A Chance In Life 2019-20 Annual Report

A CHANCE IN LIFE 2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT

OF SERVING AT-RISK YOUTH

table of contents

6 OUR STORY

29 DONOR RECOGNITION

10 OUR TOWNS

letter from our chairman

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boys' & girls' Towns of ethiopia

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letter from our president

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boys' & girls' Towns of india

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Letter from our vice president of development

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boys' & girls' Towns of Bolivia

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Give with confidence & financials

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boys' & girls' Towns of colombia

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our extraordinary founder

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boys' & girls' Towns of guatemala

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self-government

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boys' & girls' Towns of peru

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a chance in life's history

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covid-19 emergency response

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our story & our evolution

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special projects

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our commitment to the sustainable development goals

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news & media

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donor recognition

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boys' & girls' Towns of italy

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our board and team

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letter from our chairman As Chairman of the Board, I am honored to be addressing you on the occasion of our 75th Anniversary, an extraordinary achievement made possible by the determination and generosity of so many. I believe the generations of supporters that came before us would be proud of the work we are doing to serve those in greatest need, and as hopeful as we are for the next 75 years of this incredible organization.

Again and again, A Chance In Life has evolved to meet the needs of each decade’s at-risk children with efficiency and compassion. Its core values, however, are ones that should feel familiar to anyone who has engaged with A Chance In Life over the years.

Gratitude. Serving almost 4,000 at-risk children overseas is possible solely through the generosity of our supporters. We strive to fully communicate how grateful we are for the difference you make in the lives of our young people every day.

Respect. From our interactions with supporters to our programs for children, we are led by our respect for the inherent dignity of each person, and their capacity to make a difference in the world.

Openness. Our mission has blessed A Chance In Life with the opportunity to work with people from all walks of life. Our openness to new perspectives and partnerships continues to better enable us to serve at-risk youth around the world.

Welcoming. We recognize that our staff, board and programs are all strengthened by an inclusive culture and global Welcoming. mindset.

Transparency. We are proud to have earned a perfect score in Accountability & Transparency from Charity Navigator, one of the country’s largest and most-utilized charity evaluators. We appreciate your trust and work hard to always be 100% worthy of it.

Humor. Nothing can be sustained over three quarters of a century without perseverance, versatility ... and a healthy dose of humor.

I could not be more grateful to be a part of such a storied and inspiring community, or more proud of all we have accomplished together. Here is to the many years to come of giving children a chance in life.

Gratefully yours,

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Robert M. Iommazzo Chairman of the Board

letter from our president Seventy-five years ago, at the end of World War II in Italy, there were hundreds of thousands of orphans wandering the streets. They were alone, hungry and hopeless. An Irish priest, Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing, decided to do something about it. The problem seemed too big to solve, but he reached out to people like you who responded so generously. He founded our organization in New York to raise the funds to establish more than fifty Boys’ and Girls’ Towns in Italy, providing shelter, food and vocational training to almost 200,000 children.

Five years ago, we decided to bring our founder’s powerful vision to every child in need around the world. We opened programs in Ethiopia, in places where paved roads end and children walk for hours to attend school. We reached out to children in the mountainous jungles of India, picking them up with our school buses to bring them to classrooms. We partnered with nuns in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico to provide children with a safe haven away from drug dealers and human traffickers. We worked with Christian Brothers on the outskirts of big cities in Peru to serve desperate families hoping for a better future. We worked to stop child labor in Bolivia, walking through the markets to look for abandoned children in danger of exploitation. We helped underage single mothers in Uganda learn a trade and become self-sufficient.

This past year, we helped almost 4,000 children in nine countries around the world.

Thanks to you, we have accomplished so much. You helped us raise funds in so many ways - by running marathons, giving up birthday gifts, organizing events, launching funny and crazy challenges, traveling with us, coming together at our special events, speaking at the United Nations and much more.

I am happy to say, after 75 years of service, that this is only the beginning. With your support and the guidance of our founder’s legacy, we will continue to provide at-risk children with an education and care wherever there is need in the world. Insieme tutto è possibile. Together, anything is possible.

Sincerely, Gabriele Delmonaco President/Executive Director

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letter from our vice president of development There are so many ways to support our work for young people around the world. Whether your support takes the form of an outright gift or a planned gift, there are a number of flexible options for your charitable goals and financial circumstances. Gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Online giving is a quick and easy way to make your contribution. You may make a gift online at achanceinlife.org.

Many employers offer matching gifts to double or even triple charitable donations made by their employees. Check with your human resources department or at doublethedonation.com/achanceinlife to see if your company matches charitable gifts.

A Tribute Gift can be given in honor or in memory of someone to mark a special occasion or to remember a beloved family member or friend. We will send your honoree or their family a letter acknowledging your generosity.

The Sponsorship Program is our monthly giving program. You can sponsor a child with an ongoing monthly commitment of $30 per month or $360 per year. Sponsors are connected with a child from one of our Towns in Ethiopia, India or Latin America.

A Planned Gift helps ensure the future of our work through gifts of cash or securities. They include gifts stipulated in a will or beneficiary designations of life insurance policies. A planned gift allows you to arrange your assets to benefit you, your loved ones and A Chance In Life’s mission now and in the future. Visit freewill.com/achanceinlife for a free resource to help with any planned gift needs.

