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Welcome to Congo! Bienvenue au Congo! Tosepeli koyamba yo awa na Congo!

The Democratic Republic of Congo has survived poverty, violence, and destruction. Over the past 125 years, colonial ownership, dictatorial rule, and war have brought the DRC to a state of extreme poverty. The recent civil wars caused severe damage to the countrys infrastructure and economy and have caused an estimated six million or more deaths. The DRC is the poorest country in the world, with the majority of people living on less than $300 a year. The quateur province, in the northwest, is one of the poorest in the country. An estimated 98% of the adult population in this province consists of subsistence farmers with little cash income. In Congo, the infant mortality rate is 18 times that of the United States, with life expectancy at birth being about 48 years30 years less than in the U.S.

A Word from the Executive Director

As a former Kansas farm boy, the first time I traveled to Congo I was surprised at how the subsistence farmers grew their food. They plant randomly, mixing types of plants, without consistent spacing. One year later, we launched the Farmers to Markets program to assist groups (associations) of farmers to learn and work together. Then we link them with wholesalers who buy their excess production and ship to city markets. We encourage each new association to create a demonstration plot. On one half they plant by the traditional ways and on the other they follow newer methods: planting seeds in rows, weeding well, and cultivating. The Elikya (hope) association in the Loko region did this, and when the results were in, they reported proudly

that the side planted by the new methods yielded four times as much harvest as the traditional sideeven while using less seed! In this report you will find program updates, financials, our board of directors, and more. All of that is important in our accountability to our friends and supporters, but it all really comes down to the people we aid and empower in Congo. The real focus and measure of our work is the farmers of the Elikya association and 2,600 others like them, and the gravely ill or injured children and adults who are brought to hospitals such as Karawa and Loko. All these resources are available to the people because of your gifts and those of many other individuals, churches, organizations, foundations, and agencies.

On behalf of all our friends in Congo, thank you! I hope we have earned your continued support, and that youll find opportunities to tell others about Congo and our work there. Let me add a personal note: after four years with the Paul Carlson Partnership, I have decided to retire at the end of September 2012. I will leave with a lifetime love for the people of Congo and a deep gratitude to all who contribute to the continued growth of this urgent and much-needed work. Sincerely,

Byron E. Miller Executive Director

Our Mission & Distinctives

The mission of the Paul Carlson Partnership is to catalyze the growth of self-sustaining families and communities in places of deep poverty in Central Africa. Working together with partners in Africa and elsewhere, we invest in local efforts in health care, economic development, and education. Motivated by the Christian faith of our founders and the current board and staff, we respond to Gods call to work with people living in poverty. Independently incorporated and governed, we are affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church. Informed by our historic involvement in the DR Congo, our perspective includes the economically poorest places in Central Africa. We work from relief towards development, building economic and human resources on the ground, with a vision of sustainability for these people who are so rich spiritually and socially despite their material poverty. Through almost 50 years the flame of Pauls memory has lived on with our people in the Ubangi, and the work of the Paul Carlson Partnership has brought healing, empowerment, and hope in the name of Christ. We thank God for the past and the future. Lois Carlson Bridges, Wayne Carlson, Lyn Carlson

Our Heritage

This organization has a story, and it is carried in our name. Dr. Paul Carlson was a California physician who fell in love with the people of Congo. In 1963 Paul, Lois, and their two young children left metropolitan Los Angeles for the remote village of Wasolo, where he would serve as a missionary doctor. They thrived there, especially Paul. But scarcely a year later the Simba

rebellion began spreading through the country. Dr. Paul took Lois and the kids out to safety and then returned to the people in Wasolo. He was captured, taken to Kisangani (then Stanleyville), held for a time, and then killed. He was thirty-six years old. In our work we honor Pauls death even more, we honor his life.

1963
Paul Carlson and family go to Congo as medical missionaries

1964
Paul Carlson is killed in Congo

1966
Paul Carlson Foundation is formed

1968
Pres. Joseph Mobutu grants Loko hospital to PCF, dedicated to Paul Carlson, renamed IMELOKO (Institut Medical Evangelique Loko)

1970
PCF receives grant from World Bank for agricultural work

1978
Name is changed to Paul Carlson Medical Program

1980s
Village health workers and agriculture agents are trained; 120-acre farm is developed for agroforestry

