2006

Annual Report
 Message to Our Friends & Supporters

We are pleased to report that the WHALE Center continues to expand its networks to promote global
healing in the world.

During the past year WHALE’s partnerships expanded with new member organizations in the global
healing network, was successful in helping to establish the new IOI USA Center in Florida, and began
several new initiatives.

The following report highlights the key work of the Global Healing Initiative, Utah URI, the Southern
Sudan Education Project, UPEC and the new IOI USA work.

We thank you for your continued support.

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 Global Healing Initiative
The Global Healing Initiative has now grown to 48 partners around the world and its online discussion community
has now grown to over 775 persons in 45 states in the U.S. and 28 other nations in the world.

Some Highlights of 2006 include:

o Providing support for the Let Justice Roll Campaign, a campaign to raise the federal minimum wage.
Thanks to this effort the new Congress has made raising the minimum way a top priority..
see: http://www.letjusticeroll.org

o Sponsorship of Dr. Bob Edgar Middle Church Presentation.

http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Personal4.html

o Development of a new International Days Series at the Mahaffey Center for the Performing Arts
See: http://www.globalhealing.net/id

o Representing the National Council of Churches with the ONE Campaign, the campaign to make poverty
history. See: http://www.one.org

o Becoming a new United Religions Initiative MCC.

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o Continued support of four Africa Projects in Southern Sudan, Uganda, Malawi, and South Africa
See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Africa/Menu114.html

o Publication of all United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Press Releases

See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Personal2.html

o Creation of a new Partners News & Events Page to highlight all the major news and events of all of the
Global Healing Partners in one place.
See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Menu143.html

o Monthly Online Newsletter for Global Healing

See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/FileSharing65.html

o The Global Healing Online Community with over 775 persons from 44 U.S. States and 28 countries
providing perspectives, alerts, and discussion on a variety of global healing issues.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/globalhealing

The Global Healing Initiative will continue to expand its partnerships, and promote the concept that there can be no
peace without justice and no justice without sustainability.
See: http://www.globalhealing.net
 Utah URI

The Utah URI continued to host delegations sponsored by the U.S. State Department from around the world.

The Utah URI provided leadership for the interfaith service following a tragic shooting in the community.
 Program Highlights for 2007
In 2007 the Utah URI hosted Rev. Mpambani From South
Africa for an interfaith dialogue.

Utah URI also sponsored a visit from Ramesh from India and
facilitated exploration of common sacred stories of Hindu and
indigenous tribes.

Utah URI sponsored an Islamic Imam from China sponsored

by the State Department who requested being part of a home
celebration of Christmas. Marsha Pilgeram (center) receives
2007 Humanitarian Award from
Mayor Joe Johnson (back left)
Participation in the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable
Culture Ex. Director and Ukrainian
Utah URI Coordinator Marsha Pilgeram received an award for Dancer also pictured.

international humanitarian work.

 Southern Sudan Education Project

2006 was the year construction began for the new School in
Southern Sudan. The School will utilize the Monolithic Dome
construction and is scheduled to be complete by mid 2007. See:
http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/nonprofit/ssep/pic04.html

Abraham Gai one of the project coordinators was reunited with

his grandmother that he had not seen for sixteen years in one of
the trips for the project construction.
See: http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/nonprofit/ssep/
pic02.html

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Highlights of 2006 Southern Sudan Education Project Activities

- A large donation of over $12,000 was raised from Interact students at Judge Memorial High School made the mass purchase and
delivery of construction supplies and an automated grain mill possible this year.

- Speaking to youth and adult groups about the Southern Sudan project.

- In April and May, the project worked with Domes for the World Foundation to construct a “practice” dome as a model for the
school construction in Southern Sudan. The project enlisted the assistance of local Lost Boys and tested our materials list and
construction skills.

- The Project team spent the summer in Southern Sudan, Kenya, and Uganda. The purpose of the trip was to register our
organization with the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) and to deliver construction supplies and the grain mill to the school site.
The team spent several weeks in Juba, South Sudan working with GOSS officials to register our organization. They explained our
project and the work we had already done with the local community in Yomchiir. The GOSS officials they met with were enthusiastic
about our work in Yomchiir and offered us their full support. The team also met again with the Governor of Bor – the county where
they are working to update him about our progress.

- Four tons of construction materials were transported by truck from Uganda to Juba. July is the peak of the rainy season in
Southern Sudan and the trip took a few days. The road from Juba to Bor was impassable due to mines and heavy rains so when the
supplies arrived in Juba, we loaded a large, canoe-like metal boat and headed down the Nile to Bor Town.

- In November, we partnered with Globus Relief and Islamic Relief to transport a container of medical supplies to Southern Sudan.
Globus Relief provided the supplies, Islamic Relief provided transportation from the US to Uganda, and the Southern Sudan Education
Project provided land transportation from Kampala, Uganda to Bor Town, Southern
Sudan. The supplies will be distributed to local hospitals and health clinics in Bor.
 UPEC
Summary of Major Activities for 2006

Three Roundtable meetings were held. The number of people attending the roundtable meetings was roughly 12 in January, 20
in May and 25 in October. At these meetings there were the following guest speakers: Jennifer Mayfield with the Utah
Department of Health discussing prevention of teen pregnancy in January; Professor Phil Emmi discussing a “Review of Limits
to Growth: a 30 Year Update” and Julianne Sabula presenting, “Does Local Public Support of Urban Growth Pay it Own Way”
in May; and Brad Barber from the Oquirrh Institute presenting on “Utah’s Growth Issues: People, Land and Water” in October.
The annual membership meeting occurred during the Roundtable Meeting of May 9. During this meeting, three board members
were re-elected to a two-year term – Elaine Emmi, Sarah Johnson as a representative for Planned Parenthood Association of
Utah and Doug Stark.

