Trustees Report Transforming Lives Today
– Mission Statement April 2023 March 2024
Transforming Lives Today giving Hope, Dignity and a Future to vulnerable communities, especially children in deprived areas in India such as villages, slums, and orphanages.
TLT work in partnership with local communities to see the lives of vulnerable children and adults transformed through Education , Healthcare and
Community Development .
The charity’s aim is to establish Learning and Medical Centres in these communities. The learning centres are run by local teachers and community leaders.
The TLT medical centres and dispensaries are staffed with doctors and nurses from local hospitals on a voluntary basis.
The work of TLT includes:
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Medical camps
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Typhoid &Hepatitis B vaccinations
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Distributing small baby quilted mosquito net beds
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Distributing blankets
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Supplying toiletries
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Clothing & foot wear
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Food programs
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Setting up Learning Centres
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Women and children’s encouragement programs
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Educating villages & slum areas with good health care and pro-life programs.
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Bone Density machine
Organisatonal set up of TLT
TLT has four trustees and 2 missionaries, Sozos and Des Sozou (TLT team). TLT through Sozos and Des seek to develop strong relationships with local community leaders, doctors and pastors in the areas where TLT would like to introduce Educational and Health care programs.
Before Sozo and Des travel to India meetings are arranged between the trustees, Sozos and Des to plan and prepare for their trips. This planning would include the purchase of food, medical supplies and any equipment for the
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Learning Centres and medical camps and liaising with the local contacts and teams in India, so that when the TLT team arrive everything is in place. When the TLT team return to Europe the local teams which Sozo and Des have helped set up continue the work of the learning centres and medical camps. On returning to Europe the TLT team give a full account of the work they have been involved in. These reports include all financial transactions. Sozo and Des encourage volunteers from Europe to travel with them when they visit India
The local TLT teams that have been set up to run the learning centres and medical camps report to Sozo and Des, there is excellent communication between them. The local teams report monthly to TLT and at other times as needs arise. They are very dedicated and have proven to have a heart for all they do in improving the lives of those in the local communities of which they are part.
Fund Raising.
Transforming Lives Today ( TLT) is a charity seeking to raise funds to enable it to continue the works outlined above. The fund raising is achieved through
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Supporters and friends
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Power point presentations and Photographic exhibitions to church groups, schools and any interested parties.
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Social media platforms
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TLT website
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Fund Raising events
The Achievements of Transforming lives Today(TLT) from April 2023-March
2024
Due to the generous giving of TLT supporters Sozo and Des were able to travel to India to visit and initiate food and medical programs and offer support to TLT the local TLT workers. Due to the excellent communication system that has built up with local community leaders over the past years and especially through the last pandemic Sozo and Des were warmly greeted in India and were able to see first-hand the wonderful work which TLT are doing in India
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Listed below is a short resume of the work that Sozo and Des have been involved with in the last year. 2023/2024
1. This last year TLT has bored a water well 520 feet deep to supply a local region in Northern India.
2. Installed a Reverse Osmosis water system for 250 litres per hour.
3. Built a Learning Centre to accommodate 20 village children for basic education (this is our 3[rd] learning centre built)
4. Supported a children’s program for 300 children to live a healthy life
5. Supported 2 one day woman’s programs how to have a healthy lifestyle.
6. Have taken the responsibility and medical cost for a 13 year old boy with Osteogenesis (we are waiting to see if surgery can be done to give this boy a chance and a better future
7. All the conferences on a healthy life style were given food and basic travelling costs.
8. We have 3 MOU (memorandum of understanding – a non binding contract) with 3 hospitals in India who support TLT with our medical camps
9. TLT supports individuals with health problems, supplying their medication and examinations and doctors consultation fees.
10. TLT set up 6 bone density camps in various villages
11. TLT set up 6 medical camps in various villages for men, women and children
12. Purchased 300 school bags.
All the above was done in one year without having a full time missionary on the field and minimal funding.
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Transforming Lives Today Financial Statement for the year ending 30[th ] March 2023
| Receipts | Unrestricted Funds | Restricted Funds | Total Funds |
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| Donatons C/FWD from year ending March 2023 Donatons for past year 2023/2024 Restricted medical funds |
11,006 11,910 |
1000 4000 |
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| Total Receipts | 22915 | 5000 | 27,915 |
| Payments | |||
| various medical programs. Learning centers and food programs Supportng local pastors Administraton |
16,687 524 |
2000 | |
| Totalpayments | 16,687 | 2000 | 18,687 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilites
Cash Funds –Barclays Bank (current account) Unrestricted Funds: £6,228 Restricted Funds: £3000 Total Cash Funds as of 30th March 2024: £9228
Approved by the Trustees of Transforming Lives April 2024 John McCredie, Theo Demson, Jesus Nouche
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Transforming Lives Today No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date to from 1/4/2023 3/30/24
Section A Receipts and payments
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| A1 Receipts b/fwd fromyear 22/23 11,006 medical missionary - Donations 11,910 - - - - - 22,915 - - Sub total - Total receipts 22,915 A3 Payments 16,163 Medicalprogram and equipment - Admin costs 524 - - - - - Sub total 16,687 - - Sub total - Total payments 16,687 Net of receipts/(payments) 6,228 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 6,228 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Food program, learning centres and building project A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ 1,000 4,000 - - - - - - 5,000 - - - 5,000 - - 2,000 - - - - - - 2,000 - - - 2,000 3,000 - - 3,000 Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 12,006 4,000 11,910 - - - - - 27,915 - - - 27,915 - 16,163 2,000 524 - - - - - 18,687 - - - 18,687 9,228 - - 9,228 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details Total cash Funds Details Details Details Details Signature John McCredie Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 6,226 3,000 - - - - 6,226 3,000 Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name John McCredie Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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| John McCredie | John McCredie | 4/3/2024 | |
TRANSFORMING LIVES TODAY (TLT)
Internal audit by the trustees and the 2 feld workers
When the accounts were sent to the trustees and the 2 missionary workers they audited the accounts and declared them in order and true.
John McCredie Trustee/treasure
21/9/2024