignty, basically. Have been constructed
water points for human consumption and animal such as a haffir dam with an
average capacity of 45,000 m3 of water that will provide 20,000 people. In
addition, the Foundation José Entrecanales Ibarra has granted an award to
RESCATE, to build a well in depth which will give more than 5,000 families,
access to water.
D.R. OF CONGO. RESCATE´s work continues in North Kivu, and has
begun working in the South Kivu region, two of the areas hardest hit by the
war which has caused displacement and humanitarian emergencies. Through
projects access to drinking water and basic sanitation, health (primary care
and HIV) and education (literacy, teacher training, school construction), it is
intended that civil society access to basic social services.
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AFRICA: 2009 projects table
Direct
Proyect Local Partners Donor Grant
beneficiaries
ANGOLA
Promotion of sustainable agricultural production
People in
systems and access to education in the AECID 512,917 € 7,000 people
Need (PIN)
municipality of Cuemba, Bié Province
Improvement of health conditions in Cuemba
People in
by building sanitation infrastructures and AECID 458,070 € 10,000 people
Need (PIN)
hygiene education
ETHIOPIA
Comprehensive Development in Harte Sheik Junta de Castilla
(Kebri Beyah district) by strengthening health HFH/HAVOYOCO 558,000 € 70,000 people
y León
systems and food sovereignty
Access to Primary Education of sheperd
communities in five district of Somali regional HFH/HAVOYOCO AECID 243,324 € 14,000 people
State
Program of Comprehensive Development in Obra Social La
HFH/HCS 600,000 € 60,500 people
Kebri Beyah district Caixa
Food Sovereignty, diversification of income
sources, improvement of the production and
strengthening of the association network and
HCS AECID 1,760,000 € 42,184 people
the marketing systems, incorporating
environmental sustainability and gender equality
in Somali
Food Sovereignty in Alaba Special Woreda and
HCS AECID 420,000 € 9,000 people
Sidamo
Access to safe water and basic sanitation for
the rural population, hardly affected by drought HCS AECID-CAP 170,460 € 35,000 people
in Boke Woreda
Access to safe water and basic sanitation for Fundación J.
HCS 270,000 € 5,920 people
the rural population in Boke (Oromia region) Entrecanales
D. R. OF CONGO
Construction, provision of equipment and start Comunidad de
Cáritas-Goma 154,000 € 120,000 people
up of a Health Center in Walikale (North Kivu) Madrid
Improvement of education quality through the
reconstruction of two schools and training of Cáritas-Goma AECID 300,610 € 1,259 people
teachers in Walikale
Support to the basic health services as well as
social insertion of women victims of war in Cáritas-Goma AECID 409,653 € 189,918 people
North Kivu
Access to safe water and basic sanitation for
People in
the displaced people and victims of war in AECID-CAP 382,875 € 30,106 personas
Need (PIN)
Kalehe (South Kivu)
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Latin America
COLOMBIA. According to UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees), the number of displaced persons has now reached 4.3 million
in Colombia. RESCATE´s work focuses primarily on the Department of Cauca,
one of the areas most affected by armed conflict and where the population is
characterized by its ethnic variety, with large indigenous and black commu-
nities.
The fundamental problem in this region is the lack of basic services; therefore
RESCATE´s projects are based on address these gaps by promoting food security,
job training and improving health infrastructure, to strengthen civil society
while respecting and protecting their human rights, economic, social and cul-
tural rights.
