CHARITY KEGISTRATION NUMBER: 1092338 (ENGLAND) CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: SC038886 (SCOTLAND) Project Kinshasa (PROKIN) Unaudited Financial Statements 31 March 2024 AMT Business Northumbria Ltd Groiind Flnor, Lion House. Willowbuni Iiidustrial Estate, Alnwick NE66 2PF Project Kinshasa (PROKIN) Financial Statements Year ended 31 March 2024 Page Tiustc¢s' annual report Independent examiner's report to the trustees Statement of financial activities Statement of financial position Not¢s to th¢ financial statements Thc following pgges do not form part of the financial statements Detailed statement of financial activiiies Notes to the detailed statement of financial ¢lLtivitics 10 18 19 Project Kinshasa (PROKIN) Trustees, Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024 The trustees present their report and the unaudited fjnancial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. Reference and admini$tr2tive detail Registered charity name Project Kinshasa (PROKIN) Charity registration number 1092338 {Englaiid) SC038886 (Scotland) PrineipAI office 12 Cheviot View Lowick Berwick Uwn Tweed TD15 2TY Th¢ ti"ustees Jamcs And¢rson Barbara Curtis Arthur I lodgctt Riith Hnwgeg() Piiul TIIoiiisoii Paul Blenkinsop (from March 2024) Independent examiner Kate Netherwood AMT Business Northumbria Lid Ground Floor, Lion House, Willowburn Industrial Estate, Alnwick NE66 2PF Structure• governance and management Project Kinshasa (PROKtN) was set up by trust deed dated I Ith November 2000 and is a registered charity - No 1092338 (England) and SC038886 {Scotland). Objectives and activities The objectg of the charity are: 'lo rcli¢v¢ financial hardship and sickn¢ss of street childr¢n by providing food, Eloihing? accommodotion and medi¢al attention; To advance religion by paying Christian workers and by holding services tor teaching and worship; and To d(JvaiiL¢ ￿uL£lti01l by pioviding financial sUPPOrt to cnablc childrcn to attend schools and subsequently to receive vocational training. Project Kinshasa (PROKIN) Trustees, Annual Report (coftlinued) Year ended 31 March 2024 Achievements and performance Arriving at the end of another year- ending 31 Sl March 2024. we can look back and see how the work of Prokin in Kinshasa has continued during the year coming to an end. Only one new boy came to live in the Prokin family in this financial year. It was decided that in view ot" raised costs not to accept new children until some of the oldci children mov¢ on to b¢comc independent. Fiv¢ of th¢ older boys who w¢re Siven 3 months to leave the flats and to start to support themqelves independently, did move out at the end of the last financial year. So for ihe current finanii411 year Prokin 15 r¢sponsibl¢ for only two small flats. In these flats live lh¢ following 6 boys: Glody. Noel. Jonathan, 12a, Jose and Jiinior. They receive very little help from Prokin. Several of the older boys have got their sch()nl diplomas and have been searching for.jobs, so ihat they can become independent. Bui the LuriYI)I siluation in Kinshasa has madc pcople very reluctant to tske on any new staff. Papa Senga- thc old sentry of Prokin who retired in 2022 - died in Septemher 2023. Mama Marie who had been at Prokin t-or l ¥ years - took a stroke in Ociober 2023 and died iii Nov¢mber 2023. Projects: The water project has worked slowly this )ear as now the water has to be sold in 'bidons' and not in plaslic bags. In the current financial situation, many people find il too diificult to buy a 5 Iitre bidon. The soap project has not worked all year as there is still a part needed for the maLhine, and it cannot be found in Kinshasa. Petit continues to live at Prokin but he now has his own room partitioned oif in the boys, dormitory. Peter is doing a football course but he also does all the main maintenance work at Prokin. The farni- Prokin owns a plot of land on which a small pig fami was run. But in November 2023, all the pigs died from an epidemic. Since then the plot of land has been wurked by the children on somc of the days when they are not at school (Saturdays and holidays). They have planted seeds maize and manioc. They have already had harvests of the maize. So the fami land is now beiiig used to grow crops to eat. Currently a little hen hous¢ is being constructed in the Prokin compound. Kapafule - the Prokin d¢puty and his wife had their first baby. But MC had severe mental problems (possibly post-natal depression) gn they %eparated for several months but are now back together. During the current financial year. two of the older hnys got their degrees: John and Mike in accountancy. Prokin 'churches': There are 4 churches in diffciciil Piuls of Ki115has4 which under the umbrella of th¢ Prokin charity in Kinshasa. These are: Prokin. Mpassa. Kinkale and Te￿¢ Jaun¢. I'here is also a grnup that meets at the university. All these groups continue well and, from timc to tim¢, they arrange juiiil uuIif¢rciicr5 or youth camps. In June the Prokin children wcrc ￿ke1] to visit a handicap ccntrc for severely handicapped children_ Thcy took som¢ sweets 2nd biscuitg to give tn the children there. 'I'his visit really moved Ihe Prokin children and made them realise who much th¥y ¥aLlI liavc for which thcy can b¢ thankful. Project Kinshasa (PROKIN) Trustees, Annual Report fconiiuued) Year ended 31 March 2024 Last year, Stany was selected by a football scout group from Portugal. However. after several months there. he learned that the football coaches were involved in people traificking. Stany immediately left and went to France where he's working in a restaurant while training in a football team. Unrest in Kinshasa: There are several ￿￿1[155 iii Kinshasa which have caused a lot of problems. One day they smashcd the Prokin minibus back window. Thankfully the children had already gone into the sch(iol. There is no vehicle insurance and the police do nothing. There were Presidential elections in D¢c¢mber 2023. Thcrc was a lot of unrest and violence for several days. In the DRC there are two main seasons: wet and dr),. The 2023-24 wet season was particularly heavy. This caused a lot of damage to roads. Inner city roads are tarmacked but away frotn lh¢ centr¢, roads are built on solidified tnud foundalions. Thc rains washed awav the mud foundations- destroying these roads. Some of them were well used roads. 'I'his meanl tralTic had 10 pile onio 5Jiiall¥I A oad5. .1 his causes constant iraffic j¢uns. li a150 took Its toll on the vehicles. For Prokin all the vehicleq have had to hove major repairs. In addition the trAtTic jams have increased considerably Ihc fucl consumption. Eac.h worker continues to receive a monEhly allowavice foi their travclling ¢xpenses to and from Pivkiii. Th¢ work¢rs rcc¢ivcd their usual Chrigtmas boniis of SnO/o of their monthly pay. The Manager was also asked to give occasional one-off bonus of S l O to 1-3 ufilic work¢rs who had consistently worked well. Funds are kept in the Prokin Coinmunity Account to cover the nornial running costs. During the y¢ar- the old Prokin Business Premium account was closed out to the Prokin Base Rate account. So on 31 St March 2024 the Prokin's accounts are: Prokin Current Account, Prokin Base R