Annual Report 2004

InterAction

2004 Annual Report

Academy for Educational Development l ACDI/VOCA l Action Against Hunger USA l ActionAid International USA l Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) l The Advocacy Institute l African Medical & Research Foundation l AME-SADA l Africare l Aga Khan Foundation USA l Aid to Artisans l Air Serv International l American Friends Service Committee l American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee l American Jewish World Service l American Near East Refugee Aid l American Red Cross International Services (ARC) l American Refugee Committee l AmeriCares l America’s Development Foundation (ADF) l Amigos de las Américas l Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team l Baptist World Alliance l B’nai B’rith International l Bread for the World l Bread for the World Institute l Brother’s Brother Foundation l CARE l Catholic Medical Mission Board l Catholic Relief Services l Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) l Center for International Health and Cooperation (CIHC) l Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) l Children International l Christian Children’s Fund (CCF) l Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) l Church World Service l Citizens Development Corps l Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs l Communications Consortium Media Center l Concern America l CONCERN Worldwide U.S., Inc. l Congressional Hunger Center l Counterpart International l Direct Relief International l Doctors of the World l Enersol Associates l Episcopal Relief & Development l Ethiopian Community Development Council l FINCA International l Floresta l Food For The Hungry l Freedom From Hunger l Friends of Liberia l Gifts In Kind International l Global Health Council l Global Links l Global Resource Services l GOAL USA l Habitat for Humanity International l Health Volunteers Overseas l Heart to Heart International l Heartland Alliance l Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society l Heifer International l Helen Keller International l Help The Afghan Children l Holt International Children’s Services l The Hunger Project l IFES l INMED Partnerships for Children l Institute for Sustainable Communities l Institute of Cultural Affairs l Interchurch Medical Assistance l International Aid, Inc. l International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) l International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) l International Crisis Group (ICG) l International Institute of Rural Reconstruction l International Medical Corps l International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) l International Reading Association l International Relief & Development l International Relief Teams l International Rescue Committee (IRC) l International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) l International Volunteers in Urology l International Women’s Health Coalition l International Youth Foundation l Interplast l Intervida Foundation USA l Jesuit Refugee Services USA l Katalysis Bootstrap Fund l Korean American Sharing Movement l Latter-day Saint Charities l Life for Relief and Development l Lutheran World Relief l MAP International l Medical Care Development l Mercy Corps l Mercy USA for Aid and Development l Minnesota International Health Volunteers l Mobility International USA l National Association of Social Workers l National Council of Negro Women l National Peace Corps Association l Near East Foundation l Northwest Medical Teams l Operation USA l Opportunity International l Oxfam America l Pact l Partners for Development l Partners of the Americas l Pathfinder International l Physicians for Human Rights l Physicians For Peace l Plan USA l Planning Assistance l Population Action International l Population Communication l Population Connection l Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Hunger Program l Project HOPE l ProLiteracy Worldwide l Quixote Center/Quest for Peace l Refugees International l Relief International l RESULTS l Salvation Army World Service Office l Save the Children l SHARE Foundation l Solar Cookers International l Stop Hunger Now l Support Group to Democracy l The Synergos Institute l Trickle Up Program l Unitarian Universalist Service Committee l United Jewish Communities l United Methodist Committee on Relief l United Way International l USA for UNHCR l U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants l U.S. Committee for UNDP l U.S. Fund for UNICEF l Winrock International l Women for Women International l Women’s EDGE l Women’s Environment and Development Organization l World Concern l World Conference on Religion and Peace l World Education l World Emergency Relief l World Hope International l World Learning l World Rehabilitation Fund l World Relief l World Resources Institute (WRI) l World Vision l YMCA of the USA

