Grassroots to Growth: RAFI Annual Report 2019

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Thechangeswe’ v eseeni nev er ypr ogr am uni thav e di r ect l ycr eat edwav esaf t erwav esofsoci ali mpact .

Weseet hi swi t hmor el eader semer gi ngunderRAFI Cent er f or Leader ’ s gui dance. Our Cul t ur e& Her i t age Uni t( CHU)has pr epar ed t he bui l di ng bl ocks f ora f ut ur et hatcel ebr at es cul t ur e and t r adi t i on.RAFIMi cr of i nance has aut omat ed i t s s y st ems and pr ocesses , maki ng our cl i ent exper i ence smoot herand bet t er .The Bi odi v er si t y Conser v at i onUni t( Bi oCon)hasl ai dt hef oundat i on t ol aunchonani nt er nat i onall ev el .TheEducat i on Dev el opment Uni t ( EDU) , Dol or esAboi t i zChi l dr en’ s Fund ( DACF) ,Eduar do J .Aboi t i zCancerCent er ( EJACC) ,andI nt egr at edAr eaDev el opment( I AD) ogr am adapt edi nnov at i v eway sofachi evi ngt hei r pr goal s .

Gr at i t ude goes t ot he st r ong l eader st hathav e dr i v ent hi shi ghper f or mi ngt eam t owher ei tneeds t o be.RAFIwoul d notbet hesamewi t houty our r esi l i ence and pr of essi onal i sm.T o al lt hose who mak eupt heRAFIt eam,y ouref f or t swi l l nev ergo unnot i ced.Ev er yl i f e we hav et ouched, ev er y communi t ywehav eel ev at ed,andev er yf ut ur ewe hav eshaped–wehav esuccessf ul l ydonebecause ofy ourundyi ngpassi onandsuppor t .

The j our neyt o achi evi ng ourmi ssi on i sf arf r om ov er .Onet hi ngIknow i st hatwe’ l lgett her eand mi ghtev endomor e.RAFIhasbeenbl essedwi t h havi ng t he r i ghtpeopl e wor kt owar ds t he same goal s .Wi t hy ourcommi t mentand dedi cat i on,we canmak et hey ear saheadofust hebestonesi nour hi st or y .

Asi tcar r i esoni t swor koft r ansf or mi ngl i v esand shapi ngt hef ut ur e,RAFIal sov al uesandr ecogni z es t hegr owi ngnumberofAr chi t ect sofChangewor ki ng behi nd t he scenes t o achi ev et he or gani z at i on’ s mi ssi on.

The Human Capi t al Uni t of Ramon Aboi t i z Foundat i onI nc.( RAFI–HC)cont i nuest odev el op v ar i ouspr ogr amsandi ni t i at i v est oensur et hatt he or gani z at i on i s a pl ace ofhappy ,engaged and hi ghper f or mi ng t al ent ssuppor t ed byr el i abl e and scal abl ei nf r ast r uct ur eands y st ems .

I n2019,t her ewer eat ot alof2, 035RAFI ni ansf r om RAFI ,Cent erf orLeader s ,Aboi t i zFami l yOf f i ceand RAFI-Mi cr oFi nance combi ned,a st eadygr owt h f r om 1, 649empl oy eesi n2018. ncr ease i nt he numberofRAFI ni ans was The i boost ed by HC’ s st r engt hened t al entacqui si t i on pr ogr amsandi t sshi f t f r om t r adi t i onal hi r i ngchannel s t oonl i nemeanssuchassoci almedi aandonl i ne por t al s . esponset ot hegr owi ngnumberof empl oy ees , HC I nr est abl i shed t heT al entOpt i mi z at i onT eam t oequi p t al ent swi t ht her i ght ski l l st ohel pachi ev et hegoal sof t heor gani z at i on.Thet eam i ssl at edt ol auncht he Lear ni ng Management Sy st em, a cor por at e eLear ni ngt oolwher eRAFI ni anscanl ear ncour ses ont hego.

Thi sy ear ,t heuni tal sof ocusedont heor gani z at i on’ s f ourcor ev al ues .

