Annual report 2021

Annual report 2021
Caroline Vuillemin - Directrice générale

The beginning of 2022, marked by a new war whose international consequences remain largely unknown, encourages us to work even harder towards our ambition: the existence of free media in fair, democratic and peaceful societies.

Caroline Vuillemin - General Director

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Tony Burgener - Président du Conseil

Factual and accurate information focused on essential needs has become a tool that offers people not only a glimmer of hope in often desperate situations but also a compass to help regain a little humanity.

Tony Burgener - Chairman of the Board

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Highlights 2021

Our Annual Report goes digital

246 team members worldwide

Studio Kalangou, 1st African media certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative – JTI

Launch of the Burundi Project

Policy paper on « Our Response to Disinformation »

5 Studies on Media Impact

Key numbers

10

10

Media operations in 20 countries, on 3 continents

12522

12522

Hours of audio programmes

327

327

Hours of video programmes

10602

10602

Articles on the Web

1159470

1159470

Users of our websites

542172

542172

Followers on Facebook and Twitter

545

545

Medias supported

7

7

Million regular listeners of our 6 media (Kantar survey 2020)

Our Operations in 2021

Fondation Operations in 2021

Our Impact

We like Radio Ndeke Luka very much because it changes our way of seeing things. It opens our eyes on misinformation and how we have to verify information before we act. Awareness must continue.

Testimony gathered in the Central African Republic during a focus group organized in the village of Voudambala, near the town of Mbaiki, with a group of 12 young women aged between 15 and 29 years old.

When you arrive in a place, you are disoriented. On the radio, very important information is given. It is thanks to Studio Yafa that I learned there was a camp in such and such a place and that I could go there. Otherwise I would have just wandered around the town.

Abdoul Ouedraogo (not his real name), displaced Burkinabe.

Project expenditure

2021 projectsin CHF
COVID- 19 3 089 816
CAR 2 719 426
Niger 1 901 108
Mali 1 836 763
Headquarters 1 464 083
Burkina Faso 1 199 458
DRC 604 836
Madagascar 478 417
Transitional Justice 411 094
Myanmar 284 876
Bangladesh 216 411
Burundi 107 310
New projects 74 228
Research 64 083
Tunisia 50 329
Media education 4 245
TOTAL 14 506 483

Our 2021 Accounts

Operating account of Fondation Hirondelle (in Swiss francs)

20212020
INCOME  
Public funding 12 322 964 12 089 166
Private funding 2 043 238 1 420 153
Other income 828 310 743 837
TOTAL INCOME15 194 512 14 253 156
Income allocated by the Fondation 1 071 770 900 210
Tied funds --
Allocated funds 14 122 742 13 352 947
2021 2020
EXPENDITURE
Direct project expenditure		  
Staff 6 905 149 6 940 431
Operations 5 672 498 4 804 555
Equipment 464 752 446 061
 13 042 399 12 191 047
Administrative expenditure hirondelle  
Staff 638 466 732 241
Operations 478 480 329 482
Equipment 31 472 37 391
 1 148 418 1 099 114
Fundraising and communication expenditure  
Staff 246 538 201 192
Operations 68 989 116 678
Equipment 139-
 315 666 317 870
TOTAL EXPENDITURE14 506 483 13 608 030
Operating result 688 029 645 125
Financial results  
Financial income121456
Loss on foreign exchange -184 212-127 475
 -184 091-127 019
Exceptionnal result  
Exceptionnal Expenditures and Incomes-13 368-1 311
 -13 368-1 311
Annual result before allocations490 570516 795
Allocations / deductions  
Allocations to equity capital-490 570-516 795
Surplus/(deficit) for the year --

Financial Resources

Public funding
Private funding
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