Governance and Finance

Governance

Incorporated as a non-profit corporation in May 2003, and a registered charity in Feburary 2009, CW4WAfghan is governed by an elected Board of Directors comprised of not less than three persons elected to fill the Officer positions, and no more than six additional persons, being Directors at large. The officers of CW4WAfghan are the National President, the National Vice President, the National Secretary and the National Treasurer.

Directors and officers are nominated and elected at the annual general meetings by voting members. The Board of CW4WAfghan is a working board, made up of volunteers committed to the purposes of the organization. The activities of CW4WAfghan are planned, implemented and evaluated by Board members in consultation with the volunteer Executive Director who works closely with the Board to carry out programming and the administration of the National office of the organization.

Board of Directors and Officers

Carolyn Reicher, President
Janis Rapchuk, Secretary
Madeliene Tarasick, Vice-President
Penny Christensen, Treasurer
Linda Middaugh
Irene MacDonald
Jamie Podmorow
Deborah Alexander
Roya Rahmani
Carrie Rowlandson

Executive Director:
Janice Eisenhauer

Project Director:
Lauryn Oates

CW4WAfghan is a federally registered charity (Canada Revenue Agency #887718203RR0001.) CW4WAfghan is also registered with Industry Canada as a non-profit corporation under number 415380-4 and is licensed to operate under the Alberta Government Charities Act.

Security Code of Practice: CW4WAfghan representatives in Canada and in Afghanistan abide by a code of security practices outlined in our organizational security manual. This code of practice is prepared for organizations like ours with a small field presence and a modest budget for security infrastructure. If you would like to obtain a copy of this manual, please submit a request to us by e-mail explaining why this is requested, and upon approval of your request, we would be glad to share this with other non-profit organizations seeking to improve their security standards to facilitate their social justice or humanitarian work in Afghanistan or similar environments.

Finances:

Audit Financial Statements are available to download below. Please email info@cw4wafghan.ca with any quetions. Due to the volunteer contributions from our executive and members overall, and with our ability at present to effectively operate with no paid staff, we are able to allocate 100% of the funds provided by individual Canadian donors to our projects in Afghanistan.

Other expenses for project monitoring, evaluation, administration, operations including special public engagement activities (such as our information bulletins, our Canadian teachers' resource. etc.) are provided by special grants specifically designated for these expenditures.

Project Funding in Afghanistan: To briefly highlight our successes, from 1999-2008, CW4WAfghan has funded a total of 194 projects totalling $2,008,800 to our Afghan projects. These amounts average US$1,000 to US$60,000, covering project terms ranging from six months to two years.

Note: CW4WAfghan members have approved that our budgeting will allow for sufficient funds to be available each year to sustain our long-term commitments with our project partners. Accordingly, an additional $300,000 is available to budget for the next calendar year (2010) covering approximately 20 projects.

The large majority of our donations making up the advances to Afghanistan listed below come from individual donors in Canada. Thank you for making this possible.

Total Canadian Donations
issued to Afghanistan through CW4WAfghan for
Education Projects in Afghanistan:

Sept 1999-Aug 2001 = $  26,250  ( 8 projects) 2 yrs
Sept 2001-Aug 2002 = $272,711  (19 projects)
Sept 2002-Aug 2003 = $225,700  (24 projects)
Sept 2003-Aug 2004 = $462,711  (34 projects)
Sept 2004-Aug 2005 = $277,206  (27 projects)
Sept 2005-Aug 2006 = $160,125  (19 projects)
Sept 2006-Aug 2007 = $272,940  (31 projects)
Sept 2007-Aug 2008 = $311,162  (32 projects)
Sept 2008-Aug 2009 = $483,932  (33 projects)
                               $2,492,737 (226 projects)

Total Advances to Afghan Projects:
        1999-2009 = $2,492,737 (226 projects)

Total CIDA Matched Funding
        2008-2009 = $250,000 (1 project)

The goal of our project support is to ensure effective long-term
sustainable programmes for Afghan woman and children.

Financial Statements / Annual Reports Download below. Our fiscal year is September 1 to August 31: