2014-10-22T15:31:05-05:00 2013-12-31 521656746 FRIEDMAN & ASSOCIATES PC 401 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 330 ROCKVILLE MD 20850 990 2013-01-01 522006333 AMERICAN YOUTH UNDERSTANDING DIABETES ABROAD INC AMER 7035273860 1700 NORTH MOORE STREET NO 2000 ARLINGTON VA 22209 NICOLAS CUTTRISS CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY-TREASURER 7035273860 2014-10-21 1 MARC A FRIEDMAN CPA P00064585 3012798900 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z NICOLAS CUTTRISS 1700 NORTH MOORE STREET NO 2000 ARLINGTON VA 22209 480103 0 X WWW.AYUDAINC.NET X 1996 MD EMPOWER YOUTH TO SERVE AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN DIABETES COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. 4 4 5 49 0 0 528449 480016 0 0 84 87 0 0 528533 480103 0 0 0 0 115743 190204 2634 344 4953 380866 298266 499243 488814 29290 -8711 280979 293309 68992 90036 211987 203273 X EMPOWER YOUTH TO SERVE AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN DIABETES COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. 0 0 450630 AYUDA VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM PRE-PROGRAM TRAINING IS WELL ESTABLISHED AT AYUDA. IN 2013, AYUDA CONTINUED TO IMPROVE ITS VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROCESS WITH ADDITIONAL ONLINE TRAINING SESSIONS (VTP E-COURSE) TO SUPPLEMENT IN-PERSON TRAINING IN WASHINGTON, DC (VTP SUMMIT.) ADDITIONAL CULTURAL ORIENTATION TOOK PLACE IN-COUNTRY. THE PURPOSE OF THE AYUDA VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM (VTP) IS TO PREPARE AYUDA VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THE DIABETES COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY WILL VOLUNTEER. THE AYUDA VTP, OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE, CULTURALLY AWARE, AND WELL-RECEIVED APPROACH TO DIABETES EDUCATION, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING. FOCUSING ON AYUDA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLE OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT, AYUDA TRAINED AND PLACED 31 VOLUNTEERS ABROAD IN 2013. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (DR) VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AYUDA CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION WITH APRENDIENDO A VIVIR (AAV) IN 2013. AAV IS AYUDA'S LOCAL PARTNER IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AND AYUDA HAS BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE ORGANIZATION SINCE 2009. AYUDA CONDUCTED 2 VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS IN THE DR IN 2013. IN ADDITION, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTED A SITE VISITS TO THE DR THAT FOCUSED ON PARTNERSHIP BUILDING, CAPACITY BUILDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE DIABETES OUTREACH STRATEGY, AND COORDINATION OF THE IN-COUNTRY AYUDA VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. DR GANEMOSLE PROGRAM AYUDA LAUNCHED A NEW VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IN THE DR IN 2013, BASED ON A SUCCESSFUL 2012 PILOT PROGRAM: "GANMOSLE LA CARRERA A LA DIABETES"(LET'S BEAT DIABETES RACE). IN 2013, A TEAM OF 11 AYUDA VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTED AAV IN HOSTING THEIR SECOND 5 AND 10K RUN/WALK IN SANTO DOMINGO TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT DIABETES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE. THE VOLUNTEERS VISITED SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SPACES TO PROMOTE EVENT REGISTRATION AND FITNESS EDUCATION. OVERALL MORE THAN 2,500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENTS. DR CAMPO AMIGO PROGRAMAYUDA RECRUITED AND TRAINED A TEAM OF 18 TALENTED AYUDA VOLUNTEERS TO WORK IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE AAV. AFTER UNDERGOING INTENSIVE PRE-PROGRAM TRAINING, AYUDA VOLUNTEERS ARRIVED IN SANTO DOMINGO TO PREPARE DIABETES EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR CONTINUED A NEW TREND OF APPROXIMATELY 50% OF AYUDA VOLUNTEERS LIVING WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES. THE FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAM WAS FOCUSED AROUND DIABETES OUTREACH PROGRAMS WHERE VOLUNTEERS VISITED THE HOMES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES LIVING WITH DIABETES TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR LIVES AND CARE NEEDS. THE OTHER PART OF THE PROGRAM WAS FOCUSED AROUND CAMPO AMIGO DOMINICANO, A