2022-12-12-accounts - Arms Around The Child(uk)

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2022 Annual Report

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2022 Annual Report

Content

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Objectives, Aims and Activities	1
Mission Statement	1
Significant Activities	1
Projects In India, Faith Aalingan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 2
Fund A Mom 2022, Jaipur, India	6
Projects in South Africa, Bobbi Bear	7
Best Health Solutions	Soweto Township. Johannesburg 9
Johannesburg	Nkosi's Haven
Becky's Foundation	12
Fruity Futures	15
Sono & Arms Around	The Child Partnership
Vocational Impact	19
Public Benefit	21
Funding	21
The world music village	Victorious
Escape to the Farm	23
Art Auction Christie's London	24
Financial review	26
Thank you	36

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1. Relief for orphaned and vulnerable children living in extreme adversity.

2. To advance education and awareness.

3. To Make Lasting Change

We continue to educate

We work to raise knowledge about children rescued from slavery, trafficking and abuse or living in child-headed households continue through education, social outreach and campaigns.

governments and health agencies about the needs of children in the above-mentioned circumstances.

We work for the preservation of health among children affected or at risk of HIV/AIDS. We help children residing in India and South Africa by raising awareness and providing the essential social and medical care needed to support healthy and safe lives.

Significant Activities

Mission Statement

Arms Around The Child (AATC) is a global charity building a better and kinder environment for children living in extreme adversity.

Arms Around The Child UK work closely with our onground partners in India, South Africa and Ghana to support them in:

This could be children who are orphaned, abandoned, or at risk of child abuse sexual or otherwise, affected by HIV, trafficked or living in child-headed households.

l Develop Fundraising initiatives
l Day-to-day administration
l Development
l Monitoring and evaluation

With years of experience in direct care, Arms Around The Child are committed to working with people on the ground and involved with the communities affected. We support our partner organisations to train and implement programmes in a scalable way including reintegration and development programmes to help children stay within their families and extended families. We know that providing the kind of joy, love, peace and respect that children need leads to a brighter future.

l Good working practices
l Raising awareness
l Advocating for the rights of children

Arms Around The Child focuses on Community-based fundraising in the UK, grant

applications and funding through one-off events and campaigns.

AATC advocates for their needs and invests in their futures. They provide support and outreach for their extended families and strive to make their futures bright and happy.

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PROJECTS IN INDIA

Faith Aalingan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Project Background

We fund and manage 2 care homes, in a suburban setting; one for boys and one for girls which together can accommodate 55 children We have just completed the first phase of building a new home which houses the boys, and we are starting the next building phase to enlarge the home as the demand is high for more places for children HIV+ orphans who are shunned from their communities. Both homes have all the amenities and facilities necessary for the children to have a healthy, peaceful and caring environment.

The homes have an excellent infrastructure providing a comfortable living for children both during scorching summers and chilly winters. Parkland and a clean, natural environment are nearby. Despite the high levels of stigma around HIV/AIDS most of the neighbours are helpful and friendly and have got to know the children. It's a good location for children to grow.

In addition to the dormitory bedrooms, kitchens and dining rooms you'd expect, there are study areas, music, praying and yoga areas and play spaces (both indoor and outdoor). The house has 24/7 electricity and water facilities (not something you can assume in India). The buildings are well maintained, and security is given a high priority to keep the children safe, day and night.

Our initial work was with street children, and we ran

the education support programme for two years in the city slums. Children are being stigmatised and discriminated against due to their HIV status. There was no facility to care for these children hence FAITH-AAlingan was established in 2006.

Project Objectives:

l To provide services that would promote the health, growth and development of the children affected with HIV
l To encourage adoption and re-integration / rehabilitation of children orphaned by HIV into society
l To provide long-term residential care to the most deprived orphaned children due to HIV.

Our core area of work is:

l Survival
l Protection
l Development
l Participation

Staff: A team of 20 dedicated staff and local volunteers. We offer full training.

Project Outreach: We currently care for 31 children: 16 boys and 15 girls. 29 of the children that we care for are orphaned. All the children are affected by HIV/AIDS.

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Boys Home: The 16 boys have all been moved into the new home that we have been building over the past 6 years. A new home. The three-story house has 16 rooms, six of which are rooms for the boys with en-suite bathrooms. It has a large basement, office, isolation room, staffroom, kitchen, parlour, store, house of worship, dining room, volunteer room and kitchen. The boys reside together in their age groups. Their names are displayed on their door, and they all have bedding and their own belongings. The rooms are well-maintained and tidy.

Girl's Home: To avoid conflict the 16 girls have been moved to a private home. The house has eight big rooms. The four bedrooms have an en-suite bathroom.

infections. They have a weekly visit from a GP and a monthly hospital visit.

Facilities for both homes: They have running water and electricity and a security system. CCTV cameras are also installed for surveillance. Emergency contact numbers are plainly visible. We have a garden for the children to play. In compliance with the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, the Children Club and Children's Committees have been formed. This is a democratic process that provides them with fair representation and responsibility, and it gives them a voice.

Sick Bay: In cases of Tuberculosis and other communicable diseases, we prefer to keep the child in an isolation room to protect other kids. This is also very useful for recovery due to a lower risk of re-infection or other opportunistic infections. This room is installed with a medical bed, mattress, pillow, bed sheet, medical kit, etc.

Nutrition: All the children have carefully devised individual nutritional plans that are sympathetic to cultural practices. They adhere to rule 44 of The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007. The meal plans are revised periodically and monitored appropriately. This is cross-checked with the individual's BMI during the period and helps in analysing the trends in other indicators of their health profile. The nutritional status of children in India is very low and

Health: This is an important component when caring for children with the HIV virus. They have specific nutritional needs that affect the overall development of the child. All the children are registered at ART, SMS Hospital, Jaipur. They perform regular check-ups, provide treatment and monitor their CD4 Count and Viral Load. They also monitor possible opportunistic

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we make efforts to ensure they do not become too thin.

Sports and Games: We have a range of indoor and outdoor sports equipment to suit all age ranges and the children play daily in the evening. Staff supervise the games and often join in. We encourage competitive sports to improve physical ability and strength, and, on occasion, we have organised matches where we invite people to watch.

Yoga and Pranayam: We have adopted the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) published by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. This is important in maintaining their health and has illustrated positive trends in CD 4 Counts and viral load, good appetite and positivity.

Arts and Crafts: This year the children made various art and craft items and enthusiastically participated in the activities. They make very good decorative items from waste.

Spiritual Health: The children are from different religions with different cultural beliefs. We create a positive and inclusive approach to religion and culture to develop their spirituality and value system. We perform daily prayers with the children and regularly visit temples and ashrams. A high priest blesses the children for good health and schooling. They are also taught the Geeta Path.

Gardening Activities: This year the children participated in many gardening activities. They have taken the initiative and have created a pit for compost. They have grown saplings and taken responsibility to care for and nurture the plants; each child has a plant of their own.

Education: All the children at FAITH attend regular school/college and in-house tutors help them to bridge the gap in their missed schooling. Some of the children have performed very well in their education.

Some of the boys participated in a workshop on how to recognise rich soil and can now recognise the benefits of it.

Water Pots for Birds: Children made pots for birds to drink water and pick up grains. They take responsibility for the birds and feed them and provide water.