Gifts of appreciated stock often provide the donor with substantial tax savings. Please contact the Development Team for instructions for the transfer of stock.

For donors aged 70.5 and older, the Charitable IRA Rollover offers a mechanism for transferring their annual Required Minimum Deductions directly to A Chance In Life. These types of contributions can help you reduce your taxable income or avoid costly penalty taxes while providing essential support to A Chance In Life. Individual donors can make up to $100,000 in these Qualified Charitable Distributions annually; for married couples, the limit is $200,000. For more information on how to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution to A Chance In Life, contact your financial advisor.

For more information, please contact me at claire@achanceinlife.org or 212-980-8770 With gratitude,

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Claire W. Gallagher Vice President of Development

give with confidence

A Chance In Life received Platinum Seal (highest possible rating)

of funds directly support our programs for young people*

A Chance In Life received four stars (highest possible rating)

*88% of funds go to our programs, 6.4% of funds go to fundraising and 5.6% of funds go to general management.

For certain campaigns (such as our Sponsorship Program), 100% of donations go towards our programs.

2019 Financials Our complete financial statements with the report of our independent auditors, Daszkowski, Tompkins, Weg & Carbonella CPA PC, are available upon request. Your contributions to A Chance In Life are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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our extraordinary founder At the outbreak of World War II, Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing was working for the Vatican Diplomatic Service in Italy. As the fighting around Rome intensified, the Monsignor courageously brought food and medicine to civilians in battle-affected areas, organized evacuations and set up hospitals and clinics. For his efforts, Italy honored Monsignor Carroll-Abbing with the Silver Medal for Military Valor.

Liberation brought an end to the fighting, but not to starvation and homelessness. Particularly concerned with the plight of the thousands of war orphans, Monsignor Carroll-Abbing sought the permission of Pope Pius XII to assist the children living on the streets. With the Pope's blessing, the Monsignor set up the Shoeshine Hotel in the basement of a wardamaged building and organized the shoeshine boys hanging around Rome's Termini train station to come inside for a warm dinner and safe place to sleep.

Monsignor Carroll-Abbing quickly realized that in addition to food and shelter, these youth needed to be given a chance to take on responsibility, to feel appreciated and to gain self-confidence. The first Boys' Republic (La Repubblica dei Ragazzi) was established in Civitavecchia in 1945 as a self-governing, democratic community complete with its own currency, elected officials, assemblies and courts. In 1953, the Monsignor helped establish Boys’ Towns of Italy (La Città dei Ragazzi) on the outskirts of Rome founded on the same model of self-government. In the post-war period, Monsignor travelled throughout the United States and organized volunteer committees which raised money to expand his efforts. By 1957, there were eight Boys' Towns, 40 nurseries and day schools for the children of working mothers and a Girls' Town at a villa on the outskirts of Rome.

Monsignor Carroll-Abbing’s efforts were recognized by humanitarian organizations around the world. He was honored with the Foreign Press Association's World Humanitarian Award in 1985. In 1987, he became the third non-Italian Honorary Citizen of Rome, following U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Monsignor CarrollAbbing received the Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 1988. The Towns were visited by every American President from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George H.W. Bush, Pope John Paul I, Prince Charles of Wales and Princess Diana of Wales and many other world leaders and celebrities.

In 2001, Monsignor Carroll-Abbing passed away surrounded by his children in Rome. His legacy lives on through A Chance In Life.

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self-government Self-government is the unique educational approach at the heart of A Chance In Life's programs. Seventy-five years ago, many of the homeless children Monsignor Carroll-Abbing worked to serve in Rome had become so accustomed to living on their own that they did not want to return to life controlled by authority figures. The challenges of keeping children in any kind of service organization inspired Monsignor to create a new way to relate to the young people – the model of selfgovernment.

Through self-government, Our youth take responsibility for running their own communities Every child is encouraged and supported to become an active and creative participant in their Town Children meet regularly, write their own by-laws and elect their own leaders Each young person is considered a "citizen", and can be elected to any of the Towns' leadership roles (E.g. Mayor, Judge, Secretary, etc.)

The specifics of self-government take shape differently in each country to better fit the culture and needs of the children. In each Town, however, the framework gives young people the opportunity to have a voice in creating their future. It gives them the opportunity to take responsibility for their lives, with the freedom to plan, make decisions and experience the risk of making mistakes. They not only learn to think critically, but how to speak out for themselves and those around them.

scientific committee As we celebrate our 75th Anniversary, we are excited to reaffirm the centrality of self-government to our mission with the establishment of A Chance In Life's Scientific Committee. The Scientific Committee serves as an independent advisory board to study the issues of contemporary youth and provides guidance to ensure A Chance In Life's model of self-government best serves the ever-evolving needs of at-risk children in today's world.

In the words of its President, Prof. Msgr. Guy-Réal Thivierge, ". . . the Scientific Committee will focus on the overall quality of the services offered to younger generations and on the continuous evaluation of all actions, without forgetting the paramount importance of the training of those in charge of their full implementation. To this end, A Chance In Life continues to work within a framework of respect for people’s promotion and in the very spirit of sustainable development, where the formation of the various actors involved in our projects becomes essential. We have to work in this direction all together: so that everyone’s diverse and varied gifts and cooperation can achieve their full meaning and relevance. The effectiveness of our services to young people and the places they live in also depends on this."

