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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date **1st Sept 2020 31st August 2021**
## Reference and administration details
**Charity name** HOPE FOR SOUTH ARICA’S CHILDREN
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1106844
**Charity's principal address** 1 The Fold, New Ridley Stocksfield Northumberland **Postcode NE43 7RG**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of advisor Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Trust Deed
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed by the Trustees
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees.
- The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works.
- Relationship with any related parties.
- Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Objectives and activities**
THE RELIEF OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HIV/AIDS. THE PROVISIONS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF RECREATIONAL FALCILITIES FOR SUCH PATIENTS. **Summary of the objects of the** THE RELIEF IN CASES OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF THE **charity set out in its** DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PATIENTS OR OF DECEASED **governing document** PATIENTS. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CHILDREN OF SOUTH AFRICA INFECTED OR AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS.
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**Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects**
OUR POLICY FOR MAKING GRANTS TO THE REHOBOTH CHILDREN’S VILLAGE REMAIN TWO FOLD, FIRSTLY FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE VILLAGE AND SECONDLY FOR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE VILLAGE SCHOOL AND EARLY YEARS EDUCATION. OUR OUTREACH FUND SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF OTHER CHILD ORIENTATED PROJECTS IN THE RURAL AREA KNOWN TO THE TRUSTEES AND SUPERVISED PERSONALLY WITH AN ANNUAL VISIT.
ALL THE TRUSTEES REMAIN VOLUNTEERS AND OUR COSTS ARE LESS THAN 1% OF TURNOVER.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- Policy on grantmaking
- Policy programme related investment
- Contribution made by Volunteers
## Achievements and performance
The main aim of the charity continues to be to support children infected/affected by HIV/AIDS and specifically, although not exclusively, to support the Rehoboth Children’s Village in South Africa. Other projects supported by HFSAC include, Khula Crèche, Cornerstone Special School, Genesis Care Centre, Genesis Trust (Safe Spaces food programme) & Vredenburg Church Kids Kingdom together with a number of rural crèches which we support via Green Sparks Education, a charity run by Dianne Wallace, delivering the Brain Boosters programme. Covid 19 has had a major impact on rural crèches with lockdowns shutting crèches. We have, as a result, increased support for food parcels and feeding programmes.
## Income 2020/21
This year’s income of £46921 is a decrease of 17% over the 2019/20` fiscal. The charity’s income was made up as follows:
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**INCOME**
Sponsorship
Donations
Gift Aid Reclaim
Further Education Fund
Leaver Support Fund
Misc
**TOTAL**|**2019/20 2020/21**
£18531 16277 -12%
£31869 20180 -37%
£5314 4578 -14%
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425
£294 1
**£56008 £46921-17%**
£21827 £23460
£6466 £4216
£28293**£27676 -3%**|
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|**Grants**
Rehoboth
Rehoboth Education
**Total Rehoboth Grants**||
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Achievements and performance
Green Sparks Education £9036 £1150 -88% Cornerstone School £5100 £3000 -42% Khula Crèche £5807 £4352 -25% Genesis Trust £4200 £1500 -65% Leaver Support Fund £501 Nokukhanya Crèche £545 £0 Vrendenburg Church £312 £1200 +380% Further Education Grants £401 £3367 +800% POR £950 £0 Sundries £245 £133 -46% Misc £425 **TOTAL £55314 £42879 -23%**
## **EXPENSES**
Expenses were £133 for Web Hosting & Paypal fees. We really appreciate our Trustees who have not claimed any expenses during this period. For overseas bank transfers we continue to use a Forex company which places a minimal cost on the recipient. This also gives better exchange rates across all of our grant recipients.
## **Grant Information**
Our grant allocations have been reduced this year, mainly because a large anonymous grant in the 2019/20 financial year enabled us to allocate more. We have, never the less, been able to support our core grant beneficiaries and further develop our Further Education fund which included grants to Greensparks of £1974 for staff training & a staff training grant to Cornerstone Special School of £787
Another new area of support is our Care Leaver Support fund, set up to offer help to young people leaving the care of Rehoboth Children’s village; this fund supports these young folk with training opportunities/driving licenses & housing needs.