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LATIN AMERICA: 2009 projects table
Direct
Proyect Local Partners Donor Grant
beneficiaries
COLOMBIA
The improvement of social infrastructures through
Generalitat
the construction of a water treatment plant in CINDAP 111,569.73 € 4,759 people
Valenciana
the municipality of Sucre (Sucre)
The strengthening of the organizations through Unidad
the consolidation of four community councils de organizaciones
AECID 150,000 € 240 people
for the Defense and Restitution of territorial Rights Afrocaucanas
(Cauca) (UOAFROC)
Comprehensive rural development for the african
descendant and indigenous communities affected
Ayuntamiento
by the violence in the Indian reservation of Lopez CINDAP 287,181 € 1,200 people
de Madrid
Adentro and Alto del Palo District, municipality of
Caloto (Cauca)
Comprehensive support for the african descendant
populations, guaranteeing their human rights as well UOAFROC/FUNIC AECID 800,000 € 5,000 people
as economic, social, and cultural rights (Cauca)
The improvement of health and sanitation
Fundación
conditions of families displaced due to violence
Intercultural para la Generalitat
as well as farm workers with limited resources 191,604 € 19,247 people
Cooperación Norte-Sur Valenciana
through the construction of a water treatment
(FUNIC)
plant in Piendamo (Cauca)
Afrocaucana ethno-education as an Ethnic and
FUNIC AECID 198,403 € 15,000 people
Cultural Right (Cauca)
Humanitarian Aid provided to children, women
who are lactating, and the elderly victimized by FUNIC AECID-CAP 190,942 € 700 people
the eruption of Volcano Huila (Cauca)
Income generation and employment for women
and youth of african descendant and improve
Ayuntamiento
their health conditions and sanitation in the FUNIC 270,000 € 600 people
de Madrid
municipalities of Guanaché, Suárez and Villarrica
(Cauca)
Employment and incomes generation through
Junta de
the strengthening of the traditional farm and
Comunidades
cocoa production for women and youth of FUNIC 244,513 € 1,100 people
de Castilla-La
african descendant in the municipality of
Mancha
Villarrica (Cauca)
Emergency Support to the displaced population
and victims of natural disasters by building
FUNIC AECID-CAP 200,283 € 480 people
temporary shelters in the municipality of Argelia
(Cauca)
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Asia
AFGHANISTAN. During 2009 we continued our restoration project of
the school system, through rehabilitating infrastructure and the training of
teachers in Magzhar, Zare District (north), along with local counterparts People
in Need.
The situation in the country remains very unstable and the level of illiteracy
is very high. Moreover, lack of education infrastructure is clear, because ¾ of
the facilities have been destroyed by decades of conflict.
MIDDLE EAST. We have made the actions envisaged in the Agreement,
funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
(AECID), which was launched last year to cover the basic needs of vulnerable
refugee women from the Palestinian Territories and Iraq. This Agreement is
expected to last four years.
SYRIA. In 2009, launched the Center for Maternal and Child Health of Yarmuk
refugee camp (on the outskirts of Damascus), whose refurbishment was completed in 2008. The Health
Center is already providing care to women and children under five years, at low cost, offering gynecol-
ogical care, prenatal, postnatal and family planning. El-Yarmouk camp is home to 100,000 refugees and
400,000 Palestinians Syrians / low-income as in crowded conditions.
JORDAN. In 2009, opened the doors of the Centre for Assistance to Women in the suburb of Hashmi,
one of the most deprived areas of East Amman, where there are thousands of Iraqi refugees, Palestinians
and Jordanians with low income. The Centre is already providing health care, education and vocational
training for vulnerable women to prevent unemployment and gender violence.
Moreover, the mill Kufranjah (Ajloun district) for olive oil production, is virtually complete. Thanks to
this initiative will create jobs in the region.