CAMP FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DIABETES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CAMP WAS EVIDENCE THAT CHILDREN CAN LIVE HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIVES WITH DIABETES. THERE WERE TWO CAMP SESSIONS. THE FIRST SESSION WAS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO WERE RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES IN THE PAST YEAR; THE SECOND SESSION WAS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED WITH AAV. OVER 250 CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS ATTENDED THE CAMPS. ECUADOR OUTREACHAYUDA CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF ITS LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM: CAMPO AMIGO ECUADOR (CAE) BY PROVIDING OFFICE SPACE FOR THE JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION OF ECUADOR (FDJE), OUR PARTNER IN QUITO, AND BY CONTINUOUS TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT TO CHRIS CAPRON, A YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FELLOW, WHO CONDUCTED INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON PSYCHOSOCIAL BARRIERS TO DIABETES MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE. HAITI OUTREACHAYUDA CONTINUED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL HAITIAN DIABETES COMMUNITY (FHADIMAC: FONDATION HATIENNE DE DIABTE ET DE MALADIES CARDIOVASCULAIRES) IN THE PLANNING OF THEIR SECOND DIABETES CAMP FOR YOUTH WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES. IN APRIL 2013, AYUDA STAFF TRAVELED TO HAITI TO SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DIABETES EDUCATION CAMP PROGRAM. AYUDA HELPED FHADIMAC WITH CAPACITY BUILDING BY INVESTING IN LOCAL DIABETES LEADERS TO HELP THEM DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE DIABETES CAMPING PROGRAM. FOLLOWING THE CAMP PROGRAM, AYUDA INVESTED IN SUPPORTING LOCAL HAITIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITY BUILDING BY CONNECTING HAITIAN YOUTH LEADERS IN NEIGHBORING DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. IN JUNE 2013, APRENDIENDO A VIVIR (AAV), AND FHADIMAC CONTINUED IN ITS SECOND YEAR OF AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM INTEGRATING HAITIAN DIABETES YOUTH LEADERS INTO THE MORE ESTABLISHED 2013 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUMMER PROGRAMS. THE MIX OF VOLUNTEERS HELPED TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ALSO SERVED TO BROADEN THE VISION OF HAITIAN YOUNG LEADERS WITH POSSIBILITIES FOR DYNAMIC DIABETES EDUCATION FOR THEIR OWN LOCAL PROGRAMS. DESPITE THE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES OF VOLUNTEERS, YOUTH AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS FROM MULTIPLE COUNTRIES AYUDA'S MOTTO "JUNTOS SOMOS MS FUERTES" ("TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER") SEEMED TRUER THAN EVER.YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FELLOWSTHIS PROGRAM ENABLES AYUDA TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO AYUDA VOLUNTEERS WHO SEEK TO USE THEIR LEADERSHIP AND DIABETES TRAINING SKILLS IN AN INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECT, BEYOND THE SCOPE OF OUR TRADITIONAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM OFFERINGS. IN 2013, AYUDA SUPPORTED 3 YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FELLOWS.JAMES STOUT RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE DIABETES HANDS FOUNDATION'S BIG BLUE TEST PROGRAM TO CONTINUE HIS AYUDA TRAINING AND LAUNCH A FITNESS AND NUTRITION INITIATIVE WITH 25 PASCUA YAQUI INDIANS LIVING WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN TUCSON ARIZONA. AFTER A YEAR OF TRAINING, THE GROUP PARTICIPATED IN A 42-MILE BIKE RIDE WITH TOUR DE TUCSON. OUMAR DIALLO PARTICIPATED IN AYUDA'S VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM AND FUNDRAISING PLATFORM TO EXPLORE AVENUES FOR INITIATING A DIABETES EDUCATION CAMP PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES IN MALI. DUE TO POLITICAL UNREST, HE POSTPONED HIS PROGRAM AND REDIRECTED HIS FUNDING TO SUPPORT AYUDA'S OUTREACH TO HAITI. CHRIS CAPRON, CONTINUED HIS INTEREST IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FDJE ECUADOR. HE WAS AWARDED FUNDING FROM SWARTHMORE COLLEGE VIA THE LANG SCHOLARSHIP, TO CONTINUE HIS TRAINING WITH AYUDA AND CONDUCT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON PSYCHOSOCIAL BARRIERS TO DIABETES MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE. OTHER INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIESIN 2013 AYUDA SERVED ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR NCD CHILD, GLOBAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COALITION THAT CHAMPIONS THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH LIVING WITH OR AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING NCDS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF HAVING THEIR ISSUES INCLUDED ON THE GLOBAL NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AGENDA. AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE COALITION, AYUDA, ALONG WITH OTHER FOUNDING MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS IPA/AAP SAVE THE CHILDREN AND UNICEF, SUPPORTED NCD CHILD THROUGH VARIOUS ADVOCACY MOMENTS AND TELECONFERENCES IN THEIR INAUGURAL YEAR. THIS INCLUDED WORKING TOGETHER WITH NCD CHILD ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA LAUNCH OF THEIR PAPER ON YOUTH AND TECHNOLOGY - WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN PERSON DURING THE ECOSOC 2013. AYUDA REPRESENTATIVE MOLLY LEPESKA WORKED WITH NCD CHILD TO CREATE A TWITTER CAMPAIGN AND EMPOWER AYUDA VOLUNTEERS ON TWITTER TO TAKE PART IN THE LAUNCH AND THE ONLINE DISCUSSION AROUND IT. 450630 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MD X NICOLAS CUTTRISS 7035273860 1700 NORTH MOORE STREET SUITE 2000 ARLINGTON VA 22209 X NICOLAS CUTTRISS CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY-TREASU 25.00 X X 0 0 0 MARTIN LAFONTAINE DIRECTOR 7.00 X 0 0 0 JACOB OSTERHOUT DIRECTOR VICE PRESIDENT 7.00 X X 0 0 0 HOWARD STEINBERG DIRECTOR 7.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 480016 480016 87 87 480103 0 0 87 170041 160150 6887 3004 6470 6017 340 113 13693 12891 560 242 3158 3158 39610 27214 11967 429 344 344 8313 7593 720 6223 3094 3065 64 29062 27213 1350 499 13200 12579 453 168 20451 19269 1169 13 3240 3052 131 57 6857 4980 1861 16 LOCAL PARTNER PROGRAMS 73286 73286 0 0 VOLUNTEER TRAVEL & DEVE 44831 44827 0 4 COMMUNICATIONS 30940 30414 526 0 BANK CHARGES 9088 5116 3972 0 10007 9777 230 488814 450630 33231 4953 124501 129176 75000 72500 12581 10027 10027 4411 3330 82257 16562 67040 65695 280979 293309 68992 80036 10000 68992 90036 X 16495 -16212 195492 219485 211987 203273 280979 293309 X -8711 -3 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 237003 407356 207210 528449 480016 1860034 237003 407356 207210 528449 480016 1860034 771699 1088335 32 111 140 84 87 454 1860488 16733 0.58500 0.62130 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 18000 18000 54000 11700 42300 10257 4862 5395 65695 X 646839 166736 166736 480103 0 480103 655550 166736 166736 488814 0 488814 PART X, LINE 2: IN JUNE 2006, THE FINANCIAL ACCOOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (FASB) RELEASED FASB ASC 740-10, INCOME TAXES, THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING UNDERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013, AYUDA HAS DOCUMENTED ITS CONSIDERATION OF FASB ASC 740-10 AND DETERMINED THAT NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANAICL STATEMENTS. NICOLAS CUTTRISS ERROR ON PAYMENT OF CREDIT CARD BILL X 10027 10027 0 0 0 MARTIN LAFONTAINE SHORT TERM CASH FLOW LOAN X 10000 10000 0 0 0 20027 NICOLAS CUTTRISS CHAIRMAN 10027 ORGANIZATION PAID A PERSONAL CREDIT CARD BILL IN ERROR 0 MARTIN LAFOUNTAINE BOARD MEMBER 10000 SHORT TERM LOAN 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE ORGANIZATION'S AUDITOR GOES OVER THE 990 WITH THE BOARD CHAIRMAN BEFORE THE 990 IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C PERIODIC REVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 AYUDA FORMS AD-HOC EMPLOYEE SEARCH AND SELECTION COMMITTEES WHEN DEEMED APPROPRIATE. ALSO WHEN APPROPRIATE, AYUDA HAS CONTRACTED AN INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM. RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE AYUDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AYUDA BASES EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ON COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN COMPARABLE SECTOR AND COMPARABLE LOCATIONS; AYUDA USES DATA MADE AVAILABLE AND PUBLICATIONS BY GUIDESTAR AND BOARDSOURCES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 ALL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: MISCELLANEOUS ADJUSTMENT -3. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR