New Dawn Rovers Humanitarian Aid Project March 2012 London - Tindouf Western Sahara

1. House of Commons 2010
Presentation by
Martin Dewhurst

2. 170,000
displaced people from the
Western Sahara
(less than 1% of the world refugee total)

3. aid is costing
£34,000,000
every year

4. Nett result:
Aid Dependency

5. Our Vision is:
Cultural & Environmental Change
through Inspired Action

6. It’s time to break the
dependency cycle

7. Solution = permaculture
Permaculture Research Institute – link to short film clip

8. ‘Permanent agriculture’
making sure we can
sustain
human activities for
many generations to come.

9. Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally
productive ecosystems

10. Nadia Lawton – Jordan desert before Permaculture

11. Nadia Lawton – Jordan desert 12 months on after Permaculture

12. Permaculture stats:
uses only
20%
of the water used in
traditional large scale farming

13. Permaculture stats:
Renews degraded soil,
turns sand into soil

14. Permaculture stats:
One 12 acre food forest
=
sustainability for 120 people
Self sustaining in 3 years

15. Hand up, not hand out
This is not about making aid ‘effective’
It’s about involving the whole community
in ending aid dependency for good

16. Cultural Change through
Inspired Action

17. Value proposition
Does it add up?
Yes
and only when we
think out of the box

18. 70,000
school aged children enter the
youth justice system every year

19. Up to 68%
Re-offend within one year of release

20. 75%
of 18-20 year olds re-offend
within 2 years of release

21. £40,000
every year to keep 1 person in prison

22. Nett result:
State Dependency

23. Making Change Happen

24. Using best practice models
re-offending rate down to 7%
(Source: National Grid Young Offenders Programme)

25. £17.4m saving for every 100 young
offenders who are turned around
(Source: National Grid Young Offenders Programme)

26. UK Youth Training & Development
ECO School Project Convoy & Discovery Training
Youth Training Program leading to Partnership with Refugee Groups

27. Creating sustainable food security for refugees and training for UK Youth

28. Starting with a school garden and working towards a series of 12 acre food forests

29. Change happens when people are empowered
to make the change themselves
Self Discipline, Leadership and Teamwork

30. Sustainable Development and Empowerment Cycle

31. Our Vision
Cultural change through inspired action
Our Mission
To enable young people to engage in development projects to improve lives and build
communities
How you can help
Sponsorships are available throughout the project. You can sponsor a specific project,
a vehicle, a team, a GYO Food Box to support a refugee
family to grow its own food.
Further Information
Please contact Project Coordinator Martin Dewhurst on mobile 07951 708171, office
01422 416157 or email martin@project-department.co.uk
New Dawn is a pilot project of The Penny On Trust registered number 1113804