## **THANDA UK** – 1 JULY 2021 30 JUNE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT Charity Number: 1126225 15 Broad Court Suite 6 London WC2B 5QN 2 Thanda UK provided valuable support to Thanda After-School, a non-profit organisation based in Mtwalume, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa throughout 2021-22. This report details Thanda After-school’s activities and how Thanda UK’s support has contributed to empowering communities in rural South Africa. 3 Thanda was founded in 2008 by co-founders, Angela Larkan and Tyler Howard, to provide **afterschool support for children** who were orphaned or made vulnerable by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Over the years, **Thanda’s programmes evolved** to offer a more **holistic approach** to improve the **living conditions** of children and families in rural KwaZulu-Natal South Africa through early **childhood development, out-of-school** . **enrichment, and food security programmes** 4 **Mission:** Thanda provides a holistic response to the critical needs of children in rural Mtwalume through high-quality early learning, parenting, and socialemotional learning programmes, as well as organic farming interventions to enable food security within households. **Vision:** Thanda envisions a thriving rural population that supports the holistic development of children, their households, and communities as a whole. 5 In 2021 and 2022, Thanda UK kept their focus on digital fundraising as the globe was still “paralysed” with uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic. The success of our online fundraising in 2020 and 2021 promoted confidence to continue with the model. The online fundraising activities included campaigns such as a Holiday Campaign, Giving Tuesday via GlobalGiving and continuous email updates with donors in the form of stories from the community and the impact the programmes are making. **----- Start of picture text -----**
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOOD SECURITY
Children 5 and under Children 5 and up Youth & adults
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WHERE WE WORK NORTH WEST Thanda is the onl or anisation offering holistic services to communities in this area. FREE STATE NORTHERN CAPE Mtwalume EASTERN CAPE WESTERN CAPE AVERAGE ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME **R14 600 5** AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD AVERAGE AMOUNT PER **=R243** PERSON PER MONTH According to Stats SA 2021, the food poverty line (the amount of money that an individual needs to afford the . minimum daily energy intake) is R624 per month 9 ## **BENEFICIARIES** Female Male Thanda works with over 2000 direct beneficiaries on a daily basis, but reaches 43 000 through access to local food and water. ## **OUR VALUES** Their and staff programmes trainings are underpinned by ”Game-changing Skills,” which we believe are essential for social-emotional development and thriving. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Empathy
Generosity Creativity
Game-
changing
Critical
Perspective
thinking
Skills
Self-esteem Belonging
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All of Thanda’s programme staff (over 150 people) is hired locally. The Thanda solar—powered Community Centre, located in Mtwalume, serves as the hub of their operations and an invaluable resource for the OPEN 365 DAYS LIBRARY WATER ACCESS OPEN 365 DAYS SKATEPARK PLAYGROUND CULTURAL EVENT SPACE ART CENTRE TEACHER RESOURCE CENTRE SOLAR-POWERERED AGRI-HUB ECD CLASSROOMS (6) WEEKEND PROGRAMMES QUARTERLY BOOK FAIRS TRADITIONAL CRAFTMAKING GUARDIAN WORKSHOPS ARLY LEARNI INITIA TIVE ## Early Learning Purpose & Intent Only 31% of children in KZN are attending an ECD Programme. However, 7 out of 10 children attending low- fee ECD Centres in South Africa start school falling behind. Thanda’s Early Learning Initiative enables access to ECD programmes, but aims to offer exceptional programmes that give young children a springboard for continued learning and development throughout their lives. Furthermore, Thanda aims to empower households with the skills and know-how to support children’s emotional needs and foster play-based learning at home, enabling children to learn and thrive through a more holistic approach to development and strong connections with their guardians. EQUIPS CHILDREN WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOSTERS A LOVE OF LEARNING ENSURES SCHOOL READINESS 16 ## **OVERVIEW OF EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMMES** **FUN BABY IMBEWU ECD SATELLITE ECD FOUNDATIONS PROGRAMME** Home visitation that ECD initiative Establishes Satellite ECD ECD playgroups led by aims to get babies on conducted at Thanda's Centres in isolated trained volunteers at track with their Community Centre in communities with households in more milestones by suitable conditions for sustainably-designed remote areas with promoting early literacy classrooms, utilizing implementing a formal limited resources and & cultivating warm, Thanda’s Creative ECD Programme. Establishes ECD Centres in remote communities capacity. playful relationships Learning Curriculum. between guardians and that have an babies. 