Developing Radio Partners Inc.

“Governing board review of form 990 prior to its filing with the irs, an electronic copy of final form 990 is provided to each voting member of the governing board for review.”

“Monitoring and enforcement of conflicts policy any director who believes he or she may have such a conflict of interest shall so notify the board prior to deliberation on the matter in question, and the board shall make the final determination as to whether any director has a conflict of interest in any matter. The minutes of the board meeting shall reflect disclosure of any conflict of interest and the recusal of the interested director.”

“Process for determining officer compensation board discusses salary as they review and approve the budget.”

“Public availability of other documents copies of drp's governing documents, financial statements and form 990 are available for inspection upon request. They are also available for inspection at drp's administrative office.”

“Developing radio partners is a nonprofit and media development organization which works with teams operating local radio stations in developing countries. They provide them with the skills. Content and methodologies they need to bring reliable information services on development topics to their listeners. Drp was active in zambia and malawi during the year. Drp received $35,042 from population reference bureau to implement a project on youth and sexual reproductive health in malawi. The project involved three partner radio stations in nkhotakota,monkey bay and zomba. The stations were nkhotakota community radio, dzimwe community radio and yoneco youth radio. Drp completed its project in zambia on june 30, 2014 that received funding from the u.s. Embassy totaling $31,225. The final report for this project was prepared in the current fiscal year period. Additionally drp received $ 210,350 in the fiscal year, which is shown as deferred revenue on the balance sheet, for work on projects, in cape verde cameroon and rwanda, which commenced just after the end of the fiscal year. The bulk of this project was concluded in the first half of the succeeding fiscal year, and will be included in the support schedule for that year. Were the project included in this fiscal year the public support percentage for 2014 would have exceed 33%. Malawi: objectives the objective of this project was to disseminate through community radio stations accurate information about malawi's rapid population growth and its consequences, including impact from climate change, in order to inform the public, opinion leaders, and decision-makers. This was achieved by: - building the skills and knowledge of community radio staff to produce sustainable programming that provides accurate information about population-related issues and to engage community members and decision-makers in discussions of those issues. - training young people to develop and produce youth-oriented programs that address early childbearing and the benefits of education and to provide them with a forum where they can discuss these issues with their peers and inform decision-makers. The funds from usaid were dispersed to drp as part of a sub-award grant from the population reference bureau. Action: drp conducted training at each of the three community-based stations. The stations produced approximately 140 radio programs. In addition, dzimwe radio, created a radio program called "youth take action" - involving 14 young people. In addition, the station produced nearly 30 public service announcements focusing on youth and sexual reproductive health. Nkhotakota community radio youth set up a facebook site and called it "let's talk for change." the station also called its radio program the same name and used poetry, music, youth testimonials and radio drama to reach out to their peers about sexual reproductive health. Yoneco youth radio created a program for the project called youth talk that fields dozens of phone calls and sms messages each week from young people. The total number of training hours per station was: - dzimwe - approximately 80 hours - nkhotakota - approximately 64 hours - yoneco - approximately 104 hours number of people trained per station: - approximately 14 people trained at dzimwe (5 males/9 females) - approximately 14 people trained at nkhotakota (6 males/8 females) - approximately 17 people trained at yoneco fm (13 males/4 females) impact - monkey bay hospital began making antiretroviral drugs available on its mobile clinic, in may, after responding to youth concerns during a dzimwe radio program. Youth described having to walk seven miles to get the drugs. Now the mobile clinic comes to their village. - in late may, ntcheu police, near monkey bay, say they've received 177 reports of rape and cases of incest so far this year - compared to five last year. Ntcheu police spokesperson gift chitowe attributes the uptick in reporting to public service announcements on dzimwe radio u”

“Zambia: with funds provided by the u.s. Embassy in lusaka, zambia, developing radio partners implemented a yearlong project, our environment, our future on climate change with 12 partner community radio stations with combined transmission signals that cover virtually the entire country. The project ended on june 30, 2014; however, the final report and other data became available in the current fiscal year period. Objective the aim of 'our environment, our future,' was to empower rural zambians with information on the causes of climate change and what they could do to mitigate and adapt to this change. The project sought to enrich the station's existing radio programs, encourage the development of new ones and assist the stations in interacting with their communities by organizing and hosting activities that bring greater awareness to citizens about the issue of climate change. Activities the project was launched with a workshop in lusaka with the twelve partner radio stations. To further enrich the project, drp offered mentoring and monitoring throughout the year and provided the partner stations with weekly bulletins to assist them with programs on environmental issues. Each bulletin looked in-depth at an issue or problem - and offered a solution or solutions. Clive saviye, formerly of zambezi fm, in livingstone wrote: "they have proved very useful for my news bulletins. I hope to receive more literature from you i wait anxiously." overall, the project led to the creation of more than 400 magazine programs, documentaries, talk shows, panel discussions, debates and news items on environmental issues. Topics covered a host of issues - including permaculture and conservation farming, the economic impact of environmental changes on communities, water shortages and their impact on women, energy efficient stoves, desertification and deforestation, irrigation, drought-resistant crops, alternative fuels, biochar to enrich the soil, solar energy and groundwater contamination. Impact the project has sparked action by local communities, members of parliament and local government, including tree plantings, changes in farming techniques and a law to stop indiscriminate cutting of trees. - legislation passed in zambian parliament banning the indiscriminate cutting of trees. The legislation was introduced in parliament by mp kennedy chipungu after chipungu took part in drp-sponsored community activity on deforestation organized by yatsani fm in lusaka. - after a drp workshop, radio reporter laura hamusonde of mazabuka radio, has begun helping innovative farmers produce their own shows to convince other farmers to adopt "green" techniques. Twenty farmers are involved and have trained 200 other farmers. When the innovative farmers visit other farmers to demonstrate the techniques, ms hamusonde's station goes, too, and broadcasts the demonstrations live. - mkushi community radio held a community activity at a school in mikunku, about 60 kilometers from mkushi. About 200 people planted 700 eucalyptus and pine trees on about one hectare of deforested land. The activity was broadcast live on mkushi radio. - in livingstone, more than 3,600 trees (indigenous and fruit varieties) were planted during a community activity by zambezi fm - and community members learned permaculture techniques and how to build wood-saving clay cook stoves. - a city council member in lusaka's mtendere ward 30, has, through yatsani's radio programmes, encouraged his community to plant trees. He secured 400 trees from lusaka city council that were distributed to individuals in his ward to plant. Based upon the above facts & circumstances, we believe that drp is operating as & should continue to be classified as a public charity.”

“Consultants: program service expenses 27,652. Management and general expenses 5,717. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 33,369.”