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FRIENDS OF INHARRIME

Dubuque, IA   |  www.friendsofinharrime.org

Mission

Friends of Inharrime is an American organization focused on the support of children and families living in poverty in Mozambique. The organization works closely with the Salesian Sisters in the Mozambican village of Inharrime to support the implementation of various health, nutrition, and social-support programs. In the United States, Friends of Inharrime is primarily a fundraising organization. Funds are currently provided to support a school lunch program at the Laura Vicuna Secondary School in Inharrime, a nutrition support program for infants, and a child-sponsorship program that provides monthly support for the nutritional, medical and educational needs of children.

Ruling year info

2010

President

Dr. Mary Becker Rysavy

Co Principal Officer

Dr. Matthew Rysavy

Main address

3065 Vail Trail Ct

Dubuque, IA 52001 USA

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EIN

27-0699179

NTEE code info

International Development, Relief Services (Q30)

Nutrition Programs (K40)

Philanthropy / Charity / Voluntarism Promotion (General) (T50)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Mozambique remains a very poor nation -- greater than 60% of its residents are estimated to live in extreme poverty. According to the UN World Food Programme, Mozambique recently ranked 181 of 189 countries in the 2020 Human Development Index, 103 of 107 in the 2020 Global Hunger Index, and 127 of 162 in the 2019 Gender Inequality Index. Many children come to school in Inharrime without having eaten, and they have a hard time focusing on studies with empty stomachs.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

School Lunch Program

More than 800 students at the Laura Vicuña's elementary school in Inharrime, Mozambique, receive a small loaf of bread each day as a school lunch. Many of the students do not eat anything before they come to school. As can be imagined, they have a very hard time concentrating if they don’t eat. Through this program, they get something to eat each day and they are better able to focus on their studies – teachers report that they do noticeably better in school after eating.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth

Infants with failure to thrive in Mozambique have very few options for nutritional support. Our program provides infant formula and baby food for infants identified at the local health post and enrolled in our program.

Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of children reached with a meal each school day

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

School Lunch Program

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We aim to decrease hunger in Mozambique. We hope to help support growth and thriving for children in Inharrime, Mozambique, through programs that support child health, nutrition and education.

We partner with a local organization that has worked in Mozambique since independence and in Inharrime since 2004 to provide nutritional support to children and families most in need. We fundraise and raise awareness in the United States in order to obtain the resources needed to create ongoing, sustainable programs in Mozambique.

We have provided ongoing support for our main programs for more than a decade. We have a consistent and dedicated board and donor base. We have excellent local partnerships.

In 2021, Friends of Inharrime continued to support programs aimed at supporting nutrition and education for children and families in Inharrime, Mozambique.

We provided 710 students at the Laura Vicuña Primary school with bread each day. The program expanded this year to provide each student more bread and ensured that children did not have to try to learn while hungry.

We supported an average of 20 babies per month (and one set of triplets!) to receive supplemental formula milk through Samuel's Milk program that provides formula for malnourished babies who are unable to nurse or are otherwise failing to thrive.

We sent a donation of cloth menstrual pad packs made by one of our long-time supporters to help girls at the Centro Laura Vicuña orphanage with menstrual hygiene. These packs were beautifully made and much appreciated!

We continued to support children and families through the child sponsorship program, where families come to the Centro Laura Vicuña to receive rice, beans, oil, soap and other basic supplies to keep their families going despite extreme poverty. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salesian sisters at Inharrime continued to support these families. The second photo above shows some of the 237 families in line to receive their donations in December 2021.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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FRIENDS OF INHARRIME

Board of directors
as of 09/13/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Dr. Mary Rysavy

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

John R Becker

Matthew A Rysavy

Mary E Kubanda

Hans L Becker

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 9/11/2022

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

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Disability