Individual Care Plans: All the children have individual care plans with a full case history. When the child is admitted to FAITH, we complete a full assessment report that is regularly assessed and evaluated to ensure that our goals are met. We have interventions from counsellors to strengthen our understanding of an individual's behaviour, attitude, practices and belief. We help to think about their aspirations and ambitions to guide them towards realising their goals and dreams. We have facilitated meetings with local service providers to help inform the children of future pathways for them.

Birthday Celebrations: We celebrated the children's birthdays in a big gathering with relatives, friends, staff and FAITH supporters at the boy's home. Local dignitaries also attended, and we celebrated in Chopati, Jaipur.

Children's Day Celebration: In November 2021 the Child Welfare Committee and District Child Protection Unite, Jaipur organised a Child Rights Week which lasted for seven days. In this program children performed in a live band playing instruments and singing.

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scheme.

World AIDS Day Observation: This year due to COVID, the children celebrated World AIDS Day in the children's home. They participated in activities like painting, drawing, art and craft. They also participated in various sports competitions.

During this financial year, we re-integrated three boys into their relatives with permission granted from the Child Welfare Committee.

Monitoring and Evaluation: We have adopted two levels of effective monitoring and evaluation of the programmes.

Dance Performance: In February 2022 the children performed on the Foundation Day of AWAS. They based their performances on themes such as yoga, COVID and social media. There was also a live band.

Internal Monitoring: The project officers and board members monitor the progress referring to the plan and expected outcomes. We hold monthly staff reviews and planning meetings, care home management meetings, suggestion boxes, action plans, observation and discussion with staff and children and internal monitoring.

Celebrated Religious Occasions: All the children took part in various important occasions. Some of these celebrations last many days and the children are fully involved with the decorations, preparation and participation:

The Programme Management Committee (PMC) has been formed adhering to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 section 55 (3) and meets every month. The purpose of the meetings of the committee is to monitor the progress of every child. The issues discussed generates appropriate decision-making in the best interest of the children.

Makar Sankranti , Rakhi Celebration Janmashtami Celebration, Holi, Dussehra Diwali, Christmas

Reintegration: We believe in maintaining the relationships between a child and their family / relative. We intervene with counselling when families visit their child and aim to maintain the relationship to enable a smooth re-integration programme. We also support aftercare when the child returns to the family home. If requested, we enable children to continue their studies and keep track of progress at regular intervals through home visits, ART adherence and a social security

Monitoring by Department and other agencies: External agencies periodically monitor the child's progress to ensure that they are receiving quality care. We submit monthly, quarterly and online tracking reports to the agencies concerned.

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FUND A MOM 2022

Jaipur, India

Fund A Mom is an initiative that reinvents the old-fashioned charity model because it's based on the idea that poor Mothers should be trusted to do what's best for their families without being dictated to. It's a unique way of ensuring education, nourishment and safety for children by making sure the Mother is protected and supported. All our Moms are without a male breadwinner for one reason or other and they struggle to survive.

Each Mom is given 3800 INR per month. This small amount is HUGE to them. Some women work all week as domestics for this amount or on building sites. Some of them have started small businesses and are looking forward to a brighter future

We started our work in 2018 in the slums of Jaipur, India giving a direct monthly cash-guaranteed income and optional support services currently to 40 single mothers struggling to provide the most basic needs for their children. Fund A Mom has been fundraising

to continue and potentially expand the already successful guaranteed income program.

The results of this direct economic empowerment for our pilot group are staggering. The mothers are thriving, the families eat better, the children have returned to school, and the mothers are starting businesses and living with confidence, breaking the cycle of hopelessness.

In 2022, Fund A Mom was able to extend our direct economic support for our Mothers for an additional year. Many of our mothers have been able to use the support to move to autonomy and independence and the additional year has set the mothers up for sustainable change.

The programme continues with its education outcomes - under the programme, many of the children have vastly improved access to education and more than 30 children re-enrolled in schools after getting this support and the majority are still in school, with some attending

college

The programme also continues with its economic outcomes as Fund A Mom offers support to develop skills, improve employment, and self-employment and help them towards a more financially independent and secure future.

Fund A Mom has also been at work documenting the success of the program in both qualitative and quantitative ways to not only demonstrate positive outcomes but also set up future work for funding based on data and storytelling.

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PROJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

BOBBBI BEAR Amanzimtoti, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal

Bobbi Bear went through a very difficult year in 2022. The aftermath of the last two years has clearly affected all NGOs. Many have closed their doors completely, resulting in an influx of domestic violence, drug abuse, rape, abuse, neglect and teen pregnancy cases coming to our gate. We do not turn any child away.

Bobbi Bear will always exist to rescue, represent and reintegrate children that have been raped or sexually abused while stabilising and strengthening the organisation so our innovative model can have an even greater impact on more children in need.

Direct target for any raped or abused child

The process to assist & rescue a child / fresh rape or abuse call.

Call comes in for child raped or abused

Extended

Contact and meet with the Social worker the next morning. Open the docket and start
Obtaining forensic information on the child.
Get the case number from the policeman who attended the call-out
Locate family members, and school and contact extended family for placement.
Social worker to assist with necessary forms to remove a child on the official form to place away from the perpetrator
Attend court with the child to get removal forms authorised by Magistrate.
Liaise with the family to collect the child.
Do referral letters to social workers, courts, schools, and psychologists in the jurisdiction that child is moving to.
Grab the rape bag and bear - get to the child
Phone the Police to meet us
Go to Prince Mysheni Hospital for medical and J88 - 4 - 5 hours wait
Go to the Police station for a statement taking approx. 3 hours
Back to the Bobbi Bear house - bathe and feed the child, debrief then settle the exhausted child
Go into the office open a case file and note all evidence, print notes.
8 One Child - 7 - 8 hours - sometimes longer!

In some areas, our stats dropped because of COVID-19 and lockdown. We were only able to do public awareness and Edu-toys in schools in January and February 2020. Our domestic violence and rape and sexual abuse of children increased due to families being locked up for extended periods of time

Progress: implementing activities towards goals and specific objectives.

This year saw two huge floods, making it almost

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impossible to try and reach any target goals. The team worked under some horrific conditions with flooding trying to reach children in high-risk areas - we are still not able to attend any workshops, public awareness talks or present at schools with our Edu - toy presentation.

As a rapid response organisation, Bobbi Bears' impact is extremely difficult to monitor and to keep track of children once they have left our care. We are at the initial rescue, police station, hospital and court appearances. Once the child is moved onto extended family, often in other provinces or even children's homes, we cannot track the progress of the child. Every child moved on is sent to a referral base in their town, social worker, psychologist etc.

The Bobbi Bear team have aided in many challenging situations including: assisted flood victims even when their own houses have been washed away; helped look for missing children, eventually finding one body after another; made clothing parcels and food; provided or shared blankets or clothing. It has been the most traumatic time for the team, our communities and the children. There are long periods of no water or electricity and WIFI and Internet and phone lines are not fully operational. The biggest challenge during this period is the country's high unemployment rate and corruption, even more so now with dockets going "missing". The aftermath of COVID, looting and two floods has left the country in a total mess. The team is facing double the number of cases due to natural disasters during the last two years.

Example of Rape Case

The team were called to a complaint where two little girls, age 6 and 8, were abandoned in a broken-down car on a derelict building site next to an old building with no lights or water. BB was devastated to see the situation. There were five men living there, all drug addicts. The girls were crying due to hunger, they

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had been raped by some and were afflicted with dirty sores, nits and lice. Their health care had been neglected. The men would not let them sleep in the house and made them sleep in the old car. We took them into the house, and they quietly pointed to one man that had raped them. He was immediately arrested.