61 112 49 appropriate setting and 116 babies child. child. capacity to run an ECD child. All programmes are tailored to be inclusive of children with disabilities, who are offered personalised in-classroom programme aides, specialised learning plans, physical and occupational therapy, one-on-one assistance, caregiver support, and referrals to clinics and government resources. 17 ## **BABY PROGRAMME** Thanda’s Baby Programme, for children aged 0 – 2 years old was piloted with 19 households from April- November 2021, the success of this programme means that it is now an integral element of Thanda’s offering to the community in Mtwalume. Because the goal of this programme is chiefly to equip guardians with skills to facilitate their baby’s development, we conducted a thematic analysis which is centred around guardians and their thoughts and feelings toward aspects of child-rearing during the infant stage before the programme began, in comparison with their feelings at the end of the pilot period of one year. ## One of many exciting themes revealed in analysis is; When it came to main parental RESPONSIBILITIES, at the beginning of the programme a mere 5% of the guardian participants said that one of the main responsibilities of parents is to love the child . After the programme’s first year, the responses had changed remarkably to the effect that now 72% of respondents believe that one of their main parental RESPONSIBILITES is to love their child. To reveal the true impact of the programme, babies were also assessed at the inception of the programme and at the end of the pilot cycle. The skills assessed are the babies opportunity to interact, move, explore and learn. ## Baseline vs Final Scores of Babies Enrolled 2021 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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18 ## **FUN FOUNDATIONS** Now in its fifth year, Fun Foundations is currently in operation at six farms: Dweshula, Gqayinyanga, Mnambithi, Ntengo, Umkhumbi Wempilo and Etsheni. The Nanini Nanini group is currently transitioning to a satellite ECD. Thanda ended 2021 with 83 children enrolled in six playgroups in the community. The overall attendance for the year was relatively good at 66%. Average attendance in 2022 thus far has increased to 75% and we currently have 105 children enrolled. “My name is Zodwa Khawula and I am an assistant volunteer. I joined the Thanda team in March and we did many trainings to prep us for the opening now in May 2022. We really needed the playgroup in this area because most of the children would go to crèche far away and some children would have to use transport and you’d find that the transport costs about R250 (£11) a month per child. That is expensive, because most parents in our community are unemployed and earn a social grant and could not afford that. We saw it fit that children in Etsheni should also be afforded the same learning opportunity. There children that were sitting at home and not going to crèche because the parents could not afford to take their children to available schools that are far out.” Dudu , the Fun Foundations Programme Manager, shared “I am confident in the Etsheni team. They started training in March. In the first week they did induction, followed by observation at the ECD at the Thanda Centre. This introduced them to Thanda, the programme, our goals, what is needed and expected of them and how we work as Thanda. They have also joined the Thursday trainings for a more theory and practical experience.” **WHILE THANDA’S ECD CHILDREN ARE CLASSIFIED AS BEING FROM THE POOREST 20% OF ALL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA, THEY ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN THOSE WHO GREW UP IN THE MOST AFFLUENT ENVIRONMENTS.** _*Early learning outcomes measure (external evaluation)_ E￿,UCATION INITIATIVF 22 ## Education Purpose & Intent ## 74% of children in gr. 4 can’t read for meaning. Children need holistic support as they grow up, but the average rural school is struggling to offer more than academics. Thanda aims to continue empowering children ages 5-14 with socialemotional skills and support as well as a strong foundation in literacy, enabling them to thrive in their community. CULTIVATES CURIOSITY BUILDS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE STRENGTHENS LITERACY & EDUCATIONAL SKILLS SUPPORTS CHILDREN THROUGH ADOLESCENCE 23 **OVERVIEW OF EDUCATION PROGRAMMES** |**THANDUKWAZI**
(Grades R-3)
Community-based
after-school
programme that aims
to build social-
emotional skills and
strengthen literacy.
**373 CHILDREN**||**SIYAZAZI**
(Grades 4-7)
Weekend programme
held at Thanda’s
Community Centre that
equips children with a
comprehensive range of
skills to empower them
as active participants in
shaping their own lives.
**429 CHILDREN**||**AMEQHAWEKAZI**
(Grades 5-8)
Leadership programme
tailored for girls,
fostering opportunities
through hands-on
experiences such as
building a business, to
cultivate problem –
solving, and agency.
