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ROKPA for<br />
Helping where<br />
help is needed:<br />
sustainably,<br />
over 30 years.<br />
Annual Report 2012<br />
www.rokpa.org
Index<br />
Preface 3<br />
Thank you 4<br />
2012: 150 Aid Projects 5<br />
In Tibet 6<br />
In Nepal 7<br />
In Zimbabwe / in South Africa 8<br />
Donation Focus: Nourishment 9<br />
Donation Focus: Education 10<br />
Donation Focus: Culture 11<br />
Donation Focus: Medical Aid, Medical Herbs 12<br />
Donation Focus: Women and Children 13<br />
ROKPA Dance tour 14<br />
ROKPA Donation matrix 16<br />
Project expenses in Tibet 18<br />
Project expenses in Nepal 19<br />
Origin of Donations 20<br />
Use of donations 21<br />
Source of donations ROKPA Switzerland 22<br />
Forms of donations 23<br />
ROKPA-Performance Report 24<br />
Balance Sheet ROKPA INTERNATIONAL (consolidated) 25<br />
The full consolidated Financial Report<br />
according to Swiss GAAP FER and the respective<br />
attachments can be downloaded from<br />
www.rokpa.org. The printed annual report<br />
is just part of the overall report.<br />
Income statement ROKPA INTERNATIONAL (consolidated) 26<br />
Auditor Report by Truvag 28<br />
ROKPA INTERNATIONAL / ROKPA Switzerland 29<br />
Main Office ROKPA 30
Preface<br />
Dear Sir / Madame,<br />
dear <strong>Rokpa</strong> friends<br />
2012 was a full, intensive year for ROKPA – and for me.<br />
The emotional highlight was definitely the Dance Tour<br />
with ten kids from the ROKPA Children`s Home in<br />
Kathmandu. We toured Europe – starting in Switzerland<br />
– over a time span of almost three months. Wherever we<br />
were: those young artists – all of them ex-street kids –<br />
literally enchanted their audience with their talent and<br />
their joie de vivre.<br />
Another positive aspect in 2012 was that we were able to<br />
purchase a new parcel of land in Kathmandu. We had<br />
planned to do so for quite some time as it combines our<br />
projects in a truly wonderful way. It allows us to expand<br />
our Women`s Workshop, thus offering more space for<br />
more education and more workplaces. The demand is<br />
pressing as the need for education and work as means to<br />
earn money is constantly growing. Every new employment<br />
opportunity counts. We support women who<br />
previously lived on the street and train them to work as<br />
seamstresses, enabling them to support themselves.<br />
In our second key geographic area – the Tibetan areas of<br />
China – the living conditions also remain difficult.<br />
The economic boom along the Chinese coast is very far<br />
away and not at all tangible in the Tibetan highlands.<br />
People there continue to make a living through crop<br />
cultivation and animal farming. Schools and medical aid<br />
is sparsely spread.<br />
There`s still a lot to do in the upcoming years.<br />
Let me take this opportunity to thank you from the<br />
bottom of my heart.<br />
Yours, Lea Wyler<br />
Vice President and Co-Founder ROKPA<br />
Zurich, June 2013<br />
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Thank you<br />
To the donors<br />
Without your donations ROKPA would not be<br />
able to help the people who are dependent<br />
on it – whether the approximately 10’000<br />
children in need of education nor the countless<br />
beneficiaries unable to pay for urgently<br />
needed medical aid. A big thank you goes to<br />
all private donors as well as foundations,<br />
companies, institutions, cantons and municipalities<br />
who supported ROKPA in 2012.<br />
To the volunteers<br />
In 2012 ROKPA volunteers worked 27’770<br />
hours. Based on an hourly rate of CHF 40 this<br />
adds up to a saving of CHF 1’110’800.<br />
Therefore a big thank you also goes to all<br />
volunteers for their great effort!<br />
Only with to the support of donors and volunteers is ROKPA able<br />
to sustainably help where help is needed.<br />
3’500 hours of volunteer work in the Zurich office<br />
4’320 hours of volunteer participation by the Boards<br />
14’000 hours of volunteer work in the different country offices of ROKPA<br />
250 hours unpaid overtime of full- and part time employees<br />
5’700 hours of work by the volunteers in the Soup Kitchen in Nepal<br />
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2012: 150 Aid Projects<br />
Projects<br />
In 2012 ROKPA carried out 150 aid<br />
projects in Tibet, Nepal, Zimbabwe and<br />
South Africa.<br />
Donations<br />
ROKPA received donations worth<br />
CHF 3’448’314 in 2012, an increase of<br />
51% compared to the previous year<br />
