Annual report 2013

A N N UA L R E P O R T 2013 2013 Bernard van Leer Leer Foundat Foundation Ber nard van

Inves t ing in t he development of young children

The Bernard van Leer Foundation

1970s

1980s

1990s

INNOVATIONS BASED ON SCIENCE

INVOLVING COMMUNITIES

IN THE VANGUARD OF

NATIONAL SERVICES

YOUNG CHILDREN

IN THE CLASSROOM

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

ARE ESTABLISHED

ARE ON THE AGENDA

is a private foundation based in the Netherlands. It operates inter­nationally, concentrating its resources on early childhood ­development.

The Foundation’s income is derived from the bequest of

2000s

1960s In the deprived Rutland Street

The Foundation encourages active

The Foundation’s work in

Increasingly, countries in which

With cutting-edge neuroscience

area of Dublin, the Bernard van

learning and community

Venezuela contributes to one of

the Foundation has been working

proving the importance of the

Leer Foundation funds a

involvement in working-class

the world’s first national laws on

for decades are now establishing

early years, the Foundation

pioneering intervention inspired

areas of Amsterdam, a model

children’s rights, boosting the

nationwide state services for

supports the United Nations in

by Piaget’s research on children’s

that spreads across the

movement that gets the UN

young children – including in

publishing authoritative guidance

development. Later studies

Netherlands and influences

Convention on the Rights of the

Africa, Europe, Latin America and

on how children’s rights should be

confirm its long-term impact

today’s 'Brede School' movement

Child passed in 1989

the Middle East

applied to very young children

1949

Bernard van Leer (1883–1958), a Dutch industrialist and philanthropist who, in 1919, founded an industrial and consumer packaging company that was to become Royal Packaging Industries van Leer NV. During his lifetime Bernard

Bernard van Leer, owner of

van Leer supported a broad

Royal Packaging Industries

range of humanitarian causes.

In 1949 he created a charitable foundation to channel the revenues from his fortune to charitable purposes after his

van Leer, sets up a philanthropic foundation in

1963

1970

1980

1990

2009

Oscar van Leer becomes

The Bernard van Leer Foundation

By now the Foundation is

The Bernard van Leer Foundation

As it marks its 60th anniversary,

interested in the emerging

starts publishing newsletters to

investing in 150 projects spread

establishes joint ventures with

the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s

science of children’s

share knowledge about the latest

across 41 countries

other privately endowed

investments reach 1.1 million

development

developments in research on

foundations and multilateral

children

children’s development

institutions to invest in

Lucerne, Switzerland.

It has broad humanitarian goals and focuses initially on the physically handicapped

1966

death. Under the leadership of

The Foundation establishes

his son Oscar van Leer, who died

its base in The Hague, the

in 1996, the Foundation focused

Netherlands, and starts its first

on enhancing opportunities

international youth-oriented project in Kingston, Jamaica

for children growing up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage to optimally develop their innate potential.

1958 Bernard van Leer dies at the age of 68.

His son, Oscar van Leer, takes charge of the Foundation

1981

young children

Oscar van Leer decides to

1976

concentrate investments on

The Bernard van Leer Foundation

children aged from 0 to 8

1992

2010-2020 The Foundation develops and implements programmes that

is formally incorporated in

The Bernard van Leer Foundation

scale early learning, reduce

the Netherlands

begins to evaluate and

violence and creates healthy

disseminate its impact on early

living conditions for young

childhood development

children as they grow up

1996 The Foundation’s Trustees float Royal Packaging Industries Van Leer on the stock exchange

A N N UA L R E P O R T 2013 Ber nard van Leer Foundat ion March 2014

Content s 5 Foreword by the Chair of the Board of Trustees page

7 The report of the Executive Director 9 Realising our promise to young children

14 Progress for young children

Progress on supporting young children to develop to their full potential

A selection of events and outreach in 2013

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Progress per goal

Taking quality early learning to scale

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Reducing violence in young children’s lives

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Improving young children’s living conditions

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46 National activities in support of our goals Brazil 48

India

50

Israel

52

The Netherlands

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Peru 56 Copyright © 2014 by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, The Netherlands.

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Tanzania

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Turkey

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Uganda 62

Citation Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2014. Annual Report 2013.

The Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation ISBN 978-90-6195-128-5 Editor: Teresa Moreno Writer: Andrew Wright Text edited by Margaret Mellor

European Union and other global

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66 Staf f and governance

Overview of the Foundation’s staf f at 1 March 2014

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Members of the Board of Trustees

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72 Our financial outlook for 2014

74 Resumen ejecutivo

79 Our Financial Report for 2013

Spanish translation: Communico, S.L.

95 Auditor’s report

Design and layout: Homemade Cookies (homemadecookies.nl)

96 Photography

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Fo r ewo r d by t h e Ch a i r o f t h e B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e s

Broadening t he circle for ear ly childhood I was honoured in 2013 to accept the position of Chair of

with their families for agricultural work often slip

the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Board of Trustees. I

through the net of essential services; and in Istanbul,

am grateful to my two predecessors, Peter Bell and Trude

where the focus of work is on reducing violence against

Maas, for the understanding they imparted about the

young children.

van Leer philosophy to the newer Board members who did not know the family personally. Both retired from

In all cases I was impressed by the exceptionally

the Board in 2013 after years of distinguished service.

motivated and dedicated staff of our partners and the potential for lessons from projects in one country to be

In last year’s Annual Report, Peter noted how the

adapted for different settings. I have also realised that

Board’s role was evolving from a historical focus on the

children, in spite of all their differences, really need

minutiae of grant approvals to a wider view of strategic

the same things the world over: a safe, healthy and

direction. This has continued in 2013. Our emphasis is

stimulating environment that is free from fear. With

increasingly on broadening the circle of partnerships for

this, all children can reach their full potential.

young children – reaching out to new kinds of partners who have the capacity to leverage more resources. One

More and more societies are realising that investing in

example is described on page 28: the mainly corporate

little kids can lead to big results, both now and in the

audience for the Foundation’s June 2013 seminar on stem

future. With 60 years of experience in early childhood,

(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning

we are excited to help others make young kids a priority.

and brain development.

I am privileged to steer the Board of Trustees as we continue this task, and my thanks go to all at the

As you will read throughout this report, in 2013 the

Foundation for their continued dedication and support.

Foundation made a commitment to achieve even greater transparency, sharing successes and challenges.

Trustees have an important role to play in furthering the mission of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. In order to do so it is important for us to visit projects. From site visits we can really understand who the champions are

Robert Swaak

for young children. We can also understand how the

Chair, Board of Trustees

resources of the Foundation are put to work. Perhaps

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most importantly, we can learn about and improve upon the role that a small foundation can play in helping young children develop to their full potential.

I have had the great privilege of visiting projects in Israel’s Negev desert, where solar panels are providing electricity to help families store medication; in southeastern Turkey, where children who migrate seasonally

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T h e r e p o r t o f t h e E x e c u t i ve D i r e c t o r

Shar ing our knowledge Understanding how critical the early years are can be

Early childhood needs to be understood in the most

quite scary – even confrontational. I have observed that

influential circles because it is often coalitions of

the first thing that tends to happen to people with

unlikely partners that are able to shift policy in favour

whom we are sharing this knowledge is an immediate

of bigger, smarter and sustained investments in young

reflection on their role as parents.

children. You will see in the following pages many examples of public policy changes that happened as

Just recently, for example, I sat down with a group of

a result of unlikely partnerships joining together to

businessmen in the Netherlands to explain how early

advocate for young children.

learning is crucial to the development of the so-called 21st-century skills. I had hoped that they would be

Moving forward in 2014, the Foundation will focus on

excited about the opportunity to invest now in young

sharing knowledge about effective and efficient ways in

children so as to grow the workforce they will need in

which to help young children. Our challenge is to find

15 years. But, no. The initial look on their faces was not

the best way in which to help powerful stakeholders

one of excitement, but a look of concern, as they were

move on from reflecting about their own role as parents,

all thinking immediately of their own children and

and enthuse them with the realisation that it is in their

wondering if they had done enough in those early years.

interest to invest in young children.

This is a natural reaction. As parents we all worry about our outsized influence on our children’s lives.

Parents, too, need guidance and support. They need an environment – including supportive employers, and the right labour and social policies – to help them do what’s best for their children. The Foundation has focused

Lisa Jordan

much of its work in the field of early learning in 2013

Executive Director

on positive parenting programmes, and wider social

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policies that provide the right support for parents.

With our longstanding single and sustained focus on young children, we and those partners around the world with whom we work every day can say with authority that we know what kids need. The problem is not lack of evidence about what works. We have a mountain of it. What we have to get much better at is sharing this evidence and making it meaningful for stakeholders beyond those who are already convinced – stakeholders, like that group of business leaders, who can make a difference to the lives of young children.

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Realising our promise to young children

Realising our promise to young children Our promise to young children is based on the vision

Safe, healthy and learning

of our founders, Bernard and Oscar van Leer. It is our

In 2010 the Bernard van Leer Foundation created a new

fundamental belief that all children, regardless of

strategic plan. We identified three issues that are widely

geography, religion or economic status, should be able to

prevalent but under-addressed and have a profound

realise their full potential.

impact on young children. Our three strategic goals for 2010–2020 are:

‘Our mission is to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who

• Taking quality early learning to scale

are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances.

The foundations for all future learning and

We see this both as a valuable end in itself and as a long-term means

development are formed in the first years of life.

to promoting more cohesive, considerate, creative and peaceful

That is why quality early learning – through parental

­communities with equal opportunities and rights for all.’

interaction, play and exploration – is crucial not only to children themselves, but to society as a whole. Yet societal attention for learning in the early years is

Over the last 64 years, our work has contributed to child-

minimal, and globally very few parents are supported

friendly national policies, increased public and private

with knowledge or services for their children’s early

investment in young children, and the provision of

years.

direct community services that have benefited millions of families. From this work we have learned valuable

• Reducing violence in young children’s lives

lessons on how countries, professionals and parents

Violence has a profound and long-lasting effect on

can best support young children to develop to their full

children’s development. Whether young children are

potential. We share these lessons through our various

direct victims or witnesses of violence, it affects their

publications, networks and platforms.

health, ability to learn and even the development of their young brains.

We have also learned where our strength lies as an independent, private foundation seeking to create

• Improving young children’s living conditions

sustainable change for children. Firstly, in funding

The World Health Organization estimates that one-

research and innovations that show how young children’s

third of childhood diseases are attributable to poor

needs can be served better. Secondly, in bringing diverse

living conditions. With one in three urban children

stakeholders together to form strategic partnerships.

living in a slum, small changes in the planning of housing and neighbourhoods can significantly

You can read examples from our history in last year’s

improve the health and future of young children.

‘Learning from our experience’ report (available in About Us on our website) and in this report. In the future, we will continue to share our belief in the importance of investing in young children and our knowledge about how to generate bigger and smarter investments, both in our focus countries and globally.

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Bernard van Leer Foundation l Annual Report 2013

Realising our promise to young children

How we wor k

Goal Mat ur it y

In 2010, the Bernard van Leer Foundation began working

Each goal in each country follows a five-phase maturity

In the consolidation phase, the aim is to ensure that

on three strategic goals across eight countries. Not all

process we have nicknamed ‘the fish’. We start a cycle of

this work is able to continue without our financial

goals are pursued in all countries – the local context

strategic planning with a testing and research phase,

support, thereby putting us in a position to phase out.

determines whether the goals are relevant to the

including information gathering, consultations,

This created the opportunity to begin a new strategy – as

country. We also pursue these goals internationally.

baseline research and testing.

represented by the fish’s tail.

This year, as well as reporting on activities in 2013,

We then move on to optimising our country strategies

We anticipate that this process will take between 5

we report on the overall progress made since the start

through funding various projects, initiatives and

and 10 years to complete for each country goal; some

of the strategic period in 2010. Our report on progress

networks; monitoring and evaluating our own and our

goals in some countries will move more quickly than

at the institutional level can be found on pages 16–21.

partners’ work, and making necessary adjustments;

others. Below the status of each goal in each country is

Progress per goal can be found on pages 22–45. Specific

and creating and sharing knowledge. The optimisation

visualised for 2013.

information on country strategies in 2013 follows in

phase typically involves committing more resources, so

pages 46–64.

this is where the ‘fish’ becomes fattest.

This Annual Report includes lessons we have learned about the indicators we defined to enable us to monitor progress – between three and five indicators per goal, plus two meta-indicators. This report also explains how these lessons are shaping the way we will work in future.

Brazil

First, this section explains the three models we use

India

to conceptualise how we work: Goal Maturity, The

Israel The Netherlands

Decision-making Cycle and The Philanthropic Toolbox.

Peru Tanzania Turkey Uganda

Foundation goals

Quality early learning

Healthy living conditions

Reducing violence

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Realising our promise to young children

The Decision-making Cycle

The Philant hropic Toolbox

Adapting and implementing strategies for each country and goal requires a series of decisions, about both overall

Robust philanthropic organisations use six social

direction and individual grants to support projects, initiatives or networks. The Foundation uses a six-step decision-

change tools, all of which are present in the Bernard van

making cycle.

Leer Foundation’s country strategies. The tools which the Foundation and its partners use to create change for children vary based on the context, specific goal and goal maturity in each country. On the country pages in

STEP 1 DEVELOP THE STRATEGY

the national activities section (pages 46 – 64) the balance

Through country-level analysis

of these approaches in each country in 2013 is depicted.

involving data collection, consultations, baseline research

The size of the circles indicates the relative emphasis

and testing.

placed on each tool.

STEP 6 EVALUATION

STEP 2 SELECT PARTNERS

Grants, contracts and loans

Through stakeholder analysis,

are evaluated independently.

we identify potential partners who could create change in young children’s lives.

STRATEGIC TOOLS

1 Research Discovering, developing, interpreting or sharing knowledge to solve existing or expected problems

STEP 5 MONITORING

STEP 3 DUE DILIGENCE

Monitoring the progress both

We verify that the partners have

of individual grants and

satisfactory internal governance

overall strategies enables the

standards, necessary accreditation

‘optimisation’and ‘consolidation’

and a track record of influence.

described above.

STEP 4 ASSESS PROPOSALS Our programme and financial departments review proposals from the selected partners who have passed due diligence. In 2013 the Foundation made grants totalling EUR 15,219,189.

15,167,888.

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2 Demonstration services Developing and delivering products and services to fulfil unmet needs 3 Capacity building Helping organisations or individuals enhance their capabilities and develop their skills 4 Behaviour change Informing and motivating individuals to change their behaviour for positive social benefits 5 Policy influence/advocacy Promoting, developing or resisting a change in government, multilateral, or corporate policy 6 System change/infrastructure Establishing systems and infrastructure that facilitate social change

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PROGRESS FOR YO U N G C H I L D R E N

Bernard van Leer Foundation l Annual Report 2013

Progress for young children

Progress on suppor t ing young children to develop Progress for young children

to t heir f ull potent ial

As explained in the previous section, the goals of the

as well as activities that took place in 2013. Our report

As an independent, private foundation our strengths

Foundation are pursued through multiyear strategies

on progress at the institutional level can be found on

include the ability to foster strategic partnerships and

in eight countries and internationally. In this section

pages 17–21. Progress per goal can be found on pages

leverage the power of others. By doing so we aim to

of the Annual Report we report on the overall progress

22–45. Specific information on country strategies in 2013

increase both demand for, and investments in, what

made since the start of the strategic period in 2010,

follows on pages 46–64.

young children need to develop to their full potential.

