Brighter Future Foundation
CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTRATION NO. 1149753
BRIGHTER FUTURE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
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| 1. | Reference and administrative details | 3 |
| 2. | Trustees' report | 4 |
| 3. | Financial report | 7 |
| 4. | Independent examiner’s report | 9 |
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Brighter Future Foundation
CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTRATION NO. 1149753
1. Reference and Administrative details
Charity name Brighter Future Foundation Registered charity number 1149753 Charity Principal address 87 Monmouth Drive Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B73 6JR Website www.brighterfutureuk.org
Name of the charity trustees who managed the charity
Trustees Dr Thinn Thinn Hlaing Dr Aung Aung Lwin Dr Khin Z Nyo Dr Thandar Aye Dr Emma Mitchell Dr Maung Maung Kyi (Chair)
Banker
HSBC Bank Plc 110 Grey Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6JG, England
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2. Trustees' report
2.1. Structure, governance and management
The name of the organisation is Brighter Future Foundation. The organisation is an unincorporated body. It was governed by a trust deed dating from 23 September 2012. Trustee selection method: Trustees are appointed and reappointed annually at the general meeting held in June. The trustees present their annual report for the year 31 March 2022 and confirm that the accounts complied with the charity's constitution.
2.1. Objectives and activities
The aims of the charity are:
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to relieve sickness and to preserve the health and welfares of the people of Myanmar by providing and assisting in the provision of equipment, education and support services not normally provided by the government organisations,
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to advance the education of the health care professionals and public in health care in Myanmar by the provision of educational lectures and fora, and
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to support the undergraduate and post-graduate medical education and training in medical institutes of Myanmar by assisting in the provision of facilities, equipment and provision of lectures, ancillary to those provided by the government authorities.
2.3. Achievement and Performance
(1) Provision of Essential Health Care Services in Myanmar
Myanmar (Burma) faced two emergencies - a military coup and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Its health system struggled to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. As of February 9, 2021, the country officially recorded more than 141,000 cases and over 3,100 deaths. Prior to the coup, millions of people in Myanmar already lacked access to affordable quality health care. In 2018, 76.4% of health expenditure was covered by out-of-pocket payments and government health expenditure represented just 16.7 % of total health expenditure (Ministry of Health and Sports, 2020).
In the wake of the coup, the civil servants, including doctors and nurses, went on strike known as civil disobedience movement, in defiance of military coup. The medical professionals were refusing to work for the military, leaving hospitals and other health facilities understaffed. COVID-19 response activities, including prevention, treatment, and vaccination programs, faced significant disruptions. To respond to this crisis, Brighter Future Foundation received funding from Citizens of Burma to help deliver essential medicine and services to poor and vulnerable communities.
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With our funding, we supported a network of 10 community clinics across Myanmar to provide financial support to the community clinics for the initial refurbishment and set up of the clinic facilities, procurement of medicines and supplies for essential health care services and subsistence support for medical doctors, nurses, midwives and volunteers in each clinic. This project has enabled the local community clinics to serve up to 62000 patients during the grant period.
(2) Support to build the Operation theatre in a Kachin hospital, Myanmar
A funding of £21000 was distributed to establish a new operation theatre complex at the Laiza General Hospital in Kachin state. This donation was used to procure a new operation table, operating theatre lamp, operating instruments, and a new portable X-ray machine.
- (3) Funding to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for 100 people
Myanmar was hit with a third wave of COVID-19 in July 2021, resulting in thousands of deaths with shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. We donated funds to vaccinate 100 adult population in Karen state, Myanmar.
(4) Humanitarian and emergency medical supplies support to IDPs in Karenni state, Myanmar
Following the coup in February 2021, conflicts broke out between local Karenni resistance groups and the military across Karenni State and Pekhon township of Shan State, leading to increased numbers of internally displaced people. Among the seven townships in Karenni state, Demoso townships has the highest numbers of IDPs at approximately 35,000, followed by Loikaw township at around 20,000 and Pruso township at around 10,000.
Shadaw township has about 1200 displaced persons, or 208 households taking refuge in the border area near Thailand. In August 2021, we were requested to fund the urgent humanitarian needs in Shadaw township, Karenni state by Karenni Health Organization. With the funds donated by AMFA, a support was provided to 208 households in Shadaw township with 200 sacks of rice at 45 kilogram per sack, salted fish, canned fish, dried chili, garlic, onion, noodles, cooking oil, and salt, tarpaulins for shelter, household kits including kitchenware, mats, solar lamps, blankets, and medical and hygiene items such as Covid 19 test kits, antibiotics, and hand soaps.
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- (5) Collaboration with Cambridge Global Health Partnership (CGHP) to improve access to health services
A partnership was agreed with Cambridge Global Health Partnership to support the setting up of online Tele-health services in Myanmar in June 2021. It helped with the development of virtual digital platforms and to recruit specialists and medical volunteers. The Tele- health services provided general clinics and 23 specialist clinics. The service has reached the population residing in 319 out of 330 townships in the country.
- (6) Collaboration with Myanmar UK GP Alliances (MUGA)
General Practitioners from Myanmar and UK have been working together for over a decade for the capacity building and quality improvement of GP practices. In 2021, two groups formed an alliance called MUGA, which received funding from the UKAID. Brighter Future Foundation served as an intermediary for the effective and transparent funding flow from the UK to Myanmar GPs for various training activities. Using this funding, twice monthly webinars were organised where 200-300 Myanmar GPs joined and also provided the quality improvement training to 343 GP. In addition, more advanced QI facilitator training was delivered to 12 GPs and 6 months Organisational Development Training to 22 GPs.
2.4. Public benefits
All activities carried out by Brighter Future Foundation were carefully planned and implemented with an interest in healthcare delivery improvement for the people of the Union of Myanmar. In addition, trustees believe that the UK counterparts would gain global health experience by volunteering in Myanmar and would bring back their experience to daily work practice in the UK for improvement of the patients care in the UK.
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3. Financial report
At the end of 31[st] March 2022, the followings made up final cash balance:
| General donation funds | £63,444 | |
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| Restricted funds Balance left to spend from COBA Balance left to spend from MAUGA Balance left to spend AMFA |
£32,247 £6,650 £14,839 |
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| Total cash balance as at 31 Mar 2022 | £117,180 |
There were no staff costs and transport costs as all the charitable activities are solely based on volunteers.
There are no related party transactions between the Charity and the Trustees.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.
Sign on behalf of the charity's trustees
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Signature
Dr Maung Maung Kyi
Chair
Brighter Future Foundation
Date: 29 January 2023
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Dr. Thinn Hlaing
Trustee
Brighter Future Foundation
Date: 30[th] January 2023
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
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Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/
members of [BRIGHTER FUTURE FOUNDATION ]
On accounts for the
31-Mar-22 Charity no (if any) 1149753
year ended
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2022.
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Responsibilities and
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act p p y
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
Independent
of the Act or
examiner's statement the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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