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Annual report 2010

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Legal�notice�

Publisher:medica mondiale e. V.Hülchrather Straße 450670 CologneTel. +49 221/93 18 98-0Fax +49 221/93 18 [email protected]

Legally�responsible:�Dr. Monika Hauser

Editors: Britta Amorin, Stefanie Keienburg

Translation: Craig Meulen

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Cover�photo: Women demonstrating in 2010 in Monrovia as part of the annual worldwide campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence” © medica mondiale Liberia

Editorial�deadline:�19 October 2011

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© medica mondiale

3 Report�from�the�board��

7 Goals�and�commitment�

8 International�projects�

8 Afghanistan 8 Liberia 9 Albania 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 Kosovo 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 Grants program

11 About�us

11 Project evaluation Fundraising�� Association, governing bodies, and duties

12 Financial�report� Income and expenses, profit and loss statement and balance sheet

16 Our�mission

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Report from the board

Annual report 2010: Report from the board

Development�in�the�international�projects��In 2010, medica mondiale achieved a special highlight in its work in Afghanistan: after a period of intensive preparation, in December we handed over full responsibility for the country’s programme to our Afghan colleagues. Official registration as a charity turned medica mondiale Afghanistan into an independent women’s rights organisa-tion, which is now known as Medica Afghanistan – Women Support Organisation.

This is a further example of how we succeed in setting up our projects in such a way that they can be taken over by local female experts. Medica Afghanistan is the fourth women‘s project initiated by medica mondiale to gain independence, after Medica Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Medica Kosova (Kosovo) and Medica Tirana (Albania). The foundation of the new Afghan women’s rights organisation is more than just an important step for medica mondiale and the new sister organisation: it also sets a positive sign for women and girls in an Afghan society shaped and dominated by men.

As well establishing independent women’s projects, medica mondiale also considers the importance to create sustainable assistance struc-tures for women that can be supported by the local population. For example, in Liberia in 2010 we managed to anchor this concept of support for women firmly at the village level in the provinces Sinoe, Grand Gedeh and River Gee.

Over 30 volunteer helpers have been trained there so far to act as contact persons for women and girls. This helps medica mondiale, as one of the few organisations working in south-east Liberia, to bring assistance far into the remote areas and then raise awareness about women’s rights and the consequences of violence. The organisation can also accompany women to the police, hospitals or court. This commitment proved very worthwhile: increasing numbers of women in distress turned to medica mondiale Liberia, more harassment and acts of violence were taken to court, and more judgements are being made than before. This shows that matters which were previously not even treated as a problem are now being made public. In a survey in the county capital Fish Town in 2010, 78 per cent of women and men declared that the women’s situation has improved.

In ongoing war-like conflicts in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), thousands of women and girls con-tinue to fall victim to targeted rape by rebels and government soldiers, and also by civilians. This made the DR Congo one of the focal points of our international work in 2010, with medica mondiale supporting a total of seven partner organisations in the Kivu provinces. Every day more raped women come there to seek help and support. The wom-en – often seriously injured – are given first aid treatment and then accompanied to the police, hospital or court. The project partners offer trauma-informed counselling and self-help groups to help the women recover their psychological stability. In this way, more than 3,000 women could be helped.

Women in Liberia are becoming more and more vocal against persistent violence and injustices against women. © Sybille Fezer/medica mondiale

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Qualification�in�international�projects��The diverse work being carried out in the projects can only be per-formed if there are sufficient local experts, but these are particularly hard to find in conflict and crisis areas. So training and qualification measures also formed very important part of the work in project coun-tries during 2010. Whether it is psychosocial counselling, legal assist-ance, financial administration or organisational management, training for the partner organisations and our own local teams ensures that the female experts there develop skills that they need to carry out the work independently in the long-term. Working together with international trainers, we trained a total of around 60 staff members from projects in the DR Congo, Liberia and Afghanistan. The contents of the training courses included: trauma-sensitive counselling methods for survivors or sexualised violence; protecting helpers from overload and burn-out; family mediation; strategic planning; and financial management.

medica mondiale and its partners also make these training sessions open to local experts who are not directly involved in the projects. One particular success in 2010 in the training area was in Afghanistan: the completion of a course for a group of 18 doctors, nursing staff and midwives from Herat, training them how to deal in a trauma-informed way with women who are affected by violence. This means that more and more women are now able to find a skilled contact person who is capable of recognising trauma symptoms and knows about the pos-sible dangers of retraumatisation.

Politics�and�human�rights��For medical mondiale, project work for and with local women has to go hand-in-hand with political influence. In 2010, the focus of medica mondiale’s political human rights work was the difficult political de-velopments in Afghanistan. Overall the human rights situation in the country deteriorated and everyday life for women in Afghanistan is

characterised by increasing discrimination and lack of rights. One ex-ample is the ordinance issued by the Supreme Court in October 2010. The perfidious logic of this edict turns women and girls into criminals if they run away from home to escape forced marriage or domestic violence: if they seek shelter at a third party’s home or in a women’s safe house, the new ordinance means they can be judged as having committed the crime of adultery or prostitution.

