® CHANGING LIVES FOR GOOD ## 2022 Annual Report _**We are a grassroots charity that empowers communities in Kakamega County, Kenya to break the cycle of poverty and thrive, through three key strands - Education, Healthcare and Sustainable Livelihoods**_ w w w . t h e n a s i o t r u s t . o r g ## Contents |**Welcome Message**
**The Nasio Trust Story**
**U.N. Sustainable Development Goals**
**2022 In Numbers**
**Kenya At A Glance**
**What Your Money Can Do**
**Child Sponsorship Programme**
**Peer Education Programme**
**Primary & Secondary Education**
**Adult Education**
**Medical Centre Update**
**Sustainable Livelihoods**
**Sustainable Agriculture**
**Young Farmers & The Environment**
**Highlights & Events**
**Valued Partnerships**
**Plans For 2023**
**Our 5 Year Strategy**
**Income & Expenditure**
**Accounts Summary**
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Not only does this approach mitigate the harm caused by institutionalised care, it also costs a fraction (estimates are as low as 10%) of an institutional placement. The Nasio model works by providing services for these children while they are living with a loving family, in ways that empower both the child and their guardians. We empower our communities and to reduce dependency, we implement long-term solutions designed to address various needs. For individuals who missed out on education, we offer adult education programs to ensure they have access to knowledge and skills. Through the National Hospital Insurance Fund, we provide free healthcare at our medical centre, promoting the well-being of community members. To achieve sustainable livelihoods, we run programmes that support agriculture, offering quality seeds, fertilisers, training, and ongoing assistance. Additionally, our dedicated guardians, who take care of the children we support, actively volunteer at our projects, including farms, contributing one day a week. This collaboration enables us to be self-sufficient in the food the children consume at our centres, ensuring food security and reducing food costs. 6 7 ## **Thematic Areas of Focus:** In order to meet our mission and work towards achieving our vision of empowered and sustainable rural communities, The Nasio Trust primarily focuses on the following intersecting thematic areas: **Education:** We emphasise that education, institutionalised or not, is a trusted route out of poverty and ensure that our beneficiaries are able to stay in education. **Healthcare:** A healthy child is less likely to drop-out of school. We strive to ensure that our beneficiaries lead healthy lives and have access to cheap healthcare. **Sustainable Livelihoods:** To aid the child and the people around them to have a better material quality of life, we promote livelihood opportunities that provide sustainable incomes. ## _**The Nasio Model is closely aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).**_ The Nasio Trust’s projects are linked closely with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly: ## **1.) No poverty** ## **2.) Zero hunger** ## **3.) Good health and well-being** ## **4.) Quality education** ## **10.) Reduced inequalities** ## **11.) Sustainable cities and communities** ## **13.) Climate action** All our projects use an integrated approach to break the cycle of poverty through education, healthcare, and sustainable livelihoods. ## **Regional Context:** **The Nasio Trust is primarily based in Mumias West Sub-County of Kakamega County in western Kenya.** The poverty headcount rate (percentage of people living below the poverty line) in the county is at 33% while the HIV prevalence rate is 4%[1] . The charity has been working tirelessly since 2001 to empower communities in Mumias West to break the cycle of poverty. The Nasio Trust’s objectives are also aligned with Kenya’s Vision 2030[2] that aims to invest in the people of Kenya through investment in the education, healthcare, and livelihoods sector. > 1 https://nairobi.aics.gov.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Kenya-Vision-2030.pdf - 2 https://nsdcc.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Kakamega.pdf 8 9 **----- Start of picture text -----**
