annual

2011
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 contents
Presidents Report // p3

Vision, Mission,
Organisation & Name // p4

The Culture // p5

History at a Glance // p6

Church Planting // p8

Micro-Enterprise // p10

Community Dev. // p13

Metamorphic Team // p14

Metamorphic Board // p15

What Next at
Metamorphic // p16

How you can Partner // p18

Financial Summary // p20

Contact // back cover

Copy: Lindsay Clarke Editor: Michelle Hauschild Photography, Design & Layout: Tim Humble
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presidents report
This year has been yet another amazing adventure as the Metamorphic team and all of our partners contributed to
an enormously pleasing result. With a record turnover in excess of $AUD1.6 million, our effectiveness and
influence grew to a new level.
There were many highlights in the past12 months, including the development of our core team. Each member of the team has done
an outstanding job and risen to new heights as their passion grows for those in need around the globe.

Our Church planting department excelled once again, training 156 new Church planters taking our total since 2002 to more than
2,200 first generation Churches. To date our auditing figures show that those Churches plant on average another 4.2 Churches per
year, which will result in 655 further Church plants. All of these Church plants are supported by a small business and each of them is
vitally involved in a community transformation program.

The micro-enterprise department also had a great year helping with more than 175 micro loans aimed at relieving poverty and
impacting local economies. These loans are targeted to not just help the individual but to also create local employment and inspire
creativity and enterprise. The range of businesses is vast with the majority still being in the rural sector.

In the community department we had the biggest changes as we began our first of many HIV clinics, launched our community
adoption strategy and continued with the Water4Water Initiative with the digging of wells and training locals in areas such as
hygiene and sanitation. This year also saw us partner to establish a school in Tanzania as well as training and assisting Church planters
to impact their Communities.

A very positive result all around, as together we work to make the world a better place.

Grace, Honor,

Lindsay Clarke
President & Founder

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 the vision

metamorphic To be the largest, most influential Church planting movement in

history.

the mission
To outwork the gospel in practical expression by breaking the
poverty cycle and producing innovative development solutions for
all, regardless of religious and ethnic background or gender.

the organisation
We are a non-government Development Ministry/Organisation
that was launched on 1 April 2002. We have strategic partnerships
in more than 20 nations and facilitate both Church-based and
secular programs and projects aimed at building the capacity of the
poor, disadvantaged and uninformed. We are driven by a passion
to bring transformation and restoration to those in need. We
consult with communities on four continents as cultural and change
architects.

the name
The name Metamorphic comes from the Greek word for
transformation and encapsulates who we are as a transformation
network. In everything we do, our intention is to empower people
to transform their lives and communities and assist them to achieve
their full potential.
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the culture
Our culture – who we are – is expressed in the way we operate, both as a team and
with the people we serve around the globe. It’s also expressed in everything we
do with and for people. Metamorphic culture is best summed up as ‘Grace, Honor,
Affirmation, Abundance and Partnership’.

Grace is simply giving people favour and help regardless of their situation or background. It’s giving
people another chance… and then yet another chance. Grace is believing that all human beings
should have an opportunity to transform their lives. It is our commitment to help people achieve this.

Honor is showing respect to all people from every persuasion. It is about empowering people to
move forward and reach their full potential by building their capacity and encouraging them to excel.
It’s giving people permission to dream and achieve. It’s helping people to win in all areas of life.

Affirmation is helping people see the best in themselves and in others. It is opening people’s eyes to
the amazing reality that every human life is valuable and full of purpose. At Metamorphic, we love to
encourage people and assist them to build their self-esteem, on a personal and community level.

Abundance is what we see. It’s our understanding that there are enough resources on the planet to
ensure all people can live healthy and prosperous lives. One of our primary focusses is to assist the
poor to recognise the assets and opportunities that already exist in their communities. At Metamorphic,
we always live generously and train others to be the same.

Partnership is essential in everything we do as it is one of the cornerstones of Metamorphic’s culture.

