ANGEL
FOUNDATION
July
2004
2004/2005
Business Plan
Background
While
monitoring
the UN Relief Web during the years 1999, Angel Foundation became aware
of the requirements for Emergency Response Teams in Southern Sudan.
Responding
to a WFP (World Food Program) web request for assistance in moving a
food
barge through hostile territory along the White Nile Region, Angel
Foundation
formed the first AF team to go to the White Nile Region and assist with
the movement of relief goods on the Nile and in the region. Whilst
expanding
the team operations through the African continent, Angel Foundation
brought
workers to Zimbabwe to build orphanages and schools. Angel Foundation
“Friends”
in the region, include Lady Alexandra Govere (UN Dreamers), co-founder
of the “Assisting AIDS Orphans Project”. Angel Foundation was honored
for
their work with children in the area when Prince Mikhail was personally
honored with a “Totem” of the “Heart” and a Shona rendition to his
name,
“Misharai, Prince of Hearts”. The current area AIDS Orphan project is
the
Golden Bridge Children’s Home in Nakuru, Kenya.
During
the
years of 2000 thru 2002, Angel Foundation teams rescued more than 8000
children from indentured servitude in Sudan and the surrounding
regions.
Many of these children had been used as child soldiers. Angel
Foundation
teams have also worked with UNESCO in Afghanistan; bringing together
educators
to assist with the primary establishment of new schools and education
programs
for the children and accelerated education programs for the girls;
thus,
bringing them to the education levels of the boys and their respective
age groups. It should be noted that the first Angel Foundation team
(went
to Afghanistan shortly after the war) included Prince Mikhail who was
seriously
wounded in Kabul (see photos on AF website: www.angelfoundation.org).
During
the
year 2003, Angel Foundation teams were active in Sudan and DR Congo.
While
United Nation bases for supplies are essential for the survival of many
children and families in the DR Congo; a primary concern to Angel
Foundation
has been the inability of people in the region to get to the relief
camps.
Due to the extreme hostile environment in the area and the length of
time
that these hostilities have been allowed to continue, many of the
indigenous
people have been living in the fields with their families for more than
a year. With a diet of bugs and tree bark, health had deteriorated to
such
a degree for many of the people, that the trip to the UN camps was
impossible.
Angel Foundation teams were sent to the area to assist the people, with
food, water, and health care to enable them to make the trip. Where
possible,
Angel Foundation teams have directly moved the people to the camps. In
the Americas, Angel Foundation has recently completed the building of
an
orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico (see attached photo).
Current
Situation
1.
Russia
There
are an
estimated 2,000,000 children living on the streets of Russia. During
the
summer, the number is said to reach as many as 4,000,000. While the
world
focuses on the Middle East and Africa, the number of children joining
the
ranks of the street children in Russia is staggering. Russia’s state
orphanage
system is unable to accommodate more children. Already bursting with
more
than 620,000 children, the orphanage system is severely under funded.
As
a result, 10 percent of the children in the orphanage system run away,
preferring to take their chances on the streets.
Street
children
in Russia, on average, range from 6 years old to 16 y.o. Girls as young
as 11 years old sell themselves at Metro stops or railway stations,
preferring
to sell themselves for $4 or $6, than starve to death. Children often
find
warmth, by sleeping on the heating grates of the subway stations. The
children
find it normal to eat out of garbage cans and bear their life by
sniffing
Mamyent, a Russian brand of glue. The growing rabble of dirty and pale
children begging on commuter trains or lying comatose after sniffing
glue
has become a national scandal.
2.
Africa
For
nearly
18 years the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) has left a path of destruction
and suffering across northern Uganda. Led by proclaimed “witch doctor”,
Joseph Kony, the LRA has killed, raped and mutilated thousands of
people
in the region. Twenty-thousand children have been abducted - often
forced
to kill their own parents so they have no way back. They are used as
expendable
troops - frequently not even given guns which to fight with. Kony and
his
senior commanders live well, taking the pick of the little girls they
capture
as wives. Angel Foundation teams continue to work in the region to help
the children. UN support is urgently needed.
With
time as
a critical ingredient to the successful deployment of AF teams, Angel
Foundation
is currently establishing seven (7) Crises Management Centers in
strategic
locations throughout the world (see attached map). Each of these
Crises Management Centers (CMC) will include three teams: A) Relief
Team;
dedicated to the direct assistance of other NGOs in the region, B)
Education
Team; dedicated to teaching both the children and educators in the
region,
C) Health Team; dedicated to health care in the region. Each of the
Health
Teams includes a physician and nursing team, providing direct health
care.
Health teams will also assist Medecins Sans Frontiers as needed.
Discussions
are currently taking place with Platicos Foundation, where medical
specialist
(Doctors) will visit each site annually or semi-annually to teach
doctors
in the region to care for the seriously wounded. In many areas,
deformities
(lose of limbs, etc.) to children resulting from war and natural
disasters
need to be addressed. Due to the critical time factor, CMCs also
include
emergency relief supplies. Primary CMCs are located in Ethiopia (Axum),
Zimbabwe, Brazil, India, Kazakhstan, Philippines and Mexico.
Goals
1.
To improve
humanitarian assistance to children by providing proper training to
humanitarian
workers, by:
a. Purchasing a training center in Europe to train humanitarian workers
using the curriculum
developed by OCHA (Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian
Affairs)
in Geneva.
b. Use of training center as a continuation center for emergency
response
teams.
c. Use of the training center to train CMC workers in support of
children
worldwide.
d. Use of the training center for development and distribution of Ed
Box,
educational development
program for children.
2.
To reduce
the number of children living on the streets of Russia by 270,000 or
13.5%
of the
estimated 2,000,000 total, by:
a. Establishing Romanov Houses (orphanage/care centers) to care,
educate
and provide a future
for family (adoption or family) for every child.
b. Assisting with the introduction and implementation of future
government
controlled facilities
for children; supported by the “Tzar” program to increase public
involvement
through hope.
3.
To reduce
response times in emergency situations and provide medical assistance
to
children
and families in emergency situations, worldwide, by:
a. Purchasing and refitting of ships with helicopters to extract
children
in need of emergency
medical attention.
b. Establishing CMCs (Crises Management Centers) in nine (9) strategic
locations worldwide.
4.
To expand
awareness of the plight of children worldwide by:
a. Recognizing and rewarding children and adults who have worked to
help
children worldwide:
Televised annual “Archangel Awards”.
b. Work with Island of Peace Foundation to showcase exceptional
children
worldwide.
Televised performances from the UN Headquarters in New York, Statue of
Liberty
and Ellis Island event.
c. Publicized fund raising:
i. Monte Carlo yacht show
ii. Beverly Hills telethon
iii. New York fashion show
iv. Vienna Royal Ball
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