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www.bluedragon.org Annual Report

Blue Dragon UK Support for children in crisis January - December 2020

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Introduction

Thanks to the donation of 29,713 GBP from Blue Dragon UK, Blue Dragon has been able to continue our mission to end human trafficking in Vietnam and provide exceptional care to street children and other children in crisis in Hanoi. This report summarises the highlights of the work Blue Dragon UK’s contribution has made possible between JanuaryDecember 2020.

The emotional reunion of a young trafficking survivor with her father

By the numbers

From January - December 2020, funds raised by Blue Dragon UK has enabled Blue Dragon Vietnam to:

Approach 156 new children on the streets of Hanoi and reunite 57 children with their families.

Assist 33 former street children to attend vocational training and help 11 of them to get a job.
Rescue 77 survivors of human trafficking from China and assist another 215 people to return to Vietnam after their rescue by authorities.
Represent 22 victims of trafficking in 12 court cases, resulting in gaol sentences for 18 traffickers.
Provide long-term safe accommodation for 23 women and girl survivors of human trafficking or child sexual abuse in Hanoi.
Assist 20 survivors of trafficking or child abuse to return to school and 13 survivors of trafficking to access vocational training.
Assist 11 survivors of trafficking to get a job.

Anti-human trafficking

Despite crisis being at the heart of Blue Dragon’s daily work, this year presented us with challenges we have never faced before: a global healthy pandemic right on Vietnam’s doorstep.

The Vietnamese government responded quickly to the virus, closing schools and most businesses very early. This successfully controlled the spread of the virus, but has caused higher vulnerability for Vietnamese women and girls. Victims were trapped in China, in abusive and exploitative situations, for months due to COVID related travel restrictions. We continue to receive a higher number of calls for rescue, but rescue operations are still difficult because the border is still closed.

Despite this, over the main crisis period, Blue Dragon set free 77 women from their captors and assisted 215 more people who were found in China by authorities to safely return to Vietnam. All survivors rescued had to go to compulsory quarantine, meaning a delay before we could provide emergency care, counselling and legal advice. Blue Dragon psychologists and social workers kept contact with survivors during the quarantine period via phone, but there is no doubt this is not an ideal situation. In addition, due to COVID19 control measures in China, Chinese authorities are finding a high number of trafficking victims and returning them to Vietnam. This has meant a much higher number of victims needing support with repatriation, putting a lot of strain on our services. In addition, many of these victims have been in highly exploitative and abusive situations for a very long time in China; up to 30 years! Thus, on their return, many have very complex trauma, no connection with their family or others in the community, and often serious health issues or disabilities as a result of their experiences. These women need very intensive assistance. Blue Dragon is committed to assisting all survivors who need our help and have recently

hired an additional staff member to ensure we can meet the increasing and increasingly complex demands.

Following rescue, Blue Dragon continues to provide comprehensive assistance for survivors to recover, and rebuild their lives. COVID-19 meant that many survivors lost their jobs or were unable to attend vocational training for months. However, thankfully the Vietnamese government was successful in controlling the virus, so the economy has now reopened to an extent. We are very proud that most of the young women who lost their jobs were able to find new ones, or return once the businesses reopened. In the second half of the year, we have again been able to assist young women into vocational training and jobs.

Support for Street Children and other Children in Crisis in Hanoi

COVID-19 has also increased the demand for our services for street children. Teenaged children, and in some cases whole families have come to Hanoi in search of income as many jobs in rural areas such as tourism, construction and manufacturing have disappeared due to the pandemic. Blue Dragon outreach workers have been meeting almost double the number of children on the streets, and here too the ‘clients’ have more complex issues. We are now meeting more younger children, children with intellectual disabilities or mental health problems, and children who have experienced very significant trauma.

The Blue Dragon Outreach team continued to go out on the streets looking for homeless children every night and, at the height of the pandemic, also in the daytime. This street outreach work allowed us to identify new ‘hotspots’ for homelessness in Hanoi. In light of this increased need, our outreach work has now expanded to these new areas, in addition to locations where children have traditionally sought shelter. One new hotspot is in the southern part of the city where the buses from poor, mountainous provinces arrive in the province. Criminal adults, including pedophiles, wait at the bus station and offer newly arrived children a job or a place to stay. In reality, these jobs don’t exist or involve criminal activity and the place to stay involves sexual abuse. Our outreach team are working in this area to develop relationships with trusted adults, including police, and to try to meet the children before they end up in trouble. We have started a weekly football game in this area to connect in a non- threatening way with children, and build trust. Our work here will expand in coming months.

Story of transformation

Cam Tu was about to turn 16 when she was trafficked and forced to marry a stranger. The teenager comes from a little town in a northern Vietnamese province that borders China. One day, she went out with a friend, and they met four boys.

Coming from their same town, the boys seemed friendly and relatable, so Cam Tu and her friend exchanged phone numbers with them and, a few days later, accepted their invitation to spend some time together.

What seemed like an enjoyable afternoon at first quickly became the beginning of a terrifying two-year ordeal. The boys took Cam Tu and her friend across the border and sold them as brides. For over two years, Cam Tu was locked inside a house, unable to

escape. During that time, she gave birth to a baby girl, and shortly after became pregnant a second time.