Metamorphic is founded on amazing relationships, which is why we don’t have donors; we have
partners. Even the beneficiaries of our programs and projects are trained to refer to themselves as
partners rather than recipients or clients. At Metamorphic we are committed to partnership as our
belief is that together we are better..

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history at a glance

2002 2004 2006

Metamorphic launches We begin our first Sees the introduction
with original team programs in Haiti and of the Philippines as a
members Lindsay China and introduce the temporary program. We
Clarke and Kim Baltoski first Micro-Enterprise also begin our strategic
with Church Planting Development (MED) partnership with Global
operations in Bhutan, program giving business Development Group.
India, Myanmar and loans to all Church
Kenya. planters.

2003 2005
Metamorphic expands 2005 Metamorphic
into Vietnam, Laos and enters North Africa and
Thailand and plants a begins work in Morocco
record of more than where we launch
800 Churches. our first Community
Development programs.

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 2008 2010
Metamorphic continues Martin Press joins the
to focus on North team, taking on the
Africa and Asia and role of head business
current team member trainer. This year we also
Daniel Watts joins as a start in the Democratic
trainer and community Republic of Congo and
specialist. launch the company
Metamorphic Asia.

2007 2009 2011

Metamorphic continues We run our first Metamorphic launches
to expand in North pilot program in its HIV medication
Africa and begins Mozambique and start program in Burundi
training Church planters a new and strategic and forges a great
in Tunisia. partnership in Kenya. new partnership
This year also sees the with Donors without
launch of Water4Water. Borders. We also launch
Tim Humble joins Metamorphic Europe
the team as a project with new team member
coordinator & media Adrian Schep.
specialist.

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metamorphic church planting
Our focus on Church planting for this year focussed primarily on four nations – Myanmar, Cambodia, Kenya and
DR Congo – with some great results and rapid growth. All of our Church planters go through our Metamorphic
Boot Camp where they learn about Personal, Church, Community and Business Development. This is then
followed by a two-year mentoring program that teaches them how to be successful in all areas of life. With
students from the past two years we have 420 Church planters currently in the mentoring program and/or basic
training.

In Cambodia, we once again based our training in Takeo Province where we trained
another 22 Church planters. Our staff at Metamorphic Asia did a great job organising the
training.

Myanmar saw us train another 35 Church planters, which was our largest class for several
years in this nation. And a good class it was! The momentum we have in Myanmar is
fantastic and the potential growth very encouraging.

The Kenyan program trained 41 Church planters in Kiambu on the outskirts of

Nairobi. The quality of the students here is exceptional as Word Of Faith Africa (WOF
Africa) continues to give us its best students to train. The training in Keyna was spread
over two Boot Camps throughout the year.

DR Congo was a new initiative in one of the most needy and disturbed nations on earth.
We trained 58 Church planters in two sittings. There were some great quality people in
attendance and I am sure there are many things we can do to bring change to DR Congo.
We continue to look for ways to have a significant impact on this war-torn part of the
world.

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Sokna Sea - 2011 Class, Cambodia
There are many individual stories – far too many to write about here – but the following is a story of one of our typical Church planters, Sokna
Sea from the 2011 Cambodian class.

Sokna Sea planted her Church in April 2011 and has grown it from 21 to 58 people. Additionally she has implemented a community
development program targeted at reducing the high rates of preventable illnesses in her community. Sokna conducts two 30-minute sessions
each week in two local communities, educating individuals and families on hygiene and sanitation practices. Typically, it is mostly women who
attend these sessions. They then return to their homes and implement the new practices. Most of these women have reported a significant and
noticeable decrease in preventable illnesses and an increase in general health within their homes. Furthermore, Sokna has recently initiated a
small chicken breeding business venture and has seen a 25 per cent increase in her income in just a few short months. Sokna is having a positive
and tangible affect in her community. Her business venture is providing her with the experience and increased financial freedom to both set an
example of good business practices as well as the time to spend addressing issues of poverty in her community.

Just one more Metamorphic champion.