The two girls were taken to hospital where they received medical attention and then released to Bobbi Bear. The five men refused to tell us where the parents were. But one of them hinted at where they might be found. They abandoned their children at this old building in a deserted bush and never came back. The five men tried to look after them, but at the same time raped them. The girls were terrified and traumatised; so, we still have a long road ahead of us. Currently, the system is busy issuing arrest warrants for the parents and two more for the men. The girls will remain in our care until a solution can be found. Our children's homes are full, and they cannot legally take in any more children.

External Challenges

Bobbi Bear is now facing another huge challenge since Covid and the looting: working in schools. Students are more aggressive and are taking guns and knives to schools. Hundreds of thousands of people are unemployed and have resorted to crime to survive. Groups of men will target schools, hold the teachers and students up at gunpoint and steal any valuables to enable them to have money to buy food for their families. Students have now had enough, so they will take illegal weapons to school to enable them to protect themselves. In a recent school raid 75 illegal guns were confiscated and over 100 knives. Our CSOs are also scared to go into a school alone so they get police protection. When the students have their illegal weapons taken away, they retaliate and burn the school down. In KZN we are currently working under some traumatic times making our work extremely difficult.

Future Targets l 700 children per year, l 95% of child rape l 80% we make sure l 230 local community who have been raped and or sexual abuse any case that we are members (teachers, carand or sexually abused cases supported by aware of is reported egivers, the tree ladies, will have their rights Bobbi Bear's Child Safety increase in the number mothers at the support upheld throughout their Officers (CSOs) will go to of cases of child rape group) per year will be interaction with the court and be successfully and or sexual abuse that sensitized and orientcriminal justice system prosecuted. are reported at police ed on preventing and and will not show signs stations within the comidentifying child sexual and or symptoms of munities/schools that abuse, positive parentsecondary trauma. Bobbi Bear works in. ing as well as HIV/AIDS

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BEST HEALTH SOLUTIONS

Soweto Township. Johannesburg

Over the past 2 years, Arms Around The Child has been developing their work with Best Health Solutions following the migration of Carol Dyanti (Mum Carol) from Ikageng in Soweto to Best Health Solutions which is also located in Soweto. We have been primarily supporting Mum Carol's work as a continuation of her work with child-headed households, children affected and often infected with HIV/AIDS and her long-time community support for the informal settlement Ezimbuzini. Additionally, Arms Around The Child supported the construction of The Community Hub in the Ezimbuzini settlement.

Arms Around The Child identifies with the following objectives of BHS, to improve health outcomes for orphans and other vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth in Soweto Township, Johannesburg, South Africa.

To provide quality parenting skills and guardianship education on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support for orphans and vulnerable children, improve quality of life and resilience for orphans and vulnerable children, adolescents and youth who are victims of sexual assault and rape in Soweto Township.

To contribute to research and easy access to quality data that inform the civil society sector and The Government on the status of efforts on HIV and AIDS prevention, and treatment care in South Africa.

BHS prioritise work that improves the lives of the most marginalised populations such as orphans and vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth, sex workers, lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/ questioning and intersex community, and people living with HIV. We have a special focus on rural areas and informal settlements as the underserved geographics in South Africa. Working with communities from a grassroots level collaborating with faith-based organisations, media, academic institutions, government, international non-governmental organisations (NGO), private sector, development partners and community structures to achieve increased health service uptake and utilisation.

Area of Concentration

The catchment area is inhabited by many underserved key population groups. More than 60% of the informal settlement's population are young people. Moreover, drug or injection drug users and substance users have sought to use the settlement as a site for the purchase and usage of drugs. Our interventions continue to reach out to a broader community, and we have had a special focus on orphans and vulnerable children, as well as young people and those affected by HIV/AIDS who constitute most of our target priority group.

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Context of Action

The organisation observes the cruciality of the early and adolescent stages of a child's life as a foundation upon which they build their future. This has been one of the key drivers of interventions focused on adolescent girls and young people. Hundreds of children in Ezimbuzini Informal Settlements and communities beyond do not have access to quality early education and health services. This key population group often struggle for safe and conducive learning environments and adequate health service provision, due to a lack of access to funds and support.

There is a general lack of extracurricular activities for children, most children are often left to roam and play in the streets unsupervised, and time on the streets increases exposure to the dangers of violence, crime, gangsterism and drugs. Many children fall victim to physical and sexual abuse in their communities, often by a family member or neighbour. This is exacerbated by high rates of substance abuse among parents and other adults. We opened our gates to community children to provide a place of safety where they can receive a nutritious meal, emotional support, and a space to play in the afternoons. This is a preventative measure that keeps children away from the dangers of the streets and provides a warm nurturing environment for them to feel safe, supported and free.

Collaboratively, with sector leaders and with community leaders, The Best Health Solutions has since developed community-based interventions that promote active support for key population groups.

BHS is a referral structure where key population groups go for accessibility of a range of activities addressing health, nutrition, and cognitive stimulation. The community outreach team and linkage officers

walk door-to-door throughout the settlement, searching for groups in need of support. Due to an understanding of the Ezimbuzini Informal Settlement, the team provides key population groups with support groups, referrals to rehabilitation centres and local facilities, sanitary care, and nutritional support. Crucially offering emotional support for key population groups and educating them about their rights. This has given community members the confidence to speak out about any abuse or injustice that they are facing.

Activities

Activity 1: Conduct support groups, and counselling. Facilitate rehabilitation referrals

Activity 2: Provide basic needs, education, clothing & food for vulnerable & underserved population groups Activity 3: Provision of sanitary care

Activity 4: Contribute to research and implementation science for health programmes

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JOHANNESBURG | Nkosi's Haven

Nkosi's Haven is a registered non-profit organization with its primary function being to offer long-term resident care to the destitute, special needs, HIV/ AIDS-infected mother, her children and AIDS Orphans - the children may or may not be infected. In addition, management decided to open their doors during the COVID lockdown to GBV (gender-based violence - which is at pandemic levels in S.A.) survivors who are not necessarily HIV+ but need immediate and safe accommodation and continue to have an open door.

Named after Nkosi Johnson, the young AIDS activist who passed away from an AIDS-related disease on 1st June 2001, the philosophy and concept of the organization are to keep the mother and child unit together in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory, accepting and normal environment.

The first Nkosi's Haven opened its doors on 14th April 1999 and since then the project has grown from strength to strength, presently owning the Nkosi's Haven Village on 2 - acres in the southern end of Johannesburg. The Village comprises 22 cottages, a large main house which houses a 6 bedded sickbay unit, admin offices, an industrial kitchen, dining rooms and a large leisure room. In addition, the Village has an IT lab, baby day care centre, therapy block, library, music and art room, and a compact sports field.

In total, the Nkosi's Haven project is caring for 34 mothers and 92 children. Of the total number of children, 20 are HIV+ (under the age of 20) and some of those children are infected through rape and not from birth and 51 are orphaned.

The education of the children is of prime importance; thus, children are placed in educational institu-

tions relevant to their academic ability. Children are assessed prior to admission to school and/or if found to be struggling during a school year. Therefore, there are children with very special needs, remedial, theory/ skills and mainstream schools. Four recent school leavers now have university degrees, with one achieving honours and in 2023 another will be receiving her honours.

