Gunjur Project Association Report and Accounts 0110712023 to 3010612024 The Trustees present their Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024
The trustees present their annual report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024 Charity reference and administrative Detalls The legal name of the charity is: Gunjur Projert Association Registered charity number The charity is registered in England & Wales with charity number 1171815 Charity's principal address and contact details 5 Gored cottages, Melincourt. Neath, SAII 4BD Telephone: 07828 52031910151528 8259 Email: jo@gpagambia.org Trustees of the charity are Josephine Jane Austin-Preece Jenifer Jane Ringstead Sarah Louise Adams Emily John Structure• governance, and management of the charity The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and is constituted by a constitution which was registered with the Charity Commission on 28 February 2017. Objertives and Activities of the charity The charity's objectives are: the prevention and relief of poverty in The Gambia by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, health care projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self sufficient.
Annual activities July 2023- June 2024 Health and wellbein 1 . Provided funds for emergency health care with our partners from Africmed international hospital. Funded several lrfesaving operations including amputation and aftercare, acute treatments, complications in pregnancy management and sickle cell patient support. 2. Provided refurbishment of facilities at Kajabang health post, a communty health facility serving a population of approx. 2500 people. The renovation included fixing roof, full electrical installation, interior maintenance and painting. 3. Buift a fully functional heatth and wellbeing centre equipped with equipment to support activities for physical and mental wellbeing such as weights, television, treadmill, cross trainer. 4. Enabled 87 people to access eye care at the Sheikh Zayed eye specialist care ntre. Various treatments received including cataract operations, infection support, prescription glasses dispenses and glaucoma diagnoses. Those with diagnoses are receiving monthly support with prescription eye drops. 5. Gunjur Youths For Health was created as a resuft of medical staff sponsored through our charity giving their communty action. In partnership we have organised health screening days to check people for hypertension and diabetss. Those found at risk or needing treatment supported with a package of care. 6. Facilitated workshops for Gunjur Youths For Health to take information sharing workshop into senior schools about breast cancer and menstruation. Trainin and education 1. Held our 14th annual 4 week summer offering classes to over 400 students from nursery to senior - the program provides extra lessons, food security and general extra support during the summer school closures . 2. Working with Partnerships in The Gambia, a UK registered charity 1089167 to facilitate capacity building workshops around education. health and sustainable livelihoods. 3. Wth partners at Rage fftness and wellbeing group trained a Gambian in a gym leadership internationally recognised qualification to deliver workshops from the wellbeing nter. 4. Provided educational excursions to 97 students across 3 schools so students in the Gambia can understand more about their county. 5. Provided Gunjur Girl Guides with funds to operate a weekend program to support world thinking day 6. Since 2012 we continue working with the African Oyster trust UK registered charity 118298 to provide managerial support to Mariama May nursery school in Gunjur 7. Since 2019 working with BEREEL (Building Empowerment: Rural Economic Engagement in Life) a UK based charity 1178589 working in the Gambia. We continue to support with facilitating business management training and support for those who do not have aCsS to appropriate training due to levels of poverty or lack of schooling with a view to helping them develop economically viable micro businesses. 8. Regular women's empowemient activities around food safety, literacy, catering and sewing provided to strengthen women's roles as leaders, entrepreneurs, consumers, and economic stakeholders. 9. Facilitated a workshop with Building Capacty & Bridges a registered organisation that works in close collaboration with Govemment & key stakeholders in The Gambia to address irregular migration & youth unemployment by creating opportunities. 10. I nformation technology training for teachers and students. 11. Full financial sponsorship for 33 nursery, 29 lower basic, 25 senior and 11 higher education students. ilitated an interschool ram for 200 students on world litera da