About InterAction InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). With 160 members operating in every developing country, we work to overcome poverty, exclusion, and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all. InterAction is greater than the sum of its parts, a force multiplier that gives each member the collective power of all members to speak and act on issues of common concern. InterAction convenes and coordinates its members so in unison they can influence policy and debate on issues affecting tens of millions of people worldwide and improve their own practices. Formed in 1984, and based in Washington, D.C. with a staff of forty, InterAction includes members headquartered in twenty-five states. Both faith-based and secular, these organizations foster economic and social development; provide relief to those affected by disaster and war; assist refugees and internally displaced persons; advance human rights; support gender equality; protect the environment; address population concerns; and press for more equitable, just, and effective public policies. Reflecting both the generosity of the American people and their strong support for international development and humanitarian assistance, our members receive more than $3 billion in annual contributions from private donors. Neither InterAction nor its members bears lightly the responsibility of the trust the American people place in us. As such, members ascribe to InterAction’s Private Voluntary Organization Standards that help assure accountability in the critical areas of financial management, fundraising, governance, and program performance. Cover photo: Karl Grobl

...a force multiplier that gives each member the collective power of all members to speak and act on issues of common concern...

Chair’s Message Dear InterAction: In these pages, including in CEO Mary McClymont’s letter, you will read a long list of accomplishments that has constituted the bulk of InterAction’s work over the past year. I think you will agree that it is a daunting list and you will discern our collective impact. But, of course, the central work of InterAction is that which is done year in and year out by each of our 160 members. Each member organization contributes vitally and essentially to help make the world more humane, more inclusive and more just. Aggregated, these organizations join to make InterAction the largest private compilation of humanitarian assistance work in the world. We all know that there would not be any aggregation but for that which is achieved one organization at a time as each of our members strives to meet its ambitious respective mission. With this acknowledgment to all who do the real work about which we fairly and reasonably boast, let me tell you a little about what has been my recent preoccupation as your current chair. As you know, Mary McClymont, our wonderful president and CEO, informed the board of her decision to step down at our September board meeting. Just as she has on every other topic since she took on the job, she prepared us well and gave us the luxury of several months’ notice. First, I want to write a few words about Mary and her tenure at InterAction. If anyone strove for perfection in her conduct as a leader of an organization, it was Mary. She would insist that I not claim that she achieved perfection, but I will tell you that she had her eyes on it as her goal. She assembled and led a superb staff who respect and admire her for her skills, her work ethic and her principles. The board of directors, likewise, has been both led and served by Mary in what I can only describe as the perfect combination of both. Thanking Mary is easy, and I do so emphatically. Describing her countless contributions to InterAction is tougher and would take much more space than I have been given here. Please know that we have been lucky to have her at the helm. 2

The last thing I wanted to do as your chair was to lead a search committee to replace this CEO. But Mary’s decision put that into motion and I asked five CEOs of InterAction agencies to join me in the search: Ken Bacon, Refugees International Geeta Rao Gupta, International Center for Research on Women Charlie MacCormack, Save the Children Linda Pfeiffer, INMED John Schultz, Christian Children’s Fund All were exceptional, each one faithful from the beginning of the job to its end. The search attracted an abundance of exceptional candidates and prospects. Your search committee worked very hard deciding which one among them was best suited to lead us. The quality of the candidates made this a tough task; of course, the best possible scenario is choosing one person from an exceptional field of choices. In the end, the search committee brought a unanimous choice to the board of directors on February 28. The board, after asking all the right questions, readily concurred with the search committee and a day later Dr. Mohammad Akhter agreed to become our next CEO. Dr. Akhter joined InterAction officially on May 2 and, as you read this report, he is in place and on the job. I feel as if we have achieved a rare undertaking: smooth succession, in this case from one star to another. Dr. Akhter served two terms as the CEO of the American Public Health Association. He served for three years as commissioner of health in the District of Columbia. In short, he has worked within government, led a membership organization, succeeded as a fundraiser and worked with a board as a CEO. He, his wife and their daughter all lived and worked for several years providing medical care in his native Pakistan. Most important, his values suit his new role and his passion for international humanitarian work is readily apparent to those who know and have worked with him. I hope you will make it your business to get to know him soon. InterAction should be positioned to tackle an agenda that is apt to get even more complicated in the months and years ahead. Mohammad Akhter, with a lot of help that I know he will solicit, will help InterAction meet those challenges. Thank you, Mary. Welcome, Dr. Akhter. And, thank you to all who contributed ideas, names and encouragement during the search process. If a seamless transition can be achieved, perhaps we have accomplished it. Sincerely, Daniel E. Pellegrom, Chair

