2019Annual Report
Alola Australia
PO Box 382, AbbotsfordVIC Australia 3067
Alola Australia Strong Women - Strong Nation ‘FETO FORTE, NASAUN FORTE’
Annual Report of Alola Australia
2019
Volunteer board members
8Part-time employee
1Funds raised
$143k
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We are delighted to share with you how the effort and generosity of our community in Australia has improved the lives of women and children in Timor-Leste.
Benvindu! Thank you for reading the 2019 Annual Report of Alola Australia.
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Hear from Acting Board Chair Helen Skinner.04
VISION, MISSION, PURPOSE, HISTORY
Find out why we exist and the history behind Alola Australia and Fundasaun Alola.
05BOARD, PARTNERS, SUPPORTERS
Get to know the generous indiviuals who support the operation of Alola Australia.
08OUR CAMPAIGNS IN 2019
Find out about the events and activities that made 2019 a successful year for Alola Australia.
10STORIES FROM TIMOR-LESTE
Hear updates from Fundasaun Alola’s key program areas.
12STORIES FROM AUSTRALIA
Get to know the Australians who are committed to supporting Fundasaun Alola.
18FINANCIAL REPORT
See our financial summary from 2019.20
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• Our supporters gave generously to see Alola establish new village based mother support groups, safe birthing projects, and education to increase breast cancer awareness and prevention across the nation, in an effort to reduce the tragically high number of women and children dying through child birth and cancer.
• The famous Alola annual fairs were revitalised - strengthening women’s participation in the economy and preserving Timor-Leste’s cultural heritage.
Alola Australia is a small but effective organisation run by a voluntary Board of Directors and with a large group of supporters across Australia. Our collaboration with Fundasaun Alola involves responding to the issues it identifies as being important, focused on supporting development programs to enable women and families in Timor-Leste to build a strong future. Our partnership with Fundasaun Alola is guided by our partnership/relationship document: Servisu Hamutuk – Working Together.
Our Strategic Plan 2018 – 2020 continued to shape the key priorities for Alola Australia’s work in 2019 – a significant year for us and Fundasaun Alola:
• Timor-Leste celebrated the 20th anniversary of the referendum of independence - and set out on its own path to build a strong and proud nation.
• We said farewell to an inspirational leader and very special friend, Fundasaun Alola CEO Alzira Reis, and admired the skills of Maria (Macu) Guterres who acted as CEO for a number of months, and was subsequently appointed to the role at the end of the year.
Message fromour Acting Chair
Alola Australia is committed to keeping our organisational costs to a minimum so that the funds we raise are transferred to Fundasaun Alola. In 2019 we testified once again to this achievement due to the significant unpaid voluntary work by the Board and many dedicated volunteers.
It is inspiring to be involved with Alola Australia and Fundasaun Alola. I take this opportunity to thank the Board for their vision, leadership, commitment and very hard work. I thank our volunteers and also Breanna Guterres, who joined us as Administration Manager (one day per week) in mid-2019 and has already made a huge impact.
Thank you to Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmão for her devotion to Fundasaun Alola and Alola Australia, and for continuing to foster strong and important connections between the organisations.
I also thank Maria Bohan, Chair of Alola Australia who is taking leave from absence from the Board from December 2019 – August 2020 to prioritise some family commitments. Her passion, energy and commitment to Alola Australia and Fundasaun Alola are inspiring, and we look forward to warmly welcoming her back during 2020.
Helen SkinnerActing Chair, Alola AustraliaMay 2020
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Our Mission Our Vision
Our Purpose
Promote women’s human rights.
Advocacy “Our women are the mothers of our nation. From strong women a great nation is born” Alzira Reis, former CEO Fundasaun Alola
Alola Australia and our supporters raise awareness and funds to support Fundasaun Alola’s mission which is to: promote women’s rights and increase women’s leadership capacity; improve the health status of women and children; increase access to, and quality of, education for women and children; and strengthen women’s small enterprises at the grassroots level. To achieve this mission Fundasaun Alola has 4 integrated programs:
To enable women and families in Timor-Leste to build a strong future by partnering with Fundasaun Alola to raise awareness, funds and create links in Australia,
‘Strong Women, Strong Nation’
Shared with our partner Fundasaun Alola
‘FETO FORTE, NASAUN FORTE’
Improve quality and access to education.
