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LAFI Burkina

ANNUAL REPORT

2020

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1164093

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 3 Burkina Faso ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Partnerships ...................................................................................................................................... 3 WORKING TOWARDS OUR OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................. 4 Governance ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Our Board of Trustees ..................................................................................................................... 13 General Fundraising ........................................................................................................................ 14 Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Reserves policy ................................................................................................................................ 15 Declaration...................................................................................................................................... 15

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INTRODUCTION

Lasting Action for Inclusion in Burkina Faso (LAFI Burkina) was established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in October 2015 and is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registered charity number 1164093).

LAFI Burkina’s vision is an inclusive society in Burkina Faso where people living with disability have equal rights and opportunities, with access to support to gain employment and alleviation from poverty. Our mission is to strengthen the capacities of our partner organisations in Burkina Faso to promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities to live in a fully inclusive society.

Our vision and mission support our core charitable objectives, which are:

This report covers LAFI Burkina’s work towards these objectives, covering the period from January 1[st] to December 31[st] 2020.

BURKINA FASO

In 2020, the security situation in Burkina Faso continued to deteriorate. The rise in violence in northern and eastern parts of the country caused the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) to rise to almost double the number in 2019. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that the number of IDPs increased from 87,000 in January 2019 to more than 1 million in December 2020. This increased insecurity led to increased protection needs, with the response being complicated with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a country already suffering from poverty, a weak healthcare system and attacks from armed groups, the pandemic exacerbated the struggles of marginalised groups such as people with disabilities, many of whom found themselves unable to work and struggling to buy food to feed themselves and their families.

PARTNERSHIPS

Our approach is to work with local organisations who know the local context in Burkina Faso, and who work directly with people living with disability. We provide them with financial and technical support to develop projects that improve the lives of children, women and men living with disability.

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In 2020, LAFI Burkina continued its partnership with three local organisations in Burkina Faso: Tigoung Nonma, ICCV / Nazemsé and ODIS (Organisation for Inclusive Development and Solidarity).

Tigoung Nonma is a charity and cooperative of disabled artisans. It provides training and employment opportunities for its members and promotes their work to enable them to earn a sustainable living.

ICCV / Nazemsé is a community development organisation that focuses on improving the education of disadvantaged children and the social and economic wellbeing of women living in deprived areas of Kadiogo province. ICCV / Nazemsé promotes inclusive education to enable children with disabilities to be educated in mainstream schools.

ODIS (Organisation for Inclusive Development and Solidarity) is a nongovernmental organisation that provides appropriate and sustainable solutions to the extreme poverty, exclusion and vulnerability faced by many of the most marginalised groups in Burkina Faso.

In 2021, we will maintain and develop our partnerships with partner organisations in Burkina Faso, with a continued focus on monitoring and evaluating current projects, as well as working with our partners to develop and seek funding for additional projects that promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in Burkinabè society.

WORKING TOWARDS OUR OBJECTIVES

Impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown Restrictions

LAFI Burkina’s work and the work of our local partners was heavily impacted by COVID-19 and the subsequent restrictions. LAFI Burkina was unable to carry out its traditional fundraising and some trustees were not able to offer as much time to their trustee role, as they juggled working from home with home schooling. An awareness-raising film screening that we had organised had to be cancelled, and we lost the opportunity to sell the crafts of artisans with disabilities at events in the UK.

As part of the lockdown in Burkina Faso, schools were closed from March to June and did not re-open until September, which resulted in some of ODIS’s work on the inclusive education programme having to be postponed.

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The growing insecurity situation combined with COVID-19 also had a hugely negative impact on the ability of Tigoung Nonma to sell the crafts of artisans with disabilities, as the market for their products dried up. Many artisans have therefore been unable to earn a living, meaning that the Cooperative has had to continually explore new opportunities to create sustainable income streams.

TO PROMOTE DISABLED PEOPLE’S RIGHTS IN BURKINA FASO

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)

In the lead up to IDPwD, we posted updates on our ongoing project with ODIS (Organisation for Inclusive Development and Solidarity). On the day itself, we marked the economic contribution that people with disabilities make in Burkina Faso by showcasing the work of our partner organisations.

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Film Screening

We unfortunately had to cancel the screening of the documentary film Emmanuel’s Gift, the true story of a Ghanaian athlete born with a disability, which we had organised as part of Stirchley Open Cinema.

WEBSITE, E-NEWSLETTER & SOCIAL MEDIA

We have continued to use our Website, e-Newsletter and Social Media to promote our work and share information on disability rights, Burkina Faso, and issues related to the inclusion of people with disabilities.

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In 2021, we will continue to raise awareness of issues faced by people with disabilities in Burkina Faso, through our presence at relevant events, using social media, and organising fundraising activities.

