Annual Trustees’ Report For year 1[st] April 2022 to March 31[st] 2023.
The year has been busy and productive with several completed projects and a long-awaited visit to our partner organisations in Uganda. We have three partners, and this report sets out our work with each of them over the past year.
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1. Diocese of Kajo Keji.
Bishop Emmanuel . We were deeply shocked and saddened by the untimely and unexpected death of our dear friend and colleague Bishop Emmanuel Murye in December 2022. We are so pleased that he had been able to visit us here in the UK during August and that we were able to share an evening with him and Mama Cecelia. Our hearts go out to her and their children, and we were pleased to be able to send a financial gift to support them in the immediate aftermath of his death. It was good to spend some time with Mama Cecelia when
we visited Moyo in February 2023. As this report is prepared, we are awaiting news of the appointment of Bishop Emmanuel’s successor with whom we hope to forge strong links and friendship, as well as a robust working relationship.
20 Bread oven starter kits . In the autumn of 2022, we sent funding to provide starter packs of flour, yeast and charcoal to the 20 Mothers Union groups who had previously received a bread oven from us. This enabled them to restart their micro bakery businesses after the disruption of Covid. During our visit in February 2023, we were pleased to see bread production in progress and to hear wonderful stories of how the community savings group has not only funded the ongoing bread making business, but also used some of its profits to buy goats which provide milk, and to pay school fees for some of the children. This was a real encouragement as we were able to see our vision of sustainability becoming a reality in the lives of these people, some of the poorest on the earth.
Seeds . A grant of £3,500 was made to provide seeds for returning refugees. This was supported by St James’ Church, Devizes and Salisbury Baptist Church with whom we have valuable growing links. Refugees returning to their homes in South Sudan were able to access this funding which enabled them to restart their gardens and farms after the ravages of the civil war. This was the second phase of this project which was commenced in 2021.
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Emergency Food . In January 2023, cattle herders from the north drove their herds down through the agricultural areas in the south and destroyed the crops that the farmers of Kajo Keji County had been growing. Attempts to stop them resulted in 23 people being killed, and around 2,000 members of the local community ran for their lives to take shelter in other villages. This caused an immediate humanitarian crisis as there was insufficient food to feed them. Projects Delivering Hope therefore set up a fund raising page and was able to contribute around £2,000 to the fund that was set up in the wake of this massacre.
2. Smile Children’s Charity Village and Academy.
Smile is our newest operating partner, and we have enjoyed getting to know and to work with Rev. Francis Candiga the Director. While the orphanage is in mid Uganda and some distance from South Sudan, we are content to work with them because the area comprises an earlier settlement of South Sudanese people and the population of the local town is around 75% South Sudanese. Indeed, Francis Candiga himself was born in the local town and is a 2[nd] generation settler. In the previous year we supported the setting up of the orphanage on land owned by Francis with fencing and water tanks, and
during this year we have assisted with funding to set up a chicken farm, and also to provide skills
training for 32 young women who spent 9 months training as tailors and hairdressers. It was such a joy to attend their graduation ceremony in February 2023 and to present each of the girls with their certificate as well as a sewing machine or hairdressing kit. We are grateful to Salisbury charity, Advent Worldwide for the provision of funding for this equipment.
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3. Friends of Kajo Keji Christian College.
We continue to provide the charitable vehicle through which a monthly grant is sent to the college, and this is co-ordinated by Cathie Rutter who is a trustee of Projects Delivering Hope. The money is donated by members of ‘The Friends of KKCC’ which was set up by John and Cathie. The funds are used for the running costs of the college. We have on past occasions given additional funds for capital projects and the college, and its Principal Rev. James Lule, remains one of our valued operating partners.