Education
Improve women’s and children’s health status.
Maternal and Child Health
Strengthen women’s economic participation
Economic Empowerment
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OurHistory
The initial focus of ‘The Alola Foundation’ was to raise awareness and campaign against sexual and gender-based violence in Timor-Leste.
Due to Timor-Leste‘s lack of legal infrastructure back in 2001, ‘The Alola Foundation’ was established as a company limited by guarantee, Alola Foundation Ltd, under Australian law.
However, we’re proud to say that in 2008, ‘The Alola Foundation’ became the first organization to register as an NGO in Timor-Leste and is known by its Tetum name, “Fundasaun Alola”.
At the same time, in order to continue to promote the work in Australia, a new charitable organisation known as Alola Australia Ltd was formed. Alola Australia is managed by volunteers in Australia working in partnership with Fundasaun Alola.
‘The Alola Foundation’ was established in 2001 by Kirsty Sword Gusmão AO, the former First Lady of Timor-Leste.
proud and strong years of Fundasaun Alola
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Alola founder Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmão AO
11 years of Alola Australia
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Fundasaun Alola has grown to include a wider range of programs that assist the women and children of Timor-Leste. Programs such as advocacy, economic empowerment, education and literacy, and maternal and child health.
For years, Fundasaun Alola has worked proactively in direct partnership with individual citizens and local and international non-profit organisations, as well as the Timor-Leste Government to improve the lives of the women and children of Timor-Leste.
Create employment
Promote human rights
Strengthen community development.
Enhance the status of women across TimorLeste
Work hand-in-hand with the Government of Timor-Leste to achieve the nation’s Development Goals.
Alola Australia is committed to enabling Fundasaun
Alola to undertake its work effectively and sustainably.
We recognise that the interests of women, men and
children are best served when local communities mobilise local community capacity.
is what we aim to raise per year for Fundasaun Alola
Fundasaun Alola’s programs:
Fundasaun Alola today
$120k
Alola’s 2019 mid-year handicraft fair
years of Alola Australia
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The Board of Directors
Alola Australia’s Avos
Avo Advisers are respected elder women who have or have had a particular association with Timor-Leste and/or Fundasaun Alola. They are appointed by the Board of Alola Australia andtheir role is to provide wise counsel on Alola Australia’s activities, especially on matters that may require sensitivity and reconciliation.
Alola Australia’s Avos are:Melanie Atkins, Jan Curtain, Jill Forsyth, Wendy Mayne, Christine Perkins and Rosalie Sword.
Alola Australia’s board in 2019:• Nicole Bluett-Boyd• Maria Bohan (Chair in 2019)• Nandy Gurr• Stephen Lavender, (Treasurer)• Jacky Mandelbaum• Christine Perkins• Natalie Savin (Company Secretary)• Helen Skinner (Deputy Chair)• Helen Tchong
All of Alola Australia’s board members give their time on a volunteer basis. Alola Australia employs one part-time staff member for eight hours per week. Thank you to Marita, Kate and Breanna who fulfilled this role in 2019.
Many of you have had the privilege of meeting Maria Bohan, our Board Chair and long-time Timor-Leste supporter.
Maria has taken Family Leave from the board Chair position until August 2020, but remains an active supporter of Alola Australia. The board would like to acknowledge and thank Maria for her steadfast leadership of Alola Australia over a number of years. Maria’s passion and commitment to Alola Australia has been a key driver in increasing our fundraising revenue for Fundusaun Alola and building our supporter base in Australia.
We look forward to welcoming Maria back later in 2020.
Former Chair Maria Bohan with Lidia Norberta Dos Santos Martins MP from TImor Leste
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Acknowledgements & Thanks
We would like to acknowledge the team of our partner, Fundasaun Alola, in 2019Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmão AO (Chair of the Board), the members of the Board, Alzira Dos Reis (CEO till July 2019), Maria (Macu) Guterres (Acting CEO from August 2019), the Staff Team, and the Volunteer Team.