(2011: CHF 2’283’306).<br />
Use of donations<br />
CHF 2’609’161 of donations were used for<br />
the projects indicating an increase in activities<br />
of 7,7% compared to the previous year<br />
(2011: CHF 2’422’101).<br />
Tibetan areas of China CHF 2’283’632<br />
Education and Training CHF 1’633’004<br />
Orphans and Street Children CHF 8’690<br />
Medical Care CHF 244’679<br />
Preservation of Culture CHF 288’863<br />
Other CHF 108’396<br />
Nepal CHF 198’143<br />
Children’s Home (incl. education) CHF 140’698<br />
Street Children CHF 9’790<br />
Soup Kitchen/Medical Tent CHF 12’025<br />
Women projects CHF 10’000<br />
Other CHF 25’630<br />
Africa CHF 46’684<br />
Zimbabwe: 13 projects CHF 30’000<br />
South Africa: 5 projects CHF 16’684<br />
India CHF 66’190<br />
(1 project in supervision)<br />
Travel costs CHF 14’513<br />
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In Tibetan areas of China<br />
Overall Situation<br />
ROKPA supports projects focusing on education,<br />
medical aid und culture. Overall there<br />
were 127 projects in 2012.<br />
Kanze – Girls School: ROKPA supported all of the<br />
58 girls in this school in 2012, 15 of them were new.<br />
Head Mistress Tamdin Dolma focuses on the very<br />
poorest in the application process. Otherwise, without<br />
the help of ROKPA, these girls would not have a<br />
chance to attend school or obtain an education.<br />
Chamdo – Dolma Lhakang monastery: The Dolma<br />
Lhakang monastery is situated at 4’300 meters altitude;<br />
the living conditions here are extreme. In 2012 the works<br />
to secure the water supply continued. As of May 2012,<br />
water was pumped to the monastery from a river located<br />
1 km away. However, since the reservoirs were not dug<br />
deep enough they froze as early as September. So this<br />
work needs to be corrected in order to ensure the water<br />
also runs in cold winters.<br />
Nangchen – Medical project: This is the largest ROKPA<br />
project in financial terms with expenditures in 2012<br />
of CHF 123’552. Its main aims are the preservation and<br />
processing of medical herbs being used in Traditional<br />
Tibetan Medicine (TTM). In 2012 63’270 m² of countryside<br />
were sustainably cultivated; 13 different types of<br />
seeds were planted. It is planned that in the long-run,<br />
this project will finance itself through the sale of the<br />
medicine produced from the medicinal herbs.<br />
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In Nepal<br />
Overall situation<br />
In Nepal ROKPA continues to work on existing<br />
projects. In addition a new piece of land was<br />
acquired.<br />
New piece of land: The new land is situated directly<br />
between the existing ROKPA Children’s Home and the<br />
Guest House. Among other things, a new building for<br />
the Women’s Workshop is planned, as this is still located<br />
in the Children’s Home. The new building creates room<br />
for both projects. The Children’s Home shall receive a<br />
playground and a small sport field, the Women’s Workshop<br />
a shop from where the customers can directly<br />
source their products. This will provide an additional<br />
source of income.<br />
Children’s Home: While two children have found a new<br />
family in the Children’s Home, five kids have left the<br />
„nest“. They want to lead an independent life as young<br />
adults.<br />
Sonam can be proud of her diploma as a physiotherapist.<br />
She currently works for an organization for persons with<br />
leprosy. In addition to the 2012 Dance Tour through<br />
Europe, another cultural highlight was the founding of<br />
the ROKPA orchestra.<br />
Soup kitchen/Medical tent: As of mid-December until<br />
the beginning of May we provide meals on a daily basis<br />
for over 500 people.<br />
During the 2011/2012 season volunteers cooked<br />
and ladled out 5 tons of rice and vegetables/potatoes<br />
respectively. During that same period 683 people<br />
received medical aid.<br />
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In Zimbabwe/in South Africa<br />
General information<br />
18 different ROKPA projects are active<br />
in Zimbabwe and South Africa. ROKPA has<br />
invested a total of CHF 46’684 in these<br />
projects.<br />
Child Care Center Groot Marico, South Africa: The child<br />
care center is located in a rural area of northwest<br />
South Africa. In 2012 between 11 and 17 disadvantaged<br />
children attended the child care center. There they<br />
receive help, support, protection and food, which are the<br />
goals of the project. In 2012 a small play area was<br />
