CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 014)9-2022 Period start date To 31-08-2023 Charity Name: SAMEERA FOUNDATION Charity reglstration number: 1154228 Objectives and Activities Period end dats Summary of the purposes of the charty 8$ sel out in its goveming document Pw8 1.17 The prevontion or rellef of poverty In Pakistan and developing countries by providing grants, Items, and servlces to indlvlduals In n•ed. Our Annual Reports are available at the followin8 link: sameer Summary ofthe main activities in relatron to those purposes for the public benefft, in partUlar, the. activities, projaS or Se[ce8 Identified in the accounts. Par• 1.17 1.7• al-r . Durln8 February 2023, we fted school bags, notebooks. and baslc stationery packs to 2CL) orphans and poor sthool students of the Chach villages. About additional students of Oass i and 2 were Biven noteboo only. The educational grants given to the most deserving students befon8ed to the following sch¢)ols.' l- Govt. Girls High School, Shamsabad. Attock 105102120231 2- Govt. aoys Hi8h Sthool, Shamsabad 10410212023} 3- Govt. Girls Elementary School. Vtlla8e Shahpur121101120231 4- Govt. Boys Elementsry Sthool, Vtllage Shahpur 5- Non-Formal Sthool, Shamsabad128101120231 6- Private School, Jabbi125101/2023 • Established a welfare empowernient sklll centre for needy females to learn information technology. domestic sewing and beauticlan courses. Two groups of 60 students qualify yearly from this instrtute. Certrficates were awarded to 58 females on 4th Cenificate Award Ceremory held 18103n023. on Many local dignitsries participated and appreciated our effort5 for empowermerrt skills for nee0* females.
Provided finanaal support to "LIVE TO GIVE. charTty Sanaa, Yemen to teach domestic sewing Skill to females. The grant was also Ven to a Beautiuan Salon in Taiz to teach skill to 10 females. A female X of Taiz was gifted a laptop to make use of her BA degree in Art, Design and Multimedia to earn her livelihood. Stsrted orphan grants to meet the nessItieS of an orphan child in Pakistan and Yemen. 177 orphan grants a given in Yemen and 91 rants a given in Pakistan. The details of recipients are avallable www.same rafoun lon. School kits fi)r 52 vulnerable orphans of AVPVEO, Congo DRC on 09109/2022. • Monthty finanaal support of £200 was given to feed 30 orphans of an orphanage In Beltiabari. Bangladesh. Thls support was glven for a period of one year. • We glfted school ba8s and statlonary packs worth to 224 orphans of Libya. Food ft packs worth £1,700 were glven to disabled, wldows and needy familles. £500 were distributed for 6 needy families and £31 for support of orphan5 in Libya. Thls work was done jointly with Voluntary Work Youth Organisation WYO). A lunch was arranged for orphans of Mpogo Orphanage In U8anda on 0310212023. Distributed food packs for SCQ needy familles in Pakistan during the month of Ramadhan. A recreation trip was arran8ed for 122 orphans ofTaiz, Yemen on 0910212023. • £2,0(M) We spert In Bengazl, Ubya to help 8 nee0 families for medical treatment and 6 families were glven nt support to avold evittion. The 5unshlne Orphanage, Luxor, Egypt was provided a washing machlne, 3 cèiling fans, one ladder, 3 lamps. be(kllng and towels for orphans. • Eid dresses and a speclal lunch for 100 orphans of Kauta Mpo80 Orphanage. Uganda on the occasion of Eid ul Fitre. Distrlbution of fresh sacrificial meat for needy families in Paknstsn. Uganda and Yemen on Eid ul Adha. Meat of S cows in Pakistan,. 6 cows. 18 sheep and 2 goats in U8anda and 11 sheep were slèughtered in Yemen. Distribution of 1.5(K) fresh hot meals during the month of Ramadhan In public streets. Self propelled wheelthairs were gifted to 3 disabled on IDPWD.