Alola Australia acknowledges and thanks everyone who has contributed to and supportedbringing our mission to life during 2019: supporters, donors, friends and partners.
PatronDame Quentin Bryce, AD, CVO
SupportersFriends of Alola groups and
individuals across Australia and overseas.
Volunteers & Pro Bono ContributorsA great list of people who help with mailouts, website, facebook,
newsletter, campaigns, stalls, events and fundraising.
Particularly we mention the contribution of Wendy Mayne and Sue Lee to the newsletter;Wendy Mayne to Facebook; Mardi Trompf and Wendy Mayne to the Trading Group;
Bernadette Garcia to events and campaigns; and Caine Real Estate to our Dinner event.
Our Corporate Supporters Salesforce.com
PKF AustraliaOnline Tree
Our Community Partners International Women’s Development Agency
Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking Humans Rotary Club of Kew
Our close association with the Timor-Leste Friendship Groups, esp. Friends of Same
Friends of Baucau Geelong Friends of Viqueque
Ballarat Friends of AinaroBendigo Friends of MaubisseIndigo Shire Friends of AtauroWangaratta Friends of Lacluta
Macedon Ranges Friends of East Timor
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Our Campaigns
Alola Australia is proud to keep our operating costs to a minimum so that the majority of funds raised can be transferred directly to Fundasaun Alola. In 2019, our operating costs accounted for just 9% of revenue.
Thanks to our supporters who contributed to our key fundraising campaigns in 2019, as well as those who made generous donations throughout the year, we raised over
In 2019, Alola Australia ran four key fundraising campaigns. These campaigns are highlighted on the following page. These campaigns not only raise vital funds, but contribute to community awareness and support of the fantastic programs carried out by Fundusaun Alola.
In addition to these campaigns, Alola Australia also raised:
• $41,904 in unsolicited donationsthroughout the year.
• $4608 from an afternoon teafor Fundasaun Alola’s HALIKUWomen’s Cancer Project
• $655 from the sale of handicrafts$143,000
Helen Tchong’s (Board Director)MILK event
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Tax Appeal - Economic Empowerment
Annual Dinner - Why Working with Women Matters
Christmas Gift CertificatesMILK campaign
‘Economic Empowerment was the first of Alola’s projects and, over the years, has successfully assisted countless individual women and women’s cooperatives to gain skills in small business management, handicraft product development, pricing and market access, among other key skills. In recent times, its services have expanded to include the provision of micro-credit loans, seed funding for the establishment of small enterprises, and savings and loan schemes.’ - Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmão AO
Amount raised: $48,812
110 friends of Alola came from all over Australia to our annual dinner in Melbourne. Special guest speakers included Dr Conny Lenneberg, Executive Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Kirsty Sword Gusmão AO and Dr Susan Griffiths, a 2019 Study Tour Participant.
Amount raised: $24,576
Alola Australia offered a range of gift certificates especially for Christmas. The five Christmas gift certificates, ranging from $10 - $75, support Alola’s work to improve child and maternal health, create employment opportunities, promote human rights, increase literacy, and strengthen access to education in Timor-Leste.
Amount raised: $9,215
This year’s MILK campaign invited friends, family and colleagues to get together during August for a morning or afternoon tea at their home, workplace or local cafe in support of mums and babies in Timor-Leste.
Amount raised: $13,539
Our 2019 fundraising campaigns
Board members Christine Perkins, Maria Bohan and
Helen Skinner
Maria Tapu, Small Business Owner
Wendy’s MILK event
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At the end of July, Alzira Reis, CEO of Fundasaun Alola in Timor-Leste, said farewell to the organisation she has been a part of and led for many years. Alzira is well known to many of us in Australia. She has visited many times to speak at events, to meet with key organisations and to thank Alola supporters and friends.