Investing in young children is not only the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do. It gives the highest return on investment for ­societies.

Steven Kaempfer, Trustee of the Bernard van Leer Foundation

This section shares the progress we have made to increase demand and investment in young children since 2011.

MORE ORGANISED DEMAND FROM CHILDREN, FAMILIES

page 19) and Kies Nu Voor Kinderen (‘Choose for Children

AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR WHAT YOUNG CHILDREN

Now’) in the Netherlands (see page 27); networks of

NEED TO DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

parents, such as boink, for parents with children in

While goals and priorities in society will inevitably shift,

care in the Netherlands, where our support led to the

a strong and diverse set of citizens demanding attention

inclusion of more lower-income parents and better

to young children’s needs can ensure that they are

reflection of their concerns; and networks of private

never left off the agenda. Organising children and their

foundations, as with the progress made by the Forum

supporters is the key to sustainable change for children

for Roma Inclusion in focusing eu attention on Roma

in any society.

children’s needs (as reported on in the last two Annual Reports).

The Foundation has been supporting three types of organising – coalitions, networks and campaigns – to

New coalitions, campaigns and community organising

get or keep young children’s needs on the agenda. To

The Foundation has supported 11 new efforts to create

measure progress on demand, the Foundation tracks

demand for services for young children. For example,

whether existing networks are growing and actively

we were primary investors in creating and branding

organising campaigns; whether coalitions of new

the Men Care campaign to promote fatherhood, which

stakeholders or new campaigns oriented toward young

has developed membership in over 26 countries; we

children’s needs are developing; and whether existing

supported Terra dos Homens in Brazil (another aspect of

networks oriented toward other issues are finding

whose work is described on page 33) to organise parents

common cause and taking action on young children’s

to successfully demand new childcare centres in very

needs.

poor communities in Rio de Janeiro; the Humara Bachpan (‘Childhood Matters’) campaign has secured better city

Stronger networks of child advocates

services in slums in Bubaneshwar, India (see page 41);

Since 2010 the Foundation has supported the growth

and Children’s Clubs in the Netherlands, set up by the

and activities of five networks, three of which have

Alexander Foundation, have given abused children a

already resulted in better national policies for young

voice in improving services.

children. They include networks of advocates for children’s needs, such as Rede Nacional Primeira Infância (rnpi, National Early Childhood Network) in Brazil (see

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Progress for young children

• for integrated programmes that serve multiple needs

Giving children a voice at the World Bank

of young children, eur 4.85 billion from national

Many large-scale projects funded

Information Center – an organisation

governments (largely Brazil and Peru as described

by the World Bank have significant

which is unaf filiated with the World

in the box below) and usd 333 million from private

impacts on the lives of children. For

Bank, and which advocates for it

sources (through the Clinton Global Initiative, as we

example, when the Nile river was

to promote social and economic

reported in last year’s Annual Report, page 43).

dammed in Uganda to create the

justice and ecological sustainability

Bujugali Power Station, families

– to hold consultations about Bank

were resettled – but to a site without

projects with groups of children in six

education or health services for

countries: Peru, Yemen, India, Uganda,

the impact on adults when assessing

children, or employment opportunities

Cambodia and the Philippines.

for their parents.

Children are born with an innate drive to develop to their full ­potential. Our job is to make sure they grow up in conditions that allow them to do so.

Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker, Trustee of the Bernard van Leer Foundation

We have pursued three main approaches to leveraging

In six of the eight countries in which the Foundation is

investments. Providing early-stage funding to social

active, new national policies have been created over the

entrepreneurs, enabling them to get to a stage where

last two years; in five of those six we funded coalitions

project safeguards, ensuring that

they can obtain larger investments from other funders,

critical to the introduction of these policies. However,

education is not interrupted when

has been very important in leveraging municipal,

policy change is only the first step in achieving real

The children subsequently visited

children have to be resettled, and

international and private funds. Directly advocating and

change in children’s lives. The next prerequisite is for

From August to October 2013, the

Washington dc to lobby the Bank

consulting with children before

investing in others’ advocacy to increase investment for

budgets to be committed to implementing the policies,

Bernard van Leer Foundation and

directly on issues such as considering

engaging in projects that will have

young children has resulted in big payoffs through the

which is already happening in four of those countries.

the Oak Foundation funded the Bank

the impact on children separately from

impacts on them.

introduction of new national early childhood policies and budget increases.

Finding common cause

INCREASED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS FOR YOUNG

The Foundation has built alliances with four

­C HILDREN TO DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

existing networks focused on issues that range from

The advocacy described above has contributed to

environmental stewardship to tribal and women’s

leveraging increased public and private investments

rights. These networks have helped to put legislative

in young children. In three years of programming,

and policy changes on the table in India (see page 25) and

the Bernard van Leer Foundation has directly invested

Peru, where we backed an existing movement of children

around eur 45 million (grant budgets 2011/12/13

against child labour, called infant, to get legislation on

rounded), but has been instrumental – along with

violence against children in front of lawmakers.

partners and other advocacy actors – in persuading governments, corporations and foundations to commit

The Foundation has also partnered with business

substantially larger sums:

associations to develop new champions for children from

• on our early learning goal, eur 189 million in public

these circles: the Private Sector Foundation in Uganda

funds and another eur 1.7 million in private funds

is motivating charitable donations to serve young

• on our goal of reducing violence, eur 12.8 million in

children, and we are working with the World Economic

public funds and eur 1.5 million in private funds

Forum to put early learning and violence prevention

• on our goal of improved living conditions, eur 21.7

and young children on their agenda. The results of

million in public funds and eur 400,000 in private

another common cause-finding alliance, with the Bank

funds

Information Center, are reported in the box above.

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Brazil and Peru commit billions to young children The Bernard van Leer Foundation

organisations. This coalition was a

last year’s Annual Report, to improve

invested eur 1 million in creating

key voice in the multi-billion-euro

the health, nutrition, learning and

and sustaining a national citizen

Brasil Carinhoso (‘Loving Brazil’) policy,

protection of impoverished children

movement for young children which

announced in 2012 and reported on in

under 6 years old.

helped to influence the policy priorities of President Ollanta Humala in Peru.

The national budget for programmes addressing young children’s health, nutrition, learning and social protection was eur 2.1 billion higher in 2013 than in 2011, when President Humala was elected.

We also spent 7 years funding a national network for early childhood (rnpi) in Brazil, during which time it grew to include more than 150

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Progress for young children

A selection of events and outreach in 2013

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

First meeting of the

Launch of the memorial

Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years , on Quality

Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant for Global Early Childhood Development .

Early Childhood Services for All, in Ghent.

JUNE

JULY

Board of Trustees member Rien van Gendt is awarded the European Foundation Centre Compass Prize for true pioneers and visionaries of European philanthropy.

The Foundation organises its first webinar , on Learning Begins Early , the June edition of Early Childhood Matters , focusing on learning from birth to 3 years old.

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, NGOs and play advocates gather in Geneva for the official Launch of the

Lisa Jordan addresses the

ReadyNation 2013 National Business Leader Summit in Atlanta on the five reasons why businesses are investing in young children.

General Comment on Play .

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MEDIA

787 printed articles 250 online articles 9 TV items

WEBINAR

2 webinars in 2013 163 attending from 25 different countries

APRIL Het Klokhuis , a Dutch national children’s TV programme, runs a four-episode series by and for children about child abuse.

AUGUST Blog by Lisa Jordan, ‘All Eyes are on the United States’ , in the

Huffington Post on President Obama's landmark Early Learning Initiative.

WEBSITES Foundation website:

92,240 visitors ECM online website:

16,321 visitors

PUBLICATIONS

1,565 requested 20,195 downloaded 15,302 read online

NOVEMBER Early Childhood Matters on

Children of Seasonal Migrant Workers is published.

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SOCIAL MEDIA

10,122 Likes on Facebook 10,052 Foundation

Blog readers

Taking qualit y ear ly learning to scale

NETHERLANDS

Children’s age 512,055 2012 945,767 2013 0-3 years

ISRAEL INDIA

3-6 years

1,389,363 2012 2,082,938 2013

6-8 years

833,826 2012 1,170,341 2013

Type of intervention

Centre-based

PERU

373,393 2012 425,972 2013

BRAZIL

TANZANIA

Home visiting

Integrated services

723,896 2012 609,445 2013

236,417 2012 210,539 2013 TOTAL INVESTMENT IN 2013 (EUR) 7,155,497

47.0% Multilingual education

Foundation investment (EUR)

% of total

Bernard van Leer Foundation l Annual Report 2013

Progress for young children

Taking qualit y ear ly lear ning to scale Despite the strong social and economic case for

progress in the area of policy change and the

preschool, responsive parenting and childcare

development of demonstration and training projects

programmes, there are hundreds of millions of children

that can serve as models for scaling up. The Foundation’s

Ensuring early learning policies reach the most

around the world still unreached. The Bernard van

partners contributed to the creation of new public

­d isadvantaged

Leer Foundation aims to take to scale, or accelerate the

policies to scale early learning programmes in five

We measure progress towards our goal of taking quality

mass expansion of, proven approaches that combine

countries. These policies – if fully implemented – have

early learning to scale by tracking four indicators. Below

these types of programmes with other services – such

the potential to provide early learning services to 14

you will find a summary of what we have achieved and

as health, nutrition and social protection – in order to

million young children each year.

learned for each indicator since the start of our strategic

deliver an integrated package that puts children on the

MONITORING PROGRESS ON EARLY LEARNING

plan in 2010, along with remaining challenges.

path to learning from birth.

Going forward, the Foundation and partner

In the six countries where we focus on taking quality

organisations will support the implementation of these

None of this progress would have been possible without

new policies.

the professionalism, knowledge and commitment of our

early learning to scale, there has been significant

India makes progress on mother tongue-based preschool

various project partners. While it is not possible to credit

A new national policy on early childhood care and education

each individual contribution, some specific examples are

(ECCE) was approved in September 2013 by India’s union

highlighted in these pages.

Innovative creative thinking programme for ultra-Or thodox preschool children

cabinet, supporting mother tongue-based early childhood education. The Foundation and partners in India have been

Indicator 1: Increase access for young children to early

advocating for several years that children in disadvantaged

learning ­s ervices, preferably integrated services

The Foundation’s partner Achiya reached over a thousand

the programme for future preschoolers. The programme was

As of 2013, approximately 910,000 young children

children from ultra-Orthodox Jewish families in 2013 with

supported by the municipality of Holon, which contributed

across five countries are accessing services through the

an innovative creative thinking programme for preschools.

35% of its funding, and is attracting interest from other parts

implementation of new early childhood development

Facilitators guide the children to be curious about concepts

of Israel.

policies. Across six countries, the Foundation

such as gravity, friction and colours, and to reach their own

has supported partners to design and implement

conclusions about the world around them.

demonstration and training projects reaching an

tribal areas are more likely to develop a love of learning and persevere with primary school if their first experience of preschool is in a language with which they are familiar.

Implementation continued in 2013 of the state of Odisha’s July 2012 decision to have mother-tongue teaching in all preschools in tribal areas, a major success of Foundation

additional 53,000 young children.

partners’ advocacy ef forts. The government developed

While such a programme may sound routine in a secular context, there is a need to be highly respectful of traditions

Rather than trying to establish new coalitions, the

and beliefs when adapting it for an ultra-Orthodox context. As

Foundation and partners have had the most influence in

one principal of a Talmud Torah school said:

countries where existing coalitions of advocates on other

preschool curricula in 10 tribal languages in 2013, and we supported the development of a further four languages.

Tribal teachers are being hired and learning materials developed. When fully implemented, this decision is

issues have been motivated to take up the cause of young

expected to benefit a million 3–5 year olds.

children’s needs too – an example being the passing of a

I admire how Achiya found a way to impart the concepts behind the God-given natural elements in our everyday

national law on mother tongue-based early education in

life to our kindergarten children, in a most simple and

India (see box).

In October 2013, the government of Kerala invited our partner PREM to provide technical support for starting

interesting manner.

mother tongue-based early learning centres in 100 villages,

Indicator 2: Change parent and professional behaviour to Also participating in workshops in 2013 were 650 parents

increase the amount of time spent engaging young children

and 40 kindergarten teachers who were trained to facilitate

Progress on this indicator has come through a

covering nearly 2,000 tribal children. This invitation resulted directly from PREM’s demonstration project in Odisha showing the ef ficacy of mother tongue-based preschool.

combination of demonstration and training projects

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that include capacity building for 15,079 administrators,

books is up in Arab communities in Israel; parents

Indicator 3: Increase the number of competent

volunteers, professionals and para-professionals who

are reporting greater play time with infants in Peru;

professionals/­p ara-professionals serving young children

work with cohorts of parents and children to encourage

more children are going to preschool in Tanzania; and

Of the 15,079 people referred to in indicator 2 above,

more frequent and higher-quality interaction.

teachers trained by our partner organisation People’s

90% had no significant prior experience in early

Rural Education Movement in India are scoring higher

learning.

Although most evaluations of these projects are not

than regular preschool centres in creating interactive

complete, some preliminary findings suggest that they

classrooms.

are having the intended effects: demand for children’s

The only reliable factor in forecasting is demographics. If you want to ensure a better world 20 years from now – invest as much as you can afford in early learning and care for the youngest children.

Gideon Frank, Trustee of the Bernard van Leer Foundation

One challenge reported by partner organisations is that official standards of qualification for early learning workers can stand in the way of trainingup professionals from other sectors, such as health workers, who are competent and familiar with the

Work with rural mayors has oppor tunity to reach scale

Reframing the debate about day care in the Netherlands

communities but who lack formal education. We are

On 6 December 2013, Peru’s Government created a multi-

for Childhood (Grupo Impulsor) to promote the use of the

meeting this challenge by advocating for the adjustment

Lobbying ef forts of the Kies Nu Voor Kinderen (‘Choose

sectoral commission to propose an action plan for early

new funds committed by the Government to contribute to

of standards and through the introduction of alternative

for Children Now’) campaign resulted in the reversal of

childhood services from 2014 to 2016. The commission’s work

scaling-up early childhood services.

qualification schemes.