President’s Note I write this just prior to stepping down as the president and CEO of InterAction, where I have been privileged to serve for a truly rich and rewarding four years. Leaving InterAction has been a difficult decision, given the special opportunity I have had to work on issues of such critical importance, with people whose commitment and dedication I so respect. I came to InterAction because I sincerely believe in our powerful mission to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all. What could be more important than seeking to make our own small contributions towards easing the suffering and oppression that billions experience every day? In that spirit, I hope you agree that together—our staff, board and membership at InterAction—have accomplished a great deal in renewing the alliance in recent years by bringing it higher profile and stronger voice; creating new programs, while honing the focus of ongoing initiatives; increasing our resources; realigning our organizational governance; and refurbishing our internal systems. We enjoy very good financial and programmatic health and I am proud to pass on InterAction’s stewardship to our new CEO, Dr. Mohammad Akhter. Our governance changes almost three years ago brought a new board of directors that is able to bring meaningful focus to issues of concern and effectively govern the organization. I owe a special thanks for the service of our two board chairs during my tenure—Nancy Aossey, who provided never failing support, counsel and leadership in the early years; and to Dan Pellegrom, who readily took on the challenge over two years ago of inspiring and guiding our newly created board in a most challenging time. As I reflect on the past year, our agenda was as full and ambitious as ever. We formally incorporated advancement of the Millennium Development Goals as an overall long-term objective into our advocacy and education campaign, the Global Partnership for Effective Assistance. We worked in numerous ways with the administration and Congress to secure passage of the Millennium Challenge Account and to increase the core humanitarian and development assistance accounts. Our membership now is seizing on several key events during 2005 when global attention will focus on fighting poverty, hunger and disease, and on achieving the Millennium Development Goals. We joined forces with other campaigns and partners at home and abroad to build constituencies in support of our goals and to urge President Bush and other world leaders to take bold steps, meeting and building on their promises for overseas assistance. We also have worked with our board and membership to create two new initiatives on trade policy and on debt relief to complement our advocacy on effective assistance to fight poverty.

We face an increasingly complex terrain around security, humanitarian space and civilmilitary relations in the face of terrorism and the governmental response to it around the world. Even as our humanitarian groups must continue to grapple with the need to protect their independence and impartiality, we must recognize and address the various factors that make this increasingly difficult—the blurring of the lines between military and civilian relief functions on the ground and grave threats to staff security. Besides helping our members step up their staff security efforts, we worked together to analyze and adapt our approaches, and are taking advantage of every opportunity to engage our civilian and military leaders to secure policy changes that respect our commitment to humanitarian principles and do not undermine our humanitarian work. An external environment and debates in various quarters increasingly challenge the unique role, independence and accountability of the nongovernmental organization sector. In 2004, we continued to counter those critiques by responding effectively to governmental regulations and policies that failed to recognize our independence or the critical role of NGOs in relief and development. We further strengthened our efforts to assess and improve our own programmatic effectiveness and accountability by honing and scaling up our work on areas such as InterAction’s standards, and on evaluation. InterAction’s work on standards was particularly relevant to the external environment. Compliance to private voluntary organization standards was strengthened through two pilot efforts. For the past five years, our members with child sponsorship programs have undergone a rigorous audit of their programs by an outside firm, which by next year should result in accreditation. Building on the child sponsorship initiative, 20 members launched a process for enhanced self-regulation, called Self-Certification-Plus, which adds new rigor and uniformity to compliance with InterAction standards. Among the many humanitarian crises our alliance has addressed in 2004, Sudan’s Darfur region, resulting in 1.5 million displaced people and 200,000 refugees in Chad, captured the avid attention of our members and of the international community. I traveled to Darfur to witness the crisis. Our public advocacy effort through the media and with the administration continues. With our new leader, the expertise of our superb staff, the sound oversight of our board of directors, and the hearty engagement of our membership, I know that InterAction will continue on full force, each year stronger than the last. I leave InterAction with a profound admiration for our members who pursue this honorable calling with such passion and commitment, and deep gratitude for our allies and friends who work with us to bring a better life to people in need around the world. Mary E. McClymont 3

Humanitarian Policy & Practice ...provides member organizations with a framework for consultation, coordination and advocacy on behalf of people forcibly displaced or otherwise affected by conflict, natural disasters and oppression...

