Annual Report 2019

Donations
Commitment over the years makes sustainable
development possible
Peace is growing thanks to you
and your solidarity
Without peace, there can be no sustainable development
– and without sustainable development,
there can be no peace. Together with our
partner churches and organisations, we act as a
mutually supportive global community to bring
about a world that is fair, peaceful and inclusive.
Because hunger and poverty can only be combated
– and access to medical care and education
can only be provided – where people live in
peace. Our partners are playing an active part in
the peace process in South Sudan, where war
between different ethnic groups has raged for
years and people have been forced to flee from
violence and fighting. They are involved in setting
up primary schools and providing continuing
education for teachers; they also operate
a children’s home for orphans, offer vocational
training for displaced people, and run a school
for midwives. Mission 21 is able to undertake
these projects together with its partners – and to
carry out peace and reconciliation work so that
people can live together in this young country in
the future – thanks to the generous support and
solidarity of donors, volunteers, foundations,
church congregations and cantonal churches,
and also thanks to legacies and the contributions
from the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation (SDC).
2019, the year under review, was a relatively
good year for us in terms of donations, with a
slight increase (totalling 3.3%) in income from
this source. We received an exceptionally large
contribution due to the dissolution of the Martin
Stucki Foundation, which transferred its assets
to us. In keeping with the intentions of Martin
Stucki, the founder, we will now make effective
use of this contribution over several years in
Cameroon where – despite the delicate situation
– we are able to continue our programme
work thanks to our partners. Contributions from
the regional churches showed a slight upturn
whereas, unfortunately, there was a decrease in
income from church congregations. Our private
donors, volunteers and honorary co-workers
showed their generosity and commitment, but
here too there was an overall reduction in income.
There was an encouraging year-on-year increase
in contributions from foundations, the
lottery fund, municipal authorities and cantons.
We are very pleased to receive the sustained and
committed support of our institutional sponsors
over the years, and we thank them for the trust
they place in the effectiveness of our work.
I would like to thank you all most sincerely
for the solidarity and support you have shown!
Together, we are bringing about sustainable
changes as the basis for a world that is inclusive,
fair and peaceful.
Gaby Ullrich
Marketing and Communication Department
A one-year tailoring and dressmaking course run by YOP, Mission 21's
partner organisation, gives displaced women in Cameroon the basic knowledge
they need to earn their livelihood.
Photograph: Omer Songwe
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