## **Volunteer Information**
David & Glen (Chair/Secretary) have due to Covid 19 and the closure of borders for much of the year been unable to visit, the first time in 20years. The ongoing economic situation remains acute with the Covid 19 virus causing wide spread food shortages and school/ crèche closures. Riots in our area have also put a strain in the rural areas resulting in food shortages. They have been able to stay in touch with What’s App & Zoom with our partners.
## **Project Information**
**Khula Creche,** part of the Genesis Trust (an outreach organization of Norwegian Settlers church), goes from strength to strength with some 90 children in the crèche and many more being fed in after school programmes. Some 300/400 children are being fed twice per week, this together with after school teaching and Mobile clinic visits are reaching many people in this remote area.
## **Green Sparks Education**
Having made a large donation in the previous year, which was not used due to Covid, we only gave a small grant in 2020/21. We have been able to use this to provide additional support during the S.A. lockdowns to provide food parcels/vouchers for families and staff.
As previously mentioned we made grants of £1974 to Crèche staff under our Further Education programme.
## **Genesis Care Centre**
This is the last time we will support the Care Centre as it is changing its focus to Frail Care. The Health Dept withdrew funding which sadly, made the hospice unviable, We have, however, started to support another Genesis project, Safe Space in Mkholombe, a large squatter camp close to Norwegian Settlers Church
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Achievements and performance
## **Cornerstone Learning Centre**
We again provided a full bursary in the form of 2 half year payments for this school for children with special needs. It is planning to add a new classroom. We made additional grants totaling £787 for staff training through our Further Education fund.
## **Vrendenburg Church**
We again supported the Kingdom Kids programme in this very poor community. A grant of £1200 was made.
## **Rehoboth Children’s Village**
A major area of support continues to be Rehoboth Children’s Village. The sponsorship programme has declined by 12% this year, due to the loss of 4 sponsors and children leaving care, resulting in sponsors switching to our Outreach/Education Fund.
Our Education Fund continues to provide additional teaching support and includes the salaries of support staff in the early years’ department. This element of our grant is mostly funded by Hope Church in Hampshire, and corporate sponsorship from Phoenix Electrical.
The village is registered for 80 children, and is now mostly full, although more children are returning home as per guidelines from the Social Development Department who have decreed that no child should stay in the village for more than 2 years. This has resulted in a change of sponsorship from individual to house sponsorship. This might lead to sponsors being less willing to sponsor.
## **Website**
Our website www.hopesachildren.org.uk was refreshed this year. We appreciate the support of Peter Barrett for developing and overseeing it on a voluntary basis.
## **Trustees**
We greatly appreciate the ongoing support of our trustees. We are particularly grateful to Neville Fairbairn, our Treasurer, who keeps our finances in good order, and to John Macklin who has agreed to Independently Examine our accounts.
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## Achievements and performance
## **Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
IT IS THE CHARITIES POLICY NOT TO MAINTAIN RESERVES FOR THE REHOBOTH TRUST (RT), HOWEVER WE RETAIN MONEY IN AN OUTEACH AND EDUCATION FUND TO IDENTIFY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
NONE
**Further financial review details (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising).
- How expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.
THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF FUNDS REMAINS THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME FOR CHILDREN IN REHOBOTH CHILDREN’S VILLAGE; THIS TOGETHER WITH CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, CHURCH AND PRIVATE DONATIONS REMAINS OUR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME. GIFT AID IS ALSO A GOOD SOURCE OF INCOME. WE ALSO HAVE AN EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT FUND TO SUPPORT EDUCATION NEEDS IN THE VILLAGE. A CHURCH SPONSORS PART OF THIS PROGRAMME.
ALL EXPENDITURE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR KEY OBJECTIVES.
- Investment policy and objectives including any WE HAVE A SAVING ACCOUNT TO SUPPORT OUR OUTREACH ethical investment policy PROJECTS. adopted.
## **Other optional information**
## **Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** David Smith **Full name(s)** DAVID REGINALD SMITH **Position (eg secretary, chair,** SECRETARY **etc)**
**Date** 23rd January 2022
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