constructed in the garden so that the children can now<br />
play outside. The center provides work for one to<br />
two local employees, depending on the number of<br />
participating children.<br />
Food security Harare, Zimbabwe: In the highly populated<br />
suburbs of Harare and Chitnugwiza, ROKPA supports<br />
families with children with disabilities. In gardening<br />
courses parents learn how to provide for themselves by<br />
planting fruit and vegetables. The courses provide<br />
knowledge about companion planting, pest and disease<br />
control, soil enrichment and water storage methods.<br />
Knowledge about healthy nutrition and preparing food<br />
is also communicated. Last year 36 new families<br />
attended the garden courses and received seeds to start<br />
their own garden.<br />
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Donation focus: Nourishment<br />
Those who suffer from hunger face deprivation,<br />
disease, decreased intellectual capacity,<br />
lethargy, poor performance, poverty and thus<br />
early death. In many regions of the world<br />
malnutrition is a major problem, affecting a<br />
large percentage of the population. That’s why<br />
ROKPA operates soup kitchens in Nepal and<br />
South Africa and supports monks and nuns in<br />
Tibet with food grants. Every year ROKPA<br />
helps thousands of people in need in this way.<br />
Example: Shanti / Soup<br />
Kitchen in Nepal<br />
Shanti lost her parents and lives with<br />
a poor aunt who has four children of<br />
her own to feed. Shanti has to do a lot of work at home<br />
to earn her food. She was able to eat at the ROKPA Soup<br />
Kitchen for almost three months during the winter.<br />
Thanks to our help she also now finally has the chance<br />
to go to school!<br />
Project: Soup Kitchen in Kathmandu, Nepal<br />
Goal: Providing needy, sick and poor people of every<br />
age two warm meals every day as well as medical<br />
treatment and warm clothes throughout the winter<br />
months regardless of religion, nationality or culture.<br />
Budget 2012: 12’025 CHF<br />
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Donation focus: Education<br />
Due to the low population density, the distances<br />
between schools in Tibet are enormous.<br />
For mainly this reason, children from nomadic<br />
families can only really attend boarding schools.<br />
The high costs of these schools, however,<br />
are beyond the financial means of most parents.<br />
As a result, the children stay at home and<br />
help with the housework or with the animals.<br />
By paying for their living expenses, school<br />
materials and medical care ROKPA enables<br />
these children to attend primary school.<br />
ROKPA also helps Tibetan youths attend<br />
secondary school and even university, as the<br />
government offers virtually no support in<br />
this field. In 2012 a total of 9106 children<br />
and youths were able to attend school<br />
thanks to ROKPA.<br />
Example: Rinchen Tsomo /<br />
Chöpdrak<br />
Fourteen-year-old Rinchen Tsomo<br />
comes from a village not far from<br />
Nangchen. Rinchen Tsomo is an orphan and was only<br />
able to attend school thanks to ROKPA’s support. During<br />
the week she lives at the Chöpdrak School for Orphans,<br />
while she spends weekends with her grandmother.<br />
Her older brother also lives with their grandmother and<br />
works there. He has never attended school. Rinchen<br />
Tsomo would later like to become a teacher of the<br />
Tibetan language.<br />
Project: Chöpdrak School for Orphans in Nangchen,<br />
Qinghai Province (China)<br />
Goal: By covering living, medical and school material<br />
expenses, ROKPA provides 120 orphans with an<br />
education every year.<br />
Budget 2012: CHF 10’700 (CHF 89 per child)<br />
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Donation focus: Culture<br />
ROKPA’s cultural program includes three<br />
kinds of projects: the support of monastery<br />
colleges, the (re)construction of cultural<br />
monuments and the preservation of important<br />
Tibetan literary works. Because the Tibetan<br />
people are spread across five Chinese provinces<br />
and belong to different government administrative<br />
units, their identity symbols have<br />
great importance. Without traits of common<br />
identity, the Tibetan traditions dating back<br />
thousands of years are threatened. Tibetan has<br />
now been recognized as the second official<br />
language in the autonomous region of Tibet,<br />
but there is still a possibility that the Chinese<br />