With its position paper published in June “We were full of hope for a better future...“, medica mondiale revealed how conservative forc-es are increasingly restricting the human rights of women and girls. In its recommendations in that paper, medica mondiale urged the German government, an important funder and troop-contributing nation in Afghanistan, to shift the focus of its involvement in the country more and more towards the rights of women and girls.

The discussion about possible negotiations with extremist grouping such as the Taliban and the debate about the withdrawal of interna-tional troops were both also opportunities for us to make our opinions heard in the political debate. In the run-up to the international Afghani-stan conference in London in January, medica mondiale joined forces with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to demand that the German government make it clear it would refuse any form of sup-port for a peace process that put the rights of women at risk. At the same time, these alliance partners formulated the basic principles for how the German government could assist the peace process to maintain a focus on human rights. For example, this would include ap-propriate inclusion of women in the peace process. Afghan women are still not being seen or taken seriously as skilled actors in this regard: out of the 63 Afghan participants at the London Conference, a mere four were women.

Completion of health training in Afghanistan – trainer Maria Zemp (left) pre-sents a participant with her certificate © medica mondiale

In Sarajevo, Monika Hauser (centre) presented a new study from medica mondiale on the prosecution of sexualised violence © medica mondiale

Humaira Rasuli, the new director of Medica Afghanistan © Zora Beer/medica mondiale

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A further building block of the�long-term fight against sexualised war-time violence is to ensure prosecution of the crimes. Some progress has been reached in this regard, not least due to the pressure ex-erted by organisations such as medica mondiale. However, many rape cases are still dropped because of political pressure and suc-cessful prosecution still depends on particular commitment from individuals. medica mondiale was able to demonstrate this with a study published at the beginning of 2010. The researchers car-ried out interviews with, among others, Bosnian witnesses who had made statements as victims of sexualised violence at the Interna-tional Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Sarajevo War Crimes Chamber. The presentation of the� study in Sarajevo was attended by the UN Special Representative Margot Wallström, Monika Hauser and over 50 politicians, legal experts and representa-tives from NGOs and survivor associations, with many taking part in the ensuing discussion. The study also prompted a debate in the Bosnia and Herzegovina parliament about a new draft law on witness protection.

Trauma�training�in�Germany�In Germany, too, there is increasing demand for medica mondiale’s expertise in the field of trauma work. So in 2010 we continued the successful series of events on the topic of “War violence and trauma” in order to meet this demand for training. The goal of the training pro-grammes funded by InWent (now GIZ) through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is to upgrade the skills of women and men who work professionally or as volunteers with trau-matised women and girls from war and conflict zones. Two introductory and two advanced workshops were attended by a total of 50 profes-sionals and other interested participants from fields such as develop-ment cooperation, therapy and counselling posts, healthcare, science and women’s organisations.

Communication�and�public�relations�Public awareness raising continued to be an important part of our work in 2010. Employees from medica mondiale gave more than 60 inter-views on the issue of wartime rape and the situation of the women in its various project countries. We issued 14 press releases to inform the press about our demands in the field of women’s rights, including a call for protection of the Congolese women in the Central African conflict zone. medica mondiale staff attended a total of 47 events to carry out awareness-raising work on the extent and consequence of gender-based wartime violence; these included 25 lectures given by Monika Hauser, our Executive Board Member. This work included specialist lectures on the psychological consequences of rape, such as those at the Humanitarian Congress in Berlin, as well as participa-tion in discussions and film presentations on the issue of justice for women who experienced sexualised violence during war. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, in September medica mondiale co-organised an event entitled “Changing Course – with Women into the Future”, hosting a discussion with no less than six recipients of the Right Livelihood Award. medica mondiale presented its installation “Frauen(auf)Marsch” [Marching(Deployed)Women] from the “In Action” campaign twice in 2010. Consisting of 36 shop window mannequins wearing T-shirts with quotes from women who were raped during war, it was installed at the National Congress of Midwives in Düsseldorf and also at the 28th International Congress of the Medical Women’s International Association in Münster.

The campaign installation “Marching(Deployed)Women” at Lambertikirchplatz in Münster – many passers-by were deeply moved by the quotes from raped women. © Sanne Kaperlat /medica mondiale

Women’s rights activists from all over the world met up at the international conference “kursWECHSELN!“ (“Changing Course”) in Bonn. © medica mondiale

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Board�of�Directors�The General Assembly in 2010 saw medica mondiale increase the size of its Board from four to five with the appointment of Heidi Thiemann. As the main controlling body in our organisation, the Board will benefit greatly from Thiemann’s substantial experience in the field of develop-ment cooperation and work with migrants

Financial�development�In 2010 income from donations increased by about 3 per cent to 2,688,504 euros. A total of 11,290 private and corporate donors supported the commitment of the organisation to women and girls, enabling them to receive the medical, psychosocial, and legal aid that they need to survive. The total number of donors was therefore slightly less than in the previous year. 3,267 donors, approx. 18 per cent more than last year, expressed their commitment to the mission of medica mondiale in the form of a regular donation by direct debit. This reflects the high levels of trust in our work and makes long-term project spon-sorships and sustainable changes for women possible. We also have many supporters in Switzerland. They enabled the Medica Mondiale Switzerland Foundation to transfer 230,000 Swiss francs to medica mondiale this year.

