April 2008 newsletter Issue 7

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AID2AFRICA.CO.UK
(A Charitable company limited by guarantee)
Report and Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2008
Charity number 1119045 Company number 6147907

This is a brief report of the projects undertaken in the year ended 31st march 2008. It is the charity’s first year working in Zimbabwe. We look forward to the coming year and the work, with your help and support we will be able to do.

School Fees.

St James Primary School, Zongoro in the Mutasa District In April 2007 we started to fund 100 children at the school. In January 2008 this number rose to 210 children. This is over a quarter of the children attending the school. There are just under 800 children at the school.

Domborutinhira Primary School in the Mutasa District In September 2007 we started funding 100 at the school. In January 2008 this number rose to 150 children.

Beulah Heights Secondary School

In January 2008 we started paying fees for 39 students at

the newly opened school. There are 70 children in the first intake to that newschool

Educational Resources

St Francis Primary School Pre-school Unit. Newengo, Mutasa District.

The unit had 100 children but no toys and very limited resources. Funds were provided during the year for books, paper and other resources identified by the school. In addition educational toys were purchased in the UK and shipped to the school. The number of children has increased as parents and carers want their children to play with toys.

St Francis Primary School Pre-school Unit. Newengo, Mutasa District.

The unit had 100 children but no toys and very limited resources. Funds were provided during the year for books, paper and other resources identified by the school. In addition educational toys were purchased in the UK and shipped to the school. The number of children has increased as parents and carers want their children to play with toys.

Bere Primary School

About 400 text books and teachers books were funded for the school. The text books were for a variety of subjects including RE, science, maths, English and the local language Shona.

Beulah Heights Secondary School, Mutare.

This new school was given funding for textbooks and other resources needed to open the school in January 2008.

Building work

St Francis Primary School Pre-school Unit. Newengo, Mutasa District.

The first project was to provide funding for piped water to the preschool unit and to build a toilet block for the unit. Previously the 100 pre-schoolers shared with the 900 plus primary school children on the same site.

St Gabriel’s Secondary School. Mutasa District.

This is a new school being built some 12 kilometres from the nearest secondary school. It is saving children walks of that distance or more to and from school. The collapse of the economy in Zimbabwe resulted in the school having a classroom block which had no roof. The charity was able to fund the cost of putting a roof on the two classrooms concerned.


Beulah Heights Secondary School, Mutare.

This new school being built in Mutare, the third largest city in Zimbabwe, serves a new housing area of some 25,000 people. There is no secondary school provision in the area and despite double sittings in existing secondary schools in Mutare, many children had no access to secondary education. The charity has been funding building work at the school site throughout 2007-2008. The school buildings are close to completion but access to resources such as cement has been restricted and slowed progress. The school opened in January with assistance from the Education Department in Mutare. It currently occupies a hall but looks forward to moving into the new buildings during 2008.

Shalom Secondary School, Harare.

An initial grant of £1000 to fund a community poultry project at the proposed site of this school has been agreed but due to economic and other problems in Zimbabwe, work as been delayed. Currently the money is still in the charity’s accounts awaiting the start of the project. The project will, once started, be self funding. Profits from the project will be used to develop the school which is adjacent to a high density housing development on the outskirts of Harare.

  

Financial Report 2007-2008

(summary)
Detailed accounts are available at the registered address of the charity. All accounts are submitted, in full for audit and to fulfil the legal requirements of both the Charities Commission and Companies House. Below are extracts from those accounts and some summary information.

Total Income from all sources                                                                                  £17041.09

Main areas of expenditure:

The paying of fees to maintain children in education.                                        £  802.66

Funding educational resources.                                                                         £ 3578.56

Funding building work.                                                                                       £ 7807.62

Miscellaneous (e.g. transport costs not designated to a single project )                                £   814.58

                                                                                                                          (£13003.42)
Carried forward                                                                       £
4037.67

of which the following is already committed for 2008-2009

Beulah Heights (cement)                                                                                 £ 1500.00

Shalom Secondary School poultry project                                                         £ 1000.00

                  Reserves yet to be allocated as of 31st March 2008                                                  £ 1537.67

Names of institutions Purpose  
St Francis Newengo Primary School Pre-school unit toys and educational materials732.94
St James Primary School Zongoro Payment of school fees and educational materials 250.62
St Francis Newengo Primary School Piped water and build new toilet block1,590.00
Pafiwa Primary School Purchase text books870.00
Beulah Heights Secondary School Funding to build classroom block and build toilets 3,630.62
St Gabriel's Secondary SchoolCost of roof for new classroom block2,586.00
Bere Primary School Text Books 864.22
St James Secondary school Educational resources70.00
University fees Student at Africa University50.63
Shalom Secondary School Poultry project(£1000 pledged)1.00
Beulah Heights Secondary School Educational resources and school fees1,489.37
Domborutinhira primary school School fees  53.44
 

12,188.84

 
   

There are with all charities some expenses incurred. All Administration and Governance cost have bee covered by kind donations specifically for that purpose. The total governance costs (registration of the charity etc.) were £53.49. Other administration costs including the purchase of a banner (6’ x 2’) were £130.19. Had this been part of the expenditure of the charity from funds raised it would have been the equivalent of 1%

The charity can therefore state that all funds donated for projects in Africa will indeed be used solely for that

Building on success - Making a difference
This report replaces the April newsletter. Please visit the website at www.aid2africa.co.uk for more information about the work of the charity or email us at info@aid2africa.co.uk