Theyst r engt henedt hecor ev al ues or i ent at i ont oal i gnnewandexi st i ngRAFI ni anst ot he f oundat i onoft hecompany ’ scul t ur e,anddev el oped pr ogr amst hatcent er edont hesev al ues .

Wecont i nuet omov et owar dsbui l di ngconf i dencei n ourpr ocessesandwi t hourRi skManagement T eam, we begi nt o shi f tt o aut omat i on, maki ng r i sk managementf unandmor eengagi ng.

AONRi skMat ur i t yI ndex( RMI )i sauni quet ool t hat i s dedi cat ed t o st r at egy ,pr epar edness ,i nv ol v ement andcommuni cat i on,whi chRAFIusest osel f assess ourr i skmanagementf r amewor k.

Equi ppedwi t ht het houghtoff or war dl ooki ng,t hi s t oolhel psusbr i ngconf i dencei nourpr ocessesand enhanceouract i v i t i esi nachi ev i ngr esul t s .

Thi si ni t i al st r at egy pr esent sr esul t s and f eedback on t he mat ur i t yofouror gani z at i on’ sappr oach.

Wi t hRMI , RAFIcont i nues t oi mpr ov e on i t s pr ogr ams and st r engt heni t spr of essi onalef f i ci enci esaswer each mor e communi t i es wi t h pr ogr ams and act i v i t i es gui dedbyt hemi ssi onofel ev at i ngmor el i v es .

Thi sy ear ,RAFIpr epar ed i t sel ft owar ds get t i ng assessedf orRi skMat ur i t yt odet er mi net hebasel i ne l ev elofmat ur i t yf ort hef oundat i on.Fr om t her e,t he Ri sk,Secur i t y ,and Compl i ance T eam wi l lwor k t owar dsahi gherl ev el ofmat ur i t yf r om t he basel i ne r at i ng t oi mpr ov et he f oundat i on’ s Ri sk ManagementPr ocessesi nt heupcomi ngy ear s .

The f oundat i onai mst or eachatl eastal ev el 4i nt heAON Ri skMat ur i t yI ndexwhi chr equi r est hef oundat i ont o hav eRi skManagementpr ocessesf ul l ydocument ed andoper at i onal i z edacr osst hewhol eor gani z at i on.

Wehav ebeenf ocusedonr eachi ngoutf ur t hert o t hoseweser v eandst r engt heni ngourr el ev ancei n f ul l capaci t yaswepr epar eour sel v est oi mpr ov eour s y st ems ,ex ecut e st r eaml i ned pr ocesses and be f or war dt hi nk er sl eani ngt owar dst heor gani z at i on’ s expansi on.

We hav es t ar t ed openi ng our door st o di gi t al t r ans f or mat i ons wi t hi n t he or gani z at i on. We s uc c es s f ul l yt r ans i t i ont ot heMi c r os of t D365Ent er pr i s e Res our c ePl anni ng( ERP)Pr oj ec t l as t J une.

As we t ak e on t he t r ansi t i on t o pr ov i de a mor e st r eaml i nedpr ocess ,wehav esuccessf ul l yr ol l edout t he use of s y st ems t hat br ought us di gi t al t r ansf or mat i on and hav et ak en huge st eps t o pr ot ect i ngt heor gani z at i onf r om di f f er entr i sk st hat coul dhi nderusf r om achi ev i ngourgoal s , al l enabl i ng bet t ercol l abor at i onsandi ncr easedpr oduct i v i t y .

TheMSDy nami cs365f orFi nanceandOper at i ons Pr oj ect ,apt l yni cknamed“ Pr oj ectDy nami cs” ,was i ni t i at ed asa r esponse t ot he sev er alchal l enges f acedwi t ht hepr ev i ousERPs y st em ut i l i z edbyt he or gani z at i on.

Wef el tt hatweneededt oi mpl ementa scal abl eandf l exi bl eERPs y st em t osuppor tRAFI ’ s di v er seoper at i onsandexpansi onpl ans .