At 2,814,718 euros, income from grants and benefits was 38.4 per cent higher than in the previous year. This reflects the trust and con-fidence shown in medica mondiale’s project work by both public and private funders. This increase in overall funding also led to an increase in expenses for staff and materials, but careful control of spending meant that we could nonetheless reduce the proportion of total funds spent on fundraising, advertising and administration: this year it fell to 23.2 per cent. So 76.8 per cent of medica mondiale’s expenses go directly into the projects and the awareness-raising, information and

advocacy work carried out in accordance with the aims and objects of our association.

OutlookFor medica mondiale, 2011 will be a year when we review and realign our organisation’s strategy. In order to ensure that we can continue to work successfully to help traumatised women and girls in war and crisis zones, we need to decide how to further develop medica mondi-ale’s core activities. This new strategic direction is based on a thor-ough evaluation of our previous work and an analysis of significant trends in the relevant sectors.

For our international project work, 2011 will see the further expansion and development of our grants program , which medica mondiale uses to support local women’s organisations in the project countries. A re-vised grant approval concept with more sophisticated funding criteria and regional focal points should ensure that the fund’s small grants help their target groups in an effective way.

Of course, at the same time we will also be continuing the wide range of activities we carry out to benefit women as well as the political ad-vocacy work to ensure improvement of women’s rights and counter sexualised wartime violence. We are very happy with the large number of supporters and partners who help us to continue this work and would like to express our gratitude.

Monika Hauser Diana KrügerExecutive Member of the Board Member of the Board

© Cornelia Suhan /medica mondiale

7Annual report 2010: Goals and commitment

Our�organisation��medica mondiale is a pro-feminist women’s organisation that is ac-tively committed to women’s issues, regardless of their political, eth-nic or religious affiliations. Together with women around the world, medica mondiale is dedicated to women being able to live in dignity and take charge of their own lives.

The�goalsmedica mondiale has taken on the mission of combating sexualised wartime violence and other forms of gender-specific violence against women at all levels. The goal is to bring about effective protection and support for women in war and crisis zones and enable them to live a life free of violence and oppression. Whatever project work we carry out, we are always looking to effect changes in society and govern-ment.

The�commitment�The consequences of sexualised wartime violence and other forms of violence to both individuals and society as a whole are immense. The majority of women who survive this violence suffer for a long time from its effects. medica mondiale works in war and crisis areas to of-fer them a comprehensive range of support, running its own projects and also working together with partner organisations.

Goals and commitment

��Psychosocial accompaniment and trauma work In cooperation with local women professionals, medica mondiale developed basic principles for psychosocial accompaniment and trauma work in order to provide optimum support to women in over-coming violent experiences. Local counsellors help women survi-vors regain their self-esteem and develop new prospects for the future.

Medical care medica mondiale campaigns actively to achieve better medical care for women and girls, advises clients which medical institutions can help them, and educates them about health issues.

Legal aid medica mondiale teaches women about their rights and supports them with legal counselling. Legal counsellors in the projects ac-company women to the police, prepare them for trials, and also represent their interests in court.

A secure livelihood medica mondiale helps survivors to secure their livelihood by of-fering training courses and economic start-up aid. In this way, the women are able regain esteem and respect in their families and communities, and continue on their road to stabilization.

Human rights work and justice War rape is an issue that has been and still is often ignored or played down by the media and politicians. With its human rights and public awareness raising work, medica mondiale wants to en-sure that universal human rights are guaranteed for women and girls, too, without exception. medica mondiale is also committed to bringing an end to the culture of impunity surrounding sexual-ised wartime violence, ensuring that perpetrators are prosecuted and that women are granted the necessary protection when they appear as witnesses before international criminal courts. Addition-ally, medica mondiale advocates greater participation of women in political decision making, such as peace negotiations and arrange-ments for post-conflict reconstruction efforts.

Training professionals medica mondiale views it as its urgent mission to upgrade, through qualification, the skills of local professionals who deal with trau-matised women and girls such as midwives, doctors, and lawyers. medica mondiale also educates the staff of local agencies, schools, police, the justice system, and local authorities on the causes and consequences of sexualised violence.

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International projects

Country: Afghanistan Organisation: medica mondiale Afghanistan

Target�group:�Women and girls affected by domestic violence, forced marriage or rape; imprisoned women and girls accused of extra- or pre-marital sexual intercourse or running away from home.