Alzira grew up in a village in Baucau Municipality, alongside two brothers and three sisters. She and her husband Helder have two children. She has a law degree and she joined the staff of Alola in 2003. For over 16 years Alzira worked as Advocacy Program Manager and the CEO.
Under Alzira’ s leadership Fundasaun Alola has continued to become a most impressive and strategic organisation in:
• Women’s rights and equality• Women’s leadership and empowerment• The integration of Alola’s four cutting edge programs• Making a difference to the lives of women, children and families• Influencing the political, economic and social structures of Timor-Leste.
As well as leading Alola, Alzira plays a leadership role on the boards of other organisations: Rede Feto, ALFeLA, Pradet and Centro Nacional Chega.
We remember Alzira’s powerful words at our annual fundraising dinners and in particular, “Our women are the mothers of our nation. From strong women a great nation is born”.
Alzira Reis - former CEO
Farewell Alzira
Welcome MacuMaria Imaculada (Macu) Guterres (pictured here with Kirsty Sword Gusmão AO) became the acting CEO after Alzira’s departure. On Jan 1st 2020, Macu was instated as Fundasaun Alola’s permanent CEO. Macu was formally the Manager of the Maternal Child Health Program. We look forward to working collaboratively with Macu in 2020 and beyond.
Stories from Timor-Leste
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Maternal & Child HealthMaternal & Child Health
Infant mortality rates have decreased from 45 in every 1,000 live births to 30.
The percentage of malnourised mothers has declined from 27% to 23%.
The percentage of underweight children <5 has decreased from 45% to 40%.
Whilst there have been improvements, critical challenges still remain. The MCH program will continue to fortify its interventions to help eradicate malnutrition and reduce maternal mortality.
This Fundasaun Alola program utilizes a range of strategies directed at multiple levels:
nationally and in districts; in health facilities such as hospitals, community health centres, in
local health posts, and in the broader community.
For more information, please see www.alolafoundation.org/maternal-and-child-health/
The MCH team ran ‘healthy baby contests’ and breastfeeding quizzes in villages across the country in celebration of 2019 World Breastfeeding Week (pictured). The team visited 3 municipalities, Aileu, Liquica and Manufahi, and reached more more than 30 villages
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HALIKUHALIKU“I choose to be healed”“I choose to be healed”
Maria Imaculada Guterres (third from left), manager of the MCH
program, speaking on “FETO HO NIA MUNDU” radio program in
July 2019. Ms Guteres shared information about women’s
cancer and the importance of eary detection in a 60-minute segment.
The HALIKU team educated women about conducting regular self-examinations for the early detection of breast cancer and about signs of cervical cancer. The HALIKU team also support women to access cancer testing, treatment and referrals.
For more information, please see www.alolafoundation.org/womens-cancer-raising-awareness/
See the HALIKU team in action in “We Need to Talk About Breasts”, a video produced with funding from the Perth-based Annie Millicent ChildCare Foundation. The project brought together the Ministry of Health and its key health partners, including Fundasaun Alola, to improve breast cancer awareness in Timor-Leste. Maria Imaculada Guterres (left) and Pascoela Barreto (right)
Watch online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtfKpyGNns0
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Scholarship Program
Teacher Training Project
Mobile Library
The Fundasaun Alola Teacher Training project continues to support the Ministry of Education in the implementation of new curriculum in primary schools and aims to improve students’ achievements and learning by building the capacity of teachers and leaders. National and international mentors are involved as key resources supporting this program.
EducationEducation
The Education Program aims to improve quality and access to education in Timor-Leste. In 2019, the Education program continued to provide scholarship support to students at primary, secondary school and university, support primary school leaders and teachers through a professional learning and mentoring project, promote the importance of reading within the community as whole, and expand opportunities for early education through the Alternative Preschool (Home-based and Centre-based) in Viqueque and Ermera.
For more information, please see www.alolafoundation.org/education/
Alola’s Mobile Library is designed to allow children access to books and to develop a culture of reading with the community’s involvement. The Mobile Library operates by visiting children in remote communities to provide access to reading and other educational activities in the afternoon (after school hours).