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August 13, 1945

Monsignor Carroll-Abbing and Father Rivolta open The Boys' Republic in Civitavecchia to provide a chance in life to the orphans of World War II.

June 4, 1951

The Certificate of Incorporation of a new American charitable agency called "Boys' Towns of Italy, Inc." is filed.

October 6, 1953

The first stone is placed at Boys' Town of Italy, a town run by children located on the outskirts of Rome.

January 15, 1957

A villa near Rome is donated by actress Linda Darnell and Girls' Town of Italy opens its doors.

June 4, 1987

Monsignor is named an honorary citizen of Rome. He was the third nonItalian to receive this honor, following Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

February 11, 1988

Our visionary founder, Monsignor Carroll-Abbing, is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with atrisk children.

July 9, 2001

Monsignor Carroll-Abbing passes away surrounded by his beloved "citizens" of Boys' and Girls' Towns of Italy.

June 16, 2015

Boys' & Girls' Towns of Ethiopia is created to address the needs of children in one of the poorest countries in the world.

October 5, 2015

Our organization assumes the new name of "A Chance In Life" to honor the vision of our founder and reflect our international expansion.

June 7, 2016

Boys' & Girls' Towns of India is founded, supporting almost 1,500 extremely poor or orphaned children.

April 27, 2018

A Chance In Life collaborates with the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations to host an international panel discussion at the UN.

June 12, 2018

Our board approves an expansion to Latin America where A Chance In Life will impact the lives of 1,500 kids.

December 9, 2019 August 13, 2020

A delegation of donors traveled to Rome to meet with Pope Francis, who spoke of Monsignor Carrol-Abbing's legacy and thanked those who made our work for children possible.

With special projects for youth in Mexico and Uganda, A Chance In Life arrived at its 75th Anniversary serving children in nine different countries.

our story & our evolution The mission of A Chance In Life began 75 years ago, in the aftermath of World War II. Vast numbers of orphans and vulnerable children were left living on the streets of Italy by the war, and Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing’s decision to dedicate himself to their wellbeing defined the course of his life’s work and founded what would become A Chance In Life.

From their founding in 1945 to present day, Boys’ & Girls’ Republic of Italy (La Repubblica dei Ragazzi) and Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy (La Città dei Ragazzi) have provided “a chance in life” to vulnerable and orphaned children. As Europe began to heal from the horrors of WWII, children from other countries experiencing conflict or strife fled to Italy seeking asylum and a chance for a better life. Our Towns in Italy became a home for children from over twenty different countries, many of them arriving as unaccompanied refugees and migrants.

In 2015, after 70 years of serving at-risk youth in Rome, A Chance In Life began looking for ways to serve young people in need outside of Italy and advance the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were adopted that year by all UN Member States. Over the decades, many young men and women had come to our Towns from Ethiopia, fleeing civil unrest and years of famine. A Chance In Life’s Board made the decision to begin supporting programs in a rural region of Ethiopia to provide education and vocational training to 400 vulnerable youth in the area. Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Ethiopia was founded in 2015, marking the beginning of A Chance In Life’s international expansion and our commitment to advancing the SDGs by providing care and opportunities to children wherever the need is greatest. (You can learn more about A Chance In Life and the SDGs on page 7.)

Following the success of Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Ethiopia, A Chance In Life partnered with local organizations in the southern state of Kerala, India to serve over 900 children whose families could not afford to send them to school.

Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of India has since expanded to serve almost 1,500 young people in the states of Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. In 2018, A Chance In Life partnered with local organizations across Latin America to form Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala and Peru for children in marginalized communities. As of spring of 2020, we were also supporting young people through special projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico and Uganda.

As we celebrate its legacy of the past 75 years, A Chance In Life offers the experience and vision to meet the everevolving needs of at-risk youth in the years to come. A Chance In Life’s proven approach of self-government has already given over 39,000 young people the chance to thrive and grow as leaders in their own communities. Now, with the support of our donors, we continue to invest in our family of Towns and provide new initiatives for at-risk youth, continuing Monsignor Carroll-Abbing’s legacy of striving towards a day when every child in the world has “a chance in life.”

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our commitment to global development: addressing the sustainable development goals With the support of our donors and partners, A Chance In Life has increased the number of children we serve by approximately seventeen times over the past six years. Building on the solid foundation of our work in Italy, we have expanded our work to support programs for at-risk youth in nine countries across five continents.

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The United National's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. As we began our international expansion in 2015, A Chance In Life sought out partners and programs that would advance these goals in an ambitious and measurable way. With our local partners in each country, we work to advance the below eight goals.

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GOAL 1

GOAL 2

End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

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GOAL 4

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

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GOAL 6

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

GOAL 7

GOAL 8

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

our towns around the world

COUNTRY STATISTICS: REFUGEE YOUTH Refugee children are twice as likely as other children to be out of school. Our Towns provide academic tutoring and psychological support to help our citizens adjust to school in their new country.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT: CULINARY TRAINING To take advantage of the employment opportunities offered by Italy's food and hospitality industries, our programs offer vocational courses in pizza making, baking and fine dining service.