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metamorphic micro-enterprise
In the midst of what many may describe as difficult economic times we have
seen more than 175 businesses started that are changing peoples lives for the
better and impacting their Communities. Each of these business owners go
through the Metamorphic Business and Entrepreneurship module where they
learn to innovate and dream of new ideas and businesses that don’t currently
exist in their communities. They also learn to create business plans and cash
flow budgets, which, in the developing world, are mostly absent. When they
complete this unit successfully we access their business idea, help guide them
and then give them a loan from our revolving finance system.

This year we had many animal husbandry businesses begin,

including raising pigs for meat and breeding, chickens for meat,
eggs and breeding, goats, fish, frogs, and cows for milk.

We also saw our fair share of agricultural businesses advance,

including vegetable farming, maize, corn, soy beans and flowers.

Other business ventures included tailoring and sowing,

transport, internet cafes, grocery stores, second hand clothing
sales and market stores.

Each of these businesses were set up so that they had a unique

position in the market based on service, quality and price.

The business curriculum was developed further this year to

promote creativity and assist each business owner to have
excellent fiscal standards. The revised curriculum is already
reaping great rewards.

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Suk - 2011 Class, Cambodia
One of our business people this year, named Suk, opened a small grocery store in a mid-sized village. She continually reinvested her profits
into the business and added any other money that her family could earn. Over the year, Suk’s business expanded tenfold and she now has the
biggest grocery initiative in the region with stock worth thousands of dollars in her shop. Suk has taken her profits and further invested into
animal husbandry, raising chickens, pigs, quail and goats.

Suk began with a loan of just $450 and now has a business worth an estimated $8,000 and growing.

We have many stories of great triumphs among our business people but probably the greatest impact is with multiplication as many of our
graduates then teach others how to do business and break the poverty cycle. We even have business people that now loan money to the poor
just as it was first loaned to them.

A Metamorphic Agent of Change

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metamorphic community
This year has seen an expansion of our influence and effectiveness through Community development through all of
our Churches and also in other programs and projects in Cambodia, Burundi, Tanzania, and Kenya.

We were able to continue the Water4Water program in Cambodia helping more than 10,000 people gain
clean safe drinking water for the first time in their lives. With the provision of concrete wells, pump wells and
RDI filters we have been able to continue to be a part of the solution in this crucial arena. With every water
project, we also commit resources to training in sanitation and hygiene (WASH) so that whole villages are
transformed. As hygiene improves, so does the people’s health and local productivity.

This year also saw us partner with a group in Tanzania on an education project involving construction of a
school. The school already has 70 students and six staff members. It is predicted that the school will cater for
another 60 students over the next six months as the final two classrooms are built. The school also conducts a
livelihood project that is assisting with providing nutrition for the children.

Our child sponsorship program has also been effective in supporting more than 20 children that were left
orphaned as a result of the 2008 ethnic violence. With each child having no known relatives as a result of the
murder and mayhem of that time we simply need to help. these kids are being educated and looked after by
our friends at WOF Kenya.

HIV is a massive problem in Africa and we came across several communities in Burundi where the HIV infection
rate is well over 30 per cent – possibly as high as 50 per cent. Sitting in a clinic that was about to run out of anti-
retrovirals and knowing that one out of every three people tested get a death sentence is disturbing. So we
decided to do something about it and formed a partnership with Donors without Borders and a local facilitator.
This partnership has enabled us to put more than $1,000,000 worth of medications into these clinics.

This results directly in lives being saved and also children growing up knowing their parents instead of
becoming orphans. This program also assists the extended family and community as we endeavor to help these
people have a better life. As the program expands we will also embark on education programs to help in the
prevention of this continuing endemic.

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metamorphic team

Daniel Watts - Senior Project Officer Asian Region

Daniel has been involved with Metamorphic for more than five years. Daniel manages our team in Asia and also
heads up our reporting and auditing department. Daniel recently completed his Masters degree, majoring in
Anthropology and Third World Development. He speaks Indonesian. Daniel is married to Ines and they have
two children, Jediah and Aliyah.

