**Vipingo Village Fund Charitable Trust (2018) Registered Trustees** ## **Founder’s Report 2021** ## Dear Stakeholders, I consider it a huge privilege to share the 2021 founder’s report with you. This is especially so because it also allows me to reflect on the Charity and its positive impact on the hundreds of lives here directly and indirectly. I thank all of you for making this happen, and for your continued support and confidence in the Vipingo Village Fund (VVF). How quickly everyone would wish to forget 2020, with all the uncertainties it visited on organizations and households. At VVF, those unprecedented times allowed us to reassess our mandate and commit to human-centredness as an approach to our interventions. The year 2021 was a little more exciting. We had a lot going on at the school including a joint program with UNAIDS Kenya on sexual reproductive health. Through the program, we trained over 400 students in a span of 8 weeks, the turnout was amazing, and the beneficiaries got a lot to take home to help them in their transformation journeys. ## Education Education being our main pillar, we must admit that it has been quite an eventful year in the school calendar. The Ministry of Education has been trying to normalize the disrupted school terms, thanks to COVID-19 disruptions. According to the plan, three terms had to be pushed between July 26[th] , 2021, through to March 4[th] , 2022. The new academic year for 2022 was scheduled to begin on April 25[th] with the three terms ending in November 2022. Come 2023, the school term would begin normally in January. Through our internal organization and the tremendous support, we receive from our donors and other stakeholders, we managed to keep the children in school. Once again thank you! ## Staff Development We’ve always looked out for opportunities to better our staff through training and life skills. To this end, we can boast of a teaching and non-teaching fraternity that is computer literate. This is a huge milestone for many if not all of them. Our computer lab is fully functional and there are enough computers to accommodate full sessions for our kids and the staff. The staff have also grown into their roles, thanks to the leadership of the VVF and the constant lookout for ways to improve on personal and professional skills. ## Competency-based Curriculum (CBC) The government is in the process of implementing a new curriculum known as the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Among other competencies, the system aims to build communication and collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, Imagination and creativity. It is an interesting curriculum and a very engaging one where both parents and teachers are required to collaborate to ensure the achievement of learning outcomes. ## Financial Position We are, in a slightly stronger position than last year. Jonaron Foundation has been supporting us through generous donations, but we are also looking for other donors to build on and reduce dependency. We are also exploring ways in which we can build sustainability and ensure the school continues even through difficult times as we had in 2020. Food and salaries remain our top two expenditures. The CBC system has also placed financial demands on the school with programs that come up on short notice. This means planning on an ad hoc basis, a stance that challenges proper financial management practices. However, we are quickly adapting our systems to have that taken care of going forward. ## UNAIDS Programme The UN project was an enormous success, with the facilitators delivering an inspiring programme on sexual reproductive health. We put over 400 young adults through the programme. The students who took part thought it was fantastic being the first time where they could get unbiased advice, and a non-judgmental platform, on the back of the course several of them volunteered to become ambassadors to their schools and spread the word. The level of voluntary testing for HIV was far higher than thought possible, some 80%, obviously, the project is so needed, not just here but throughout Kenya. Kilifi has the highest underage unwanted pregnancies in the country and, should we get extra funding, will have to be run from an earlier age as the highest number of children getting pregnant is in the 1014 age group and accounts for 70%. ## **Jolly Phonics** Through Sian Summers, the CEO