Project�location: The capital Kabul, Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif

Programme�components: psychosocial counselling, legal assist-ance, training of female specialists in health care sector, literacy courses, human rights work, public awareness work, education and lobbying for women’s rights at societal and political levels, promo-tion of women’s participation in the peace process

Results:��399 women received psychosocial counselling: 85 individually and 314 in groups. ��An improvement in psychological and physical health was

recorded in 86 per cent of the clients; improvement in family and domestic situations.

�120 women took part in literacy courses. ��18 doctors, nurses and midwives from Herat completed a

two-year training course in trauma-sensitive ways to treat female patients affected by violence.

��In 618 cases medica mondiale Afghanistan could help in family conflicts by means of legal advice, criminal defence or mediation.

��In 236 criminal law cases, the lawyers ensured the sentence was significantly less severe than average, advice was given in 232 divorce cases and in 150 cases of conflict the lawyers could reach an out-of-court settlement.

��25 mullahs in Herat were educated on the issues of children‘s rights and the laws surrounding marriage. The aim of the program was to reduce the incidence of child and forced marriages.

��14 lawyers and social workers from medica mondiale Afghanistan and employees of the state justice system and other NGOs participated in a mediation course organised by medica mondiale which explained the basic principles and methods of family mediation.

��As part of the multi-country peace project “Women and Security – Strengthening the Political Participation of Women”, 20 activists were trained in peace work and conflict management and 15 received training in political human rights work and advocacy.

Staff: 73 Project�expenses: 1,631,082 euros

Country: Liberia Organisation: medica mondiale Liberia

Target�group:�Women and girls suffering from the consequences of sexualised wartime violence or the persistently high levels of violence in the post-war society.

Project�location: Districts River Gee, Grand Gedeh, Sinoe in South-East Liberia as well as the capital city Monrovia

Programme�components: psychosocial counselling, health educa-tion, legal advice, women’s centre and shelter, establishment of solidarity and protection networks against violence, Palaver Huts, public awareness work and prevention in the community, family mediation at village level, human rights training for staff of police, courts and health care sector, promotion of women’s rights and their increased political participation

Results:� �501 women received personal psychosocial counselling. �12 women found temporary refuge in the shelter at River Gee. ��154 women received legal advice; in 15 out of 52 cases that

came to court, the perpetrator was judged guilty, contrary to prevailing culture of impunity.

��231 untrained midwives and 80 staff from the local health authority received training in how to deal with victims of violence; �31 female first responders at the village level were trained to be contact persons for women and girls.

��18 solidarity networks at village level were established with 119 supporters.

��medica mondiale Liberia provided advice to support the work of three alliances for action against sexualised and gender-based violence.

��A total of 162 actions, including home visits, radio broadcasts and education campaigns, helped to inform over 4,000 people in local communities about issues such as gender roles, violence against women and sexualised violence.

��10 workers at medica mondiale Liberia took part in training courses on psychosocial counselling.

��As part of the multi-country peace project “Women and Security – Strengthening the Political Participation of Women”, 70 activ-ists were trained in peace work and conflict management.

Staff: 41 Project�expenses: 871,755 euros

A women‘s group meeting in Liberia © Lavendhri Arumugam /medica mondialePsychosocial counselling in Afghanistan © Elissa Bogos /medica mondiale

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Country: AlbaniaOrganisation: Medica Tirana

Target�group:�Women affected by sexualised violence, trafficking in women or blood feuds.

Project�location: Tirana, the Albanian capital, and outlying areas

Projects�supported: women’s centre, one-to-one and group psy-chosocial dialogues, health advice, self-help groups, establishment of networks against violence, trainings on the issues of ‘violence against women’ and ‘trauma’ for staff from the police force, schools and health care sector, cooking and sewing courses, theatre work with girls, political advocacy work to promote women’s rights

Results:� 98 women received psychosocial and therapeutic counselling. �48 women were educated about sexualised violence, health and

women’s rights. �40 women took part in cooking and sewing courses; half of them

went on to find work. �20 girls and boys took part in a theatre project addressing topics

such as gender roles and self-assertion. �Medica Tirana conducted awareness-raising sessions for 160 par-

ticipants working in key positions, including teachers, police staff, hospital personnel self-help groups and students. Topics included violence against women, misogynist aspects of traditional culture, and trauma.

Project�expenses: 51,543 euros

On the road with Media Kosova’s mobile gynaecological clinic © Stefanie Keienburg/medica mondiale

Country: Kosovo Organisation: Medica Kosova

Target�group:�Women and girls suffering from the consequences of sexualised violence during the Kosovo war in 1999 or the persistently high levels of violence in the post-war society.

Project�location: Region Dukagjin

Projects�supported: psychosocial counselling, medical/gynae-cological treatment, health education, legal advice, advice and training for agricultural production groups, construction of a dairy, advice for a women farmers’ organisation, networking with Kosovo women’s movement, political human rights work

Results:� In total, 648 women benefitted. 303 women received psycho-

social support, 67 clients benefitted from legal assistance, 278 women had gynaecological examinations and treatment, of which 102 were new patients

�149 women are working together in agricultural production groups, generating their own income (70-270 euros per month).

