Review of projects

With UBS funding, WaterAid will deliver a two year reconstruction project to over 50,000 tsunami-affected people .

Organization
WaterAid's aim is to relieve poverty and suffering through the improvement of water supplies, sanitation, advice and education on related health matters.

Project
With UBS funding, WaterAid will deliver a two year reconstruction project to over 50,000 tsunami-affected people by not only restoring water, sanitation and hygiene facilities to their pre-tsunami condition, but to a standard which will ensure lasting health benefits. The charity will introduce new technologies appropriate to tsunami-affected areas (such as plastic latrine pans and child-friendly lavatories), bring the first total sanitation campaign to tsunami affected communities, building a community where 100% of the people have access to a latrine and are practicing safe hygiene habits. They will widen access to safe, clean water and also work to prevent the spread of disease in the temporary accommodation where tsunami victims continue to reside.

Volunteering
Teams of 10 UBS employees are invited to run the final stage of the total sanitation of villages affected by the tsunami. Others can come as individuals to provide financial training for staff and assist with the business dimension of new livelihood opportunities for tsunami-affected people in e.g.: soap-making and water harvesting techniques.

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UBS funding will enable the organization to teach environmentally sustainable and financially viable techniques to over 50,000 impoverished, tsunami-affected people.

Organization
Pitchandikulam Forest's activities include organic farming, the establishment of traditional medicine dispensaries, literacy and tuition programmes, computer training, eco-clubs and libraries, women's self-help group programs and local income-generating activities such as nursery development, medicinal plant formulation and micro-finance.

Project
UBS funding will enable the organization to teach environmentally sustainable and financially viable techniques to enable over 50,000 impoverished, tsunami-affected people to access a education and earn a living from the natural resources of their area. This comprehensive regeneration project will also work in 15 village schools, where its creative education curriculum will raise attendance, aspirations and achievement. The program also includes health education and best practice centers.

Volunteering
UBS employees are invited to help deliver the curriculum in schools, train local people in income generation techniques and business planning, and plant the 25,000 seedlings which should grow to provide natural protection against future tsunamis. They can stay in the Forest guesthouses in an area of outstanding beauty, and if need be use the conference facilities for off-sites.

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UBS has committed funds to IDEP to build an entire village as a training center to disseminate its highly productive, chemical-free, economical and sustainable farming and income generation programs.

Organization
IDEP was among the first aid agencies to reach tsunami survivors in Nias and Aceh. The organization now focuses on longer-term reconstruction to help Acehnese people to attain food security, rebuild their communities sustainably and learn community-based crisis response skills.

Project
UBS has committed funds to IDEP to build an entire village as a training center to disseminate its highly productive, chemical-free, economical and sustainable farming and income generation programs. Using a combination of in-house and outreach education, IDEP will work directly with at least 1,000 local people to give them the opportunity to learn about, see and try for themselves farming techniques which move beyond rice and subsistence to produce internationally saleable and lucrative essential oils, soaps and honey. It is hoped that these may be purchased and used by the firm as client gifts this time next year.

Volunteering
There are currently security risk issues with access to Aceh but this is a three year program and the situation may improve. If it does, IDEP would welcome marketing and business advice for its business-start-up clients, and assistance developing and delivering the 'Small Enterprise Development' module. The UBS Ecology team is providing support with carbon credit measurement and environmental expertise.

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With UBS support, IOM is building an orphanage for 65 children a year, and a non-formal education facility for the 11 orphanages (725 children) on the Indonesian island of Nias. Organization
IOM is an inter-governmental organisation which works with migrants and governments to respond to migration challenges such as the tsunami, which has left over a million people homeless and vulnerable to the increased levels of child and female trafficking. It does so, in part, by empowering vulnerable parties to earn a living and providing safe zones for orphaned children.

Project
With UBS support, IOM is building an orphanage for 65 children a year, and a non-formal education facility for the 11 orphanages (725 children) on the Indonesian island of Nias. Nias has been devastated not only by the tsunami but also by subsequent earthquakes in 2005. The UBS-funded facilities are designed to rehabilitate the children and protect them from dangerous outside influences such as child traffickers. The vocational education is not confined to the orphanages' non-formal education facility as UBS is also funding a livelihood program for 500 parents to provide them with long term access to capital through commercial vending (e.g. duck eggs, groceries, food, cafes), agriculture (including salt farming and duck husbandry), fish-drying/salting and food production. The livelihood program also aims to raise awareness of trafficking risks and techniques amongst 3,000 Nias people.

Volunteering
Employees are invited to assist IOM's displaced people in learning business skills (accounting, marketing, finance), to teach skills to small groups at the orphanage education facility and also to assist those who are rebuilding their businesses by decorating and renovating their premises.

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UBS has donated funds to two projects which jointly address the long-term rehabilitation of one badly tsunami-affected village. Organization
HOPE's objectives are to assist the children who suffer through being handicapped, orphaned, poor and exploited in developing countries. This is achieved through the provision, promotion and advancement of children's rights and access to basic necessities, including education and health care.

Project
UBS has donated funds to two projects which jointly address the long-term rehabilitation of one badly tsunami-affected village, especially children and women orphaned, semi-orphaned and impoverished by the disaster. The first is a two year program to restore and re-invigorate tsunami affected agricultural land for 1,500 people and train local farmers how to work. The second provides vocational education – tailoring, bookbinding, IT, food processing – for 3,000 women and young people who have lost their homes and livelihoods.

Volunteering
HOPE would welcome support from employees with their vocational and children's education programs.

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In addition to funding two schools in Bangkok, UBS has been the key supporter of HDF's tsunami relief projects in Khao Lak, which include housing, schools, fishing boats, the provision of safe water and more recently a school kitchen refurbishment project.

Organization
Human Development Foundation focuses on helping the children and communities of the Bangkok slums. The organisation builds and operates schools, improves family health and welfare, protects street children's rights and offers shelter to orphans.

Project
In addition to funding two schools in Bangkok, UBS has been the key supporter of HDF's tsunami relief projects in Khao Lak, which include housing, schools, fishing boats, the provision of safe water and more recently school kitchen refurbishment project. This ensures tsunami-affected children access to at least one nutritious meal a day. Using school and government links which have been generated by HDF's tsunami relief work, UBS is now funding an education and scholarship programme which will enable over 3,000 tsunami-affected children to access a higher level of education. In particular, all of the above programs have targetted the marginalised sea gypsy community.

Volunteering
About 100 staff from 7 countries have volunteered with HDF in Khao Lak to rebuild Thung Wah village and surrounding schools.

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Through SIF, UBS is supporting a women's empowerment program, which trains and facilitates women to sew school uniforms for Acehnese children.

Organization
SIF, an existing UBS partner charity in Singapore, has helped to source three small, grassroots projects in Indonesia.

Project
Through SIF, UBS is supporting a women's empowerment program, which trains and facilitates women to sew school uniforms for Acehnese children. This provides viable, sustainable employment as well as affordable clothing for children, whose inadequate clothing was leading to stigmatization at school. UBS is also funding the reconstruction of a charity headquarters and a clinic which had been providing reproductive healthcare and other general medical services in Aceh for 8 years prior to the tsunami.

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UBS is jointly funding a project to enhance the lives of 9,500 people in 20 villages on the Indian islands of the South and Middle Andaman.

Organization
Terre des Hommes asserts and protects children's rights, seeking to relieve distress by providing food, care, family and lasting support.

Project
UBS is jointly funding a project to enhance the lives of 9,500 people in 20 villages on the Indian islands of the South and Middle Andaman, which have, to date, received less aid than other parts of the country. It will ensure all pupils have access to education through the provision of school fees, school uniforms and a school bag with textbooks. In addition, TDH will provide viable livelihood options for the community, cash for local workers to repair, renovate and maintain schools and housing, and children's development centres to deliver psychosocial, educational and other development support for children.

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