The Scholarship Program addresses the compound disadvantage experienced by many young women, especially in remote areas, among single-parent families, orphans, gender-based violence survivors, children from large families or those from situations of risk. Importantly, the program raises the awareness of scholarship recipients about gender-based violence, human trafficking and reproductive health.
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Milena dos Santos, coordinator of the
craftswomen group from Atu-Aben
village.
Alola’s Economic Empowerment Program has two main areas: handicraft development and development of women’s livelihoods. The goal of this program is to strengthen women’s economic participation in order to improve the status of women, to increase income generating opportunities and to promote economic independence.
For more information, please see www.alolafoundation.org/economic-empowerment/
On July 6-7 2019, the Economic Empowerment program coordinated Alola’s mid-year fair and exhibition. The fair, the 12th to date, was held at the Alola Foundation office in Dili and attended by more than 50 craft groups. Participants showcased their latest works and sold handicraft products including tais, pottery, toys from Atauro, sculptures, accessories, natural soaps, traditional medicines, coffee and local food. By the end of the two days, more than 2,000 people had visited and revenue collected during the exhibition totalled US$11,233.75.
2019 Highlight: The Mid-year Fair
Economic Economic EmpowermentEmpowerment
“From the two exhibition days, we were happy with the results we got, many people visited
to buy our products.’
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Alola’s Women’s Resource Centre
Fundasaun Alola’s Women’s Resource Centre provides opportunities for young women and young men to develop their capacity and to better understand their rights. Young people are able to access the internet, computers, the library and are offered support and referral if they are victims/survivors of violence.
Six female members of parliament from Timor-Leste visited Australia in Feb 2019. This was supported through IWDA and the Australian Embassy in Dili. Whist not an Alola initiative, it was wonderful for the Alola Australia team to meet with these wonderful leaders and role models.
AdvocacyAdvocacy
All Fundasaun Alola training programs include raising awareness of gender-based violence, human trafficking, and Domestic Violence Law. This integrated approach is a priority for Fundasaun Alola in its mission to prevent gender-based violence, strengthen women leaders and support decision-making by young women.
For more information, please see www.alolafoundation.org/advocacy/
Pictured left to right: Olinda Guterres, Khunto Party; Elvina Sousa Carvalho from Ermera, Democratic Party; Lídia Norberta Dos Santos Martins from Liquisa, Chair of the Women’s Caucus, Parliamentary Secretary, Fretilin Political Party; Isabel Maria Barreto Freitas Ximenes from Triloka in Baucau, Timorese Democratic Union Party; Rosalina Ximenes PLP Political Party; and Lucia Taeki from Oecussi, National Council of Timorese Resistance Political Party. Photo courtesy of IWDA
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Stories from Australia
There are countless stories from our supporters in Australia, these are just a selection. Thank you
to all of our supporters, both long term and recent, who have given so generously.
“Having travelled quite widely, I now can say that this Timor-Leste tour engendered in me the greatest admiration and spirited educational expose of history, persecution, resistance and ultimate triumph in one of the world’s poorest, but emerging nations.
It was through Kirsty, a guest speaker in 2006, at the Zonta Club of Sydney 40th birthday celebration, that I learned a little of her background and subsequent life in Timor-Leste. I was interested to see first hand, some of the common types of projects that both the Alola Foundation and Zonta International shared, that is, empowering women through service and advocacy; and promoting human rights, education and economic independence for women and girls, to mention a few.
My visit to Timor-Leste provided me with the first hand exposure to all of these in this one tiny nation and within such compact boundaries.” Mary - 2019 Study Tour participant 2019 Study Tour
The Study Tour is an annual trip run by Kirsty Sword Gusmão and Nandy Gurr. Funds raised from the Study Tour are distributed to an NGO in Timor-Leste. In 2019, the funds were distributed to Fundasaun Alola, specifically the Economic Empowerment Program.
