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HELPING CHILDREWORLDWID
ANNUAL REPOR
2011
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1 CHAIRMANS LETTER
2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF
3 WHERE WE WORK6 CHILD RESCUE CENTRE
8 MERCY HOSPITAL
10 CONNECTIONS FOR HOPE
13 PARTNERS
14 FINANCIAL
16 LOOKING AHEAD
CONTENTS
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CHAIRMANS LETTER
Thank you donors, partners and volunteers
who have aithully supported Helping Children
Worldwide (HCW) throughout the past several
years. HCW would not be where it is today
without you. There has been tremendous growth
in the organization, expanding programs and
services to serve more and have a greater
impact. We look orward to the coming years,
continuing to expand our programs and working
with you.
2011 was a year o growth, a year o impact,
and a year o results or HCW. Globally in Sierra
Leone and locally in Northern Virginia, our
programs touched the lives o thousands o
people. Strategic partnerships strengthened
the work o saving lives, changing lives, and
bringing stability to children and amilies in
need. Our programs in Sierra Leone continued
with strong successes with the children and
with providing important hospital-based and
community based healthcare. Our program in
Herndon, Connections or Hope, in existence or
two years, has been identifed as a model that
should be replicated in other areas o
Northern Virginia.
HCW is a humanitarian relie and empowerment
organization that initially started to support the
Child Rescue Centre (CRC) in Sierra Leone as a
street eeding program or 40 children.
The CRC has since grown to support nearly 300
children through a residential center, oster
care program, community support program
and postsecondary education. In 2007, Mercy
Hospital, a 26-bed primary care acility,
was established to meet the abundant and
desperate medical needs o the people in Sierra
Leone. Mercy Hospital has expanded to include
HIV/AIDS, nutrition, prenatal and malaria
community outreach programs.
Seeing the needs in our own community o
Northern Virginia, HCW established Connections
or Hope in 2010, a collaborative nonproft
center housing seven nonprofts and several
county services under one roo. HCW brings
compassion, hope and opportunity to the
poorest people in the world through quality
medical care, education, lie changing guidance
and services.
HCWs purpose is to help impoverished
children, their amilies and communities. We
do this through partnerships and programs o
excellence. We are pleased to be a part o this
work. Join us in celebrating and supporting the
global and local work o HCW.
Sincerely,
Todd Stottlemyer
Chair o HCW Board o Directors
DEAREST SUPPORTER:
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TODD STOTTLEMYER, Chair
CEO
Acentia
CHRIS WELKER, Vice ChairVice President, CITS OU
Northrop Grumman Corporation
KIM MCKINNISH, Treasurer
CFO
National Beer Wholesalers Association
ROB DUSTON, Secretary
Attorney
Saul Ewing LLP
TOM BERLIN
Senior Pastor
Floris United Methodist Church
JEFF BROOKER
General Manager
Thorlabs Imaging Systems
KIRSTEN EDMISTON, M.D.
Surgical Oncologist
Virginia Surgery Associates, P.C.
TALISA ERNSTMANNPresident
Ernstmann Consulting
CYNTHIA HORNER, M.D.
Family Medicine Doctor
Herndon Family Medicine
CLARK MASSIE
President
Tetra Corporation
JILL STELFOX
CFO
Binary Group, Inc.
HELPING CHILDREN WORLDWIDE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MISSION
Helping Children Worldwide transorms the lives o impoverished
children through partnerships and programs o excellence.
HELPING CHILDREN WORLDWIDE STAFF
SARAH NEWMAN
Executive Director
ROBIN MCGLOTHIN
Development Director
MARY BETH SAMS
Arican Programs Director
KATHLEEN CARON
Administrative Assistant
CYNTHIA GRANT
Arican Programs Administrator
LINDA REINHARD
Arican Programs Administrator
CAROLINA CHAVEZConnections or Hope Receptionist
BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF
Congressman Frank Wol joins with other community leaders including Supervisor John Foust, Supervisor Sharon Bulova,
Supervisor Catherine Hudgins, nonproft partners and HCW board members at the ribbon cutting or Connections or Hope.
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CHILD RESCUE CENTREcaring or nearly 300 children in
desperate situations
MERCY HOSPITALcaring or over 10,000 patients
regardless o their ability to pay
WHERE WE WORK
CONNECTIONS FOR HOPEcollaborative nonproft center serving over
3300 children and amilies in need
US Ambassador to the Republic o Sierra Leone Michael Owen, his wie Annerieke and Sierra Leone Bishop John Yambasu join
with the HCW Board o Directors and our Sierra Leone partners at the compound o the Child Rescue Centre and Mercy Hospital.
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CHILD RESCUE CENTRE
MOST OF LIFES FAILURES ARE PEOPLE WHO
DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE THEY
WERE TO SUCCESS WHEN THEY GAVE UP.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AN INDIVIDUAL MUST
ACQUIRE A FIXED CONCENTRATION WHICH
PROGRESSES TO ACHIEVING A GOAL OR AIM.
ALBERT, CRC YOUTHTHROUGH STUDENTS EYES
PHOTO ESSAY PROGRAM
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HELPING CHILDREN LEARN, GROWAND BECOME LEADERS
The Child Rescue Centre was established in Sierra Leone in
2000 to serve a population o children who had lost parents and
amilies to the brutal civil war. In 2011, the CRC celebrated
11 years, serving some o the most vulnerable children in the
world. In Sierra Leone, 1 in 5 children will not live to see their
5th birthday, 48% o children have to work instead o going to
school and 60% o the population is illiterate. The CRC is a
remarkable story o survival, perseverance, and loving care or
children to develop into the young leaders that Sierra Leone
needs to address many post-war challenges.
The CRC has sent nearly 100% o eligible youth on to post-
secondary education. In 2011, twenty-one o the CRC youth
were ully engaged in post-secondary education programs that
included university, medical school, certicate programs and
vocational training. In a country where less than 8% receive
this level o education, this is a signicant success or the CRC,
and it will bring positive impact to the community. HCW is
extremely pleased to be able to work with our Sierra Leonean
partners to provide this very successul program.
Ibrahim is one o the twenty-one CRC youth attending post-
secondary education. The impact the CRC has had on his lie
is signicant. In his own words: Because you have helped us,
we have big dreams, and part o those dreams is to help other
people as you have helped us. The CRC children have started
a program to help people in our community. We are building
a house or a woman who cannot aord a good home or her
amily. In the rainy season the home she had beore would wash
out. So we, the CRC children, raised some money to build her anew home. We did the labor. We have done this because o your
example to us. Because you have given to us, so we also need
to give to others.
The CRC is transorming lives, turning war-aected children
into well-adjusted, educated young adults who will be able to
contribute in meaningul ways to rebuilding their country and
become the next generation o leaders in Sierra Leone. The CRC
has become a nationally recognized model or raising at-risk
children in Sierra Leone.
CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM
In 2011 the CRC supported nearly 300 children and youth
Nearly 200 o these children are part o the CRC Child Support
Program. The Child Support Program provides a loving home
community with other children, ull-time adult supervision and
care, nutritious meals, healthcare and education to children
between the ages o 6-18, rescued rom desperate situations.
Joyce is one o the children in the Child Support Program. She
lives with her ather and siblings. Her single parent struggles to
provide or their welare and Joyces education. Joyce did not go
to school as oten as she wished. In her words she explains how
her lie has changed since being accepted into the Child Suppor
Program: CSP has not only changed my own lie but the lie o
my entire amily. My athers small income was not directed to
the upkeep o my other siblings. This made my siblings unable
to even see the door o the school. My educational situation
became better as my school ees were paid in time, notebooks
and other writing materials were provided and other benets
enjoyed. I was no longer mocked at by school mates or wearing
fabby or torn uniorms. I now count mysel lucky.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF CHILDREN LIKE
IBRAHIM AND JOYCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
OF CHILDREN YOU MAY NEVER MEET. THANK YOU FORSUPPORTING THE CRC.
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MERCY HOSPITAL
IN 2011, VILLAGES SERVED BY MERCY
REPORTED 63% REDUCTION IN
MALARIA RATES.
DR. CYNTHIA HORNER
HCW BOARD MEMBER
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SMALL HOSPITAL BIG IMPACT
Mercy Hospital was established in Sierra Leone in 2007 to
provide quality medical care regardless o ability to pay. In
2011, Mercy Hospital entered its 4th year o operation. With a
sta o only 39, Mercy Hospital provided high quality medical
care to over 10,000 patients at the hospital. The dedicated sta
and Chie Medical Ocer, Dr. Edries Tejan, are instrumental to
the success o the hospital. Every day is a constant struggle or
survival or so many in Sierra Leone, and nding quality medical
care is challenging. Because o Mercy Hospital, children and
amilies in the Bo community are able to receive medical care
and treatment regardless o their ability to pay.
The neonatal rate, which is the percentage o deaths during the
rst 28 days o a live birth, is 45% in Sierra Leone. One in
twenty-one women will not survive childbirth. Mercy Hospital has
made signicant progress in the Bo region o Sierra Leone in
reducing maternal and inant mortality.
