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Development Workshop (DW) is a non-profit organisation working to improve settlements and livelihoods of the poor in less-developed communities. We have worked in Angola since 1981, for many years as the only NGO in the country, initially at the national government’s request to assist with self-help housing. We participated with local government and community based partners in the first integrated squatter-upgrading program in the musseque (informal settlement) of Luanda, and have been instrumental in building the capacity of Angolan civil society partners during the crucial years since 1991.

DW has worked for many years through a protracted and complex humanitarian crisis in Angola, but we have always aimed to build local capacities and search for sustainable solutions even within the emergency environment. With the end of the war, we have been uniquely positioned as a “development organisation” to meet the new needs of transition and re-construction.


DW: the Bigger Picture
Our work in Angola is part of a larger international programme of work. Our programmes include shelter, peri-urban upgrading, water supply and sanitation, microfinance and small enterprise development, peacebuilding, governance and disaster mitigation. DW’s strategy is to strengthen the capacity of communities and organisations to act on development problems and opportunities. Founded in 1973, DW has worked with communities, grassroots organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), local and national government authorities and international organisations in more than 30 countries.

DW’s work is funded on a project basis by grants from NGOs, national and international development agencies and private foundations. DW is registered as a non-profit group and does not raise funds directly from the public. Aside from Angola, DW has offices in Canada, France, Burkina Faso and Viet Nam. Development Workshop won the 1998 World Habitat Award for our work over 20 years in the Sahel.

We are funded from a variety of institutional, government and private sector sources. These includes (with % of total funding): United Kingdom Government (DFID) 48%, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) 13%, Norwegian Cooperation (NORAD) 10%, Dutch Government 6.5%, ESSO (Angola) 5%, Swiss Development Corporation (SDC-SHA) 4%, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 3%, NOVIB (Netherlands) 2.5%, United Nations (UNDP) 2% and International Centre for Development Research’s ACACIA 2%. Other important donors include the European Union, One World Action (UK), Christian Aid (UK), Trocaire (Ireland), Intermon (Spain), British Petroleum International, and NiZA (Netherlands).


Highlights of DW’s work in Angola include:
  • Instituting community management of basic services such as water supply and sanitation through a partnership among community user groups, local government, and the utility company. Social mobilisation teams work with the beneficiaries to develop mechanisms that ensure their ongoing active participation in the management and maintenance of new services.
  • Setting up in 1989 of AngoNet, the first Internet connection in Angola that has promoted the use of Information Communications Technology by Angolan civil society partners for advocacy and distance education.
  • Supporting peacebuilding since 1999, which for the first time brought together all of the major church organisations and national NGOs to advocate for peace. Implementing the first ever microfinance program in Angola that has loaned US$2million since 2000 to upwards of 8,000 clients in two provinces with a repayment rate (in 2005) of 97%.
  • Seminal research on: land rights, beneficiary assessment in water and sanitation, communities and reconstruction, household survival and coping mechanisms, demobilisation and resettlement.
  • Engaging in advocacy for land tenure rights and against socio-economic exclusion of the poor in the informal sector market.
  • With over 20 years of research and practice in Angola, we have been able to offer lessons for replication and influence policy in sectors of urban and rural poverty reduction. We currently have offices in both Luanda and Huambo.


QUEM SOMOS

Somos uma organização sem fins lucrativos que trabalha para a melhoria dos assentamentos humanos e meios de vida dos pobres em comunidades menos desenvolvidas.
Trabalhamos em Angola desde 1981, Por muitos anos fomos a única ONG no pais , inicialmente a convite do Governo para assistência a um projecto integrado de autoconstrução dirigida dirigido a melhoria de musseques de Luanda.
O nosso trabalho foi fundamental na capacitação dos parceiros da sociedade civil angolana desde 1991.
Na DW trabalhamos sempre num ambiente proactivo e complexo e o nosso objectivo foi sempre capacitar ao nível local e procurar por soluções sustentáveis mesmo em ambiente de emergência. Com o fim da guerra assumimos a nossa vocação de “organização de desenvolvimento” para responder as novas necessidades de transição e reconstrução.

QUEM NOS FINANCIA
Somos financiados por varias instituições , governos e sector privado. Os mais importantes são :
Governo do Reino Unido (DFID) , Agencia de Desenvolvimento Internacional do Canada (CIDA) Cooperação Norueguesa (NORAD), Governo Holandes, ESSO (Angola) Cooperação Suica(SDC-SHA), Agencia para o Desenvolvimento Internacional dos Estados Unidos (USAID) , NOVIB (Holanda), Nações Unidas(UNDP) e Centro Para Desenvolvimento de Pesquisas ACACIA . União Europeia, One World Action (UK), Christian Aid (UK), Trocaire (Irlanda), Intermon (Espanha), British Petroleum International, and NiZA (Holanda).•

DESTAQUES DO NOSSO TRABALHO EM ANGOLA
• Instituição de serviços básicos com gestão comunitária tais como agua e saneamento através de parcerias entre os grupos de consumidores das comunidades, governos locais e provedores de serviços, equipas de mobilização social trabalham com os beneficiários para desenvolver mecanismos que asseguram a sua participação activa e continua na gestão e manutenção dos novos serviços.
• Estabelecimento em 1989 da AngoNet, a primeira conexão de internet em Angola que promoveu o uso das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação pela sociedade civil Angolana tanto para advocacia como para a educação a distancia.
• Apoio a Construção da Paz desde 1999, que pela primeira vez congregou pela primeira vez todas as grandes igrejas e ONGs nacionais na advocacia pela paz.
• Implementação da primeiro programa de microfinanças de todos os tempos em Angola que concedeu credito avaliado em US$2milhoes desde 2000 ate a data a mais de 8,000 clientes em duas províncias com uma taxa de reembolso de 97%. Em 2005
• Pesquisa em : direitos fundiários, acesso a agua e saneamento pelos beneficiários, comunidades e reconstrução , mecanismos de sobrevivência das famílias, desmobilização e reassentamento.
• Engajamento na advocacia pelo direito a posse de terra e contra a exclusão socio-económica dos pobres no sector informal do mercado.
• Com mais de 20 anos de pesquisa e trabalho em Angola fomos capazes de partilhar lições aprendidas para replicação e a formulação de politicas publicas nos sectores da redução da pobreza urbana e rural.
Huambo Community News

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Annual Report

The following documents are our Annual Reports before 2005.
These reports give details of our programmes and provides an update on our achievements, as well as outlining future plans.

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