Responding to Humanitarian Crises

Refugees and Migration

The Committee on Humanitarian Policy and Practice provides member organizations with a framework for consultation, coordination and advocacy on behalf of people forcibly displaced or otherwise affected by conflict, natural disasters and oppression. It addresses issues relating to the protection and assistance needs of refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as operations, security and coordination in disaster response.

The Protection Working Group published “Making Protection a Priority: Integrating Protection and Humanitarian Assistance” and produced a tool to assist members in building data collection during humanitarian emergencies entitled: Data Collection in Humanitarian Response: A Guide for Incorporating Protection. Group members focused particular attention in their advocacy and programs on gender-based violence in several ongoing crises, including Darfur and Liberia.

In 2004, the Humanitarian Policy and Practice unit and its committee members: • Pressed the administration, Congress and the United Nations to provide relief to Sudanese forced to flee their homes in the country’s western Darfur region by what the State Department and Congress both labeled genocide. Worked with members deploying to the region to overcome obstacles to their access. Fought successfully for a supplemental appropriation. Encouraged financial and material support for African Union ceasefire monitors and their protection force. InterAction President Mary McClymont undertook a mission to Darfur in October during which she met with members operating in the area as well as with senior United Nations, U.S. government and Sudanese officials. • Saw pressure on the administration to expand the presence of NATO troops in Afghanistan succeed and some military disengagement from activities that blurred the lines between them and NGOs. However, increased attacks on humanitarians limited their operations in some parts of the country. Meanwhile, targeting of aid workers in Iraq resulted in the withdrawal of most international staff. Pressed the U.N. system to respond more adequately to the protection and assistance needs of internally displaced persons given the evident failure of the institution’s collaborative approach. Initiated procedures to track and account for the $1.l billion the American private sector contributed to InterAction members for their relief and recovery programs in countries affected by the tsunami.

Photo: John Stephens

InterAction delegations to three sets of meetings in Geneva were fielded by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees’ Partnerships Working Group. There they met with senior UNHCR officials to discuss and advocate on issues of concern to the membership. The working group also surveyed UNHCR implementing partners and identified gaps in the agency’s grants management process that are the basis for ongoing discussions with UNHCR staff.

Disaster Response The Civil-Military Task Force hammered out a consensus position for discussions with senior U.S. military leaders in an effort to reach a better understanding of how humanitarian and military personnel will relate to each other while the military is engaged in combat or in occupation of foreign territory. The unit’s security coordinator conducted security assessments in Darfur, Chad and Liberia and formulated with members of the Security Working Group an initial draft of minimal operating security standards for InterAction members. Working with members’ lawyers, InterAction persuaded USAID to replace counterterrorism certification language to which members objected with an acceptable formulation. Unit staff and members collaborated with other philanthropic organizations on developing alternative language to the U.S. Treasury’s anti-terrorism financing guidelines. The Transition, Conflict and Peace Working Group established a quarterly series of USAID/InterAction conflict early warning meetings aimed at improving early warning and identifying windows of opportunity in crisis-prone countries for early action to help avoid or prevent a resurgence of violence. The TCP also participated in a series of feedback sessions to provide USAID with input in drafting sector-specific toolkits intended to help USAID mission staff and external partners identify and address linkages between conflict dynamics and particular sectors. 5