�10 female farmers took part in a milk production training course, 7 producers received training in production of cheese, yoghurt, jam and conserved vegetables

Construction of a dairy to process dairy products was started. �The women farmers’ organisation “Duart e Dardanes”, founded

in 2009, carried out political advocacy work on behalf of its members.

As a member of an international working group on the situation of women in Kosovo, Medica Kosova actively worked towards achieving legal recognition of women raped in the war as “civilian war victims”.


Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina Organisation: Medica Zenica

Target�group:�Women who experienced imprisonment, displace-ment, forced labour or sexualised violence during the war years from 1992 to 1995.

Project�location: Olovo and Čajdraš districts, Central Bosnia

Projects�supported: psychosocial, medical and legal advice, legal support for the recognition of war victims

Results:� 71 women dealt with their traumatic war experiences in groups

and some received individual counselling. They then benefitted from 284 medical treatments. �Medica Zenica helped 11 of these women to apply for the status

of “war victim”, 5 were already successful and now receive a small pension for disability pension.



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Grants program

Assistance�for�13�local�women’s�organisations�with�small�grants�up�to�10,000�euros.

�Democratic�Republic�of�the�Congo: Association des Femmes pour la Promotion et le Développement Endogène (AFPDE), Kaniola; Fédération des Femmes pour la Paix et le Développement (FEPADE), Kazimia; Regroupement des Mamans de Kamituga (REMAK), Kamitu-ga; Communauté des Planteurs et Eleveurs de la Région Maraîchère (COPERMA), Beni and Lubero; Groupe d‘appui aux initiatives femi-nines d‘autopromotion (GRAIFA), Nundu; Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral (SOFEPADI), Beni �Guatemala: Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial (ECAP) and Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas (UNAMG), Guatemala City�Haiti: Association Femmes Soleil d‘Haïti (AFASDA), Cap-Haïtien�Israel:�Women against Violence (WAV), NazarethPapua�New�Guinea: Institute for Justice and Peace for Women “Nur”, West Papua province�Rwanda: KANYARWANDA and “Solidarity for the Development of Widows and Orphans to Promote Self-Sufficiency and Livelihoods” (SEVOTA), Kigali�South�Sudan: Isis-Women‘s International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE), (based in Kampala, Uganda)Uganda: Foundation for Women Affected by Conflict (FOWAC), Kitgum

Target�group: Survivors of sexualised violence, women’s activists and other people involved in relevant outreach

Projects�supported:�medical support, psychosocial counselling, le-gal advice and assistance during court cases, literacy and training courses, economic start up aid, training how to deal with survivors of sexualised violence, documentation of human rights violations, thea-tre project on topic of sexualised violence, establishment of self-help groups

Results: More than 1,900 women received medical treatment or psychosocial and legal counselling; approx. 200 women’s activists and other relevant outreach people were trained.

Project�budget: 148,517 euros

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Organisation: Congolese women’s rights organization PAIF (Promotion et Appui aux Initiatives Féminines)

Target�group:�Women and girls raped by rebels and Congolese army soldiers during the ongoing war in the eastern parts of the country

Project�location: North and South Kivu provinces

Projects�supported: psychosocial and medical counselling, establishment of self-help groups, literacy and training courses, start-up assistance, public awareness work on violence against women and women’s rights, political networking, qualification and training of partner organisations regarding financial administration and psychosocial counselling

Results:� More than 1,000 women received medical treatment: PAIF

made it possible for women to travel to health centres and hospitals and also covered the costs of medical treatment.

�PAIF assisted 62 self-help groups, providing 684 survivors with a chance to share their experiences and seek comfort and support.

�314 women took advantage of the offer of one-to-one counselling or were accompanied to the police or courts.

In 137 cases, family mediation was carried out. 110 women and girls learnt to read and write. �191 women and girls completed sewing courses lasting several

months or were taught how to make bread and juice. �133 received seeds for crops or goats as start-up assistance for

their agricultural livelihood, a further 67 women were assisted financially to start a small business.

�PAIF provided childcare for 70 children each month to enable their mothers to take part in the courses.

�As part of the multi-country peace project “Women and Security – Strengthening the Political Participation of Women”, 18 activists were trained in peace work and conflict management.


In 2010, thousands of Congolese women were raped. © Cornelia Suhan/medica mondiale

In Guatemala many women are still suffering from the consequences of sexualised violence committed during the civil war. © Karin Griese /medica mondiale

11Annual report 2010: Project evaluation - Fundraising - Association, governing bodies and duties

medica mondiale – About us

Project evaluation

Fundraising

Project�support�in�the�Democratic�Republic�of�the�Congo:�“Improvement of the living conditions of female survivors of sexuali-sed violence” (2007-2010) Project�partner: Promotion et Appui aux Initiatives Féminines (PAIF) Result: There proved to be a benefit in combining psychosocial counselling, medical care, economic assistance and education work, resulting in an overall improvement in the women’s living conditions. Following the recommendation from the evaluation, the project was extended for one year.