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ASIA: 2009 projects table
Direct
Proyect Local Partners Donor Grant
beneficiaries
AFGHANISTAN
Recovering the Scholar System through the
rehabilitation of the infrastructure and the People in Generalitat
239,764 € 4,130 people
teacher staff training in Magzhar, Zare Need (PIN) Valenciana
District
MIDDLE EAST
- Jordanian National Forum for
Women (JNFW)
- Women Federation for World
Peace Jordan (WFWP)
- Jordan River Foundation
Providing integral support to women
(JRF)
in a vulnerable situation, refugees, rural
- Asociación Cooperativista
peasant women, or in situations of
para la Capacitación de la
poverty: access to primary education, AECID 2,000,000 € 27,390 people
Mujer en Jordania
professional training, employment
- Fund for Integrated Rural
opportunities, health care and promotion
Development (FIRDOS), en
of Human Rights, in Syria and Jordan
Siria
- Asociación Bissan para el
Desarrollo Social (Siria)
- Ousrat Al Ikha As Souriya
(Tierra de Hombres-Siria)
Strategic Planning for the Certification of Jordan River
AECID-CAP 99,485 € 350 people
Organic Agriculture products in Jordan Foundation (JRF)
Providing services for mother-infant health Asociación Bissan
and the prevention of thalassemia in Yarmuk para el Desarrollo AECID 202,974 € 2,800 people
(Damascus, Syria) Social
Supporting the Cooperative of Kurfranjah
Jordan River Generalitat
producing olive oil and bringing in alternative 265,020 € 800 people
Foundation (JRF) Valenciana
energies in Ajloun (Jordan)
Access to employment for low-income women
Generalitat
in Jordan and Palestinian and Iraqi refugees in JNFW 231,130 € 13,770 people
Valenciana
East Amman (Jordan)
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Central Europe
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. In 2009, our projects have continued
to promote the conditions necessary to achieve a stable, peaceful and multi-
ethnic society in this country who starred the last great European war. In BiH,
RESCATE has an office in the city of Mostar, which employs five people.
After five years of hard work in 2009 has completed the reconstruction of the
building “Gimnazija” (Bosnian Institute), the time of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire, which after the Mostar bridge is the landmark of the city. Already,
1,000 pupils Bosniaks and Croats have returned to take classes and live together as they did before
the war.
The project, undertaken in coordination with the OSCE, OHR, local authorities and supported by AECID,
aims to ensure the school becomes a multicultural meeting place for reconciliation between the two
warring factions during the war.
This project also involved the “United World Colleges”, an international organization that aims to
promote understanding among various nations through education and interaction among youth from
different countries.
Peace building and protection for disabled persons. After the war, the increase of children and adults
with physical and psychological aftermath of the conflict, has become apparent, and adds to the disabled
population by birth or by accident or sickness. In this context and with the support of AECID and the
Bosnian Ministry of Health, RESCATE has continued the construction of a residential and inter-ethnic
assistance (up to 365 patients) in Stolac (BiH).
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KOSOVO. Under the Agreement, which RESCATE develops in the Balkans
with AECID, we have worked in Kosovo in order to serve children and adoles-
cents with special needs to ensure their right to education. It has built a play-
room that is currently providing assistance to children of all ethnic groups in
the area.
In an environment of peaceful coexistence, the playroom provides a wide variety
of services, from treatment to children with learning disabilities to activities promoting human rights,
parental education and training for social agents.
ALBANIA. In 2009, RESCATE has continued his work in Shkodra, one of
the poorest regions in Albania, with a view to supporting the education system
and to prevent child trafficking, one of the most serious problems in the area.
To this end, two schools have been repaired, have taught courses for teachers
and have conducted an awareness campaign against trafficking in children in
schools across the region (122 schools and 37 elementary schools) with the
title “Yes to the laws. No to exploitation“.
Central Europe: 2009 project table
Direct
Proyect Local Partners Donor Grant
beneficiaries
ALBANIA
Improving the quality of education and
reducing absenteeism in the Berdice com- Fundación FEMIJET TE PARET AECID 250,000 € 2,503 people
mune (Shkodra)
Reducing failure rates in schools in
Fundación FEMIJET TE PARET AECID 184,906 € 5,191 people
Bushat (Shkodra)
BALKANS
Providing support for the peace process,
assisting the most vulnerable groups,
RESCATE Mostar (BIH) y
especially handicapped or disabled
Fundación FEMIJET TE PARET AECID 1,200,000 € 40,928 people
members of the population, who are
(Kosovo)
victims of the conflicts in Bosnia-
Herzegovina and Kosovo
Supporting the reconciliation in Mostar
by renovating the outside of the Secondary RESCATE Mostar y UWC AECID 308,866 € 671 people
Education School (Phase II). BIH
Peacebuilding and conflict prevention by
supporting the disabled population victims RESCATE Mostar AECID 265,704 € 365 people
of the war (BiH)
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External Relations
Introduction
The External Relations Department develops the thematic lines, the objective publics and the use
Awareness and Education for Development proj- of new awareness tools (TIC).
