Annual Report 2013

Letter from the Founder

We're very pleased with our 2013 activities and results as we've seen substantial growth and impact in various areas that we consider im-portant to the overall success of our operations and the impact we're having in other's lives.

We’re pleased to share that this year the AlphaBet Club has :

Opened our 4th New School Project – Freesia, in Bangalore, India, with 108 students attending

Enabled 238 children that live in slums to attend school 6 days a week

Served 63,790 nutritious meals to students in our schools in India in 2013 – and surpassing 100,000 meals since openings

2013 has been the year with the biggest charity impact in the history of AlphaBet Club, with a record total investment to our charity projects of 53,033 Euros

Furthermore AlphaBet Club has:

Presented at TEDxChange Event in Bangalore on “Positive Disruption” on providing quality education to underprivileged children

Hosted 17 [FUN]draising events – 11 in Amsterdam and 6 in Madrid

25 new volunteers were added to strengthen our team and support our operations

Rolled out a new web site, URL/Domain and logo – www.AlphaBetClub.org

Launched a new blog, sharing Monthly Newsletter Updates for each School Project in India, sharing photos curriculum, nutrition, attendance and visitor information. See all monthly updates at: www.AlphaBetClub.org/blog/

Celebrated our 7th Anniversary and 99th ABC Event

Thank You! We are very thankful for all the support we’ve received. Special thanks to ABC Am-bassadors for volunteering their gifts and passion; our donors for their financial support, and to our ABC friends, who attended the events and supported our projects.

Troy Swanson / Founder AlphaBet Club Foundation

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Who we are

Alisa Alka

Vishnu Amble

Nadia Arroyo

Martina Barabasova

Ioana Boldea

Carla Bravo de Rueda

Giang Bui

Carlo Canova

Carson Carbery

Renee Cavallero

Fei Chen

Michiel de Bruijn

Markus Divjak

Evalinde Eelens

Atul Gahukur

Alla Idrisova

Yana Kaloshina

Amir Karagic

Dagmara Kamecka

Inge Kuijper

Masha Lavie

Tamara Molinas

Marieke Post

Chantal Ramkisoen

Michael Ras

Lisa Scheer

Ira Farina

Lokesh Soni

Dilyana Stoycheva

Troy Swanson

Noemi Szijjarto

Angela Tsai

Shireen Uppal

Brian van Daal

Andres van Loenen

Nuria Vilasis

Samantha Yarwood

AmsterdamGiles Bones

Athena Cortez

Ana de la Fuente

Marco de Panfilis

Fernando Estelles

Marta Foncillas

Maite Gomez

Christian Grinbank

Diego Guerra

Ana Lopez Loureiro

Francesco Malatesta

Laura Peral

Helena Rodrigues

Marta Vinas

Paula Yruegas

MadridTroy Swanson

Samantha Yarwood

Inge Kuijper

Board

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AlphaBet Club's Educational Infrastructure Projects in Cambodia, India, and Laos educated 749 childrenwhile providing 63,790 nutritious meals in 2013...

What we do

AlphaBet Club has partnered with Building Blocks, a strong

charitable foundation, located in Bangalore, India. We work together to achieve common goals for the open-ing and operation of new schools next to large urban slums in Bangalore.

We have more than 238 stu-dents enrolled in school. We pro-

vide classes for children ages 4 to 5, six days a week for a full 11-month school year from June through April. Classes run Monday through Friday from 9 am until 4 pm with a half-day on Saturdays.

Class instruction is in English, where children are taught sight-reading, simple arithmetic, writing anD motor skills development. Additionally, they engage in extracurricular activities such as drama, art and mu-sic. Every day in school, children are provided with a nutritious breakfast, lunch and snacks. School materi-als are provided free of cost to the students and their families.

Our schools have 8 full time staff members: 5 teach-ers, a cleaner, a principal and a cook. Additionally, there is a team of support staff aiding with the school operations, consisting of teacher trainers, an accoun-tant or financial assistance, IT, communications, social workers and more.

