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ANNUAL REPORT 2013

MAMA HOPE ANNUAL REPORT

FISCAL YEAR 2013JUNE 1, 2013 - MAY 31 2014

806,117 RAISED in 2013$ 1,226 NEW DONORS154,00 IMPACTED | 2008since

MAMA HOPE

MAMA HOPE PROJECTS GLOBAL ADVOCATE FELLOWSHIP STOP THE PITYInstructional career training, real leadership opportunity and hands-on experience, including a three month stay in Africa as a program manager. While building their professional skillsets Advo-cates also increase the number and the size of projects we can complete.

Over 5 years, we have developed an e!ective, people-"rst model of international development that has transformed the lives of more than 150,000 people with an o#ce of only 4 sta! members.

We reduce waterborne disease (clean water)We improve health care (health clinics)We improve access to affordable education (schools)We encourage better nutrition at home and school (gardens)We improve prospects for a better life (children's centers)We create jobs

Mama Hope works in close partnership with local African organizations to fund the completion of schools, health clinics, children’s centers, clean water systems and food security projects that improve the health and economic standing of the entire community.

Mama Hope creates media content that shares the compelling truth about the lives of the communities we work with in the voice of the people. These 4 videos received international attention and viral success with over 2 million views globally.

“We pride ourselves on our human centered approach to

development that allows us to deliver solutions that are as diverse and unique as the communities we serve.”

- Nyla Rodgers, Founder & CEO

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IN THE PRESS

mamahope.org mamahope.org/global-advocates stopthepity.org

MAMA HOPE ANNUAL REPORT

FISCAL YEAR 2013 EXECUTIVESUMMARY

Our most recent !scal year came to a close on May 31st, 2014. In the past year, we served 28,683 people and completed 14 more projects across Africa. We initiated partnerships with the Akili Girls School in Kisumu, Kenya and the Queen Elizabeth Academy in Mlali, Tanzania. We provided 1,335,880 meals to our partner schools in Africa with our Yes to Hope school garden program. Mama Hope was featured in the SF Chronicle, the Hu"ngton Post, Women’s Health Magazine and Maxi (Germany). Our Stop the Pity videos were shown at Sundance, SXSW, Life is Beautiful and the Global Citizen Festival, exposing our work to 200,000 more people. We accepted 13 new Advocates into our fellowship program, and hired two new sta# members to focus on Communications and Program Development. Since 2008, we have completed 48 projects serving 154,000 people. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the generous support of the wholehearted donors. As always, our broad reach in Africa is due to our amazing partner organizations that keep our sta# number low but our impact numbers high.

CORE PROGRAMS

JUNE 1, 2013 - MAY 31 2014

806,117 RAISED in 2013$ 1,226 NEW DONORS154,00 IMPACTED | 2008since

STOP THE PITYThis year our Stop the Pity brand took major steps towards eliminating the guilt-driven messaging that charities often use to attract their donors. Our video content was featured and Mama Hope's Executive Director, Nyla Rodgers, made appearances and spoke on panels at SXSW, Sundance Film Festival, Life is Beautiful Festival and the Global Citizen Festival. Stop the Pity videos were also highlighted on Upworthy and reached an audience of 2M viewers worldwide.

$806,117RAISED

CLEAN WATER

DRIP GARDENS

SCHOOLS

HEALTH CENTERS

CHILDRENS HOMES

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SUSTAINABLE FARMS

CORE SERVICES

GLOBAL ADVOCATES This year's biggest accomplishment was the Global Advocates Fellowship. Since our launch in October of 2012, we took on three new classes from June 2013 - June 2014. The !rst class of !ve Advocates raised $122,000 for their projects and connected us with 341 new donors. The next three classes of Advocates have now brought our total raised to over $500,000 since the pilot program.

During the nine month fellowship the Global Advocates achieve tremendous personal growth and several Advocate Alumni are now creating their own programs to serve our partner communities. Our partners in Africa really value the program because it allows them to accomplish their goals while freeing them up to respond to their community’s needs instead of their donor’s demands. For Mama Hope, the bene!ts are innumerable and we really enjoy our improved ability to communicate more frequently and with transparency to our partners and donors. It is truly a one-of-a-kind program.

MAMA HOPE PROJECTSIn another exciting year, Mama Hope completed 14 more projects bene!ting 28,683 people. We completed a diverse set of projects; from a solar-powered computer lab and drip-irrigated gardens, to health clinics and classrooms. Our rapid and diverse growth can be attributed to our strong partnerships on the ground in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Uganda that allow us to focus our energy here at home while our partners orchestrate the planning and implementation of life-giving community-based projects.

CORE PROGRAM SUMMARY

NANCY KAGANUNITED HEARTS SCHOOL

LILLIAN MAUNITED HEARTS SCHOOL

SHAWNA-KAY CHAMBERSUNITED HEARTS SCHOOL

2013 GLOBAL ADVOCATES

2013 PROJECTSUNITED HEARTS COMPUTER LABUNITED HEARTS DRIP GARDENUNITED HEARTS GOAT FARM

UHCC SCHOOL IS UNDERWAY!

This year in Ghana we focused on building the United Hearts School. The two-story school will serve the entire United Hearts Children’s Center and welcome underserved populations from this rural region that cannot a#ord schooling. Ultimately, the school will have 90 new students that pay on a graded scale. 1 in every 3 students will be welcomed at no-cost, their fees being supplemented by the highest paying

students. We also assigned three Advocates to Bawjiase between June, 2013 and June, 2014 and each one has furthered construction and collaborated on forming a sustainability plan. In preparation for a September opening, we installed a drip irrigation garden that will serve the school with vegetables every day and minimize the cost of food. Additionally, the goat farm adds needed income and the computer lab will attract more students and deliver practical skills.

*Special thanks to the Bert Wyman Foundation and Janey Piroli for their signi"cant contributions to the UHCC School.

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UNITED HEARTS CHILDREN’S CENTER - UHCC

BAWJIASE

150 PEOPLE RECEIVED NEW SERVICES

ST. TIMS GRADUATING CLASS

We had a busy year in Tanzania. We sent three Advocates to Moshi and they turned in big results for our partner Tanzania Children Concern. Advocates added a new classroom, computer lab, solar electricity and furnished the boarding house. Thanks to these new amenities, St. Timothy’s School enrolled 100 additional students. The boarding home now has over 100 residents and the school has grown from 75 to 250 students.

We are also excited to announce a new partnership in Mlali, Tanzania. and happy to welcome the Queen Elizabeth Academy to the Mama Hope family. Already we've committed funds to adding water on sight and a drip irrigation garden. We are in the process of fundraising for a boarding

house for the students.

MLALI

MOSHI

2013 GLOBAL ADVOCATESKATIE HALEST. TIMOTHY’S COMPUTER LAB

REBECCA ELLIOTTST. TIM’S BOARDING HOUSE

HANNAH CLYNESOLAR POWER AT ST. TIM’S

*QUEEN ELIZABETH ACADEMY - QEA

TANZANIA CHILDREN CONCERN - TCC

490 PEOPLE RECEIVED NEW SERVICES

2013 PROJECTS

*Special thanks to the Matanel Foundation for their worthy contribution to St. Tims School.

ST. T IM’S SOLAR POWERST. TIM’S BOARDING HOUSE

ST. TIM’S COMPUTER LAB & CLASSROOMQEA CLEAN WATER EXTENSION QEA PERMACULTURE & DRIP GARDEN

Tanzania

*Designates a new partnership since May 2013

Ghana

After we completed the maternity ward in 2012, a community meeting was called by the chairman of Budondo. In the meeting, there was adamant support for a general clinic that serves the whole population. In response, we committed resources and Advocates to building out the Suubi (”hope” in Lusoga) Center. The seven room center will open in July! Next steps are to build a surgery center, nurse’s quarters and student lodging. In the long run, this center will become a !rst-class rural hospital.

We've also begun to implement several income generating activities. We've planted 2 acres of passion fruit, hundreds of hardwood trees and are dedicated to building an Intercultural Center in 2014. This unique space will garner income by showing soccer games at a fee. It will also host the Twogere (Speak Out) Girls Club and provide a stage for their forum theater, educating the community on health issues and family planning.

Our new partner, the Akili Girl’s School, is located in a Kisumu slum. To jump-start the opening, we funded a one-acre garden that will grow beans, maize and vegetables to feed the school. We also funded the construction of a greenhouse so that they could grow marketable crops and sell them to the local markets to add income to the school.

This year we also expanded our Global Advocate Program to Comfort the Children International in Maai Mahiu. They have been very satis!ed with her work and dedication to completing a community farm that will help sustain their Ubuntu Cafe.

AKILI GIRLS SCHOOL

Uganda

HELEN SEELYSUUBI HEALTH CENTER

LATIFAH KIRIBEDDASUUBI MEDICAL SUPPLIES

2013 GLOBAL ADVOCATES

2013 GLOBAL ADVOCATESCAMILA RHODES

KISUMU RESCUE CENTER

COURTNEY PRICERITA ROSE GARDEN

KIMBERLEY PIERRERESCUE CENTER

AMARA WATKIN-ANSONFARM TO TABLE CAFE

Once we knew OLPS wanted to build the Rescue Center, we put into place an action plan to build a commercial size garden. The Rita Rose Garden has bee hives, !sh ponds, greenhouses, and drip irrigation. The yields from this garden will supplement the costs of the newly completed Rescue Center. This year we invested in the management of the farm to put sustainability projects in place with proper monitoring and evaluation so we can track the progress.