HIV/AIDS carry a multitude of issues that have and need to be addressed and part-time therapists are employed both for the older residents and a play therapist for the younger children.

Whilst extensive interventions are implemented for the children the mothers' needs too are addressed. A mother who shows initiative, drive and energy will have her capacity built, by being employed by Nkosi's Haven, in positions such as cook, childcare, matron, baking and laundry manager. In addition to living free of charge, that mother earns a stipend, will receive training and the cost of educating her children will be covered by Nkosi's Haven.

In 2022 a partnership with Vita Nova Counselling Services was formed whereby Nkosi's Haven is the beneficiary of counselling services of counsellors who must do 3 months of practical counselling. Five Counsellors are due to start by the middle of February 2023. Most of the counsellors are studying psychology (various disciplines) and have proved to be so good for our residents. Arms Around The Child /Vocational Impact send psychology students to work with the children and the counsellors at Nkosi's Haven and this partnership will also enable volunteers to provide more support for Nkosi's Haven.

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BECKY'S FOUNDATION

Overview

At the heart of every child, the safety tool is to belong to a stable, loving and caring group or place that serves as a home. As the mantra of the foundation goes "making lives comfortable|", the foundation has over the year made all effort to give comfortable lives to the children in the care home and nearby communities through Arms Around The Child's support plus a few local donors and volunteers from Vocational Impact throughout 2022.

Enrollment and Reunification

The total number of children at the beginning of the year was 49: 30 boys and 19 girls. The age ranges from five years to nineteen years. Throughout the year a total number of six (6) Children were reunified with their families but still receive support from the foundation. The number of children in the care home as of December 2022 was 43.

Staff Strength/ Changes

The care home had a new manager who assumed work in the first week of January 2022. The total number of the workforce was eleven (11). In the late mid part of the year, there were few staff changes. The volunteer coordinator (young Seth) was replaced

by Nimrod, in November 2022. Gifty the Social worker was also replaced by Monica as a voluntary Social Worker.

Health statistics

Although the year 2022 was a healthy year there were some minor issues that were tested and treated by the home nurse. There were a couple of serious issues a hepatitis B case and a glaucoma case. Medications were provided and regular check-ups were conducted and continue to be monitored.

Education

Academically, there has been tremendous progress with most of the children. The year was seen as a year of change. As different strategies were put in place by the care home manager to facilitate academic excellence. Results from school showed a great improvement in about 90% of the children. The remaining children were seen to have learning difficulties and other problems which needed counselling and intensive support. Home tuition was intensified; quizzes and reading sessions were organized weekly. Out of the total number of children at the home 37 are in basic school 11 are in senior high school. 1 in vocational school, Ernestina who will complete in September

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Kingsford is in his second year studying for a Bachelor of Degree in Nursing at Pentecost University, Accra.

opportunity to visit PINORA 3 times within the year

Vocational Impact Volunteer Programme

New School Entrant

The volunteer programme received 7 volunteers in 2022 and more are expected in 2023. Various activities were outlined for volunteers to pain experience at various mental health facilities, clinics, schools and community health talks, girl child education programmes, reading club projects etc. Both groups of volunteers visited PINORA LIMITED for a field trip and other interesting places of their choice.

Five of the children were enrolled in their first year of Senior High School in 2022 at the Obrachire Senior High Technical School. Also, the youngest child (Enos Kweku Obosu) was enrolled in Kindergarten at the age of 5.

Counselling sessions

Counselling sessions were intensified throughout the year, and two external counsellors, as well as volunteers with psychology backgrounds, joined the counselling sessions at the care home to help solve identified problems of children. Children who visited the counselling sessions were reviewed from time to time to check on progress made.

School Building Programme

The school building which started years ago received much attention around March 2022 through to the recent year. As of December 2022, the school building was about 78% completed. The support for the build has been made possible through Arms Around The Child, Christian Atsu, Lazy Susan Furniture and other supporters.

Sono Apprenticeship

The Sono Apprenticeship scheme commenced in February 2022 with a visit by some staff and children from the care home. The children showed much interest in the program. Godfred and Israel were the first two to start the program. After some months of training at the company, it was advised that Israel should get advanced formal education at school and visit the company as an intern during vacations. Ernestina is expected to complete school and join Godfred in the programme. Other children in high school and volunteers from Vocational Impact were also given the

Community Support

The care home provides support to 10 other vulnerable children who do not reside in the home but are with their families in Senya Beraku, Obrachire and surrounding districts. The home also supports children who have been reunified with their families. The Foundation organised Girl-child programs to educate the young females in the Senya community and organised the community reading club project.

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Poultry Project

Major Event / Celebration

As of November 2022, the total number of birds in stock was 300. Out of that 120 were broilers and 170 were layers. The price of the bird feed became very expensive that we resorted to selling the birds and hope to restock them the following year. In December 2022 most birds were sold, and egg production halted. The birds will be replaced in January 2023.

2022, was the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Foundation. The celebration was meant to be on April 25th and was rescheduled to 3rd December 2023. There were a lot of interactive, educative and fun sessions for the children.

Challenges

l Unexpected breakdowns in the washrooms, pump, taps and electrical issues
l Unavailability of computers at home for children to use and practice during I.C.T tuition sessions.

Future expectations for the upcoming year and beyond

l 100% completion of the school building in the early part of 2023
l The school to receive a high level of patronage and enrollment
l To develop and increase the number of volunteers in the Vocational Impact program.
l Support children due to being repatriated and enroll others who need our support. l Build a strong online database file for children and staff of the care home.
l Expand the support from our sponsors and seek new opportunities for sponsorship. l Increase the number of local donations and local volunteers.
l Turn Becky's Food Forest into a successful Project.

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FRUITY FUTURES

Sono and Arms Around The Child apprenticeship scheme GHANA

The SONO /Arms Around The Child Apprenticeship Scheme is a unique programme offering underprivileged young adults from Ghana the opportunity to learn, work and develop new skills in the agricultural and manufacturing industries. Working together with SONO we have developed a focused programme to support and help young adults from vulnerable backgrounds to take the next steps towards independence.

The project aims to help the participants to continue their education, learn new skills and trades, become economically independent, integrate into a new community and assist with their career development.

We anticipate enrolling between 1 -4 new apprentices a year. Together we have developed an integrated program of well-being, education, and work values that we hope to give young adults the opportunity to pursue rewarding, successful, and happy lives and careers.

Project Ethos

At the heart of this programme is our core belief in sustainable and ethical development. We want to see all children provided with the opportunity to access education, healthcare, employment and a brighter future. This apprenticeship scheme is our small and modest way of trying to create a programme based on employment, skills, training, well-being, independence

and above all else compassion.

At the beginning of 2022, there were 2 young adults from Becky's Home who were preparing to leave the home to pursue their own independent lives that were eligible for the scheme. An initial visit was completed with staff from Becky's Home to meet the

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SONO team and visit the factory, the farm and offices of the fruit manufacturer SONO who are based in Assamankese. Post the visit both and with consultation with the 2 potential apprentices the SONO and Becky's Home team assessed the interests of the participants and tried to match them with the suitable departments based on mutual needs.

After 2 months there was a review to check on well-being, work suitability and if they were happy in their positions and whether they wanted to continue the programme. It was established that one of the participants would benefit from finishing his schooling so an arrangement was made to get him back to Becky's Home and enrolled in Senior High School and during vacations he would return to work at SONO.