language will become more prominent. Monastery<br />
schools are the only institutions where<br />
the sole language of instruction is Tibetan.<br />
Monastery<br />
Kajin Wangmo is 83 years young and<br />
has spent almost her entire life in<br />
Kepcha Monastery. Last year she fell<br />
ill and had to stay for a time at Shonda Hospital − it was<br />
the first time<br />
in years that she had been away from the monastery.<br />
Now she is doing better and is glad to be back at the<br />
monastery. ROKPA supports her and 29 other nuns by<br />
covering some of their living expenses and by funding<br />
the clinic that ROKPA built there.<br />
Project: Kepcha Women’s’ Monastery in Nangchen,<br />
Qinghai Province (China)<br />
Goal: By means of a food allowance, ROKPA provides<br />
food for 30 nuns in the monastery. By building and<br />
funding the clinic the nuns as well as the surrounding<br />
population are able to receive primary medical care.<br />
Budget 2012: CHF 18’250<br />
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Donation focus: Medical Aid, Medical Herbs<br />
The medical care provided in Tibet, as well<br />
as in Nepal, is far under the standards we are<br />
used to in the West. For many nomads in<br />
isolated high plateau regions of the Himalayas<br />
the nearest doctor is often a few days away<br />
by foot. The nearest hospital for serious cases<br />
is even further! Here ROKPA is helping in two<br />
different ways. On the one hand we help<br />
provide immediate care for people in urgent<br />
need. On the other hand we are working to<br />
improve medical care over the long term in<br />
order to ensure access to medical treatment<br />
for as much of the population as possible.<br />
Example: Chunga Lhamo /<br />
Zatu Day Clinic<br />
Supported as a child and young adult<br />
in her training as a Tibetan doctor<br />
by ROKPA, Chunga Lhamo has opened a clinic in Zatu,<br />
an isolated Tibetan mountain community. The clinic is<br />
run as a charitable organization for people in need who<br />
would not be able to afford to go to a doctor. Every year<br />
around 2700 people benefit from the medical treatment.<br />
Project: Day clinic in Zatu, Qinghai Province (China)<br />
Goal: By providing funding for a medical center ROKPA<br />
provides basic medical care for the local population.<br />
The clinic is located in an area where medical facilities<br />
are lacking and where the population suffers from the<br />
medical effects of poverty.<br />
Budget 2012: CHF 6’500<br />
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Donation focus: Women and Children<br />
One of ROKPA’s main goals is the improvement<br />
of the social standing of girls and women.<br />
In Nepalese and Tibetan villages, girls have no<br />
opportunity to obtain an education – they<br />
have to work in the house and in the fields<br />
from a very early age. Way too early – often<br />
when they are still children - they are married<br />
off and stay financially dependent on their<br />
partner, who then often leaves them with a<br />
number of children to care for. A substantial<br />
number of these women end up living on the<br />
streets where they and their children try<br />
to survive by begging and working odd jobs.<br />
To give these woman and children a better<br />
future, ROKPA supports a number of projects<br />
for women and helps individual women in<br />
emergency situations without bureaucracy.<br />
Example: Padma / Women’s<br />
Workshop in Kathmandu<br />
Padma was married off when she<br />
was 16. Five years later, she fled from<br />
her husband as she was repeatedly physically abused.<br />
After years of suffering, during which time she and her<br />
children also had to live on the street, she found her way<br />
to ROKPA where she was hired as a seamstress. Today,<br />
she works as the Manager of the Women’s Workshop.<br />
Project: ROKPA Women’s Workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal.<br />
Goal: The purpose of the Women’s Workshop is the<br />
social reintegration of single poor mothers by providing<br />
training to become a seamstress and offering them a<br />
job that pays fair wages.<br />
Budget 2012: CHF 20’030*<br />
* Through the sale of the products, this project is<br />
almost financially independent.<br />
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Dancers on Tour<br />
The ROKPA Dance Tour in May 2012 achieved<br />
its goal: Ten former homeless children from<br />
Kathmandu captured the hearts of their<br />
audience and sponsors. As emissaries for<br />
ROKPA and accompanied by famous performers<br />