185 million euros of planned cuts in funding for young

achieved rapid results: on 31 December the Government

children in the Netherlands in 2013. This should reduce

committed 100 million PEN (26 million euros) to a fund

Indicator 4: Improve learning outcomes

parental contributions to childcare services, improve access

administered by the Ministry of Social Inclusion to support

There is suggestive evidence that our programming on

for children from poorer families, and improve quality of

early childhood services.

scaling early learning is having an impact on children’s

childcare provision.

learning outcomes, which is the ultimate aim. For Among the organisations represented on the commission

example, a study of support to mother tongue-based,

In general, the campaign’s call for day care to be of higher

was Red INNOVA, which we have been supporting since 2011

multilingual preschool centres in tribal districts

pedagogical quality, and more connected to primary

in helping three municipalities in the Loreto region to obtain

of Odisha, India, has found that children in these

schools, is also gaining momentum among both national

central government funds and create infrastructure for

centres are performing at a higher level in language

and local governments. There is a shif t in discourse from ’we

service delivery to rural families with children under 3. Two

development, maths skills and school readiness, as well

need childcare so that women can go to work’ to ‘every child

more municipalities were added to the project in 2013.

as showing lower levels of stunting, than children at

should have the opportunity to learn’.

centres where the teacher does not speak their native Short-term impact on the original three municipalities is

language. This is true despite the fact that the mother-

However, much remains to be done to ensure that all children

encouraging, for example with a 59% increase in coverage

tongue centres often have teachers with fewer formal

have affordable access to quality early learning, regardless of

of early childhood services and a near-tripling in indicators

qualifications, fewer years of teaching experience and

whether their parents work or not. The focus needs to expand

such as the number of families playing with their children

poorer classroom infrastructure.

beyond policymakers, as structural change is possible

and following parenting guidelines.

only with sustained demand from a range of stakeholders However, this indicator cannot truly be measured until

including the general public and the private sector. In addition

Red INNOVA has demonstrated that the model can work.

children across a range of demonstration projects –

local governments, who in the Netherlands are responsible

There is now an opportunity for organisations such as

some of which are in their early stages – have reached

for the early learning of young children, need to be monitored

the National Association of Rural Mayors (REMURPE), the

the third grade and are assessed through national

and encouraged to keep and increase budgets for quality

Association of Regional Presidents and the Citizen Movement

testing.

early learning for all young children.

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Partner organisation

EUR

Overall objective

INTERNATIONAL GRANTS ON EARLY LEARNING

SHARING KNOWLEDGE ON EARLY LEARNING

The quality of early learning has everything to do with the knowledge, competence and desire of both parents and educators to respond

Early Childhood Matters and

­effectively to young children’s individual development needs.

webinar: Learning Begins Early

Julia Neuberger,

The June 2013 edition of Early

Trustee of the Bernard van Leer Foundation

Childhood Matters (and its Spanish entitled Learning Begins Early,

Foundation for the Development

interventions can promote learning in the crucial yet

Beta brains are bet ter brains

often neglected period before most children start formal

The Foundation organised a

preschool at the age of 3.

seminar for business leaders, scientists and educators in

Subsequently, a webinar featured online presentations of

The Hague in June to ask how

articles by three authors – the Foundation’s Senior Fellow

investments in early learning can

Joan Lombardi, University College London professor

help to create the future workforce

Orazio Attanasio and World Health Organization officer

the Netherlands will need. The

Chiara Servili – followed by a question and answer

seminar was entitled ‘Building the Beta Brain’, as

session. The English-language webinar was attended

beta is the Dutch equivalent of the English acronym

live by 75 people from 19 countries, and the Spanish-

stem – science, technology, engineering, mathematics

language webinar by 88 people from 12 countries. The

– and neuroscience is increasingly demonstrating how

webinars have since been watched almost 500 times on

a child’s later aptitude in these subjects is critically

YouTube.

influenced by the early years. A report is available to

Allow the FDCC to focus on its marketing and fundraising operations

360,200

of the Caribbean Child (FDCC)

21,875

Senior Fellow for Young Children Exchange the latest results and best practices to scale up existing knowledge and evidence-based research on early learning

150,000

Koning Boudewijnstichting

explored how policies and

Develop a web portal which maps investments in early childhood development in East Africa

37,189

Foundation Center

Individual programme consultant

edition, Espacio para la Infancia),

Engage the private sector as global champions for early childhood development

112,460

Brookings Institution

Translate evidence on new science and research for policymakers to encourage investment in young children

301,525

National Academy of Science

Create a video of the Cuban home visiting programme Educa

7,508

Red River College Total

a Tu Hijo

990,757

download on our website, bernardvanleer.org.

Dutch editions of Early Childhood in Focus In response to demand from Dutch-speaking partners, the seventh publication in the popular Early Childhood in Focus series, Developing Brains, was translated and published in Dutch this year under the title Hersenontwikkeling.

The first in the series, Attachment Relationships, has also been published in Dutch, as Hechtingsrelaties. Both are free to download on our website.

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Strategic tools

Reducing violence in young children’s lives

TURKEY

NETHERLANDS

516,603 169,967

783,378 2012 309,112 2013

2012 2013

ISRAEL

128,870 2012 - 2013

Children’s age

UGANDA 0-4 years 126,356 2012 258,412 2013

PERU 4-8 years

1,669,339 2012 2,283,629 2013

TANZANIA

BRAZIL

Type of violence addressed

TOTAL INVESTMENT IN 2013 (EUR) 5,134,705

Family violence 155,565 2012 65,295 2013

Community violence

1,138,710 2012 1,466,607 2013

Foundation investment (EUR)

33.7% % of total

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Reducing violence in young children’s lives Advances in neuroscience have demonstrated that

The Bernard van Leer Foundation, along with partner

Indicator 2: Reduce community violence

repeated exposure to violence, as victims and witnesses,

organisations, discovers and spreads solutions that

Informed by baseline research commissioned to establish

can stunt young children’s brain development and lead

prevent violence against children and their caregivers.

the levels and causes of violence in communities,

to lifelong problems with health, affecting their capacity

We focus on conducting baseline research, supporting

and indicate ways in which it might be prevented or

to learn and contribute to society. In many places around

partners to pilot demonstration projects, and building

reduced, we have funded five demonstration projects

the world community violence impedes the simplest joys

partnerships with policymakers and advocates to help

involving 3,337 young children (including 2,127 also

of childhood, like the chance to play outside.

them use evidence for the prevention of violence more

involved in demonstration projects on family violence).

effectively.

Programming to address community violence has seen

To prevent violence in the lives of young children we need to move beyond demonstrating the problem towards demonstrating results.

Violence can be prevented.

Rien van Gendt, Trustee of the Bernard van Leer Foundation

Going forward, there is a continued challenge to expand the number of evidence-based solutions on which policymakers can draw and to spread these solutions widely.

MONITORING PROGRESS ON REDUCING VIOLENCE Finding and publicising solutions to violence We measure progress towards our goal on reducing

Resilience workbook helps children deal with war

violence in young children’s lives by tracking five indicators. Below you will find a summary of what we

In November 2012, tension between State of Israel and

have achieved and learned for each indicator since the

Gaza Strip increased, and as a result, two million civilians

start of our strategic plan in 2010, along with remaining

had to run to bomb shelters in very real fear for their

challenges.

lives –including in the Bedouin city of Rahat, where the Foundation’s partner the Israel Center for the Treatment of

None of this progress would have been possible without

Psychotrauma (ICTP) has a long-standing presence. By 2013,

the professionalism, knowledge and commitment of our

the immediate threat of bombing had passed, but young

various project partners. While it is not possible to credit

children continued to suf fer post-traumatic stress symptoms.

each individual contribution, some specific examples are highlighted in these pages.

With an emergency grant from the Foundation, over a thousand copies of the ICTP’s ‘My Resilience Workbook’

Indicator 1: Reduce family violence

were printed and distributed in Rahat. The workbooks help

The Foundation supported partners to initiate 20

children aged between 3 and 8 to cope with the af termath

demonstration projects which are currently testing

of natural disasters and war. An event to train teachers

different approaches to prevent violence in the

in how to use the workbooks was also attended by Faiz

household. These projects have reached 56,167 children

Abu-Seheban, Mayor of Rahat, and Randa Zarik, the early

to date. Stories such as Christiane’s (see next page)

childhood coordinator for the Bedouin community at the

demonstrate the need for multi-sectoral intervention

Ministry of Education.

strategies to reduce violence in the family.

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Breaking the cycle of violence: a human story

Associação Brasileira Terra dos Homens (ABTH) is

school, and began psychological care treatment with her

among the partners we are funding in Brazil to break the

oldest son. Af ter 3 years, Christiane now works with the

intergenerational cycle of violence. The story of Christiane

project, looking af ter little children.

illustrates how this happens.

Christiane has made progress. When a teacher at her oldest Christiane, 33 years old, is a single mother of three children.

son’s school was aggressive with him, she responded calmly

Her biological mother died in childbirth, and her adoptive

by requesting a discussion rather than lashing out. And

mother was constantly violent. She lef t home at a young age

during a project activity for parents and children she found

and met the father of her children, who struggled with drug

that she was able for the first time to relate to her son not

addiction during their time together. Eventually, when she

through violence, but through af fection and play.

was pregnant with her third child, he refused to participate in a rehabilitation programme and she lef t him.

Christiane’s oldest son looks a lot like her ex-husband. She believes that projecting her anger onto him explains why she physically abused him. As he grew up he, in turn, started to behave aggressively towards those around him.

ABTH’s professionals made a work plan with Christiane and her family, who were surviving on charitable handouts from a variety of community organisations. They identified the family’s needs and desires and made sure that everyone committed themselves to achieving change. They provided Christiane with a budget to cover the family’s needs, enrolled her second child in a local community nursery

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the most progress in cities with mayors who have been

projects on preventing and responding to violence are

receptive to evidence of successful ways in which to

reaching a total of 57,377 children.

Peru star ts to collect of ficial statistics on family violence

reduce violence.

Accurately measuring the extent of a problem is a Indicator 5: Shif t in norms towards less acceptance

Fathers dissuade fathers from violence in Uganda

prerequisite for tackling it ef fectively. In 2013, Peru’s National

Indicator 3: Spread evidence-based policies to prevent

of violence

Institute of Statistics and Information ( Instituto Nacional de

violence

The efforts of Foundation grantees in Brazil and Peru

Estadísticas e Información, INEI) included for the first time

We spearheaded the Violence and Children Evaluation

to achieve a legal ban on all forms of corporal and

questions on child abuse and partner violence in the annual

Challenge Fund, along with the Oak Foundation and

humiliating punishment have challenged traditional

household survey of Peru ( Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud

with the support of the ubs Optimus Foundation, to

beliefs about child rearing. In both cases the proposals

Familiar, ENDES).

gather evidence about what works. To date the fund has

have reached Congress, but cultural barriers suggest

supported 17 studies of the impact of violence prevention

that a shift in strategy is necessary if these bills are ever

Questions on witnessing and experiencing violence are

strategies across 16 low- and middle-income countries.

to become law. Our partners have therefore focused on

addressed individually to each child in a family, recognising

public messaging to shift social norms, reaching close

the importance of children’s perspectives. Peru is the first

Knowing what works, however, is only a first step. As

to 3 million people, approximately 20% of whom were

country in Latin America to include these questions in a

discussed on the next page, research has shown that

moved to take action.

national statistics-gathering exercise.

solutions to violence in young children’s lives – they lack

Challenges in shifting social norms include the

The INEI’s action followed publicity for the results of the

awareness of how easily preventable violence is, and

cognitive dissonance of parents who feel that they are

baseline studies we commissioned in 2011, which were

tend to overestimate how much time and money it will

being judged by messages on corporal punishment;

carried out by project partner GRADE. Since El Comercio

take to achieve progress. The Foundation is working

beliefs among conservative segments of society that

newspaper reported on GRADE’s first data release, the issue

to rebrand violence from an inevitable fact of life to a

corporal punishment is necessary in child rearing; and

of violence in the family has gone from being a subject of

solvable problem, by repeatedly communicating success

objections to government intervention in family life.

private discussion to a topic of public debate.

stories.

Peers and role models are proving to be the most effective

policymakers seem to have a cognitive block regarding

Milton Orech tells his audience that he is a changed man.

Once he was violent to his wife and children. Now he drinks less, his home is peaceful, and he prefers it this way.

He credits his change in behaviour to the men he is addressing, members of one of the Responsive Fatherhood Clubs set up by the Early Steps programme in Uganda, with the Foundation’s support. These are groups of fathers who agree to talk to their male friends about domestic violence, accompanying their wives to antenatal clinics, and getting more involved in childcare. The clubs are part of an overall strategy which also includes work through Village Savings

messengers for challenging the status quo, as illustrated

The INEI is among several institutions which have since

Indicator 4: Increase provision of preventive and responsive

by the story from Uganda on page 34. Highlighting

reached out to GRADE for information on the tools and

services

children’s voices also appears to be effective, as shown by

methods used in the baseline research. The information

Work at the local level has shown the most success – for

the story about Klokhuis on page 37.

from ENDES will be available during the first quarter of

example, on preventive services the municipalities

and Loans Associations.

of Amsterdam and The Hague, with the Nederlandse

2014 and is expected to have a direct impact on public SHARING KNOWLEDGE ON REDUCING VIOLENCE

investment, particularly for violence reduction programmes

Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Mr Orech is not alone. An evaluation shows that where the clubs have been operating – in the Apac, Kumi and Nakapiripirit subcounties – the number of families reporting domestic violence has reduced from 66% to 49%, while the number of parents using non-violent methods of child discipline increased from 28% to 60% within one year. The project shows that social norms can be changed – with the right messengers.

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by the Ministries of Education, Social Inclusion and Women

(tno, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied

Violence against children: the impor tance of framing

Scientific Research), piloted a programme to prevent

The first step in tackling violence against children is

shaken baby syndrome which reaches 18,500 babies each

persuading people that something can be done about it.

year. In both the Netherlands and Peru we financed

There is solid evidence for the effectiveness of certain

In 2013, the research project experimented with various

new tools that have begun to scale nationally as well as

programmes, but Foundation-funded research by Fenton

novel ways of engaging the attention of opinion seekers.

locally, such as the codification of new codes of conduct

Communications found that few opinion leaders could

As a result of this research, a multi-donor initiative

for professionals in hospitals when they suspect cases

name any of them; assuming the problem is intractable,

has been developed to improve communications and

of child abuse. As described above, our demonstration

they dismiss the possibility of action.

advocacy on violence prevention. Due to launch in

and Vulnerable Populations.

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EUR

Overall objective

Strategic tools

INTERNATIONAL GRANTS ON REDUCING VIOLENCE

who have experienced those services – it’s an obvious

Changing parental behaviour in Turkey

insight, but often overlooked. On October 28 in the

I used to yell a lot at my children, even slapped them

Netherlands, the Bernard van Leer Foundation and

sometimes, and still they didn’t do what I told. But

Alexander Foundation brought together a group of 14–18

when you talk, when you explain it well, the child does

year olds and a large audience of professionals, including

what you have told. You are happy and the child is

the national Children’s Ombudsman.

happy. It is really nice.

Among the frustrations shared by the teenagers was That ’s the experience of one mother af ter attending a

the problem that they felt intimidated in interrogation

workshop run by the Bilinçli Aile Sa lıklı Nesiller Projesi

rooms, and could open up about their stories more

(Well-informed Family – Healthy Generations Project) in

easily if interviewed in child-friendly locations such as

Beyo lu, Turkey. The project is experimenting with various

parks. The children also strongly urged a rethink of the

ways to change parental behaviour, including group

regulation that requires parents’ consent to interview

workshops, family training, fatherhood seminars, mother–

children under 12 – for if the parent is abusing the child,

child playgroups, personal development workshops and a

and refuses consent, how can the child get help?

psychological counselling centre. The impacts are currently

Council for a Strong America

15,244

Working dinner on the topic of child abuse at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in Philadelphia

De Mello Roundtable Solutions

12,537

Support preparations for a Global Learning Initiative to Stop Violence Against Boys and Girls

Fatherhood Institute

26,791

Create resources to help practitioners, researchers and evaluators engage better with fathers

Individual programme consultant

29,751

Advance the Global Learning Initiative to Stop Violence Against Girls and Boys

Individual programme consultant

36,667

Document and evaluate results from programming in Ciudad Juárez Meeting to advance the Global Learning Initiative to Stop Violence Against Girls and Boys

6,588

Multiple resource people

Seed funding to launch Without Violence, a multi-donor initiative aimed at building communications and advocacy capacity in the field of violence prevention

298,349

Network European Foundations Individual programme consultant

39,750

Advance the Global Learning Initiative (GLI) to Stop Violence Against Girls and Boys

Ririki Intervención Social

11,526

Produce stories by reporters on young children’s lives in Ciudad Juárez

Brazil’s media report on violence

being evaluated by Bilgi University.