In February the participants were given the opportunity to go to SONO for a week's placement and shadow in a few different departments giving everyone the opportunity to assess if the apprenticeship is the correct approach before proceeding. Again, an assessment is made of the needs and suitability. It was established that the 2 participants would take up the apprenticeships on a 2-month trial and a start date was agreed upon along with arrangements for accommodation, a buddy, a remuneration and a work agreement.

One of the participants will complete his first year on the scheme in 2023 and a review will be made to potentially offer him a full-time contract. Hopefully the other will complete his High School Diploma and return to a full-time apprentice role in 2023. Additionally, other children from Becky's Home who are reaching the end of their Senior High School Education have visited SONO in 2022 with a view to starting on the scheme in 2023.

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SONO & ARMS AROUND THE CHILD PARTNERSHIP

Development of a Food Forest at Becky's Home June 2022

Project description

A food forest is an edible garden plot composed of trees, herbs, vines, and even mushrooms, all working together to create a harmonious ecosystem. Food forests are planted in such a way as to have as little maintenance as possible. The project at Becky's home aims to provide a sustainable food supply for the residents and "hands-on" education for the children on horticulture. The project will be supported by Sono, a Fruit processing company with agricultural activities in Ghana. Sono has partnered with Arms Around The Child to support the growth and development of Becky's Home in Ghana through the function of numerous projects.

Project goals

l Providing a long-term sustainable food supply for Becky's home
l Giving a "hands-on" learning experience for the children about natural processes and crop cultivation
l Carbon sequestration
l Increasing biodiversity
l promoting mental well-being and physical health
l Developing a space to stimulate all senses and deepen connection to nature

Background

A food forest is a diverse planting of edible plants that attempts to mimic the ecosystems working with agroforestry principles. Agroforestry is a system in which trees or shrubs are grown with crops or pastureland. Trees produce a wide range of useful products from fruits, nuts, medicines, and wood products. This intentional combination of agriculture and forestry has multiple benefits, such as greatly enhanced yields from staple food crops, enhanced livelihoods from self-sufficiency, increased biodiversity, improved soil structure and health, reduced erosion, and carbon sequestration.

Agroforestry practices are highly beneficial in the tropics, especially in subsistence smallholdings in Africa, as they are resilient farming systems also under drought conditions which provide a variety of foods.

Benefits

l sequester carbon from the atmosphere
l Raise water and nutrients from deep in the ground
l Provide a framework for above- and belowground biodiversity to flourish
l Build soil organic matter and thus soil carbon content
l Create regulating micro-climates
l Provide fodder and shelter for livestock
l Innovate diversified farm enterprises
l Make agricultural landscapes more resilient
l Record climate history

Drought resistance

The long roots of trees mobilize nutrients and water from lower soil horizons and make them available to the shorter rooting crops. In addition, they provide shade and organic material from leaves reducing and increasing water-holding capacity and moisture in the soil.

Biodiversity

Food forests are biodiverse systems, resembling natural ecosystems. They contain trees, shrubs, vines and all kinds of crops. High biodiversity in plants also attracts all kinds of insects and other animals.

Soil improvement

Depleted soil can be protected from soil erosion by groundcover plants such as naturally growing grasses in agroforestry systems. This help to stabilise the soil as they increase cover compared to short cycle cropping systems. Soil cover is a crucial factor in preventing erosion. Cleaner water through

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reduced nutrient and soil surface runoff can be a further advantage of agroforestry systems. Trees can help reduce water runoff by decreasing water flow and evaporation and thereby allowing for increased soil infiltration.

Sustainable agricultural system

A food forest is applying ecological principles in agriculture, designing a system that functions sustainably like a natural ecosystem, and at the same time yields products that are useful to humans.

The benefits provided by this kind of system are manifold and emphasize its sustainability.

Aesthetic value: a diverse and rich environment with natural aesthetics

These characteristics make food forests one of the most useful and sustainable strategies for producing food, while preserving water and rehabilitating the soil.

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Carbon sequestration

Carbon sequestration is an important ecosystem service. Agroforestry practices can increase carbon stocks in the soil. It has been shown that agroforestry systems play an effective role in carbon capture and the long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The conversion from grassland to agroforestry systems increases soil organic carbon by an average of 10%.

This plan was devised in 2022 and will start with the following in 2023:

Land preparation

l Mapping out the area and zones

l Ploughing
l Setting up compost
l Building soil (cover crops, compost,) year 1 (2023)

The Seven Layers of Every Forest

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Vocational Impact provides volunteer abroad programmes and global work experience for University students and professionals to enhance their career development.

Volunteers gain valuable and practical work experience while immersed in the country's culture.

Our volunteer project partners are carefully and ethically developed with local organisations and the heart in each country to ensure our placements have a lasting and positive impact on the local community.

Mental Health and Law & Criminology. The busy months were June-September.

The overall experience and feedback were really positive. The volunteers gained a lot from the experience in terms of working at our foundations, supporting the children, and helping with community outreach projects. Our foundations also really enjoyed hosting the volunteers and found their input and help very useful.

In 2022 Vocational Impact bounced back after a challenging couple of years. With international travel opening back up, VI was able to re-establish some of its programmes and send volunteers to Ghana and South Africa.

Volunteers

New Programmes

A total of 12 volunteers went on VI programmes in 2022, 7 to Ghana and 5 to South Africa. The most popular programmes were Psychology &

We spent a lot of time developing the programmes and learning from the volunteers' experience in 2022. It was the first-time having volunteers back at our

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projects, and it was also the first time for some of our staff members in those countries hosting volunteers.

The overwhelming demand for our programmes has been in the field of Psychology & Mental Health. We attribute this to several factors

There are many students who need to gain practical experience in the field of psychology. Placements are very competitive in the UK/EU and students are increasingly looking abroad for opportunities.
A leading provider in the volunteer market for Psychology placements went under during the pandemic.
During and after the pandemic there has been a big shift in thinking regarding mental health and the importance of well-being.

We have focused on trying to develop outstanding Psychology and Mental Health programmes and develop relationships with partner institutions and projects in the countries we work. We now offer Psychology & Mental Health programmes in Ghana, South Africa and India.

In each country, the programme focuses on 3 core areas: Child Development, Psychology Placements at Hospitals, and Community Outreach. We believe this gives the perfect balance between understanding our work and supporting our children, gaining practical field experience by working with local clinics and hospitals, and volunteers giving back and making an impact in the communities they are working in. Developing these programmes has also given us the opportunity to understand some of the wider issues and challenges in these countries. We have been able to support other organisations and projects, both through donations and volunteer help, to increase their capacity to support people and communities with

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access to mental health services, as well as provide education and awareness programmes regarding well-being.

We have also developed new partnerships in the areas of Criminology & Law, and we look forward to having volunteers join those programmes in Ghana and South Africa next year.

Bright Future

Our target for 2023 is to double our volunteer numbers to 25. We want to send volunteers to all 3 of our sites in South Africa, Ghana & India, and we look forward to volunteers participating in our new and improved programme experience, particularly in Psychology & Mental Health.

Our volume of applications in the busy months between January-March was an average of 43 Applications a month in 2022. From January to March 2023, we have already seen this increase and doubled to an average of 91 applications a month. There is a healthy appetite for our programmes. The next step is to convert more of these applications into volunteers joining our programmes.

