OUR WORK IN THE PAST
SUMMARY
FY 2007- July 06 to June 07
Philippines: In June 2007, we shipped hundreds of school supply kits to Burgos Elementary School in Mindanao. The kids were so happy with their new school supplies and tote bags. AJDF also donated school supplies to Asilo dela Milagrosa, an orphanage in Cebu City, Visayas region. AJDF’s total shipment in FY 2007 consisted of used computers, school supply kits, used school uniforms, and used books for school library. Lebanon: In June 2007, AJDF granted a request from Fr. Tony Zghendi of Don Bosco Technique, a school in Lebanon. Father Tony requested a donation to replace their old white boards. They needed 172 boards. Due to our financial difficulties, we were able to donate money for 25 white boards only. We hope to raise more money in our next fiscal year and continue helping the school. Afghanistan: On February 5, 2007, AJDF contributed $5000.00 to International Relief and Development (IRD) to help them pay for transportation of blankets from New Delhi to Kabul Afghanistan. 
Philippines Lebanon Afghanistan
FY 2006-July 05 to June 06
Philippines: AJDF shipped computers, encyclopedias, used clothing and other educational equipments to public schools in Mindanao, Philippines. AJDF also donated Walmart gift cards and cleaning supplies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the Bayou la Batre area.
Plan: Due to an accelerating global shortage in ships, resulting in fewer cubic feet of shipping space available to be donated to charity shipping which has been our Foundation’s life-blood, we have started as of mid-2006 to temporarily divert our emphasis on normal operations to an emphasis on AJDF leading an effort to persuade our Government to adopt a policy that will alleviate this difficulty. The objective of this policy would be to increase the amount of aid charities can afford to send overseas by instituting a tax break to shipping-related corporations for providing “services-in-kind” to international humanitarian 501©3 organizations like ours.
This tax break would be the equivalent to the tax break given for the donation of “goods-in-kind” such as donating computers, medical equipment, agricultural machines and the like. This would motivate shipping-related companies like steamship lines, freight forwarders, freight handlers, etc. to donate these services to charity shipping operations. This foundation effort requires much work for us with Bar Associations, shipping interests, and Congressional parties for support for the new legislation.
FY 2005 & 2004
The TRANSFORM Program provided specialized shipments of equipment and supplies to enhance existing programs in Central & South America and the Caribbean in support of the Humanitarian Assistance Program of the U.S. Southern Command. We managed the collection, transportation, and coordination for designated projects.
Shipments consisting of school supplies, school desks, etc. were sent to the following countries:
PANAMA: 10/04 Two forty foot containers of educational items were scheduled for shipment to Panama. Included in this shipment were over 300 school desks and school supply kits for individual students. School equipment donated by Humanitarian Education & Relief Services, Inc. of Ohio.
The schools that received the items:
1) Boca de Drago Elementary School, Province of Bocas del Toro
2) Quebrada Ancha Elementary School, Province of Colon
3) Aquilino Dominguez Elementary School, Buenos Aires,
Province of Los Santos
4/05 Later in the year- , another container was shipped to Chitre, Panama in order to support the request to help complete a community center co-located with the community hospital of Macaras. The furniture for the community center was donated by Bless the Children, Inc. of Clearwater, FL.
GUYANA: 11/04 - One forty foot container was shipped to Georgetown, Guyana to support schools with school equipment and supplies. The American Embassy confirmed the distribution of school furnishings to schools in Georgetown in partnership with the Ministry of Education. School equipment was donated by Humanitarian Education & Relief Services, Inc. of Ohio.
HAITI: 4/05 - To respond to the situations in Haiti, educational supplies and equipment were requested to support existing project in country to be shipped along with the scheduled medical supplies. Two 40 foot containers of school furnishings and school supplies w/ totebags and backpacks sent to Gonaives, Haiti. Coordination with the following organizations enabled the projects in Haiti to be filled with school equipment and supplies: Humanitarian Education & Relief Services, Inc., Bless the Children, Inc., Air Commando Association & McCoskrie Threshold Foundation. Five schools received the school furnishings and school supplies in Gonaives, Haiti.
EL SALVADOR: 4/05 - One 40 foot of student desks, teacher desks, and several folding tables were shipped to San Vicente, El Salvador 26 April. The school furnishings were donated by Bless the Children, Inc. Distribution took place to the following schools in San Vicente:
La Esparanza School - A three room school constructed directly across the street from existing school received school equipment. The school had 479 students and serves a community of 4,000 residents.
Las Flores School - A four room school constructed in a community of 1800 local residents. This is the first school to be built in this community. The school was to have five teachers with more than 200 students in grades K to 8. Students will attend for half a day in shifts of 100 morning and 100 afternoon.
NICARAGUA: 4/05 - One 40 foot container school equipment shipped door to door, Tampa, FL to Chinandaga, NICARAGUA. Donations were provided by Bless the Children, Inc. The following schools received the items:
1. Solo Cristo Salva School - A two room school serving a community of 2,000 local residents.
2. Villanueva School - There are over 500 students at this school with grades K to 5 with 50 students per class who attend during the day. The school serves the entire community of Villanueva, a community of roughly 29,000 regional residents.
3. Nueva Esperanza School - Serves the community of Brisa del Moto of 145 local residents in 35 families. The new school had 1 teacher with 32 students in grades K - 4. The existing school was nothing more than a shelter with chickens wandering through.
6/05 – A second set of shipments was sent to Managua, Nicaragua. This shipment consisted of over 500 student school desks, school supplies, etc. to be distributed to designated humanitarian assistance projects in and around Managua.
BELIZE: 6/05 - Over 245 school desks, 200 student school supply kits, hygiene items (soap, shampoo, etc.) were shipped to Toledo, Belize. These items were distributed to schools outside Punta Gorda. Through the Ministry of Education, the items were distributed to the principals of the schools.
In previous years, similar projects consisting of educational equipment and supplies were sent to projects in the following countries:
FY04: GRENADA, HONDURAS, GUATEMALA HAITI
FYO3: BOLIVIA, GUYANA, URUGUAY, PANAMA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, and BELIZE.
In FY02: NICARAGUA AND EL SALVADOR.
Humanitarian Aid Shipments:
In addition to the above projects, The Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation, through the TRANSFORM Program, has provided services to enable the cost effective delivery of international humanitarian aid shipments. For the past three years, ongoing shipments of humanitarian aid from the NGO community have been made to the following countries (our Annual Reports FY04, FY 05 and FY06 provide further information as well):
HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA, EL SALVADOR, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, PHILIPPINES
Shipments to the above countries consist of medical equipment, school supplies, agricultural development equipment, clothing, furniture, etc. for orphanages, retirement homes, hospitals, clinics, schools, and more through Latin America and the Caribbean.
New countries FY04: PHILIPPINES
New countries FY03: ANGOLA, SOUTH AFRICA, UGANDA, and DJIBOUTI
Shipment History
In the beginning (FY00/FY01), TRANSFORM’s fundamental operating system was established and international shipments began starting with four domestic moves (FY00) to 54 international shipments (FY01), valued at $5 Million. In FY02, the program continued to expand and tripled its shipment rate – over 150 shipments, valued over $9.9 Million were made to countries such as Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and El Salvador. In FY03, our first shipments to Africa began (Angola, South Africa, Uganda and Djibouti); our shipment rate reached the 30/month mark in May and June reaching record highs. In FY05, TRANSFORM has focused primarily on the countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica to help reduce the cost of shipping for humanitarian aid. In FY06, Great White Fleet increased the special ocean rate that was given to TRANSFORM, so NGO's who shipped through us in the past started shipping directly through them.
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