RTÉ Staff One World Fund..

The RTÉ Staff One World Fund is an aid fund for sustainable community-based projects in
developing countries. It was founded in 1984 by a group of RTÉ staff as a response to the
suffering they saw during the Ethiopian famine. The purpose of the Fund is to enhance the
living conditions of communities in the poorest areas of the world.

The OWF is funded entirely by staff donations and all funding goes directly to the chosen
projects. The fund focuses on development projects; those projects capable of sustaining
themselves after the period of the OWF’s support had ended .

Examples of previous projects are:

 Water collection and storage systems

 Latrines and community hygiene education
 Establishment of seed banks, market gardens and animal husbandry
 Small-scale irrigation projects
 Support for community based health care, health education and training
 Sustainable small-enterprise development and employment creation schemes in rural and
urban areas
 Skills training linked to local employment opportunities, particularly for women, street
children and the disabled

The fund is operated entirely on a voluntary basis by RTÉ employees, past and present,
through the One World Fund Committee and funding is raised through discretionary donations
made via RTÉ salary or pension deductions at source.

Operating expenses are NIL and the fund is aided in its work by RTÉ providing access to salary
deduction facilities, printing, postage and accommodation.

It is important to note that:

 The fund has a carefully drawn up constitution, approved by the charities section of the
Revenue Commissioners
 The fund is subject to annual audit
 Administration expenses are NIL
 The fund has qualified for tax exempt donation status

The 2013 your Fund contributed in excess of €66,000 to 17 projects in 5 countries in the
developing world. Projects were funded in , Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda , Cameroon and Nepal .

The projects were in the following target areas:

 Water and sanitation

 Micro enterprise set-up
 Education
 Primary health care
 Agriculture /food security
 Skills training

The committee is comprised as follows:

Chairman: Peadar Faherty

Vice Chair: Martin Ryan (retired)
Secretary: Aoife Rickard
Treasurer: Lorraine McFadden

Committee Members: Elizabeth Laragy, Mick Bourke (retired), Charles Byrne (retired), Noel
Coughlan (retired)

Finally, the Committee of the RTÉ Staff One World Fund wishes to say a heartfelt “thank you”
to all contributors and are keen to welcome new members at any time. If you think that you
might like to get involved, any of the members would be happy to hear from you or you can
contact them ononeworldfund@rte.ie