The Committee on Development Policy and Practice facilitates dialogue, communication and action at program and policy levels on priority development concerns of InterAction members and their Southern partners in reducing poverty and promoting equitable and effective development. In 2004, the Committee on Development Policy and Practice unit and its members: • Convened over a several month period a series of meetings with high-level World Bank and Treasury Department officials on the IDA-14 replenishment. These engagements and discussions within InterAction’s World Bank working group led to an InterAction letter to Treasury Secretary John Snow on the eve of the G-7 finance ministers meeting outlining InterAction’s position on IDA and debt. In the letter, InterAction discussed the progress that has been made through debt relief but noted that many poor countries still spend more on debt service than on health and education combined, pointing to the need for debt cancellation and increased grant financing. Though the G-7 finance ministers failed to agree on 100 percent debt cancellation, it is anticipated that the issue of debt will be taken up in 2005. InterAction will continue to advocate debt cancellation and will publish a position paper on debt early in the new year. During the course of the IDA-14 replenishment negotiations, InterAction submitted detailed comments on the draft text reflecting members’ commitments to growth beneficial to the poor and urging, among other things, increased transparency and participatory development on the part of the World Bank. In what may be an unprecedented outcome, many of these comments were reflected in the World Bank’s replenishment text. • Organized a well-attended session at the annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF at which the evaluation offices of both institutions presented findings from their independent assessments of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PSRP) process. The event addressed the next steps for the PRSP, including how the recommendations would be implemented in future assistance programs and also the relevance of the findings to other country-owned processes such as those envisioned in the Millennium Challenge Account. During the annual meetings, InterAction members held a working meeting with World Bank President James Wolfensohn and InterAction hosted a session to launch the 2004 edition of The Reality of Aid, the only North-South international nongovernmental initiative focusing on analysis and lobbying for poverty eradication in international aid. 6

• Initiated InterAction’s work on trade policy by building on regional developments being addressed by the Inter-American Development Bank working group and by InterAction’s support of the Millennium Development Goals. During the year, a trade task force was formed and several meetings, educational events, and an InterAction Forum session were held to highlight the nexus between development and trade policies. The unit and task force have begun to craft positions on discrete aspects of the trade agenda relevant to InterAction members and a policy paper on trade capacity-building assistance was produced. This paper and others will provide the basis for advocacy on trade policy aimed at U.S. policy and eventually multilateral institutions. • Scaled up work relating to HIV/AIDS including advocacy aimed at the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and at improving member practices. Co-hosted with the Horizons Project a series of research-based learning sessions and co-facilitated with the International Red Cross a review of a proposed code of practice for NGOs responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis. As a result of InterAction’s efforts, OGAC has established a civil society liaison office. • Formed a new working group on evaluation and program effectiveness to enhance InterAction members’ abilities to use evaluation to articulate, demonstrate and improve the effectiveness of their projects, programs and organizations. The working group comprises InterAction member CEOs, program and policy coordinators and evaluation specialists and has worked to develop a common position on “U.S. NGO-relevant” evaluation principles and practices in response to pressures from various global constituencies. An evaluation learning series designed as practical discussions on important topics related to effectiveness was launched. In the coming year, the working group will start to communicate and advocate with key stakeholders on evaluation for program effectiveness. • Monitored USAID management reforms against a 12- point advocacy agenda of the USAID Management Reform working group. Progress was made in nine of the identified areas including new agency policies or guidance on the choice of appropriate delivery mechanisms. InterAction members continued their participation in the agency’s quarterly partner day meetings which are a result of InterAction advocacy, held a session on member operational and management concerns at a global meeting of USAID contracts officers, established a Web database on USAID operations, and began to monitor proposed changes in USAID’s branding requirements. Photo: Cristina Alaman

Development Policy & Practice ...facilitates dialogue, communication and action at program and policy levels on priority development concerns of InterAction members and their Southern partners in reducing poverty and promoting equitable and effective development...

Gender & Diversity ...promoting gender equality and diversity in the international development and humanitarian assistance community...

The Gender and Diversity Unit houses InterAction’s Commission on the Advancement of Women and Diversity Initiative. The CAW was created in 1992 by InterAction’s executive committee and is mandated to promote gender equality in the policy and practice of InterAction members and international development and humanitarian assistance organizations.

