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| Section A | Reference and administration details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charity name | EquipAfrica Charitable Trust | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names charity is known by | EquipAfrica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| **Registered charity number(if any) ** | 1157689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charity's principal address | 12 Strode Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Postcode | E7 | 0DU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| 1 | Ogagaoghene Sim-Ifere |
September 2018 onwards |
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| 2 | Robyn Drew | September 2018 onwards |
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| 3 | Juwon Layiwola | September 2018 Onwards |
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| 4 | Cassandra Asare |
September 2018 onwards |
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| 5 | Daniella Ashaju | September 2018 onwards |
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| 6 | Oriyomi Adebowale |
September 2018 onwards |
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| 7 | Ely Enwerem | September 2018 onwards |
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| 8 | Kanoyin Falayi | September 2018 onwards |
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| 9 | Tolu Ojo- Williams |
September 2018 onwards |
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| Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) |
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
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| Adviser on Non communicable diseases |
Professor John Walley |
Clinical Professor of International Public Health, Nuffield Centre of International Health & Development, LIHS, University of Leeds |
| Adviser | Dr Emmanuel Okpetu |
Doctor, Kuje Primary Healthcare Center, Abuja, Lagos |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods[All current trustees have been acting in their position since September ] 2018. No new trustees elected this year
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(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
None
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
To provide medical equipment to hospitals in Africa and train healthcare professionals for the benefit of the locals.
We expanded our mission and vision this year which are still in line with our governing document
Our Mission
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing To improve access to healthcare and health education in SubSaharan document Africa.
Our Vision
To eliminate the disparity in healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa and the developed world
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All events and activities carried out this year were in association with our constitution and the guidance issued by the charities commission. No fundraising events were carried out this year. Following our restructure in 2018, we contacted a variety of hospitals in Nigeria to help start work on developing guidelines till November 2018. In November 2018, we made contact with a primary healthcare center in Kuje, Abuja, Nigeria. They were very receptive and we proceeded to begin groundwork. Meetings were held with key players in the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Nigeria in the non communicable Summary of the main activities diseases sector to help tailor our guidelines to local and national needs. undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these We completed our pilot project at Kuje Primary Healthcare Center in objects (include within this March, 2020. Two members of the team visited the primary health section the statutory center and provided training on the hypertension guideline. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance We also obtained ethical approval and carried out survery of both staff issued by the Charity and patients to understand the needs of the community and lay Commission on public benefit) groundwork for our future work to improve access to primary health care within Kuje. We met with the FMOH in Abuja, Nigeria regarding rolling out the hypertension project within Nigeria. We attempted registration of the Charity within Nigeria to allow ease of work for future projects- however, due to the COVID pandemic, we were unable to complete this registration. Work was halted for the latter half of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance We visited the primary healthcare center in Nigeria and delivered the Summary of the main training on managing a raised blood pressure achievements of the charity during the year Following ethical approval, we carried out surveys of staff and patients to identify key issues regarding access to primary healthcare, thereby laying down the foundation for our future work with Kuje.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any /ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
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Signature(s) Full name(s) Ogagaoghene Sim-Ifere Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc) Date 10/8/2021
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