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Annual Report 2016

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Contents

Word of Marciano Teixeira, founder of Operation Rescue 3Operation Rescue UK and Ireland 4

BRAZIL Word of Nilma dos Santos, Manager Operation Rescue Brazil 5Our daily battle against misery 5Our first university students 6New multipurpose building 7Organizations that help us 7Worker of the year: Alan 7New project in São Paulo 8

ETHIOPIAWord of Getachew Tesfay, Manager Operation Rescue Ethiopia 9Adigrat Branch 9Adwa Branch 10A new project in Maichew 10Alfa project and famine assistance 10Some stories of success 11

REFUGEES ASSISTANCE IN EUROPE 12

INDIA 12

ACCOUNT [UK&IRELAND] 15

ADDRESSES 16

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WHY DO WE DO WHAT

WE ARE DOING?

This year one of the questions that most came into my mind was: why do we do what we are doing? The answer that came to me is: because we care. There are so many factors that bring people in to poverty. It is easy to think that they are lazy and do not want to work. The first factor that I, born in Brazil, consider is the culture. Many of us were born into a culture that is passive, that is not proactive. Much of poverty is all about our worldview, about how we relate to the resources around us. The glasses we use to see the world around us. This comes from our families, our district, our city, the region of our country, our country, continent, language etc. The second factor is resources. Even with the right culture we need resources to be transformed into something. Many people do not have the starting resources, and even with the resources, there is burocracy, politics, ethnic division, castes and so many obsta-cles. Today there are many resources in the hands of the few. The wealth of the world is unequally distributed. Much resource and energy is consumed in a few parts of the world. Thirdly I think is information. Adequate education reaching all ages with quality empowers people to change their worldview and to use correctly the resources in their hands. A very important part of our pro-ject is to help the children to broaden their worldview and to empower them through education until they finish university or a technical course. We believe in a generation that can break out of poverty and have an impact on their surroundings.

Why do we do what we are doing? - Because we care.

Marciano Teixeira

Operation Rescue helps transfer resources, knowledge and aware-ness of cultural values. Together, the many people that contribute financially, as volunteers here and there, employees and collabora-

tors, partners and others make possible the impact of Operation Rescue in the lives of those children. Thank you to all of you that made it possible for Operation Rescue to empower more than 700 children this year.God bless

Marciano Teixeirafounder and leader of Operation Rescue

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OPERATION RESCUE UK & IRELANDOperation Rescue UK & Ireland which is based in Northern Ireland, has sought to be a channel of support and prayer for Operation Rescue over many years and is chaired by Kate Doherty who has been visiting ORE since 2005. We are recognised as a charity by the NI Charity Commission and currently have 8 trustees.In 2015 at our meetings there was a feeling that we had reached a plateau, with new sponsors and new openings to share the work of ORE hard to find. However, God has really blessed us in 2016 and we give Him praise. In January God brought together a team of 15 from Kate’s church who began to prepare for a two-week trip to Mekelle in August. Then in June God opened a door for two young students Shannon and Cherith to spend a month in Mekelle, a visit that impacted them so deeply and has enabled doors of opportunity to open as they have shared their story.In August, the team were truly blessed as God enabled them to deliver a bible teaching programme each morning and afternoon for Devo-

Construction of the guesthouse

Football equipment donated by Irish team

tions and then provided for the teaching of English, crafts and music. The staff at ORE were so supportive and loving and the child-ren just were amazing. It was a truly joyful time which was made even more meaningful by a visit to the centres at Adwa and Adigrat. Here too the team shared the story of God’s love and distributed some of the contents of 17 suitcases of items brought from Ireland. In Adigrat we gave out facecloths and soaps, and in Adwa football gear and shoes, all of which were so appreciated. The team gave £15,000 to ORE, the result of donations and fundraising and were thrilled when we got news of further gifts of £16,500 which made it possible to complete the work on the ORE guesthouse at the Centre. God willing there will soon be an opportunity for some of us to stay there. In August, Getachew shared with Kate and Victor, the team leaders, what he had already shared with Shannon and Cherith, namely

that he has a vision for a fourth centre in Maichew about 120 kms south of Mekelle, an area of great deprivation. Guided by Merville, father of Shannon, we as trustees have explored this with Marciano and Getachew, paid for plans to be prepared and have committed ourselves to seeking support for this project, believing that if this is the next part of God’s plan for ORE, He will lead us to the resources needed. Since then there have been many opportunities to share this vision with church groups, and the response in terms of finance and pledges has been really encouraging. We are also making applications to trusts and hope to reach out to local businesses as well, seeking all the while to be obedient to God’s leading and accepting when doors fail to open. God be praised.We have prepared new literature with no cost to the charity and have available some film material about ORE. We would welcome oppor-tunities to share these materials with a wider audience so please contact us at [email protected] or contact Kate at 028 6632 4896 if you would like more information.