Mercy Hospital has made extraordinary strides in improving acute
care through its 26-bed hospital. The hospital has impacted
thousands o lives in remote areas through the community health
initiative. Story ater story comes back to us about lives others
gave up on, but Mercy saved. A 14-month old baby suering
rom typhoid ever had been treated at another hospital, but the
symptoms were not going away. Theres nothing more we can
do the doctors told the mother. The baby was brought to Mercy
Hospital as a last minute measure, where Dr. Tejan admitted
her and ran a culture to determine the actual pathogen and
the specic types o medications that would cure her inection.
The ability to name the pathogen and understand its antibiotic
resistance is a unique clinical service that is not available
anywhere else in Sierra Leone. As it turned out, the pathogen
was resistant to the medication the baby had been treated with
Within a week o getting treatment with the correct antibiotic
the baby was cured.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Mercy Hospital not only provides medical care to those who come
to the hospital. There is also a team o medical proessionals
who travel to remote villages to provide much needed care and
treatment. In 2011, over 3,000 children and adults received
care through the community outreach programs. The type o
mobile outreach programs that are provided are: HIV/AIDS
nutrition, malaria, and prenatal care.
The medical team travels to a village, sets up in the village
clinic outpost building or other main structure o the village and
proceeds to educate, diagnose, and treat the community. When
a child is brought to the outreach program and tests positive
or malaria, the child will immediately receive the treatment
needed and the parent will be provided with instructions on
administering the medicine. Pregnant women who test positive
or HIV receive treatment and counseling to prevent mother to
child transmission. Malnourished children receive emergency
intervention and nutritional supplementation so they can thrive
allowing them to ocus on school and sleep well at night.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING SAVE CHILDREN FROM DYING
FROM INFECTION BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE
TOO WEAK. THANK YOU FOR HELPING MOTHERS BRING
CHILDREN INTO THE WORLD SAFELY. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT OF MERCY HOSPITAL.
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CONNECTIONS FOR HOPE
WE NEED TO EXPLORE THE INTEGRATION AND
CO-LOCATION OF SERVICES IN A ONE-STOP
FACILITY BASED ON THE CONNECTIONS FOR
HOPE MODEL.
CATHY HUDGINS
SUPERVISOR, HUNTER MILL DISTRICT, FAIRFAX COUNTY
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COMMUNITYCOLLABORATIONRESULTS
HCW opened Connections or Hope, a collaborative nonprot
center, in March 2010. The mission o Connections or
Hope is to provide programs and services that oster sel-
suciency, good health, economic independence and improved
participation in the lie o the community. Connections or Hope
is a unique and innovative approach to human services delivery
in Fairax County with a partnership o seven nonprots and one
county agency working together under one roo in an integrated
services center. The strength o this 10,000 sq. t. center is the
collaborative co-location model. Both clients and organizations
benet rom having multiple services housed in one place and
working together with a shared purpose.
In 2011, the partner organizations expanded and lled all
available oce space. The number o households served
increased by 40% rom 2010 to 2011 to over 3300 households
served. Responding to the needs in the community, programs
were added in the areas o pro bono nancial management
counseling and employment services.
Connections or Hope brings large and small organizations
together, all o whom have demonstrated success in their
service to the community. This partnership provides experience
in multiple client services including homelessness prevention
and oreclosure prevention (Reston Interaith), English language
training (Literacy Council o Northern Virginia), homework
assistance or elementary aged children (Vecinos Unidos/
Neighbors United), immigration legal services (Just Neighbors),
mental health, substance abuse and prevention programs and
reerrals (Fairax-Falls Church Community Services Board
[County Agency]), healthcare (Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic)
and prescriptions or low-income patients o the clinic (NOVA
ScriptsCentral). Each partner brings with them their own network
o resources, which strengthens the work o Connections o
Hope and the success o its mission.
QUIET SURVIVOR MOVING FORWARD
Since coming to the US rom El Salvador more than twenty years
ago, Angelas journey has been a long and dicult one, but she
has never given up. For years, Angela worked several part-time
custodial jobs or hotels and the public school system. When
she lost these jobs, she was unable to make payments on her
home and lost it as well. Soon, she ound hersel and her 10 yea
old son living at a shelter. Her social worker at Reston Interaith
encouraged her to enroll in an English class oered by the
Literacy Council o Northern Virginia at Connections or Hope
so that she would be in a better position to apply or another job
Since completing her rst English class, Angela has participated
in many programs at Connections or Hope. She attended a ree
job workshop, an interview preparation class, a job air and had
her taxes prepared through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
program. Human Resource volunteers at Connections or Hope
helped Angela create a resume, which led to a ull time job
Angela and her son now live in an apartment.