Increasing the visibility of violence in children’s lives so as to prompt action from global influencers

104,480

Fenton Communications

Total

581,683

In September, the publication of Foundation-funded research by the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul sparked a media debate about violence against children

2014, its website (withoutviolence.org) will share

in Brazil. The newspaper O Globo (‘Research shows that

infographics, animations, and a guide for advocates

68% of children in favela communities suffer at home’),

about how to engage positively in communications with

leading Portuguese-language web portal Universo Online

opinion leaders on violence against children.

(‘In Rio, 60% of parents in favelas admit to hitting their

Children’s TV breaks taboo on violence in the Netherlands

I am sharing my story because I want children who

An impact study will not report formally until 2014, but initial

experience child abuse to know they are not alone.

results suggest the series did indeed lead to more children reaching out for help and talking about the subject with

Those are the words of Kim, a woman in her late 20s who was

each other and with teachers. The show was honoured

abused as a child. Every year, one in 30 Dutch children suffer

at Cinekid with both the children’s choice award and a

abuse, according to research conducted by the University of

professional jury award for best non-fiction TV show for

for the Huffington Post was shared over 400 times on social

Leiden in 2011 – yet the subject is barely discussed, due to a

children, and will be repeated in 2015.

media.

deep-seated culture of privacy in family life.

Programs like the Nurse Family Partnership and Cure Violence

To break the taboo, the Foundation funded Het Klokhuis, a

educational package for primary schools that included a

are two examples of strategies that get results. They are scientific

children’s programme, to produce a four-part series on child

competition for children to create a logo against child abuse.

proof of hope, and there is more where that comes from. Now is the

abuse. Airing on national television in April 2013, it featured

The winners presented their logo to the State Secretary

time to use it.

Kim and other adults and children sharing their stories and

for Health Welfare and Sports, Martin van Rijn, and the

encouraging others to speak up, for themselves or on behalf

government adopted it for a national campaign against child

Listening to abused children

of friends who they know to be in need of help. A mother

abuse.

If we want to improve how services help children who

who had abused her children in the past also courageously

suffer abuse, we need to listen to the voices of children

told her story.

children’) and tv Brasil’s talk show Sem Censura were among

Scientific proof of hope

the media outlets that ran the story.

Programme director Michael Feigelson’s January blog

The series was accompanied by a website and an

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Improving young children’s living condit ions

76,100 2012 140,000 2013

TURKEY

Children’s age

ISRAEL 0-3 years

INDIA

7,404 2012 404,281 2013

3-6 years

793,663 2012 1,416,962 2013 140,158 2012 238,380 2013

6-8 years

UGANDA

Settings

PERU 81,706 2012 210,885 2013

Urban

Peri-urban

BRAZIL 3,283 -

2012 2013

TOTAL INVESTMENT IN 2013 (EUR) 2,832,168

18.6% Rural

Foundation investment (EUR)

% of total

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Improving young children’s living condit ions Economic shifts have accelerated demographic

Indicator 1: Increase access to clean water, sanitation and

often forgotten in urban design because they are not

transition to urban and peri-urban environments across

adequate housing

understood as either a basic need or as an advantage for

the world. These environments can be difficult places for

The biggest strides on this indicator have come through

adults as well as children.

young children due to new stressors on their health and

a combination of community organising and advocacy to

development. This is especially true for the one in three

gain access to existing government services. Our support

The Foundation uses a two-pronged strategy to ensure

The November 2013 edition of Early

urban children worldwide who live in slums.

to partners for demonstration projects and advocacy has

that children have access to play spaces. Firstly,

Childhood Matters (and its Spanish

improved access to clean water and sanitation for more

with partners we are demonstrating how existing

edition, Espacio para la Infancia)

than 18,000 young children to date.

infrastructure can be creatively transformed into spaces

explored a population that tends to

The Bernard van Leer Foundation works to influence the planning and design of homes and neighbourhoods so

SHARING KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS Early Childhood Matters on children of seasonal migrant workers

for children. Secondly we are encouraging a greater voice

go under the radar of policymakers

that they incorporate provisions to guarantee the safety

Housing has proved more challenging to affect

for children in urban design decisions – with partners

and service providers: children

and health of the youngest citizens. As this is a very

than water and sanitation, as there are fewer civic

such as lego, described on page 44.

who migrate with their parents as

new area for the Foundation, the first stage of this goal

organisations focused on housing who can be persuaded

has focused on establishing demonstration projects and

to include children’s perspectives in their agenda.

supporting advocacy with child-focused organisations

However, progress on housing has also been made

interested in working on the topic of living conditions.

through demonstration projects, such as that of Aide

they search for seasonal work.

et Action in Andhra Pradesh, described on page 42. Our Going forward, we will establish direct relationships

support has helped partners work with architects,

with stakeholders responsible for city and infrastructure

engineers and solar energy specialists to improve

development and use research to articulate clearly the

housing for 690 young children thus far.

link between child development and these stakeholders’ core areas of business.

Indicator 2: Reduce childhood morbidity (among under-5s) Making the case for improved living conditions will be easier when the link between children’s health

MONITORING PROGRESS ON LIVING CONDITIONS

outcomes and their living conditions has been Connecting the early childhood and living conditions

clearly demonstrated. While there are early positive

agendas

indications – as with the anecdotal evidence from the

We measure progress towards our goal of improving

Aide et Action project and the assessment of tadepa’s

young children’s living conditions by tracking three

work summarised on page 45 – it is too early to assess

indicators. Below you will find a summary of what we

systematically whether improved living conditions

have achieved and learned for each indicator since the

are having an impact on young children’s health. In

start of our strategic plan in 2010, along with remaining

future years, the Foundation will be documenting this

challenges.

relationship through more formal evaluative research.

None of this progress would have been possible without

Indicator 3: Expand access for young children to safe spaces

the professionalism, knowledge and commitment of our

to play

various project partners. While it is not possible to credit

Our support for demonstration projects and advocacy

each individual contribution, some specific examples are

has, to date, helped partners secure safe spaces to

highlighted in these pages.

play for 6000 young children. Spaces to play are

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Child-friendly slum development promised The Mayor of Bhubaneswar, a city with a population of over 800,000 in the Indian state of Odisha, announced in September 2013 that two slums will be redeveloped in a child-friendly way, in line with the recommendations of the Foundation-backed Humara Bachpan (‘Childhood Matters’) campaign.

The mayor, Mr Ananta Narayan Jena, made the announcement af ter Humara Bachpan arranged for him to hear first-hand from children about the issues they face living in slums. In these ‘Meet the Mayor’ sessions, over 100 children from 15 of the city’s slums shared their problems related to issues such as housing, water, garbage and lack of safe play areas.

Almost a quarter of Odisha’s population lives in urban slums. Similar events have taken place in Berhampur, Odisha (population 350,000) and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (population 6.8 million).

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Progress for young children

Children have a unique perspective on their surroundings. Their ability to invent, explore and have fun under the poorest of living conditions is truly inspiring and all the more reason to ensure their environments are safe, healthy and supportive.

Jonathan Kestenbaum, Trustee of the Bernard van Leer Foundation

Articles from the usa, India, Turkey, Mexico, Nicaragua

Mobile learning centre for seasonal migrants’ children

and Africa depicted the living conditions of these children – often of poor quality and dangerously close to work sites

Children of ten migrate with their agricultural labourer

– and the programmes designed to improve them.

parents for seasonal work in Turkey, but are excluded from local schools. We funded the Educational Volunteers

The Right to Play

Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) to explore how mobile learning

In September in Geneva, at an event organised by the

units can reach these children.

International Play Association, the United Nations

Brick kiln workers move into healthier housing When Aide et Action began to engage with migrants who

Feedback is already positive. Padma, a parent, notes:

work in the brick kilns of Jinnaram village, Andhra Pradesh,

Committee on the Rights of the Child officially

A 2-month pilot phase took place in September–October of

launched a new General Comment on Article 31 of the

2013 in the Karata district of Turkey’s south-central Adana

Convention on the Rights of the Child, guiding national

province. During this period 503 children (244 girls, 259

governments on how they should support children’s

boys) aged 5 to 9 attended the mobile learning centre for

right to play.

educational activities including arts, reading, maths, health and board games.

During summer, we used to sleep outside and my kids

Play is among the least understood of children’s rights.

the workers’ housing was cramped and unventilated. Aide et

inside the hut. When it rained, we all used to huddle

Although research is unambiguous about the value

Broadly, the children were found to have an educational

Action persuaded the owner of the brickworks to collaborate

inside and worry about whether the wind would blow

of play – especially free, undirected play – for young

level 2–3 years below the average for their age, hence the

with a local architect to build improved housing for the

away the tarpaulin roof. Now our living space is much

children’s development, it is a challenge to integrate this

urgency of helping them.

workers and their children.

better.

understanding into educational policies and practice.

Particularly striking improvements were observed during

In February 2013, new housing was designed with separate

Studies are underway to validate short-term anecdotal

The Foundation marked the occasion by launching the

the pilot phase in computer skills – most of the children had

sleeping areas for adults and children, and separate spaces

evidence from parents that the improved housing conditions

ninth Early Childhood In Focus series of publications, a joint

never used a computer, and quickly became proficient –

for storage and cooking. Locally available clay bricks and

have led to a lower incidence of common childhood illnesses

effort with the uk’s Open University, which summarise

and in social skills such as self-confidence, relationships,

a tin roof were used for construction, with cavity walls to

such as respiratory infections, as well as a reduction in child

research in an accessible way for policymakers and

communication and collaboration.

help make dwelling spaces cooler, and ventilation shaf ts

accidents.

advocates. ‘The Right to Play’ will continue to inform our

in between the cavity walls to radiate heat out. The design

ongoing advocacy efforts to publicise the new General

The next phase of the project will be implemented from

incorporated shared toilets and a learning centre for

Comment.

February to June 2014 in another camp in the Karata district

children during the daytime.

and is expected to reach 1125 children.

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Partner organisation

EUR

Overall objective

INTERNATIONAL GRANTS ON HEALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS

A safer festival of lights

Children, in spite of all of their differences, really need the same things

While children love Diwali, the Hindu ‘festival of lights’,

the world over: a safe and healthy stimulating environment that is

it also poses dangers. Every year across India there are

free from fear.

Bank Information Centre

57,600

Consult with children in Asia, Africa, and Latin America on the impact of World Bank-funded projects in their lives

International Play Association (IPA)

50,870

Set up launch event in Geneva for the General Comment on the Right to Play

cases of children suffering burns and blisters from

Robert Swaak,

Total

108,470

firecrackers and skin allergies from noxious gases –

Chair, Board of Trustees, Bernard van Leer Foundation

especially in slums, where conditions are crowded.

The Humara Bachpan campaign organised a ‘Safe Diwali’ event in a slum district of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, with 100 volunteers organising games and play for

Building a bet ter future – in LEGO

the children while spreading safety messages. The

When the World Economic Forum held its Latin America 2013 event, the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the lego Foundation invited over 20 members of the Forum’s Young Global Leader community to meet children in the Cantagallo district of Lima.

Improved health through bet ter living conditions in Peru

young children were informed about staying away from

In 2013, the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (Institute for

addictive substances like gutkha, being careful with

Peruvian Studies) completed a study of our partner TADEPA’s

firecrackers, and keeping themselves safe from burns

project, Allin Wiñapaq (‘Growing up well’ in Quechua), in

and blisters. Volunteers also explained how to dispose of

Ayacucho, Peru. The study compared four similar peasant

firecrackers.

communities in the highlands of Peru, two of which took part in the project.

Using lego bricks, the children designed how they

Information map: Living Conditions and Young Children

would like their community to look. The event communicated the often under-appreciated ways in which urban design affects children, from opportunities for learning and play to implications for health and reducing violence.

The Foundation worked with analyst firm De

The study found that the project – which aimed to improve

Argumentenfabriek to produce a map summarising

home environments – did have a positive impact on the

information about the impact of living conditions on

health and quality of life of both children and their families.

young children. The resulting image has been viewed

Improved design of kitchens, where mothers and young

over 500 times and downloaded over 100 times since

children spend several hours a day, reduced smoke and the

being uploaded to our website (bernardvanleer.org) in

incidence of respiratory and eye diseases.

April 2013.

Improved nutrition was observed in the project villages through ecological gardens and the introduction of refrigerators. There was also a lower incidence of gastrointestinal diseases, attributed to the project ’s emphasis on boiling water and using safe containers.

There were benefits, too, beyond the goal of improving health through better living conditions: the two project villages had lower incidences of neglect and violence against children, which is related to reduced stress through the encouragement of shared family responsibilities and a more organised home environment.

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National activities in support of our goals

1,254,879

309,967

NETHERLANDS

TURKEY

Foundation goals

2,587,303

ISRAEL

2,487,219

INDIA

Quality early learning

Healthy living conditions 3,103,959 Reducing violence 496,792 Foundation investment in 2013 (EUR)

UGANDA PERU

TANZANIA

BRAZIL

1,677,146

491,267

Bernard van Leer Foundation l Annual Report 2013

National activities in support of our goals

EUR

Partner organisation

Brazil PROGR AMME GOAL S

BRAZIL

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E

Early learning

T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 1 ,67 7,1 4 6

97,000 children 0–8 living in urban slums in Recife

Quality home visiting programmes for rural children under 3 years of age living in the state of the Amazonas.

Reducing violence Zero violence in the lives of young children growing up in favelas in Rio de Janeiro and Recife.

Overall objective

210,539 (13%) 146,880 children under 3 living in rural or semi-rural areas in Amazonas state

1,466,607 (87%) Distribution investment per goal

Associaçao Brasileira Terra dos Homens

Adapt successful public health models and organise communities to shift violent norms

383,777

Ato Cidadao

62,621

Develop a strategy to help children and families in substandard housing to reduce the risk of violence

Centro Josue de Castro

80,737

Support a campaign consisting of a symbolic public vaccination against violence

Fundação Amazonas Sustentável

112,628

Help Amazonian municipalities to implement a home visiting programme integrating nutrition, early learning and health

Fundacão Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal

20,400

Support governmental staff to train a cadre of national and regional early childhood managers and implementers

Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal

19,084

Map authors and sources to help professionals track down information on early childhood and make it available online

Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal

32,897

Fund four leaders through scholarships to participate in the Harvard programme for leaders in early childhood

IBEAC

96,325

Create peace and awareness among the citizens of the most violent district of São Paulo

IFAN Instituto da Infãncia

103,040

Improve capacity of members to inform and mobilise on issues of play, violence and quality early learning

Igarapé Institute

246,689

Research how violence is perceived by children and teenagers, and assess the impact of interventions Map information on actors and donors who could inspire change in public opinion on violence in São Paulo

25,386

NEPSID Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande

228,909

do Sul

Conduct research on early childhood and violence in Brazil

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande

Extend and disseminate the results of baseline research about violence in São Paolo

42,243

do Sul

Test a preventive methodology in favelas where young people respond to exclusion and invisibility with crime or violence

222,410

Shine a Light Total Brazil

1,677,146

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

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Strategic tools

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National activities in support of our goals

Partner organisation

India PROGR AMME GOAL S

Overall objective

Strategic tools

INDIA

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E

T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 2 , 587, 3 0 3

Early learning Increased access to quality multilingual preschool education ser vices for tribal children aged 3-5 in Orissa.