PROGRAM METRICS 75 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP 1945 - 2020 73 CHILDREN SERVED 65 BOYS; 8 GIRLS 2 PARTNER PROGRAMS 2 CITIES (ROME AND CIVITAVECCHIA)

Boys' & Girls' Towns of italy Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy is composed of two communities of self-governed young people. Both La Città dei Ragazzi (Rome) and La Repubblica dei Ragazzi (Civitavecchia) were founded by Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing after World War II. The youth of the Towns come from over 20 different countries escaping violence, poverty and injustice.

The Towns' success lies in the innovative model of self-government where the children take responsibility for running their own communities.

At the Towns, the young people relate to one another as citizens. Each citizen is encouraged and supported to become an active and creative participant in his or her community. The children attend local schools, study in a European Unionrecognized vocational training program and are exposed to a variety of cultural and educational experiences. Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy have given a chance in life to over 32,000 children.

Perspective from our partners MAURO CROSTA, NETWORKING AND RELATIONS MANAGER AT LA REPUBBLICA DEI RAGAZZI When unaccompanied minors arrive at La Repubblica, they are welcomed into the apartment groups and fed. They are assisted by professional educators and given appropriate and free health care services, and legally assisted with obtaining a residence permit and family reunification. They can profess their religion freely, can express themselves in their language among themselves and eat food cooked following their traditions. For example, we've held a Tunisian Cuisine Day, as well as an Egyptian Cuisine Day. We organize visits to cultural places like museums, churches, basilicas and art in general in Rome. They can go out freely at set times and often organize trips among themselves to the cinema and theater.

GIANNI FULVI, EDUCATOR AT LA CITTÀ DEI RAGAZZI One of the difficulties that the children face when they arrive here is understanding why they have to go to school when some of them have been working as early as 12 years old. In the beginning, they do not understand compliance with the rules (e.g. going to sleep at certain times) because in their countries, they are already considered grown ups even though they are still children. They want to work to support their families back home, but the financial needs of their families collide with Italian child labor laws. In response, educator Francesco Ferrero helped La Città dei Ragazzi build a network of entrepreneurs and business owners that help citizens of La Città find employment after they graduate.

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Nearly 50% of Ethiopian girls who start school will drop out before finishing the fifth grade.

Our Towns ensure our children have the support they need to succeed in school.

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To ensure our young people graduate with employable skills, our programs offer vocational training courses in carpentry, metalwork, textile and garment production, construction, electricity and plumbing.

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5 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP 2015 - 2020 480 CHILDREN SERVED 150 BOYS; 330 GIRLS 3 PARTNER PROGRAMS 1 REGION (GURAGE)

Boys' & Girls' Towns of Ethiopia In 2015, A Chance In Life inaugurated Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Ethiopia to open up new possibilities for children in one of the poorest countries of the world. A Chance In Life works with the young and dynamic Diocese of Emdibir to support the lives of 480 children through three different programs.

Boys' & Girls' Towns of Ethiopia gives 100 girls access to education by providing homes close to the local high school, and continues to offer support through their years at college. It also supports 100 young people living with disabilities and 200 orphans and vulnerable children. At bimonthly meetings, each group comes together to share their challenges and to encourage one another to actively build a hopeful future.

Perspective from our partners ABBA HABTESILASSIE ANTUAN, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, GURAGHE ZONE Young people are the future of the world, and they guarantee the continuity of the community. If we have well-educated young people, surely we will have a good community.

First and foremost, we are trying to give them the opportunity to receive an education and be a successful student. We also try to instill in them a feeling of belonging, to know they are loved and not alone; that there are people who care about them and their lives. This encouragement and hope is especially important for young people from very poor families and for differently-abled people.

Our young people are taught that they are powerful and they can do anything. With energy, and purpose and goals they can be whatever they want. With this, we help them understand their responsibility for their actions.

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As of 2016, India was home to over 30% of the world's children living in extreme poverty. 171 million people would be lifted out of poverty if all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills. Through vocational training and academic support, our Towns prepare our citizens for employment or college.

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Our programs emphasize art and athletics as an important supplement to a child's education. Dance, music, drawing, theater, various sports and karate are just a few of the opportunities kids are given to create and move.

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4 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP 2016 - 2020 1,488 CHILDREN SERVED 741 BOYS; 747 GIRLS 13 PARTNER PROGRAMS 3 STATES (GUJARAT, KERALA AND TAMIL NADU)

Boys' & Girls' Towns of india In October 2016, we inaugurated Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of India to provide a chance in life to almost 1,500 extremely poor girls and boys living in Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. These states are home to many tribal communities, most of which live well below the poverty line. Many children in these communities do not have basic necessities or access to education. Often, they are enrolled in programs for a better life. Boys' & Girls' Towns of India supports thirteen of these programs.

The young men and women of our Towns in India are given a home, an education and the opportunity to develop as self-confident and responsible members of their communities through self-government.

Perspective from our partners FATHER ATNOY KOLLANNUR, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, KERALA We serve a multi-religious group of boys from broken families. (By broken, I mean the husbands have abandoned their wives and children, or they are alcoholics or addicts, or they are violent towards their wives and children.) Our program tries to provide them with an environment of love and care, provide them with healthy food, send them to good educational institutions and arrange programs that equip them to face challenges in life. We have sports and games programs, karate training, music and dance training. We also have opportunities for theater performances which develop their leadership qualities and innate talents. We also employ doctors and other medical staff to provide health services and psychological experts to provide counselling for our young people.