Projects

Our Schools

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63,790 nutritious meals served to students in 2013 at the Edelweiss

and Freesia Schools, free of charge. These meals are breakfast and lunch, Monday to Friday, with breakfast only being served on Satur-day. Emphasis is for children to get nutrients and vitamins needed during this important early development phase as many new stu-dents are diagnosed with malnutrition that could stunt their growth. The emphasis is on providing the children with the required nutri-ents and vitamins during this important early development phase, as many new students are diagnosed with malnutrition that could stunt their growth. After School Program attendees also received one meal daily at Edelweiss.

Medical checkups were performed at the school with medication provided,

for free, for ailments encountered.

The children in our schools, are typi-cally 1 of 2 or 3 kids of parents ages

20-25. The average family income is around €140 a month for a fam-ily of 5 to 6 living in a 9m2 sized home with asbestos roofing and no running water. The children are typically malnourished, underweight and need to be checked for parasites. Parents are mostly illiterate, migrant laboring workers coming from rural villages for work. They don’t speak the local language of Bangalore (Kannada), nor Hindi or English, but only speak the language of their region (Telegu, Tamil).

Focuses on phonics

Lessons, books & flash cards

Lessons, educational songs on computer.Computers in each classroom aiding with lessons

It is practiced daily. Motor development skills through play is important for first years. Gender, race and class equality are key components of character development.

Daily usage of School Play Areas

Children’s Day, India Day, Holi, Ugadi, Diwali, Valentine’s Day, Christmas

School uniforms, materials and books provided to all children, free of charge

As many of our students have never left the slum, riding in a moving vehicle, elevator or escalator, our excursions to the zoo, parks and donated res-taurant visits are a highlight for many.

‘Instruction primarily in English’

‘Jolly Phonics’ Program

‘Genki English’ Program

Character Development

Physical Education

Annual Festivities

Materials

Excursions Bangalore

Our Education Program Our Nutrition Program

Medical/Health Support

Our Students

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Edelweiss School ABC’s 3rd School Project

Location South Bangalore, India (Jayanagar Area)

Project Start Date December 2010

Day Program (4 & 5 year olds) Monday to Friday : 9am to 3pm Saturday : 9am to 12pm

After School Program (6 year olds) Monday to Friday : 4pm to 6pm

Students in....Day Program 106 studentsAfter School Program 20 studentsNumber of Students Graduated May 32 childrenNutrition Program 33,006 meals served (88,366 meals since started)

Number of Staff 8: principal; 5 teachers; cook; cleaner. + various operations partial support staff resources

2013 Contributing Funding Partners Alternatives for Children, Noble Cause Club, Run for Teachers, & AlphaBet Club

Additional Project Contributions throughout the year New Rooftop playground, Children’s Day Gifts, Eye Examinations for students and families, Teddy Bears and Holiday Gifts for students

Major Occurrences in 2013

Moved School Buildings in July: The GD Mara slum may be getting demolished soon, so we moved to another building in an area closer to other slums but still accessible to GD Mara.

Implemented the After School Program: we are giving our graduate students an oppor-tunity to come to receive education in English and a meal after their day school has finished.

Detailed Monthly Updates with photos online www.AlphaBetClub.org/EdelweissSchool

Freesia School ABC’s 4th School Project

We are happy to announce that we have opened the doors of the Freesia School in Benson Town Area in the northern part of Bangalore this year!

Location North Bangalore, India (Benson Town Area)

Project Start Date March 2013

Day Program (4 & 5 year olds) Monday to Friday : 9am to 3pm Saturday : 9am to 12pm

Students in....Day Program 115 studentsNutrition Program 28,993 meals served

Number of Staff 8: principal; 5 teachers; cook; cleaner. + various operations partial support staff resources

2013 Contributing Funding Partners Rotary Club Amsterdam International, Wilde Ganzen & AlphaBet Club

Additional Project Contributions throughout the year Bus/Mini-van for transportation of students and school supplies. Teddy Bear and Holiday gifts for students.