ects, and informs about general activity of the
entity, in order to aware the Spanish society Regarding the Communication and Own Capital
about the reality of the refugees and displaced Raising Area, they have focused on the promotion
persons, with the objective of being conscious of the information Campaign about the New Asylum
and get engaged in favor of this group by sup- Act in Spain, the arrangement of different training
porting RESCATE’s projects. actions about the reality of the refugees and dis-
placed persons, and the strengthening of the com-
External Relations is divided into two fields: munication channels with members, donors, enti-
Awareness and Education for Development ties, communication media and society in general.
Area and Communication and Own Capital
Raising Area. In this task, four professionals World Refugee Day. As usually, RESCATE cele-
are involved located in the three offices of brated World Refugee Day (June, 20th) together
RESCATE in Spain: Madrid (head office), Valencia with other organizations that work in the same
and Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). line. In Madrid, we participated in the “Rainbow
Party”, organized by the Centro de Ayuda a Refu-
For the Awareness and Education for Develop- giados (CAR – Refugees Help Center) of Alcoben-
ment Area, 2009 has been a year of transition das. In Valencia, RESCATE took part together
for the introduction of the new strategy that pre- with Cruz Roja (Red Cross), CEAR, CAR of Mislata
tends to make the situation of our attention and ACNUR in the playful week organized in
group more efficiently visible, by increasing the order to commemorate this date.
Awareness and Education for Development: 2009 projects table
Proyect Donor Grant Beneficiaries
LÍNEA DE INTEGRACIÓN
Good Practices and Politics
of No Discrimination Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración.
30,000 € 2,500 people
regarding racial and ethnic DGII – Fondo Social Europeo
origin at labour sphere
Generalitat Valenciana 24,651.25 €
Documentary video
1,000 people
“From Inside”
Caja Navarra 43.50 €
Generalitat Valenciana 22,386.46 €
Videogame “Teu RESCATE” OHL 1,500 € 1,100 people
Caja Navarra 43.50 €
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Awareness and Education
for Development Projects in Spain
In 2009, the projects and activities developed by the Awareness and
Education for Development Area in Spain have been:
1 Good Practices and Politics of
flection process that favour the protection of
the treatment equality concept at labour
No Discrimination regarding sphere, and the social and labour integration of
racial and ethnic origin at persons with different origins.
labour sphere
Therefore the study “One step more in RSE:
Good practice of no discrimination regarding
racial and ethnic origin at labour sphere” has
been published. It analyses the situation of
Good Practice in the fields of Employer’s Social
Responsibility of the private sector in Spain.
In addition, working parties have been devel-
oped together with several companies, in order
to discuss and think about the need of knowing
and complying with the existing international,
European and national legislations, encouraging
them to participate more actively in the devel-
opment and promotion of these politics.