Next year we want to expand our market into Australia. If we are successful with this, we would have volunteers at our projects throughout the year, in both the UK winter and summer months. We are also hoping to establish our environmental programme in Ghana. This is a sustainable agroforestry project in partnership with SONO with the goal of creating food self-sufficiency, and in the future as the project grows, carbon sequestration by planting trees for every volunteer who flies to one of our projects.

With increased volunteer numbers would come increased donation fees. We hope that we can continue to generate a significant volume of donations to our projects next year to help continue to fund and support their work.

Our volunteer work with Vocational Impact has great potential to become a sustainable, ethical and continuous stream of support for our foundations. There are many benefits to the VI programmes; the cultural exchange and learning experience between the volunteers, children and staff is reciprocal and mutually beneficial, the volunteers leave a lasting and positive impact on the children and the community, and the volunteers take away a richer cultural understanding as well as practical field experience in their area of study. We hope to continue building on the positive steps taken in 2022.

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PUBLIC BENEFIT

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake to achieve its aims and objectives.

Arms Around The Child promotes public benefit by fundraising to support children and families whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS, children who have been abandoned, abused, who live in child-headed households, rescued from slavery & trafficking and orphaned and other associated projects.

Arms Around The Child does not discriminate against anyone who has been affected by HIV/AIDS and welcomes fundraising from any members of the public.

Achievements & Performance

AATC has worked closely with the Board of Trustees on strategy, budgeting, funding and grant applications for all the sites that we support and are active in the support, development, training, finding and recruiting new board members and developing fundraising strategies within the communities of the sites we fund in South Africa, India and Ghana.

AATC has outlined our achievements and performances with each site we support in the notes above as well as the information below outlining our UK fundraising achievements and performances.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Site Visits

Arms Around The Child aims to visit the sites and countries we work with at least once every 2 years. With the Vocational Impact students who are working at most of our supported organisations, we can connect more closely on a regular basis with the organisations. Due to the prolonged nature of the COVID pandemic, there were no trips to the sites in 2022 directly from Arms Around The Child. Vocational Impact sent 12 volunteers who were our eyes and ears on the ground. Additionally, there were visits to our sites by people who are interested in and support our work. We are in constant WhatsApp communication with all the sites and have at least weekly calls to support and implement developmental concepts, update policies, discuss budgets and the use of funds and the general well-being of the children we support. We also work closely with other organisations in all the countries we work in to share good practices and to help and support when required.

FUNDING

Donations

AATC was delighted to be the recipient of funds from the Educational & General Charitable Trust, MJB Charitable Trust, Wallace Bell Charitable Trust, The Strathspey Charitable Trust, Paradigm Norton Trust, The Woodsford Trust, Thomas Sivewright Catto Charitable Settlement.

Sono Global continues to support our work in Ghana. Christian Atsu continued to donate throughout 2020 to support the school building in Ghana. AATC has a database of regular monthly donors and gratefully received one-off fundraising initiatives through Just Giving and other fundraising platforms including our platform through the website. Victorious Festival donated to AATC in lieu of us hosting The World Music and we produced 2 other fundraising events during 2022 "Escape to the Farm" and Arms Around The Child Art Auction at Christie's London.

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THE WORLD MUSIC VILLAGE

Victorious Festival Portsmouth | August 2022

The popular World Music Village curated by the charity Arms Around the Child at Victorious Festival served up a treat in 2022. A feast of contemporary, vibrant and exciting acts in what might have been the biggest line-up to date.

The major coup was Jazztronica duo Blue Lab Beats, fresh from clinching their 1st Grammy! The team had been chasing them for years.

Other great performers included Kongo Dia Ntotila s fusion of African roots-inspired beats, Faith I Branko s Balkan Gypsy music, and the bohemian singer-songwriter Neon Hitch performed her edgy Electro-Pop sounds. Local NuFunk & Disco diva Tash Hills kept the party going with her catchy melodies and awesome band.

Crowd favourite and chart-topping sensation Natty returned to the WMV with his Reggae roots band, socially conscious lyrics and Soulful summer vibes. He was joined by Electric Jalaba, the Electronic Psychedelic project from Simo Lagnawi, performing his intoxicating mix of Moroccan Gnawa, infectious grooves and inexhaustible energy. The diverse line-up continued with Afrocluster Barbudo, Tuto Marcondes, Indian Man, At'ntico, The Majestic, and Africappella.

The World Music Village has also partnered with sponsors BIMM and presented some of the budding and fresh young talent coming out of the school. The World Music Village's alternative hot spot The

People's Lounge had several musical gifts lined up over the weekend. TPL is a Cultural Collective of Artists, Musicians, Poets & DJs that celebrates Portsmouth's diverse local talent. The People's Kitchen cooked and served up a feast of Vegan curries, cold and hot refreshments, and sweet delights to raise money for AATC.

The World Music Village brings together an eclectic array of Portsmouth's movements, sounds and people to create a festive fusion of art, beauty and love that represents the global nature of our city.

Curated by Arms Around the Child, the World Music Village is a vibrant celebration of cultural diversity and will return in 2023.

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ESCAPE TO THE FARM

A family-friendly Retreat inspired Festival set in the beautiful barn and woodland areas of Rushmere Farm in Hambledon. A day of workshops, well-being, vegan food, acoustic music, poetry and kid's activities to raise money for the charity Arms Around the Child.

It was a perfect wind-down to recharge and ease back into the flow of Autumn. Over 100 people escape from the city for the weekend and joined us for a magical, intimate and unique experience on a rural organic farm immersed in the countryside. We connected with nature, replenished the soul with mindfulness and the arts, enjoyed a holistic day of wellness, and felt the wholeness of community and family.

Programme

There was an incredible programme of activities led by artists, practitioners, creatives and communities from in and around Hampshire. Family Mediation, Yoga, Sound Healing and Tai Chi sessions were all on offer along with environmental discussions, Drum Workshops and Ecstatic Dance you could even learn to make a pizza and cook in the wood-fired oven. There were Poetry and Acoustic Music performances in the woods throughout the day from Country to Blues, Jazz to Folk. The evening was spent around the Camp Fire with Storytelling, Marshmallows, Hot Chocolates and Acoustic Jams.

The Creative Circle provided fun activities for Kids, painting and drawing workshops, Puppet Shows and Storytelling, Kids Yoga, and getting messy with Face

painting and Glitter.

The Hungry Herbivores offered up wholesome, healthy and vegan Lunch and Dinner, a delicious Mezze plate for Lunch and an Indian-inspired Thali plate for Dinner with a bar serving refreshments, cakes, beers, wines, cocktails and mocktails.

Rushmere Farm is a working organic farm in Hambledon that grows food sustainably whilst maintaining and conserving a place for wildlife. They also run Workshops from Spoon Carving to Stool Making and have beautiful accommodations for nature getaways. They run monthly workshops with refugees and have been incredibly kind in supporting Escape to the Farm. Rushmere Farm is developing a unique approach to ecologically sustainable farming and having a positive impact on the environment and community. Escape to the Farm will be back in 2023.

