SD Germany has been active since 1982, has been a registered charitable organization with tax exempt status since 1992 and today has about 60 members and a staffed office in Hamburg. It operates with a core team of five Directors, one staff and 16 project coordinators.
SD Germany team members at a planning meeting in Tonning near the North Sea, February 2009.
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Activities 2007:
SD Germany has active partnerships with about 20 projects in Indonesia, India, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Ukraine and Germany. A highlight of 2007 was getting the approval of BMZ for a 4 year project to combat Malaria in Kalimantan. The project has a total budget of about 250,000 Euros, of which YUM and SD Germany have to finance 25%.
In the area of Public Relations and Advocacy SD Germany held a very successful weekend seminar as part of celebrating its 25th anniversary with a number of workshops on various aspects of Susila Dharma. For this they obtained external funding for the seminar so that it didn't burden the budget.
In the field of publications SD Germany produced 2 issues of their magazine Umschau (Outlook), 4 issues of the newsletter Einblick (Insight) and weekly issues of their brief office newsletter Susi-Woche (Susi-Week) which keeps our extended team informed about what is going on.
In 2007, SD Germany received 41% of its revenue from external sources and $153,342 was provided in grants to project partners.
Goals for 2008:
- Publications: Susi-Woche, 2 Umschau. 5 Einblick, website
- BMZ-Project applications: Rural Development Project, Anisha, India
- Project visits: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, India, Indonesia,
- Ukraine
- To learn about and apply Logical Framework Approach to our project planning and monitoring starting with the BMZ project proposal for Anisha rural. (e) To hold an Annual Meeting in October, monthly Team meetings, presentations at Zonal meeting and Subud Congress, and presence at various other events.
Contact:
Romina Vianden-Prudent, Chair
Email: sd-germany@susiladharma.org
Website: www.susiladharma.de