1981-82
PCMP receives two grants from USAID for infrastructure

1988
Four new clinics are built, water turbine is installed at farm

1996-97
Civil war begins in DRC, Westerners leave

2002
Revitalization of PCMP begins under name Paul Carlson Partnership

2004
Congo Project is launched at ECC Annual Meeting

2009
Farmers to Markets microfinance program begins with grant from USAID

2011
Paul Carlson Medical Ambassadors group is founded

Highlights of 2011
The Paul Carlson Partnership supports 5 hospitals and 94 clinics which are run by the Communaut vanglique de lUbangi-Mongala (CEUM) and serve the medical needs of over 600,000 people. We provide more than $300,000 each year for this system. With a grant from USAID, we manage the Farmers to Markets microfinance program. Subsistence farmers, bicycle entrepreneurs, and agricultural wholesalers receive loans and technical assistance to build their own sources of income. The cash flow they create enables families to pay for basic needs.
HEALTH CARE

The year began with local medical leaders doing long-range planning for the flagship hospital at Karawa. This process led us to focus our top priority on reliable power and water. With the help of the Paul Carlson Partnership, the Zulu hydroelectric plant, which serves Karawa, underwent major repairs during the year, and we began raising funds to provide solar power for several buildings on the hospital campus until the seven-mile cable between Zulu and Karawa can be replaced. Late in 2011 we raised an additional $30,000 when the hospitals ran low on drugs. Our Medical Steering Team, composed of four professional volunteers and three PCP staff members, works with leaders in Congo to direct PCP medical projects.
MICROFINANCE

then the man takes the money and spends it as he chooses. Now we are beginning to see men helping women in the fields and including them in financial decisions.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

In 2011 the program grew to 2,700 participating farmers, 50 bicycle entrepreneurs, 14 wholesalers, and 10 smaller retailers. We began receiving reports that crop yields could increase by two to four times just with the introduction of new farming methods. Perhaps even more important, we began seeing signs of a positive shift in gender roles. By design, more than half of the participating farmers are women. Traditionally the man clears a field, the woman does the work of planting, harvesting, and selling the crop, and

With sustainability as our goal, we train local people to staff and lead economic development and health care programs. During 2011, Farmers to Markets prepared office staff, animators, and association presidents to continue the work. Our executive director, Byron Miller, taught smallbusiness seminars in Bumba, Gbadolite, and Karawa to men and women with wholesaling experience who were interested in FTM. On the medical side, our ongoing planning with local medical leaders includes assessment of the kinds of training and mentoring needed by members of the medical staff, and how those needs can be met.

Where Were Going

HEALTH CARE MICROFINANCE

As we continue supporting the medical system and purchasing pharmaceuticals, we have begun assessing the logistics and costs of different sources of these products. Our goal is to move from purchasing in Europe to using in-country sources. A volunteer medical team will travel to Karawa in April. A pharmacist will help look at the drug-supply questions outlined above, and two nurse-administrators will meet with leaders of the nursing school at Karawa to explore ways of assisting that program. In 2012, we intend to complete the funding and provide, at last, reliable clean water and solar electrical power to Karawa hospital. Once this is done, we will work with local medical leaders to identify the next priorities in the renewal of this critically-needed hospital. We are also evaluating the needs for special training for members of the CEUM medical staff.

We will conclude our funding relationship with USAID as of September 30, 2012. We expect to reach our targets for farmer participants and outstanding loans. We will continue to oversee the current FTM regions until they are self-sustaining. Our intention then is to turn the program over to the CEUM, our primary on-the-ground partner, for continuation. Adjusting the program based on what we have learned, we intend to expand into other places in the Ubangi. We are exploring possible sources of funds.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

The Paul Carlson Partnership is growing and extending. Sincere thanks to everyone who helps, and let us not weary. Let us grow with the PCP. God, who started this work with Doctor Carlson, will continue to help us to carry it forward to the best destination. Texa Dembele Menda, PCP Congo Country Manager

We expect to bring one person from Congo to the U.S. this summer for additional educational opportunities. We are looking for churches to support such trips. We will send 2-3 medical teams to Congo during 2012 to do assessment and in-service training at the hospitals in cooperation with local leaders.

Our Finances for Fiscal Year 2011

In addition to the cash gifts we receive, our work is significantly advanced by the work of our volunteers. In fiscal year 2011 a total of 22 volunteers donated 458 hours of work. Of that total, 137 hours consisted of donated professional services.

Statement of Financial Position

ASSETS

Cash Investments Due from Affiliates Other Assets Total Assets

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

$160,303 1,369,212 5,558 68,960 $1,604,033

Inset Chart: Sources and Uses of Program Funds in Congo

Sources are represented in brown. Uses are represented in orange.

