## **Trustees Report** ## **2023** ## **FROM Wales Charity Number 1149385** Prepared by: Dr Susan Carnes Chichlowska: Secretary FROM Wales Registered Address: Star House, 9 Glanhafan, Solva, Pembrokeshire SA62 6TA ## **FROM WALES ORGANISATIONAL ACTIVITIES** ## **THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE:** TO WORK IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS MALAWI, WITH A PURPOSE TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL CHARITABLE PURPOSES THROUGH FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT, SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND REDUCING POVERTY. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ACROSS SCHOOLS IN MALAWI AND THE UK TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK. TO SUPPORT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN MALAWI AND THE UK FROM WALES SUPPORTS A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS IN MALAWI, ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO UTILISE LOCAL RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE TO BEST EFFECT PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FUNDING. ## **THE OBJECTS** Throughout the provisions of projects and services in Malawi and the UK; _FROM Wales_ makes a contribution to the following charitable purposes as set out in the Charities Act 2006: - a) the prevention or relief of poverty - b) the advancement of education - c) the advancement of religion - d) the advancement of Health or saving lives - e) the advancement of citizenship or community development - f) the advancement of human rights, the promotion of racial or religious harmony or equality and diversity - g) the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage ## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE** The COVID 19 pandemic has severely affected some of the businesses that support Fishermans Rest Community Projects. None the less the projects have been delivered and much has been achieved in very difficult circumstances. _FROM Wales_ meets the needs of the community. Projects have the flexibility to change, be remodelled or a new project started. _FROM Wales_ allows potential to work with new and unforeseen partners and projects within the scope of the charities objects. _FROM Wales_ also works in the UK to promote Malawi and works alongside FRCP and Fisherman’s Rest to attract groups and teams to Malawi to carry out projects. _FROM Wales_ is passionate about providing a cross-cultural experience and facilitating understanding between people in our higher more developed economic circumstances and the lower economic development apparent in Malawi. Understanding garners support for projects in Malawi through education and awareness. The economic fallout post the Covid 19 global pandemic has continued to impact through 2023 culminating with a 44% devaluation of the MWK. The core program development and implementation continues, with encouraging developments in the conservation and WaSH projects in particular. WaSH programmes: (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) The MA repair programme continues to develop. The MAMS repair and teaching programme continues to be the leading handpump management, repair, and maintenance programme in Malawi. A few additional programmes are appearing, of which all have had training from FRCP MA and some have elected to use the FR MAMS database. As of 2019 - MA continued throughout 2023 to support and report quarterly to the Blantyre district water office and district council on the status of all handpumps in Blantyre rural, approximately 2,400. – This continues to be a unique programme keeping the Blantyre Rural Afridev handpump functionality at about 90%. The FRCP MAMS programme to Nsanje District initiated in January 2021, stopped for 2022, was restarted in 2023 as a result of hurricane Freddy at the request of the Nsanje District council. The focus has been the evaluation of damaged afridev pumps, repairs and water quality testing. Further work on Fluoride in water is anticipated. FRCP MA has maintained the microbiological water quality longitudinal study, and testing programme. This has been extended to the whole of TA Somba testing between October to December for the 2022 Wet Season and dry and wet seasons in 2023. The MAMS database and App. The app is translation into Chichewa has been completed. In 2024 it is anticipated further translations in the other local languages will be in progress. Project BRAVE: (Be Respectful and Value Everybody) In 2023 project BRAVE has engaged with 13 schools, 335 girls and 294 boys, addressing adolescence, and relationships. Schoolchildren from the bordering schools are introduced to the Safe House at Mirale Police Sub-Station. BRAVE continues to includes parent group workshops, addressing behaviour at home and child parent relationships. Girls receive sanitary packs and underwear, BRAVE bracelet, bar of soap. Boys receive underwear, BRAVE bracelet, bar of soap. Each year before the program there are meeting with community members, PTA, School Ctte, Mothers Gp, and some teachers/ Head/ Deputy and class teacher with the chief. The Safe House at Mirale Police Sub-Station has now been open for two and a half years. It is in constant use, providing family counselling, women's Counselling and overnight refuge for women escaping gender-based violence. The Safe House continues to be supported though Mirale police station staff; a female councillor and child protection officer, two male councillors, and Fisherman’s Rest staff. It has been reported that overnight stays at the safe house are decreasing, maybe one a month. Day consultations decreasing to some 3 per week. Consultations used to be one or two per day. These decreases have been attributed to the safe house. ## TGFP: (The Good Food Project). FRCP is providing TGFP/ LP to 8 schools and approximately 3,500 children. Schools supported with TGFP: Horton CDSS, St Mary’s, Mauku, Ntayemwana, Kachere2, Noble Nankufi, Mbame, Mtemaumo, Tilitonse ## The Conservation Programmes: The tree planting, woodland, and conservation programme continues. We have presently 42 communities with FRCP monitored nurseries. nurseries have planted out an estimated 75,000 seedlings (up from 48,000). 