Project�support�in�Kosovo: “Strengthening the Role of Women Farmers in Social and Political Life” (2009-2011) Project�partner: Medica KosovaResult: 134 former clients of Medica Kosova’s psychosocial counselling service founded the women farmers’ organisation “Duart e Dardanes”.

Fundraising�letters: 6 fundraising letters for a specific country or topic Information�for�donors: 2 issues of the magazine for donors “memo” Inserts�in�print�media: Inserts with appeal for donations in 2 newspa-pers The�“In�Action�for�Women�in�War�and�Crisis�Zones”�fundraising�and�communication�campaign: “Frauen(auf)Marsch” [Marching(Deployed)Women] installation at the National Congress of Midwives in Düssel-dorf and International Congress of the Medical Women’s International Association in Münster. Support from 18 campaign partners. Appeal�for�donations�via�free�ads:�Publication of 6 free advertisements Private�fundraising�on�special�occasions,�such�as�birthdays,�personal�celebrations�or�business�anniversaries;�benefit�events:�We assisted some 70 special-occasion fundraising events and other benefit events held with proceeds going to medica mondiale Corporate�cooperation�with�Laverana�Natural�Cosmetics: 30,000 eu-ros financial assistance for the medica mondiale project grant Mailings�about�donating�fines: We sent 5 mailings to judges, state attorneys and lay judges to raise awareness of the possibility of bestowing fine payments to medica mondiale.

medica mondiale e. V. is a registered non-profit association domi-ciled in Cologne, Germany. Its governing bodies are the General Assembly and the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors ma-nages the association. It decides on the priorities and strategies in accordance with the purpose of the association and also on the budget, and it appoints and supervises management.

Board�of�Directors�2010:Elisabeth HainesDr. Monika Hauser (Executive Member of the Board)Diana KrügerKarin SchülerHeidi Thiemann (since October 2010)

Head�office�in�Cologne:�2 managing directors, 37 salaried employees (year average), of which 24 are full-time positions, 8 part-time, 4 temporary support posts, 1 trainee, 6 interns, 3 voluntary staff members, 25 advisers, trainers and evaluators

Salaries�(average�monthly�gross�income):�Managing Directors: average 5,200 euros* Heads of Department: 3,800 euros* Officers: 3,000 euros* Assistants: 2,300 euros*

Memberships�held�by�medica mondiale:VENRO (Association of German Development NGOs), Forum Men-schenrechte (Human Rights Forum – a network working to improve protection of human rights), Deutscher Fundraising Verband e. V. (German Fundraising Association), People In Aid (worldwide asso-ciation of agencies in the humanitarian and development sector), Arbeitskreis Frauen und Gesundheit (women’s health network), Crisis Action (international, non-profit organisation working to avert conflicts through advocacy and campaign work). Additionally, our Executive Member of the Board Monika Hauser is also a member of the Inter-national Board of the BICC (Bonn International Center for Conver-sion), the Board of Trustees of the Bremen Solidarity Prize, and the Board of Trustees of the Medica Mondiale Foundation Switzerland.

For the bylaws of the association, please refer to www.medicamondiale.org.

Association, governing bodies, and duties

* The average salaries indicated were calculated on the basis of a full-time position. These amounts do not include the statutory employer contributions to social security. They include 12 monthly payments. Any extra Christmas bonuses are decided on from year to year by the Board.

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IncomeCompared to the previous year, in 2010 income increased by 16.8 per cent to 5,738,752 euros. Income from donations increased year-on-year by 3 per cent to 2,688,504 euros. These include both free donations and other monies earmarked for a specific purpose. Grants and benefits increased by 38.5 per cent to 2,816,718 eu-ros. Grants and benefits earmarked for specific purposes came from both public and private sponsors. The main sponsors were: Euro-pean Union, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, zivik (Civil Conflict Management) programme at ifa (Institute for Foreign Cul-tural Relations), KfW (Reconstruction Loan Corporation) via German Agro Action, Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Women’s World Day of Prayer, DEAR Foundation, Louis Leitz Foundation and others.

This significant increase in grants in 2010 compared to 2009 is mainly due to increased project funding by the European Union.

ExpensesTotal expenses in 2010 rose 22.8 per cent in comparison with the previous year to 5,529,732 euros. At 4,244,274 euro, approx. 77 per cent of the total expenses were expenses for projects in Germany and abroad. The share of these made up by spending on projects abroad was 89.6 per cent: 3,801,289 euros. A share of 6.1 per cent was spent on domestic project work – human rights and trauma work – and 4.3 per cent of the expenses were for awareness raising, informa-tion and advocacy work carried out to fulfil the aims and objects of medica mondiale.

The project expenditure includes direct project costs and the spending on project support including the management of the projects from the main office in Cologne.

Fundraising, advertising and administrative expenses – totalling 1,285,458 euros – amounted to 23 per cent, which was less than the previous year’s level. These expenses included 13.8 per cent for administration and 9.2 per cent spent on fundraising and other ad-vertising, the service for our donors and general public relations work.