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“I became aware of Alola via a program at Victoria University which supported students from Timor-Leste. It must have been nearing Christmas because I decided that buying presents for all the grown-ups in my family was not really necessary and that I could make better use of this money supporting Alola programs. I advised all the family members that this was what I was doing and the programs I was supporting. This was my Christmas present to them. Initially my family were bemused but supportive. I still do this every year and I have also commenced a monthly contribution”. - Russell Woodley
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Alola Australia LimitedABN 20 132 084 050
Financial report
For the year ended 31 December 2019
Corporate information ………………........................ 1
Directors' report ………………........................ 2
Auditor's independence declaration ………………........................ 5
Statement of surplus or deficit and other comprehensive income ………………........................ 6
Statement of financial position ………………........................ 7
Statement of changes in equity ………………........................ 7
Statement of cash flows ………………........................ 8
Notes to the financial report ………………........................ 9
Directors' declaration ………………........................ 11
Independent auditor's report ………………........................ 12
Alola Australia Limited
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Table of contents
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Alola Australia Limited
ABN 20 132 084 050
Corporate information
Directors
N. Bluett-Boyd
M. Bohan, Chairperson (leave of absence from 16 December 2019)
N Gurr
S. Lavender
J. Mandelbaum
J Menezes (Resigned 20 May 2019)
C. Perkins
N. Savin
H. Skinner, acting Chairperson (from 17 December 2019)
H. Tchong
Company secretary
N. Savin
Registered office
Holding Redlich
Level 8, 555 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Principal place of business
377 Clarke St
Northcote VIC 3070
Solicitors
Holding Redlich
Level 8, 555 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Bankers
ANZ
55 Collins St Melbourne Vic 3000
Bank Australia
280 Brunswick St Fitzroy 3065
Auditor
PKF Melbourne
Level 12, 440 Collins St
Melbourne, VIC 3000
• Senior Associate, Griffith Hack Lawyers (2008-2011)
Relevant Experience/Roles
• Member Audit and Risk Committee
• Acting Deputy Chairperson (from 17 December 2019)
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Science
Relevant Experience/Roles
• General Counsel, Orygen 2020 to Date
• Senior Legal Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2011-2014)
• Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth (2015-17)
• Legal Policy Advisor Obesity Policy Coalition Cancer Council of Victoria 2017-18
Special responsibilities
J. Mandelbaum
Qualifications:
• Treasurer East Timor Women's Association 2012-2013
Special responsibilities
• Treasurer
• Member Audit and Risk Committee
• B Comm (UoM)
• Dip of Frontline Management (RMIT)
Relevant Experience/Roles
• Member Institute of Chartered Accountants 1975-2011
• Treasurer, Only Just Fair Trade 2013- present
• Election Monitor Timor Leste Presidential Election 2012
Special responsibilities
• Advocacy
• Fundraising
S Lavender
Qualifications:
• Board Member Casa Vida Timor Leste
• Leading Teams from New Community Ringwood to Timor Leste 2012-2016
• Chairperson (leave of absence from 16 December 2019)
• Member Audit & Risk Committee
N Gurr
• Coordinator New Community Ringwood -Fundraising Timor Leste 2003-16
• Partnership with Kirsty Sword Gusmao - study tours and projects 2007-2019
• CEO Carers Victoria 1994 - 2010 (annual budget $10.5m)
• Manager Services Development CatholicCare 2012 - 2016
• Committee Community Owned Renewable Energy Project – Geelong Sustainability
• Pro bono mentor NFP CEOs,
• Significant leadership and social change experience
Special responsibilities
Relevant Experience/Roles
• Graduate Diploma in Community Development RMIT
• Senior Research Officer, Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Extensive Experience in Researching Violence Against Women
M. Bohan, Chairperson (leave of absence from 16 December 2019)
Qualifications:
• Dip of Teaching Primary
• Board Member Caleb Leadership Ministries 2008-2013
• Graduate Diploma in Community Education (Caulfield IT)
• PhD Law (Legal Theory and Jurisprudence)
Relevant Experience/Roles
• Lead Researcher, Safe Futures Foundation (Timor-Leste)
N. Bluett-Boyd
Qualifications:
The names and details of the Company's directors in office during the calendar year and until the date of this report are as follows. Directors were in office for this
entire year unless otherwise stated.
