Joshua Orphan and Community CareAnnual Report2022 Registered Charity Number.. 1114727 JoshuaK A$s15ti￿arphanss theii CLynmun4tie5in MaL3Wi ## **Introduction from our founder, Sylvia Avgherinos** _During the past year, Malawi has experienced many of the problems encountered by Developing Nations: increased cost of living and shortage of certain foods resulting from various global crisis, Covid and other issues related to poor health and limited funding from various donors because financial support has gone towards more critical situations in the world. Malawi also experienced a cyclone which affected food production in many rural communities. Fortunately, in spite of all these difficulties, Joshua has managed to continue with its programmes in Education, IT and Health that were created to assist young_ _children in the villages where we work. Regrettably, our Secondary School Sponsorship Programme is gradually being run down, because of our financial position, but we have managed to support a few students in Tertiary Education. We received a grant awarded by BFSS and have expanded into a new community where Education is undervalued and where pre-school experience will be particularly important. Once again, we have linked with AMECA to provide special support for children with mobility problems, which is very pleasing._ _Thanks to the hard work of our Team in Malawi led by Sue Cabon, the Trustees and the support of our donors, Joshua is continuing to achieve many of its original aims and objectives in assisting the young people and communities around Blantyre. We hope that the next year will bring even greater success._ _**Sylvia Avgherinos CEO of Joshua**_ ## **Our Mission** Joshua Orphan and Community Care (JOCC) is a UK based Charity working to fund JOCC Malawi. Joshua’s Mission is to support community-driven sustainable development projects to assist orphans, vulnerable children, and their families in the rural and peri-urban Blantyre area. ## **Our Approach** We believe communities should have the resources, skills, knowledge and support to ensure that children can grow and develop free of hunger and with access to education and basic healthcare. JOCC’S registered charitable Objectives are: a) Advancing the education of orphans and other vulnerable children in Malawi – in particular, but not exclusively, in the area of Blantyre and its surrounding villages -by the provision of schools and materials, funding teacher training and sponsorship programmes. b) The relief of poverty and hunger in Malawi – in particular, but not exclusively, in the villages surrounding Blantyre – by the provision of feeding centres and income-generating projects. c) The relief of sickness and the promotion of good health through education programmes. d) Assisting in the provision of safe water to the communities. The Trustees are aware of and apply the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. All JOCC’s income is raised in the UK, the USA or Malawi and is used to achieve the Charity’s objectives. ## **Our Strategic Objectives for 2022** 1) Provide Early Childhood Development and Education along with critical nutrition to children under six years old through our communitybased childcare centres. 2) Improve access to quality Education through development of educational facilities and provision of school sponsorship 3) Support communities with basic health services and improved access to safe water. ## **Achievements and Impact in 2022** - Approximately 1155 children regularly attending 17 early years centres - 8 centres growing or producing fortified porridge - Volunteer caregivers completed Certificates in Early Childhood Development - Digital learning projects in Kachumbe and Chimwemwe working with Teach the World Foundation and in Solomoni with the Roger Federer Foundation As in so many countries, the first few months of 2022 were challenging in Malawi. Covid-19 had taken its toll and this, coupled with the impact of the war in Ukraine, had seen huge price rises in Malawi – particularly in the price of fuel. Rising costs hit the families we work with hard. Alongside this, there was a much more competitive fundraising environment with greatly reduced opportunities for international aid and much narrower parameters for grants. However, our commitment to the Joshua communities remained the same and although we were unable to set up new initiatives in the first six months of the year, we continued to support those projects we were running. On average we had 1155 children attending the early years centres (known as community-based childcare centres in Malawi) who all depend on the vital nutrition support as well as being given the chance to thrive through the early years education provided at our centres. The education system in Malawi has been hugely disrupted since March 2020 due to COVID19 closures. The tenacity and determination of young people to complete education has been severely tested so we were delighted that 18 students passed their MSCE exams and in 2022 we continued to support 128 young people to stay in secondary education. ## **Community Based Childcare Centres & Joshua’s Early Childhood Development Programme (CBCCs & ECD programme)** Due to the diligence of both the UK and Malawi arms of Joshua, we were successfully awarded a substantial grant from British and Foreign Schools Society (BFSS) in June 2022 which was to run a project called Bridging the Gap over a three-year period. This grant concerned three Community based Care Centres CBCCs: Solomoni, Ching’amba and Kanchamba. Solomoni was identified as the hub for learning and provides some training to the other two communities, particularly Kanchamba. All three centres received funds for caregiving training, CMC training and other relevant training such as inclusion and safeguarding. There was also a budget for resources and a single sum