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Brazil

In the name of the Brazilian and Swiss Boards I would like to thank everyone who has been with us along the way, and has helped us in our work in 2016. I am grateful for every form of partnership which makes our work possible. In the course of this past year we have been able to see and feel the difference Operation Rescue makes in our area, our town and above all in the lives of our children and young people. We were able to demonstarte success and were happy that many of our youngsters could realise a dream such as beginning a course of study, winning a championship in judo, or even being able to work at Operation Rescue as a teacher or assistant for ballet, judo or lessons, thus committing themselves to making life better for many. However, we also see the other side and regret that we have lost some to drugs and delinquency, through our work we keep fighting to offer children the chance to continue to have dreams and to continue to fight for a better life.

Nilma dos Santos, Manager of Operation Rescue, Brazil

OUR DAILY BATTLE AGAINST MISERYIn our quarter, Nova Conquista, there has been a lot of progress in the past year: streets have been tarmacked and the sewer system expanded so that skin diseases as well as illnesses like Dengue fever caused by free standing water can be avoided. However, not all areas of life have seen such improvements: in our quarter there are still children who do not go to school, and those who do go to school often don’t even learn to read and write. The government has cut back on family support in the quarter which has led to severe financial problems in many places. The Health Service is unsatisfac-tory and medical care lacking – there are too few doctors and many benefits are not available anywhere. No one is looking at problems such as addictions or the resignation of a poor population who no longer have the energy to change anything.Of course our children are affected by all these problems. I’d like to tell you the following story:

Two years ago the now 8 year old Luan joined Operation Rescue in a rather strange way: He accompanied his classmate who was already registered with us and hid himself so as to be able to be at the centre. A teacher finally told him that he should come with his mother to get registered. That same week he appeared with his mother who fulfilled his greatest wish – and his joy at now being part of ORE was amazing. We soon noticed that Luan needed extra special care as his family situation is very difficult: His only brother was tragically murdered when Luan was quite small. Now he lives in a small spar-sely furnished house with his mother and two uncles, one of whom is mentally ill. His mother is an alcoholic and he regularly sees her staggering through the streets. To finance her alcohol addiction she works as a prostitute. So Luan often has no one to care for him and spends a lot of time alone at home or on the streets. His school work

is poor because, as a result of his mother’s wild lifestyle, he is often absent from school for days on end and so misses lessons.Here in the Operation Rescue Centre he has finally found something akin to a family: new people who like him, who take care of him and his needs, who are there for him and who give him the support he needs. Despite this Luan suffers from his ciscumstances and already as a little boy sadness is etched into his face as a result of all he has to put up with. However, despite all this we see a gleam in his eyes, an enormous will to overcome his difficult circumstances one day. He has such a loving, tender and respectful manner and his smile beams gratitude and hope that everything will turn out ok. For these reasons we here want to do everything to help him not only forget the ugly reality of his home but to be strong and capable so that one day he can leave this difficult part of his life behind.Luan’s story demonstrates very well why we work in Patos. Just like with Luan, at first glance many children seem to be fine – they are cheerful, full of energy, mostly clean and well dressed, especially at the many festivals we report on. However, when you walk through the quster or visit a child at home you notice that it is all show – and

Luan at his home

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What one sees often in Patos: Children working at home

you are suddenly confronted by a different world: the families lack everything – basic foodstuffs, beds, clean water. You hear desparate stories of girls who end up as prostitutes and boys who get embroiled in the drugs industry – sometimes because they want to help their families out or finally get to do something every young person dreams about, sometimes forced into it by family. Once in the clutches of the pimp or the drug dealer it’s difficult to extricate yourself. Much of the misery comes from children being neglected- many have to look after themselves, spend their free time till late in the night on the streets and have no one to teach them what sorts of danger they may be exposing themselves to. Apart from that they have nothing at all at home with which to amuse themselves let alone anyone to help with homework.And that is exactly why we have our Project Centres. Here we can give the children all of that and we gain some insight into their lives so we can intervene if we suspect that a child is being abused or is in danger of falling into drug dealing or prostitution. We want to make it possible for our children to forget their unhappiness for a while and to strengthen them in their return to their everyday life. Even after many years in Patos it touches our hearts when children

come to us at 13.00 and tell us that they have not had anything to eat that day till then. The lives of these children need us and you.