of Jolly Phonics Africa, three of our teachers were sent to Namibia for three weeks in total, to launch Jolly Phonics throughout the country. They did amazingly well and trained over 400 primary school teachers who will from now on teach only phonics in schools. The Namibian government is very progressive and wants everyone to become literate seeing phonics as the way forward. It was an excellent opportunity for them to inspire others and embrace a different culture. ## **Conclusion** We are constantly looking for, talking to, and making headway with a variety of people, trying to create awareness of what we do and how they can help. We are optimistic going into 2022 that VVF will be able to register much greater impacts through education and related interventions. Once again, we want to thank to our donors, pen pals in the UK and Europe, and everybody else who has made monetary or in-kind contributions. We wish all of you well and good health! Carol Hardman Founder Trustee 20th Jan 2022 (HARIIY COMMISSION FOR ENGtINO APID WALIS THE VIPINGO VILLAGE FUNO 1126196 Receipts and payments accounts For the perlod from To CC16a Section A Receipts and payments Unr•strlct•d funds R•strfjct•d funds Endowm•nt funds Ttstal funds Last year to th• to th• r•Mr•A£ io th& n•ar•81 É A1 Re¢•lpl$ Donations From the UK 33.743.84 113.208.34 JIT44 111208 24,749 70,398.11 Dir8ci Donation& from (xJi&dè UK Otw Income 5,179 Sub totJl{Gross Income for AR) 1S2.131 1$2.131 JJ7 A2 A88et and Inv08tfflent 8ale8,13•0 tsblel. Sub tot•1 . Total recelpts 152.131 151131 98,337 A3 Payments Advertisement & ProrTh)tlons Z71 Food Expenaes CDmpJter ExpBnse Uniforffls and Cloihi 11353 1.444.81 932.04 18,r>42 Supplies Chantable Conknbubms 4,437 1,1174 582 4437 1,074 3,242 1,875 947 En￿rtaInM￿nI F￿ight. Posi &Telecomrnunlc8tlon $8condary School Sponsorshi Hotel, Boarding and LI￿ging Expenses 2J52 1,903 1.505 21325 1.010 1.505 CSR Projects Fundraisifbg Expenses Power 8nd Fuel 2.014 4.398 2,779 7.995 731 R&pairs 8 Maintenance Training & Wortshop Expense5 Travèl & Subsk41Ènts Expenses Activity Fees & subs(￿phOn5 Insurance 454 1,018 3,245 319 &470 662 S470 954 54 1.520 Medical Expen PTA Expenses Securilw ExpgnBe5 Rènt and ElÈctrlcs 1,673.78 110.35 1,674 3,248 61 583.24 1.2$2 ¢,500.00 2.318 S,V5 2.474 D&preci¥ll￿ Exp8n¥es Employmeni Expenses Fin8n¢¢ C¢$t$ 47.359 47.359 38.428 S39 UNAIDS Project-WF y￿th Club Other Expenses Prolossion81 Fe88 11,505 10,101 10,101 5,128 Sub total 147.aO• 147.104 123,105 A4 As••t and Inv••tm•nt pureha8•8, Is•• tsbl•l Sub lotal . Total payments 147,804 147.104 123.806 Net of recelpts/(payments) AS Transfers between lunds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash luftds th1$ year end 4.527 4.527 125,4681 42301 49.816 46.828 4.527 125,4681 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted fund5 Endowment funds 10 n*w¢st£ nearest£ to nè4YeBt£ B1 Cash fund$ Bank I3.￿7.3* 31760.39 Cash In Hand Total cash funds 46.828 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds nearesi£ nearesi£ to nearest£ Details Pr@paid Ew$8S ¢Jher rKeiwdblBS B2 Oth•r mon•tsry asset$ 27&QS Detalls F￿d to¥Jhlth 4•••t b•lo Cost l+Wonall *ufft•nl valu• loptlonall Oetall¥ F￿d tO¥Jhleh 4S••t b•l•ng• ¢t)•i loptlon*ll Unitsincied 2J,8 urr•ni valv loptl¢nall 84 A$8•ts rotaln•d for th• charlty's o Propthy planl and ewiwmrl IPPEI Detai15 lo**leh lIB￿￿ty rnl mounldu• {opUonE Unroslndod Wh•n du• loptlonoll 09.01.2022 B5 Liabilities P¥ytDI kn¥iMIthS Olher Payables 4072 Signed by one or Iwo trustee5 Qn t)ehalf of all Signature int Name THOMAS MBARU Dale of approval 2&ja￿22 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The Vipingo Village Fund **On accounts for the year** 31[th] Dec 2021 **Charity no** 1126196 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1&2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 12 / 2021** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of **examiner's statement** The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did 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. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** Eric Nyabala **Date:** 25[th] Jan 2022 **Name:** Eric Nyabala **Relevant professional** ICPAK (CPA) **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** **Address:** Emily’s Cottage, 6 Chislett Gardens, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 8EX **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**