At great risk, she contacted Blue Dragon, and she was rescued and reunited with her family in August 2019.

When she went into labor a few months later, sadly, her baby was stillborn. To recover from her loss, Cam Tu decided to start a new life in Hanoi, with support from Blue Dragon. Filled with enthusiasm, when she moved into one of Blue Dragon’s homes for survivors in January 2020, she couldn’t wait to start her vocational course to become a chef. But the coronavirus pandemic put her plans on hold…

Cam Tu’s course was postponed for several months, and then moved online until face-toface lessons were safe again. Despite all these challenges, Cam Tu didn’t give up. She studied hard every day to achieve her goal. And she did.

Cam Tu enjoying the vocational course

She graduated from her course and in a matter of weeks got a job at a pizza restaurant in Hanoi. After two months working full-time, she was able to move out of the shelter to live independently. Now, Cam Tu has a future to look forward to.

Note: This document was produced for the purpose of reporting to Blue Dragon UK. To help Blue Dragon ensure the protection of the children we work with, we ask that you contact us at info@bdcf.org in advance if you would like to use any information contained in this report. Names of all children have been changed for their protection.

	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	for theperiod	for theperiod	for theperiod
	From	Period start date			To	Period end date
		01	01	2020		31	12	2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION UK

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1165180

Charity's principal address Anouk Lange

112 WOODSIDE

SW19 7BA LONDON

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Anouk Lange	Chair	July2017
Isabelle Paresys	Treasurer	October 2017
Sophia Cliff	FundraisingDirector	March 2018

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type

of adviser Name Address

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) CIO How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company) Election by existing directors Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The objects for which the CIO is established for the public benefit are the relief of those in need by reason of youth, financial hardship or other disadvantage in any part of the world but primarily in Vietnam and in South East Asia generally by:

(a) providing a safe environment, legal and other support, guidance, healthcare, food and any education or training, which may include vocational training, necessary to alleviate a vulnerable child’s or young person’s needs; Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its (b) providing children living on the street or out of their familial homes governing document with suitable accommodation; (c) providing financial and other assistance to the immediate families of children and young people who require assistance or have been assisted in accordance with paragraphs a and b above;

(d) supporting the work of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation International and cooperating and liaising with other entities with similar objectives to raise funds and/or promote awareness of the CIO and the objects of the CIO.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Over the course of 2020, Fundraising actions were minimal due to the Summary of the main pandemic. BDUK’s activity focussed on maintaining visibility of Blue achievements of the charity Dragon in the UK via social media and receiving donations from regular during the year donors via fundraising platforms or directly on the Charity’s bank account.

Section E Financial review

Blue Dragon UK holds a minimum account balance of £500. 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 Blue Dragon UK relies on donations from the public, and from companies relevant about: wishing to donate as part of their CSR.

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Please refer to Receipts and Payment accounts

Section G

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Isabelle Paresys Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date

BLUE	DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK	DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK	DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK	1165180
	Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For	the period from	01/01/2020	To	31/12/2020

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts AMAZON FACEBOOK DONATIONS KINDLINK DONATIONS INDIVIDUAL DONOR CORPORATE DONOR Wimbledon Briggs C Fields C Thamotheram DAVIDSON RA DIEDEREN DURAN LOPEZ FAY MULLINGER FLETCHER KC Gurton Consulting HIEN TRAN K Rushforth LSE My Donate PAYPAL PFXLABS LTD RS CONSULTING LTD SHPLAND S&E SULLIVAN D WILSON A+J *Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 49 3,656 11,973 10,066 9,693 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35,437 - - - 35,437 29,713 114 50 144 22 - 30,043 - - - 30,043 5,394 - 15,452 20,846	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
		- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	49 3,656 11,973 10,066 9,693 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35,437	25
					2,250
					5,168
					-
					-
					622
					100
					24
					200
					20
					150
					25
					15
					200
					110
					20
					895
					35
					2,224
					182
					1,020
					600
					1,850
					39
					25
					15,799

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	- - -	- - -	- - -	-
	-				-
~~*Sub total*~~	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
		-	-	35,437	15,799

BDUK TO BDV CHARGES Blue Dragon Chil * TFR FACEBOOK CHARGES GIVING.COM CHARGES KINDLINK CHARGES	29,713	- -	- -	29,713 114 50 144 22 - - 30,043	34,053
	114				236
	50				115
	144				-
	22				-
					-
	-				-
*Sub total*	30,043				34,404

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-	- - -	- - -	- - -
	-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*				30,043
		-	-		34,404

	5,394	-	-	5,394	- 18,605
	-	- -	- -	- 15,452	-
	15,452				34,057
	20,846	-	-	20,846	15,452

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Details Details BARCLAYS ACCOUNT Signature Details Details *Total cash funds*	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 20,846 - - - - - 20,846 - Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Isabelle Paresys	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Current value (optional)
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			Current value (optional)
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			Date of approval
		Isabelle Paresys	25th October 2021

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Blue Dragon Children's Foundation UK members of On accounts for the year Charity no 31 December 2020 1165180 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 15

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2020 .

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”).

I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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 Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I 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.

Signed: Date: 27 October 2021 Name: Justin Fong Relevant professional qualification(s) or body Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (if any): Address: 503 Cassia Point, 2 Glasshouse Gardens E20 1HU London

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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