2021-05-31-accounts - Project Gambia Trust - Ridgewood

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Project Gambia Trust annual report

1st June 2020 to 315 May 2021

Charitable objects
Activities during the year
Governance
Annual accounts
Independent examiner report

1. Charitable Objects

In summary our charitable objects are to

¥ promote and support the advancement of education in The Gambia
¥ advance the education of the UK public in issues facing those in The Gambia v_ prevent or relieve poverty to individuals living in The Gambia

2. Activities during in the year

This section summarises briefly the work that was carried out during the year, and fuller details can be seen on our website at https://www.projectgambia.org.uk/

Trips

Due to pandemic restrictions, it has not been possible to visit The Gambia during the year.

Covid Response

The pandemic has had serious financial consequences in The Gambia with tourism being virtually non-existent, leaving many Gambians with little or no income. In response to this crisis Project Gambia supported by funding:

Y a ‘furlough scheme’ for staff at the schools we work in partnership with
v the distribution of hundreds of food packages containing rice, beans, oil and soap, in communities struggling to feed themselves
v the continued operation of the Project Gambia vehicle so that our activities could continue

School Feeding Programme

A school feeding programme was launched in November in partnership with the Gambian charity Grace Foundation. The programme provides free school meals daily to around 400 children who would otherwise not attend school, thereby missing out on education and being vulnerable to safeguarding risks.

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Container

As in previous years we sent a 40ft container containing a wide range of items to support schools and communities. Due to Covid restrictions the container did not arrive until early January, however the students in our partner schools greatly appreciated their Christmas shoeboxes. The educational supplies on the container are now being used to benefit children’s education in Gambian schools.

Project Gambia Shop

The Project Gambia shop continues to sell high quality second-hand clothes donated by supporters in the UK, thereby raising funds that are used to support:

Y paying the school fees of children in local schools Y building a new classroom block in Madiana Y urgent welfare support for families

Baby Packs

We continue to provide baby packs containing blankets, nappies, baby clothes, wet wipes etc for Sintet Health Centre. The provision of these packs has seen the reduction in home deliveries and as a result has reduced the infant mortality rate.

Supporting Schools

In addition to the work outlined above we continue to support schools through:

Y sponsoring 52 children to attend the Hanne Vibe Nursery School
Y the building of a three-classroom block with toilets at Omega school

3. Governance

Project Gambia Trust Ridgewood is a registered charity in the UK with registration number 1160143, and the address is 25 Clark Street, Stourbridge DY8 3UF. We can be contacted via email at projectgambia1@amail.com

Throughout the year the trustees were:

C V Bridgewater

G R Broadhead

S Davis

JA Hill (Treasurer)

B Hodt (Executive Officer)

J K Hodt (Chair)

During the year the trustees met twice (virtually due to pandemic restrictions), including an annual general meeting on 14“ March 2021. The Trust did not employ anybody, and no trustees were remunerated for their work with Project Gambia.

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The annual accounts are set out below.

5. Independent examiner report

The independent examiner's report is set out below.

The trustees would like to thank David Benton for giving generously of his time and expertise to complete the independent examiner's report for us.

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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 05 / 2021.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement 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 of the Aci or
e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

| 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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