**66 GIRLS**||**UMTHOMBO**
(All grades)
Drop-in activities and
programmes for
children in the
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in remote communities
that have an
appropriate setting and
capacity to run an ECD
programme
surrounding community
to participate in at
Thanda’s Community
Centre.
**70 CHILDREN**
**(AVG/WEEKEND)**| 24 Boys’ Days Our Community Centre hosts weekly full-day or overnight programmes, designed exclusively for boys or girls in Siyazazi. These programmes are thoughtfully curated by our facilitators, incorporating campfires, group discussions, movies, and other fun activities, creating a secure platform for children to engage in dialogue regarding gender and age-appropriate matters alongside peers and positive role models. Girls’ Days ## **HAMBANOLWAZI LIBRARY** 25 Our facilitators bring books from our Library to Thandukwazi sessions to enable children to borrow new books each week. The mobile component of our library programme is especially meaningful to the communities that we work with, as it allows children who would otherwise be unable to reach our collection to have a weekly source of new reading material and relevant at-home learning activities to spark their love of reading. **10 942 BOOKS BORROWED JULY 2021 – JUNE 2022** In Amaqhawekazi, the girls’ ability to Problem Solve has improved 80% and their sense of Agency has improved 85% # **62 448**[BOWLS OF PORRIDGE] **71 947**[WARM LUNCH/DINNER MEALS] **= 134 395 TOTAL MEALS** ORGANIC FARMING- INITIATIVE .k ## Thanda Organic Farming Purpose & Intent Only 9% of the local community is employed and 1 in 3 children across South Africa are stunted from malnourishment Thanda’s Organic Farming Initiative aims to empower farmers and households with the skills to produce food, with development at every step of the valuechain. By building self-reliance, we are enabling a local economy and long-term food security. From the programme’s inception in 2015 until 2022, the value of annual production has grown by 19900% as the community has harvested over R37 million in vegetables. ENHANCES HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY PROMOTES FARMER SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOSTERS SUSTAINABLE CARBON SEQUESTRATION **NISELA SMALL-SCALE FARMING PROGRAMME** **HOUSEHOLD FARMING PROGRAMME** - Provides hands-on organic farming training and market linkages - Provides one-on-one training for individuals at their homes - Generates cash incomes for farmers - Increases household food security - Increases household food security - Prevents childhood malnutrition **----- Start of picture text -----**
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- Improves local food access **430 SMALL-SCALE FARMERS** **381 HOUSEHOLDS** ## **AGRI-HUB** With our Agri-Hub, farmers have access to seedling purchase, equipment rental, repair services for capital inputs such as fencing and irrigation, transport options to market, and a guaranteed market for their vegetables if needed. R5 000 000 R4 500 000 R4 484 481 R4 000 000 R3 500 000 R3 678 709 R3 000 000 R2 500 000 R2 000 000 R2 174 041 R1 500 000 R1 518 376 R1 000 000 R 500 000 R 554 734 R 26 297 R 298 744 R 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 FUTURE GOALS OUR VISION FOR 2023-2025 From 2023- 2025, Thanda aims to provide high-quality programmes for 1022 more children and babies in rural communities who would otherwise not have had access to ECD, and enable them to start school on-track with the National Curriculum. By working with households and neighbourhoods in this process, we will be creating long-term, systemic shifts in how young children grow and develop in rural communities. ## **EDUCATION GOALS** From 2023-2025, Thanda aims to support over 1000 children ages 5-14 as they face the challenges of growing up, so they can become confident, resilient adults who understand interconnectedness and how their actions impact other people and the environment. Through extracurricular literacy programmes in addition to socialemotional learning programmes, we aim to get children reading on track with their grade level. 36 ## **ORGANIC FARMING GOALS** From 2023-2025, we aim to develop over 415 farmers and 450 households that are resilient to economic down-turns, crop failure, and climate change. Through a process of empowering farmers and then gradually decreasing their reliance on us, we will enable food security for over 3460 children in these homes and provide a sustainable local food source by producing R20 357 164 for 43 000 people living in the surrounding areas. ## **ORGANIC FARMING PRODUCTION (2015-2025)** 37 **----- Start of picture text -----**
R8 000 000
R7 266 000
R7 000 000 R6 785 500
R6 305 664
R6 000 000
R5 199 958
R5 000 000
R4 484 481
R4 000 000
R3 678 709
R3 000 000
R2 174 041
R2 000 000
R1 518 376
R1 000 000
R554 734
R298 744
R26 297
