# POSITIVE WOMEN

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1111952
- **Other names:** THE CHILDREN OF SWAZILAND, First Year Africa
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 7, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1111952


## Contact

- **Address:** Lluast Isaf, Rhyd y Gwin, Craig-Cefn-Parc, Swansea
- **Postcode:** SA6 5TH
- **Phone:** 01792842048
- **Email:** info@firstyearafrica.uk
- **Website:** www.firstyearafrica.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.  TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND WOMEN AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR SWAZILAND.2.  TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR SWAZILAND, THAT ARE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS.3.  TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR SWAZILAND, ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH HIV/AIDS.4.  TO EDUCATE PEOPLE IN THE UK, IN PARTICULAR SOUTH WALES, ABOUT THE ISSUES AFFECTING COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS.

**Activities:** We establish projects and programs that eradicate poverty and empower women in Swaziland.Our empowerment work with women not only helps eradicate poverty in their local communities but gives them the skills and confidence to fight for a better life. We will fund women led small businesses, send aids orphaned children to school and help pioneer legal cases to protect women and children.

**Area of benefit:** AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR SWAZILAND, AND UK




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Angola
- Cameroon
- Eswatini
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 17, 2024 | £10219 | £4373 | — | — |
| Oct. 17, 2023 | £601 | £0 | — | — |
| Oct. 17, 2022 | £2087 | £1328 | — | — |
| Oct. 17, 2021 | £2555 | £23715 | — | — |
| Oct. 17, 2020 | £11745 | £31084 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Ariane Genillard Cowley — appointed May 12, 2011
- CHARALAMBOS CHARALAMBOS — appointed April 20, 2011
- Charles Desmond Harman — appointed May 12, 2022