ROKPA Annual Report 2017

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ROKPA in numbers Project expenditure by focus This chart shows the financial distribution of the main focus areas in ROKPA‘s work in all project countries for the year 2017. ROKPA‘s most financially intensive project during 2017 was the construction of the new multi-purpose building, the Akong Rinpoche Memorial Center, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The new building is to a large extent dedicated to education, but is shown separately in the chart. The minimal project spending in the Tibetan areas of China led to a significant decline in the share of education, from 37% in the previous year to 14% in 2017. Expenditure on medical care and nutrition has also been affected by the reduced payments in the Tibetan areas of China. The „Other“ share takes into account all those projects that cannot be clearly assigned to a focus area. These include support for cultural concerns or living costs of individual beneficiaries. The project support expenses include only costs, which are distributed over several projects. 5 % Other 11 % Project support expenses 4 % Reconstruction Nepal 2 % Food 60 % Akong Rinpoche Memorial Center 14 % Education 4 % Medical support Total Project Expenses (100%): CHF 1’064’542 / Previous Year: CHF 1’959’013 Number of Projects*: 19 / Previous Year: 88 * The number of projects dropped significantly compared to the previous year. This is explained by the fact that in 2017 no payments could be made to the almost 70 ROKPA projects in the Tibetan areas of China. Project expenditure by target groups ROKPA places special emphasis on empowering disadvantaged children and adolescents as well as women. In 2017, around 35% of all project expenditure was spent on children and adolescents and just under 30% on projects with female beneficiaries. 8
Source of funds Individual donors and charitable foundations continued to be the main sources of funding for ROKPA projects, with over 70% of donation income. The international ROKPA Network also contributed around one fifth of the donation volume. The donations in 2017 have declined significantly compared to the previous year, which can be explained among other things by the increased competition in the donation market and the decline of available funds in charitable foundations. This tendency was also clearly noticeable in the international network. 41 % Individual donors 21 % Network worldwide 4 % Companies 1 % Church communities 2 % Public sector 31 % Charitable foundations Total Revenue (100%) CHF 1’987’283 / Previous Year: CHF 2’746’444 Number of Donors: 2’081 / Previous Year: 2’047 Fund allocation Total expenses for projects and operations amounted to 1‘506‘065 francs in 2017 (previous year: 2‘382‘285). In 2017, ROKPA was unable to make project payments in the Tibetan areas of China. This resulted in a considerable reduction in project expenditure. Thus, only 71% of the funds (82% in the previous year) flowed into the projects. At the same time, this meant an increase in the percentage of communication, fundraising and administration, even though effective spending in this area remained virtually the same as in the previous year. Unpaid services – voluntary work The reported proportion of volunteer work in 2017 corresponds to 5.9 full-time positions. In comparison, there were 4.1 full-time jobs in the permanent team at the Headquarters in Zurich. Calculated with an hourly rate of 40 francs, volunteering at the Headquarters and in the Soup Kitchen in Nepal corresponds to the impressive equivalent of 493‘280 francs. Due to local women being hired to prepare meals in the Soup Kitchen in the winter of 2017/18, which gave them the opportunity to earn an income, the number of volunteer hours on the whole declined slightly compared to the previous year. Volunteers at Headquarters Volunteers on governing bodies Unpaid overtime by employees Volunteers at the Soup Kitchen in Nepal Hours 9’746 1’936 400 250 People 31 5 7 3 Total 12’332 46 9
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