OUR FIRST UNIVERSITY STUDENTSIt was always our dream to have some of our children enrolled in the universities and Colleges in the region. This year with our sup-port two young people were able to take the entrance exams they needed to attend College. After the test we held our breath for the results and our hearts leapt when finally Edivania was accepted for a course in Sports Science and David for a course in Psychology at the University FIP in Patos.So now suddenly we have two university students and we will sup-port them by paying their study costs and if necessary other needs. As they mainly study at night they work with us at the day centre in return for our support.We also have three boys doing a vocational course set up by the government: we are supporting them by helping source their course materials.

David, our psychology student

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The project centre before...

... and today with the new multi purpose building

NEW MULTIPURPOSE BUILDINGIn 2015 the first stone was laid for our new building. Originally we had planned to just build one storey in 2016 and the second stage in Spring 2017. However, the construction went so well, so quickly and so cost effectively that the building could be finished in one go, and already in September activities like dance and judo lessons were taking place in it. There were previously no specific rooms for these activities and the new building soon offered new opportunities for lessons. The hall on the ground floor is rented out at the weekend which generates income for ORE. We’re very plaeased to have more room and above all to have better, more fit for purpose rooms for our activities.

TREATMENTS OFFERED BY OUR PARTNERSThe University FIP and the state university Campina Grande were great friends to us this past year. FIP provided free dental treat-ment on Wednesdays and Fridays and also experts who carried out psychological diagnosis and support for our children. Through this partnership we also have a social worker who has done a great job with the families and relatives of our children. The state university has also in its generosity offered dental treatment, has held lectures with our children about oral hygiene and above all has carried out play activities with them.

At the dentist

Alan

OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS HELP US AS WELLA private school holds a big comics and games Festival every year. As well as an entry fee visitors must bring at least a kilo of food, which this year came to Operation Rescue. Our VW bus was fairly overladen with about 1.5 tons of beans, sugar and rice! Also, we re-gularly receive food donations of a governmental organisation which collects food that would be disposed by companies. It is important for us to see that more and more local organisations care about the needs of their community.

WORKER OF THE YEAR: ALANAlan is officially our driver - and at the same time a gifted all rounder: he works whenever and wherever is needed, be it as a plumber, buil-der or decorator. He doesn’t consider himself too good for anything and is committed to the Project even at weekends. Alan helps the families of the quarter whenever possible and is very involved in the well being of the children. When a child is absent from the centre he comes to me and says:‘ Nilma this child is not here, shall I go to the house and see what’s wrong?‘Alan has his own family and we can only pay him, like all our col-leagues, a minimal wage so that as much money as possible goes directly to the children. Despite this he commits himself heart and soul to the children and does much more than he is bound to do. Alan and all our project colleagues work with love every day – de-finitely not for the pay. They are very dedicated and we are filled with gratitude that we have them in our team!

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Paulo and his team

TRAINEES - ALWAYS A GOOD POSSIBI-LITYSeveral voluntary workers have helped our work develop and im-prove in the past year: Jakob and Damaris who had already spent three months in Patos returned and spent a further three months helping in various areas. It was thanks to a generous donation from the organisation ‚Third World‘ effected by them, that a large protion of the new build could be paid for.Other civilian service volunteer workers like Ueli and Tenzin spent a lot of time with the children and were able to use their knowledge and skills to carry out various activities with the children. At the end of the year Carlo, another civilian volunteer spent several months with us and offered English lessons as well as other stuff.These volunteers are always a great help to us because they support our workers in all areas and take some of the load off them. Through their new and creative ideas they bring some welcome variety to the everyday lives of the children. We would love to welcome you to come and be a volunteer in Brazil. It is a wonderful opportunity to get to know the work of OR in a quite different way. We always have space in our guesthouse and can always use a helping hand.

NEW PROJECT IN SÃO PAULOA retired fireman and pastor in a church in Sao Paulo has a strong desire to start a project with Operation Rescue. For that purpose a place near the poor quarter ‚Aricanduva‘ has been selected. Space has been rented and he is now there with a team of volunteers, se-lecting children and registering them in the project. He is attempting the project with donations from his church and voluntary workers, but as the project grows he will probably need the support of ope-ration Rescue Switzerland.