THANK YOUFOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ANGELA. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF COUNTLESS OTHER FAMILIES IN
OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
CONNECTIONS FOR HOPE.
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CONNECTIONS FOR HOPE PARTNERS
FALLS CHURCH-FAIRFAX COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDMENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ANDPREVENTION SERVICES
JEANIE SCHMIDT FREE CLINIC
QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES FOR UNINSUREDLOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND ADULTS
JUST NEIGHBORS
IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOMEIMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
LITERACY COUNCIL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
BASIC SKILLS OF READING, WRITING, SPEAKINGAND UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH.
NOVA SCRIPTSCENTRAL
A PRESCRIPTION DRUG SERVICE FOR LOW-INCOMEINDIVIDUALS.
RESTON INTERFAITH
HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SUPPORTSERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.
VECINOS UNIDOS NEIGHBORS UNITED
AFTER-SCHOOL HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE FORSTUDENTS IN 1ST6TH GRADES.
OUR PARTNERS
community
AFRICAN PROGRAMS CHURCH PARTNER
BRADDOCK STREET UMC,WINCHESTER, VA
DISCOVERY UMC, RICHMOND, VA
DULIN UMC,FALLS CHURCH, VA
EBENEZER UMC,STAFFORD, VA
FIRST UMC, COLLEYVILLE, TX
FLORIS UMC, HERNDON, VA
GALILEE UMC, STERLING, VA
OAKTON UMC, OAKTON, VA
OSTERVILLE UMC, OSTERVILLE, MA
ST. MATTHEWS UMC, RICHMOND, VA
ST. STEPHENS UMC, BURKE, VA
ST. THOMAS UMC, MANASSAS, VA
WOODLAKE UMC, MIDLOTHIAN, VA
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strength in numbersHELPING CHILDREN WORLDWIDE 2011 INCOME CATEGORIES
HELPING CHILDREN WORLDWIDE 2011 EXPENSES
GRANT/FOUNDATION 19%
INDIVIDUAL 31%
CHURCH 27%
CORPORATION 3%
SPECIAL EVENT 20%
PROGRAMS 91%
FUNDRAISING 6%
ADMINISTRATIVE 3%
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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011
UNRESTRICTED TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Contributions and oundation grants 80,753 663,116 743,869
Government grant revenue 123,005 - 123,005
In-kind contributions - - -
Investment income 3,690 - 3,690
Rental income 121,647 - 121,647
Special events - 162,284 162,284
Less: Cost o direct donor beneft - (15,588) (15,588)
UMVIM volunteer unds 173,760 - 173,760
Miscellaneous 23,386 - 23,386
Net assets released rom restrictions 936,007 (936,007) -
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE 1,462,248 (126,195) 1,336,053
EXPENSES
Program services:
Arican programs
Child Rescue Centre 361,276 - 361,276Mercy Hospital 239,900 - 239,900
UMVIM volunteer trips 169,196 - 169,196
Connections or Hope 577,364 - 577,364
Supporting services:
Management and general 40,304 - 40,304
Fundraising 94,141 - 94,141
TOTAL EXPENSES 1,482,181 - 1,482,181
Changes in net assets (19,933) (126,195) (146,128)
Net assets, beginning o year 416,687 951,815 1,368,502
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR 396,754 825,620 1,222,374
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bearing frui
Through collaborative eorts, Helping Children Worldwide has embraced
visions that will expand each o our programs and result in measurable
outcomes and identiable impact over the next two to ten years.
CHILD RESCUE CENTRE VISIONTransorm the existing Child Rescue Centre programs into replicable
and sustainable programs o excellence designed to gradually repatriate
tracked children into nurturing amilies in local communities.
MERCY HOSPITAL VISIONAchieve a measureable decrease in the inant and maternal mortality rates
in Sierra Leone by providing holistic, community-ocused care, regardlesso ability to pay.
CONNECTIONS FOR HOPE VISIONCreate a successul, sustainable model or replicating two additional
Connections or Hope centers in Northern Virginia to address the growing
needs o our low-income neighbors, ostering sel-suciency, good health,
education, saety and ull participation in community lie.
Please join us in supporting the thousands o children and amilies
whose lives will be transormed through the programs o Helping Children
Worldwide.
LOOKING AHEAD
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