2021-12-31-accounts

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Summary ofthe objects				ofthe	The objectives ofthe Charity are the prevention of poverty amongst and
charity set		out in its			education of young people within Kenya especially, but not exclusively
governing	document				the Dagoretti Corner street children.
					Summary of Main Activities
					The Charity continues to provide a programme ofsupport in Kenya which
					includes the provision offood, shelter and education.
					The Trustees confirm that they have operated in accordance with the
					guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
					The charity operates on land owned by the Kenya Company. The main
					work is located on a 1acre plot of land in Dagoretti, a suburb ofNairobi.
					In addition, a 10acre plot near Machakos, about 40 miles from Nairobi
					was purchased in 2014as a possible location for future activities.
					Vision
					The long-term vision isto provide a self sustainable solution to deliver
					care for street children and to work with other children who are at risk	to
					prevent them ending up on the streets. The programme has been run	by
					Kenyans from the start and there is now have a strong team in Martin
					and Rachel Musyimi who have worked in a Christian technical college	for
Summary ofthe main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity					many years but work for the charity on a voluntary basis. Also, a full-time resident worker, Mutunga, who has experience ofworking with street children in the Dagoretti area and is supported by his wife. Over the last few years we have improved the facilities. All the rooms have concrete floors and the school room is well equipped with desks. There is running water, separate shower and toilet facilities for girls and boys, and electricity which has made lighting safer and improved conditions for the children to do their homework. Vegetables are grown on the land.
Commission benefit)		on public			In the medium term the trustees are exploring options to provide a regular income which involves development ofthe current site with some
					flats /offices. The local area is being developed rapidly and there is a
					need for residential and commercial property for sale or rent. Whilst it	will
					soon cease to be an appropriate site for rehabilitation programmes it
					could become an income stream for the charity for the work to
					continue at the other site and build in further self-sustainability.
					The trustees are being advised by another Christian organisation, Hand
					in Hand, who have expedience both ofdeveloping land to provide
					an income stream for charities, and ofraising investment funds
					to kick start the process.
					A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in December 2017
					between the charity, Hand in Hand and Briken, their operating partner	in
					Kenya. This project is intended to release an income to support the
					charity into the future. Deployment ofthat income will be planned while
					the building project progresses on the Dagoretti Corner site. Aformal
					contract between DCSCP and BEAL (the development company in
					Kenya associated with Hand in Hand) for development ofthe site was
					negotiated in the last months of2021. It is expected that this contract	will
					be signed early in 2022.
					Start ofconstruction awaits the resolution ofa bounda dis ute initiated
AR					October 2022