• Carried out an innovative field study with five InterAction members in four African countries examining the relationship between gender mainstreaming and development effectiveness at the community level. From May to July, a consultant carried out field research on community-level impact with CARE-Niger, Catholic Relief Services-Kenya, Heifer Project International-Zambia, Lutheran World Relief-Kenya and World Vision-Ghana.

Formed in 2002, the Diversity Initiative encourages and aids member agencies to take effective action to increase the representation of people of color on their staffs and boards, as well as to adopt inclusive policies and practices that will enable them to reap the full benefits of a multicultural workforce.

• Continued building the Diversity Working Group into a forum that allows for indepth discussions around diversity and the opportunity to leverage the knowledge and expertise that is found within the InterAction membership. The working group includes 155 members who represent 85 InterAction member organizations.

In 2004, the Gender and Diversity Unit with InterAction members:

• Convened InterAction’s first diversity conference, “Global Diversity: Ensuring Effectiveness through Inclusion” in October. Over 80 participants attended the two-day event, from over 40 nongovernmental organizations, government agencies and educational groups. Exemplary keynote speakers, an extensive choice of high-quality workshops and networking opportunities provided participants with the opportunity to broaden their capabilities for advancing diversity and to make connections with colleagues doing similar work.

• Convened two Gender Audit training courses in the United States and Asia for participants from 7 InterAction member agencies, including Lutheran World Relief, Mobility International, Solar Cookers International, 9 Heifer International country offices, 13 Plan International country offices, as well as 5 other including Asian NGOs, U.N. agencies, and USAID’s Kenya mission. The CAW’s Gender Audit Facilitator’s Training Course enables participants to carry out an organizational self-assessment and action planning process in their own organizations. • Produced Gender Mainstreaming in Action: Innovative Successful Innovations from Asia and the Pacific in collaboration with the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, an InterAction member based in the Philippines. The publication is a collection of 18 case stories highlighting innovative practices from 17 organizations in 10 countries. Cast in simple language and illustrations, the collection features practical experiences in gender mainstreaming at the grassroots, program and institutional levels and concise lessons and recommendations.

• Offered a range of technical services for diversity to InterAction members, including conference calls with experts on key issues, an online interactive community, and workshops on building inclusive organizations and on CEO leadership for diversity.

• Developed the Gender Audit Facilitator’s Guide, an interactive multimedia CD-Rom. The CD-Rom features a cutting-edge analytical framework, examples from a real development organization, effective Gender Audit facilitation skills, and ready to use templates for all phases of the Gender Audit process. Photo: Syed Ziaul Habib Roobon

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The Public Policy Committee aims to educate policymakers, opinion leaders, the media and the public on international development, refugee and relief programs and policies. The committee works to coordinate member organizations to influence policies and appropriations in order to maximize effectiveness of advocacy and outreach to the Congress and the administration. The committee’s principle objective is the realization of the objectives set out in InterAction’s advocacy campaign, the Global Partnership for Effective Assistance.

• In coordination with the Humanitarian Policy and Practice Unit, the Public Policy Unit led advocacy efforts to include emergency humanitarian and security assistance for Sudan in the ’05 defense appropriations bill and in the ’05 foreign operations appropriations bill. Also in coordination with the HPPU, the Public Policy Unit organized briefings for members of Congress and staff on Latin America, Liberia, Haiti, and other issues related to conflict and post-conflict assistance.

In 2004, InterAction’s Public Policy unit and its committee members:

• Organized four congressional staff briefings aimed at informing congressional staff and members of Congress about issues related to international humanitarian and development assistance. The briefings were on the FY 2005 international affairs budget request, protection of refugees and the internally displaced, basic education, and on integration of gender into development programs.