MR. A. SELVAGOPINATH, EDUCATOR, TAMIL NADU To the impoverished or orphaned girls in our community, we provide both the basic necessities of life and free education from elementary school through college (undergraduate and graduate). We also help find employment opportunities for our girls after they've graduated from their professional training courses. While they are a part of our program, the children lead our five "ministries" that decide the daily activities of our community: the Environmental Ministry, the Educational Ministry, the Health Ministry, the Cultural Ministry and the Sports Ministry. All of our activities - workshops in music, dancing, tailoring, and sports - are designed to benefit and uplift the children here.

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Nearly 1 out of every 3 Bolivian children work, making it difficult for many of them to attend school and leaving them vulnerable to exploitation. Our Towns offer working young people academic support and encouragement to ensure they don't fall behind or drop out of school.

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As they develop their leadership skills, the young people attending our partner programs begin taking on more responsibilities and leadership roles within the program. Teenage students mentor the younger children, offering encouragement, advice and academic tutoring.

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2 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP 2018 - 2020 82 CHILDREN SERVED 48 BOYS; 34 GIRLS 1 PARTNER PROGRAM 1 CITY (COCHABAMBA)

Boys' & Girls' Towns of bolivia Boys' & Girls' Towns of Bolivia serves 82 children in the city of Cochabamba. Children and young adults receive academic support, supplemental scholarships for vocational training and personal development through workshops.

Our Town also provides family outreach programs to parents to promote the importance of education for their children.

(In Bolivia, children may legally begin working at the age of ten.)

In addition to leadership workshops, scholarships for vocational training and tutoring, our partner program provides the youth of Cochabamba with a safe and supportive community. The success of this Town is strengthened not only by the resources it offers, but by its tradition of older students mentoring and encouraging younger students who have recently joined.

Perspective from our partners SANDRA CAIGUARA, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COCHABAMBA We offer young people a community space, a respectful family, and a space where they feel welcomed and like the protagonists of their life. Through our preventive programs, fewer and fewer children and adolescents drop out of education, flee their homes or join gangs. We are also recognized as an institution for our work in the prevention and protection of working children and adolescents. We contribute to the education of young people through technical training or university studies in different careers. We help children and adolescents acquire confidence in themselves, and we encourage them to take advantage of opportunities at other local and governmental organizations.

The most significant thing we provide to children and adolescents is personal attention. The children always say that they feel listened to at the Center. We not only provide a space of trust and security, but we also offer opportunities for personal and professional development in different areas. These include culinary training, baking, cell phone repair and graphic design. We also offer cultural opportunities such as visits to museums, visits to historical centers, dance classes, birthday celebrations and participation in sports championships.

Our children and adolescents learn about values, and through these lessons, contribute to their communities. For example, they are taught about the value of respect for others. We try to teach children and adolescents how to take responsibility for their own lives. This is done through personal empowerment workshops like teamwork, leadership courses, life project workshops and self-esteem workshops, among others. In the Center, the children assume responsibilities to collaborate on and lead many activities. For example, the older ones volunteer to teach the younger ones through workshops and talks.

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As of 2015, one in every five women in Colombia between 15 to 19 years of age was or had been pregnant.

If all women completed secondary education, early births could fall by as much as 59%.

Through vocational training and academic support, our Towns prepare our citizens for employment or college.

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Music and dance are major parts of Colombian culture. Our partner programs offer classes and clubs for dancing, singing and playing instruments. These activities help teach our young people to work together and build their self-confidence.

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2 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP 2018 - 2020 215 CHILDREN SERVED 150 BOYS; 65 GIRLS 3 PARTNER PROGRAMS 2 CITIES (MEDELLÍN AND BOGOTÁ)

Boys' & Girls' Towns of colombia Boys' & Girls' Towns of Colombia provides 215 children in Medellín and Bogotá with access to an education, including workshops in art and athletics. Most of these children come from extremely poor families who are unable to pay for their children's schooling, while others still live in poverty after being displaced by violence and unrest across the country.

Through our three programs, the young people we serve are offered a safe environment in which they can grow into successful and responsible adults. Our youth are offered a quality education and technical training to provide them with employable skills in electricity, automotive mechanics and welding. As part of their education, our program partners help them develop their full professional potential and respond in empowered and creative ways to the demands of society.

Perspective from our partners ADRIANA PATRICIA USUGA CASTAÑO, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, MEDELLÍN We are located in a marginalized neighborhood where all families live under the poverty line, and most live in extreme poverty. The children of these families are highly vulnerable and don't have many opportunities to develop. Many of them have been displaced by civil unrest, intra-family violence or have lost one or both parents. We have a home for 60 girls (from 4 to 18 years old) who remain under our care from Monday to Friday, away from their neighborhood's risks of violence, prostitution, drugs and teenage pregnancy. We offer them a comprehensive education and training in human and artistic values. Alongside traditional school subjects, we provide classes in dancing, singing, keyboard and guitar, gardening and manilla making (a type of jewelry). As part of their development, we also offer teachings on values, good behavior, respect, justice, equity and equality. All of our girls are encouraged to be volunteers and to give back to their communities after graduating from our program.