ResultIncome in 2010 exceeded expenses by 184,301.37 euros. The sur-plus was transferred to the reserves.

Financial report 2010

International��projects��68.7�%�(3,801,289�€)

Administration�13.8�%�

(764,213�€)

Donations�46.8��%

(2,688,504�€)

Fines�2.3��%�(132,903�€)�

Other�operating�income��1.2��%�(70,074�€)

Other�interest�and�similar�income��0.5��%�(30,553�€)�

Income�2010 Expenses�2010

Trauma�work�2.3�%�(127,824�€)�

Minor�discrepancies�are�caused�by�rounding�up�or�down..

Human�rights�work��2.4�%�(130,388�€)�

Awareness�raising�and�information�

work��3.3�%�(184,773�€)

Fundraising,�donors�service�and�general�PR�work�9.2�%�(521,245�€)�

Grants�and��benefits��49.1��%�(2,816,718�€)

23�%��Expenses�for�admin-istration,�fundraising,�donors’�service�and�general�PR�work�

77�%��Project�expenses

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Certificate: “We have audited the Annual Financial Statements – comprising Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account – including the bookkeeping records of medica mondiale e. V., Cologne, for the accounting year January 1 to December 31, 2010.

The bookkeeping and the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements in compliance with the generally accepted accounting standards are the responsibility of the legal representatives of the society.

It is our responsibility to furnish an evaluation of the Annual Financial Statements including the bookkeep-ing records on the basis of the audit performed by us. The scope of the examinations carried out by us was determined by the actions required to investigate the probative value of the bookkeeping and to examine presentation, evidence, and adequacy of the values assigned to balance sheet items.

Essentially, our audit activities encompass analytic audit activities, plausibility (validity) checks and indi-vidual case examinations. We determined the scope of our individual case examinations on the basis of the method of purposive sampling.

We are of the opinion that our audit has furnished a sufficiently reliable basis for our evaluation under the terms of the audit assignment accorded.

Our audit has not led to any significant reservations.

According to our judgment based on the insights gained from the audit, the Annual Financial Statements are in compliance with the generally accepted accounting standards.“

Excerpt from the report on the audit of the Annual Financial Statements as of 31st December 2010 by the audit and tax consulting company Solidaris Revisions-GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft – Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Cologne of 26th October 2011::

Profit�and�loss�statement�� for the period January 1 to December 31 2010 medica mondiale e. V., Cologne ��2010��Previous�year�� EUR�� EUR� TEUR� � TEUR 1. Income from grants and benefits 2,816,717.76 2,051 2. Donations and similar income 2,821,407.18 2,775 3. Other operating income 70,074.33 5,708,199.27 75 4,901 4. Personnel expenses a) Wages and salaries 1,704,038.21 1,376 b) Social security and pension contributions 305,825.48 2,009,863.69 518 1,894 5. Depreciations on intangible and tangible assets 7,258.37 91 6. Other operating expenses

a) Fees 631,178.48 440 b) Travel expenses and vehicle costs 352,191.52 304 c) Rent and other premises costs 264,570.22 235 d) Medical supplies 2,143.85 5 e) Insurance; contributions and advice 73,848.34 89 f) Office supplies 40,968.72 40 g) Other administrative supplies 65,155.11 67 h) Incidental bank charges 20,353.24 15 i) Advertising and representation expenses 311,083.30 344 j) Other expenses 291,469.70 154 k) Training, further education 39,789.96 54 l) Grants, benefits to third parties 1,380,389.92 3,473,142.36 783 2,530 Interim result + 153,934.85 + 386 7. Other interest and similar income 30,552.98 30 8. Depreciations on marketable securities 0.00 0 9. Interest and similar expenses 186.46 4 10.�Revenue�from�ordinary�activities�/� � Annual�surplus +�184,301.37� � � +��412

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m e d i c a m o n d i a l e – F i n a n c i a l r e p o r t

Balance�sheet�as of 31st December 2010, medica mondiale e. V., Cologne Assets�� 2010�� Previous�year�� EUR� �EUR� �TEUR�� TEUR

A.�Capital�assets�

I. Intangible assets

Concessions, industrial property rights and similar rights and assets as well as licenses in such rights and assets 5,829.48 4

II. Tangible fixed assets 1. Land, land rights and buildings including buildings on third party land 22,623.80 34

2. Other fixtures and fittings, tools and equipment 111,274.26 113

Total capital assets 139,727.54 151

B.�Current�assets�

I. Receivables and other assets 45,861.50 41

II. Securities 250,000.00 447

III. Cash-in-hand, bank balances 2,975,036.59 2,522

C.�Accruals�and�deferred�income� 7,317.78 2 3,417,943.41 3,163

European Union

BMZ*

KfW**/German Agro Action

German Federal Foreign Office

zivik***

DEAR Foundation

Sigrid Rausing Trust

Women’s World Day of Prayer

Louis Leitz Foundation

InWEnt****

CWFAW

Action Aid, Liberia

��100,000�€��300,000�€��750,000�€��1,000,000�€��1,250,000�€��1,500,000�€0�€Grants�and�benefits�2010