Martin Press - Manager of the African Region

Martin has vast experience in both the secular and development world. Working with multi nationals such
as IBM and BHP and also spending time in organisations in southeast Asia and Mozambique. He studied
Business and Information systems at Massey University and manages the Metamorphic team in Africa as well as
overseeing our IT department. Marty is married to Jacquie and they have two daughters, Shannon and Allison.

Tim Humble - Water4Water Project Manager

Tim heads up Metamorphic’s Water4Water program as well as our web and print design and media. Tim has a
BA in International Development from Avondale College and long-term experience in both Papua New Guinea
and Laos where he lived and worked for several years on community-based projects. He is married to Lorissa
and they have two daughters, Lilly and Sierra.

Kim Baltoski - Business Manager

Kim is one of the original Metamorphic team members and has worked in various administration and
accounting roles for more than 15 years. Kim manages the growth of Metamorphic’s financial base and also that
of Metamorphic Asia and Africa. She is the secretary of the company Metamorphic International and reports to
the Board on legal and compliance issues as well as working with our auditors. Kim is married to Robert.

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metamorphic board
Lindsay Clarke - Founder and President. BTh. DipPM. DipES. DipMin
Lindsay founded Metamorphic on 1 April 2002 with an overwhelming passion to plant more Churches than any ministry in history and then use that
leverage to break the poverty cycle in the developing world. Lindsay’s extensive ministry and business experience, particularly in the area of start ups
has helped him to build an outstanding team and organisation. Lindsay continues to be the chief innovator as Metamorphic continues to grow at a
fast pace. Lindsay is married to Julie and they have three children Brenton, Haydon and Riannon.

Julie Clarke - Co-founder and Board Member

Julie co-founded Metamorphic in 2002 and has a desire to help the marginalised and disadvantaged in society by bringing justice, hope and
solution-based answers to Communities. Julie is also a popular speaker having appeared all over Australia at motivational events and seminars on
overcoming the grief cycle. Julie is married to Lindsay and they have three children Brenton, Haydon and Riannon.

Keith Budge - Board Member. MBA. BBus

Keith has extensive senior management experience over a 20 year period, having operated as the manager of the southeast Asia region for several
major software companies. Keith’s ability to apply dynamic leadership and management fundamentals to a variety of industries in multiple contexts
makes him a valuable member of the Board of Metamorphic. Keith is married to Rosalind.

John Hastings - Board Member

John is the CEO and owner of KCL Sports, a specialist construction company dealing in synthetic surface installations. John has had business dealings
in a dozen nations and has also worked in community-based organisations in South Africa and Papua New Guinea. His cross-cultural experience
and passion for all things Metamorphic make John a valuable contributor on the Metamorphic Board. He is married to Jen and they have two boys,
Barnabas and Jachin.

David Attenborough - Board Member

David has a mechanical engineering background but with a passion to make a difference in the world he migrated to the not for profit sector more
than 27 years ago. With a long and distinguished career in management of not for profit organisations, Dave has been continually able to add value
to Metamorphic. Dave’s skills also include being the director of a management consulting business and more recently an investment company. David
is married to Robyn and they have four boys, Joshua, Michel, Thomas and Liam.

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what next at metamorphic?
The 2011–12 year is looking great in every department at Metamorphic as we continue to build momentum. This
year sees us open an office in Europe to facilitate our new Church planting operation there. We will also launch
Metamorphic Africa and set up an office there, to further advance our current and future programs and projects.
In the area of Church planting, we will begin two new programs, including our first-ever program in Europe as
we begin work in Poland with some really quality people in April 2012.

Burundi is our other key focus and this program will also train Church planters from DR Congo in the future.
Burundi is one of the poorest nations on earth with nine million people and is in desperate need of help in all
three disciplines we teach. The President and the Minister of Health of Burundi have asked for our help and are
happy that our humanitarian activities will flow through our Churches.

Our Cambodian partner has asked us to double the amount of Churches this year and our partner in Myanmar
has asked us to re gear for this year and then commit to plant 80 Churches late in 2012. We have also been
asked to increase the Kenyan program from two programs a year to three, with a new program in western
Kenya that will also reach into Rwanda and Uganda.