4. Visit to Uganda in February 2023.
By far the highlight of the past 3 years was our visit to Uganda in February 2023. This was undertaken by three Trustees, (Adrian Burholt, Rachel Gardner Poole and Andrew Robertson), and three supporters (Andrew and Karen Eustace and Richard Koch). The trip was partly funded by the Barnabas Trust (Salisbury) and by donations from several supporters as well as those who travelled. We are so grateful for all of this support.
The visit to Moyo provided us with an opportunity to meet with the DOKK team and to bring comfort and encouragement following their loss of Bishop Emmanuel. We were also able to visit two refugee camps and see the results of our previous projects as well as to deliver a business training workshop to around 30 young refugees. We took the opportunity of spare luggage capacity to deliver 60kg of Bible to Kajo Keji Christian College as
theirs had been lost during the Civil War and subsequent looting of the college buildings.
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We then visited the Smile Village near Kayunga and spent a wonderful day participating in the graduation celebrations and ceremony attended by around 250 guests and local dignitaries. On our second day, we travelled out to a rural area to deliver a business training workshop to around 40 young people, including those who had graduated the previous day. We enjoyed the shade of a tree as we ran the workshop outdoors for an enthusiastic and grateful group of young people. We look forward to hearing of their progress as they set up small businesses.
5. Conclusion
As we reach the end of another productive year, we offer our gratitude to all of our faithful supporters, volunteers and friends and to our South Sudanese brothers and sisters with whom it is a privilege to share our resources, time and energy. Above all, we thank God for calling us to this rewarding ministry and for giving us the energy and motivation to humbly serve Him even as we share His love as we serve the people of South Sudan.
Andrew Robertson - Trustee and CEO
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PROIECTS DEUVERIIIG HOPE 111 1177923 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2023 3tst March Z013 Unrestrlcted Funds 3tst March 2022 Unrestrtrted Funds Rertd¢ted Funds Total Restrlrttd Funds Total Income Donations Glft aid claimed from HMRC GIFt aid via Stewèrdship Concert titket sales Other Total IrKome 13,497 2.973 641 166 17.710 31,207 2,973 641 166 7,510 1.850 27,318 34,829 J.850 999 1,124 15 1,124 17,279 17.710 11,468 27,333 38AII Expenditure countsncv mlnSstrationfees Bank charges Jvconcert Concert e¥pen5es ID5urance Ixher expenses tgoing donation518rants Pests8e. printyng and Statnery(OSts Trustee expenses Website & oneoinB IT costs Miscellaneous Totsl Expenditure 1,586 1,586 580 1.863 515 1.902 1,863 515 1.902 2 281 . 7,197 4.572 115 81 250 281 7,197 25,374 115 $1 250 20,802 2,492 479 114 275 13 8,133 28,767 31,259 479 114 275 13 .041 3543 28.767 Nei of recelpts payrnerrts 223 18YI 3335 lih341 1,901 Transfer between accounts Funds blfvid from previou5 ar Cosh fvnds •tyear eDd 11.6041 8,573 9.212 11241 5,367 8.578 124 2.928 1,618 1,618 130 10,196 9,342 8,295 .196 Rtpresentedbytosh IwknrKes c5fvKows Pllanre bank 9,112 578 1.618 10,196 Note'.'oiher Expenses, Include5 co# of TMstee5 vlsl¢to U8anda ws mostht£tyMred by don8tlons and cohtrlbuthns from those that iravelled. ned bytheTrust All fEKG(I 93 Print name signa Date 21 Print name signature Dète
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombers of Projects Delivèring Hope On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023 Charity no (If anyl 1177923 Set out on pagès I report to Ihe trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above ¢harrty (tthe Trust") for the year ended 3110312023. Responsibilities and As the charty truslees. you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 {'the Acfl. 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 The charity's gross income exceeded £25.000 but is below £250,000 and I examinerfs statement am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Institute Of Financial Accountants. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act, or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems 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. Signed: Date: OS 13 Name: Cassandra Walsh Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (rf any): Address: Fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants 13 Radnor Road. Salisbury, SP13PL