Major Occurrences in 2013

Opening of School: Recruiting all new students; hiring and training of teachers; implement-ing library and books at school.

Detailed Monthly Updates with photos online www.AlphaBetClub.org/FreesiaSchool

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Additional Value ABC Provides Earlier ABC Projects

Charity foundations that received donations from AlphaBet Club Madrid Event proceeds up to 2013:

Acción Contra El Hambre

Acnur

Aladina

Caritas

Fundación Deportes y Desafio

Fundeso

Fundación Lucas Koch

Fundación Maria Ayuda

The third Educational Infrastructure project that AlphaBet Club funded was in November 2010 the Edelweiss School of Building Blocks in Bangalore, India. Since the start Alpha-Bet Club has also been funding the operational expenses of running the school. The first two Educational Infrastructure projects that AlphaBet Club funded were with Room to Read Foundation:

2010 Library for the (see picture on the left) Hun Sen Koang Kang Primary School, Cambodia

2009 Primary School: 172 Children Phiangdokkham, Laos

2009 Donations of toys to 25 school children Goa, India

2009 10 years of school for a girl in Vietnam

AlphaBet Club not only funds Educational Infrastructure projects, but also actively works with local implementa-tion partners to aid in building out their capacities and in the overall sustainability of our joint project and their organization.

This is done by daily interaction with the partner to mon-itor the progress of each project, as well as onsite visits in India for up to 3 months. The reason for this is to not only ensure operational excellence of projects, but to also identify areas in which the projects can have a greater impact on each child, or can be extended to add value to more children.

Specific areas in which we add non-financial value to our projects and partners are: donor communications - video, photographic, and written, financial reporting in addition to community, volunteer and partner engage-ment.

Having a strong relationship and consistent communica-tion is a key pillar for us in the success of our projects. This enables us to see how we can give a non-financial added value to the project. This takes places via email, phone/Skype, and on-site project visits.

For our current projects we are supporting Building Blocks / FDS, an independent nonprofit organization, based in Bangalore (India), that has been opening and operating Schools in India for 9 years now.

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Amsterdam Events

Madrid Events

Fundraising & Donations

Funds raised go to our education

and nutrition programs in India and a small

percentage will be used to cover operational expenses to run the

ABC organization

How we raise funds

AlphaBet Club organizes and hosts various types of events every one to two months in Amsterdam and Madrid. Additionally, we receive donations from organizations and individuals, these go to our projects and are used for our operations. Key donors and partners we'd like to thank for their 2013 contributions are: Alternatives for Children, ING Employees, KISS Events and The Noble Cause Club.

Amsterdam events We had 3,900 attendees at 11 events in 2013 with which we raised € 23,839. The events’ list is:

NY Kick-Off 2013 Escape Studio & DeLux

ABCarnival Valentine Masquerade Hotel Arena

Big Trouble Little Buddha

Back to the 80’s/90’s Sugar Factory

Summer Kick-off party Werck

Behind Secret Doors The Butcher

7th Year Anniversary De Kroon

Big Boat Party KISS Events / BOOT 10

Summer Closing Du Cap

Halloween Sugar Factory

Afterwork Rose’s Cantina

Madrid events We had 2,160 attendees at 6 events in 2013 with which we raised € 22,237. The events' list is:

Moma

Nueva Fontana Tartufo

Ochenta’s Hotel Puerta de America

Palacio de Fortuny

Quarto Aniversario Terraza Anhela

Ramses

[Fun]draising Events

AlphaBet Club hosted 11 events in Amsterdam and 6 events in Madrid.