like Andreas Vollenweider, Marc Sway,<br />
Sina, Seven and Steff La Cheffe, they danced<br />
their life stories.<br />
The goal was not quantified but clear: ROKPA should<br />
be introduced to a new and broad audience. Lea Wyler<br />
knew from experience: “Without a very special event it is<br />
almost impossible to have an article placed in the daily<br />
newspapers.“ Through the Dance Tour the images of the<br />
daily struggle in the streets of Kathmandu and also of the<br />
beauty of Nepalese culture will leave a lasting impression.<br />
Because ROKPA’s work covers both: humanitarian aid<br />
and cultural support.<br />
Emissaries<br />
Who would be better equipped to be ROKPA’s emissaries<br />
than ten young artists from the ROKPA Children’s Home<br />
in Kathmandu? Directed by Lea Wyler, who also wrote<br />
the piece, they worked many months to fine-tune the show<br />
„From homeless child to stage star“. The work confronted<br />
them with their own trauma which gave the play such<br />
an authentic air. The audience was impressed by the<br />
children‘s evident ability to face their past.<br />
„On stage I search for food and only find cigarettes<br />
and glue which I sniff until I get sick. That was part of<br />
my life“, explains Reema , one of the young artists,<br />
in a personal interview after the show.<br />
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Heartfelt Engagement<br />
A large project such as this dance show is impossible<br />
to set up without the help of generous sponsors, innumerable<br />
volunteers and selfless patrons. We thank all of<br />
our supporters very much and in particular Andreas<br />
Vollenweider. He was responsible for the music and<br />
invited his musician friends and presenters to participate<br />
in the project. They came on stage and acted as warm-up<br />
performers for the former homeless children without any<br />
compensation. The children, though, deserve our biggest<br />
thank you: They are living proof that people are able to<br />
make the most of their lives if they are given the chance<br />
– through the help of ROKPA and our sponsors.<br />
Success Story in Comments and Numbers<br />
The performance by the childrens stunned through its<br />
professionalism, managed to get under the skin and<br />
touched hearts. This was confirmed by the feedback from<br />
the audience which often had tears in their eyes.<br />
The audience became quiet as the children removed their<br />
festival robes and were left with only their street clothes<br />
in the final scene. It was meant as a challenge to help all<br />
those thousands of children who are still in need of aid.<br />
The audience understood. In May alone, donations<br />
increased by a threefold in the areas around the show<br />
venues. The number of new supporters doubled. A total<br />
of 1,524 spectators came to see the show.<br />
Dance Tour 2012: Venue and Audience<br />
Date Venue Audience<br />
13th May Kaufleuten, Zurich 405<br />
15th May Kammgarn, Schaffhausen 115<br />
16th May Alte Kaserne, Winterthur 153<br />
17th May Aula Progr, Bern 148<br />
18th May Kollegi, Stans 144<br />
19th May Elisabethenkirche, Basel 176<br />
22th May Alte Kirche, Boswil 188<br />
23th May Casino, Zug 195<br />
Total of 1,524<br />
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ROKPA Donation matrix 2012<br />
Donation<br />
Focuses<br />
Donation<br />
Targets<br />
Tibetan Areas<br />
of China<br />
NEPAL<br />
Africa<br />
1 2<br />
3<br />
Nutrition<br />
4 5<br />
6<br />
Education<br />
7<br />
Culture<br />
8<br />
9 10<br />
Medicine<br />
and Medicinal<br />
Plants<br />
11 12<br />
13<br />
Women and<br />
Children<br />
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1<br />
96 Swiss Francs provide food for<br />
a Tibetan nun for 1 year.<br />
2<br />
51 Swiss Francs per month is spent<br />
on food for 1 child in the Children’s<br />
Home.<br />
3<br />
77 Swiss Francs per month pay<br />
for enough food for all children in a<br />
child care facility in South Africa.<br />
4<br />
343 Swiss Francs pay for 12<br />
months of secondary school, food<br />
and accommodation for a Tibetan<br />
orphan.<br />
5<br />
The annual cost of school supplies<br />
for one homeless child is 84 Swiss<br />
Francs.<br />
6<br />
20 Swiss Francs are enough to pay<br />
for one month of primary school for<br />
an AIDS orphan in Zimbabwe.<br />
7<br />
25 Swiss Francs are the monthly<br />
income of a stonemason.<br />
8<br />
The annual income of a medical<br />
doctor is 1,500 Swiss Francs.<br />
9<br />