1,170,341 (45%)

Living conditions Reduced rates of malnutrition and morbidity among young children growing up in urban slums.

EUR

7.6 million children 0–8 growing up in urban pover t y

1,416,962 (55%) 1.4 million tribal children 0–6 in Odisha state

Distribution investment per goal

Aide et Action

123,795

Address the problems of young children who migrate with their parents to urban areas in search of work

Centre for Budget and Governance Accountibility

102,264

Analyse policies and budgets to further the advocacy efforts of Humara Bachpan campaign and other grantees

CLAP

52,954

Phase out grant to support the grantee to consolidate its work, do perspective planning, develop proposals and fundraise

CoLeague Solutions

45,714

Implement the Child Information System in 35 Anganwadis, to track attendance and performance of approximately 700 children

CoLeague Solutions

25,000

Additional support for GIS mapping of slums in Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar and Brahmapurt for young children living in urban poverty

Coleague Solutions

152,857

Measure the effects of the implementation of mother tonguebased early childhood education

Disha

129,426

Continue the demonstration project on mother tongue-based early childhood education in 40 villages

Divya Disha

206,304

Further demonstration projects and advocacy on developing slums into child-friendly neighbourhoods

5,121

ICF Consulting India

445

Impact Law Ventures

5,000

Individual programme consultant

101,853

Kalinga Relief and Charitable Trust Mahanadi Films/Eleeanora Images Private Limited

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

50

37,147

Practical Action

146,036

Pratham Books

34,286

Cover increase of service tax for the development of a longitudinal study to measure the impact of a strategic preschool intervention Cover extra expenses in obtaining expert legal advice required for Foundation to make its first social investment in India Support for the development of the GIS mapping of 2000 preschools in tribal districts of Odisha Establish the first resource centre on mother tongue-based early childhood education in India Produce the film Broken Hills – focused on how Odisha’s tribal communities are losing their language, homes and resources due to discrimination Demonstration projects with waste pickers’ children exposed to unhealthy living conditions in Bhubaneswar slums Capture a repertoire of traditional songs, riddles, sayings, games and tales to promote tribal children’s learning

Praxis

314,854

Develop a training module and train trainers on child-friendly planning and implementation of urban programmes

PREM

144,409

Support demonstration projects in 40 slums of Berhampur to change the living conditions of young children

PREM

141,154

PREM

67,587

PREM

203,835

Support the continuation of 100 CBCD centres and the integration of 250 as government Anganwadi centres Continue a demonstration project on mother tongue-based multilingual early childhood learning Continue a campaign to ensure the government implements mother tongue-based early childhood education

Ruchika Social Service Organisation

76,844

Safe and healthy environments for slum children through ECCE

VASA

44,578

Organise quarterly state-wide meetings on mother tonguebased early education and living conditions in slums

VASA

258,422

Campaign for safe and healthy cities for young children

Voluntary Association for Social Action

167,418

Create visibility in the media and among policymakers on mother tongue-based early childhood education

Total India

2,587,303

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Partner organisation

Is rael PROGR AMME GOAL S

ISRAEL

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E

T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 2 ,4 87, 219

Early learning Universal access to quality preschools for children aged 3 to 6 years.

Living conditions Reduced rates of malnutrition among young Bedouin children growing up in unhealthy living conditions in the Negev.

Overall objective

EUR

AJEEC-NISPED

96,300

Purchase and equip a mobile unit, and reinforce ongoing project activities

AJEEC-NISPED

200,425

Set up a Bedouin’s Bakery and Café in the municipality of Rahat, the largest Bedouin town in the Negev

Al-Quasemi

1.37 million children 0–8 in Israel exposed to societal violence

Al-Quasemi Academy

2,082,938 (84%)

Reducing violence Reduced incidence of depression, anxiety and aggression among young Jewish and Arab children exposed to political violence.

153,900 Arab-Israeli and 57,200 Or thodox Jewish Haredi children 3–6 with limited access to qualit y early learning

Purchase 5000 books to enrich libraries, schools and parents that participate in the project ’Uhm-el-Fahm reads’

206,639

Upgrade quality in the Arab preschool sector in Israel through audio-visual materials for young Arab children

1,511,811

American Jewish Joint distribution

404,281 (16%)

20,000

Upgrade nationwide the quality of the Arab preschool sector

Henrietta Szold Institute

80,931

Evaluate the Creative Thinking programme in the municipalities of Bnei Brak and Elad

Individual programme consultant

70,556

Evaluate various key issues about the AJEEC health and living conditions programme in Bedouin communities

Individual programme consultant

51,890

Evaluate various key issues around the final grant for Musharaka, the alliance of Arab-Israeli NGOs on Arab preschool

Sidreh-Lakiya Negev Weaving

37,000

Set up small gardens to produce fresh vegetables and other products to improve children’s health and nutrition

Distribution investment per goal

Enlarge the Creative Thinking Programme in Orthodox preschools in Bnei Brak and Elad

211,667

The Achiya Institute

35,000 Bedouin children 0–8 with poor living conditions in the Negev

Total Israel

2,487,219

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

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Partner organisation

The N et her lands PROGR AMME GOAL S

EUR

Overall objective

Strategic tools

THE NETHERLANDS

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E

T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 1 , 2 5 4 , 87 9

Early learning

945,767 (75%)

Improved learning outcomes for children from low-SES families.

Reducing violence Reduced violence in families with children under 4 years of age growing up in social and economic disadvantage.

309,112 (25%) Estimated 80,700 children 0–4 growing up in low-income families

Research the prevalence of emotional neglect among children and recommend improvements in clinical practice

AMC Kindergeneeskunde

49,150

AMK Haaglanden

8,000

Produce a video on child abuse protocol for medical professionals

Augeo Foundation

17,500

Develop an advisory tool to support municipalities to prevent child abuse and domestic violence

and other resource people

37,390

Support communication around Klokhuis series on child abuse

BOinK

20,140

Publish a booklet for parents and pedagogical workers to accompany in addition to the publication Samen Verschillend

Augeo Foundation, Houdini Amsterdam B.V

2,615

Bos Management Support

Give secretarial support to the Kies Nu voor Kinderen campaign

Bos Management Support, Leading Authorities Inc., Lege Fles Productie and other resource people Distribution investment per goal

24,697 6,655

Cerva BV

28,604

Cinekid D. van Dongen Advies en Ondersteuning

168,464 9,801

Deloitte Het Kinderopvangfonds

Organisation and logistical support for Beta Brain seminar Continue fund for the Kies Nu voor Kinderen campaign Explore how new media contribute to children’s early learning Work with municipalities in Groningen and Friesland to implement their VVE policy on early learning Provide technical support on public–private partnerships for social impact bonds in Leeuwarden

130,456

Influence policy and create awareness for quality care and early learning through Kies Nu voor Kinderen

17,207

General expenses for the Kies Nu voor kinderen campaign

Imagine partner in Communicatie, Metro Holland BV, and other resource people

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

In’tent and other resource people

8,272

Individual programme consultant

79,730

Raise awareness about children’s development and better inform parents in their choices

4,054

Co-fund support for a debate on Dutch childcare led by the NRC newspaper on 21 June

NRC Handelsblad

25,000

Support national scaling-up of a preventive programme called Parent Management Training Oregon

Socversity BV

22,591

Prepare a public–private partnership on social change in poor and violent neighbourhoods of Leeuwarden

Stichting Alexander

25,836

Cover costs of support for a national conference on child abuse to raise awareness among professionals and politicians

Stichting Het Witte Bos

98,432

Prevent fetal alcohol syndrome by developing guidelines for midwives and health professionals

15,412

Publish and disseminate a book on youth care in the neighbourhood for professionals, managers, municipalities and policymakers

PI Research

Stichting Innovatie Jeugdzorg Stichting Pedagogiekontwikkeling 0-7 (SPOREN)

82,500

Conduct neighbourhood assessment and public relations and marketing activities related to a new childcare centre

Stichting Pedagogiekontwikkeling 0-7 (SPOREN)

167,000

Develop a childcare centre providing quality early learning, to influence national policy

100,000

Develop breakthrough ideas on taking quality early learning to scale through technology and new media

THNK

54

Opening of the Peuter college

Verwey-Jonker Institute

77,544

Carry out qualitative research among 40 hard-to-reach families with toddlers

Women Inc.

27,830

Support the organisation of a debate and network on childcare session during the Women Inc. festival

Total The Netherlands

1,254,879

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National activities in support of our goals

EUR

Partner organisation

Per u PROGR AMME GOAL S

PERU

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E

Early learning

T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 3 ,1 0 3 ,959

17,375 children 0–8 living in poor conditions in Iquitos

National increase in the percentage of indigenous, rural children under 3 with access to quality home visiting programmes that integrate bir th registration, health, ­n utritional suppor t and parent education.

123,640 indigenous children 0–8 living in rural pover t y in Loreto

Living conditions A reduction in the prevalence of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections among young children growing up in unhealthy physical environments in urban slums in the city of Iquitos.

210,885 (7%)

609,445 (20%)

2,283,629 (73%)

Distribution investment per goal

Reducing violence A reduction in violence in families with young children living in urban slums in the city of Iquitos and in indigenous, rural communities.

Overall objective

Asociación Caritas Graciosas

97,805

Reduce violence by encouraging play, exploration and discovery among rural families in the highlands

Asociación Kusi Warma

78,296

Document a successful home visiting programme which will be introduced in the highlands

Asociación Red Innova

452,014

Asociación Red Innova

34,596

Help indigenous rural municipalities to get more funds for home visiting and food security programmes

CMP Flora Tristan

39,079

Develop the parenting component of the IMAGE curriculum for work with women from micro-finance groups

Fundación Cayetano Heredia

29,825

Build capacity in the health sector in the province of Maynas to scale a home visiting programme

Fundacion Stromme

27,043

Train adolescents as promoters of health and environment in four communities of Belén, Iquitos

I-Dev International

59,154

Create entrepreneurial capacities among members of the Peruvian Community of Learners (COPERA)

1,177,237

INFANT

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change

Organise a learning journey for World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders during event in Lima

2,062

Individual programme consultant

126,797 indigenous children 0–8 living in rural pover t y in Huancavelica

Address the limited ability of small rural municipalities to access resources for home visiting programmes

General support

Instituto de Estudios Peruanos

197,278

Conduct a 3-year impact evaluation on TAPEDA’s intervention to reduce home violence

IPROMIF

240,742

Support awareness on domestic violence among the police force

Kusi Warma

50,148

Kusi Warma

5,217

Scan the violence-related content of rural press, radio and TV broadcasts Demonstrate the effectiveness of home visiting for rural indigenous families on reducing family violence

Paz y Esperanza Internacional

54,057

Study about the common messages of the evangelical church and perceptions of ministers, teachers and families regarding violence in the family

Ser Infancia

37,049

Encourage leaders, parents and children to document their own rituals and analyse them for violence

SOS-Kinderdorpen

58,000

Influence the communities surrounding SOS programmes in Peru to reduce violence in the family

Taller de Promoción TADEPA

423,695

Replicate in 12 communities of Huancavelica a model of violence reduction through enhancing livelihoods

40,662

Build an alliance to raise awareness among indigenous communities about violence against women

Warmayllu Total Peru

3,103,959

Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

56

57

Strategic tools

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Tanzania PROGR AMME GOAL S

EUR

Overall objective

Strategic tools

TANZANIA

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E

T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 491 , 267

Early learning National scale-up of quality early learning ser vices for young children aged 0 –8 years living in poor rural communities.

30,590

Document and analyse National Country Strategies in Uganda and Tanzania from 2009 onwards

HakiElimu

410,677

Improve attendance and performance in pre-primary and the early grades of primary school

Tanzania Child Rights Forum

50,000

Advocacy capacity building and organisational support

Dalberg

Total Tanzania

491,267

Reducing violence Reduction in violence in rural families with young children aged 0-8 years.

65,295 (13%) 425,972 (87%)

10.8 million children 0–8 in Tanzania

Distribution investment per goal

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

58

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Partner organisation

Tur key PROGR AMME GOAL S

EUR

Overall objective

Strategic tools

TURKEY

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E Estimated 125,000 children 0–8 who migrate seasonally

Living conditions A reduction in morbidity and malnutrition among children 0 to 6 years of age whose families ­s ubsist as seasonal migrant workers.

Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV)

T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 3 0 9,967

140,000 (45%)

Frekans Research

33,702

Cover costs for training trainers on domestic violence

Humanist Bureau Consultancy Company

61,528

Conference with major stakeholders in Turkey that deal with the issue of domestic violence

Humanist Bureau Consultancy Company

10,500

Develop an overview of child protection and violence prevention systems in Turkey

Individual programme consultant

35,248

Research on the policy debate and attitudes of government and civil society towards reducing violence in families

Individual programme consultant

34,600

Reducing violence A national reduction in violence in families with children 0 to 8 years of age.

169,967 (55%)

Distribution investment per goal Estimated 590,000 to 2.9 million children 0–8 who witness or experience violence in the family

Address safe spaces and educational learning environments in two camps of seasonal migrant workers

53,400

Continue a mapping process on the policy debate and attitudes of government and civil society Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of organising fathers in Beyo lu, Istanbul

9,654

KONDA Research and Consultancy Mother-Child Education Foundation (ACEV) Turkish Association of Social Workers (TASW)

Provide a training seminar on violence for 40 high-level staff of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy

14,600

Conference on safe spaces and educational learning environments for seasonal migrant workers

4,735

Recruit trainers to develop simple educational information kits with visual materials for mothers

52,000

University of Ankara Total Turkey

309,967

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

60

61

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Partner organisation

Uganda PROGR AMME GOAL S

UGANDA

C H I L D R E N TA R G E T E D B Y P R O G R A M M E

Living conditions Reduced childhood mor tality and morbidity among young rural children growing up in unhealthy physical environments.

Overall objective

EUR

10.7 million children nationwide

Reducing violence Reduced violence in families with young children in rural areas.