2022 In Numbers!
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## Kenya At A Glance **Kenya is a country in eastern Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia. Although Kenya’s economy is the largest by GDP in East and Central Africa, an alarming percentage of the population still lives in poverty, and life expectancy at birth remains low (67 years).** Kenya saw a recent rise in HIV cases for the first time in a decade, derailing its excellent track record in reducing positivity rates to achieve total HIV/AIDS eradication by 2030. The country is also home to a large youth demographic, with 80% of the population aged 35 or below. It also remains primarily agrarian, with 75% of the rural population involved in agricultural activities. 7.5M **Small-scale farmers** **New HIV cases in 2022** 34K 80% **Of the population are under 36** 33.4% **Poverty rate according to the World Bank** 12 13 ## What your money can do... **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Girls/Boys teen pack Food for 2 weeks** £15 Underwear and sanitary items. £20 Feed a family in need for two weeks. **Milking Goat** Provide milk and meat £75 £90 for a family. **Bunk beds** Supply beds for a family. **Milking cow Build a family house** Provide milk for a Build a home for a £270 £680 family. family in need. ## Child Sponsorship Programme ## University **The focal point of The Nasio Trust’s work over the past twenty-two years is the child, particularly vulnerable and orphaned children.** Through our Child Sponsorship Programme, beneficiaries receive free education, meals, and healthcare cover. Additionally, they also receive continuous psycho-social support from our social work team. In 2022, the Social Work Team conducted 521 home visits to help identify issues the children and their families are facing. **Amongst our beneficiaries, 15 were enrolled in a range of professional courses in university in 2022.** They are pursuing degrees in Social Work, Health Records Keeping at leading universities across Kenya including the Kisumu National Polytechnic, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, and Kenya Medical Training College. ## Early Childhood Development Centres ## Mentorship **A key objective of the charity is to build capacity within the community, particularly young people who make up the largest demographic group within our implementation region.** As a result, Exceptional Student Programme scholars are linked with a mentor from within the Nasio team to guide them through settling into their new environments. Mentors also help beneficiaries find clarity in their future aspirations later in their secondary education. _**“The mentorship programme has enabled beneficiaries to find direction and hone their interests as they progress through school. There has been an improvement in discipline and students have had positive behavioural changes. The mentorship programme has enabled beneficiaries to gain leadership and life skills, while also preparing them to be role models for the future.**_ **The Nasio Trust runs two of its own Early Childhood Development Centres, or ECDs, in Mumias West Sub-County – Noah’s Ark and St Irene’s.** The ECD centres are embedded within the community so any child, and not just Nasio beneficiaries, can enrol into the centres. Students at the ECDs are provided with free meals every day. Students supported by Nasio from nearby schools also enjoy lunches at our ECDs. We supported 45 students through our ECDs in 2022, with 21 students at St Irene’s and 24 at Noah’s Ark. _**Mentoring is a great learning experience for me as well since many beneficiaries don’t open up easily but gradually their communication skills improve and we have mutually beneficial mentorship sessions.”**_ _Japheth Musindalo, Head of Department for Education and Mentor_ Sponsor a child today at www.sponsorachildinneed.com 16 17 ## Peer Education Programme **The Peer Education Programme is The Nasio Trust’s flagship programme that trains young people in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (SRH). We have trained 366 peer educators so far, who have set-up health clubs in 10 partner schools. A health club is also routinely run in each partner school, independently of Nasio training.** Trust at its annual partners’ conference through a documentary on her life . Riziki is an exceptional role model for young people in Mumias West and is a confident person who does not shy away from talking candidly with people such as boda boda drivers, who are mostly male, about safe sex. **Scan the code to watch Riziki’s video...** The programme focuses on helping young people understand the changes in their bodies, bodily autonomy, how STIs can be transmitted, and negotiating safe sex. As a result of the intervention, we have managed to bring down teenage pregnancy by 60% in partner schools. There has also been an uptake of HIV Therapy sessions provided at our medical centre. Over 3,000 people across Mumias West Sub-County have been cumulatively impacted by the project. _**We could not have achieved this without the incredible support of the Egmont Trust**_ Riziki Hamisi, a young 19-year old peer mentor, was spotlighted by The Egmont 18 ## Case Study James Otieno (Aged 22) _stop his medications and was affected adversely._ _**James Otieno is a 22-year old from Ugana in Mumias West. He discovered his HIV positive status 15 years ago when he finally asked his grandmother about the medication he was regularly taking.