140 Swiss Francs per month cover<br />
all health care expenses in the<br />
Children’s Home.<br />
10<br />
A mother inflicted by the AIDS virus<br />
receives 150 Swiss Francs worth of<br />
medication in 12 months.<br />
11<br />
84 Swiss Francs pay for teaching<br />
10 women how to read and write<br />
for 1 year.<br />
12<br />
The annual cost for the training<br />
of one seamstress is 335 Swiss<br />
Francs.<br />
13<br />
A mother with disabled children<br />
needs 125 Swiss Francs per year to<br />
plant her vegetable patch in<br />
Zimbabwe.<br />
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Project Expenses 2012<br />
in the Tibetan Areas of China<br />
The educational program is the largest single cost factor in Tibet with 71.6%. ROKPA increasingly supports young Tibetans<br />
with their tertiary education as a sound education becomes more and more important in today‘s employment market.<br />
Medical and cultural programs receive approx. 10% of our budget respectively.<br />
12,7 %<br />
Conservation of culture<br />
4,6 %<br />
Other<br />
10,7 %<br />
Medical Care<br />
0,4 %<br />
Orphans and Street Children<br />
71,6 %<br />
Education<br />
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Project Expenses 2012<br />
in Nepal<br />
Over 50 former homeless children currently live in the ROKPA Children’s Home in Kathmandu which receives 71% of the<br />
ROKPA budget for Nepal. The Children’s Home is run by local staff and many of the staff members are former ROKPA<br />
children. The project is therefore anchored in the region. In addition, it offers a life style for, and ensures the upbringing of,<br />
the children in accordance with their culture and within a safe home without social pressure.<br />
5 %<br />
Women‘s Workshop<br />
12,9 %<br />
Other<br />
6,1 %<br />
Soup Kitchen/Medical Tent<br />
5 %<br />
Orphans and Street Children<br />
71 %<br />
Children‘s Home<br />
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Origin of Donations Switzerland 71% / Other countries 29%, in Swiss Francs<br />
2’500’000 2010<br />
2011<br />
2012<br />
2’250’000<br />
2’000’000<br />
1’750’000<br />
1’500’000<br />
1’250’000<br />
1’000’000<br />
750’000<br />
500’000<br />
250’000<br />
0<br />
Switzerland<br />
UK<br />
Germany<br />
Euskadi<br />
Spain<br />
Netherlands<br />
Italy<br />
Austria<br />
Poland<br />
USA<br />
France<br />
Ireland<br />
Finland<br />
Belgium<br />
Canada<br />
Others<br />
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Use of Donations<br />
Administration expenses were 8% and we were able to reduce the cost in comparison to last year once again.<br />
8 %<br />
Administration<br />
9 %<br />
Fundraising<br />
83 %<br />
Project Expenses<br />
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Source of Donations ROKPA Switzerland<br />
We receive approx. 50% of our donations from private sources. Charities are responsible for one third of the donations.<br />
1 %<br />
Churches<br />
34 %<br />
Foundations<br />
15 %<br />
Legacies<br />
1 %<br />
Public Sector<br />
2 %<br />
Companies<br />
47 %<br />
Private Sponsors<br />
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Forms of Donations<br />
ROPKA is recognized as a non-profit aid<br />
organization and tax exempt. Therefore, your<br />
donation will go directly into our aid projects<br />
without any tax deductions and can be<br />
deducted from your own taxes.<br />
Project Sponsorship<br />
Project sponsorships require a significantly smaller<br />
administrative effort than single sponsorships.<br />
Donations can be used more effectively. ROKPA does<br />
not offer possibilities for personal children sponsorships<br />
as they may result in unfair treatment and an imbalance<br />
within families. Currently, we offer the following<br />
sponsorships:<br />
Education of underprivileged children<br />
Medical emergency aid<br />
Company Contributions<br />
Donations instead of gifts: Companies send donations on<br />
Christmas or company anniversaries. These donations are<br />
tax deductible.<br />
Legacy<br />
To include ROKPA in a last will, inheritance contracts or<br />
legacies guarantee that ROKPA will receive part of your<br />
inheritance. Those responsible for legacies at ROKPA<br />
offer competent advice on lasting provisions. These<br />
donations to ROKPA are also tax deductible.<br />
Volunteering<br />
Unpaid specialized volunteers are responsible for<br />
keeping the administration expenses at a very low level<br />
(on average 10%) and donations will be used in areas<br />
where they are really needed.<br />
Women’s fund for support of mothers in need<br />