258,412 (52%)

41,341 children 0–8 living in rural pover t y in Kumi

Distribution investment per goal

22,731 children 0–8 living in rural pover t y in Nakapiripirit

1,000

Uganda baseline survey additional analysis

City University of New York Research Foundation

31,631

International data entry on Uganda Analysis of progress of Foundation programme in Uganda and Tanzania

7,426

Dalberg Global Development 238,380 (48%)

62,414 children 0–8 living in rural pover t y in Apac

Centre for Basic Research (CBR) T O TA L I N V E S TM E N T ( E U R ) 496 ,7 9 2

Dalberg Global Development Advisors

16,194

Analyse and report on situation of Foundation programmes in Tanzania and Uganda

Individual programme consultant

7,000

Statistical analysis of baseline research commissioned by the Foundation in Uganda

Made in Uganda TV

48,200

Produce 24 television programmes to encourage dialogue about young children in Uganda

Makerere University

65,000

Evaluate the Uganda programme

and Development Centre

50,000

Contribute to improving evidence-based practice and policy for parenting programmes in Uganda

Private Sector Foundation Uganda

264,929

Improve living conditions and family violence in rural communities of Nakapiripirit, Kumi and Apac

Private Sector Foundation Uganda

5,412

Makerere University Child Health

Total Uganda

Administrative costs for ongoing work in Apac, Kumi and Nakapiripirit

496,792

Research Demonstration services Capacit y building Behaviour change Policy influence/advocacy System change/infrastructure

62

63

Strategic tools

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EUR

Overall objective

Strategic tools

EUROPEAN UNION

ABCittĂ Assoc. 21 Luglio Centre for Interactive Pedagogy (CIP)

235,720

Promote the rights of Roma children and families in Rome, through self-confidence, identity and citizenship

78,968

Support a national campaign to fight xenophobia, discrimination and prejudices against Roma people in Italy Support a conference in Serbia on the conditions of Roma children

1,846

Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

218,484

Develop a hub for services including home visits to support the learning and development of young Roma children

ERGO Network

40,000

Support the areas of campaigning, networking, and capacity building for Roma communities

Eurocities

30,400

Build the capacity of municipalities to better understand and develop social inclusion strategies for the Roma

European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)

81,280

Study the health care, education and housing impacts of forced evictions on Roma families in France Support mediators to work with migrants, mostly from Bulgaria and Romania, many of whom are Roma

346,230

Stad Gent Total European Union

Partner organisation

1,032,928

EUR

Overall objective

OTHER GLOBAL Multiple resource people

96,819

Cover general network expenses costs for 2013

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S TA F F A N D G OV E R N A N C E

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Staff and governance

Over view of t he Foundat ion’s s ta f f at 1 March 2014 Unit

Job title

Name

Executive Compensation Policy

Compensation for employees of the Bernard van

The level of a merit increase results from a two-

Executive Of fice

Executive Director

Lisa Jordan

Leer Foundation is indexed every 3 years against a

step performance appraisal process. Employees and

Secretary to the ExD

Jane Hartman

remuneration benchmark, undertaken by Berenschot,

supervisors together develop a work plan and agree

Programme

Programme Director

Michael Feigelson

a Dutch Consultancy Firm specialising in human

upon outcomes at the beginning of each year. A mid-

Research and Evaluation Of ficer

Selim Iltus

resource issues. The Foundation is indexed against the

term review is conducted in the summer period and a

Research and Evaluation Of ficer

Katelyn Hepworth

Dutch national professional services industry and the

final appraisal at the end of the year. Employees whose

Programme Of ficer

Karisia Gichuke

Dutch public sector. International employees receive

performance is satisfactory warrant a merit increase

Programme Of ficer

Jeanet van de Korput

an additional percentage allowance to maintain a

which is expressed in salary steps. The number of

Programme Of ficer

Marc Mataheru

competitive position in the international labour market.

steps depends on the result of the annual performance

Programme Of ficer

Leonardo Yánez

appraisal.

The Salary Management System for Foundation staf f

Support Programme

Programme Administrator

Jolanda de Haan

The following salary policy has been in place since

In periods of financial instability out-of-policy decisions

Programme Administrator

Jackie Ratsma-Melville

1 January 2010.

can be taken by the Executive Director to hold salaries at

Programme Administrator

Alicia Fernández

Communications

Communications Director

Leontien Peeters

Communications and Publishing Of ficer

Teresa Moreno García

Administrative Assistant

Teresa Pegge-Custodio

Administrator Communications

Melissa van Well-Dijkshoorn

current levels.

Every year on 1 January salaries and performance are reviewed. Salary changes may consist of two elements: index and merit. Application of the index or cost of living (CoL) increase is at the discretion of the Executive Director. If the Executive Director decides to apply

Human Resources

Human Resources Manager

Margriet Wolters-Buisman

the CoL, the index is applied to the salary scales per

Human Resources Of ficer

Agnes Buis

1 January of the year. For the index increase the ‘not

derived inflation rate’ (niet afgeleide prijsindexcijfer) for all

Support Services

Financial Administration

Financial Of ficer

Jane Moerland-Cowan

ICT

ICT Of ficer

Stef fan Hoeke

Travel and Events

Travel and Events Of ficer

Inge Hanny-de Leau

Facilities Staf f

Cleaner

Marijke Schoenmaker-Scholtes

households in the Netherlands as established by the cbs (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek - Central Bureau of Statistics) is considered.

Female/Male

F: 77%

M: 23%

No. of staf f and FTEs

Staf f: 22

FTEs: 19.16

On consultancy basis Dharitri Patnaik, India Representative for the Foundation

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Staff and governance

Member s of t he Board of Tr us tees (in alphabet ical order) Gideon Frank

Julia Neuberger

(Born 1943, Trustee since 2008) Former Director General

(Born 1950, Trustee since 2012) Senior Rabbi of the West

of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission. Currently

London Synagogue, Julia Neuberger is a member of the

serves on various advisory and supervisory boards,

uk House of Lords, former ceo of the King’s Fund, a uk

including the Executive Council of the Technion – Israel

health charity, and a founding Trustee of the Walter and

Institute of Technology and the Board of Israel Electric

Liesel Schwab charitable trust, set up in memory of her

Corporation.

parents.

Rien van Gendt

Robert Swaak, Chair

(Born 1943, Trustee since 2007) A PhD in Economics,

(Born 1960, Trustee since 2011) Vice Chairman Clients

Rien van Gendt is a former Executive Director of the

and Markets, an appointment he took up on 1 July 2013,

Bernard van Leer Foundation and also serves on various

Robert Swaak is also Chairman of Opportunity in

advisory and supervisory boards including Rockefeller

Bedrijf.

Philanthropy Services, Partners in Health, the European Cultural Foundation and the Calouste Gulbenkian

Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker

Foundation.

(Born 1953, Trustee since 2011) Currently a non-executive

Steven Kaempfer

Industrial (Italy), Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker

(Born 1946, Trustee since 2013) Steven has served in a

previously worked for Shell, McKinsey and Unilever and

variety of supervisory and advisory capacities, currently

was Director General at the Ministry of Transport in the

including Citigroup Global Markets and the Amsterdam

Netherlands.

director at Tesco plc (uk), Vivendi (France), and cnh

Institute of Finance. He previously had senior

Principles of Good Practice The Bernard van Leer Foundation follows the Principles of Good Practice developed by the European Foundation Centre.

Principle 1: Compliance

strategies and procedures, and use of resources for public

Foundations comply with the laws of the state in which they

benefit. Foundations ensure proper accounting/bookkeeping

are based, and act in accordance with their bylaws. They

according to established rules in the state in which they

comply with the international and European conventions to

are headquartered. They may complement such rules with

which their country of residency is party.

additional measures on a voluntary basis.

Principle 2: Governance

Principle 5: Disclosure and communication

Foundations have an identifiable decision-making body

Foundations act in a transparent manner and comply with

whose members and successors should be nominated in

the regulations concerning transparency in force in the

accordance with established principles and procedures, and

countries in which they operate. They may complement such

act with the highest ethical standards.

regulations with additional measures on a voluntary basis.

Principle 3: Informed policies, operations and suppor t

Principle 6: Monitoring and evaluation

programmes

Foundations organise appropriate monitoring and regular

Foundations define a clear set of basic policies and

evaluation of their action and programmes.

procedures specifying their mission, objectives, goals and Principle 7: Cooperation

related programmes and review these on a regular basis.

Foundations share their know-how and experience with peer Principle 4: Stewardship: management and finance

organisations and other relevant stakeholders to advance

Foundations promote ef ficient organisation and work while

good practice and cooperate whenever appropriate, to

ensuring prudent and sustainable management, investment

maximise their impact in their respective fields of activity.

management roles at S.G. Warburg and Co., London, Swiss Bank Corporation, London and New York, Credit Suisse, London and Zurich, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London.

Jonathan Kestenbaum (Born 1959, Trustee since 2012) Jonathan is Chief Operating Officer at rit Capital Partners plc. He serves

The Bernard van Leer Foundation would like to thank Peter

on the uk Government’s Technology Strategy Board

Bell and Trude Maas, who retired from the Board of Trustees

and, as Lord Kestenbaum of Foxcote, is a member of the

in 2013. Peter Bell had been a Board member since July

House of Lords. He is Chancellor of Plymouth University,

2002, and Trude Maas since June 2001. In 2013 we welcomed

Adjunct Professor at Imperial College Business School

Steven Kaempfer to the Board as a new Trustee.

and Chairman of the Manchester Science Panel.

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Our financial outlook for 2014

OVERVIEW BUDGET AND ACTUAL (IN EUR)

Budget 2013

Actual 2013

Budget 2014

Income Van Leer Group Foundation

17,257,000

17,257,100

18,400,000

Other income

0

1,018,000

0

Interest

93,000

64,200

130,000

Total income

17,350,000

18,339,300

18,530,000

5,447,000

2,832,168

6,000,400

Expenditure

Grants and Foundation-managed projects (per goal) Living conditions Quality early learning

5,298,000

7,155,497

3,500,000

Reducing violence

4,055,000

5,134,705

6,000,400

Others

0

Total

14,800,000

15,219,189

96,819

15,500,800

0

Other Foundation-managed projects Communication

700,000

419,300

500,000

Foundation Sector

65,000

50,300

65,000

Total

765,000

469,600

565,000

Returned project funds

0

(108,300)

0

Currency difference

0

(31,100)

0

Cancellation previous years*

0

(301,589)

0

Operating expenses

2,786,000

2,782,100

3,251,500

Total expenditure

18,351,000

18,029,900

19,317,300

* This amount does not include the cancellations from current year amounting EUR 137,211

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Resumen ejecutivo

Resumen ejecut ivo Lisa Jordan, directora ejecutiva de la Fundación Bernard

Por esa razón, el nuevo Presidente del Consejo de

van Leer, presenta esta Memoria Anual describiendo

Administración de la Fundación, Robert Swaak, observa

una reunión mantenida recientemente con un grupo de

en este informe que el énfasis del Consejo se sitúa cada

empresarios holandeses, donde explicó el modo en que

vez más en llegar a nuevos tipos de organizaciones que

el aprendizaje en la primera infancia es crucial para el

tienen la capacidad de aprovechar más recursos para

desarrollo de las llamadas capacidades del siglo xxi:

los niños pequeños, extendiendo el mensaje de que

El semblante inicial en sus rostros no era de sorpresa, pues

la inversión en los niños pequeños puede conducir a

comprendían que invertir ahora significaría una mejor calidad

grandes resultados.

de su mano de obra en un plazo de entre 15 y 20 años. Más bien, su mirada era de consternación, pues pensaron inmediatamente en

Además de actividades realizadas en el año 2013, el

sus propios hijos, y se preguntaban si habrían hecho suficiente en

informe de este año expone el avance general conseguido

esos primeros años.

en nuestros indicadores de objetivos de programa desde el año 2010.

Nuestra tarea consiste en impulsar a las personas para que comprendan que más allá de esa atención natural

Llevar a escala el aprendizaje temprano

que prestan a su propia función como padres, en general, todos los padres necesitan orientación y apoyo. Necesitan

Incrementar el acceso de los niños pequeños a servicios de aprendizaje,

un entorno (con empleadores comprensivos y políticas

preferentemente a servicios integrados

sociales y laborales adecuadas) que les ayude a hacer todo

Desde el año 2013, aproximadamente 910.000 niños

aquello que es mejor para sus hijos, contribuyendo de ese

pequeños de cinco países han tenido acceso a distintos

modo a la futura cohesión de la sociedad. Es necesario

servicios gracias a la implementación de nuevas políticas

que en los círculos más influyentes se comprenda por qué

para el desarrollo de la primera infancia. A lo largo de

es tan importante invertir en el desarrollo de los niños

seis países, el apoyo de la Fundación se ha dirigido hacia

pequeños.

el diseño y la implementación de proyectos de formación y de demostración práctica que benefician a una

En el año 2013, la Fundación se centró a nivel interno

cantidad adicional de 53.000 niños pequeños.

en desarrollar nuevos sistemas de gestión de la

RESUMEN E J E CU T I VO

información. Es primordial que nuestro mensaje llegue

Cambio en el comportamiento de los padres y de los profesionales,

no únicamente a quienes ya están convencidos, sino

orientado a aumentar la cantidad de tiempo dedicado a los niños

a todas las partes interesadas, como aquel grupo de

pequeños

líderes empresariales que puede marcar una diferencia

Una combinación de proyectos de formación y de

en las vidas de los niños pequeños. Con frecuencia,

demostración práctica, que incluye el desarrollo de

son las coaliciones poco probables de organizaciones

capacidades, ha alcanzado ya a 15.079 administradores,

contrapartes las que pueden cambiar las políticas a favor

voluntarios, profesionales y paraprofesionales.

de inversiones más amplias, más eficientes y estables para la primera infancia.

Mayor número de profesionales y paraprofesionales cualificados De las 15.079 personas mencionadas arriba, el 90% de

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ellas no tenía experiencia previa significativa en el

Mejorar los resultados del aprendizaje

Incrementar la provisión de servicios preventivos y de respuesta

aprendizaje para la primera infancia.

Existen indicios que apuntan a que las acciones

Hasta el momento, el trabajo a nivel local ha registrado

emprendidas están teniendo un impacto positivo sobre

el mayor éxito: tanto en los Países Bajos como en Perú,

Aumentar el acceso al agua potable, al saneamiento y vivienda digna.

los resultados del aprendizaje de los niños, lo cual es

hemos financiado nuevas herramientas que han

Hasta la fecha, nuestro apoyo a organizaciones

el objetivo final. Sin embargo, este indicador no puede

comenzado a implementarse a escala en los ámbitos local

contrapartes para llevar a cabo proyectos de

medirse realmente hasta que los niños de una variedad

y nacional.

demostración y de promoción y defensa ha mejorado

Mejora de la salud gracias a mejores condiciones de vida

Mejorar las condiciones de vida de los niños pequeños

de proyectos de demostración – algunos, todavía en sus

en Perú En el año 2013, el Instituto de Estudios Peruanos realizó un estudio sobre el proyecto de nuestra organización

Cambio en las normas hacia una menor aceptación de la violencia

realizadas a nivel nacional.

Los esfuerzos de nuestras contrapartes en Brasil y Perú

la región de Ayacucho (Perú). El estudio comparó cuatro comunidades campesinas similares del Altiplano peruano, dos de las cuales participaron en el proyecto.