2 Documentary video
“From Inside” is the name of the documentary
video produced by RESCATE in 2009, about the
RESCATE has identified the necessity of promot- insertion and urban coexistence of immigrants
ing politics and good practices of no discrimi- with the native population in the city of Valen-
nation between social agents involved at cia, specifically, in the neighborhood of Orriols.
employment sphere, in order to avoid difficul-
ties in social and labour integration suffered by The video crosses life histories and experts
the asylum applicants in Spain due to its racial opinions in order to review the sense of the dis-
and ethnic origin. courses that, sometimes, stigmatizes the neigh-
borhoods with a high percentage of foreign
The objective of this project has just been that population. Actually, the main objective of the
these social agents (companies, trade unions, documentary is to show the benefits and diffi-
human resources professionals, etc.) start a re- culties of the coexistence between persons of
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different nationalities, and how diversity and By means of the questions/answers logic, the
integration are key values for development. videogame transmits values and knowledge
about complex themes like refuge, immigration
“From Inside” has been introduced in several and climate change effects. The player has to
universities of the Comunitat Valenciana, in choose between different humanitarian actions
order to aware students and teachers about this that put his skills to the test, learning mean-
reality. In addition, a specific website has been while.
created (www.desdedentro.org), where you
can watch the documentary entirely.
3 Videogame “Teu RESCATE”
(Your RESCATE)
RESCATE has produced in 2009 the educational
videogame “Teu RESCATE” (Your RESCATE) –in
spanish and valentian language- with the ob-
jective of making high school students and uni-
versitaries of the Comunitat Valenciana
sensitive to the reality of the refugees.
“Teu RESCATE” has been broadcast between stu-
“Teu RESCATE” is an example of the new strat- dents of several universities and high schools,
egy of the Awareness and Education for Devel- through awareness and playing workshops. In
opment Area that has introduced the use of new addition, a website has been created,
technologies for making more efficiently visible www.teurescate.org, where you can play for
the problems we worry about. free, through internet.
Conferences, workshops, forums
ROUND TABLE Two Colombian leaders, a woman afrodescen-
“DESC in the Cauca Department dant and an indigenous man, together with the
projects coordinator of RESCATE in Colombia,
(Colombia)” explained first-hand the problems of their com-
munities.
RESCATE organized a round table in Talavera The round table was organized in the framework
de la Reina (Toledo), last October, 26th 2009, of the international cooperation project “Em-
about the reality of villages more affected ployment and Incomes Creation through the
by the conflict in Colombia, ethnical mi- strengthening of the traditional farm and cocoa
norities and how international cooperation production for women and young people afrode-
tries to establish bases for the exercise of scendants in the municipality of Villarrica,
their economical, social and culture rights North Cauca, Colombia”, financed by the Junta
(DESC). de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha.
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CONFERENCE In particular, we showed the problems of afro
descendants and indigenous communities in
“Refugees: Ethnic, gender, Colombia, Palestinian and Iraqi women in the
environment and Middle East, agro-shepherd somali populations
disability” and the disabled people by the conflict in the
Balkans.
RESCATE coordinated the conference “Refugees.
Ethnic, gender, environment and disability” in
La Casa Encendida (Madrid), last October, 22
and 23th, 2009, about the reality of civilian
populations affected by conflict from multiple WORKSHOP
perspectives. “Return to Exile”
The conference was inaugurated by the UNHCR In the “Space for seniors“ from Caja Madrid in
Representative in Spain (United Nations High Talavera de la Reina (Toledo), organized a work-
Commissioner for Refugees), Maricela Daniel, shop on refugees in Spain using digital photo-
and counted with the participation of person- graphic exhibition “Return to Exile: On the
alities from Colombia, the Middle East, Ethiopia dignity of the refugees of yesterday and today”,
and Bosnia-Herzegovina. the example of spanish republican refugees in
the civil war.
The presenters explained, many of them in first
person, the situation of civilians in a conflict, During the workshop, May 12, 2009, attendees
and what are the short, medium and long term shared their own experiences and were close to
effects, according to the origins of violence and the reality of immigrants who arrive to our
the characteristics of the affected civilian pop- country, and their feelings about uprooting
ulation or the geographical area where it grows. their families.
Other Courses
As usual, RESCATE participates in several courses and tables at the invitation of other entities. In
Madrid, we gave a workshop on “Conflict and women” in the Week of Solidarity at the University
Carlos III (Getafe) and another workshop on “Conflict and Environment” at the European University
of Madrid (Villaviciosa de Odon).