*Designates a new partnership since May 2013

KISUMU

*AKILI GIRLS SCHOOL - AGS

BERNARD MUKISAFOUNDING DIRECTOR - BIC

BUDONDO INTERCULTURAL CENTER - BIC

BUDONDO

2013 PROJECTS

2013 PROJECTS

RITA ROSE GARDENKISUMU RESCUE CENTER

AKILI GIRLS SCHOOL GARDEN

COMFORT THE CHILDREN - CTC

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUPPORT - OLPS

SUUBI HEALTH CENTER

Kenya

26,050 PEOPLE RECEIVED NEW SERVICES

1,643 PEOPLE RECEIVED NEW SERVICES

MAAI MAHIU

527,125 RAISED

The idea for the Global Advocates was born from the belief that one person, living with passion could make a big di!erence. Nyla Rodgers, the Executive Director, proved it is possible. Then, the Mama Hope sta! believed in it and now the Global Advocates are shaping this belief into real, positive change in our communities in East Africa and Ghana. Mama Hope has had 22 Global Advocates since the pilot. Together, they have expanded our ability to complete projects that meet our partner community's fundamental needs for food, water, education and health care.

KATRINA BORATKO

$ 20,428

7925

Katrina spent several years after school teaching abroad and volunteering. When she discovered the Advocates, Katrina was placed at the Children's Rescue Center and was able to work hand-in-hand with the local community to plan its future sustainability and completion.

CHILDRENS RESCUE CENTER | KENYA

REBECCA ELLIOT

$ 20,312

107150

Rebecca left her job at an investment "rm in Boston to become a Global Advocate. By raising $20,312 to complete the St. Timothy's Boarding Home in Moshi, Tanzania she enabled the school take on 50 new boarders.

BOARDING HOUSE | TANZANIA

$ 45,115 LIVES IMPACTED 1,226 NEW DONORS

KATIE HALE

$ 20,814

137300

Katie was previously a teacher in Thailand and joined the Global Advocates the day she landed in the U.S. from Bangkok. Her funds completed a solar powered computer lab in Moshi, Tanzania. She also initiated a teacher training program at St. Timothy's School.

COMPUTER LAB AND CLASSROOM | TANZANIA

MAMA HOPE GLOBAL ADVOCATES

PROGRAM METRICS

ADVOCATES CREATE REAL IMPACT

NEW ORLEANS

CHICAGOSAN FRANCISCO

DAVIS

PHILADELPHIA

NEW YORK

BOSTONHARTFORD

$527,125RAISEDSINCE THE PILOT

TOP FIVE ADVOCATE FUNDRAISERS

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

UGANDA

SWITZERLANDUK

BRAZIL

ITALYUSA

ADVOCATES BORDERSWITH OUT

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION | GHANA JULIETTE PONTJuliette found her love for humanitarian work during a volunteer trip in Sri Lanka. As a Global Advocate, Juliette raised $22,140 and electricity to over 1,000 people in Bawjiase, Ghana.

22,140

261,600

$

MARTINA TOMASSINI

$ 44,358

12960

Born and raised in Italy, Martina is a former UN O#cer and an Oxford MA graduate in Development and Humanitarian Studies. Martina raised $44,350 and built St. Timothy's Nursery School in Moshi. Tanzania.

NURSERY SCHOOL | TANZANIA

4 TIMES YOUR INVESTMENTFOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN AN ADVOCATE, MAMA HOPE SENT FOUR DOLLARS TO OUR PARTNERS.

“As an advocate, we are helping to support the existing ideas and assets of the communities we are working with-- partnering and linking resources to the people who know best what they need to sustain themselves.”

- Amara, GA, 2014 - Maai Mahiu

$291,508

$599,600

$806,117

2011

2012

2013YEAR OVER YEARFUNDRAISING

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

$51,153

$92,001

$99,031$95,585

$806,117RAISED

PROGRAMS

SALARIES

FUNDRAISING

4.7%

OPERATING EXPENSES6.2%

26.6%

62.5%

CONTRIBUTIONS

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

CORPORATIONS

GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS

FOUNDATIONS & GRANTS

GLOBAL ADVOCATES

CORPORATIONSGLOBAL ADVOCATESGENERAL CONTRIBUTIONSFOUNDATIONS AND GRANTS

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$ 15,000$ 169,677.30$ 286,440.57$ 335,000

$ 806,117.87

EXPENSESPROGRAMSSALARIES AND HEALTHCAREFUNDRAISINGOPERATING EXPENSES

TOTAL EXPENSES

$ 478,862.92$ 203,541.13$ 46,580.32$ 36,092.31

$ 765,076.68

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FIGURESFor !scal year 2013: June 1, 2013 - May 31, 2014

NET ASSETS $ 41,041.19

INCOME FROM CONTRIBUTIONS

EXPENSES FROM OPERATIONS

$337,770 SENT TO COMMUNITES

41.56%

1.90%

21.00%

$

35.54%