ANCP Philippines Cluster Evaluation Report - AusAID

ANCPAppendix D: SAADO-Propeller ClubANGOImplementing Partner(s)INGOProgram TitleBudget – AusAID /ANGOBeneficiary TargetMajor DevelopmentObjectiveSalvation ArmyThe Propeller Club of ManilaN/AVocational TrainingAUD90,00025 under-privileged young menTo alleviate poverty through providing a Ship Mechanics course forunderprivileged young men and to place them in employment to enable them tohelp sustain their familiesBackground:The organisationsThe Salvation Army is an international evangelical Christian church represented in 111countries with a mission to “preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in hisname without discrimination”. The church was established in Australia in 1880, and a‘Development Office’ was established in 1987 in Canberra as a sub-office of the NationalSecretariat of the Salvation Army Australia (SAA). The office achieved full accreditation in1999, but was re-accredited as a base agency in 2006.The SAA is widely respected for its work in a range of domestic social issues, motivated bythe second part of the church’s mission concerned with “human needs”. The internationaldevelopment activities are considered an extension of this social service orientation. TheSalvation Army Australia Development Office (SAADO) mission is “to encourage and assistholistic sustainable development and to reduce poverty in developing countries through theimplementation of community development programs in partnership with recipientcommunities, partner organizations and developing Territories without discrimination.”Internationally, SAADO is part of a larger network of Salvation Army aid donor offices, looselycoordinated from global headquarters in London. SAADO’s work is primarily focused in Asiaand the Pacific: PNG, China, India, Myanmar, North Korea, Kenya and the Philippines.The Propeller Club was founded in New York in 1927 by a group of businessmen to promoteand strengthen overseas trade with the United States following the recession caused by theFirst World War. Today, the Propeller Club goal is “to educate legislators and the public as tothe importance and necessity of all waterborne commerce” 86 .The Propeller Club of Manila was formed in 1971. In 2003 the Manila chapter voted tosecede from the US headquarters of the club in response to analysis that questioned thecost:benefit of membership dues paid to headquarters. Now the Propeller Club of Manila isregistered as an independent non-profit organisation with the Philippines Securities andExchange Commission. The club’s website states that “our objective is not only to repriseother clubs in supporting the needs of the maritime industry, but also fostering the educationand training of the next generation of mariners—many of whom now come from thePhilippines” 87 . Originally the members were mostly from the offices of U.S. liner companiesbased in Manila, but today members are drawn from many nationalities and from fieldsbeyond the shipping industry.In the early 1990s, the Propeller Club of Manila initiated a scholarship program to sponsor asingle student from an underprivileged family to attend Don Bosco Technical School, Makati.The program grew appreciably, and by 2005 the club was sponsoring 10 scholars. In 2005,the Club moved to secure donor support for the program in order to increase the number ofscholars and to supplement the curriculum. One of the club members had a personalfriendship with the SAADO Director, and presented the concept to him, which was86http://www.propellerclubhq.com/87http://propellermanila.org/index.phpANCP Philippines Cluster Evaluation Report (ver. 2.0)XXXVIII