17 community tree planting and conservation workshops have been held at the Fisherman’s Rest Skills Training Centre (up from 11). Approximately 320 villagers have been through the conservation training program. 6 workshops have been conducted in schools teaching 45 to 60 students at each. Financing for this program is increasing, the Welsh Govt. has given into this project. The Bauble project has raised several thousand pounds and regular donors are on the increase. The tree project continues to distribute seedlings to communities attending Changu Changu workshops and some waterpoint repairs. It is estimated approximately 1626 changu stoves have been constructed in 2023 by individuals attending 126 training sessions. 12,600 seedlings have been given out into this programme, ten for each stove installed. Our goal remains, to plant out one million trees each year. ## Schools: A sense of normality has not yet returned to the school and the education system. Throughout the academic year FR has continued to provide provide a minibus to transport teachers from Chadzunda Market.Throughout the academic year The Tea House accommodation at Fisherman’s Rest continues to be allocated to student teachers. 7 student teachers for St Mary’s will be accommodated in the 2023/2024 academic year. ## School Sponsorship: FRCP presently sponsors 41 children in Horton Forms 1-4. And FR sponsors 10 staff children in other schools. One student is in University sponsored by a single donor. ## School Building Programmes: Horton CDSS: additional land to purchase. No construction took place in 2023. Some maintenance was carried out. WIP and work to do has been carried over to 2024. There is more work to do on the boundary, protecting and managing waterways, additional and improved pathways, improvement to toilets and water supply. Some more general maintenance. The additional land is yet to be purchased. The science laboratory has been equipped with a laboratory from the decommissioned Tasker Milward School. Still pending, two water tanks have been purchased for the erected tower at Horton, additional work is to be done on pipe installations to the school toilets and laboratory. Essential water management work still needing to be done around the school to cope during the heavy rains with improved ditches and gutters. A perimeter boundary is also required. Library: As in 2022, the report remains largely unchanged. The libraries have been handed over to school management and FRCP extension staff continue to monitor these. Training Centre: As in 2022, for 2023 the training centre continues to be busy with WaSH, and conservation programmes. Two 40ft containers with school furniture have been offloaded. Most desks have been rewelded and reassembled. All furniture is maintained and made good (as new) before despatch to schools. ## **Public Benefit of FROM Wales** As an overview, projects in Malawi are focused around suggested, needs and issues arising from local communities and organisations. These are researched by FRCT and deemed as supportable by the team in Malawi and then _FROM Wales_ in the UK. The community involved are responsible for the everyday functioning of the projects and keep the benefits or profits, resulting in widespread public benefit. The relief of poverty in the area through FRCT/FROM Wales projects helps to create hope, enthuse action strengthen morale and support growth in the Nankumba and Madziabango communities. The projects _FROM Wales_ supports are accessible to everyone, with no charge, there is no exclusivity except in age related youth activities and gender specific events (ie., girls menstrual hygiene classes and boys adolescent classes), which are culturally more appropriate. Public benefit from these charitable purposes is the direct receipt of consumer items, access to facilities such as food and water and community information such as healthcare, farming, biblical teaching and government news. Education projects are accessible to the pupils and teachers of each school as well as the schools’ surrounding community. Libraries and IT suites are open to school children as well as the community outside school hours, advancing all age skills in literacy, English and communication. Teacher training conferences and assemblies are taught by teams and groups from abroad, these offer public opportunity to learn new teaching styles and gather new material. These resources are unobtainable for most rural schools, the work _FROM Wales_ helps the youth of this generation gather skills for working in this day and age, making informed, independent decisions, to become positive citizens of Malawi and the world. Community development is enhanced by Tilitonse community centre, now a hub of village life, it provides the public with good water, a safe environment for children, a centre for meetings, celebrations and voluntary opportunities. Tilitonse reinforces unity within local communities and a sense of ownership and provision, offering incentive for the public to ensure its success and longevity. Advancements