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A DREAM BECAME REALITY

It was in the year 2000 when Marciano and Christina shared their vision with me about how we could start to help the orphaned and vulnerable children in our city Mekelle. It was really very hard to think of establishing a charitable organization without any secured source of funding at least to start with but the vision went beyond the financial or material resources.

Many of our friends, including myself, couldn‘t imagine Operation Rescue Ethiopia growing as fast as it has today. For me ORE is a school where I learn faith, love, trust, passion and team work. Since the beginning everything was started by faith, and over the years as individuals as well as a team we have seen the hands shining and the bles-sings of the work of our hands. Among the many miracles God has revealed in the life of ORE, I would love at least to mention one for now. When Marciano and Christina left Ethiopia in 2003, many people were not sure how ORE would continue but thanks to God Marciano was confident and trusted me to sit in the diver’s seat. This really reminds me of the saying „When you trust people, they do the impossible“.

Today Operation Rescue Ethiopia is helping over 600 orphaned and destitute children in three different project centres and the 4th child care project in Maichew is coming soon. Many students have graduated from different Universities and Colleges with different professions so far. Imagine what a pleasure it is to see the first child of ORE to become a medical doctor, Abrha Woldu, about whom we report below, will graduate from Mekelle University Medical School in the first week of January 2017. Moreover ORE is involved with different development programs such as education, health, disability and emergency relief funds. Recently an award has been granted by the President of Tigray Regional State for ORE’s development contribution to the country. No one was expecting ORE would have that reach and be recognized like it is today, but the hands of God did it. A dream became reality and we have good days ahead of us.

Getachew Tesfay, General Manager Operation Rescue - Ethiopia

ADIGRAT BRANCH At this time the project centre of Operation Rescue Ethiopia, Adigrat has 60 children, 35 of whom are females. With the help of the project they are all motivated to engaging in education. Four children are at preparatory schools, another four are college students and two are undertaking a short term training course. The other 50 students are grade 10 and below. From Monday to Friday the children come to the project and get a hot and nutricious meal, tutorial classes, school materials, computer training, medication and a hygiene service. They also receive counselling, guidance and visits by the staff. In summer 2016, we gave the opportunity to the children of the project to participate in different activities. We assigned seven of our best youngsters who were finishing grade 10, college- and preparatory students. During the school holidays they taught tutorial classes and provided computer training to the younger children, worked in the library and coached the Adigrad branch sports club. As a result, the children gained great knowledge from the seven committed students. Similarly, the volunteer youngsters got valuable experience from the summer work. Specifically, they proposed what to do, they planned, reported, carried teaching, shared knowledge with others, worked in cooperation and they received some

Ethiopia

Getachew Tesfay

No one was expecting ORE would have that reach and be recog-nized like it is today!

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“A donor is a wing of a child“

advice from the project coordinator on how to write reports and planning.

ADWA BRANCHAs usual the regular activities have been accomplished successfully. Even though ORE Adwa started only a a few years ago, the activities are not as they were in the beginning. We have provided a lot of new things and gained experience, and the team work especially has been strengthened. Due to the continuous assessment of the project coordinator and the Ethiopian Head Office Director Mr. Geta-chew Tesfay, we have been giving continuous and proper focus to the nutrition, education, social work and administration teams. As a result of this, the purchasing system for example was better than 2015, and we were able to buy quarterly. One of the most successful stories of our the year was when we received full sport materials and clothes from Ireland. It was our long time wish and prayer. The kitchen workers were suffering from back pain while washing the dishes, but we solved it by constructing a better washing sink. Our compound was decorated with meaningful painting con-taining educational designs. Our focus was also in prevention; the children participate in cleaning the compound as well as undertaking regular personal hygiene, including cutting their hair. The sport team travelled to Mekelle this summer to participate in the yearly football competition, and they had a nice time in Mekelle. Our administration has done good work related to finance and documentation, and also our relationship with the social affairs office and work partners here in Adwa has been strengthened. Recently we asked for a piece of land from the local

land governor, and we are now on track to receive it.