Preservation of Tibetan culture<br />
What ROKPA needs most urgently<br />
We accept donations via direct deposit, online or SMS.<br />
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ROKPA Performance Report 2012<br />
ROKPA Objectives<br />
The organization provides humanitarian<br />
and educational aid for people in need<br />
without consideration of religion, gender and<br />
nationality. It organizes own projects or<br />
selects projects which correspond to these<br />
objectives.<br />
To achieve those objectives, the organization may<br />
undertake the following, but not conclusively specified<br />
responsibilities:<br />
• Support in form of money, clothes, housing,<br />
protection, work or other vital measures where needed<br />
• Build schools or other educational facilities,<br />
subcontract to build or support the building and<br />
maintenance of those facilities<br />
• Build hospitals or other healthcare facilities with the<br />
purpose to improve health conditions, subcontract to<br />
build or support the building and maintenance of<br />
those facilities<br />
• Build monasteries, statues, stupas or other cultural<br />
facilities, subcontract to build or support the building<br />
and maintenance of those facilities<br />
• Realize forestry or other ecological projects or support<br />
their execution<br />
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Balance Sheet ROKPA INTERNATIONAL (consolidated)<br />
31.12.2012 31.12.2011<br />
Assets CHF CHF<br />
Current assets Appendix *<br />
Cash in hand 1’250’047 1’222’740<br />
Securities 2,4 – 183’828<br />
Accounts Receivable Trade – 1’645<br />
Additional Receivables 61’021 34’494<br />
Transitory Assets 10’060 42’522<br />
Fixed assets<br />
Land Nepal 562’811 –<br />
Total Assets 1’883’939 1’485’229<br />
Liabilities<br />
Short-term Current Liabilities 126’330 54’599<br />
Loan Akong Rinpoche – 12’699<br />
Transitory Liabilities 126’330 41’900<br />
Long-term Current Liabilities 130’435 130’435<br />
Loans Third Parties 130’435 130’435<br />
Funds with a specific purpose 2’281’567 1’981’815<br />
Nepal Fund 1,4 1’623’602 1’371’101<br />
Tibet Fund 1,4 489’198 346’989<br />
India Fund 1,4 113’976 183’870<br />
Africa Fund 1,4 54’207 72’742<br />
Children Fund 1,4 4 630<br />
Women‘s Fund 1,4 128 5’439<br />
Education Fund for Girls, Women 1,4 452 1’044<br />
Organisation Capital – 654’393 – 681’621<br />
Balance – 654’393 – 681’621<br />
Total Liabilities 1’883’939 1’485’229<br />
* The appendix can be downloaded on www.rokpa.org<br />
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Income Statement ROKPA INTERNATIONAL<br />
(consolidated)<br />
Income 2012 2011<br />
Donations Appendix * CHF CHF<br />
Donations Tibet 1,4 1’687’324 1’301’827<br />
Donations Nepal 1,4 528’641 228’451<br />
Donations India 1,4 45’041 45’646<br />
Donations Africa 1,4 32’893 32’804<br />
General Donations 1,4 1’154’415 674’578<br />
Total Donations 3’448’314 2’283’306<br />
Sales Income Shop/Markets/Cards 19’960 28’178<br />
Sales Income Events 58’500 3’257<br />
Interest Income 1’974 2’992<br />
Profit from securities sold 2’500 3’849<br />
Profit from currency exchange 2,3 78’343 2’125<br />
Extraordinary Income 0 45’000<br />
Various Income 300 0<br />
Total Income 3’609’891 2’368’707<br />
* The appendix can be downloaded on www.rokpa.org<br />
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Liabilities 2012 2011<br />
Project Expenditures Appendix * CHF CHF<br />
Projects / Sponsorships Tibet 1,4 2’283’632 2’018’972<br />
Projects / Sponsorships Nepal 1,4 198’142 239’860<br />
Projects / Sponsorships India 1,4 66’190 18’922<br />
Projects / Sponsorships Africa 1,4 46’684 76’970<br />
Other Projects 1,4 0 45’546<br />
Travel Cost / Expenditures Project Mgmt 14’513 21’831<br />
Total Project Expenditures 2’609’161 2’422’101<br />
Shop / Events<br />
Expenditures Shop/Markets/Cards 6’466 12’175<br />
Expense Events 87’487 4’201<br />
Total Shop / Events 93’953 16’376<br />
Administration<br />
Rent 56’009 53’295<br />
Wages incl. Social Security Contributions 2,5 373’515 333’480<br />
Communication 2,5 56’674 32’071<br />
Administration 88’903 135’767<br />
Total Administration 575’101 554’613<br />
Other Expenditures<br />
Loss from securities sold 0 44’156<br />
Loss from currency exchange 1’853 62’601<br />
Other Expenditures 2’844 8’073<br />
Total Other Expenditures 4’697 114’830<br />
Annual Profit before Fund results 326’979 –739’213<br />
Committed Funds<br />
Allocations of committed Funds (incl. Transfers) –1’932’780 –1’451’336<br />
Use of Committed Funds 2’594’649 2’445’270<br />