Directors
ABN 20 132 084 050
Directors' report
Alola Australia Limited
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours - Criminology)
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Your directors submit their special purpose financial report for the for the year ended 31 December 2019.
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Jeanelle Menezes (Resigned 20 May 2019)
N. Savin
Qualifications:
• Director Risk Assurance PwC (focus on state government, health and not for profit sectors)
• Member Institute of Charterred Accountants of England and Wales Admitted 2006
• Member of Institute of Internal Audit Australia
• Board Member St Paul's Primary School Bentleigh
Directors' report
ABN 20 132 084 050
Alola Australia Limited
• Convenor Audit and Risk Management Committee
Helen Skinner, acting Chairperson (from 17 December 2019)
BA (University of Cambridge, UK)
MA (University of Cambridge, UK)
Relevant Experience/Roles
• CEO roles in several Not For Profit Organisations
• Board Member of
• Dental Health Services Victoria (9 years, last 3 years as Chair)
• Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (2 years)
Special responsibilities
• Company Secretary
Qualifications:
• BA (Queensland)
• MA - Policy and Law (La Trobe)
Relevant Experience / Roles:
• Executive management – state and local government
Relevant Experience / Roles:
• Board Member Healthsharing Women and Macaulay Community Credit Cooperative
• Extensive experience in International Development and long time supporter of Timor-Leste
Special responsibilities:
• Finance, Administration, Fundraising, Communications, Governance
• Member Audit and Risk Committee
C. Perkins
Qualifications:
• Diploma of Nursing
• Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment
• Legal and Advisory - Corporate and International Tax (Allens Linklaters PWC)
• B. Comm (UoM)
• B. A (UoM)
Special Responsibilities
• Acting Chairperson (from 17 December 2019)
• Member of Audit and Risk Committee
H Tchong
Qualifications:
• Deputy Chairperson (to 16 December 2019)
• Policy development and advice - State Governmnet of Victoria
• Legal policy - McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Canacer Council of Victoria
Special Responsibilities:
• Member Audit and Risk Committee
Relevant Experience/Roles
Qualifications:
• BCom/ LLB (Honours) (Auckland, New Zealand)
Relevant Experience / Roles:
• Alola Milk Campaign Volunteer
• Senior Policy Officer Premier and Cabinet - 2017 - Present
• Policy Officer at Federal Attorney General's Department 2012-2015
• Communication and Strategy Roles at several NFP organisations
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2019 2018
Note
Revenue
Advocacy 1,150 54,000
Breast cancer support 6,400 25,500
Economic Empowerment 74,500 1,300
Education 1,890 62,589
Scholarships 57,840 -
Maternal & Child Health 18,831 25,510
Sales - 365
Gifts and donations - untied 76,677 45,724
Interest income 54 23
Total revenue 237,342 215,011
Expenses
Overheads and campaign expenses
Administration support 14,564 12,694
Audit fee 2,800 2,750
Bank fees and charges 1,945 1,681
Event and campaign expenses 5,788 5,947
Insurance expense 1,166 1,389
Breast Cancer Support Costs 4,044 -
Inventory expense - 373
Other expenses 1,121 935
Subtotal 31,428 25,769
Disbursement to Fundasaun Alola 201,993 190,688
Subtotal 201,993 190,688
Total expenses / disbursement to Fundasaun Alola 233,421 216,457
Surplus / (deficit) before income tax expense 3,921 (1,447)
Income tax expense 2 - -
Operating surplus / deficit for the year 3,921 (1,447)
Other comprehensive income for the year - -
Total accumulated losses/comprehensive income for the year 3,921 (1,447)
The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes
For the year ended 31 December 2019
Alola Australia Limited
ABN 20 132 084 050
Statement of Surplus or Deficit and Other Comprehensive Income
Page 7
Note 2019 2018
ASSETS $ $
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 1(b) 16,452 13,961
GST receivable 1,729 299
TOTAL ASSETS 18,181 14,260
NET ASSETS 18,181 14,260
EQUITY
Retained surplus 18,181 14,260
TOTAL EQUITY 18,181 14,260
2019 2018
$ $
Equity at the beginning of the year 14,260 15,707
Total comprehensive income for the year 3,921 (1,447)
Equity at the end of the year 18,181 14,260
The above statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes
For the year ended 31 December 2019
As at 31 December 2019
Alola Australia Limited
ABN 20 132 084 050
Statement of Financial Position
Statement of Changes in Equity
Page 8
Note 2019 2018
$ $
Cash flows from operating activities
Receipts in the form of donations and fundraising 237,342 216,244
Payment of expenses / disbursements 234,851 216,456