AN NEW PROJECT IN MAICHEW As usual, before implementation of a project, Operation Rescue Ethi-opia conducted on site- need assessment. Following this, different formal and informal discussions with concerned bodies were held which helped us to identify the alignment of the project with the government’s policy and priorities. Based on that, Operation Rescue submitted an official request through a proposal which outlines the request to open a community- based child care project in that area. It also contains an application for tax exemption and land to build a project centre. The proposal was submitted both to the Zonal Admi-nistration office and the City Mayor’s office. Accordingly, after investigating the project’s importance, both the Zo-nal Administration office and the City Mayor’s were very welcoming, and they came in person to the Operation Rescue Centre in Mekelle where they expressed their commitment to helping the project in all aspects. They told us to prepare a construction design with profes-sional drawings to show the purpose of use in detail, and attaching the whole three years’ proposal. Following their requirements, our organisation made a detailed design showing its functionality and submitted it to them. We are now awaiting Parliament’s response, and hopefully we will be able to go ahead and have a positive re-sponse soon.

ALFA PROJECT AND FAMINE ASSIS-TANCE ORE is working with the ALFA project this year again, educating 1500 children. They can do grade 1 to 3 in one year, so by the

following year the children can start in grade 4. Many of these children did not have the oppor-tunity before to enter school and since they are behind, with this

program they can get a first big step into their education. The director of ALFA Ethiopia came to visit the sites where ORE is working on this program and they were very happy with the implementation of this project. They promised that they will continue the partnership with ORE for the year 2017 also. Another agreement with this organisation has been made to help feed some of the poor families affected by the current drought.

ORE Adigrat

Children in our Adwa branch

The plans of the Maichew centre

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Around Mekelle 21 areas are badly affected by the drought and ORE will support school feeding programs in two areas in collaboration with ALFA. It is a school feeding program for about three months, until the summer break, set up so that children will not stop their education because of the adverse circumstances their families are in at the moment. An amount of 18.000 USD has been given to this program to feed the affected children in their schools.

GREAT ACHIEVEMENTAbrha Woldu was born in 1992 in the north of Ethiopia in a beautiful place. His aunt explained that Abrha was very joyful like many other children in the country as a young boy, but unfortunately he was not lucky enough to be raised by his parents because both died.He was facing much suffering in his life but no one saw him or helped him. Through all these struggles Abrha remained dedicated to his academic studies, and when he joined Operation Rescue Ethiopia to get support, his future became brighter and brighter. He used well the opportunities offered by ORE, who supported him in his vision of being a doctor. In the past 15 years ORE has seen many successful students graduate with different professions, but Abrha is the first who has graduated as a medical doctor from Mekelle University. We praise God for his success and we are so proud of him.

OUR PRECIOUS VOLUNTEERSAs in Brazil, we in Ethiopia in the past year have also had the privi-ledge of welcoming many helpers from abroad: as well as individuals and couples from many countries, teams of helpers from Germany, Northern Ireland and Switzerland have helped. A team from ‚Church in Action‘ in Frankfurt, in Mekelle for the second time, helped with the building of the guest house and also students from the Factory, the leadership training sector of ‚ Movement Plus‘ helped with various activities in the children’s centre – it was the fourth visit by students of the Factory! We are also grateful to our long term supporter Kate from Northern Ireland for the team she brought to Mekelle. Thank you to everyone who visited – we are always happy with any form of help in our projects.

DAWIT, OUR NEW ACCOUNTANTMr. Dawit has officially taken over the position of accountant as Mr. Samuel has been hired by another company and has left ORE. “My name is Dawit Tekla. I come from a small town in Eritrea called Aseb. During the Eritrean-Ethiopian war in the year 1998 I left Eritrea

and came to Mekele.I was a child at that time and before I joined Operation Rescue Ethi-opia, I had been living in another orphanage until 2002. But once I was with ORE I had the opportunity to continue my primary educa-tion. After I finished high school I studied Information Technology at Diploma level and I then completed my studies in Accounting as a degree program. Later I worked at the airport in Mekelle as a junior accountant for some time, but when ORE offered me a post to join the finance department, I accepted with pleasure the opportunity to work as an accountant at the place which I call my home. For all of this I would like to thank first my almighty God, then my sponsors, especially the Teixeira family. Thank you, Marciano and all donors who support Operation Rescue Ethiopia. I want to conclude with the following words: “A donor is a wing of a child“.

The fourth team of Factory Burgdorf, Switzerland

Dawit and Getachew

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VISIT TO A CHILDREN’S CENTREWould you like sometime to spend some time in another country, not primarily to have a holiday, but to immerse yourself in another culture and to achieve something there? Visit us in situ as a volunteer, alone, as a family or as a team. These visits are always a great help to us, because the volunteers can support colleagues working in the various areas, and also start up creative activities which are different to the ones the children are used to.