1,504,919 €

354,260 €

302,755 €

229,402 €

156,503 €

100,000 €

90,056 €

21,180 €

19,100 €

15,000 €

11,795 €

11,747 €

* German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation ** Reconstruction Loan Corporation*** Civil Conflict Management of the ifa (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations)**** Capacity Building International, Germany

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Liabilities�� 2010�� Previous�year�� EUR� �EUR� �TEUR�� TEUR

A.�Equity�capital�

As of 1 Jan 2,302,683.55 1,890 Annual surplus + 184,301.37 2,486,984.92 + 412 2,302

B.�Special�items�from�investment�subsidies� 64,195.56 78

C.�Reserves

Other reserves 162,448.56 73

D.�Payables

1. Trade accounts payable 83,945.89 88

2. Other payables 11,932.44 95,878.33 13 101

E.�Accruals�and�deferred�income�� 608,436.04 609 3,417,943.41 3,163

medica mondiale Afghanistanmedica mondiale Liberia

Medica Kosova Democratic Republic of the Congo

Peace work (multi-country)Grants program Various projects

EvaluationMedica Tirana Medica Zenica

500,000�€��1,000,000�€��1,500,000�€��0�€Expenses�international�projects�2010

1,631,082 € 871,755 € 469,568 € 210,684 € 180,793 € 148,517 € 137,316 €52,790 € 51,543 €47,242

* German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation ** Reconstruction Loan Corporation*** Civil Conflict Management of the ifa (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations)**** Capacity Building International, Germany

With your help we work to benefit women and girls in war and crisis areas. There are many ways you can help support our work:

�Donations�instead�of�gifts�–�a�special�way�to�mark�special�occasions

Birthdays, baptisms, weddings, anniversaries, passing an exam or re-tirement: these are all special occasions where you could ask for a donation to medica mondiale projects instead of a gift. As a company you could donate a specific amount to medica mondiale instead of buying gifts for your clients and then tell them what you did and why.

Benefit�eventsA concert, a sponsored run, a reading or a murder mystery evening: all of these are great opportunities to present the work of medica mondi-ale and collect donations. Company parties or annual sports competi-tions could also be organised in a way that benefits medica mondiale.

Free�ads,�banners�etc.Do you know of a newspaper, a magazine or an information bulletin that would publish one of our adverts free of charge? Or would you like to make your website visitors aware of medica mondiale? We would be happy to send you one of our ready-to-use free ads or web banners.

Memorial�donationsAsking for donations to support medica mondiale is a persuasive alter-native to flowers and wreaths. It is frequently something that the decea-sed would have wanted.

We are sure your imagination is unlimited – Help us think of new creative ways to help!

Fines�paid�to�medica mondialeIn Germany, a court can decide to allocate the money from fines paid as a punishment for offences to charitable associations such as me-dica mondiale. Tell judges, state attorneys, and jury members about medica mondiale, we will help you out. We can send bookmarks for legal files and other information materials which you can forward to your contacts in the justice system.

Jumble�sales�and�flea�marketsBooks you’ll never read again, old bicycles, home-baked cakes: jum-ble sales or flea markets are a great opportunity to join together with friends and raise funds for medica mondiale.

Donation�boxesEvery cent counts! Donation boxes on the counter at the bakers, the pharmacy or in doctor’s surgeries are a great way to collect support. We will gladly provide you with sealed donation boxes.

Help�at�workRaise awareness of our work at your work by posting a notice on the bulletin board or writing for your staff newsletter. Or start a “Donate the cents” campaign:

With this form of payroll giving, everyone donates the decimal fraction of their monthly pay checks – in other words a maximum of 99 cents per person per month – to medica mondiale. If these small contribu-tions are made by many people the total soon adds up!

Tell�othersIt is critically important to make sure that as many people as possible hear about our concerns. We will gladly provide current materials for events, information stands and for you to forward on to your friends and acquaintances. Please also ask us for our postcard set.

Without you, our mission is impossible!

How can I get involved? Do you have questions or suggestions? Do you need informa-tional material? Would you like to place some donation boxes for us? Or do you need a few tips on how to organise a benefit event? We will gladly assist and advise you.

Just call us: +49�221�93�18�98-21 or send an e-mail [email protected] are grateful for your ideas and practical support! Obviously, in addition to all the opportunities mentioned above, you can also support us directly by making a donation. Every donation helps and contributes to increasing justice for women.

Donations�account:�45�000�163��Sparkasse�KölnBonn��BIC:�COLSDE33�IBAN:�DE92�3705�0198�0045�0001�63�

Or you can donate online at: www.medicamondiale.org

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Staff from medica mondiale at the National Congress of Midwives in Düsseldorf © Ute Fischer /medica mondiale

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