Communi action 1 . Provided a 2001itre tank and bore hole with pump to a family in need and fftted sanitation facilities including toilets, shower room, tsps and waste water management system. 2. Built an outdoor smokeless oven to promote new ways of cooking without charcoal and harmful smoke 3. Renovated a famity compound including living area. bedrooms and outdoor kitchen. Provided furniture and food hamper. 4. Total roof renovation for a family home that had bumt down. Provided the family with a strong home and strong roof. 5. Provided regular food hampers to 17 families 6. Provided seeds. tools and equipment for the women's kaffo working in the women's gardens providing better opportunities for growing cash crops. School intervention 1. Total roof renovation, ceiling and electrical installation to Shiek Hatab nursery school for 150 students. This intervention prevented the school from collapse. Providing monthly support for human resources at the school to support children's wellbeing. Painted and refreshed several dassrooms with art works and educational information. Painted and renovated the playground 2. Supported the replacement of septic tank at nursery school preventing the potential hazardous waste impacting on the school and children's health 3. Plastered and tiled three classrooms at Kajabang nursery. Painted all interior and exterior walls with bright educational designs. Provided 24 sets of chairs and tables for the classrooms. Provided a monthly donation for human resources at the school to ensure additional support for children's wellbeing. Environment 1 . Developed a youth education program in partnership with Osprey leadership foundation UK to monitor migratory birds 2. Supported several beach cleaning and tree planting exercises 3. Working with Project Wild Gambia UK to offer support in their work tackling key issues threatening the wildlife in The Gambia. 4. Supported communty-based action turtle protection teams with funding, equipment and support for delivering workshops
- Plastered and tiled three dassrooms at Kajabang nursery. Painted all interior and exterior walls with bright educational designs. Provided 24 sets of chairs and tables for the classrooms. Provided a monthly donation for human reSoUrS at the school to ensure additional support for children's wellbeing. Environment Developed a youth education program in partnership with Osprey leadership foundation UK to monitor migratory birds
- Supported several beach deaning and tree planting exercises
- Working with Project Wld Gambia UK to offer support in their work tackling key issues threatening the wildlife in The Gambia.
- Supported communty-based action turde protection teams with funding. equipment and support for delivering workshops Our partners that have helped us athieve these outcomes BeReel Oyster Trust Multipercussion Bouworde Individuals and entrepreneurs Nick Sharpe for his birthday collection Various volunteers from Gambia and Europe Turing trust MPM Os re leadershi foundab.on Receipts Dorntions Grants Income f rom charitable activities income f rom non charitable activities restricted unrestricted total 2022-23 £140.71X) £2.OCK) £20844 £161544 £2,000 £204,845 £2,000 £0.00 £0 £0 £o.(x) £2.464 £0 £0 £0 £2,464 £4X)0 £4,500 £25344 £170.508 other income off ice rent Realised foreign exchaThJe Total receipts £2464 £4.500 £213.809 £145.164 Cost of raising funds payments Assett purchases Totsl payments £0 £0 £0 £131.514 £20.844 £152358 £133.934 £7,750 £141,684 £131.514 £20.844 £152.358 Carried forward £13650 £4500 £18.150 £72,125
Financlal revlew The trustees consider it is not necessary to create reserves since the charity has no liabilities. The trustee5 consider the financial performance of the charity during the year to be satisfactory. ACCOUNTS Section A: Receipts and payments Section B= SL*ement of Assets and Liabilities at 30th June 2024 Bl Cash Funds £18.150 82 Other monetary assets Nil B3 Investment Assets Assets retained for chariws own use - Community Hub and land £30,0(X) estimated value 85 Liabilities Notes to the Accounts- The charity has not given any guarantee to a third party. No debt 15 outstsnding at 30th June 2024 which is owed by the d)arity and which is secured by a tharge over any of the charitys assets. Declarations The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees. report and accounts above. Signed on behalf of the charitys Trustees Signature Full name
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees $50Cl*4 1 On accounts for the year ended 202 Charity no lif any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent rrhe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examinetrs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete { ] rf not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material spect: the accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Charities Act" or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement thal the accounts give a true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no cOnmS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Rolevant professional quaiification(s) or body IER Oct 2018
(If any): Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan for examiners). Give here brlef details of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER Oct 2018