El estudio concluyó que el proyecto – destinado a mejorar

18.000 niños pequeños.

para alcanzar la prohibición legal de toda forma de castigo

Reducir la morbilidad infantil (entre menores de 5 años)

corporal y humillante han terminado por poner en tela

Abogar por mejores condiciones de vida será más fácil

de juicio las creencias tradicionales sobre la crianza de

cuando pueda demostrarse su vinculación con los

Reducir la violencia familiar

los niños. En ambos casos, las propuestas han llegado

datos sobre la salud infantil. Existen ya ciertos indicios

La Fundación ha apoyado a las organizaciones

al Congreso, pero las barreras culturales sugieren que es

sugerentes, como en el proyecto de tadepa en Ayacucho

contrapartes para iniciar proyectos de demostración que

necesario un cambio en la estrategia si estos proyectos

(véase página 76).

han puesto a prueba distintos enfoques para prevenir

legislativos han de alcanzar algún día la categoría de ley.

Reducir la violencia en la vida de los niños pequeños

contraparte TADEPA, Allin Wiñapaq (“Para crecer bien”), en

el acceso al agua potable y al saneamiento para más de

primeras fases – hayan sido evaluados mediante pruebas

la violencia en el seno del hogar. Hasta la fecha, estos

los entornos en el hogar – tuvo consecuencias positivas

proyectos han beneficiado ya a 56.167 niños. Historias

para la salud y la calidad de vida de los niños y de sus

como la de Christiane (véase página 77) demuestran la

familias. Un mejor diseño de las cocinas, donde las madres

necesidad de implementar estrategias de intervención

y los niños pequeños pasan varias horas al día, redujo la

multisectorial destinadas a reducir la violencia en la

emisión de humos y la incidencia de enfermedades oculares

familia.

y respiratorias.

Reducir la violencia en la comunidad

Se han observado mejores niveles de nutrición en las

Hemos financiado cinco proyectos de demostración, que

aldeas participantes, gracias a medidas como los

involucran a 3.337 niños pequeños (de los cuales, 2.127

jardines ecológicos y a la introducción de refrigeradoras.

también participan en los de violencia familiar).

También hubo una menor incidencia de enfermedades gastrointestinales, lo que se atribuye al énfasis del proyecto

Difundir políticas basadas en los indicios para prevenir la violencia

en acciones como hervir el agua y en utilizar recipientes

Hemos iniciado el Violence and Children Evaluation Challenge

seguros.

Fund, junto con la Fundación Oak y la Fundación ubs Optimus, para recopilar pruebas sobre lo que mejor

Más allá del objetivo establecido, las aldeas participantes

funciona. Hasta la fecha, el fondo ha apoyado 17 estudios

registraron una menor incidencia de casos de negligencia

sobre el impacto de las estrategias de prevención de la

y de violencia contra los niños, lo que guarda relación

violencia a lo largo de 16 países con rentas medias

con menores niveles de estrés gracias a la promoción del

y bajas.

reparto de las responsabilidades familiares y a un entorno mejor organizado en el hogar.

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Rompiendo el ciclo de la violencia: una historia humana Christiane, de 33 años, es madre soltera de tres niños. Su

diversas organizaciones de la comunidad. Identificaron las

madre biológica murió al dar a luz, y su madre adoptiva

necesidades y los deseos de la familia para garantizar que

mostró siempre un comportamiento violento. Dejó su hogar

todos sus integrantes se comprometieran a conseguir el

en su juventud y conoció al padre de sus hijos, que luchaba

cambio. Facilitaron a Christiane un presupuesto para cubrir

contra una adicción a las drogas durante el tiempo que duró

las necesidades de la familia, inscribieron a su segundo

su relación. Finalmente, mientras estaba embarazada de su

hijo (una niña) en una guardería local de la comunidad, y

tercer hijo, su pareja se negó a participar en un programa

comenzaron un tratamiento de atención psicológica para su

de rehabilitación, y ella le abandonó.

hijo mayor. Después de tres años, Christiane trabaja con el proyecto, estando al cuidado de niños pequeños.

El hijo mayor de Christiane se parece mucho a su exmarido.

Ella cree que el hecho de que proyectara su ira sobre él

Christiane ha experimentado un progreso. Cuando un

explica por qué le maltrató físicamente. Cuando su hijo

profesor de la escuela de su hijo mayor se comportó

creció, comenzó también a comportarse de modo agresivo

de manera agresiva hacia él, ella reaccionó con calma

hacia quienes le rodeaban.

solicitando un diálogo, en lugar de responder más airadamente. Y durante una actividad del proyecto para

Los profesionales de ABTH (Asociación Brasileña Terra dos

padres y niños, concluyó que por primera vez podía

Homens ) establecieron un plan de trabajo con Christiane

interactuar con su hijo no mediante la violencia, sino

y su familia, que sobrevivía gracias a los donativos de

mediante el afecto y el juego.

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Ampliar el acceso a espacios seguros para el juego

• Para mejorar las condiciones de vida: 21.7 millones

Hasta la fecha, nuestro apoyo ha contribuido a

de euros en financiación pública, y 400.000 euros en

garantizar espacios seguros para el juego a 6.000 niños

fondos privados.

pequeños.

• Para programas integrados: 4.850 millones de euros por parte de los gobiernos nacionales (principalmente de Brasil y Perú), y 333 millones de dólares procedentes

El pleno desarrollo potencial de los niños

de fuentes privadas.

Una demanda más organizada hacia lo que los niños necesitan para desarrollar su pleno potencial

El trabajo con alcaldes rurales tiene posibilidades de

La presencia de un sólido y diverso conjunto de

llevarse a escala

ciudadanos que exige mayor atención a las necesidades de los niños pequeños puede garantizar que estos nunca

El 6 de diciembre de 2013, el gobierno de Perú creó una

queden fuera de la agenda social.

comisión multisectorial con objeto de proponer un plan de acción para los servicios en la primera infancia en el

La Fundación ha apoyado a redes de organizaciones

periodo comprendido entre 2014 y 2016. Algunos resultados

defensoras de las necesidades de los niños, como rnpi,

del trabajo de la comisión no se hicieron esperar: el 31 de

en Brasil; la creación una demanda de servicios para los

diciembre, el Gobierno destinó 100 millones de nuevos soles

niños pequeños, como la Campaña Men Care; y alianzas

peruanos (26 millones de euros) a un fondo administrado por

con redes existentes, como el movimiento peruano de

el Ministerio de Inclusión social, con el objetivo de apoyar

niños contra el trabajo infantil, infant, para presentar

servicios a la primera infancia.

a los legisladores posibles medidas legislativas contra la violencia infantil.

Entre las organizaciones representadas en la comisión estaban la Red INNOVA, a la que apoyamos desde el año

Una mayor inversión a nivel público y privado para el pleno desarrollo

2011 en su ayuda a tres municipios de la región de Loreto

potencial de los niños pequeños

para obtener fondos del Gobierno central y para crear una

A lo largo de estos tres años, la Fundación ha invertido de

infraestructura de provisión de servicios a las familias rurales

manera directa unos 45 millones de euros, pero su acción

con niños menores de 3 años. Otros dos municipios se

ha resultado crucial –junto con la de organizaciones

sumaron al proyecto en el año 2013.

contrapartes y con otros agentes de promoción y defensa– para persuadir a las agencias gubernamentales, a las

Las consecuencias a corto plazo sobre los tres municipios

corporaciones y a las fundaciones a comprometer sumas

originales son alentadoras, y se ha demostrado que el

considerablemente mayores:

modelo puede funcionar. Ahora existe una oportunidad para

• Para el objetivo de aprendizaje temprano: 189 millones

organizaciones como la Asociación Nacional de Alcaldes

de euros en financiación pública, y otros 1.7 millones

Rurales (REMURPE), la Asociación de Presidentes Regionales y

en fondos privados.

el Grupo Impulsor Inversión en la Infancia para promover el uso

• Para el objetivo de reducir la violencia: 12.8 millones

de los nuevos fondos destinados por el Gobierno a contribuir a

de euros en financiación pública, y 1.5 millones de

llevar a escala los servicios para la primera infancia.

euros en fondos privados.

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Our Financial Report for 2013

Financial Statement for t he year ended 31 December 2013

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013 (IN EUR) Af ter appropriation of operating result

Balance sheet as at 31 December 2013

page

Statement of income and expenditure account for the year 2013

Notes

2013

2012

78,300

138,500

81 82

Cash flow statement for the year 2013

83

Accounting policies

84

Notes to the balance sheet

86

Commitments and rights not shown on the balance sheet

90

Assets Fixed assets Tangible fixed assets

(1)

Intangible fixed assets

(2)

137,600

0

215,900

138,500

Notes to the statement of income and expenditure

91

Other information

94

Appropriation of operating result

94

Loan

175,000

0

Auditor’s report

95

Interest loan

600

0

175,600

0

Financial fixed assets (3)

Current assets Current account Van Leer Group Foundation

(4)

14,171,100

14,178,700

Accrued assets

(5)

1,050,000

35,200

15,221,100

14,213,900

Liquid capital Cash and bank

273,500

2,944,300

(6)

273,500

2,944,300

Total assets

15,886,100

17,296,700

Liabilities

Available funds Foundation capital

(7)

453,800

453,800

General reserve

(8)

1,036,000

18,000

Appropriated reserve

(9)

1,314,200

2,022,800

2,804,000

2,494,600

Current liabilities Grants payable and Foundation-managed projects

(10)

12,605,600

13,986,700

Creditors

(11)

254,400

508,800

Accrued liabilities

(12)

222,100

306,600

13,082,100

14,802,100

Total liabilities

80

81

15,886,100

17,296,700

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Our Financial Report for 2013

STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 2013 (IN EUR)

CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 2013 (IN EUR)

Notes

Budget 2013

Actual 2013

Actual 2012

Income Van Leer Group Foundation

(A)

Other income Interest

Cash flow from operating activities

17,257,000

17,257,100

(A)

0

1,018,000

18,000

(B)

93,000

64,200

108,300

Adjustments for:

17,350,000

18,339,300

17,383,400

Total income

2013 2012

17,257,100

Expenditure

Operating result

309,400

912,300

Depreciation of tangible fixed assets

60,200

61,300

Depreciation of intangible fixed assets

8,400

–

Receivable interest from loan

(600)

–

(1,828,500)

Grants

(C)

14,110,000

13,291,400

10,686,300

Foundation-managed projects

(D)

1,455,000

2,064,700

2,673,800

Change in current liabilities

(1,720,000)

Returned project funds

(E)

Total activities

0

(108,300)

(38,100)

Change in current assets

(1,007,200)

41,100

15,565,000

15,247,800

13,322,000

(2,727,200)

(1,787,400)

Cash flow from operating activities (A)

(2,349,800)

(813,800)

2,786,000

2,782,100

3,149,100

2,786,000

2,782,100

3,149,100

Loan

(175,000)

–

Purchases of tangible fixed assets

(146,000)

(29,600)

Cash flow from operating activities (B)

(321,000)

(29,600)

(2,670,800)

(843,400)

2,944,300

3,787,700

Balance cash and bank 31 December

273,500

2,944,300

(2,670,800)

(843,400)

Operating expenses

(F)

Total organisation

Changes in working capital:

Cash flow from investment activities (1,001,000)

Result

309,400

912,300

Appropriation of operating result: Added to/(deducted) from appropriated reserve

(708,600)

894,300

Added to/(deducted) from general reserve

1,018,000

18,000

Total

309,400

912,300

Change in Cash and Bank (A+B)

Balance cash and bank 1 January

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ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General Bernard van Leer Foundation. Statutory located in The Hague. Visiting address: Lange Houtstraat 2, 2511 CW.

Activities The mission of the Bernard van Leer Foundation is to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances. We see this both as a valuable end in itself and as a long-term means to promoting more cohesive, considerate and creative societies with equal opportunities and rights for all. The Bernard van Leer Foundation was established in 1949 and is based in The Hague, Netherlands.

Basis of preparation The financial statements of the Bernard van Leer Foundation are prepared in conformity with general accounting principles accepted in the Netherlands and the guidelines for annual reporting in The Netherlands as issued by the Dutch Accounting Standards Board, in particular guideline 640 ’Not-for-profit organisations’.

The financial statements are denominated in euros. The figures are rounded either up or down to the nearest EUR 100. The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of going concern assumptions.

Impairment

For tangible and intangible fixed assets an assessment is made as of each balance sheet date as to whether there are indications that these assets are subject to impairment. If there are such indications, then the recoverable value of the asset is estimated. The recoverable value is the higher of the value in use and the net realisable value. If it is not possible to estimate the recoverable value of an individual asset, then the recoverable value of the cash flow generating unit to which the asset belongs is estimated.

Receivables, accrued assets

Receivables are measured at initial recognition at fair value, plus transaction costs (if material). After initial recognition, the assets are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less a provision for uncollectible debts. These provisions are determined by individual assessment of the receivables.

Cash and bank

Cash and bank represent cash in hand and bank balances with maturity of less than twelve months. Unless stated otherwise, they are freely disposable.

Liabilities

Grants payable that are expected to be paid in future years are recorded at the present value of expected future payments.

Expenditure

Accounting policies

Grants and Foundation-managed projects are considered incurred at the time of approval.

General

A grant is a (multi)year commitment, a Foundation-managed project is a contract. A grant or Foundation-managed project is approved when the Director of the Foundation signs the grant letter or a contract.

An asset is disclosed in the balance sheet when it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the value can be measured reliably. A liability is recognised in the balance sheet when it is expected to result in an outflow from the entity of resources embodying economic benefits and the amount of the obligation can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Pension

Unless stated otherwise, assets and liabilities are carried at nominal value.

Income is recognised in the statement of income and expenditure when an increase in future economic potential related to an increase in an asset or a decrease in a liability has arisen, the size of which can be measured sufficiently reliably. Expenses are recognised when a decrease in the economic potential related to a decrease in an asset or increase in a liability has arisen, the size of which can be measured with sufficient reliability.

If a transaction results in a transfer of all or all future economic benefits and all or almost all risks relating to assets or liabilities to a third party, the asset or liability is no longer included on the balance sheet. Assets and liabilities are not included on the balance sheet if economic benefits are not probable and/or cannot be measured with sufficient reliability.

The Bernard van Leer Foundation has placed its defined benefit pension obligation to its employees in a guarantee contract with Delta Lloyd.

The insurer guarantees the pension payments after the retirement of the employees of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The pension contributions payable to the pension insurer over the period are recognised in the statement of income and expenditure account over the reporting period. Insofar as the payable contributions have not yet been paid as at balance sheet date a liability is recognised.

Cash flow statement

The cash flow statement has been prepared by using the indirect method.

Income and expenses are allocated to the period to which they relate.

Transactions in foreign currencies

Financial statements at exchange rates ruling at the transaction date. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. Exchange differences resulting from settlement and translation are charged or credited to the income and expenditure account.

Using estimates and judgements

The preparation of the financial statements requires that management make judgements and use estimates and assumptions that affect the application of the accounting principles and the reported value of the assets and liabilities and the income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are continually reviewed. Revised estimates are stated in the period in which the estimate is revised and in future periods for which the revision has consequences.

Fixed assets

Fixed assets are valued at purchase cost after deduction of depreciation based on the estimated lifetime of the assets.

(In)Tangible fixed assets Percentage of depreciation

Furniture and equipment 20% Hard- and software 33%

Financial fixed assets

The financial fixed assets are valued at initial recognition at fair value, plus transaction costs (if material). After initial recognition, the assets are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses.