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NY Kick-Off 2013 ABCarnival Valentine Masquerade Big Trouble ABC Back to the 80’s/90’s

Summer Kick-off party Behind Secret Doors 7th Year Anniversary Amsterdam Big Boat Party

Summer Closing Halloween Afterwork Moma

Ochentas Palacio Fortuny Ramses Terraza Anhela 17

...emphasis is put on English language skills, character development and nutrition for children living in slums with over 30'000 nutritious meals being served to students each year per school

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€ 12'367

€ 23'839

€ 1'373

€ 22'237 € 53'032

€ 17'518

● AlphaBeth Club Events Amsterdam

● AlphaBeth Club Events Madrid

● Alternatives 4 Children Foundation

● Donations (i.e. ING Employee Foundation, The Noble Cause Club)

● Educational & Nutrition projects Edelweiss school & Freesia school

● Supporting Services

2013 Money raised for Charity

2013 was again a strong fundraising year for the Event Teams in Amsterdam and Madrid. AlphaBet Club hosted in total 17 events.

Alternatives 4 Children is supporting AlphaBet Club with donations to fund the operational expenses of the Edelweiss school. Their donation of the yearly funds has been moved to January 2014, instead of December 2013. Hence the lower amount donated by Alternatives 4 Children in 2013. This will be compensated in 2014.

The 3rd year in a row the ING Employee Foundation has been supporting AlphaBet Club by donating to our cause.

2013 Expenditures

In 2013 AlphaBet Club donated a record amount to its projects in India! We are very proud of the achievements in India and that we are impacting so many children's lives!The Supporting Services expenses increased (compared to 2012) mainly due to some one-time costs/investments. These include for example the development of the new website, design of the new logo, purchase of the URL alphabetclub.org.

€ 59.816

Transparency & Accountability

€ 70.550

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2013 2012 2011

Operating Revenues & Gains

Amsterdam Events 50.047 73.342 61.354

Donations 13.740 24.959 27.483

Other - 3.216 112

Total Revenues & Gains 63.787 101.517 88.949

Amsterdam events operating expenses (26.208) (45.737) (23.647)

Madrid events, net revenues 22.237 9.630 -

Net Operating Income 59.816 65.410 65.302

Supporting Services (17.518) (8.899) (7.387)

Net Income 42.301 56.510 57.915

India Family Development 53.032 32.769 20.932

2013 2012 2011

Assets

Cash 55.303 43.923 50.793

Accounts Receivable 1.159 21.836 6.397

VAT Receivable 1.111

Fixed Assets - Website 1.042

57.504 66.870 57.190

Liabilities

Account Payable 834 1.461 7.759

VAT Payable 2.410

Other Short Term Accruals 4.461 2.469 7.822

5.295 3.930 17.991

Foundation Capital

Cumulative prior years net income 127.728 71.218 13.303

Current year net income 42.301 56.510 57.915

170.029 127.728 71.218

Cumulative prior years contributions (64.788) (32.019) (11.087)

Current year contributions (53.032) (32.796) (20.932)

(117.820) (64.788) (32.019)

Total Liabilities & Foundation Capital 57.504 66.870 57.190

Profit and LossFinancial Statement 2013Balance

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Funds Invested in Charity Projects

2010 India - Building Blocks/FDS € 11.087

2011 India - Building Blocks/FDS € 20.932

2012 India - Building Blocks/FDS € 32.769

2013 India - Building Blocks/FDS € 53.032

Total invested in projects €117.820

Details

Legal name AlphaBet Club Stichting (short: ABC) Country of registration The Netherlands

Type of entity Stichting (Foundation / Charity)

KvK number 34348300

Description entity AlphaBet Club Stichting is an organisation Incorporat-ed on July 7, 2009, but operational since January 19, 2006. ABC is registered at the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce. Our Financial Statement and reporting is done by MBS Accountants. AlphaBet Club is ANBI certified by the Dutch Tax Authority. To become ANBI certified the organization needs to be compliant to the ANBI criteria on organization structure, activities and costs. Gifts to ANBI certified organizations are tax de-ductible.

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Looking forward to 2014...

Freesia first graduating class & After School Program

new Parents Saving Program Implemented

new Roof Top Play Area at Edelweiss

180,000 Meals Served at Schools since Opening

ABC joins Bangalore Education Consortium

Launch of AlphaBet Club Phoenix and uS operations

Project management Vincent Jansen

Design Lisa Scheer

Photography Ayman Shoala Hellmuth Conz Thomas Schlijper Paul Deepak

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