# **The Zuri Project Uganda Trustees Annual Report For the period ended 31 March 2023**
**The Zuri Project Uganda** UK Registered Charity No. 1160649 info@zuriprojectuganda.co.uk
**The Zuri Project Uganda**
## **Trustees Annual Report For the period ended 31 March 2023**
## **Objectives and Activities**
The objectives and activities of The Zuri Project Uganda are:
- The prevention and relief of poverty in Uganda by providing: items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
- The prevention and relief of poverty in Uganda by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self sufficient.
In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.
## **Achievements and performance**
## **Laptops for Kihembe Secondary School**
Our trustees were happy to fund the purchase of laptops at Kihembe Secondary School to support the school in its first steps as a computer learning hub. As a vocational secondary school, Kihembe can now teach kids crucial IT skills that will help them in today’s modern world. We also sent money to buy a solar system to help the school charge the laptops, as well as a connection fee to the local electricity supplier to connect the school to the grid, as electricity was recently made available in the area.
## **Developments at Kihembe Health Centre II**
Our primary focus of funding this year was on work at Kihmebe Health Centre II. We partnered with the Church of Uganda to undertake this work and were delighted to fund the renovation of the main building, as well as the purchase of new essential equipment for the maternity ward and health centre more generally. Part of the project was funded by Rotary and other funds were obtained from our various other fundraising efforts. Below is an overview of what we achieved at Kihembe Health Centre II this year:
## **Project Aim & Scope**
The aim of this project was to secure funding for the renovation and provision of key equipment for Kihembe Health Centre II, located in Kihembe, Kanungu District, SW Uganda. Thanks to the generous support of a number of donors, we raised sufficient funds to start the project in Autumn 2022.
We planned this project in collaboration with a number of local stakeholders, including the Diocese of Kinkiizi, Opportunity Africa Organization, and the Management Committee for Kihembe Health Centre II. We were supported in the UK by the Rotary Club of Stourbridge and a number of individual donors, to whom we’re incredibly grateful. This report is primarily for the benefit of our donors, to highlight the excellent work that their donations have facilitated.
To refresh your memory, the following videos indicate the condition of Kihembe Health Centre II before we undertook this project:
- Video 1
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## **Project Objectives**
We started this project with two primary objectives:
1. To completely renovate Kihembe Health Centre II (inside and outside) and to complete the half-finished building at the bottom, that could be used as a second ward.
2. To provide essential equipment that the Health Centre lacked in order to support the staff with their day-to-day operations.
We’re delighted that we achieved both objectives, and the project was a resounding success, as illustrated below.
## **Project Outcomes**
Phase one of the project saw us purchase the necessary equipment, thanks to a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Stourbridge. We purchased the following:
- Microscope
- Steriliser, gas cylinder & hose pipe
- Screen for patient privacy
- Drip stands
- Glucometer
- Beds and mattresses
- Stethoscope
- Thermometers
- Electricity connection fee
The images below show the arrival of the equipment at Kihembe Health Centre II:
## _**Steriliser, cylinder, glucometer, thermometers, and stethoscope.**_
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_**One of the new beds and mattresses. We purchased 5 beds and 5 mattresses in total. It was difficult to take photos of the entire ward, as every time I visited there were patients present, and I didn’t want to intrude on their care. We also purchased new sheets for all of the beds.**_
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_**We repaired the batteries for the solar system at the health centre, ensuring that the medics have a backup source of power to rely on.**_
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_**Project manager Bright indicating that the health centre is now connected to electricity.**_
**The second phase of the health centre project was all about renovation. The images below show the completed work:**
_Outside of the main building at the start of renovation on the day that the new window frames were installed._
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_Outside of the health centre on completion of the renovation project._
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## **New Classroom at Kishunju Nursery and Primary School**
Thanks to funding acquired by one of our long-time supporters – Becky Kealey – we were able to start work on a new classroom block at Kishunju Nursery and Primary School in August 2022. We were delighted to be able to finish the classroom to provide the students with a permanent room in which to learn. It follows the three classrooms that we have built in previous years in our attempt to add permanent structures at Kishunju that can withstand the test of time, as well as the local weather conditions. Photos below show the finished classroom.
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## **THE ZURI PROJECT UGANDA**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**Period ended 31 March 2023**
**Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2023**
See separate document "03. 23 TrusteesAnnualReport ".PDF
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## **The Zuri Project Uganda Receipts and payments for the year ended 31 March 2023**
|**Income**
Donations received
Fundraising
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
_Costs of raising funds_
Fundraising costs
**Charitable activities:**
Kishunju Primary School
Kihembe Secondary School
Health Centre
**Support costs:**
Stationery
Computer costs
Bank charges
Web costs
Governance costs
**Total expenditure**
**Net (expenditure)/income**
**Net movement in funds**
Fund balances brought forward
**Fund balances carried forward**|General
Fund
unrestricted
Year ended
31 March
2023
£
4,626
0
**4,626**
0
(5,951)
(1,196)
(4,838)
(11,984)
(45)
(96)
(33)
(166)
0
(340)
**(12,324)**
**(7,697)**
**(7,697)**
8,913
**1,216**|General
Fund
unrestricted
Year ended
31 March
2022
£
9,564
0|
|---|---|---|
|||**9,564**|
|||0
0
(6,157)|
|||(6,157)
0
(142)
(45)
(119)
0|
|||(306)
**(6,463)**|
|||**3,101**
**3,101**
5,812|
|||**8,913**|
## **The Zuri Project Uganda**
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## **The Zuri Project Uganda Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the year ended 31 March 2023**
|**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Net assets**|General
Fund
unrestricted
31 March
2022
£
1,216
1,216|General
Fund
unrestricted
31 March
2022
£
8,913|
|---|---|---|
|||8,913|
Signed on behalf of all the Trustees on 24 January 2024
Ross Young **Chair**
## **NOTES:**
The Trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at the year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on assets of the CIO.