2020-08-30-accounts - Sameera Foundation

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Objecti	ves	and	Activities
			SORP
			reference
Summary	ofthe		Para 1 17	The prevention or relief ofpoverty in Pakistan dy
purposes	ofthe			providing grants, items and services to individuals		in
charity as	set	out in		need.
its governing
document
Summary ofthe main activities in			Para 1.17 and 1.19	OUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR2018 —2019is available on the following link:
relation to	those			htt://www. mediafire. com/file/n86s x2ua9h'rot/2020-
purposes	for the			ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020. df/file
public benefit,		in
particular,	the			~	Sameera Foundation completed the allocation of191
activities, projects or services identified in the					full grants and 1141partial grants for 48 schools scattered in 38poor villages.
accounts.				~	We completed the construction of8class rooms Free
					Education Skill Centre for orphans and needy people.
					The admin office ofSameera foundation has been
					moved tothe building.
				~	Sameera foundation purchased 1Swheelchairs and
					distributed these to deserving applicants. The
					wheelchairs were marked with the names ofthe
					generous donors.
				~	Sameera Foundation and Homeless-Hope were
					organising monthly Foot Health Day since July 2019
					but were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID
					pandemic. Up until then Fresh Hot meals and
					beverages were served to the homeless community	of
					Swansea. The nurses looked after, treat the feet ofthe
					homeless and a collection ofwarm clothes and shoes
					are available to take-way. Free barber facility is also
					provided.
				~	Sameera Foundation distributed 600 Ramadhan Food
					Gift packages to deserving village families during the
					month ofRamadhan.

					~	Qurbani (religious sacrifice and distribution ofmeat)	Qurbani (religious sacrifice and distribution ofmeat)
						ofsix cows was done in Shamsabad, Distt. Attock,
						Pakistan, one qurbani was done in Lyari Karachi,
						Pakistan the poorest area ofthe city, three cows were
						organised in Taiz, Sanaa and Al-Turba (Yemen)
						respectively. Qurbani of73 lambs was done in
						multiple areas ofYemen and a further 6 were
						organised for Gaza, Palestine.
					~	As part ofthe COVID-19 relief response the
						foundation distributed 540, twenty-five-kilogram
						wheat flour bags in the villages and 30 in Attock,
						Pakistan. These were delivered to the doorstep of
						widows, disa bled and needy families to ensure the
						safety ofSameera foundation staff and to maintain
						social distance.
					~	An additional part ofthe COVID-19 response project,
						Sameera Foundation joined hands with the local
						community and Swansea Together initiative to
						provide hot meals to the homeless, vulnerable and
						residents ofshelters. The initiative provided about 700
						fresh hot lunch packs daily with a drink, snacks with
						disposable forks, spoons and knives forthe homeless.
						We contributed about 60-65 lunches. These were	sent
						14weeks or 100days of lockdown.
					~	200fresh hot meals were delivered in conjunction
						with Swansea Central Mosque to Morriston Hospital
						COVID-19 Ward NHS Staff, carers and volunteers.
						These were sent weekly consisting of Chicken Curry
						rice, vegie meals, drinks and salad.
					~	As part ofthe COVID-19 response Yemen, 15,000
						surgical masks, 80overalls, 50pulse oxy-meters,	and
						10infrared temperature sensors were sent to
						hospitals in Yemen. In addition, 1000ampules of
						Dexamethasone were purchased and gifted to
						Khaleefa Hospital in Taiz.
Statement			Para	1 18	The TRUSTEEStried their best to follow the recommended
confirming	whether				guidelines issued by the Charity Commission:
the trustees	have				~	Has the money it needs;
had regard to the guidance issued the Charity Commission on public benefit		by			~ ~ ~	Spend its money sensibly, on the activities itwas raised for; Follow the law, including preparing reports and accounts to send to the Charity Commission; Doesn't break rules in its governing documents (its
						constitution, trust deeds or articles).

