Gunjur Project Association
Report and Accounts
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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 aC￿sS 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

3. 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 reSoUr￿S 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
1. Supported several beach deaning and tree planting exercises
2. Working with Project Wld Gambia UK to offer support in their work tackling key issues
threatening the wildlife in The Gambia.
3. 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
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