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ART AUCTION CHRISTIE'S LONDON

Leading contemporary artists including Dan Baldwin, Lauren Baker, Chila Kumari Singh Burman MBE, David Byrne, Rob and Nick Carter, The Connor Brothers, Pure Evil, Kay Gasei, Jamie Hewlett, Chrissy Hynde, LUAP, Maxim, Zak Ove, Poppy Lennox, Dan Pearce, Pigcasso, Jamie Reid, Kristjana S Williams, Zandra Rhodes, David Shrigley and Osman Yousefzada donated work to Arms Around the Child Art Auction - helping children living in extreme adversity.

Contemporary artists from around the world - and Pigcasso, a pig with an unusual talent for art donated artwork to a fundraiser for Arms Around The Child,

A stunning array of emerging and established contemporary artists generously donated to the auction; Jacobo Alonzo, Christian Azolan, Lauren Baker, Dan Baldwin, Bartholomew Beal, Mr Brainwash, Paul Broomfield, Justin Bua, Chila Kumari Singh Burman MBE, David Byrne, Rob and Nick Carter, Newton Cavalcanti, Fabrice Cazenave, Wayne Clough. Pete Codling, The Connor Brothers, C'cile Davidovici, Miriam Escofet, Pure Evil, Jermaine Francis, William Fice, Jill Furmanovsky, Toni Gallagher, Jimmy Galvin, Kay Gasei, Gregory de la Haba, Jamie Hewlett, Heckel's Horse Jnr, Grey Hutton, Chrissie Hynde, Reece Jones, Ryo Kato, David Paul Kay, James Lai, Poppy Lennox, Emma Loizides, LUAP, Joe Machine, Maximilian Magnus, Alison McKenna,

Colin McMaster, Jemima Murphy, George Morton-Clark, MM (Art by Maxim under the moniker MM), Jemima Murphy, Alexander Newley, Aidan O'Neill, Milosz Odobrovic, Zak Ove, Pigcasso, Dan Pearce, Giles Price, Thiago Rocha-Pitta, Jamie Reid, Zandra Rhodes, Sam Rowley, Andrew Salgado, David Shrigley, Paul Stephenson, Ben Summers, John Trashkowsky, Alexandros Tsolakis, Bradley Theodore, Michael Thompson, David Tucker, Lisa Vandy, Johan Walstrom, Kristjana S Williams, Joy Wolfenden-Brown and Osman Yousefzada.

The pandemic-postponed event took place on Friday, November 11th at Christie's in their London King Street location, and online by The Auction Collective. Co-curated by Bakul Patki, Lee Sharrock and

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lic of Georgia), David migrated to the United States in 2008. As a self-taught artist, Kay has always experimented with various techniques, though his career evolved soon after moving to New York City in early 2009 and developing his signature monochromatic style.

Peter Wells-Thorpe with special guest curator Neneh Cherry, the event raised much-needed funds to help us towards completing a school in Senya Beraku, Ghana. This builds on the success of our previous auctions, which enabled us to build a children's home in Jaipur, India.

David Paul Kay (a New York City-based American contemporary artist) came to London from New York for an artist residency at The Mandrake Hotel and painted a bespoke canvas for the auction. David Paul Kay is a New York City-based American contemporary artist.

The auction provided a unique opportunity to snap up work from some of the world's most exciting upcoming talents, as well as art icons, all were keen to help the charity continue and grow its essential work building a better and kinder environment for children living, through no fault of their own, in extreme adversity.

Originally from Eastern Europe (former Soviet Repub-

Guest curator Neneh Cherry, a long-time supporter of the charity attended the event and said: " I grew up surrounded by creativity, my father was a Jazz musician and my mother a multidisciplinary artist. Naturally, art and design have always played a huge part in my own creative practice as a musician and performer. I was therefore thrilled to be invited to guest curate the auction for Arms Around The Child - a charity whose work I've long admired - and to be able to bring together some of my favourite artists and collaborators to help this deserving cause."

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

A summary of the year's results can be found in the statement of financial activities on page 4.

Total incoming resources amounted to £ 175,637 (2021: £ 151,050). All of this relates to charitable donations.

The balance sheet shows total funds of £ 43,576 (2021: £56,022).

Reserves policy

At the balance sheet date the unrestricted fund was £ 26,966 (2021: £51,585) the restricted fund was £ 17,563 (2021: £ 4,437). Last year the charity had net current assets of £56,022 of which £58,700 was held as cash at the bank. The bank balance at 12 December 2022 was £46,029.

The trustees are planning future fund raising events and exploring potential sponsorship opportunities. In addition, the trustees are reviewing the model for their fundraising events with the aim of reducing the costs involved in staging them, therefore ensuring an increase in the amounts raised for the charity's programmes.

The trustees' policy is to work towards building a sustainable level of reserves over the next five years to fund the charity's programmes and running costs for at least the following twelve months.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

Trustees are appraised of their duties and obligations under charity law and Charity Commission guidelines and recommendations. The trustees adhere to corporate governance policies and are required to register and declare any potential conflicts of interest on a regular basis. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate external courses to enable them to carry out their role.

Risk management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Charity number

1123038

Principal address

93 Festing Grove Southsea Hampshire PO4 9QE

Trustees

Mr F Runge Ms J E Milner Ms R Cason-Marcus Mr M Lyn Ms H O'Brien Ms K Sharma

Independent Examiner

Johnny Kritzinger Chartered Accountant (CA) ICAEW Membership Nr: 5483062

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 25th May 2023 and signed on its behalf.

............................................. ............................................. Mr F Runge - Trustee Ms JE Milner - Trustee

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ARMS AROUND THE CHILD (UK)

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Arms Around The Child (UK)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Arms Around The Child (UK) (the Trust) for the year ended 12 December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Johnny Kritzinger Chartered Accountant (CA) ICAEW Membership Nr: 5483062

Date: .............................................

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ARMS AROUND THE CHILD (UK) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 12 DECEMBER 2022

Note 2 3 4 Total 5 6 12 NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) Charitable activities Grants to projects and associated costs Development costs Total Expenditure INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Other trading activities Bank intest income EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds Donations and legacies RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED	Unrestricted fund £ 62,387 50,943 62 113,392 (41,565) (69,897) (27,731) (139,193) (25,801) 51,585 25,784	Restricted fund £ 62,234 - 12 62,246 - (45,521) (3,370) (48,891) 13,355 4,437 17,792	2022 Total funds £ 124,620 50,943 74 175,637 (41,565) (115,418) (31,101) (188,084) (12,446) 56,022 43,576	2021 Total funds £ 123,006 28,045 -
				151,050 (51,558) (91,550)
				(143,108)
				7,943 48,079

				56,022

The notes form part of these financial statements.

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ARMS AROUND THE CHILD (UK) BALANCE SHEET AS AT 12 DECEMBER 2022

Note 11 12 Restricted funds TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES NET ASSETS Unrestricted funds FUNDS Amounts falling due within one TOTAL FUNDS Cash at bank CREDITORS NET CURRENT ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS	Unrestricted fund £ 28,463 (2,679) 25,784 25,784 25,784	Restricted fund £ 17,792 - 17,792 17,792 17,792	2022 Total funds £ 46,255 (2,679) 43,576 43,576 43,576 25,784 17,792 43,576	2021 Total funds £ 58,700 (2,678)
				56,022
				56,022
				56,022
				51,587 4,435
				56,022

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28th May 2023 and were signed on its behalf by:

............................................. ............................................. Mr F Runge - Trustee Ms JE Milner - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements.