Liabilities: Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Total Liabilities Net Assets: Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$35,642 35,642

Contributions 61%

1,438,287 130,104 1,568,391 $1,604,033

Farmers to Markets 34% Health 43% USAID Grant 20%

CEUM project support 12%

Other Development Projects 9% PCP Reserves 19% PCP Project Support, 1% Special Projects: Orphanage,1%

Statement of Activities
UNRESTRICTED

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED

TOTAL

INCOME

Contributions Grant Income Investment Income Other Income Total Income Net Assets Released from Restrictions

$247,145 2,871 375 250,391 587,590 837,981

$299,270 177,763 759 477,792 (587,590) (109,798)

$546,415 177,763 3,630 375 728,183 728,183

EXPENSES

Field Project Expense Indirect Administrative Fees Salaries and Benefits Fundraising Travel Professional Fees Office Expense Total Expenses Decrease in Net Assets Net Assets Beginning of Year Net Assets End of Year

890,201 43,800 222,384 32,943 6,619 14,261 22,947 1,233,155 (395,174) 1,833,461 $1,438,287 (109,798) 239,902 $130,104

890,201 43,800 222,384 32,943 6,619 14,261 22,947 1,233,155 (504,972) 2,073,363 $1,568,391

Our fiscal year runs from February 1 to January 31 each year. This financial information has been excerpted from our audited financial statements. A complete copy of the audited statements is available upon request from the Paul Carlson Partnership, 8303 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631; phone 773-907-3370; email pcpinfo@paulcarlson.org.

Our Leaders and Partners

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STAFF

Deborah Blue (Ex-officio) Calumet Park, Ill. Lois Carlson Bridges (Honorary) Spring Valley, Calif. Wayne Carlson, M.D. (Honorary) Algonquin, Ill. William Clark Granite Bay, Calif. Arden Gustafson Nelson, B.C., Canada Elliott Johnson (Treasurer) Park Ridge, Ill.

Karl Klockars (Advisory) Wheaton, Ill. Alynne MacLean Sharon, Mass. Don Meyer (Advisory) Chicago, Ill. Douglas Morton Burlingame, Calif. Glenn Palmberg (Advisory) Vashon, Wash. J. P. Poveda Torrance, Calif. Curt Peterson (Ex-officio) Park Ridge, Ill.

Harold Spooner (Chair) Chicago, Ill. Mary Stockmeyer Portland, Me. Gary Walter (Ex-officio) Palatine, Ill.

Byron E. Miller, Executive Director and President Warrenville, Ill. Sally A. Johnson (Manager, Communications and Resource Development) Chicago, Ill. Ryan Einfeldt (Coordinator, Donor Care and Finance) Chicago, Ill. Texa Dembele Menda (Congo Country Manager) Kinshasa, DRC

I love the work PCP is doing because it has brought together many partners, including Congolese, to provide caring and hope in a part of the world where life, particularly of children, is at risk from things that are preventable.Harold C. Spooner, Chair, Board of Directors

MEDICAL STEERING TEAM

PAUL CARLSON MEDICAL AMBASSADORS

PARTNERS

Mary Stockmeyer (Moderator) Portland, Me. Eric Gunnoe, M.D. Portland, Me. Roger Thorpe, M.D. Chicago, Ill. John Whittington, M.D. Antioch, Ill. Byron Miller (Staff) Sally Johnson (Staff) Ryan Einfeldt (Staff) In Congo: Marta Klein Karawa

Eric Gunnoe, M.D. (President) Portland, Me. Roger Thorpe, M.D. (Honorary National Chair) Chicago, Ill. Mary Stockmeyer (Membership Manager) Portland, Me.

Communaut vanglique de lUbangi-Mongala (CEUM, Covenant Church in Congo) The Evangelical Covenant Church Giving Back to Africa HOPE International Development Agency (Canada) HelpAge Canada IMA World Health International Aid North Park University Opportunity International

Swedish Covenant Hospital United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rolling Hills (Calif.) Covenant Church Peninsula Covenant Church (Redwood City, Calif.) Kent (Wash.) Covenant Church Redeemer Evangelical Covenant Church (Tulsa, Okla.) Other congregations

Thank you for your continued support of the Paul Carlson Partnership.
Please visit PaulCarlson.org for more information or to make a donation today.

CONTACT INFORMATION

8303 West Higgins Road, Chicago, Illinois 60631 Phone 773-907-3370 Email pcpinfo@paulcarlson.org Web PaulCarlson.org
PHOTO CREDITS

Lois Bridges, Texa Dembele, Ryan Einfeldt, The Evangelical Covenant Church, Keith Gustafson, Karen Hallberg, Marta Klein, Byron Miller, Mary Stockmeyer, Darren Willis