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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 10 2020 30 09 2021

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1178241

Kwinella Diaspora Association

Charity's principal address	10 Grayrigg Close	10 Grayrigg Close
	Leeds
	Postcode	LS15 0DF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Amadou Sabally	Assistant Secretary
	Fatou Jammeh
	Karen Mara
	Nuha Ceesay	Vice Chairperson
	KeluntangSanyang

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Financial

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Kaddy Sanyang

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Constitution

CIO

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Voluntary

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

All trustees have kept up to date with their duties and responsibilities reading updates from the Charities Commission.

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

The charity is run by volunteers and the office holders of finance and secretariat are both volunteers and not trustees.

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• training of trustees; The charity has links with the Farantamba Development and Dembaning Nyako Development associations in the Gambia who coordinate the

• • the charity’s organisational activities of Kwinella Diaspora Association in the Gambia. structure and any wider network with which the charity The trustees ensure that there are strict financial and operational controls works;

• The trustees ensure that there are strict financial and operational controls in place governing the activities of the Kwinella Diaspora Association. There has been constant monitoring of spend in the Gambia making sure that the fund reaches the target beneficiaries and proof of this available as well.

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

THE OBJECTS OF KWINELLA DIASPORA ASSOCIATION ARE 1. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY OF THOSE LIVING IN THE UK.

1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MIGRANTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEVE OR CREED OR THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH

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• PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: A) ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND ADVICE; B) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND SUPPORT WITH LITERACY AND NUMERACY; C) RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF GAMBIA BY ORGANISING EVENTS 4. TO RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF KWINELLA IN THE GAMBIA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION), TRAINING AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

During the period under review, Kwinella Diaspora Association undertook a lot of activities in Kwinella the Gambia which includes but not limited to participating in the water project where the charity teamed up with partner associations on the ground to implement and address the water shortage situation in the village.

Kwinella Diaspora Association has also donated £300 to Tressor Women Warriors, sent 22 tables and chairs and started building 75 tables and chairs for the Kwinella Primary School.

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)

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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

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Section D Achievements and erformance p The main achievement of the association for the year under review is the Summary of the main successful implementation of water project in partnership with Tressor achievements of the charity Women Warriors, Silo Diyala Foundation and some citizens of Kwinella during the year who also contributed their money towards addressing the water shortage situation in the Village. We have also achieved through Tressor Women Warriors the creation of a seed bank to enable women farmers to have access to seeds during rainy season.

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Section E Financial review

N/A

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

The association’s main source of funding is through the monthly £5 contributions by members of the association and volunteers. There are strategies in place to raise awareness about the association and also expand fundraising activities to maximise revenue. This led to the successful creation of a GoFundMe account through Silo Diyala Foundation specifically to address the acute shortage of tables and chairs at the Kwinella Primary School.

By addressing the water situation, this has led to a considerable reduction in the time women took to fetch water and address the hygiene needs of their various families.

• investment policy and objectives including any The tables and chairs project has also addressed the dire need of ethical investment policy children in the primary school to have adequate seating to enable them to adopted. have a conducive learning environment.

Section F Other optional information

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) Nuha Ceesay Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Vice Chair of the Board of etc) Trustees Date 27/03/2022

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Kwinella Diaspora Association - Charity Accounts submitted to UK Charities Commission for 2021
Funding
Date Description Revenue Received
31/10/2020 Subscription & Other Revenue £ 237.00
30/09/2021 Subscription & Other Revenue £ 1,419.02
30/09/2021 Total Revenue £ 1,656.02
Expenses
Date Description Expenses Paid
30/09/2021 Kwinella Water Project £ 1,500.00
30/09/2021 Tables and chairs to Kwinella Primary School £ 660.00
30/09/2021 Donation to Tressor Women Warriors £ 300.00
30/09/2021 Website annual hosting fee £ 15.00
30/09/2021 Total Expenses £ 2,475.00
01/10/2020 Total Funds brought forward £ 3,707.56
30/09/2021 Total Funds carried forward £ 2,888.58
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