R0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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38 |THANDA UK - FINANCES|THANDA UK - FINANCES| |---|---| |1 JULY 2021 - 30 JUNE 2022|| ||| |ASSETS|| ||| |Non-Current Assets|| |Fixed Assets|£0.00| ||| |Current Assets|| |Bank and Cash Balances|£114,706.65| ||| |EQUITY & LIABILITIES|£114,706.65| ||| |Funds|| |OpeningFunds Surplus|£104,847.20| |Current Year Amount Available|£39,724.63| |Total Available for Contribution|£144,571.83| ||| |ConsultancyFees|£9,650.18| |Foreignpayments|£20,200.00| |Bank Charges|£15.00| |ClosingFunds Surplus|£114,706.65| ||| |Current Liabilities|| |Trade & Other Payables|£0.00| ||| |TOTAL EQUITY & LIABILITIES|£114,706.65| ## **THANDA UK Receipts and Payment** Year start date **For the year from** **Jul 1, 21** ## **Receipts and payments** **2021-22** ## **Unrestricted funds** **£** ## **Receipts** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Donations, legacies and similar income
Membership subscriptions -
Donations
39,725
Legacies -
Gift Aid
-
Other similar income
-
Sub total 39,725
Grants
Grant
-
Other grants -
Sub total -
Fundraising (gross)
Detail 1
-
Detail 2
-
Other fundraising activities -
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Sub total -
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-
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Other investment income
-
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## _**Total Gross Income**_ **39,725 -** **Asset and investment sales, etc.** Total receipts 39.725 # **THANDA UK Receipts and Payment** Year start date ## **For the year from** **Jul 1, 21** ## **Receipts and payments** ## **2021-22** ## **Unrestricted funds** **£** ## **Payments** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charitable Payments
Consultancy fee
9,650
Rent
-
Water
-
Electricity and Gas
-
Insurance
-
Repairs and Renewals
-
Materials and equipment
-
Printing and photocopying
-
AGM and trustee expenses
-
Bank Charges
15
Accountants Fee
-
Other costs detail 3
20,200
-
-
-
Sub total
29,865
Fundraising expenses
Detail 1
-
Detail 2
-
Detail 3
-
Other fundraising costs
-
Sub total
-
Total Gross Expenditure 29,865
Asset and investment purchases, etc.
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## _**Total payments**_ _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **Cash funds last year end** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **29,865 9,859 104,847 114,707** **Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year** ## **2020-21** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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£
Cash funds
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-
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Cash/Floats -
-
-
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payments account(s)) -
Other monetary assets
Tax claim
-
-
-
Sub total
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Investment assets
-
-
-
Sub total
-
Non monetary assets for charity's own use
Stock
-
Land and buildings -
Motor vehicles
-
Other -
-
-
-
Sub total
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Accounts not yet paid -
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Subscriptions not yet paid -
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## **Contingent liabilities and future obligations** **Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees** Signature Stephen Howard ## **s Account** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Print Name Date of a roval pr 30. 23 CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's report on the FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts Sectlon A Independent Examlner'8 Report Report to the trustees Thanda UK On accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022 Charlty no lif any) 1126225 Sèt out on pages 1-37 I report to the trustees on my examination of the ac¢ounts of the above charity (Yhe Trusl'l for the year ended Rg$ponsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"Ihe Acl'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts cafried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in cairying OLtI my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1451511bl of the Act. Independent IThe charity's gross income exceeded £250.000 and l am qualified lo examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete I l il not appI￿able. I have Gompleled my examination. I confirm that no material matter$ have come lo my allenlion in connection with the examination lolher than that disclosed below .1 which gives me cause to believe Ihal in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in a¢¢ordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accofd wilh the accounting records.. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requiiemenls concerning the form and conlenl of accounts sel out in the Charities IAccounls and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and lair, view which is not a matter considered a5 part of an independenl examinalion. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this feport in order lo enable a proper underslanding ol the accounls lo be reached. Please d8lele Ihe words in Ihe brackets if Ih8y do not apply. Slgned: Date.. 2r RKIL 2ul3 Name: Deepak Bhutra Relevant professlonal quallfi¢ationl$) or body Institute of Chartered Accounlanls of England and Wales IER Oct 2018 Ilf any)- Address: 41 Ember Court Hazel Close, London. UK NVV9 5FX Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material mallers of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charily accounts." directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief details of any items that the examinerwishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018