In Comunitat Valenciana, we participated in the Conference “Solidarity 2009” of the Generalitat
Valenciana with a presentation on Development Education and Awareness. And we gave a workshop
on “Revitalisation of volunteerism” at the University of Valencia.
In Talavera de la Reina (Toledo), RESCATE participated in the workshop on Volunteer and Associ-
ation in “program Alcazul“ of the local council. And, in the practical sessions of the Social Edu-
cation students at the University CEU Talavera.
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Economic information
INCOME
INCOME THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION´S OWN ACTIVITIES 2009 2008
Grants and donations 4,989,347.11 2,767,027.25
Public sources 4,852,440.03 2,543,622.02
Private sources 136,907.08 223,405.23
Reimbursments of grants -52,303.86 -20.462,75
Total income through the organization’s own activities 4,937,043.25 2,746,564.50
Other income 21,500.39 11,207.91
Financial incomes 27,768.59 59,692.37
Total income 4,986,312.23 2,817,464.78
EXPENDITURES
PROGRAMS 2009 2008
Social Action 239,260.31 257,019.33
International Cooperation 3,787,725.98 2,199,352.38
Awareness and Education for Development 107,730.41 149,755.22
Subtotal 4,134,716.70 2,606,126.93
Administration and fundraising 243,288.43 208,469.14
Total expenditures 4,378,005.13 2,814,596.07
BALANCE 608,307.10 2,868.71
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Grants and donations
managed in 2009
FROM PUBLIC SOURCES 2009 2008
AECID 3,411,635.37 1,666,567.86
Ayuntamiento de Madrid 259,633.14 194,064.96
Generalitat Valenciana 493,386.82 285,222.27
Fondo Europeo para los Refugiados 5,700.02 95,936.97
Fondo Social Europeo 29,741.09
Dirección General de Integración de los Inmigrantes (MTIN) 124,059.26 130,354.76
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha 197,683.19 56,332.77
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla y León 128,451.25 32,691.07
IRPF (Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social) 69,528.12 59,000.00
Gobierno de Bosnia i Herzegovina 834.50 1,037.17
Comunidad de Madrid 79,569.32 1,951.44
Subtotal 4,800,222.08 2,523,159.27
FROM PRIVATE SOURCES 2009 2008
Member´s quotas 6,272.29 3,563.54
Obra Social Fundación La Caixa 9,844.61 127,352.46
Fundación José Entrecanales Ibarra 99,427.84
Obra Social Caja Madrid 11,914.09
Caja Navarra 87.60 1,809.03
Cityscope S.L. 1,695.92
Moebius Creativa 1,014.00
El Corte Inglés 1,000.00
Veterinaria Organización 928.00
Santander 82,173.00
Oficina La Caixa 1,000.00 700,00
Avannet Sistemas Informáticos, S.L. 184.61 167.92
ITM, S.L. 835.17 842.17
OHL 1,500.00
Wizard Computers 32.29 75.37
Gran Vía Musical de Ediciones, S.L. 42.00
Coronel Tapioca, S.A. 140.00
Taranna Club de viajes S.A 600.00
Movistar 66.50 236.58
Mundo Unido Cooperación 100.00 447.24
Other private income 4,774.17 1,400.00
Subtotal 136,821.17 223,405.23
TOTAL GRANTS AND DONATIONS MANAGED IN 2009 4,937,043.25 2,746,564.50
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Acknowledgements
The RESCATE activities to help asylum seekers, refugees, displaced persons,
beneficiaries of certain types of international protection and immigrants
could be possible because the economical support, trust and collaboration
of our:
PUBLIC SUPPORTERS PRIVATE SUPPORTERS
AECID, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Generalitat Obra Social Caja Madrid, Obra Social
Valenciana, Fondo Europeo para los Refugiados Fundación La Caixa, Fundación José
(FER), Fondo Social Europeo, Dirección General de Entrecanales Ibarra, Caja Navarra,
Integración de los Inmigrantes (DGII.MTIN), Junta OHL, Avannet Sistemas informáticos,
de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Ministerio Grupo Dima, Taranna Club de viajes,
de Sanidad y Política Social, Gobierno de Bosnia i Gran Vía Musical de Ediciones, Coronel
Herzegovina, Comunidad de Madrid. Tapioca, etc.