Income from receivables and other securities allocated to financial fixed assets is recognised in the year to which they relate.

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NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET (IN EUR)

NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET (IN EUR)

1. Tangible fixed assets

3. Financial fixed assets

2013

2012

Loan

175,000

0

Book value

Interest loan

600

0

2013 31-12-13

175,600

0

Cumulative Cumulative purchase

depreciation

31-12-12

Furniture and

95,600

Book value

Purchase

31-12-12 31-12-12 (20,700)

74,900

Depreciation

2013 0

(19,100)

55,800

equipment

Refers to a loan given to Stichting Pedagogieontwikkeling amounting to EUR 175,000 against an interest rate of 4%, interest takes ef fect as of 1 December 2013. The loan will be paid back over a period of seven years, first repayment to the Foundation

Hardware

139,700

(76,100)

63,600

0

(41,100)

22,500

235,300

(96,800)

138,500

0

(60,200)

78,300

is 31 March 2017, loan expiration date 31 December 2020.

4. Current account Van Leer Group Foundation

Furniture and equipment

Total

Cumulative purchase 31-12-2013

95,600

Hardware 139,700

235,300

Balance 1 January

2013

Cumulative depreciation 31-12-2013

(39,800)

(117,200)

(157,000)

Amount of preliminary allocation to the Foundation

17,257,100

17,257,100

Book value 31-12-2013

55,800

22,500

78,300

Disbursements of preliminary allocation to the Foundation

(17,257,100)

(17,257,100)

14,178,700

2012 14,177,200

Other settlements

(7,600)

1,500

Balance 31 December

14,171,100

14,178,700

2. Intangible fixed assets

Funds from Van Leer Group Foundation are available on request. Funds for future instalments remain with the Van Leer Group

Foundation as part of the investment portfolio.

Cumulative Cumulative purchase

depreciation

31-12-12

Book value

Purchase

31-12-12 31-12-12

Depreciation

2013

Book value

2013 31-12-13 5. Accrued assets

Software

0

0

0

146,000

(8,400)

137,600

0

0

0

146,000

(8,400)

137,600

Receivable interest

2013 0

2012 27,800

Prepayments

1,600

1,500

Other receivables

1,048,400

5,900

Sof tware

1,050,000

35,200

Cumulative purchase 31-12-2013

146,000

Cumulative depreciation 31-12-2013

(8,400)

Book value 31-12-2013

137,600

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Other receivables include a financial donation, a bequest, and travel claims and pension insurance credits.

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NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET (IN EUR)

NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET (IN EUR)

6. Cash and bank

10. Grants payable and Foundation-managed projects (FMP) 2013

2012

2013

2012

Bank

272,900

2,943,700

Balance 1 January

13,986,700

14,647,600

Cash

600

600

Grants/ fmp contracts approved

15,213,500

12,352,500

273,500

2,944,300

Grants/ fmp contracts cancelled

(438,800)

(28,300)

Rate of exchange

(31,100)

0

Grant payments

7. Foundation capital

2013

Foundation capital

453,800

2012

(16,124,700) (12,985,100)

Balance 31 December

12,605,600

13,986,700

453,800

Specification commitment Bernard van Leer Foundation

8. General reserve

2013

2012

Balance 1 January

18,000

0

Addition

1,018,000

18,000

Balance 31 December

1,036,000

18,000

To be paid

Definition/ Year

Total

2014

2015

2016

> 2017

Grants

11,658,800

8,147,500

2,065,000

640,200

806,100

Foundation-managed projects

946,800

919,600

27,200

0

0

Total

12,605,600

9,067,100

2,092,200

640,200

806,100

The addition is a financial donation from an individual EUR 18,000 and an estimation of a bequest.

11. Creditors

Accounts payable

9. Appropriated reserve

2013 2,022,800

1,128,500

Operating result

(708,600)

894,300

Balance 31 December

1,314,200

2,022,800

508,800

12. Accrued liabilities

Holiday allowances

The balance at December 31, 2013 is available for financing future projects according to the received assignment of the

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254,400

2012

2012

Balance 1 January

Van Leer Group Foundation.

2013

Pension

2013 38,900

2012 54,800

0

400

Wage tax

99,600

106,100

Other liabilities

83,600

145,300

222,100

306,600

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COMMITMENTS AND RIGHTS NOT SHOWN ON THE BALANCE SHEET

NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (IN EUR)

Van Leer Group Foundation

A. Van Leer Group Foundation and other income

The Van Leer Group Foundation has the intention that, if the activities of the Bernard van Leer Foundation are discontinued,

Budget 2013

suf ficient funds will be available or will be made available to enable Bernard van Leer Foundation: (a) to terminate the employment contracts of permanent employees, subject to a period of notice of 6 months; and

Income

(b) to comply with any past and future obligations relating to other expenses, with an aggregate of at least 75% of the costs

Other income

relating to administration and sof tware services in accordance with the last Bernard van Leer Foundation budget adopted by the Board of Trustees prior to discontinuing its activities.

Actual 2013

Actual 2012

17,257,000

17,257,100

17,257,100

0

1,018,000

18,000

17,257,000

18,275,100

17,275,100

Income Bernard van Leer Foundation

Income

The Van Leer Group Foundation approved in their Board of Trustees meeting on November 8, 2012 an income for 2014

The Bernard van Leer Foundation receives its income from the Van Leer Group Foundation to fulfill its mission.

(EUR 18,494,000).

The Van Leer Group Foundation derives its income from a global portfolio of diversified investments.

For more information regarding the Van Leer Group Foundation, please refer to its website www.vanleergroupfoundation.nl.

Bank guarantee The Bernard van Leer Foundation has instructed ABN AMRO Bank to issue a bank guarantee towards the lessor of the of fice building Achmea Interne Diensten of EUR 30,100.

The annual report 2013 of the Van Leer Group Foundation will be published in June 2014.

Other income

The other income is a financial donation from an individual and a bequest which amount is estimated and to be finalised in

Surplus interest account for employees A surplus interest account which holds funds for the purpose of indexation of employees’ pensions at Delta Lloyd had a

2014.

balance of EUR 196,500 on 1 January 2013. In 2013 this fund accrued interest (EUR 17,300) and indexation was paid to ex- and retired employees (-/- EUR 120,400), which resulted in a 31 December 2013 balance of EUR 93,400.

B. Interest

Rent obligations

Office

The Bernard van Leer Foundation has rental obligations for the new building in the total amount of EUR 515,725 up to January

Bank and deposit accounts

31, 2018, which can be specified as follows:

Other interest

less than 1 year

EUR

126,300

between 1 year and 5 years

EUR

389,425

more than 5 years

EUR

0

Budget 2013

Actual 2013

Actual 2012

93,000

63,600

108,300

0

600

0

93,000

64,200

108,300

C. Grants

Lease obligations

Printer/ copier

Budget 2013

Actual 2013

Actual 2012

The Bernard van Leer Foundation has lease obligations for printer/copier in the total amount of EUR 21,600 up to December 31,

Grants approved

14,110,000

13,761,300

10,714,300

Grants cancelled

0

(438,800)

(28,300)

2016, which can be specified as follows: less than 1 year

EUR

7,200

between 1 year and 5 years

EUR

14,400

more than 5 years

EUR

0

Currency differences

0

(31,100)

300

14,110,000

13,291,400

10,686,300

Company car The Bernard van Leer Foundation has lease obligations for rental car in the total amount of EUR 37,900 up to November 15, 2016.

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NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (IN EUR)

NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (IN EUR)

D. Foundation-managed projects

F. Operating expenses Budget 2013

Actual 2013

Actual 2012

Programme contracts

690,000

1,452,200

1,638,200

Communications

700,000

419,300

644,800

65,000

50,300

97,000

Network development

Foundation sector

0

142,900

126,800

Project audits

0

0

37,300

Sponsorships

0

0

129,700

1,455,000

2,064,700

2,673,800

Budget 2013

Actual 2013

Actual 2012

47,000

59,900

38,700

Board of Trustees

Personnel (a) salaries

1,611,000

1,467,500

1,703,500

416,000

396,800

491,000

(b) social charges (c) general staff costs

59,000

41,200

43,600

(d) recruitment

10,000

65,800

1,900

(e) staff development

25,000

56,200

23,900

(f) temporary personnel

10,000

21,900

0

2,131,000

2,049,400

2,263,900

Consultants

E. Returned project funds

Budget 2013

Actual 2013

Actual 2012

Grants

0

(108,300)

(38,100)

0

(108,300)

(38,100)

The returned project funds are commitments from this year and previous years that are not spent at the time the project is closed.

Staff travel/hospitality

20,000

18,100

19,700

263,000

289,900

278,700

Premises

107,000

104,800

105,900

Office equipment/expenses

128,000

184,000

159,000

Telecommunications

44,000

30,200

45,800

External auditors

31,000

33,700

33,600

General costs

15,000

12,100

14,700

Archive costs

0

0

189,100

2,786,000

2,782,100

3,149,100

Total

Board of Trustees The members of the Board of the Bernard van Leer Foundation also serve on the Board of the Van Leer Group Foundation.

While they are not paid for serving on the Bernard van Leer Foundation Board, they do receive remuneration for service on the Van Leer Group Foundation Board. Board of Trustees expenditure 2013 relates to field visits to partner organisations and board meetings.

Personnel For privacy reasons (according to the accounting rules) the remuneration of Management will not be disclosed as it relates to a single person.

Staffing level During the 2013 financial year, the average number of staf f employed by the Foundation, converted into full-time equivalents, amounted to 18.96 f te; for 2012 this number was 20.45 f te.

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Auditor ’s report

Auditor ’s repor t OTHER INFORMATION Provision in the Ar ticles of Association governing the appropriation of result

Independent auditor’s report

statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those

To: the Board of Trustees and the Management of Stichting

risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control

Bernard van Leer Foundation

relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures

In the Foundation’s Articles of Association are no provisions regarding the appropriation of result.

Report on the financial statements

that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the

Appropriation of operating result

We have audited the accompanying financial statements

purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness

The total income exceeded the total expenditure by EUR 309,400. In 2013, the Foundation extracted EUR 708,600 from the

2013 of Stichting Bernard van Leer Foundation, The Hague,

of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes

appropriated reserve and added EUR 1,018,000 to the general reserve.

which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 December 2013,

evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used

the statement of income and expenditure for the year

and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by

then ended and the notes comprising a summary of the

management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation

accounting policies and other explanatory information.

of the financial statements.

Management’s responsibility

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is

Management of the Foundation is responsible for the

sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit

preparation and fair presentation of the financial

opinion.

statements and for the preparation of annual report, both in accordance with the Guideline for annual reporting

Opinion

640 ‘Not-for-profit organisations’ of the Dutch Accounting

In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair

Standards Board. Furthermore, management is responsible

view of the financial position of Stichting Bernard van Leer

for such internal control as they determine is necessary to

Foundation as at 31 December 2013, and of its result for the

enable the preparation of the financial statements that are

year then ended in accordance with the Guideline for annual

free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or

reporting 640 ‘Not-for-profit organisations’ of the Dutch

error.

Accounting Standards Board.

Auditor’s responsibility

Report on annual report

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these

We have no deficiencies to report as a result of our

financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our

examination, which is based on the Dutch Auditing

audit in accordance with Dutch law, including the Dutch

Standard 720, whether the annual report, to the extent

Standards on Auditing. This requires that we comply with

we can assess, has been prepared in accordance with

ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to

the Guideline for annual reporting 640 ‘Not-for-profit

obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial

organisations’ of the Dutch Accounting Standards Board.

statements are free from material misstatement.

Further, we report that the management board report, to the extent we can assess, is consistent with the financial

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit

statements.

evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the

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The Hague, 20 March 2014

on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment

KPMG Accountants N.V.

of the risks of material misstatement of the financial

J.A.A.M. Vermeeren RA

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Photography Page 44 Using LEGO bricks for children to design how they would

Cover (left) Photo: Courtesy Leontien Peeters; (right)

like their community to look. Lima, Peru.

photo: Jon Spaull/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Photo: Courtesy Fenton Communications.

Pages 4, 48 Community participation to improve children’s chances of

Page 45 Ecological refrigerators to improve nutrition in home

a successful transition into primary school. Rio de Janeiro,

environments. Ayacucho, Peru.

Brazil.

Photo: Courtesy Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.

Photo: Jon Spaull/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Page 50 Children at Community-based Child Development (CBCD)

Page 6 Girl feeding little lambs at Boerderij ’t Geertje,

centres in rural villages. Odisha, India.

Netherlands.

Photo: Courtesy PREM.

Photo: Courtesy A.C. Koene.

Page 52 Girl in a bilingual education primary school. Beersheva,

Pages 8, 58 Kichangani Community Preschool. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Israel.

Photo: Jim Holmes/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Photo: Courtesy Inge Hanny/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Pages 14–15 Women’s group member working with mothers and their

Page 54 Young girl. The Netherlands.

babies on child health. Shyam Nagar, Agra, India.

Photo: Courtesy Leontien Peeters.

Photo: Jon Spaull/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Page 56 Children playing at a daycare centre in Ventanilla.

Page 16 Girl participating in a home visiting activity in a rural

Callao, Lima, Peru.

community. Dominica.

Photo: Courtesy Asociación KusiWarma.

Photo: Peter de Ruiter/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Page 60 Child in a migrant workers’ camp. Turkey.

Page 19 Community health centre, Creciendo Juntos project.

Photo: Selim Iltus/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Loreto, Peru.

Page 62 Supporting children in rural areas. Uganda.

Photo: Courtesy Asociación Red Innova.

Photo: Courtesy Action for Children.

Page 20 Rien van Gendt.

Page 65 Indigenous rural community. India.

Photo: Courtesy Bertilla Rooduijn-van de Bovenkamp.

Photo: Peter de Ruiter.

Page 23 Girl in Cantagallo. Lima, Peru.

Pages 66–67 Children from Parinari district, Loreto, Peru.

Photo: Jon Spaull/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Photo: Alicia Fernández/Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Page 24 Constructing a centre of gravity module. Israel.

Page 74 18 Diciembre settlement. Iquitos, Peru.

Photo: Courtesy Achiya.

Photo: Jon Spaull/ Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Page 25 Children at a Community-based Child Development (CBCD) centre in a rural village. Odisha, India.

Photo: Courtesy PREM. Page 26 Parents support activities, Creciendo Juntos project.

Loreto, Peru. Photo: Courtesy Asociación Red Innova.

Page 29 Child in preschool. Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Photo: Jon Spaull/ Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Page 33 Christiane’s youngest children. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Courtesy Associação Terra dos Homens.

Page 34 Testimony from Mr and Mrs Milton Orech, Responsive Fatherhood Clubs, Early Steps programme. Uganda.

Photo: Courtesy Private Sector Foundation of Uganda.

Page 41 Children interacting with the Mayor of Bhubaneswar, India.

Photo: Courtesy Humara Bachpan campaign.

Page 42 Newly built houses for brick kiln workers in the Medak district. Hyderabad, India.

Photo: Courtesy Aide et Action.

Page 43 Mobile learning units for seasonal migrant children.

Turkey.

Photo: Courtesy Educational Volunteers Foundation.

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