• Distributed InterAction’s 2004 calendar and a letter introducing InterAction to all congressional offices. Organized Advocacy Day in conjunction with the InterAction Forum 2004 which drew a record crowd of nearly 140 participants who met with approximately 55 congressional offices and culminated in a reception on Capitol Hill in which over 40 congressional staff joined members of Congress and hundreds of Forumgoers to celebrate InterAction’s 20th birthday. • Provided ongoing budget analysis and information on the fiscal year 2005 international affairs budget. Met with key congressional and administration staff to press for, at a minimum, President Bush’s request on the international affairs budget, to highlight the need for higher funding levels for seven key development and humanitarian assistance accounts and full funding for the MCA and HIV/AIDS initiatives. Advocacy efforts included a coordinated grassroots mobilization around the FY 2005 budget using the Humanitarian Action Network, InterAction’s online advocacy tool. • Continued last year’s work on the Millennium Challenge Account by expanding the MCA working group’s focus to the issues surrounding implementation of the new initiative. Through the working group, InterAction solicited and compiled feedback from initial Millennium Challenge Corporation teams to selected MCA countries, submitted comments to the Millennium Challenge Corporation on MCA fiscal year 2005 eligibility criteria as well as met regularly with officials from the Government Accountability Office, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Office of Management and Budget and the Millennium Challenge Corporation on implementation issues. The working group also had meetings with congressional staff on MCA-related issues and offered questions for the confirmation hearing for Paul Applegarth as CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

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• Organized two town hall meetings to raise awareness and support among the U.S. public for humanitarian and development assistance. In May, held a town hall meeting on child survival issues, entitled “Development through the Eyes of a Child: U.S. International Assistance Programs and the World’s Children,” in conjunction with the Yale University Chapter of the Student Campaign for Child Survival. The event featured Carol Bellamy, director of UNICEF, Sam Gejdenson, former U.S. representative from Connecticut’s 2nd district, and Adam Taylor, executive director of Global Justice. The next town hall meeting was held in October in Seattle on the Millennium Challenge Account in conjunction with the Initiative for Global Development and the University of Washington’s Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs. The event, “Fighting Global Poverty In the New Millennium,” featured Paul Applegarth, chief executive of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Ambassador Amidou Lamine Ba of Senegal, and Richard Stearns, president and chief executive of World Vision. • Launched a new working group on outreach and communications. This work is headed by a new staff person, Jennifer Kurz, associate for mobilization and outreach, and helps coordinate members’ grassroots efforts as well as builds InterAction members’ capacities for public outreach. • Began preparations for a 2005 campaign on the Millennium Development Goals by becoming an active participant in the ONE Campaign in the United States and the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. InterAction involvement in these two complementary campaigns aims to provide information and facilitate the participation of InterAction members. Photo: Najibullah Musafer

Public Policy ...aims to educate policymakers, opinion leaders, the media and the public on international development, refugee and relief programs and policies...

American Council for Voluntary International Action Statements of Activities and Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003

2004

CURRENT ASSETS Cash

$

Investments

350,677

2003 $

2,236,555

469,646 2,293,033

Accounts receivable

82,887

21,317

U.S. government grants receivable

46,440

42,365

Prepaid expenses

60,913

25,555

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

2,777,472

2,851,916

FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT Furniture and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $59,015 and 52,966 for 2004 and 2003, respectively

11,837

3,310

18,694

18,694

OTHER ASSETS Security deposits TOTAL ASSETS

$ 2,808,003

$

2,873,920

$

666

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts payable Accrued employee benefits Deferred membership dues TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

$

20,598 335,963

233,322

94,172

86,294

450,733

320,282

NET ASSETS Unrestricted Temporarily restricted TOTAL NET ASSETS TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

12

1,651,140

1,507,170

706,130

1,046,468

2,357,270

2,553,638

$ 2,808,003

$

2,873,920

American Council for Voluntary International Action Statements of Activities and Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended December 2004 and 2003

UNRESTRICTED

2004

2003

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED

TOTAL

$

-

$ 1,246,832

TOTAL

UNRESTRICTED

REVENUE Grants from U.S. government

$

Foundation awards Member contributions Membership dues

1,409,228

$

-

$ 1,409,228

$

1,246,832

-

1,440,553

1,440,553

-

1,856,440

1,856,440

189,062

-

189,062

62,811

-

62,811

1,402,019

-

1,402,019

1,413,074

-

1,413,074

Publications

314, 924

-

314, 924

265,923

-

265,923

Forum, meetings, and workshops

138,877

-

138,877

121,474

-

121,474

Interest and investment income

36,346

289

36,635

74,587

928

75,515

Other income

12,979

-

12,979

25,625

-

25,625

1,781,180 5,284,615

(1,781,180) (340,338)