**_ _According to James, his life changed for the better when he joined the support group for young people living with HIV, initiated by the Peer Education Programme. He was trained in the importance of treatment adherence and began to take his medication again. James is now a peer mentor and leads our HIV support group sessions._ _Due to the stigma and misinformation surrounding the transmission of HIV, his uncles and cousins started segregating his utensils and beddings. The discrimination caused James to_ 19 ## Primary & Secondary School Education ## **Students continue to be supported through their educational journeys after they graduate from** as 25% . While primary education in Kenya is free, secondary schooling incurs a fee and most students are likely to drop-out during this transition. **the ECDs.** 187 of our sponsored children were in primary education in 2022 and they were provided with school essentials such as uniforms, stationary materials, specialised items like sports shoes. The Nasio Trust sponsors the education of all supported beneficiaries who score 50% in their primary school examinations. 73 beneficiaries’ secondary school fees and social support were sponsored by Nasio in 2022. The completion (of school education) rates in Kakamega County are lower than the national average, with school dropout rates being as high ## The Exceptional Student Programme ## Supporting 331 Children & Young People **Early Childhood Primary Secondary University & Volunteers Development Centres Education Education Tertiary** 11 Volunteers waiting to 45 Children 187 Children 73 Students 15 Students join university **Exceptional** 25 Students **Noah’s Ark** 24 Children **St. Irene’s** 21 Children **Students from within the community who have scored over 350 (out of 500) marks in their Kenya Certificate for Primary Education (KCPE) and have demonstrated consistent academic potential despite their disadvantaged circumstances are supported through the Exceptional Student Programme.** These scholars are sponsored to study at highly-rated boarding schools and given an allowance. 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20 21 ## Case Study Linda Masakhwe _**Linda is an Exceptional Student Programme scholar and is one of our ‘Grade A’ students who consistently excels in academics. She is the eldest of two siblings and lives with her single mother who works as a tailor.**_ _She took a while to settle down in her new environment at Tigoi Girls High School and felt that the academic pressure on her, as she transitioned from primary to secondary school, had changed drastically. But she rose to the challenge and scored a higher grade in her first year of secondary school than her KCPE examinations. The Nasio Trust helped her, and other students like her, through an annual academic clinic that provides mentorship by the Board of Trustees. During the holidays, volunteer teachers provide tuition classes to students struggling with certain subjects. The pairing up of each beneficiary with a member of staff provides constant support as well._ _homes to identify issues that students are struggling, and closely monitored Linda’s situation._ _The reinforcement of support positively impacts students’ mental wellbeing and self-confidence. The Nasio team have also recalled Linda’s increased self-esteem as a result; they noted she is able to effectively challenge her peers when needed and peacefully co-exist, whilst focusing on her education._ _She also found it challenging to make friends in a new environment. Linda recalls feeling intimidated by her seniors in school. However, she has been able to develop confidence and devise techniques for social interaction. The Social Work Team makes routine visits to beneficiaries’ schools and_ _**In her final term of 2022, she scored an A- and continues to perform well.**_ ## Adult Education Classes needs, a news schedule of classes for 20 adult students will be launched in 2023 at a more central location. **Education is an avenue of growth not only for young people but also for their parents and the adults in the community.** In order to create a community that understands the value of education, our Adult Education Classes _**Thanks to the Eleanor**_ currently train 9 students in literacy and numeracy, _**Rathbone Charitable Trust**_ so that they may sign their own documents and continue supporting the next generation. Classes are held at The Nasio Trust’s guesthouse. Members of literacy and numeracy classes are guardians of young beneficiaries from the village of Musanda. Those living further away are unable to spare the money to travel for the classes, hence to meet their 22 23 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Activities **As part of our WASH objectives, we constructed four pit-latrines for those most in need and have tippy taps (hands-free ways of washing) installed in our ECDs.** All girls in need are provided with teen packs (that include basic hygiene items such as soap, toothpaste, and razors) and reusable sanitary pads to improve their menstrual health. Boys are also provided with teen packs to help them transition into adolescence with more ease. ## Spirulina Production **Our state-of-the-art Spirulina production unit is an important nutritional and income source for Nasio and its beneficiaries.