Net cash flow from operating activities 1(a) 2,491 (212)
Cash at beginning of financial year 13,961 14,173
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 2,491 (212)
Cash at end of financial year 16,452 13,961
(a) Reconciliation of net cash flow from operating activities with operating surplus:
Operating surplus 3,921 (1,447)
Increase in payables / decrease in receivables (1,430) 1,235
Increase in funds held on behalf of Fundasaun Alola
Net cash flow from operating activities 2,491 (212)
The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes
For the year ended 31 December 2019
Alola Australia Limited
ABN 20 132 084 050
Statement of Cash Flows
Note 1 Statement of significant accounting policies
Corporate Information
Financial Reporting Framework
Significant Accounting Policies
AASB 101 "Presentation of Financial Statements"
AASB 107 "Cashflow Statements"
AASB 108 "Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors"
AASB 110 "Events after the Balance Sheet Date"
AASB 1031 "Materiality"
Page 9
Alola Australia Limited
ABN 20 132 084 050
Notes to the financial report
The Company is not a reporting entity because in the opinion of the directors, there are unlikely to exist users of the
financial report who are unable to command the preparation of reports tailored so as to satisfy specifically all of their
information needs. Accordingly, this "special purpose financial report" has been prepared so as to provide
information required by the Directors, Members and Donors. Alola Australia Ltd is a small company limited by
guarantee as defined by s45B of the Corporations Act 2001.
The financial report has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement requirements of
applicable Australian Accounting Standards and Accounting Interpretations of the Australian Accounting Standards
Board, modified for use by non-reporting entities. It is compliant with the disclosure requirements of the following
standards:
Alola Australia Limited is a not-for-profit entity, incorporated and domiciled in Australia.
The principal activity of the company during the year was to make positive and sustainable changes in the lives of
women and children in Timor-Leste.
The company had no employees as at 31 December 2019.
The financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historical costs.
Accounting policies are selected and applied in a manner which ensures that the resulting financial information
satisfies the concepts of relevance and reliability, thereby ensuring that the substance of the underlying transactions
or other events is reported.
Accounting policies are selected and applied in a manner which ensures that the resulting financial information
satisfies the concepts of relevance and reliability, thereby ensuring that the substance of the underlying transactions
or other events is reported. The following significant accounting policies have been adopted in the preparation and
presentation of the financial report:
(a) Going Concern
(b) Cash and cash equivalents
These accounts are presented in Australian dollars.
Note 2 Income tax
Note 3 Related party transactions
Note 4 Economic dependency
Alola Australia Ltd has Tax Concession Charity status from the ATO (via ACNC).
Page 10
The financial report has been prepared adopting the going concern convention which assumes continuity of normal
business activities and the realisation of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.
Alola Australia Limited
ABN 20 132 084 050
Notes to the financial report
(c) Revenue recognition
Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet comprise cash at bank and in hand and short-term deposits with an
original maturity of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject
to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
Revenue is recognised and measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable to the extent it is
probable that the economic benefits will flow to the entity and the revenue can be reliably measured. Gifts and
donations are recognised when they are received or when the right to receive payment is established.
The Company acts as an agent for and on behalf of Fundasaun Alola to collect grants and donations from Australian
supporters. The gross inflows of economic benefits in such cases are initially controlled by the company and
therefore recognised as revenue.
Transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those
available to other parties unless otherwise stated.
The future operations of the company are dependent upon the continuation of adequate funding from donors and
grantors.
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