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Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service About us Berlin, 01.09.2013. Justice for the Poor. About us. Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service. Who we are. A globally active development and relief agency of the Protestant Churches in Germany
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Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service About us Berlin, 01.09.2013
Justice for the Poor About us
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Who we are • A globally active development and relief agency of the Protestant Churches in Germany • Projects in more than 90 countries all over the world • Our Objectives: • help poor and marginalised people to improve their living conditions • assist people in acute need • contribute to create the political and economical prerequisites for overcoming poverty • support development related education and partnership projects of the Protestant churches in Germany • In Germany and Europe: Raise awareness for the correlation between our way of living and hunger and poverty in the developing countries Neues Photo suchen!
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Who we are • Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service and Diakonia Germany form the Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development. • Shared responsibility: campaign for the people suffering from poverty and injustice – in Germany and all over the world • Berlin Head Office -> proximity to parliament, government, ministries, associations and science institutions • Foundation of the new agency in 2012 • Background: merger between the Social Service Agency of the Protestant Church in Germany and the Church Development Service
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Who we are Until 2012 Since 2012
Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Who we are National Duties International Duties
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Organigram
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Our Roots • Bread for the World: launched in 1959 as a fund-raiser of the Protestant Regional and Free Churches • Background: Hardship in many parts of the world as well as gratitude for the relief received in the aftermath of World War II • Initially conceived as a one-off campaign, it quickly became a permanent fixture under the auspices of the EKD Social Service Agency
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Our Roots • Protestant Development Service: founded in 1999 • Background: Fusion of several church relief agencies • Services Overseas (DÜ): founded in 1960 • Protestant Central Agency for Development Aid (EZE): founded in 1962 • Church Development Service (KED): founded in 1968 • Ecumenical Missionary World Service of the Protestant Mission (EMW-ÖMW) • Committee for Development-Related Education and Journalism: founded in 1977 • In 2003: Integration of the Ecumenical Study Institute (ÖSW): founded in 1972 • Funding: largely with public and church funds
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Our Values • Our work is rooted • in the faith that bears witness to the world as God’s creation • in the love that meets the Lord especially in our disenfranchised and poorest neighbour • in the hope that in anticipation of a just world acts according to God’s will • Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service considers itself part of the global Christian community • Cooperation with churches and church agencies worldwide • Participation in ecumenical networks
Projects and Programmes Facts and Figures • Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service supports almost 1,400 projects in more than 90 countries all over the world. • In Germany we fund about 500 development related educational projects.
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Our Work Projects and Programmes • Development of Funding Policy • Processing of Applications • Project Monitoring Personnel Services • Expert Assignment • Volunteer Work • Scholarship Programmes National Work • Political Dialogue • Public Relations • Development Education Support
Projects and Programmes Principles • Cooperation with local partner organisations • Project partners are • Churches • Church-related organisations • Non-governmental organisations • Promotion according to the principle of helping people to help themselves • Assistance independent from caste, creed, religion or sex
Projects and Programmes Programme Priorities • Food security • Education • Health • Water • Human Rights and Peace • Integrity of Creation • Gender Justice • Children and Young People
Projects and Programmes Food security • Strengthen small-scale agriculture • Promote environment-friendly and locally adapted cultivation methods • Demand the right to food and a better trade justice • Advocate an international regulation for the management of land and natural resources
Projects and Programmes Education • Promote education and training projects, especially in rural areas and slums • Demand the right to education, in particular for ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged communities • Support the partner organisations in their campaigns for educational reforms
Projects and Programmes Health • Support health programmes, especially in rural areas • Projects to promote and (re)integrate disabled people • Promote HIV/AIDS awareness training in schools and health facilities • Campaign for the access to drugs of people infected with HIV
Projects and Programmes Water • Support projects to improve the drinking water supply, above all in rural areas • Promote the development of systems adapted to a more economic and efficient use of water • Commitment to a socially fair and sustainable water policy
Projects and Programmes Human Rights and Peace • Assistance to people who fell victim to state violence and arbitrary government • Support of organisations that document human rights violations and provide legal assistance • Promote the inter-religious dialogue and reconciliation of hostile ethnic groups • Strengthen democracy and participation of civil society
Projects and Programmes Integrity of Creation • Support small farmers, landless and indigenous people in their struggle against the destruction of the environment and the overexploitation of nature • Promote climate mitigation projects • Advocate a sustainable way of life and economic activity
Projects and Programmes Gender Justice • Support initiatives that promote women and capacitate women in demanding their rights • Question traditional role models • Promote projects that favour women and men equally
Projects and Programmes Children and Young People • Promote projects that provide protection for and support (former) child labourers, street children and child soldiers • Education and training programmes for children and young people • Support food and health programmes that first and foremost favour children and young people
Projects and Programmes Step by Step towards Success 3. Instalment Application Audit Final Report Assessment Audit Submit Project Progress Report Authorisation 2. Instalment 1. Instalment Progress Report Contract Audit
Projects and Programmes Consultancy Services • Consultancy and training for partner organisations • Objective: Improve quality of work • Areas: • Organisation development • Enhance self-help capacities • Diversification of financial resources • Outcome and impact orientation • Financial management • Conduct: • Cooperation with local experts or consultancy services • Implementation of seminars and trainings
Staff Programme Experts • Assist partner organisations on demand • Share their knowledge and experience • Help strengthening civil society • Demonstrate solidarity • Duration: 3 years • Prepare in courses and tutorials for their posts
Staff Programme Volunteers • Support partner organisations on demand • Contribute to projects • Gain valuable life experience • Duration: 12 months • Prepare in courses and seminars for their posts • Countries: Costa Rica, Cameroon, Cambodia, China and Georgia
Staff Programme Scholarships • Target groups: young professionals from developing countries (socially disadvantaged and staff members of partner organisations), theologians • Vocational grant programme: funding professional and further education in the countries of the South • Academic Grant Programme: scholarships for master courses or doctorates in Germany and overseas • Protestant Academic Exchange: scholarships for theology studies in Germany and overseas • Academic Programmes of the Regional Churches for students from Africa, Asia and Latin America
National Work Political Dialogue • Objectives: • Active involvement in shaping the political framework for a sustainable development • Participation in political formation of will and influence on decision-making processes • Giving the concerns of our partners a voice • Development of statements and political strategies • Provision of specialist information • Dialogue with politicians in the national and international arena • Cooperation in networks, alliances and committees • Civil society pressure groups at international meetings
National Work Public Relations • Production of information material • Events • Advertisement • Fundraising • Communication with multipliers in the regional associations, churches and parishes • Educational work and ecumenical learning • Media work • Internet
National Work Development Education • Target groups: parishes, schools, one world shops, partnership projects, political initiatives • Goals: • Promote a societal paradigm shift • Impart knowledge on global contexts and mutual dependencies • Show options for future action • Inspire willingness to assume responsibilities
National Work Partnership Project Fund • Promotion of smaller development projects of church partnership groups • Examples: • Health projects • Educational measures • Acquirement of learning materials • Income-generating measures • Civil society activities • Achievement of project goal in two years maximum
National Work Film Funding • Funding of developmental relevant films from Germany, Europe and the developing countries • Films should provide insights in local, regional and global context or depict ownership and power constellations • Films should be suited for use in parishes, schools and adult education • Responsible: Protestant Centre for Developmental Films (EZEF)
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Source of Funds in 2012 Public funds Church funds Other third-party funds Donations and collections Bequests, fines and other revenues Financial income 1,3 % 3,6 % 22,2 % 49,5 % 2,8 % 20,6 %
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service Use of Funds in 2012 Project funding Project support Campaigns, educational work and advocacy Advertising and public relations Administration 2,9 % 3,0 % 2,5 % 6,1 % 85,5 %
55th Fundraising Campaign Land to Live – Reason for Hope • Inauguration of the 55th Fundraising Campaign:1st Advent Sunday 2012 • Motto: Land to Live – Reason for Hope • Demands: • Land must be equally distributed • Land must feed people • Land must be sustainably used • Because land is a gift of God
55th Fundraising Campaign Angola Looking ahead
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