THE REFUGEE TRIP TO IDOMENI AND PRESEVO Idomeni was a special momentum in the European history of refu-gees. About 12.000 people camped in tents between the borders of Grece and Macedonia. After visiting also the camp in Presevo, I, Marciano, was there for one week with a team of three people from the church I used to work for. The church Bewegung Plus and

Operation Rescue Switzerland donated a van full of blankets, shoes, clothes and toys that we distributed in the camps. In Idomeni we could play games with the children, helping them to face the tragic reality of having no destination, no home and no security. Every day there was a gathering of children to collect their figures made of balloons and to play around. As well as the possibility of playing we also assisted in the distribution of fruit, clothes, food and shoes. The queue to collect food with much chaos and tension on cold and rainy days seemed infinite. It was all within Europe. I made a friend there, an 8 year old boy who found me everyday and accompanied me, always with a big smile, full of hope and enthusiasm. It was hard to say goodbye becase I could not do anything for him and had no idea what would happen to him, his mother and three other siblings. But we are grateful that Operation Rescue, even for a short time, could alleviate the need of many refugees.

INDIAIn September we received permission from the authorities to work as Operation Rescue in India. That takes us a significant step further in setting up the project. In the meantime Marciano has visited India several times to support the Indian Board of ORE in their search for a suitable rental property that could become our project centre in Kolkata. They analysed where there were the majority of families living on the streets – and where therefore a Centre was most ur-gently needed. The start up of the Project has proved to be a drawn out and challenging process, but we now hope to find a place by summer and to then be able to start. We are convinced that we will attract the necessary donations.

Marciano in Idomeni

Marciano in Kolkata

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ImpressionsOF OPERATION RESCUE ETHIOPIA AND BRAZIL

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AccountFOR YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2016

RECEIPTS

Opening Bank Balance 2284-78Donations Per Building Society 44,872-00 Per cash 600-00 Gift Aid 49,556-70 Bank Interest 10.69 £ 51,852-17

EXPENDITURE• Electronic Transfers11/02/16 7,000 - 0013/04/16 4,000 - 00 21/10/16 15,100 - 00 05/11/16 14,900 - 0020/12/16 9,300 - 00 50,300 - 00

Per Operation Rescue receipt 6/08/16 600-00 50,900• Bank Charges 100 - 00 £ 51,000-00 Balance as on 31st December 2016 £ 852 - 17 £ 51,852 - 17

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Thank youFOR YOUR SUPPORT

BELGIUMAlice MockelHerbiester 87, 4845 Jalhay, Belgium Phone: +32 87 64 84 91 Mail: [email protected]

UK AND IRELANDKate Doherty„Tiernisk“ 51 Mullaghmeen Road, Drumgay, Enniskillen Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland, BT 74 4GHMail: [email protected]

USAFields Of Promise (Partner organization)

SWITZERLAND ANDGERMANYOperation Rescue Schweiz Mr. Marciano TeixeiraBuechwaldstr 14CH-3627 Heimberg Mail: [email protected] Phone: +41 33 437 3470 Mobile: +41 77 455 0658 Skype: operationrescue

ETHIOPIAGetachew Tesfay Gebru (MA in Dvs) General Manager

Operation Rescue EthiopiaP. O. Box 1142Phone: 251 0344 409442Fixed Line: 251 0914 300397 Mobile Fax no: 251 0344 410810E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

BRAZILNilma PereiraGeneral manager

Operacao Resgate - BrazilRua Rosa Maria Sales, q9 lt 36Patos-PB 58708-215 – BrazilPhone: 0055 83 3423-0098Celular: 0055 83 999824746

Bank accountFortis: 001-3934429-88 BIC: GEBABEBB IBAN: BE 56 0013 9344 2988

Bank accountNationwide Building Society 19 High Street Enniskillen BT7 74 7DD Account Number: 0949/704 259 263

Donate by mail or Pay Pal. For de-tails please referr to the following website: www.fieldsofpromise.org

Bank accountAEK Bank Thun, 3601 Thun BC 8704 – account 161.004.603.08 - IBAN: CH28 0870 4016 1004 6030 8

Bank accountCOMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA MEKELLE BRANCH Swift Code : CBETETAA Account Name : ORE Development Account Number : 1000012062838

Bank accountBanco bradescobranch. 1563-6 acc. 15718-0 cod SWIFT: BBDEBRSPRCEcod IBAN: R4260746948156360000157180C1

FinancingThe project Operation Rescue is done trough donation and sponsorship of families.

Sponsoring one family costs chf 50 | € 30 | £ 20 monthly.