Free Funds<br />
Allocations of committed Funds (incl. Transfers) –960’045 –510’585<br />
Use of Committed Funds 0 0<br />
Fund Results –298’176 483’348<br />
Annual Profit before change in Organisation Capital 28’803 –255’865<br />
Change of acquired free capital 27’228 –122’962<br />
Change of free Funds –960’045 –510’585<br />
Allocations to Committed Funds 961’620 377’682<br />
Annual Profit after Fund Results 0 0<br />
Total Expenditures 3’609’891 2’368’707<br />
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Auditorreport for the Consolidated Financial Statements
ROKPA International ROKPA Switzerland<br />
ROKPA INTERNATIONAL is based in Zurich<br />
in Switzerland. It is the umbrella association<br />
for the 19 ROKPA country offices around the<br />
world and is responsible for all projects and<br />
sponsorships in Nepal, Tibet, India, Zimbabwe<br />
and South Africa.<br />
Der Vorstand<br />
• Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche (President)<br />
• Lea Wyler (Vice-President)<br />
• Gerry Leumann<br />
• Catherine Brown<br />
• Elise Jacobsen<br />
• Andrea Widmer<br />
The board members are elected for a period of two years<br />
respectively.<br />
The ROKPA ambassadors<br />
• Charles Dance, actor, screenwriter and producer<br />
• Jill Dawson, BBC-Producer<br />
• Marc Forster, movie producer<br />
• Sandra Studer, TV-presenter<br />
• Andreas Vollenweider, harpist, grammy-winner<br />
Country offices<br />
Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, United Kingdom,<br />
Netherlands, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Canada,<br />
Austria, Nepal, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa,<br />
USA, Zimbabwe.<br />
ROKPA Switzerland is based in Zurich and is<br />
responsible for obtaining funds in Switzerland,<br />
mainly for Tibet and Nepal.<br />
Executive Board<br />
• Gerry Leumann (President)<br />
• Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche<br />
• Claude A. Ribaux<br />
• Lea Wyler<br />
• Andreas Vollenweider<br />
The board members are elected for a period of two years<br />
respectively.<br />
Board of Patrons<br />
• Robert Schenker (President)<br />
• Dr. iur. Thomas Bär<br />
• Walter Bosch<br />
• Christine Egerszegi<br />
• Josef Estermann<br />
• Kurt E. Feller<br />
• Marc Forster<br />
• Dr. med. Felix Gutzwiller<br />
• Peter Hasler<br />
• Trix Heberlein<br />
• Philipp Keel<br />
• Cyrill Koller<br />
• Dr. Remo Largo<br />
• Charles Lewinsky<br />
• Dr. iur. Ellen Ringier<br />
• Roger Schawinski<br />
• Emil Steinberger<br />
• Niccel Steinberger<br />
• Franz Steinegger<br />
• Sandra Studer<br />
• Andreas Vollenweider<br />
• Dr. iur. Christian Wenger<br />
Auditor for both associations Truvag Revisions AG, Leopoldstrasse 6, 6210 Sursee<br />
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Main Office Zurich<br />
General Manager:<br />
Pia Schneider<br />
Fundraising:<br />
Gabriele Lenk<br />
Communications:<br />
Fritz Reust<br />
Administration:<br />
Barbara Meier until March 2012<br />
Brigitte Böhle from August 2012<br />
Intern:<br />
Thomas Stettler<br />
Volunteers<br />
Finance:<br />
Janusz Skonieczny, Lotti Kobler, Bea Schmutz<br />
Administration:<br />
Anna-Katharina Bosshard, Robert Diener, Monika Imfeld,<br />
Hansruedi Isler, Gisela Weisner, Elisabeth Weiss<br />
IT:<br />
Georgios Mazarakis, Ciro Parlato, Johann Wezel<br />
Photo archives:<br />
Corinna Biasutti, Tereza Konate, Laura Munzel<br />
Translations:<br />
Sian Edwards, Martha Müller, Ina Hohmann, Hanna<br />
Hündorf, David Tonge, Chris Michalski, Bettina Grieser<br />
Johns, Anke Hoffmann, Katrin Klein, Elaine Knoerich,<br />
Susanne Reiche, Yael Katz, Karin Stutz<br />
Dance Tour:<br />
Tommi Zeuggin, Achim-David Z’Brun, Mathias Ott,<br />
Claudia Boggio, Laura Munzel<br />
Media:<br />
Angela von Koblinski<br />
Sales:<br />
Bea Schmutz, Margrit Stahel<br />
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Imprint annual report<br />
Publisher:<br />
ROKPA INTERNATIONAL<br />
Boecklinstrasse 27<br />
CH-8032 Zurich<br />
Editors:<br />
Thomas Stettler, Anna-Katharina Bosshard<br />
Image editors:<br />
Corinna Biasiutti, Thomas Stettler<br />
Layout:<br />
Renée Reust<br />
Photos:<br />
Lea Wyler, Christian Lanz, Robert Bösch, Pim Willems<br />
Print run:<br />
1.200 copies<br />
In Switzerland, donations to ROKPA are<br />
exempt from tax. ROKPA has been ZEWO<br />
certified since 2004.
ROKPA INTERNATIONAL | Böcklinstrasse 27 | 8032 Zurich | Switzerland<br />
Telephone +41 44 2626888 | Fax +41 44 2626889 | info@rokpa.org | www.rokpa.org