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The Akili Trust

Akili Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1114275
Status
Registered
Registered
May 18, 2006
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
119 Victoria Road
London
N22 7XG

Activities

We fit out and support community libraries in rural Kenya in consultation with local people, providing books, newspapers, IT, book development programmes and training in order to improve literacy and availability of information. We also give secondary school bursaries to able, needy students from the immediate locality, in return for a few hours work in the libraries, each week.

Objects: (1) To Advance The Education Of School Pupils And The General Public In East Africa By The Provision Of Library Facilities And Resources;(2) To Advance The Education Of Local Communities In East Africa By Training And Equipping Them To Create Learning Resources;(3) To Extend The Capacity And Skills Of Poorly Resourced Communities In East Africa By Delivering Professional Training That Will Help Expand Their Opportunities In The Wider Global Society

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
What
Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Children/young People, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
East Africa
Country
Kenya

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2024 £31,030 £25,340
Sept. 30, 2023 £27,304 £26,214
Sept. 30, 2022 £23,978 £29,274
Sept. 30, 2021 £23,087 £27,496
Sept. 30, 2020 £26,222 £18,148

Trustees

Name Appointed
MS Pam Dix (Chair)
Anne Sofer
Daniel Gavshon Brady April 17, 2013
DR Margaret Sills Sept. 29, 2015
Jennifer Pitkin Feb. 21, 2012
Jess Dix May 16, 2016
Laura Gavshon
Mark Clayton Orchard
Seonaid Blake MacLeod May 16, 2015