** ## sustainability of its own projects. Sixty-five children under the age of 12 were administered spirulina at the GMK Medical Centre in 2022, with 11 of the children being severely malnourished. Spirulina, a blue-green algae, is a superfood that is 70% protein. At Nasio’s projects, we use spirulina as a nutritional supplement in all meals served to students at the ECDs throughout the year. Sales from Spirulina helps the charity ensure the **Through the spirulina supplements, their BMI improved to healthy levels.** ## George Mudenyo Kadima Medical Centre **The GMK Medical Centre is a self-contained medical centre that serves a large rural catchment area.** The nearest government-run medical facility is 8 km away but is also often without drugs or doctors. The GMK Medical Centre offers in-patient, out-patient, HIV testing, Maternal and Child Healthcare, and consultation services. In 2022, the medical centre treated over 19,000 patients, delivered 502 babies, and immunised 2,820 infants. With just 30 staff, the medical centre has become a leading facility in the region, treating rural ailments resulting from poor sanitation. The medical centre treated 335 cases of water borne diseases, including gastroenteritis and amoebiasis. The Nasio Trust also provides its young beneficiaries with medical cover through the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) – a government-funded medical insurance scheme. This allows 331 supported children to access the medical centre’s facilities for free. Additionally, we also provide medical cover for 150 subsistence farmers. The staff at the medical centre and the social work team helped enrol over 2,000 citizens into the NHIF. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## Women’s Rehabilitation Project **The Women’s Rehabilitation Project is a livelihoods project aimed at economically empowering vulnerable women so that they may have a stable source of income to fall back on.** enterprise. The project will be expanded in 2023 to include another 20 vulnerable women from within the local area. Small enterprises such as these are key for increasing (and diversifying) household incomes and to generate soft skills in leadership, communication as well as financial literacy amongst groups who have been structurally excluded from it. Over a period of four months, 68 women in 3 women’s groups produced liquid soap generating income from their sales. A percentage of the income earned was injected back into the project to make it sustainable and an ongoing ## Volunteering ## Bee-Keeping & Fishponds **As part of an integrated agricultural approach, the charity maintains its own beehives and fish ponds to generate income – and to eventually scale it to the community.** Twenty young people were also trained in beekeeping – the group included young people living with HIV, peer educators and other beneficiaries. Proceeds from 14 “Langstroth hives” and 2 fish ponds are fed back into the charity to ensure a steady income stream. The beehives are harvested 4 times a year to maintain hive health. Bee-keeping in Western Kenya is able to produce higher quality honey due to the presence of several varieties of indigenous flowers. Training in apiary and fish pond maintenance is a component of our Peer Education Programme to generate sources of income for young people so that they refrain from engaging in risky sexual behaviour. One of the fish ponds was constructed by those in the Peer Education Programme as part of project activities stocked with around 4,000 Tilapia fish in the ponds. Bee-keeping has initial start-up costs but no further expenditure making its uptake within the community easier. We are proud of our bee keeping project and its contribution to protecting bee colonies and improving pollination. Tilapia fish were chosen since they are part of the local diet and have an existing market. It is also a way of promoting protein intake amongst those who cannot afford to purchase costlier meat. 2022. Some volunteers were attached with the Agriculture Department and work on our demonstration farms, while others were working in the kitchens at our ECD centres as assistants. **Young people who’ve been through our child sponsorship programme and are now pursuing professional courses or waiting to qualify for tertiary education, volunteer at our projects to build their skills.** **This enables them to receive professional training and earn a stipend.** Eleven beneficiaries volunteered with us in 26 27 ## The Sustainable Agriculture Project **The Nasio Trust’s Sustainable Agriculture project supported 600 small-scale farmers through distribution of farm inputs such as seeds and fertilisers as well as through training in agricultural techniques such as intercropping, trench-construction, and irrigation techniques.** The 600 farmers were split across two projects – one conducted in collaboration with the One Acre Fund (an organisation that provides agricultural loans in Sub-Saharan Africa) and one that supports farmers from the Islamic faith. In return for support with farm inputs and training as well as to fulfil the obligation of _Zakat_ (the requirement for Muslims to donate of part of one’s wealth to charity), the 100 Muslim farmers donated excess yields to families within the community – 122 KGs of maize were distributed amongst 214 such families. A selected group amongst the Muslim farmers were also provided with 7 goats as supplementary source of income. Within one year, the goats multiplied to 35. The new goats were distributed to another group of 25 farmers to keep the cycle going. security is directly linked to school attendance, with students from food secure households being 57% less likely to be absent from school. ## **Case Study** Janet Adera **Janet Adera is a 28-year old mother of 3. She was part of the One Acre Fund (OAF) agricultural project in 2022 and was provided with a loan to purchase farm inputs for her ¼ acre plot of farm land.