On May 9, at the Annual Meeting, UPEC announced an Individual Award to Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini for her efforts to
prevent teen-pregnancy and an Organization Award to Midvale City for their support in the efforts to prevent teen pregnancy.
On Sept. 13-15, UPEC had a Booth at the Utah League of Cities and Towns Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. Materials on
preventing teen pregnancy were available as well as information on the Urban Environmental Accords. UPEC also arranged for
a presentation at the convention on the prevention of Teen Pregnancy by Jennifer Mayfield from the Utah Department of Health
and Midvale Mayor Seghini. This presentation was well attended.

As in previous years, UPEC had a table at the Utah Education Association Convention. This year the convention was on
October 12 and 13. Numerous teachers received information regarding the teaching of population with materials provided by
The Population Connection. This included a fold-out map on 300 million people now residing in the United States. Information
was provided regarding Utah’s population and various websites on population were handed out. The Eco-trike was also
available. A very rough estimate is that 1,000 people saw the booth and 200 people stopped and 100 people received
information. From the above information an estimated 2,000+ people were involved in or impacted by UPEC activities in the
year 2006.
UPEC provided information on population and sustainability at the following events: Andy Schoenberg brought his eco-trike and discussed
sustainability issues at Union Middle School on March 1; UPEC had a booth on Earth Day on April 22 at the Main Salt Lake Library, the Eco-trike
was present and people were asked to fill out their own Ecological Footprint; and, UPEC had a booth at the Utah Society for Environmental Educators
annual conference on Nov. 10 and 11.

In September, a brochure about UPEC was developed and provided at various booths and/or other public events. A new logo was developed and used
on the brochure and in other ways. The logo consists of the outline of the state of Utah with UPEC wording inside it.

UPEC asked various mayors, including the Salt Lake County Mayor and the Holladay Mayor to consider signing the Urban Environmental Accords.
UPEC asked the Stegner Center at the University of Utah to consider having a symposium on sustainability for 2008. UPEC also considered
sponsoring a questionnaire and then a forum on sustainability for Salt Lake City Mayoral candidates in 2008.

At his request, members of UPEC met with Bob Brister, the Green Party Candidate for the Second Congressional Office on July 17. UPEC provided
information and concerns about population and sustainability to Mr. Brister.

Although UPEC was only indirectly involved, we appreciated the Salt Lake League of Women Voters presentation by Dr. Fred Montague on
sustainability on April 2 and the various presentations by David Korten from October 21 through Oct. 23.

There were 10 UPEC board meetings in 2006. During these meetings planning for various efforts occurred. There were no board meetings in January
and May.

Beginning in July, members of UPEC began the exploration of a Utah Vital Signs Project. Starting in October, an agreement with McIntyre
Interactive Inc. was approved by the board for the development and completion of a Utah Vital Signs Pilot Project. This initial agreement went
through March 2007. It was for $30,000, which had already been pledged. (In 2007, the agreement will likely be extended through May.) The main
effort for this project is to complete an Ecological Footprint for Utah and to have this information available.

For more information on the UPEC program see: http://www.utahpop.org

 IOI USA
In 2006 the WHALE Center amended its by-laws to include as part of its
purpose to support of the international ocean institute USA (IOI USA)

This year with assistance from the WHALE Center the first ever IOI center
in the USA was established. at the University of South Florida. (USF).

The new Center at the University of South Florid will also collaborate with
Stetson Law School, Eckerd College, Mote Marine Lab, Florida and Pier
Aquarium, Disney Living Seas, Florida Fish and Wildlife, USGS, the Port
Authority, the U.S. Coast Guard and more.

Dr. Noel Brown, the leader of the IOI USA team and Dr. David Randle
worked with USF to develop a program plan which was approved at the
International Ocean Institute meeting in Egypt in 2006

The WHALE Center new branch office in St. Petersburg, FL will work to
continue to support this program.

Initial programs the WHALE Center will seek to support includs the World
Ocean Day program in June 2007 , the Youth Women and the Seas
Conference in November 2007, and the Coastal Cities Summit in
November 2008

Go to: http://www.ioinst.org
 A Look to 2007
In 2007 the WHALE Center will work on the following key issues:
The completion of the new School in Southern Sudan

The implementation of the Utah Vital signs project

Ongoing programs with Utah URI CC

The implementation of the new International Days Series see:

http://www.globalhealing.net/id

Assisting IOI USA and IOI headquarters with the Youth Women
and the Seas conference in Malta.
See: http://www.capemalta.net/pim2007

Offering Ethics Course and lectures at local colleges and

universities.

Assisting the St. Petersburg Environmental Research Center in

developing new programs to prevent, mitigate, respond, and
recover from disasters more effectively. Matt Randle spends Summer 2006 assisting in the set
up of the new WHALE Center office in Florida.