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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF ORANGUTAN VETERINARY AID FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31/03/2022
Achievements of the charity during the year 1/4/2021 to 31/3/2022
The charity received an income of £30,343 during this year.
The charity has made actual donations totalling £15,191 but this does not include additionalmequipment items totalling approximately £20,000 received gratis from benefactors. Whilst the charity has been able to facilitate the transportation of some of its stock of equipment to Indonesia during the year, thanks to the generosity of commercial partners and additional judicious purchases the charity has still been able to accumulate stocks of equipment.
The charity continues to function with no salaries being paid and the Trustees are pleased to report that administrative costs excluding travel costs remain at less than 1% of the income.
The SARS-C0V-2 pandemic has continued to have a serious impact on both the charity’s activities and fundraising efforts during the last financial year. During this financial year the charity has received no grants or legacies and continues to function on funds generated by its supporters.
DONATIONS.
The charity has made substantial donations throughout this financial year. With a continued inability to travel and to deliver donated items directly to the orangutan rescue centres as a result of the COVID-19 the charity’sTrustees again decided that due to the exceptional circumstances cash donations would continue to be made in lieu. Donations of funds and equipment have been made to: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme International Animal Rescue Project Borneo Conservation Action Network (CAN) Borneo (£1,350)
In addition the charity has again assisted International Animal Rescue by purchasing specific laboratory items for their specialist PCR laboratory at Ketapang, W.Kalimantan to enable preparations for virus testing, totalling £1,860
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
The charity funds an equipment maintenance scheme for various orangutan rescue centres which the pandemic has continued to curtail. The charity had been holding in stock two replacement isofluorane anaesthetic vaporisers and during the early months of 2022 the opportunity arose to transport these to BOSF Samboja Lestari and the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) who had both reported a deterioration in their existing equipment. These vaporisers were kindly transported by staff from the centres who were temporarily visiting the UK.
TRAINING
The charity has continued its efforts to assist with the training of the veterinary teams at the rescue centres.
In March 2021 we were invited to participate in a novel extended training project between Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) Samboja Lestari, BOSF Schweiz and Orangutan Veterinary Aid. The project was to assist with financing a period of residence for an experienced wildlife vet in situ at BOSFoundation Samboja Lestari. The project was scheduled for a two month residency by Dr Joost Philippa to involve mentoring, training of the veterinary team, training of animal keepers, appraisal and updating of SOPs and the undertaking of numerous surgical procedures on both orangutans and sunbears. The project was so successful that it was extended by a further 4 weeks by mutual consent and OVAID’s contribution was £7,000. In total some more than 20 orangutan and 30+ sunbears received specialist surgeries resulting in huge gains for the welfare of the resident animals.
BRONWYN/WATSON SCHOLARSHIP
During 2021 the charity had planned to fully fund a further two Indonesian veterinary surgeons to attend courses within the United Kingdom. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has meant that the scholarship had to be postponed in 2020 and again for 2021 due to disruptions in obtaining academic placements at institutions as a result of the ongoing pandemic. It is anticipated that the scholarship will resume in 2023 dependant on the pandemic being controlled. The charity has retained sufficient funding to complete the scholarships in a secondary bank account.
FUNDRAISING
The charity is extremely grateful to its supporters worldwide. No specific fundraising campaign was initiated in this financial year and the charity was unable to undertake its annual fundraising tour meaning a potential loss of approximately £10,000 of fundraising. Nevertheless the charity has received £28,678 in donations in the last financial year and these have been sufficient for us to continue our work as planned. A fundraising tour has been planned for November 2022, all guest places have been sold and, assuming that the tour is able to take place without restrictions imposed by COVID-19, a minimum income of £9,350 is guaranteed.
COVID-19
As a result of the continuing worldwide restrictions due to the SARS-CoV2 pandemic the charity is again having to review its activities for the forthcoming year.
Currently travel to Indonesia from the UK remains restricted and the orangutan rescue centres remain closed to the public. Much of the charity’s work relies on personal contact with the vet teams to deliver donations and mentoring and this has again been put on hold.
The charity’s Trustees have jointly agreed to continue to make appropriate financial donations direct to the rehabilitation and rescue centre veterinary teams as necessary and the charity continues to send equipment and medicines direct to Indonesia when suitable carriers can be sourced.
The charity has sufficient reserves but the ongoing worldwide situation will negatively impact the charity’s income again during 2022 and the Trustees are continuing to monitor the situation closely.
Signed:
N.C.Hicks Trustee & Chair 31/8/2022