** She also participated in training modules as a programme beneficiary and was trained in intercropping and crop rotation by The Nasio Trust. The Nasio Trust helped dispel the local misconception about conditions of loan repayment under the OAF scheme – enabling Janet to enrol as a farmer without apprehension. Janet received a loan of 7,370 Ksh, which she repaid in full through her extremely successful maize harvest of 360 KGs. This was an exponential improvement on her previous yield of just 40 KGs. The project also incorporated training on climate and food system resilience and has helped link farmers with Seed Savers, an organisation that allows farmers exchange seeds and create a seed bank. Through our agricultural interventions, 38% of the supported farmers increased their yields. With an average household size of 6, over 3,600 people directly benefited from the project through improved food security and access to nutrition. Improved food 28 29 ## Young Farmers // The Environment ## YOUNG FARMER’S CLUB **The Young Farmers Club (YFC) trains young people in agricultural techniques by encouraging them to learn important livelihood skills as well as educate them in climate change and its impact.** Through the YFC, 128 young people were trained in farming, kitchen gardening, tree nurserymanagement, fish pond-management, and beekeeping. YFCs were set-up in 10 partner schools and each school has its own kitchen garden where vegetable seeds for cowpeas, kale, slender leaf, and black nightshade were distributed at the partner schools. The introduction of these foods has diversified the nutritional value of students’ diets and has helped boost the intake of protein, vitamins A, B, and C. The Young Farmers Clubs currently have 516 members, with a majority being girls. CASE STUDY: ALEXANDER ACHAYO **Alexander Achayo, aged 15 years, is currently in Grade 7 at the Milimani Junior Secondary School. He was trained as a young farmer in December 2020 and then became a club member. He was inspired to become an agricultural engineer on joining the club.** He established the Young Farmers Club in his school through support from his head teacher, who was persuaded to allocate space for vegetable farming within the school premises. Alexander has also started a kitchen garden at home, which his family uses as a source of additional nutrition. They also sell the surplus at the local market. OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT **The Nasio Trust is cognizant of the environment around it and the adverse impact of climate change. We are working towards reducing our carbon footprint and our projects have already begun meeting this goal.** For instance, apart from being a superfood, Spirulina is also carbon negative. According to research conducted in collaboration with the Wageningen University, emissions of carbon dioxide per kilogram of protein in spirulina is -1.15. This helps offset the use of water during spirulina production. We are continually aiming to make the production process as sustainable as possible and use waste water as feed for farm animals. Our tree nurseries are also helping us sequester carbon at a large scale. Each fully grown tree sequesters 1 kg of carbon every day. Donations of tree saplings provide the community with years of cleaner air and better soil quality. The tree nursery usually contains around 600 tree saplings, at any one time, of grevillea, pine, and papaya – indigenous trees that provide the local community with organic manure, wood for fuel, and fruit. Guardians of beneficiaries received donations of 200 seedlings. ## Find Out More at www.thenasiotrust.org 30 31 ## & Events Highlights ## **Nancy Receives an Honourary Doctorate** **Nancy Hunt, CEO and Founder of The Nasio Trust, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Reading in recognition of her work in Kenya and the UK.** She was awarded a ‘Doctor of Letters’ and the University recognised Nancy and Nasio’s impact on the local community. ## **Successful Volunteering Trips** **42 student volunteers contributed to Nasio’s projects in Kenya. Several student groups from Youth Challenge, Oxfordshire helped build houses, lead jiggers campaigns, and participate in community activities.** ## **Volunteer With Us** ## **£4,000 Raised at Our Charity Golf Day** **Our charity golf day held on 30th September raised over £4,000 towards the expansion of the GMK Medical Centre to provide broader healthcare services to the community.** 48 supporters participated in the event to make it a success. ## **Nasio Awarded Gold Standard Internship Host** **The Nasio Trust was granted a Gold Standard Internship Host status by the University of Oxford for the fifth year in a row.** We welcomed 4 interns from the university who worked on a range of projects including reportage on the efficiency of our projects, need for mental health interventions within the community, and strengthening partnership with corporates. Volunteer with us at www.volunteerforcharity.org **Volunteer with us at our projects in rural Kenya to give back to the community through a house-build or a jiggers campaign to eradicate the parasite from schools.