of healthcare projects are through women’s and young girls health workshops, boys respect programmes and public health workshops. The public benefits of these events are raising awareness and knowledge of sanitation and hygiene, especially with young girls to encourage them to take the opportunity to complete their education, protecting people from illness and disease as well as the potential to save lives. The Madziabango and Nankumba area’s predominantly share the Christian faith. _FROM Wales_ works to advance and support this action and to be open and inclusive. The public benefits are meeting peoples’ spiritual as well as physical and psychological needs. _FROM Wales_ looks to support people in their own decision making, as a right to freedom of choice. _FROM Wales_ has a desire to work for the good and public benefit of people, when needs arise they are researched, reviewed and if necessary, addressed. The potential harm of interfering with peoples lives is assessed in each situation, _FROM Wales_ sees its presence in Tilitonse and the Madziabango, Nankumba and Mbame area’s as integral to preventing the cause of harm in Charitable giving, everything given is accountable by the receiver and accounted for by the giver, and followed up. Communities benefit from the knowledge that FRCT through _FROM Wales_ is established in the area, there is a trust and friendship built over years of time investment and financial investment which promotes respect between parties. Giving is assessed on a culturally acceptable basis as well as needs assessed and key Malawian employees help FRCT to differentiate this fine balance. _FROM Wales_ has learnt from experience, reflected on the effective and the ineffective and still appreciates: learning how best to give and facilitate, never stops. ## **Acknowledgements** None of these development programmes would be possible without the generous partnerships of our corporate and individual sponsors many of whom would like to remain anonymous. ## **Trustees for 2023/4** Chairperson: Mr Wiktor Chichlowski Treasurer: Mr Robert Walker Secretary: Dr Susan Carnes Chichlowska Trustee: Mr Rhett Gates Trustee: Mrs Susan Gates Section B Balance sheet Fixed assets Intsnglble assets Tangible assets HoTitag• assets Investments F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 (Note 15) INoto 141 (Nots 161 (Note 17) Total ffxed assets Current assets Stocks (Nots 18) Debtor5 (Nots 19) Inveslments {Nots 17.4) Cash at bank and In hand INoto 24) Total current assds B10 103,535 103,535 10 Creditors: amunts falllng duo wlthln one year INote 20) B11 Net euThent asse￿[lIabIlItIesj B12 103,535 Totsl assets less ¢un￿tIla1th 813 103,535 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (Note 20) Provision5 for liabiliti 814 15.317 94.281 109,598 103,535 815 rotai net assets or Il•bllllles Funds ofthe Charity End0￿￿ent funds (Note 27) Restri¢tsd income funds (Noto 2n Unrostricted funds Revaluation reservo 816 B17 818 94.281 94,281 15.317 78,581 24,954 B19 15,317 Total funds B21 15.317 09,598 103,535 Signed by one orl*D trustee5 behall of a the tru8tee8 Date of approval ddlm Print Name CC17a (Ex￿> 12103f2024 Independent examiner's report on the accounts CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of "From Wales" Trust On accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023 Charity no lif any) 1149385 Set out on pages 1to45 iiemL-iiibc4r Io Intylude ihL' page nuiiibers ol uddilioiidl shiel.. R08pectlve responslbillties of tru8tee8 and examlner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charty's trustees consider Ihal an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 20111.the Charities Act'l and that an independent examination is needèd. The charity's gross income exceeded £250.000 and l am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualffied member of the Chartered Institute of Managemènt Ac¢ountants. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act. lo follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under seclion 14515Mb) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come lo my attention Ba81s of Ind•pendent My examination was Carried out in accordanc8 With gener81 Directions given examine￿$ statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting racords kept by the chanty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those re￿rds. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement b810w. IER December 2017 Independent In connection with my examination. no material matters have come lo my examiner's statement attention {other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause lo believe that in. any material respect: the accounting records Y￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act: or the accounts did not accord with the acwunting records,. or the accounts did not comply with Ihe applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the acxounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I 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 propèr understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please del8t8 the words in the braGkels il they do not apply. Slgned: Dato: - c)Z- Zv?41. Nam•: Chris Thomas Rèlevant profo8slonal quallficatlon(s) or body (if any): Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Addr•s8: 5 Wades Close Ppmbroke Pembrokeshire Section 8 Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material mattèts of concem (see CC32, Independent examlnallon of charity accounts: dlrectlons and guidance for examine￿1. IER December 2017 Giv• here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to discloso. IER December 2017