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ARMS AROUND THE CHILD (UK) NOTES TO THE FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 12 DECEMBER 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Going Concern

The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

At the balance sheet date the charity had net assets of £44,529 and cash reserves of £46,029. The trustees consider that it will be in a position to meet its obligation as they fall due.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Charitable activities

Costs of charitable activities includes grants made.

Allocation and apportionment of costs

Support costs have been allocated to costs of generating funds and then are apportioned between fund raising and generating voluntary income. Support costs have been apportioned based upon the income under each of these headings.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

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2. Donations 3. Further information on mentionable donors are given in note 15. Fundraising events OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES Vocational Impact volunteer donations DONATIONS AND LEGACIES	2022 62,387 62,234 124,620 50,943	2021 115,816 7,190
		123,006
		28,045

During the year the charity held events to raise funds. The most significant events was the Art Auction and the Music Festival.

4. INVESTMENT INCOME

RAISING FUNDS Raising donations and legacies Consultancy Event costs Support costs CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES Grants to projects and associated costs Development Costs Bank Interest	74 - 22,360 19,205 41,565 115,418 31,101 146,519	-
		6,786 12,429 1,076
		20,291
		91,550 31,101
		122,651

5. RAISING FUNDS

6.

Further information on grants made to projects is given in note 14.

7. SUPPORT COSTS

Support costs are allocated equally between fund raising activities and raising awareness, campaigns and education.

8. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

Ms E Milner received payment in respect of other services provide to the charity, further details are given in note 13.

9. EMPLOYEE NUMBERS

During the current and prior years the charity had no employees.

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10. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Total Total Raising funds EXPENDITURE ON Raising awareness , campaigns and education INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Other trading activities Investment income RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Transfers between funds Grants to projects and associated costs Donations and legacies TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD Total funds brought forward NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) Net movement in funds Charitable activities	Unrestricted Restricted fund fund £ £ 68,138 54,867 28,045 - - - 96,183 54,867 (11,240) (9,051) (17,320) (13,947) (17,340) (74,209) (45,900) (97,207) 50,283 (42,340) (43,653) 43,653 6,630 1,313 34,250 - 40,880 1,313	Unrestricted Restricted fund fund £ £ 68,138 54,867 28,045 - - - 96,183 54,867 (11,240) (9,051) (17,320) (13,947) (17,340) (74,209) (45,900) (97,207) 50,283 (42,340) (43,653) 43,653 6,630 1,313 34,250 - 40,880 1,313	Total funds £ 123,005 28,045 - 151,050 (20,291) (31,267) (91,550) (143,108) 7,942 - 7,942 34,250 42,192

11. 12. At 12 Dec21 54,265 Vocational Impact 4,435 - - Total 58,700 General Fund Restricted Fund Becky's Foundation (incl CAF USA) Trade Creditors Accruals and deferred income Unrestricted Funds CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN MOVEMENT IN FUNDS India Projects (incl CAF USA)	Net movement in funds (25,801) (3,357) 16,712 -12,446	2022 2,679 - 2,679 Transfers between funds - - 0	2021 2678 0
			2,678
			At 12 Dec22
			28,464 1,078 - 16,712
			46,254

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Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Vocational Impact Total India Projects (incl CAF USA) Restricted Funds Becky's Foundation (incl CAF USA) Unrestricted Funds General Fund	Incoming resources 113,391 30,437 - 31,809 175,637	Resources expended (139,192) (17,082) - (31,809) (188,084)	Movement in funds
			(25,801) 13,355 - (0)
			(12,446)

Vocational Impact - Vocational Impact have a deep passion and drive to link professional volunteers and university students to the Arms Around The Child projects in Africa and India. With a core mission to drive international skills exchange and empowerment, they recognised the need of NGOs, and the skills university students can bring to them. During the year Volunteer Invest changed its name to Vocational Impact.

Becky's Foundation - Arms Around The Child works with Becky’s Foundation, a care home for children in poverty in Senya Beraku , Ghana. The project aims to offer a home for orphaned children and to provide them with shelter, protection, support, and education. Donor funds for this cause is restricted if instructed as such by the donor. During the year Charities Aid Foundation made donations to this project and these funds were used to support the running costs of the home. During the year funds have been received to start building a school at Becky's Home.

India Projects and Charites Aid Foundation Funds - Arms Around The Child works with various projects in India.Faith Sansthan is a safe home for HIV+ orphans. Vatslaya Jalore is a child care home and care centre for boys affected with HIV/AIDS. CHEER is a skills development project and Fund A Mom is a universal basic income scheme for mothers in need. Donor funds for this cause is restricted if instructed as such by the donor. Funds from CAF have been used to cover operational costs for these projects.

Comparatives for movement in funds:

Vocational Impact Total Unrestricted Funds Restricted Fund General Fund Becky's Foundation (incl CAF India Projects (incl CAF USA)	At 12 Dec21 51,585 4,436 - - 56,021	Net movement in funds 50,282 1,314 (26,953) (16,701) 7,943	Transfers between funds (43,653) - 26,953 16,701 0	At 12 Dec22
				58,214 5,750 - -
				63,964

Each year the charity uses funds from the unrestricted fund to support the administrative costs incurred by the restricted funds as and when the need arises.

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13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year the charity made payments to Ms E Milner, a member of the key management personnel and a trustee of the charity.

The payments totalling £ 29,500 (2021: £24,000) were in respect of raising awareness of the charity and its aims, fundraising, management, event management services and payment of consultant fees to support AATC. In addition, during the year expenses directly relating to the activities of the charity and the running of the charity totalling £ 3,000 (2021: £5,400) were reimbursed to Ms E Milner.

14. GRANTS MADE TO PROJECTS

During the year the following grants were paid to support projects and individuals in India and South Africa;

Faith Sansthan - the project supports care homes in Jaipur, India, which provide care for children affected by HIV/AIDS. During the year the charity provided funds of £12,042 (2021: £28,381).

AATC India - The project supports various of the India initiatives such as Vatslaya Jalore , CHEER and Fund a Mom as well as Covid Appeal Jaipur. During the year the charity provided £18,768 (2021: £22,358)

Becky's Home - The project supports the running costs, education, food and staffing for 55 orphans rescued from Slavery and Trafficking in Senya Beraku, Ghana. During the year the charity provided funds of £36,956 (2021:£29,953).

Bobbi Bear Fund - the project in Durban, South Africa, provides support for children who are victims of abuse, abandonment and rape. During the year the charity provided funds of £ 6,050 (2021: £4,688) .

Ikageng Itireleng - the project in Soweto, South Africa, provides support and care for children affected by HIV/AIDS. During the year the charity provided funds of £ xxx (2021: £ NIL).

Friends Without Borders Refugee Children. During the year the charity provided funds of £600 (2021: £294).

Ikamva Lethu - the project in Soweto, South Africa, provides support and care for children affected by HIV/AIDS by providing them with home based care. During the year the charity provided funds of £7,110 (2021: £ 5,000).

15. SIGNIFICANT DONATIONS

During the year the following notable donations were received to support specific (restricted) projects;

Donor name Project/Fund Use Wallace Bell Charitable Trust India Projects MJB Charitable Trust India Projects Paradigm Norton India Projects Educational & General Charitable Trust India Projects Christian Atsu Ghana Lazy Susan Furniture Ghana Victorious Festival Ghana/India/South Africa Sono Global Vocational Impact/Ghana/AATC

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A big thank you to all our volunteers and supporters

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