for the building of a kitchen at Kanchamba. The kitchen was completed in November 2022. As a result of being awarded this grant, Joshua applied for matched funding and were awarded funds to support similar activities in two other centres for a one-year period. Manyowe CBCC and Nkanamwano CBCC will therefore receive funds in 2023 for essential renovations as well as funding for caregiver training and essential resources. The Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme continues to be the main focus for Joshua and the CBCCs we support. During 2022 six caregivers received a week’s training from an external trainer from the BFSS budget for caregiver training. We secured a second donation to support the running of Nchokera CBCC. The donations were used to support caregivers and centre management committees as well as providing funds for their feeding programmes. Nchokera supports the children by growing crops and using these to make likuni phala. Funds were therefore directed to support this project for garden rentals, seeds and fertilizer. Whilst Joshua funds were used to support the remaining CBCCs, the budget for this remained limited. We were able to renovate and repaint Tiyamike CBCC from our building and maintenance budget as well as provide funding for basic repairs The centres are provided with basic resources such as stationery, story books and blocks. Caregivers are encouraged to make some of their own resources such as name cards and bottle top number games and also to make use of their local environment as a resource. For example, moulding clay and playing with sand, leaves and sticks. In our centres, Joshua are fortunate to be able to offer digital learning projects through partnerships with organisations such as Teach the World Foundation and the OneBillion App. During 2022 we were able to continue with our partnership with the Teach the World Foundation. This partnership provided us with tablets for digital learning in one of the CBCCs at the beginning of 2019. The project continued to run during 2022 at Chimwemwe and Kachumbe. The CBCC runs in the morning, providing two one-hour shifts using the tablets and other ECD activities continue throughout the morning. Children are also provided with likuni phala. We continued to run two shifts in the afternoon for children from the nearby Nancholi Primary. Many of these children were introduced to digital learning whilst attending the CBCC and now choose to come in the afternoon to continue with the digital learning programme. During 2022, Joshua was also introduced to the Roger Federer Foundation who provide tablets integrated within our ECD curriculum. The first centre to use them was Solomoni. More centres will be trained in the use of this tablet and begin to use the app effectively. ## **Sponsorship Programme** Joshua has been forced to reduce its sponsorship programme because of lack of funds. Students who are already on our sponsorship programmes continue to be supported but the organisation is not offering sponsorship to new students. In October 2022 the remaining students were in Form 3 and Form 4. Several students at Lunzu are supported by individual donors from UK. In addition, a number of students with special needs are sponsored at two boarding schools catering for students with special needs. Joshua is currently supporting a student who was offered a scholarship at Chancellor College. In addition, we are delighted to have two of our sponsored secondary school students at University - demonstrating the long term impact sponsorship can have. ## **Mobile Clinic** Joshua runs a weekly Mobile Clinic which sets up at a different CBCC each week on a six-week rotation. Children and adults can be treated for small ailments at the clinic or are referred to a relevant clinic or hospital for more serious conditions. Health Surveillance Teams support termly BMI/MUAC nutrition testing for all CBCC children. In 2022 Joshua conducted a survey in the communities managed by Chilaweni CBO TA Machinjiri to identify community members with disabilities related to mobility. Twenty one members were identified and interviewed. This information was shared with the DHO and AMECA clinic. As a result of this, a physiotherapy room was set up at AMECA and a physiotherapist runs a clinic every Thursday. This has been particularly beneficial for the families of children with mobility issues, for example children affected with cerebral palsy. Families are taught exercises to improve core strength, relax or strengthen muscles and provided with advice. The proximity of the clinic makes the physiotherapy more accessible and also provides links to other support agencies where relevant. The clinic can also provide a small number of useful resources such as walking /standing aids. ## **UK based changes** In August we launched our new website with increased functionality and improved visuals. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Trustee Mike Ellis for his work on this. We also said a sad goodbye and heartfelt thank you to our fundraising manager Sarah Hammond Ward who went on to pastures new and welcomed Lorraine Dunk into the position. _We continue to be immensely grateful to all the individual supporters who continue to support our work. Whether this is through regular donations, participating in sporting challenges or organising fundraising events, our work could not continue without them._ ## **Resources & Financial Management** In 2022, JOCC raised £112,181; fundraising through Aid Agencies, Trusts and individuals. JOCC operated with the very lowest overheads ensuring that the majority of funding goes to projects in the community. We consistently evaluate all costs to identify areas for savings without compromising on the services we provide. The table and graph below show the breakdown by source of the £112,181 fundraised for JOCC in 2022. ## **JOCC 2022 Accounts - Receipts** |**JOCC 2022 Accounts - Receipts**|| |---|---| ||UKP| |Regular donations|£29,201| |Sponsorship|£1,653| |One off donationsgeneral|£26,894| |Restricted One off donations(inc Trust Funds)|£47,250| |Gift Aid Receipts|£6,139| |Other(Interest & Charitecards)|£1,044| |**Total**|**£112,181**| The next table and graph show the breakdown of how funds raised were spent in 2022 for JOCC 92.5% of funds were sent directly to Malawi with 5.9% going towards staff costs (including some Malawian staff) and the remainder on administrative costs. ## **JOCC 2022 Accounts - Payments** ||UKP| |---|---| |Transfers to Malawi|£88,130| |Bank Charges|£210| |Employment Costs|£5,600| |Office Rental|£0| |FundraisingCosts|£387| |Insurance|£717| |Other|£230| |**Total**|**£95,273**| ## **Legal and Administrative Details** ## **Legal Status** Registered charity in the UK, charity no. 1114727. Registered NGO in Malawi with the Malawi NGO Board and the Council for NGOs in Malawi. ## **Principal Address** 63 Adams Way, Norwood Junction, CR0 6XR ## **Trustees who served in the year** Beth Chapman (Chair) Michael Ellis Laura Hussell (Finance) Berry Butler (Donations Secretary) Sarah Charlton (Secretary) Sylvia Avgherinos Trustees that joined the board in 2022: Julie Smallwood, Janie Hargreaves and Andrew Brown ## **Independent Examiner** Marie Cottam, member of the Institute Chartered Accountants of Scotland ## **Charitable Objectives** • Advancing the education of orphans in Malawi, in particular but not exclusively, in the area of Blantyre and surrounding villages by the provision of schools, teachers, school materials and grants • The relief of poverty in Malawi, in particular but not exclusively in the villages surrounding Blantyre by the provision of feeding centres. - The relief of sickness and promotion and preservation of good health. ## **Public Benefit** The Charity has complied with the public benefit requirement in accordance with Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011. The Charity Commission in its Charities and Public Benefit Guidance requires that key principles be met in order to show that an organisation's aims are for the public benefit. Firstly, there must be an identifiable benefit, and secondly, the benefit must be to the public or a section of the public. Joshua Orphan and Community Care works with 17 communities in rural and peri-urban Malawi. To provide public benefit to these communities, projects are focused on communities where the majority of households are dependent on subsistence farming and live on less than $2 per day. Our approach aims to ensure that projects reach vulnerable families and communities such as those affected by HIV and AIDS, female and child-headed households, and children and young people who have been orphaned. ## **Our Impact** The preceding pages outline the impact we were able to make in 2022 in relation to strategic objectives. ## **Statement about trustees** Joshua was registered as a charity in June 2006. All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Regular trustee meetings take place throughout the year. There is a separate independent board in Malawi. ## **Governance, organisational Structure and Staffing** There is no physical UK office as the trustees have chosen to focus all resources to work in Malawi. Joshua’s UK fundraising is supported by a freelance fundraiser. There is a small office in Blantyre, Malawi with a small staff team. Sylvia Avgherinos is CEO of Joshua, providing guidance on strategy and project development. Susan Cabon has continued in post as Country Manager through 2022 supported by Joseph Chiundiza as Programmes Manager and local Field Offiers. Specialist staff include Early Childhood Development teacher, and Digital Learning Officer. ## **Safeguarding** Joshua’s work has a strong focus on working with vulnerable children and adults and there is a continued focus on safeguarding across the organisation. Staff training on the safeguarding policy is ongoing. At project level, safeguarding training and awareness work took place with CBCC caregivers and volunteers. **www.joshuainmalawi.org.uk** ## Some 2022 Highlights… CBCC graduation – Chimwemwe where 60 students graduated to primary school. 150 children regularly attend this one centre. Digital learning at Kachumbe CBCC. One of many projects possible through partnerships with organisations such as Teach the World Foundation App, OneBillion App and the Roger Federer Foundation. Physiotherapist clinic assisting families Tiyamike CBCC renovations courtesy of local artist Young. Essential repair works carried out to ensure that Nkanamwano centre can keep operating **www.joshuainmalawi.org.uk** Joshua Orphan and Cornrnunity Care Ref: 1114727 2022 Accounts Recei t5 and Pa ents accuun Re¢elpl$ Regular donatiDn5 SponSo￿hlp GrDUP Project Oonalions On8 off donations g8neral Restr5clecl One off donBtlons Ilnc Trust Funds) Glll Ald receipts Other Ilnler881 and Char118cards1 29,201 1.653 2e.894 47,250 6,139 1,044 Totsl R¢celpt8 112,181 P8yments Translets lo Malawl Bank charge$ Employmont Costs Ollico ronial Fundralsing c¢$ts Insurance Other 188.1301 15.6001 13871 12201 Ttstsl PAym•nts 195,2731 N•t ol Re¢èlptgllPaymont61 18.907 Ca8h lunds la$1 yoor ond 82,135 C•gh fund& thls yoor ènd 99,042 Ca3h fund$ Lloyds bank. currènl Lloyds bank Be Inst Onllne A&L CAF 87,429 31,612 Ttstal ¢ash lundg 99.042 NOTE: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 1,124 121,8141 121.0361 38,004 127.4881 12.9171 31,104 12391 19.4461 16,907 99.042 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of harity Name luSk4 u/4 OA2 On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 1114-7L1 Set out on pages to Ind e page numbef5 crf addibonal sheetsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Acf). 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