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2012 Annual Report


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Eliminate Poverty NOW completed its second full year of operation in 2012. Building on last years momentum, we have

sustained and expanded our support behind every major project featured in our 2011 report and added several new

initiatives. In 2012 we funded 9 projects in 4 countries and further increased our capacity to get work done.

The mission of Eliminate Poverty NOW is to empower hard-working people in sub-Saharan

Africa, especially women, to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Our overall strategy

is simple: give people the education, training and opportunity to earn more and improve

their lives, for all of their lives. Much of our activity is focused in rural areas, because thats

where most of the extreme poor live. And much of our activity is agricultural based,

because farming is primarily what rural people do.

We are particularly excited about two transformative projects which look to make

fundamental change in critical areas on a national scale.

Farmers of the Future seeks to transform how farming is viewed and practiced

in Niger. It introduces modern agricultural practices to primary school children while

sowing seeds of change among adults. With strong support from the National Ministry of

Education and local community leaders, our goals are to help rural villagers escape the poverty of subsistence farming,

increase income and reduce hunger and malnutrition throughout Niger.

The Songhai Womens Capital Fund, in partnership with Benins Songhai Center, is creating real life examples of what

talented and motivated women can achieve when given the opportunity. Over the next 10 years, hundreds of women will

create successful ventures and generate income for themselves, their families and their employees. They will inspire other

talented women to follow in their footsteps and change the role that women play in the home and the community.

Youll see highlights of these and other projects in this years report.

Executive Letter 2012

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Executive letter (page 2)

As the scope of our project activity expands, our ability to get work done needs to keep pace. Weve made progress on both sides

of the Atlantic. In 2012, we hired a full time general manager in Niger for Farmers of the Future to provide focused attention on

this ambitious project. We added a Director of Operations in the US to help support a steadily expanding workload. And we

received a grant from NetSuite, making their powerful integrated software available to us at no charge. This software greatly

improves our ability to operate and will support our growth for years to come.

Our Board of Directors remains committed to covering all administrative expenses so 100% of public donations goes directly to

support project work in Africa.

Eliminate Poverty NOW is blessed to work with a talented and dedicated group of partners in North America and Africa. These

are remarkable people doing remarkable work. They devote their lives to bettering the lives of others. Their passion and

commitment constantly inspires us. Its a privilege to work with them, empowering people to better their lives and create

sustainable change.

We hope you enjoy reading about our progress in these pages and, as always, will work hard to earn your continued trust and

support.

John and Judy Craig

Co-Founders, Eliminate Poverty NOW

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Actual Projected

$16,877

$113,517

$133,971

$117,922

$142,800

Total Grants2010 - 2014 (projected)

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2010 2011 2012 2013 Projected 2014 Projected

$4,000$3,000$5,000

$1,500

$21,000$10,425 $10,000

$20,000$1,477

$9,124 $23,527

$11,400

$16,800

$3,400

$83,393

$98,519

$66,522

$66,000

$30,000

$40,000

Grants by Country

2010 - 2014 (projected)

Senegal Mali Uganda Benin Kenya Niger Not yet identified

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Farmers of the Future

$75,536

56%

Libore Water Project

$6,200

4%

Niger Emergency Flood

Assistance

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%

Little Rock Scholars

$6,307

5%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,000

9%

Songhai Women's Capital Fund

$10,425

8%

Kabuyanda Women's Crafts

Program

$1,500

1%

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Kenya

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$75,536

56%


$6,200

4%


Assistance

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,3075%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,000

9%


$10,425

8%


Program

$1,500

1%


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Little Rock ScholarsNairobi, KENYA

Grant: $6,307

Objective:

Use education to lift children in Kibera

slum out of poverty

Strategy: Provide full 4-year secondary school

scholarships to top performing graduates

of Little Rock Nursery School

Provide after-school tutoring to improve

academic performance and chances of

winning scholarships

2012 Accomplishments:

Funded first six Little Rock Scholars

Tutored 250 students after-school

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$75,536

56%


$6,200

4%


Assistance

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,307

5%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,000

9%


$10,425

8%


Program

$1,500

1%

RockPads

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RockPadsNairobi, KENYA

Grant: $5,220

Objectives:

Increase girls lifetime earning potential by

enabling them to finish secondary school

Enable women to earn income

Strategy:

Provide washable sanitary pads and sex

education to teenage girls of Kibera slum

Produce pads at Little Rock Center,

providing income to their tailors


Raised $4,220 through GlobalGiving

Raised $1,000 from the Rotary Club of

Carbondale, Colorado

Produced and distributed washable

sanitary pad kits to 200 Kibera girls

Paid tailors for their work

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$75,536

56%


$6,200

4%


Assistance

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,307

5%

RockPads$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,0009%Songhai Women's Capital Fund

$10,425

8%Kabuyanda Women's Crafts

Program

$1,500

1%

Joyful Womens Organization (JoyWO)

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Joyful Womens Organization (JoyWO)

Grant: $12,000

Objective:

Increase the commercial success of women

participating in JoyWOs Table Banking

program

Strategy:

Provide a combination of training and technical

support


Visited Eldoret, Kenya to meet JoyWO staff and

see the table banking program first hand

Collaborated with JoyWO to develop capacity

building plan for training and technical support

In 2013, 600 women are receiving 3 days oftraining in modern agricultural practices, green

house management, dairy farming, sheep and

goat raising, financial record keeping,

marketing strategies, and entrepreneurship

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Uganda

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$75,536

56%

Libore Water Project$6,200

4%


Assistance

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,307

5%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,000

9%


$10,425

8%


Program

$1,5001%

Kabuyanda Womens Craft Program

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Kabuyanda Womens Craft Program

Grant:$1,500

Objectives:

Assess the income-generating

potential of a new crafts business

for women

Strategy:

Support Kabuyanda Womens Craft

Center in Ruhiira, UGANDA

Millennium Village

Accomplishments:

Provided working capital to fund a

market test of a newly developed

line of beaded products: jewelry,handbags, and ornamental animals

Program participants purchased

beads, created products, and

determined the rate of retail sale

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Benin

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$75,536

56%


$6,200

4%


Assistance$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,307

5%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,000

9%

Songhai Women's Capital

Fund

$10,4258% Kabuyanda Women's Crafts

Program

$1,500

1%

Songhai Womens Capital FundPorto Novo, BENIN

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Songhai Womens Capital Fund

Porto Novo, BENIN

Grant: $10,425

Objectives:

Enable women to become successful

agricultural entrepreneurs

Increase Songhai Centre womens enrollment

Change perceptions of women in society

Strategy:

Provide low interest loans for startup farming

ventures of Songhai Centre women graduates


Made 8 loans. Ventures included horticulture,

aquaculture, small animal husbandry, foodprocessing, and soap production

Enrollment rates for women at the Porto Novo

campus immediately increased

Program expanded to 2 additional Songhai

campuses

Rebecca

Madjro

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Niger

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$75,536

56%


$6,200

4%

Niger Emergency FloodAssistance

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,307

5%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,000

9%


$10,425

8%


Program

$1,5001%

Farmers of the FutureLibore Commune, NIGER

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Libore Commune, NIGER

Grant: $75,536

Objectives:

Change attitudes towards farming in the country of Niger

Speed the adoption of modern farming practices

Help Niger achieve its goal of food self-sufficiency

Address challenges of poverty, hunger and malnutrition

Strategies:

Introduce primary school children to modern farming

through classroom and experiential learning

Enroll parents (especially mothers) in profitable, self-

sustaining farm ventures

Build awareness and support for FOF within the national

government Implement in 3 phases:

Pilot test phase

Rigorous quantitative test

National scale-up

Our most ambitious, high-risk-high-

reward project.

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Began pilot testing full program with 300 students in

3 schools

13 teachers and 3 school administrators trained

Project staff increased: full time general manager

and 4 technicians

Course materials finalized in cooperation with

National Ministry of Education

Tree nursery venture launched with 20 mothers Monitoring and evaluation plan developed to

measure results; identify areas for improvement

Official launch ceremony held:

Keynote speaker: National Minister of

Education

National media coverage

Meetings and site visits held with high-levelgovernment officials and potential funders

Attracting outside funding: Rotary; Henry Ford

Community College

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Current Status:

Will complete first full year of pilot testing in June

2013

Outstanding cooperation and support from the

National Ministry of Education

Concept well received by high level governmentofficials

Mothers tree nursery venture appears on track

Viability of childrens program as currently

designed remains a question:

Executional problems in the childrens

mini-farms

Heavy burden on teachers Costly set-up; costly on-going operations

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Next Steps

Capture and review results from year 1

of the pilot

Design a simpler, lower cost, easier-to-

execute program for the children Expand adult farm ventures to all 3

schools

Establish a 4th pilot school:

Adult farm venture this fall

Test simplified childrens program

when completed

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Pencils for Kids

Grant: $6,233

Objective: Support Pencils for Kids in

their efforts to

Address poverty and violence in

the community

Teach teamwork skills and provide

an outlet for healthy competition

Strategy:

U.S. donors solicited by Pencils for

Kids provided funds to purchase

and ship inflated soccer balls to

expand the school soccer program

Accomplishments:

Soccer balls arrived in Niger ready

for distribution

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$75,536

56%


$6,200

4%


Relief

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,307

5%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO$12,000

9%


$10,425

8%


Program

$1,500

1%

Niger Emergency Flood Relief

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Niger Emergency Flood Relief

Grant:$10,550

Objective:

Assist residents of Libore, NIGER

after worst flooding of Niger River in

50 years

Strategy:

Send funds to ONG-LIBO to address

critical problems

Accomplishments:

Purchased rice, bednets, and drugsto address the highest medical risks

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$75,536

56%


$6,200

4%


Assistance

$10,550

8%

Pencils for Kids

$6,233

5%


$6,307

5%

RockPads

$5,220

4%

JoyWO

$12,000

9%


$10,425

8%


Program

$1,500

1%


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Grant:$6,200

Objective:

Improve access to water in

Libore, NIGER

Strategy:

Connect villages to new

government pipeline

Accomplishments:

Village of Tonko Bangou

connected to pipeline 5,000 village residents now have

access to water

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Financial Results

2010 % 2011 % 2012 %

Net Assets at Beginning of Year $0 $17,375 $208,491

Contributions $35,998 $300,353 $115,899

Investment Income $49 $7,916 $315

Total Revenue $36,047 $308,269 $116,214

Grants Paid $16,877 90.39% $113,517 96.90% $133,809 87.95%

Overhead and Administrative Expenses* $1,795 9.61% $3,636 3.10% $18,332 12.05%Total Expenses $18,672 100.00% $117,153 100.00% $152,141 100.00%

Revenue less Expenses $17,375 $191,116 ($35,927)

Net Assets at Year End $17,375 $208,491 $172,564

*The Board of Eliminate Poverty NOW pays all Overhead and Administrative expenses.

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To The 2012 Donors* Who Made It All Possible!Eliminate Poverty NOW provided economic opportunity to thousands of people in Africa because of your support!

Thank you for making a difference in their lives!

Major Gifts ($1,000 and over)

Hans Anger Michael J. Jennings

Sol and Meri Barer Helen Lappe

Robert and Elisa Bildner Helen Craig Lappe Philanthropic Fund

Brach Family Charitable Foundation Bill and Amy Lipsey

Peter Brach The MDE Group, Inc.

Craig Family Donor Advised Fund Richard Neinast

John and Judith Craig Pencils for Kids

Don and Sue Edmonds Rick RizzoCarol Falk Rotary Club of Carbondale

Sujay Jaswa Peter and Cheryl Watts

Patrons ($500 TO $1,000)

Nancy Barnett Philanthroper

Jan Bottcher Robert Rosenberg and Jane Wishner

David and Wendy Bowles Larry and Margie SamuelsEdith S. Eger Peter and Nancy Saretsky

Michael and Ricki Gross Dolores Snow

Jeff and Debbie Leon Timothy and Jill Stoller

Harry and Jerri Mayer Branch and Bryna Watkins

Millburn Middle School Robert and Linda Wilen

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Sponsors ($100 to $500)

David and Joan Alexander Ed and Anita Finkel Mike A. Mitchell

Steve and Susan Andrzejewski George and Barbara Gellert Eric and Rebecca Nelson

Ida S. Ansell Gary and Deborah Glasser Sam and Laura OleskyDavid Atherton GlobalGiving Stuart and Deborah Rabner

David and Dianne Blank Barry and Trish Golembe Marilyn Rose

Arthur Bocian Helene Goodman Davey and Ed Rosenbaum

Howard and Susan Bruch Stephen and Margie Goodman Marian Rothenberg

Robert and Linda Burt Larry and Carol Gordon Stuart and Beth Sackman

Joel and Nancy Caplan Doug and Peggy Graybeal Brian Samuels

Sally Cole GreaterGood.org David and Sheila SamuelsCostco Wholesale Matt and Rie Gross Alan and Rita Silverstein

Elizabeth Craig Patricia Hall Warren and Leslie Simmons

Brian and Ruth Cruise Richard and Sharon Hammerman Hellen Spanjer

Jonathan and Paula Drill Arlene Hillig Al and Jean Stoloff

Greg and Susan Elbin Yossi and Rowain Kalichstein Stephen Tavares

Lynn Engel Sam and Harriett Lapkin Tim and Vicky True

Michael and Lori Etkin Lynne Lieblein Sabine van der Meulen

Eric Falk Pablo A. Lopez Peter and Diane WentworthSam and Beth Falk Marietta-Roswell Alumnae Chapter Jim and Meg Wiviott

Derek Fields Eden Marsh and Jay Phillips Lori Zucker

*We deeply regret any accidental omissions and hope you will let us know so that we can make the necessary correction.

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Thanks to the following volunteers and organizations whose contributions of hours and in-kind donations made our

2012 donations go so much further.*

Saidou Abdoussalam

Ellen Arian

Aspen Medical Care

Pete Brach

Day Pitney LLP

Rabbi Paula Drill

Rich Finkelstein

Deborah Glasser

Gonzaga University

Google, Inc.

Judy Gration

GlobalGiving

GreaterGoodVivian Green

Helen Greenberg

Henry Ford Community College

*We deeply regret any accidental omissions and hope you will let us know so that we can make the necessary correction.

Debbie Leon

Lunapads

The MDE Group

Robin Mednick

Denise Moss

A.E. Nathan Company

NetSuiteNew Jersey Hills Newspapers

Olive Tree Pictures

Philosophy IB

Dorit Rabbani

Rabbi Alan Silverstein

Rotary Club of CarbondaleRotary Club Niamey-Croix-du-Sud

Sandy Rothman

Stephen Tavares

Our Valued Friends

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We are deeply grateful to the following individuals.

Their involvement makes Eliminate Poverty NOW possible

Board of Directors

John Craig, President

Becca Nelson, Vice President

Liz Craig, Secretary/Treasurer

Judy Craig

Eric Nelson

Larry Samuels

Margie Samuels

Advisory Board

Yitzhak Abt

Rustom Masalawala

Pete Ondeng

Dov Pasternak

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