** Your effort will help improve the quality of life of countless people and motivate several others to join the cause. Medical volunteering provides an additional avenue for volunteers to donate their expertise in the medical field to the charity. Attachment with our medical centre offers a close peek into rural health. 32 33 ## **The World We Want** ## **The Egmont Trust** **We thank the Egmont Trust for funding the Peer Education Programme.** **We thank TWWW for their support of our sustainable agriculture and exceptional student programme projects.** ## **Plewa Family Foundation** ## **Sankalpa** **We thank Sankalpa for helping us run our Young Farmers Club project.** **We thank the Plewa Foundation for their generous support of the Exceptional Students Programme.** ## **Kennington, Oxfordshire Community** **We thank the village of Kennington for fundraising for our library construction project.** ## **Global Foods** **We thank Global Foods for supporting our sustainable agriculture programme with a particular emphasis on the Muslim community.** ## **Daymark Foundation** **We thank the Daymark Foundation for sponsoring a new borehole at the GMK Medical Centre.** ## **Dorchester Abbey** **And congregation for promoting and supporting the Nasio Trust’s objectives and for hosting our 20th anniversary celebrations.** **We’d also like to thank... University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, Youth Challenge Oxfordshire & Earthwise Girls** 34 35 ## Plans for 2023 ## **Strategic realignment to develop climate resilience** **The charity recognises the impact climate change has had on the community we work in. Unpredictable rainfall continues to devastate small-scale farmers who do not have an economic cushion.** While we continue to train the community in climate change and organic farming, we hope to refocus our agricultural programmes to be regenerative. ## **Taking the Library Project forward** **We hope to break ground on the foundations of the first public library in Mumias due to the generous support of the Kennington community in Oxfordshire to ensure that everyone in Mumias can access a free, public library.** We also envision the library to be a safe community space. We have reached our fundraising target to build the library’s shell and are continuing our fundraising efforts to furnish the library. ## **Establishing a Porridge Kitchen** **We will be initiating a porridge kitchen from our ECDs to help malnourished children and their mothers’ access meals for free.** ## **Establishing a Porridge Kitchen** **In the coming year, we will continue raising funds for the expansion of the GMK Medical Centre so that it can cater to the growing healthcare needs of the people. We hope to launch new wards and purchase x-ray as well as ultrasound machines.** Find our fundraising appeal here -> **thenasiotrust.org/medical-centre** ## **Hosting students through the Turing Scheme** **The Nasio Trust is aiming to expand its volunteering and school outreach through the UK government’s Turing Scheme, which allows students at UK schools and universities to learn through work experience abroad and receive funding. Learn more about our school volunteering projects.** ## **Borehole construction for 24/7 access to water** **We plan on constructing a borehole at the GMK Medical Centre to provide running water at no cost to the facility as well as to the Nasio guest-house – reducing our dependence on the local water supply.** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Prioritising social and behavioural changes:** To empower the community to overcome the barriers to the uptake of new knowledge and to convert it into local action. ## OUR 5 YEAR STRATEGY **Foster Community Ownership and Participation:** To ensure that our projects are led and informed by the community we work in so that their lifespan may extend beyond The Nasio Trust’s direct involvement. We aim to achieve this by identifying community leaders who will anchor and mobilise people together as well as by involving the community more closely in project ideation, implementation, and decision-making. Our thrust will be focused on the sensitisation of a diverse cross-section of the community. We will particularly enact this in the case of the Peer Education Programme to sensitise the whole community regarding safe sex. Becoming economically self-sustained: To work towards making the charity’s income-generating projects self-contained and profit-making so that it has a consistent source of funds. **Climate-ready communities:** To make the people we work with ready to meet the challenge of climate change and to adopt behaviours that safeguard against it. We are working towards widening the markets we sell our products like honey and spirulina in, while finding innovative ways of reducing our production costs. 38 39 ## Income & Expenditure Year Ending 31/12/2022 **----- Start of picture text -----**
YEAR ENDING 31/12/2022
Income
Donations £100,139
Fund raising £52,928
Transfers £256,501
Gift Aid Relief £20,370
Income (rounded) £429,938
Expenditure
Charitable Expenditure £307,176
Fundraising £48,956
Governance £2,256
Admin & Promotion £24,621
Bank Charges £1,737
Depreciation £16,535
Office Costs £24,799
Expenditure (rounded) £426,080
SURPLUS/DEFICIT £3,858
Our aim is to keep any surplus in the bank at a minimum so
that we maximise funds that support our projects to improve
save lives in Kenya.
