The Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas

Dominican Republic & Panama Anti-Money Laundering Tony Fernandez FAVACA’s mission is to promote social and economic development in the Caribbean and the Americas through volunteer service. MISSION STATEMENT

build self-relianceWe build self-reliance We are committed to serveWe are committed to serve We are responsive in a culturallyWe are responsive in a culturally sensitive way We are effective and accountable in all that we doWe are effective and accountable in all that we do Values Dan Johnson Water Quality Dubreuil, Haiti

Programs & Services Florida International Volunteer Corps Good Governance Education Disaster Management Health & Social Partners Security and Threat Reduction Agriculture Environmental Protection Youth Leadership Drug Abuse Prevention Anti-Corruption Initiatives Capacity Building

FAVACA Volunteer Corps Projects: Support sustainable development Encourage economic growth Improve living conditions Protect the environment Promote self-sufficiency Increase productivity Skeether Prather Blacksmith Training Barbados, 1998

DEMAND DRIVEN Corps consultants respond to needs expressed in assistance requests. Kathleen Sullivan Coral Reef Protection Dominican Republic Internet and Computer Training Haiti

RESPONSIVE and ON TIME Technical assistance and training are effective when they are timely and accessible. Florida’s International Volunteer Corps is a small, action-oriented program free of institutional constraints which can burden governments and large private organizations. Requests for volunteers can be made in writing or by phone. FAVA/CA can recruit, screen and place volunteers in weeks, not months or years. Firefighter Training Figueroa-Rodriguez Guatemala Maria

ProfessionalExchange by Specialty Fund Raising - 2% Disaster Management 10% Agriculture & Environment - 11% Planning – 12% Information Systems – 10% Business Other – 9% Health and Social Programs 40% Development –6%

Support & Revenue 35% 52% 13% State Federal Private, Other, In kind

Tallahassee, Florida’s Capital 1310 N. Paul Russell Road Tallahassee, FL FAVA/CA Offices are located in: South Florida Office 713 SE 1 st Avenue Hallandale Beach, FL 33009

"Development Partners" Provide Financial and Other Support for Volunteer Corps Activities. The State of Florida American Airlines Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICA U.S. Embassy Barbados - INL U.S. Southern Command U.S. Embassy Barbados - INL U.S. Southern Command U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID U.S. Department of State VOCA - Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance Development Alternatives Inc. Florida Department of Education

Board of Directors Salomon Melgen George C. J. Moore Robert F. Milligan Rudolph Moise Philip Mortimer Charles R. Ranson Steve Toner CHAIR Jeffrey B. Sharkey VICE CHAIR Todd G. Kocourek Philip F. Ashler John C. Bierley W. K. Boutwell, Jr. Gerald Buxbaum Antonio Fernandez Elwin Griffith Ann L. Henderson Jeanette Hyde OFFICERS AT LARGE Robert R. Hendry Cheryl D. G. Jennings Marjorie R. Turnbull SECRETARY Mark Schlakman TREASURER Fred Seamon PAST CHAIRMAN Diane K. McNeel BOARD MEMBERS

FAVACA Staff Tallahassee Office 1310 N. Paul Russell Road Tallahassee, Florida USA Phone: (850) Fax: (850) Julieta N. Valls President David G. Schmeling Vice President Stephanie Reaves Director of Finance and Administration Kay Cranley Assistant Director of Administration Benjamin H. Fleming International Programs Manager Demian A. Pasquarelli Information Systems

South Florida Office 713 SE 1st Avenue Hallandale Beach, Fl Phone: (954) Fax: (954) Marc A. Roger International Programs Manager Rebecca Director of Development Natasha Marks International Programs Coordinator Maria Malterer International Programs Coordinator Celia Silva Administrative FAVACA Staff