PADRE HUGO FLÓREZ RINCON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, MEDELLÍN When children go from primary to high school, we provide them with the opportunity to complete a technical high school. There they have four options: computing, welding, mechanics, and electricity. Their high school classes give them a foundation of training that allows them to have easy access to university upon completion of their high school.

Alternatively, they have the technical knowledge needed to directly enter the world of work and thus transform their lives with a decent and well-paid job.

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Guatemala has some of the highest rates of malnutrition in children in the world, with almost almost one million children under the age of five suffering from chronic malnutrition or growth stunting. Our Towns provide nutritious meals to our young people to ensure they grow up healthy and with the energy to learn and play.

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Our programs offer a variety of vocational training options to provide our young people with employable skills and broaden their horizons as to what careers they might pursue after graduation. Welding, baking, carpentry, mechanical repair and electrical courses are available to our high school students.

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2 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP 2018 - 2020 174 CHILDREN SERVED 115 BOYS; 59 GIRLS

4 PARTNER PROGRAMS 3 CITIES (SUMPANGO, CUILAPA AND GUATEMALA CITY)

Boys' & Girls' Towns of Guatemala Young people in Guatemala, particularly those in rural areas, face a host of obstacles to completing school and building their own future. A Chance In Life works to remove those obstacles and provide every child with the resources they need to succeed. Boys' & Girls' Towns of Guatemala consists of four programs located in Guatemala City, Cuilapa and Sumpango. In collaboration with our local partners, we serve 174 children and ensure the orphans and impoverished youth of these cities receive an education.

Our two programs in Guatemala City support young men in high school and young elementary school students. In Sumpango, we provide children living with HIV/AIDS with the medical care and education they need. Our program in Cuilapa ensures that young women from poor families have the resources they need to finish school.

Perspective from our partners Padre Adán Francisco Yojcom Cuxulic, program Director, guatemala city Our program is precisely for children and young people with limited resources, looking for an opportunity for a better chance in life. The young people of our program receive a comprehensive training: human, spiritual and intellectual, academic (intermediate and diversified levels) and technical (bakery workshops, electricity, and others). In this way, young people at the time of completing their education already have a wealth of knowledge to contribute to a society with justice, sincerity, truth and freedom. They are also prepared to choose a professional career and attend university or a technical course in carpentry, electricity, mechanics or baking.

SISTER SANDRA YUMÁN DIONICIO, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, SUMPANGO Our program serves a very vulnerable group of children. Our focus is to be a family for orphaned children with HIV/AIDS. In our home, children receive a quality education, a home to live in, have friends, enjoy recreational activities and develop as human beings. In our institution, this special vulnerable group receives equal opportunities. All children who live here receive the proper care that they would not otherwise receive at home.

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Three out of every five Peruvian children live in poverty, with one in every five living in extreme poverty. For every additional year that a child attends school, their earning potential increases by an average of 10%. Our Towns provide young people from poor communities with the resources and support to stay in school.

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Our young people in Peru learn how to care for the environment through recycling, compost production, watering and caring for green areas and neighborhood cleaning days. They learn how to make creative pots, clothing and posters out of recycled material.

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2 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP 2018 - 2020 981 CHILDREN SERVED 505 BOYS; 476 GIRLS 2 PARTNER PROGRAMS 2 CITIES (LIMA AND NUEVO CHIMBOTE)

Boys' & Girls' Towns of peru Boys' & Girls' Towns of Peru supports just under 1,000 children coming from backgrounds of extreme poverty. Our Towns in Nuevo Chimbote and Lima offer schooling and family outreach programs to ensure a healthy home environment.

The program in Lima provides free meals, psychological support and tutoring to ensure our students' academic progress. Project staff work with both young people and their families to connect them with the resources and opportunities they need to finish school and seek either employment or a university degree. Program staff in Nuevo Chimbote, an informal settlement outside the city of Chimbote lacking many basic services, work with children and their families to provide them with a safe and inclusive environment where they can thrive academically.

Perspective from our partners MR. SAÚL VELÁSQUEZ, PROJECT COORDINATOR, LIMA The project seeks to empower children and adolescents together with their families. We promote vocational skills for human and professional success in coordination with different universities and institutes and other organizations related to personal development. In the same way, we are a social-emotional support for many children and their families in this time of crisis. We provide emotional support and active listening, vocational support, nutritious food, training in ecological awareness and academic reinforcement.

MRS. RUTH ALAMO PALACIOS AND MS. CAROLIN JARA COLLANTES, EDUCATORS, NUEVO CHIMBOTE We give children and their families better opportunities for personal development and a solid foundation for future growth and success. Our program team consists of a psychologist, a social worker and an art teacher, and focuses on supporting our students, teachers and parents. The program emphasizes the importance of socialization among students in supporting their cognitive and behavioral development. For parents, the program engages them in their children's development through workshops, home visits and assistance in connecting to essential government services.

For teachers, we provide resources to identify and address physical, emotional and social issues that might hinder a student's learning process.

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CAMPAIGN RESULTS: Our incredible community of supporters raised $112,920.15 to provide children and their families with the emergency food supplies and safety information they need to stay safe as their communities struggle with the pandemic.

CAMPAIGN REACH: Emergency food relief was sent to eighteen of our programs and special projects across Bolivia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Peru and Uganda and distributed to over 10,000 children and family members.