Gaysyodo of Uganda was provided financial support for medical treatment for serlously burnt skin of his left arni. • Eht years old of Jatial village was provided hearing aids to facilitate his education. • Sameera Foundation dTrstributed food gtft packs during the month of Ramadhan for disabled, widows and needy families of Pakistan, Syria and Yemen. 6CKJ famllies of Chach region. Atto4 Thatta Idistt. Karachll, Mial (Distt. Chakwal, Lyari (Karathil beneffted from this programme. • About l(Kl needy and displaced families of Talz and Sanaa (Yemenl were also given food pack5. We distributed Ramadhan Food Gift Packs worth £3.(W)O for l(M) needy and displaced families of North-western 1910412023. Syria on EID Celebratlon lunche5 and dresses for orphans of Brazil, Congo CDR, Uganda, Yemen, Mada8ascar. Pakistan, Lfjbya ènd Egypt. This programme consists of 10 events organised in different ntrIeS after E5d ul Fitre. Eid dresses and lunth for 100 orphan5 of Uganda on 2V0412023. Glft of Eid dresses for orphans, Tal2, Yemen. Eid lunch for 40 orphans of Kikubl Communlty Centre, U8anda on 2110412023. Eid lunch for 1¢)) orphans of Madagascar on 0710512023. Support for Sunshlne Orphanage, Luxor, E8yPt. Sunshine Foundation in Luxor serves as -home, care, shelter, education. recreation and health facilities to abandoned, orphaned or needy children of Luxorf. Eid clothes for kids of needy famllles. Llbya. Frtrana lunth for 160 orphans of Agosh Orphana8e. Attock. Pakistan on 21105/2023. Gift of school ba8$ for $2 vulnerable orphan5 of Congo CDR. Lunch for 80 orphans of Musllm Orphan Ca IMOCI, Uganda on 0310612023. •Support for vulnerable children of San Francisco Day Centre, Brasilia on 05106120323. 4 certificates award ceremony of SWIIT was held on 18 March 2023 to give diplomas to about 60 sutcessful students. Emergency Aid for flood devastated people in Pakistan. Around 33 milln Pakistanis were living through one of the worst torrential rains and floods in the history of Pakistan.
200 flood affetted families of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were given food packs, beds with quilts. bedsheets. and plllows on 0710912022. We arranged 29 flood relief session5 In dtfferent flood affected areas of Pakistan notably in Dadu, Karachi area. We distributed Tents, blankets. quilts, wheat flour bags. rice floor packs. mineral water. mosquito nets. arrange medical camps, free medicrnes, and special formula milks for babies. The details of each flood relief session can be seen at vw.faceb ok. sameerafoundation About 60.IW people were dead and thousands were trapped under mountains of rubble after two thumping earthquakes of 7.8 magnitude in Turkrye and Syria on 6" February 2023. Sameera Foundation provlded the urgently needed item5 (sponge mattresse5, blankets, and plllowsl to protect the vlttims from extreme cold in Syria. £8.0(M) were spent to distribute 302 kits for 133 familles. •We work regularfy with asylum seekers refugees, rough sleepers, and residents of shelters In Swansea. We send fresh hot meals, fresh frult pac&s or Christmas gift packs. Our work can be seen on Sameera Foundatlon Facebook. • A dinner was arranged for the mental Illness support group. Swansea on 2010112023 in appreoation of their hard work. We or8anlsed first free eye camp jointly with At-shifa Trust Hospital on 511012022. Aljout 424 outpatlents were benefited for glasses, eye treatments. free medltines and 23 were referred for free cataract surgery. • We arranged second free eye camp at Dhoke Baba. Rawalpindi on 2111212022. 257 patlents got free eye examinatlon, 148 were given free medicines. 54 were Biven free glasses and 29 were refèrred for further medlcal treatment. Third free eye camp was held on 2210612023 at our campu5. 348 patlents from varlous villages attended the session.. 121 were glven free Elasses, 183 were given medicines and 52 were referred to hospital for further Statement confimiing whether the trustees have had regard to the guKlance issued by Ihe Charity Commission on ublic Pn 1.18 The TRUSTEES tried their best to follow the recommended Buidelines issued by the Charity Commission: Has the money it needs;