MEMBERS sensitized with our mission, to take part of RESCATE
The RESCATE members, 170 people of various as members to increase civil society support which
nationalities, of which 38 are donor members, are is essential for our continuity. More information:
those persons who sharing RESCATE´s objectives rescate@ongrescate.org
decide to become members and participate in the
General Assembly. DONORS
Public institutions, companies and private people
Like last year, in 2009, one of the main objectives that have supported economically the RESCATE´s
of the association, has been to propose new people, projects.
I want to collaborate with RESCATE:
If you share our desire to support refugees and communities affected by armed conflicts,
you can join the Association, become a member. Contact: rescate@ongrescate.org
Also, yo can make a donation: 0049 0001 55 2110035530
Any donation to RESCATE allows a tax reduction.
For the development of our projects, RESCATE receives funds from various public and private
donors, but we need the support of new members and donors to complete all of them. THANK YOU!
RESCATE fulfills the principles of Transparency and Good Practices of Fundación Lealtad since
2005, and was declared Association of Public Utility in 2002.
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ORGANIZATIONS Castilla-La Mancha: Beatriz Aldana y Elisabet
Centros de Ayuda a los Refugiados (CAR) de Alco- Hernández.
bendas (Madrid) y Mislata (Valencia); Fundación
Luis Vives y Fundación Lealtad; Mundo Unido
Cooperación; Fundación Ortega y Gasset; Accen- PRACTISING STUDENTS
ture; Asociación AXA de Todo Corazón. Rebeca Rubio Ortega, estudiante de 3º de Edu-
cación Social (CLM) y Sa-Nguansin, Watcharab-
In Castilla-La Mancha: Asociación Socio Cultural horn, estudiante de prácticas internacionales en
San Andrés y Sección Juvenil y Concejalía de Valencia y Alba Olivares Signes, estudiante de
Bienestar Social del Ayuntamiento de Talavera. Pedagogía.
In Comunitat Valenciana: IES “Marítimo”, FNAC.
COLLABORATORS
Our local partners in the international field in Madrid: Encarna Dorrego, Sonsoles Morales,
Colombia, África, Europa Central and Asia. voluntarios del Grupo OHL, Nina Mosheni, Miguel
Poza, Kristin Kjellgard y Ricardo Vélez.
VOLUNTEERS
Persons who disinterestedly have contributed Cristina Gil Hofmann y Lolylla, for the translation
with their motivations, work and time to our from spanish into english of this Annual Report,
projects. Without them it would be impossible through www.microvoluntarios.org
to develop all our activities.
MEDIA
Madrid: Blanca Vivancos, Marcela Lagunas, Lola TVE, Reuters AlertNet, Diario Levante, Canal 9,
Frigols, Elena Gómez, Victoria Sánchez, Rebeca Radio Nou, Localia TV, Agencia EFE, boletín
Rubio, María J. Vallecillo, Javier G. Godoy, Leire FONGCAM, RNE, Revista Miralls, www.revis-
Payo e Ignacio Corrales. tateina.com, Periódico Xarxa Urbana, Pluralia TV,
Comunitat Valenciana: Patricia Moratalla, Bego- Cadena SER, ADN, El Mundo, Aula Intercultural,
ña Temprado, Patricia Aparicio, Silvia García, Humania TV, AU Agenda, Valencia City, Intere-
Ainoa Cifo y Laura Alonso. conomía, Revista Corresponsables.
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