CAMPAIGN FOCUS: Emergency food supplies such as eggs, rice and beans.

Health and safety supplies like hand sanitizer and face masks.

Distance learning resources for children without technological devices or internet access

covid-19 Emergency REsponse #MONTHOFMEALS CAMPAIGN As COVID-19 began to rage across international borders, A Chance In Life launched an immediate response to continue caring for the almost 4,000 youth we serve in Italy, Ethiopia, India and Latin America. As schools closed around the world, many of our young people were sent home to struggling relatives poorly equipped to care for them. Starting in mid-March, A Chance In Life worked to supply these children and their families with enough food supplies to get them through the end of the pandemic.

A partnership with the Caritas Pro Vitae Gradu Charitable Trust and the extraordinary generosity of our donors allowed us to feed over 10,000 children and their family members over the course of four months. We are proud of our ability to launch an immediate response to the urgent humanitarian needs of our children, and so grateful to have supporters that helped make it possible.

As the pandemic continues, we continue to work with our local partners to ensure our youth have the resources they need to remain safe, healthy and learning.

HOME TOGETHER DIGITAL FEAST As part of our #MonthofMeals campaign, we invited our supporters to stay home and share a "digital feast" with us on May 19 to raise money for emergency food relief. In exchange for a donation of $50 - enough to provide a month's worth of lifesaving, nutritious meals to a child - our donors received our Home Together Cookbook with recipes from our partner programs around the world.

A Chance In Life was also grateful to receive support for our Home Together event from a number of celebrity chefs.

Author, activist, model and television host Padma Lakshmi contributed a recipe for Indian dosas and shared our campaign with her many Instagram followers. Marc Forgione, owner of Restaurant Marc Forgione and Peasant and coowner and partner of Khe-Yo, gave us a twist on a classic Italian dish with his carbonara-in-a-jar recipe. Restaurateur and James Beard Award-nominee Elizabeth Falkner sent us a celery salad recipe perfect for the start of summer.

Between their recipes and the dishes of our Towns, our donors had all they needed to create a delicious meal at home while also providing food relief to our young people.

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special projects "Wherever there is a child in need, we should be there." We strive to live by our founder's words and find opportunities to serve at-risk youth wherever the greatest need appears. In the past year, A Chance In Life is proud to have offered our support to these projects around the world:

MEXICO A Chance In Life supports a special project in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, where the community deals with an extreme crime rate. The program covers basic needs and promotes a culture of care for sixty young girls, the majority of whom are orphans. (Photo above, left.)

The program provides these young women with legal services (many of our youth have been victims of a crime), psychological care, food supplies, educational resources and social support. Special attention is given to young women and children who are Tarahumara, an indigenous people native to the region who have faced increasing levels of poverty and targeting by drug traffickers in recent years.

UGANDA A Chance In Life supports a project in Kampala, Uganda to provide teenage girls and young single mothers with vocational training in cosmetology. (Photo above, right.)

The project gives free technical training to ten young women in hairdressing, makeup, pedicures and manicures. These high-demand skills help the girls find employment and cover their basic needs. It also provides them with a community, network of support and the chance to share and workshop their business plans with other women.

Our partnership with this project was established in 2019 in memory of Paula Cangialosi, a longtime supporter of A Chance In Life and lifelong advocate for at-risk children.

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news & media If you would like to hear more about the work of A Chance In Life, there is no need to wait for an annual report!

A constant stream of news and stories from our Towns and supporters is available through: Quarterly Newsletters Monthly Emails from our President Social Media Channels A Chance In Life's Blog

achanceinlife.org

office@achanceinlife.org

@achanceinlife

facebook.com/achanceinlife

If the work we do for young people speaks to you, let your network know both in person and online. Forward our emails to people you think would connect with our mission, or encourage them to sign up for our newsletters. Follow us on social media, engage with our posts and share our content with friends and family.

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donor recognition - thank you!

Thank you to the corporate, foundation and institutional partners who have made financial contributions to advance our work.

The following list captures these donors for the period January 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019.

The 52 Million Project ABD Insurance & Financial Services Academy of the Holy Angels Accenture Addepar Adobe Ahlborn Fence & Steel Inc. AJA Charitable Foundation Al and Peggy DeMatteis Family Foundation Alcal Arcade Contracting Co. Alten Construction, Inc. Ancient Peaks Winery Angelino Ristorante Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. ASB Capital Management Avignonesi/Classica International Bank of America Charitable Foundation Bank of America Cybergrants Matching Gift Program Bank of America Merchant Services Bay Area Distributing Company, Inc. Beam Suntory Benicia Plumbing, Inc. Bentall Kennedy LP Beverage Media Group BMC BNY Mellon Brayer Electric Breakthru Beverage Group Broadridge Financial Solutions Broadway Mechanical Contractors Inc. Buchbinder Tunick & Co., LLP. C. Overaa & Company Cahill Contractors