benefit Spend its money sensibly, on the artivtties it was raised for. Follow the law, indudin8 preparing reports and accounts to send to the Charity Commission,. Doesn't break rules in tts governing documents (its constttution, trust deeds or articles). Additional infomiatlon (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant atM)ut Head of a vlllage school (Headmaster or Headmlstressl provides a list of orphans andlor finanaalty dIsaantaged school students to the Sameera Foundatlon annually befo the start of academlc session. Consequently, the Foundation pays the schfx)I fee, admission or exarnSnation fee If applicable and also provide them school notebooks, sthool bags and stationery. The organisationslcommunitles or people In need of our help reach us direttly through emalls or WhatsApp messages. Their quests are studied by our Trustees and the grant or welfare work is carried out after the approval of the Executlve Committee. We launth appeals to ralse funds to meet any local or intematFonal emergen People with physlcal disabilities from low- Income famllies of the vlllages can apply for a$5istsnce for dlsabillty appliance, artificial limbs, grant for medical treatment or purchase of mediclnes. The applicants are assessed on the basis of their medlcal reports. The local hospitsl or doctors can also recommend an appllcant for dlsabillty appliances. Some donors grènt monthly stlpend for orphans whlch are administered by the Foundatlon. The visually impaired are 8iven white tanes on International Whtte Cane Day throu8h the District Voluntary Welfare Group of Wisyally Impaired. The development of weffrdre skill cerrtre for females of 87 rew.on is a pro8ramrne related investment. Ambulance service for the village communlties is also a programme related investment. Policy on grant making Pwa 1.38 Policy on socigl Investment including program rdated inveslmenl P•• 1.38
Volunteers are important element as they help the Foundation in organising charitable artivities in drfferent villages of Chach and different parts of Pakistan as well as in developing countries. They collect and supply vs with vital information about low income deserving people and communities In need of grants or disability appliances or food packets. We utilised a simllar strategy in Bangladesh, Congo CDR, Egypt. Libya. Madagascar, Uganda, Yemen and Swansea IUKI. We are working with local volunteers to provide us with vital information about deserying people or communities in need of aid. We are a small tharity and can not open an office or employ staff to do our charltable tasks in the stated countrles. We use either the local ¢haritle5 or the local volunteers to work abroad. Contribution made by voluntegrs P¥a 1.38 Achievements and Perforniance l-Development and con5tructlon of a free skill centre situated wlthin a cluster of 87 poor villages of the Chach region (Paklstanl. Since January 2021 It 15 providing free skill courses of Information Technology. Domestic sewln8 sklll and Beautiaan 5klll for 60 females in each academic session of 6 month& Thls empowemient sklll of females is 8lvin8 good results as many females. found the employment or workin8 from home to earn some livelihood. The deseNng females are given monthlv travelling allowano to come to the skill centre from other villa8es. 2 5ameera Foundation Is also giving financial support since March 2021 to 'Live to Glve. a Sanaa. Yemen based tharity for Impartlng domestlc sewln8 skill to 10 female5 In the mornin8 and 10 females in the evening sesslon. The financial grant 15 also 8Nen to a Beautidan Salon in Taiz for irnparting skill to 10 females. 3 - We constrvtted a Welfare Health Clinic and Communty Centre in the village Shamsabad. It will prowde free medical emergency service to the local community and the surrounding villages. We purchased an Ambulance whTrch is providing wetfare emergency sernice to the local community since March 2023. We are workFng in a duster of 87 poor vrllages scattered within 31 x 14 km region. We started a Welfare Ambulance Service to meet Summaryofthe main achievements of the tharty. Identffyin8 the dlfference the charity's work ha5 made to the clrcumstanos of Sts beneflclaries and any wlder benefits to sooety as a whole. And Aden 12Q
the emergenoes of the needy community of the suOUdInE villages. 5- We organised first free tye camp Jointly wlth Al-shrfa Trust Hospital on 511012022. About 424 outpatients were benefited for glasses, eye treatments, free medicines and 23 were referred fOrfr cataract surgery. 6. We arranged second free eye camp at Dhoke Baba. Rawalpindi on 2V1212022. 257 patients got free eye examination. 148 were given free medianes, 54 were given free glasses and 29 were referred for further medlcal treatment. 7. Third free eye camp was held on 22/0612023 at our Campus. 348 patients from various villages attended the session,. 121 were given free glasses, 183 were given medicines and 52 were referred to hospital for further treatment. The people of eastern region of Uganda generally uses polluted drinking water due to shortage of dean drinkin8 Water. Sameera Foundatlon provided 9 (Jeep water wells for the poor villages: Walanga, Kotinyanga, Katira, Goli Goli, Kalampete, Kenkebu, Kachulu and Putts. Constructed 4 water tanks to take clean drinkln8 water from Shahee(i Garh mountain to 3 villages of Lora Mlana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan. io Sameera Foundatlon completed the construction of Aqeel Nazal Wing to accomrnodate 50 orphan boys of Uganda. It conslsted of 2 lar8e rooms. Prevlotsslyi constructed Zainab wing to accommodate SO orphan girls. Mpo80 Orphanage in Uganda Is constructed by the Sameera Foundation and r( take cares of loo vulnerable orphans or abandoned thildren. 11- We distributed food packs for displated and needy families in Yemen and Pakistan slnce the outbreak of corona vi$ pandemlc. 12 - We are working jointly with the Voluntary Work Youth Organizatlon (VWYOI in Libya_ 265 poor chlldren 1110 boys and 154 girls) were given Eid clothes and 80 needy famllies were Nen food packs. 13 We work gUlarlY for the benefft and welfare of our local (Swanseal homeless, rouBh sleepers, asylum seekers & refugees by providing fresh hot meals or fresh fruit packs from time to tlme. 14 Sameera Foundation worked in different flood afferted aaS to provide support to the flood affetted peoples of Pakistan. Around 33 million Pakistanis were living through one of the worst torrential rain5 and floods in the COL¢ntrf5 history. We worke(l in the most devastated flood
area of Sindh Province (Ghambat, Khairpur. Joi, Mehar and Dadu District) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas. We pmvided tents, food packs, beds with rn3ttre. quilt and pillow, mineral water, mosquito nets. medianes. •nd special formula milk for the nourishment of Sick children. We arranged three Medical Camps in flood affetted areas to provrde free medicines and medical treatsments to needy peoples. 15 During the month of Ramadhan we distributed food packs for 5(K) neèdy families in Pakistan. Addltlonal inforniation (optlonal) You m8 choose to include further statements where relevant about." Achievements against objective$ set Pw• 1.41 Sameera Foundatlon Is happy for its athievements against the objective5 set by us. We are 8ettin8 more donors and expandlng our philanthroplc work to many developln8 countries. We invariably managed to obtain funds for all objective5 set by us. The best example is the construction of a free skill empowerment skill centre known as Sameera Weffare Institute of Information & Technology. We also managed to construrt a welfa Health Clinlc for poor famllies of wlla8es. We also ralse funds for the purchase of a welfare ambulance. Constructed an orphanage in Uganda for l(Kl orphans on a piece of land 8ifted by a local donor. The orphana8e is managed by a lo1 chartty Rellef for Needy Foundatlon. We a hoping to construrt a welfare sklll centre for boys of (hach reglon as well as a publSc park and a thildren recatIon ark for the public. PerfoanCe of fundraing activibes against obiectTve8 Pm1.41 Investment Ferfomance against objectives P*¥ 1.41 Our investment In knng term projects in the sector of health lambulancel and technical education a giving good and encoura8in8 results. Other Financial Revlew Review of the charty's financial position at the erKI Pn 121 The foundation was in a healthy linancial position at the end of the riod with £43,857
ofthe perits held in the main business account, sort code 20- 79. AIC No. 40338427 being used for charity related attivity. This is in addition to the reserve account detaile(I below. We have a reserye account of £50,(N)O with Barday5 BanL Sort Code: 20 76 92 WC No. 53094219. We completed the construrtion of Sughra Welfare Cllnic and Community Centre to provide free medical support for females and children of the village Shamsabad and surrounding poor villa8es. This reserve will be used for the construttion of Sameera Welfare Institute of Information Technology for boys. It will be a unique skill centre for Imparting Information Tethnolo8y, Digital Tethnology. Solar power Systems, Web designing and technical courses which will improve the chanos of employment of poor boys of 87 surroundi poor villages. £50.1XJO/- NIA Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves staling why ttw are heb Pva 122 Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reseryes Detsils of fund matenalty in deficrt Explanation of any UnrtaInlieS about the charity continuing as a going concem P¥a 1.22 Para 1.22 Pw• 124 NIA Pw• 1.rJ Addlllonal Inforniation {optlonal} You ma chcK)se to include further statements where relevant ab)ut: • From our Trustees, colleagues, friends and relatives From donors of dlfferent countries who have ancestral links with Pakistan notably the area of our charity work From local mosques and religlous instttutlons From people of Chach who mlgrated and settled in USA. UK. Europe and other parts of the World. From our First Trustees who donated the ple of land used for the construttion of our Free Empowemient Skill centre and Welfare Health ainic & Cornmunity Centre • Appeals to our friends. colleagues, and general publlc through ernails or WhatsAp rou Our investment policy concentrates on the constructlon and running of Technical Skill Centres for empowerment of low-income families increase their than of employment and livelihood. Development of a Welfare Hèalth ainlc and Community Centre and Ambulan service for emergencies. The charty's principal sources of funds (includlng any fundraising) Pw• 1.47 Investment policy and objecb.ves inclLtding Heatth 8ny social investment AlcY adopted P*A 1.46 There are ojrrently no major risks envisaged in
A description of the principal risks facing the charity P1.4@ reference to charity fund rnising. Other The onty Yisk Invol¥ed Is If the unstable Govt. ol Pakistan deddes to take fvll control of the Sklll Centre and Welfare Heatth ainlc with some excusè. Structure. Governance and Management Description of charills trusts." Type of governing document How is the charity constituted? P•a125 TRUST DEED Pwa 1.25 TRUST DEED -Irated Trustee selectK)n methc including details of any constituti.onal provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body enlitled to appoint one or more trustees P•a125 Trustees are appointed ty the Trustees and Executive Committee Additional Infomiatlon {optlonal) You ma choose to include further statements ¥re relevant about.. The trustees are regulafly infom)ed Ihrough meetings and emails the progress of each project. Our Executlve Commlrree consists of 9 Trustees and 7 members. There is no speciftc tralnin8 proyamme for Trustee5. Policies and PredureS adopted for the inductton and training of trustees Pva 1.51 The charitvs orgènisational struttU Is shown In Organo8ram in our website www.sameerafoundation.org The chanty's organisational structure and any wider network wtth whh the charfty works P4r• 1.61 We work In drflerent areas of Pakistsn throu8h voluntary groups well known for their interest or contribution for the welfare of their local community. We worked jointly with Global Relief Trust to relieve the sran refvgees In Lebanon. We work jointly with many local charities of Ban8ladesh, Congo CDR, E8VPt, India, Kenya, Lebanon. Libya, Uganda and Yemen to relieve poverty by giving grants to orphans and needy people. Slowly, slowly Sameera Foundation is in(Teaslng Its charitable works In many developing countries. Similarly. we established working latiOnS wtih voluntary groups andlor local chanties working in Bangladesh. Congo CDR. Egypt, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya. Uganda and Yemen. We also establishtsj worki Relationship wlth any relateA parti88 Pa 1.51 io
relan with Gknbal Relf Trust and WATAN. Both are UK istered charities. a Other Reference and Administrative details Chari name Other name the cha uses Re Islered cha number Charity's principal address SAMEERA FOUNDATION 1154228 21>a Bemard Street, Uplands. Skety, SWANSEA SA2 OHU Names of the charfty trustees who manage the charity Tn1•• nam• Offiu Ilfanyl Chaiman Treesurer Admin Secretary MEMBER MEMBER D•ts8 •¢tsd rfnot lorTtho oar N4m8 of person lor body) •ntFtl•d int trt ifan Dr S Ather Mr Zaeem Rana Dr R A Malik Sh M A Elbeltagi Dr Mahaboob Basha Dr Farooq Shah Dr Radwan Abdulla Dr Shaheen Uqaity Mr Wasim Malik TRUSTEES TRUSTEES FIRST TRUSTEE FIRST TRUSTEE FIRST TRUSTEE MEMBER MEMBER Vice-chair TRUSTEES TRUSTEES TRUSTEES TRUSTEES From 1310Y2022 From 2311Y2021 MEMBER 10 11 12 orate trustees- names of the directors at date the re Dlrector nam• rtwasa Name of trustee5 holding title to woperty bdonging lo the charity Trtre narne Da# a¢tsd rf notfor*hole li
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets NIA held in this capacity Name and objects of the charty on whose behalf the assets are held and hcY4¥ this falls wrthin the custodian charty's objects NIA Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such as*ts from the chaTty's own assets Additlonal information (optionall Names and address of advisor¥ (Optional Infomiatlonl Type of Namo Addvvs adviser Member of Executive Committee MR PERVAIZ KHAN 4124 Deepwater Lane. TAMPA. FL33615. USA Member of Executive Commlttee MR AZHAR MAHMOOD 77 Parson Dre, Wet Hartford. 06117, USA Memberof Executlve Commlttee ENGR. SAEED AHMAD MALIK Bubo Ji Havelli, Mohalla Molian, Willa8e Shamsabad, Tehs11 Hazro. Di5tt. Attock. Pakistsn Memberof Executlve Committee DR RAMZI EL AIWAH A15adaka Hospital, ADEN. Yemen Member of Executive Committee Col. IRtdl FRRUKH HAYE trk62, St- 73. F-IVI, Islamabad, Pakistan Memberof E¥ecutive Committee ENGR. JAMIL MALIK 1426 Fateh Jang Road. Attock Cantt., Pakistan Name of chief •xocutivo or names of senlor staff mombers (Optional inforniallon) Dr Shahz8d Ather. Dr R A Malik. Dr Shaheen Uqaity. Mr Zaeem Rana Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-di$closure of k rsonnel details 12
Othero tional information Declarations Th• trustees de¢laro that they have approved the trustges, rgport above. Signed on behalf of tho charlty. ust¢e• 8ignature(8) Full name(s) Po$ltion (eg Secretary. Chair. etc) Dr Shahzad Ather Dr Ra$heed Ahmad Malik Chairman Adminlsecreta /66 13