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TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION IN THE BURKINABE COMMUNITY

ODIS Project

This year we worked with ODIS to monitor the impact of their Inclusive Education and Training project, for which we awarded the organisation a grant in 2019. In spite of the difficulties they encountered due to COVID-19 restrictions, ODIS was able to continue with the majority of the project’s activities, albeit with a slight delay:

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Given the achievements of the project so far in terms of allowing people with disabilities to access education and employment opportunities, and thus promoting their social inclusion, we aim to continue fundraising in 2021 for ODIS to be able to continue this important work.

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN

BURKINA FASO

L4LAFI Urgent Appeal

As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic began to be seen around the world, our partner organisation Tigoung Nonma contacted us to request our help in purchasing and distributing food parcels and hygiene kits to its members, to try to protect them and their families from the impact of this pandemic. All of the artisans with disabilities lost their only sources of income during the lockdown and they needed support to feed themselves and their families in the short-term. We therefore launched an urgent fundraising appeal to be able to assist them.

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As part of our fundraising efforts, we launched the L4LAFI Challenge . We asked our supporters to do something beginning with the letter L, post a video or photo of them doing the activity on social media, tag LAFI Burkina and use the hashtag #L4LAFI, and to donate £5 to our urgent appeal, and then nominate 5 more people to do the same.

Through the appeal, our supporters raised £1,043. With this money, Tigoung Nonma was able to support 55 disabled artisans and their families during the pandemic, by distributing food parcels and hygiene kits.

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STALLS

In March 2020, we ran a stall at Stirchley Community Market in Birmingham, where we sold beautiful crafts that we order from our partner organisation Tigoung Nonma.

The artisans who are members of the Tigoung Nonma cooperative benefit from the purchase of their crafts by LAFI Burkina. The cooperative itself also benefits, as it receives 20% from each sale made by its members to ensure that its activities are sustained. As the cooperative seeks to provide sustainable incomes for its members, supporting the cooperative allows us to work towards our objective to relieve poverty amongst people with disabilities, as well as to promote the inclusion of the cooperative’s members in the socio-economic development of their country.

We therefore use the stalls to promote Tigoung Nonma’s work, as well as to raise awareness of the exclusion issues faced by people with disabilities in Burkina Faso, and what LAFI Burkina is doing to combat this.

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We had planned to run a stall at CoCoMAD Festival in Birmingham, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of a live festival, the organisers held a virtual festival where stallholders could promote their websites.

GOVERNANCE

LAFI Burkina is a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation, functioning in line with our Constitution, with all our trustees appointed by existing trustees.

All trustees must follow LAFI Burkina’s policies, including taking into consideration the risks identified in the LAFI Burkina Risk Register and doing their best to mitigate these.

Our volunteers also follow our policies as they support LAFI Burkina with its activities, namely with fundraising and events. When planning and executing our activities, we have abided by the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.

We continuously review and formulate organisational policies and procedures to guide best practice from our trustees, volunteers and partner organisation staff, as well as to support our growth and development and help us to meet our objectives in a more effective and efficient manner.

LAFI Burkina has complied with the duty in section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES

On 30[th] January 2020, our trustee Davinder Kaur resigned from her role. Davinder joined us as a trustee in 2014, and provided invaluable support with our communications and fundraising work. We thank her for all her support with LAFI Burkina, and wish her all the best.

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In February 2020, we elected Zarina Douglas-Sori as a trustee. Zarina has a great deal of experience supporting disability and women’s organisations in Burkina Faso.

In November 2020, Louise Shaw was also elected to join us as a trustee. Louise spent time working with disabled people’s organisations in Burkina Faso in 2017, and has worked as a fundraiser since 2015.

We are very happy to welcome Zarina and Louise onto our Board of Trustees.

There have been no other changes to our Board:

All our trustees give their time voluntarily and have received no remuneration or other benefits.

GENERAL FUNDRAISING

In 2020, we raised a total of £4,591.45 (2019: £2,122.47) . This amount includes a grant of £2,000 for the ODIS project. We are very grateful to the Souter Charitable Trust for awarding this grant. The remaining funds were accumulated primarily through donations and craft sales.

Please see our Financial Report for a full breakdown.

GRANTS

LAFI Burkina applies to trusts and foundations for funding for specific programmes with our partners, and also raises unrestricted income through fundraising events. These funds allow us to award grants to our partner organisations to support projects that correspond to our objectives.

In line with our Grant-Making Policy, our partners have to submit a funding application form in which they present the project for which they require funding, along with a log frame and a budget proposal.

After careful consideration from LAFI Burkina, as well as support on modifications to enhance projects, partners sign a Grant Agreement Form so that a grant may be awarded.

