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Doctors for Life International Group of Companies: Preliminary (Unaudited) Financial Report for the year ended 29 February 2012
Our income varies considerably from year to year, depending on how much our donors are able to give towards our work. Sometimes a large amount of money is given for a specific project / cause, resulting in a spike in income for that particular year. Examples of this would be the building of the clinic in Zavora (Mozambique) during the 2009 and 2010 financial years and the building of the Table Mountain Orphan Centre during the 2012 financial year. From this graph it can be clearly seen that Operation LifeChild and Aid to Africa are our largest projects in terms of funds received and applied. Most of our donors wish to support a specific project and we take great care in allocating all donor funding according to our donors’ wishes. The General Admin consist mainly of telephone costs, bank charges and the honorariums of 12 full-time volunteers who work at head office. It often happens that the funds allocated for General Admin are used to cover shortfalls on other projects, especially for Operation LifeChild, since supporting all our orphans on a month-to-month basis can be a financial challenge. It has even happened that our volunteers have had to forfeit their honorariums in order for us to meet our commitments toward our orphan centres. In terms of funding received and used, Operation LifeChild was our largest project during the 2012 financial year. We received donations specifically for the building of our Table Mountain centre, which constituted 21{01b0879e117dd7326006b2e84bcaac7e8fa1509c5c67baf2c9eb498fe06caff4} of our total spending for the year. The 76{01b0879e117dd7326006b2e84bcaac7e8fa1509c5c67baf2c9eb498fe06caff4} spent on orphans includes food and other necessities bought for the orphans as well as wages for the caregivers who are directly responsible for caring for the day-to-day needs of our children. It also includes the cost of delivering food to our centres of which some are situated in very rural areas. A small percentage (3{01b0879e117dd7326006b2e84bcaac7e8fa1509c5c67baf2c9eb498fe06caff4}) of donor funds intended for Operation LifeChild is used for administrative expenses which are directly related to the running of this project. These expenses include the honorarium of one dedicated volunteer at head office who coordinates this project. During the 2012 financial year outreaches were made to Zambia, Angola and Malawi. There have also been outreaches to remote areas within the borders of South Africa. Currently this project consists of two parts: – The LifePlace coffee shop in Durban where we reach out to prostitutes, and – our SafeHouse where we accommodate ex-prostitutes who would like to make a fresh start in life. The LifePlace coffee shop runs on a budget of R5 000 per month, out of which we pay the rent, electricity, telephone and a honorarium for a full-time volunteer dedicated to this project. The outreaches to the prostitutes on the streets of Durban are also financed out of this budget.]]>
Harm Reduction: More than just side effects! (press release)
- Politoxemia, the simultaneous addiction to different drugs.
- The financial implication of increased accidents in the workplace.
- An increase in hours off work.
- Medical expenses for treating the complications of substance abuse.
Planned Parenthood Defeated: Abortion is not a Universal Human Right in UN Summit Document (press release)
The International Planned Parenthood Federation, the world’s largest abortion promoter has been defeated in its efforts to hijack the millennium development goals, in order to promote legalized abortion throughout the world, and unrestricted access to abortions for adolescents. In spite of tremendous pressure from pro-abortion groups access to abortion as a basic human right was not included in UN summit Outcome Document officially adopted by the General Assembly on the 22nd of September. Pro-abortion NGO’s had been pushing during the UN September Summit for the adoption of a report produced by Navanethem Pillay, the High Commissioner on Human Rights. The report was described by some as an “extreme” and “ideologically driven” effort, to establish abortion as a “universal human right” for the purposes of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Pro-life groups issued a worldwide alert in June, urging pro-life people around the world to oppose the extremely pro-abortion report. They warned that a right to abortion under the guise of reproductive health would be proposed at the United Nations summit in New York in September 2010. Following the summit John Smeaton, SPUC’s Director said, “May I take this opportunity of thanking all those who took action to defend unborn children and their mothers throughout the world, including our colleagues in other pro-life organizations and courageous delegates from pro-life nations.” Carmen Barroso, regional director of International Planned Parenthood Western Hemisphere Region, has written to pro-abortion lobbyists saying that the Summit ’s Outcome Document … officially adopted by the General Assembly on the 22nd of September … neglects any reference to safe abortion, comprehensive sexuality education, adolescents … indicating that there is still much work to be done.” [In pro abortion language, this means legalized abortion and unrestricted access to abortion for children from 12 upwards.] Doctors For Life sees this development as an important stepping stone in the fight for the right to life of the unborn, as well as a relevant factor contributing to the physical and psychological wellbeing of the mother. Doctors For Life International is an association of more than 1800 specialists and medical doctors. DFL endeavors to promote public health by upholding sound science in the medical profession, as well as the constitutional right to freedom of conscience for all healthcare professionals. For more information, please visit www.doctorsforlife.co.za]]>