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				SORP reference
					~	Head ofa village school (Headmaster or
				Para 1.38		Headmistress) provides a list oforphans
Policy on	grant making					and/or financially disadvantaged school
						students to the Sameera Foundation
						annually in December. Consequently,
						the Foundation pays the school fee,
						admission or examination fee if
						applicable and also provide them school
						uniform, shoes, socks, notebooks, school
						bag and stationery. The full uniforms are
						provided to the extremely poor students
						and others are provided with school bag,
						notebooks and stationery.
						People with physical disabilities from
				Para 1.38		low-income families ofthe villages can
Policy on	social investment					submit an application for assistance for
including	program		related			disability appliance, artificial limbs, grant
investment						for medical treatment or purchase of
						medicines. The applicants are assessed
						on the basis oftheir medical report. The
						local hospital or doctors can also
						recommend an applicant for disability
						appliances.
						Some donor grants monthly stipend for
						orphans which are administered by the
						Foundation.
						The visually impaired are recommended
						for white canes by the District Voluntary
						Welfare Group ofVisually Impaired.
						Volunteers are important element as
				Para 1.33		they help the Foundation in organising
Contribution		made	by			charitable activities in different villages
volunteers						ofChach as well as in different parts of
						Pakistan. They collect and supply us with
						vital information about low income
						deserving people in need ofgrants or
						disability appliances or food packets.
						We have utilised a similar strategy in
						Yemen and are working with local
						volunteers to provide us with vita I
						information about deserving people in
						need ofaid.
Other

Achiev	eme	nts	rformance
			SORP reference
				"Our main achievement is the Relief of Poverty
				for Chach Region via Education. Health and
				Welfare	programme and Empowerment of
Summary	ofthe main		Para 1.20	females	to learn some skill to earn their
achievements		ofthe charity,		livelihood.
identifying	the	difference the
charity's	work	has made to		Sameera	Foundation has extended its activities
the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.				to a few additional countries with the Slogan, "Working together to beat inequality and extreme poverty"
					Sameera Foundation is established to
					provide relief of poverty for under-
					privileged school students, critically or
					chronically ill children, elderly citizens,
					people with disabilities (physical, visual
					or mental) living in the villages ofChach
					region. Chach (Abaseen Valley) is
					located between Peshawar and
					Islamabad, consisting ofan alluvial plain
					extending from the Attock District ofthe
					Punjab, Southwest Pakistan to Topi-
					Swabi. It is bounded on the north and
					west by the Indus River, and is about 19
					miles (31km) long (from east to west)
					and 9 miles (14km) broad. There are 87
					villages in this relatively small but
					densely populated (350,000or 2,000
					habitants per sq. mile) and the most
					disadvantaged region of Pakistan. There
					are four important areas to target in
					order to help the disadvantaged and
					deprived section ofthe community:
					EDUATION, HEALTH, WELFARE and
					EMPOWERMENT.
					Many parents in the villages ofChach
					cannot afford to pay school fee or
					purchase uniforms and are depriving
					their children ofbasic education. There
					isat least one primary school in most of
					the villages but high schools are few in
					this cluster of87villages. Through our
					Educational Grant programme, the
					Foundation aims to reach and support
					deserving children in different villages to
					making a very significant difFerence to

their lives. Free medical support is not
available for the treatment ofmost of
the citizens. The people with physical,
visual or mental disability desperately
needs disability appliances and medical
treatment. We gift yearly 20-2S self-
propelled wheelchairs in the Chach
region, white canes to visually impaired
people ofAttock District on
International White canes Safety Day.
The children and elderly suffering from
chronic diseases are provided financial
support by us for their medical
treatment.
Our Annual distribution offood parcels
and grants during the month of
Ramadhan greatly help in the
sustenance ofthe needy families. The
distribution offresh meat of7cows on
Eid ul Adha occasion also facilitates the
nourishment needs of low-income
people.
We have completed the construction	of
an 8class rooms TechnicalTraining
Centre for acquiring artisan and
technical skills. This FREE education skill
centre is imparting skills as information
technology, dress making, beautician
courses, cookery. Sewing, dress making
and web designing.
We extended our charity work to
Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Rohinga refugees
and Gaza by providing grants to the
charities or voluntary groups to reduce
the level of poverty.
Sameera Foundation sends fresh hot
meals, once or twice a month for local
rough sleepers, homeless, residents of
shelters, asylum seekers and refugees	in
Swansea.
We also arrange once a month Foot
Health day jointly with Homeless Hope
to provide hot meals, beverages, take
away clothes, sleeping bags, shoes and
barber facilities to Swansea rough
sleepers and homeless. The event is held
in the town centre and Nurses of
Homeless —Hope group also look after
the injuries ofthe foot of rough sleepers

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Achievements against	Para	1 41
objectives set
Performance offundraising
activities against objectives	Para	1 41
set
Investment performance	Para	1 41
against objectives
Other

Financ	iai Review
Review	ofthe charity's	Para 1.21	The foundation was in a healthy	financial
tinancial	position at the end		position at the end ofthe period	with 647,226
ofthe period			held in the main business account, sort code 20-

