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## **FRIENDS OF ASCHIANA UK**
## **2021 Trustee Report**
## **WINTER AID**
This year, Friends of Aschiana UK has once again been able to help Aschiana with a donation of £10,000 to provide food, blankets and Covid protection materials to 200 more families, that is nearly 1,000 vulnerable adults and children protected against the sub-zero temperatures in the three months of winter in Afghanistan. The distribution took place on January 14[th] 2021, at Husain Khail IDP camp in Kabul province in the presence of Hashmatullah Hayat, Projects Supervisor of Aschiana; social workers; Elders of the IDP camp and other Aschiana supporting staff members.
## **IDP CAMP SCHOOLS**
In response to Aschiana’s specific request to us, we embarked on a fundraising campaign to help to fund the re-opening of 5 of its schools in the IDP camps, which were closed by the pandemic and remained closed because of the lack of funding caused by the ongoing effects of the pandemic. The budget per school to reopen and run for one year is as follows:
|1 Teacher 12 months @ 175|2,100.00|
|---|---|
|1 *Social worker 3 months @ 250|
750.00|
|Stationery 12 months @ 20|
240.00|
|Heating classrooms 3 months @ 100|300.00|
|Teaching materials one-off
|74.00|
|Masks, sanitization|336.00|
|materials 12 months @ 28||
|Hot meal a day 12 months @350|4,200.00|
|TOTAL
|£8,000.00|
(9,450 Euros, as our transfers are currently made in Euros)
On March 25, 2021we sent 9,450 Euros to reopen the first school in Pul-e Shina IDP camp.
## **LINDA NORGROVE FOUNDATION**
11[th] February, I submitted an application to the Linda Norgrove Foundation for the funds to reopen a school. They sent their Programme Directors in Kabul, Frishta Matin and Farzana Matin to a meeting with Hashmatullah at Aschiana, who also took them to Arzan Qemat 52 IDP camp school. They gave the project their full approval and we subsequently received £8,000 from the foundation.
2[nd] April, we sent a further 9,450 Euros to Aschiana and the school at Arzan Qemat IDP camp is now up and running.
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Both the schools at Pul-e Shina and Arzan Qemat IDP camps are running basic education classes. Each has two shifts morning and afternoon, for girls and boys. The classes are from 8:00 to 12:00 and the second shift is from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Each shift has 30 students, 60 in each location. Currently, 120 children have entered education for the first time. The programme involves educating the children up to the level of the state-run schools and transferring them to those, giving room for a new group of children to enter the IDP school.
## **FUNDRAISING**
Involving schools is an excellent way of raising awareness and funds for Aschiana’s children and we now have two UK schools interested in working with us.
We have also gathered 2 groups of children, one at Aschiana and one at a UK school, to start a communication between the 2 pupils of the schools which we hope will be an ongoing activity.
## **LEGACY GIVING – WILLS**
Since we advertised our charity to receive legacy donations, two supporters have contacted us to confirm they have now included us in their wills: Dr David Faber and Elizabeth Bell.
## **GIVE AS YOU LIVE & AMAZON SMILE**
We have signed up to both. Shopping online and physically with store cards, can now bring us donations directly to our bank account. But we must keep spreading the word for supporters to name Friends of Aschiana UK as their chosen charity.
## **WEBSITE**
Continues to serve us well, with its clear and easy way for people to donate to us via Virgin Money Giving and also to promote and describe current projects and campaigns. As always, Miles Essex has been hugely supportive in getting our latest news on the site the minute I send him the written-up articles and photos.
## **COLLABORATION**
## BAAG
Thanks to BAAG, we receive all the latest information regarding civil society in Afghanistan and the political and security situation. They are also extremely helpful when we have queries regarding issues faced by us as a charity. I strongly recommend we continue our membership going forward.
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## **THE USA ASCHIANA FOUNDATION**
We maintain a close and friendly collaboration with the President, Sanya Younossi, and former President Mary Jo Myers. The past year has been extremely difficult in terms of fundraising as the online version of their annual gala fundraiser had to be postponed several times and we congratulate them on a successful event in May 2021. We shall be liaising with them on the video footage they have offered to share with us, which Lyse has already obtained a copy of.
Caroline Mylon Chair of Trustees 2021
||**FRIENDS OF ASCHIANA(UK)**
**Charity Name**|**FRIENDS OF ASCHIANA(UK)**
**Charity Name**|**FRIENDS OF ASCHIANA(UK)**
**Charity Name**|**1101761**|**1101761**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|01/12/2020
Period start date|**To**|30/11/2021
Period end date|||
||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**37,702**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,702**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,702**
**-**
**38,728**
**100**
**132**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,960**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,960**
**- 1,258**
**-**
**62,092**
**60,834**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**37,702**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,702**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,702**
**-**
**38,728**
**100**
**132**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,960**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,960**
**- 1,258**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**|
|Donations andgrants|**37,702**|||**37,702**||**11,198**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**37,702**|||**37,702**||**11,198**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**37,702**||**11,198**|
||||||||
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**|
|Payments to Aschiana|**38,728**|||**38,728**||**89,816**|
|Bank charges|**100**|||**100**||**25**|
|Subscriptions|**132**|||**132**||**132**|
|Other|**-**|||**-**||**47**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**38,960**|||**38,960**||**90,020**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**38,960**||**90,020**|
||||||||
||**- 1,258**|**-**|**-**|**- 1,258**||**- 78,822**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**62,092**|**-**||**62,092**||**140,914**|
||**60,834**|**-**|**-**|**60,834**||**62,092**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
29/09/2022
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**60,834**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,834**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Julian Davies|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||Julian Davies|30/09/2022|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
29/09/2022
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Friends of Aschiana (UK)**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Friends of Aschiana (UK) ("the Charity") for the year ended 30 November 2021.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Elaine Fisher FCA 78 Brocket Road Welwyn Garden City Herts AL8 7TU
30 September 2022