4,944,277

1,667,232 4,877,558

(1,667,232) 190,136

5,067,694

Net assets released from restrictions TOTAL REVENUE EXPENSES Program services: Member services Federal & non-federal awards Legislative activities TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES

$

1,079,709 3,190,408 168,306 4,438,423

$

-

$

1,079,709 3,190,408 168,306 4,438,423

$

991,041 2,914,064 160,362 4,065,467

$

-

$ 991,041 2,914,064 160,362 4,065,467

601,522 61,712

-

601,522 61,712

Support services: General and administrative Fundraising TOTAL SUPPORT SERVICES TOTAL EXPENSES Changes in net assets before other item OTHER ITEM Unrealized gain (loss) on investments Changes in net assets Net assets, beginning of year NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR

681,956 54,918

-

681,956 54,918

736,874

-

736,874

663,234

-

663,234

5,175,297

-

5,175,297

4,728,701

-

4,728,701

109,318

(340,338)

(231,020)

148,857

190,136

338,993

34,652 143,970 1,507,170

(340,338) 1,046,468

34,652 (196,368) 2,553,638

(7,784) 141,073 1,366,097

190,136 856,332

(7,784) 331,209 2,222,429

706,130

$ 2,357,270

$ 1,507,170

$ 1,046,468

$ 2,553,638

$ 1,651,140

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2004 InterAction Photo Contest Winners InterAction’s annual photo contest was created to raise awareness about the work of our members, by bringing together powerful images that show the benefits of assistance that works, in support of InterAction’s multi-year Global Partnership for Effective Assistance campaign. The campaign aims to save lives and build self-sufficiency by increasing development and humanitarian assistance, improving aid effectiveness, and building international partnerships. The following are the 2004 photo contest winners.

Cambodian School Photo by Karl Grobl Category: Basic Education

Grand Prize Winner! Fields of Gold Rice Harvest Photo by Jeffrey Austin/ZUMA Press Category: Reducing Hunger

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Water Magic Photo by Nicky Lewin for CARE Category: Disaster Response and Refugees

Women’s Literacy in Guatemala Photo by Lynn Curtis for ProLiteracy Worldwide Category: Women and Girls

Measuring Health Photo by David Snyder, Catholic Relief Services Category: Health Care

Hermelil Photo by Claire Thomas, Freedom from Hunger Category: Jobs/Skills

Peace Process – The Hands of Youth Photo by Jeffrey Austin/ZUMA Press Category: Peace and Democracy

View all of the 2004 photo contest submissions at: www.interaction.org/media/photo2004 15

InterAction Board Members Chair Daniel E. Pellegrom Pathfinder International Vice Chair Geeta Rao Gupta International Center for Research on Women Treasurer John Schultz Christian Children’s Fund Board of Directors Nancy A. Aossey International Medical Corps Ken Bacon Refugees International David Beckmann Bread for the World Sekyu Chang Korean American Sharing Movement Amy Coen Population Action International

Julius Coles Africare

Sarah Newhall Pact

Chris Dunford Freedom from Hunger

Raymond Offenheiser Oxfam America

Neal Keny-Guyer Mercy Corps

Linda Pfeiffer INMED

Lee Hamilton Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

William Reese International Youth Foundation

Lelei Lelaulu Counterpart International

Leonard Rubenstein Physicians for Human Rights

Lavinia Limon Immigration & Refugee Services of America

George Rupp International Rescue Committee

Charles MacCormack Save the Children

Ritu Sharma Women’s Edge

John McCullough Church World Service

Milo Stanojevich CARE

Ruth Messinger American Jewish World Service

Sandra Swan Episcopal Relief and Development

Steve Moseley Academy for Educational Development 16

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