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## Balance Sheet Year Ending 31/12/2022 **----- Start of picture text -----**
ASSETS 31/12/2022
Fixed Assets
Fixed Asset Total £38,451
Current Assets
Stock £1,273
Debtors £6,864
Cash at Bank £117,072
Current Assets Total £125,209
Current Liabilities
Creditors £26,116
Taxation £2,524
Current Liabilities Total £28,640
GRAND TOTAL £135,020
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|ACCUMULATED FUNDS|ACCUMULATED FUNDS| |---|---| |At 1st January 2022|£44,836| |Income & Expenditure
Account|£3,858| |Restricted Funds|£86,326| |GRAND TOTAL|£135,020| |Signed on behalf of
the charity’s trustees
**Jonathan Hunt,**
**Chairperson**|| 40 41 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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_**In 2022** We raised over_ 2022 Total Income £429,938 Fundraising £52,928 Donations £100,139 Gift Aid £20,370 Transfers £256,501 **----- Start of picture text -----**
2022 Total Expenditure
£426,080
Charitable Expenditure £307,176
Fund Raising £48,956
Office Costs £24,799
Admin & Promo £24,621
Depreciation £16,535
Governance/Monitoring £2,256
Bank Charges £1,737
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## Obanda Osore **Mrs Melsa Obanda Osore passed away on 26th November, 2022.** She was one of Irene Mudenyo’s children and was one of the founders of the Nasio Trust. After her retirement she began working towards the protection of vulnerable and orphaned children. ## Icolyn Ma Smith, OBE **Icolyn Ma Smith, OBE passed away on 23rd September, 2022.** She had been feeding Oxfordshire’s homeless for the past thirty years and continued to do so throughout the pandemic. Her impact on Oxford’s citizens has been monumental. She also sponsored a child through Nasio and was involved with alleviating poverty in Kenya. 44 45 ## Thanks and acknowledgements We are incredibly thankful to all of our supporters for their ongoing dedication which allows us to continue our programmes and create brighter futures for some of Kenya’s most vulnerable children and communities. We are also grateful for our dedicated staff in Kenya and the UK who provide continual support and care to our children each and every day. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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CHANGING LIVES FOR GOOD www.thenasiotrust.org info@thenasiotrust.org +44 (0) 1235 611200 15 The Chambers Vineyard, Abingdon OX14 3FE UK Reg Charity No. 1104542 ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## The No4oTrust Reportand A¢£ountsfortheyearended 31stlJecember2022 1ndependentex0mlne￿srÈpOrtt0theTrus￿eesoITh• N￿0T￿￿$t I réporrtotheTrustee50n myexamin*ion oftheaccountsofthéNasloTru5tfortheyearended 31 Decembw2022.which areset out on page54 to 8 Respectlve lespon￿bIlItIesOltTUStee54nd examlner Thecharity'strust* arere5POn5iblefor the prÈpar*ion oftheaccount&Thecharit¢5trustee5con51derthat an audit Isllot requiredforthls year undÈr 5￿tioN 144121 oftheCharili*Act 2011 Ithe2011 Actland that an independent examlnation is￿e&¥jed. Thecharltyls preparing crued account53nd l arn Qualifil￿ to undèrtakethe ￿amInatIon byb@Ingaqu4lified memberofThÈ Instltuteof Chartered Accountants In Eng18nd and Wales • examin@theètcaunt5 UnderS￿tIon 145 oftheCharitle5Act 2011 •tofollowthepr0c￿Ure5 laid down Inthe8eneral DirectionsÉiven bytheCharityCommSsslon undeT5ectlon 14515llblofthe2011 Art •tostat@whether particular matters havecometo myattentlon Ba￿sOf1nde￿endent oxamlnerf5report Mye*8rninationwa5 carrled out In accardancewith thegeneral Dlrectionswven by theCharitycornmi￿￿on and Is In ¥COrd￿ceW1th Re8ulation 11 ofiheCharltie5Accounts IScotlandlRegulation5 2006. An e&amlnation include5 areview oftheaccouTrtln8 record5kept byth@ charltyand a cotllP3rison oftheaccount5pre5ented withthoserecord5. It also IncludÈsconsideration ofany unusual It@msor or disclosur¥ In theaccount5, 3nd seekingeKplanatiOn5fromyou astru5tee5concernin8anysuch m•iers.Theprocedure5undertak@n donot provideall theevld@ncÈth* would be required an audit and consequently no opShlon lsglven asto whetherthe¥counts present a'truÈand fairview, andthe report 15 limited tothosemattersset out in thenw sratement. Independent A￿[n￿￿$s￿emen* In connectionwith myexaminatlon, no tnatterhas$ltaa2|Yearending
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