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Campo di Bocce of Los Gatos Canning Electric Inc. Caritas Pro Vitae Gradu Charitable Trust Carpenters 46 Northern California Counties The Catholic Community Foundation Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens CC Capital Management LLC Chiarello Family Charitable Fund Cognizant US Corp Columbus Citizens Foundation Connors & Sullivan PLLC Corbin Capital Partners Covington & Burling LLP Daley's Drywall The Dalton School Davis Vision Dell EMC The Denver Foundation Berg Family Fund Design Electric Discover DISYS Diversified Flooring Services, Inc. Dome Construction Douglas Psychotherapy Services Dreyfus Ashby & Co. Egan Plumbing The Estate of Eleanore D'Amelio Elyse Mancher Charitable Trust Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Empire Merchants Employers' Advocate, Inc. Entrust Global Envestnet/Yodlee Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Facebook

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Fedway Associates First Eagle Investment Management Foundation Foundry Partners, LLC Fox Rothschild LLP Fremont Bank Frontstream General Vision Services Gerding Edlen Development Co. Ghilotti Bros. Inc. Ghilotti Construction Co. Golden State Lumber Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani Got Sneakers, LLC The Grandfund LLC Hamilton Lane Advisors, Llc. The Hart Agency Hathaway Dinwiddie Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters House Co. Construction IBM Investment Performance Services, LLC Italfoods Inc. The John and Carrie Santangelo Foundation, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Kearney Capital LLC Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects Labor First LLC Lathrop Construction Services, Inc. Laurent-Perrier Leveler Foundation Lindquist LLP Liquor Salesmens Union Local #2 Louis & Martha Silver Foundation LPL Financial MacKay Shields, LLC MAMCR Associates, LLC Manhattan College

Manhattan Grand Optical Mastercard Matchbook Wines The Mauro C. Romita Revocable Trust The McIntyre Family Fund McMorgan & Company, LLC Mendoza Family Fund Metropolitan Package Store Association Midtown Consulting Group Inc. Morgan Stanley Mphasis Network for Good Nibbi Brothers General Contractors North Bay Rock & Ready Mix Inc. Northern California District Council of Laborers Northern California Regional Council NTT Data Services One Equity Partners Onorato Oracle Oshay Family Foundation Pacific Agri-Products, Inc. Pacific Coast Supply Palantir Technologies Inc. Pierson Family Foundation, Inc Post Advisory Group Principal Global Investors Pure Storage Quest Investment Management, Inc. The Red Cardinal Fund Red Clover Coffee Remy Cointreau USA River Capital Group Robert P. Brady Agency Inc. Rothschild & Co Asset Management RTP Technology Salesforce

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San Francisco Giants Saturno Foundation Scheid Family Wines Segal Marco Advisors The Shipyard Communities, LLC Silicon Valley Community Foundation Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits Charitable Fund Splunk Synechron Tech Mahindra Tekmark Global Solutions LLC Teradata Thompson Builders Corporation Trinity Properties U.S. Concrete, Inc. UBS Ullico Investments Company, Inc. USI Insurance Services Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP Verizon Enterprise Solutions Virtusa Visa VMWare VSP Wall and Ceiling Alliance Warmenhoven Family Foundation Washington Capital Management Webcor Construction LP Wedge Capital Management, LLP West State Co. LP Concord Industrial Park, LP Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP The Wine Merchant of Showplace Square Winebow Winesellers, Ltd. Wolffer Estate Vineyard Yext

PERSPECTIVE FROM OUR DONORS

Tim Tynan, CEO of Bank of America Merchant Services and A Chance In Life Board Member I often say that as you live life you have two hands - you have one hand to help yourself, and the other to help others. That helping hand really makes a difference, especially for the children of A Chance In Life. It's important to keep paying it forward, and to keep telling the new generation that it's important to give back.

italian club of the academy of holy angels All of us members in the Italian Club at the Academy of the Holy Angels are so grateful to be raising money for such an amazing organization. We strongly resonate with A Chance in Life's mission because we believe everyone, no matter their background or previous situation, deserves the opportunity to succeed in life. We believe in the power of education and how it can drastically change a child's life.

We hope to continue raising money for such a transformative organization.

our board and team BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TEAM MEMBERS

Mr. Robert Iommazzo Chairman Managing Partner, SEBA International

Mr. Gabriele Delmonaco President/Executive Director

Mr. Mauro C. Romita Vice Chair Mr. Stephen Bellini Treasurer President, Broken Shed Vodka, LLC

Ms. Claire W. Gallagher Vice President of Development Ms. Alex Guyton Director of Communications Mr. Elser Llanos Program Consultant (Peru)

Mrs. Jeanine T. Margiano Secretary Partner, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

Ms. Loziana Vejuka Office Manager

Mr. Gabriele Delmonaco President/Executive Director, A Chance In Life

Ms. Caroline Ziccardi Development Associate

Mrs. Kate Bullis Managing Partner, SEBA International Mr. Eugene B. Ceccotti President and CEO, Shamrock Materials

Special thanks to our many incredible volunteers who help make our annual events and outreach efforts so successful.

Mr. Guy Chiarello Chief Administrative Officer, Fiserv, Inc. Mr. Herman Hochberg Mr. Lawrence Nibbi CEO, Nibbi Brothers General Contractors Ms. Emilie Puzio Realtor Associate, D’Amico & McConnell Realtors – Spring Lake, NJ Mr. Tim Tynan CEO, Bank of America Merchant Services Mr. Roy Van Pelt Consultant, Lathrop Construction Mrs. Beth Woldesemayiat H. E. Card. Giuseppe Versaldi Prefect Congr. Catholic Education (Honorary Member)

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