											76-89, A/C No. 40338427 being used for charity	76-89, A/C No. 40338427 being used for charity	76-89, A/C No. 40338427 being used for charity	76-89, A/C No. 40338427 being used for charity
											related activity. This is in addition to the reserve
											account	detailed below.
Statement				explaining				the		Para 1.22	We have	a reserve account ofSameera
policy for			holding			reserves					Foundation with Barclays Bank, Sort Code: 20			76
stating	why			they are				held			92 A/C No. 53094219
											Recently,	we completed the construction of
											Sameera	Welfare Institute of information
											Technology in the village Shamsabad. This
											institute	will facilitate the empowerment of
											orphans	and vulnerable females ofChach region
											to learn	some skill to increase their chances	of
											employment and livelihood. This reserve will
											facilitate	us to purchase equipment like sewirrg
											machines, desk computers and other relevant
											instruments for learning sewing, embroidery,
											cooking,	Information technology, hair dressing,
											beautician, web designing and other skills. The
											fund will	also be used for salaries ofstaff.
Amount		of		reserves				held		Para 1.22	f20,000/-
Reasons		for holding						zero		Para 1.22	NIA
reserves
Details	of		fund materially						in	Para 1.24	N/A
deficit
Explanation					ofany					Para 1.23	NIA
uncertainties					about			the
charity	continuing						as a going
concern
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											~	From our Trustees, co(leagues, friends
												and relatives
The charity's					principal						~	From donors ofdifferent countries who
sources		of		funds		(including				Para 1.47		have ancestral links with Pakistan
any fundraising)												notably the area ofour charity work
											~	From local mosques and religious
												institutions
											~	From people ofChach who migrated		and
												settled in USA, UK, Europe and other
												parts ofthe World
											~	From our First Trustees who donated
												the piece of land used forthe
												construction ofour Free education	Skill
												centre
											~	~ Appeals to our friends, colleagues	and
												general public
											Our investment policy concentrates on
											construction and running ofTechnical Skill
Investment objectives				policy and including any						Para 1.46	Centres families	for empowerment ofIow-income to increase their chances of
social	investment						policy				employment and livelihood.
adopted
											There are currently no major risks envisaged			in
											reference to charity fund raising.

A description ofthe principal risks facing the charity	Para	1 46	Minor risks include ongoing COVlD-19	Minor risks include ongoing COVlD-19	a lull in donations pandemic as local
			fund-raising	activities	have been restricted
			however this	is seen to be temporary.
Other
Structure, Governance	and Management
Description ofcharity's
trusts:
Type ofgoverning document	Para	1.25	TRUST DEED
How is the charity	Para	1.25	TRLIST DEED
constituted 7
Trustee selection methods	Para	1.25	Trustees are	appointed	by the Trustees and
including details of any			Executive Committee
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees

to appoint o trustees	to appoint o trustees	ne or more	ne or more
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						The trustees are regularly		informed			through
						emails the progress ofeach			project in progress.
Policies adopted	and for	procedures the induction		and	Para 1.51
training	oftrustees
						The charity's organisational			structure		is shown		in
						Orgonogram in our website
The charity's structure and			organisational any wider		Para 1.51	www. sameerafoundation. We work in different areas		org of Pakistan through
network	with		which the			voluntary groups well known for their interest or
charity works						contribution for the welfare			oftheir		local
						community.
						Similarly, we established	working			relations		with
						voluntary groups and/or	local charities working
Relationship			with any related		Para 1.51	in Libya and Yemen.
parties
Other

Charity	name	name			SAMEERA FOUNDATION	SAMEERA FOUNDATION
Other name		the charit		uses
Registered		charity	number		1154228
Charity's	principal		address		23Whitestone	Road
					Bishopston
					SWANSEA
					Postcode SA3	3DB

Name oftrustees holding	title t	o property belonging to th	o property belonging to th	e charity
Trustee name		Dates acted ifnotforwhole		ear
Funds held as custodian trustees			on behalf ofothers
Description ofthe assets		N/A
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe		N/A
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details ofarrangements	for	N/A
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own assets

Additional	information (optional)
Names and	addresses ofadvisers	(Optional		information)
Type of	Name	Address
adviser
Member of	MR PERVAIZ KHAN	4124 Deepwater			Lane, TAMPA,	FL33615,USA
Executive
Committee
Member of	MR AZHAR MAHMOOD	77 Parson		Drive, Wet Hartford,		CT06117,USA
Executive
Committee
Member of	MR SAEED AHMAD	P0 Box13080.JEDDAH, SAUDI				ARABIA
Executive	MALIK
Committee
Member of	DR RAMZI ELAIWAH	Alsadaka	Hospital,		ADEN, Yemen
Executive
Committee