In the area of business we expect to see similar growth in all of the above nations and increased prosperity
for those communities as many original loan recipients now take their second and third loans. We are also
expanding this operation to support HIV sufferers and to fund the doctors and staff in the clinics.

Metamorphic’s Community Development arms will match the growth of the rest of our network. This year
we have already planned and funded the beginning of Water4Water in Myanmar to add to the Cambodian
program.

We are also looking at the possibility of introducing Water4Water to Burundi. The HIV program will increase
in Burundi and we are looking to expand that to Kenya and Cambodia with more than a million dollars worth
of medication. We will continue to help with the orphaned children in Kenya and assist our Burundi partner to
place orphans with quality families in a community adoption program.

Further to that, we have invitations from the Presidents of the African nations of Ghana, Ivory Coast and
Burkina to discuss the implementation of our entire program in those nations.
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how you can partner with metamorphic
There are many ways in which people can partner at Metamorphic including being a financial partner, prayer
partner or by volunteering time either in Australia or on one of our overseas programs. Contact us for more
information and we will come up with a partnership package that suits you.
For those that are interested in either financing programs or want to visit any of our overseas endeavors, the current
opportunities are as follows:
Church Planting:

Nation Cambodia Myanmar Kenya Burundi Poland

Budget $100,000 $160,000 $180,000 $60,000 $25,000

Micro-enterprise:

We have opportunities to invest in our micro-enterprise pool in Cambodia, Myanmar, Kenya and Burundi to fund businesses for people affected by
HIV, to fund the support of orphans, and as whole village projects to break the poverty cycle. There are also opportunities to support our clinic staff
and church planters through investing in a business.

Macro-business:

Metamorphic is also able to provide business opportunities for investors, particularly in large scale agricultural enterprises that make a profit, a
percentage of which goes to Metamorphic programs and projects.

Community Development:

You can sponsor a well for as little as $660 or invest in a full water solution for up to 6,000 people for only $10,000 through our Water4Water
program. You can also be a part of our HIV initiative with every $10,000 donation we are able to release another $100,000 worth of anti-retrovirals.
Of course, you can also directly sponsor one of the many children orphaned by war, ethnic violence or HIV/AIDS.

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There are many opportunities to either donate, travel (or both) and be a vital partner of Metamorphic.

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metamorphic financial summary 2010/2011
Metamorphic’s income increased dramatically
this year, primarily because of the addition of the
HIV program and the new initiative of receiving
goods in kind. This has enabled us to achieve
some amazing results and add significant value to
our core programs and focus. The Metamorphic
Board is happy to present this financial summary.

Income:

Churches $87,000

Individuals $468,154

Foundations $85,000

Goods-in-Kind $1,018,000

TOTAL $1,658,154

Expenses:

Admin $96,000

Infrastructure $41,000

Projects $1,513,125
Please note that Metamorphic’s financial statements are audited by
TOTAL $1,650,125 Lawrence R. Green of Shedden and Green Partners:. Suite 28, Level 3,
19–21 Central Rd, Miranda NSW 2228
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 N. Africa Burundi Myanmar Vietnam
$30,459 (2%) $1,158,906 (77%) $38,700 (3%) $14,530 (1%)

Congo Kenya Cambodia

$35,000 (2%) $105,000 (7%) $130,530 (9%)

Project Breakdown:
Project totals include all projects in designated countries including Church
planting, Water4Water, HIV clinics, child sponsorship etc.
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A TRANSFORMATION NETWORK

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contact
PO BOX 737, SUTHERLAND
NSW 1499, Australia
[ph] +61 7 5437 9002
[email] info@metamorphic.org.au
http://www.metamorphic.org.au

Lindsay Clarke:
[email] linds@metamorphic.org.au
[mob] +61 414 801 900

Martin Press:
[email] marty@metamorphic.org.au
[mob] +61 426 256 652

Daniel Watts:
[email] dan@metamorphic.org.au
[mob] +61 426 247 042

Tim Humble:
[email] tim@metamorphic.org.au
[mob] +61 410 765 519

Kim Baltoski:
[email] kim@metamorphic.org.au

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