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RESERVES POLICY

As at 31 December 2020, LAFI Burkina has restricted reserves of £1,433.98 (2019: -£959.37) and unrestricted reserves of £4,623.51 (2019: £4,358.47) . This is in line with our Reserves Policy to retain £2,486.00 per year.

DECLARATION

The trustees declare that they have approved the Annual Report and Financial Report.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees, on 27th October 2021

Melissa Miller CHAIR

Dana El-Hilu VICE CHAIR

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Management Report

Lasting Action For Inclusion in Burkina Faso (LAFI Burkina) For the period ended 31 December 2020

Prepared on 5 October 2021

For management use only

Table of Contents

Financial Activities............................................................................................................................................3 Statement of Assets and Liabilities ..................................................................................................................4

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Lasting Action For Inclusion in Burkina Faso (LAFI Burkina) Financial Activities

January - December 2020

Income
Donations
Fundraising
Amazon Smile
Crowdfunding
Easyfundraising
Events
Grants
Total Fundraising
Sales
TN Crafts
Total Sales
Total Income
Total
Expenditures
Bank charge
Financial management costs
Fundraising costs
Event costs
Total Fundraising costs
Insurances
Office/General Administrative Expenses
Project Grants
ODIS
TN projects
Total Project Grants
Project support costs
TN craft payments
Volunteer Expenses
Total Expenditures
Net Operating Income
Net Income/(Expenditure)		 TOTAL
Restricted
Unrestricted
Jan - Dec
2020
Jan - Dec
2019 (PY)
Jan - Dec
2020
Jan - Dec
2019 (PY)
Jan - Dec
2020
Jan - Dec
2019 (PY)
297.50
0.00
908.71
1,048.40
1,206.21
1,048.40
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
18.79
5.73
18.79
5.73
0.00
0.00
1,212.10
120.00
1,212.10
120.00
0.00
0.00
58.50
38.46
58.50
38.46
0.00
0.00
354.33
0.00
354.33
2,000.00
0.00
2,000.00
0.00
£ 2,000.00 £ 0.00 £ 1,289.39 £ 518.52 £ 3,289.39 £ 518.52
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
95.85
555.55
95.85
555.55
£ 95.85 £ 555.55 £ 0.00 £ 0.00 £ 95.85 £ 555.55
£ 2,393.35 £ 555.55 £ 2,198.10 £ 1,566.92 £ 4,591.45 £ 2,122.47
£ 2,393.35 £ 555.55 £ 2,198.10 £ 1,566.92 £ 4,591.45 £ 2,122.47
0.00
0.00
20.00
20.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
432.00
412.78
432.00
412.78
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
93.60
0.00
93.60
£ 0.00 £ 0.00 £ 0.00 £ 93.60 £ 0.00 £ 93.60
0.00
0.00
114.07
114.07
114.07
114.07
0.00
0.00
11.99
11.99
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,521.50
0.00
1,521.50
0.00
0.00
1,355.00
1,355.00
0.00
£ 0.00 £ 0.00 £ 1,355.00 £ 1,521.50 £ 1,355.00 £ 1,521.50
0.00
0.00
171.00
0.00
171.00
0.00
95.92
0.00
95.92
0.00
0.00
49.90
0.00
49.90
£ 0.00 £ 95.92 £ 1,933.06 £ 2,362.85 £ 1,933.06 £ 2,458.77
£ 2,393.35 £ 459.63 £ 265.04 -£ 795.93 £ 2,658.39 -£ 336.30
£ 2,393.35 £ 459.63 £ 265.04 -£ 795.93 £ 2,658.39 -£ 336.30

Monday, Oct 25, 2021 09:13:03 pm GMT+1 - Cash Basis

Lasting Action For Inclusion in Burkina Faso (LAFI Burkina) Statement of Assets & Liabilities

As of December 31, 2020

Fixed Asset
Total Fixed Asset
Cash at bank and in hand
Business Bank Account
Petty Cash
Total Cash at bank and in hand
Net current assets
Net current assets (liabilities)
Total assets less current liabilities
Total net assets (liabilities)
Charity funds
Retained Earnings
Surplus/(Deficit)
Total Charity funds		 Total
As of Dec 31, 2020
As of Dec 31, 2019 (PY)
6,057.49
3,399.10
0.00
0.00
£ 6,057.49 £ 3,399.10
£ 6,057.49 £ 3,399.10
£ 6,057.49 £ 3,399.10
£ 6,057.49 £ 3,399.10
£ 6,057.49 £ 3,399.10
3,399.10
3,735.40
2,658.39
-336.30
£ 6,057.49 £ 3,399.10

As at 31 December 2020 there were restricted reserves of £1,433.98 (2019: -£959.37) and unrestricted reserves of £4,623.51 (2019: £4,358.47)