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Sectioii A Reference and acministrcltion details Mercy Hands Ugarth UK MHU UK R•gl¥knrnd Ghaflty nunknr (W any> 1183703 Ch•rfV• PrI￿1p￿ l￿dr￿&S 111 thive CV116GD Bldxhajl ElisabElh Blaxhal Chalr ol Tr￿lee6 Truslee Chri3tothr Ettwafds Jayne Edwards Norman Jthn Mugton Agnes Elano Mug Tnjstee Tnjstee Unts'l 24" CkAobw 2023 Llnb'l 24" 2023 N•rnM of th• tru•t•w lor th• C￿rtY, 11 •ry. qfor •xryl•. ￿ ¢ustodl•n InMl••81 N•vn• Dal•s Kt•d11 nol lor tthol• of •dvi••r

oc ion ruc ure. overnance an mana em D•wiption ol th• tru•ts Type ol goverTlng d¢Jwment ty Truslws a¢J￿￿al inlrrniKm. ¥rt￿2 robwant, at#￿t ' pdldgs and [￿rndureS a(k1p1￿ fof Ihe ind￿ti￿ training of tnJsto0s; . the chty'$ cxganisBlwThl struclurv arnj ￿Y whyer nolvéY)rf¢ with tho chanty worts; rplats(rti wilh any welaled . trustees. (x￿$I￿ati(￿ ol maior nsks tho $￿ern and Fxcrnlufes lo man•Je Ihem. Section C Ob'ectives and activities For benefft. religf (rf Ihoge in need Yb Uganda by way ol bul t¥Jl 6Xd￿Ivety reliebing ¢wty ￿￿1 ts adva￿ment of ￿lUCat￿￿ arKI health through ￿ proyM￿ of fin￿cial assislarKe. 3ummary of the obl•cts of th• ch¥lty 8qt out In fts gov•rnlng docum•nt 2012

To suwcrt the purw)8es crf klwcy Hands UgaTrJa IMHU) Av Ihe putrAic benefit in the preVentk￿ abd reliof of F)verty, Ihe advancémènt of trJucatlCXl 8ThJ hgalth. thD rolief of Ihose In fwd by reasm of youth. a9e. ill health, dlsablkty. financial hardshsp. olher disadvanlage. Ibving in ruTrl derkved ¢(Ynmunilies u9￿da. The relief ol ¥th"n (xxnrnniIb￿ aTrJ amcry thp wofhy's deprived and ngoty pe￿Iey. wilh partKular ftjcus on Uganda (K as del8rn1in•J by the Trusteas from tr) time. To raise aw8rw)ess, gather 8rnJ send funds and resources to MHU them io pfovmfjo biikJing¥. fadllil8s and items inclvdbThg dothing, lu￿. educatI￿al resource5, payment of start arwj tOa(S￿fs. and other sorvic8s arKI g<KJ¢ts in tho prE￿otsC￿ of education and heahhcare. dean w8ler. Iralnlng arKI equipmenL of th• m•ln actlvities undortak•n for th• public benefft In r•latlon to the￿ obj•cts {Indud• wllhln thlG socllon tho Statu decl¥atlon that tru¥tees have had rEgard to th• guid￿¢¢ Is8u•d by Charity Comfflisslon on put b•nofit) The TruSIe￿ dedarg Ihat Ihey havo c¢xryh'ed wilh thelr duty to have due r8gar(I to guldance on public be￿111 pU￿1$hed by tho Charity C(xnrni8sKJn in exerc￿1n9 their (X (lutss. Addllkmwl d•tallg of Ob￿•$ •KI acll¥ttiH Iopuonal knfornwtion) All Trustgas w<Kk on a voluntary basis ts Mercy Hands Uganda UK and re(￿v@ no financial benEfiI for their time or woth. Frorn dme lo time. trips are rn￿le ty ts ITusIEes and olh6Y Vol￿teerS lo visit the prqec15 benefitting trcxn the grants made by MHU UK. ￿1 costs these trips a￿ cov￿1 ty the truslee or vo￿ntee￿8 (Avn l￿d$ and not MHU UK d*nty fvnds. You may Ghoos• to inckKle fixther 5tstgnwnts. where levant. atmyjl: PK4y ￿ g￿￿￿akIng. rKogramme Telale(I investment (x)ntrltwtion made by votunleers.

Ltion D Achievements and performance No truslee (x team vi>its 7•Yefe ma(18 to Ugar¥Ja dufing th$ yoar. bul we have ojntsnued ID have regular reFxyts frun the CEO of MHU - t)an Waddknba. vhK>, ak)ng with hls famlly. C(￿￿.￿u88 ts) dpvBlop the Kqfumu Ixryed in respc￿ lo the needs ol Ihe ccxnrnunrty. I donal1(￿5 arKI funds rased by MHU UK were fcThiwded In lino with Gharilws. granl makyry rKAicy kj Mercy Han(ts Uganda. lh• S￿ndIng cl those lurMl$ vras fegularty a¢MuMad thrrmjgh photographic evidence and rfjc￿pts. Regular d(￿alK)n8 c￿lInue to be ky￿1C￿lIY for the pwp)se of paying stsff salarps- l•achws. cwks & 8 matron- at tr•e Kafumu prdeGt. We aro very graleful to OMA wlK> generousty fwbds chosen MHU UK as Iheir 'charlty of the yearf over tho pfBvious few years. We had scrfne rwnaning lurnls avlatAe from this thy)(x which has bven used to S￿n￿￿nIty improve Ihe Kalumu woiecl thls year. Notatly the Mercy Hands Nurnery Is officially govemmont reglslEfEd af bng recognised for Iho qualty educats(￿ prw'ded. Prfmary 7s take naiK¥wl eXamints￿5 al Ihe end of thelr sthool year, aThJ some fundy WEfe used to successlully register the %oY In Kafumu a5 ¢ln exam ¢￿tre. This ha6 Iho benelit ol minimalizing the costs for our pupi13 51tt1ng tho oxam as Ih•y don't have lo travol k) urrfamiliar venuas, I￿1 also as an OWKXtunlty loi MHU to 9￿￿810 s(rn I￿r￿lS Ihr(wOb pu￿.1¥ CC￿lfig io use Ihe exBm cenlrg. MHU dec￿ed to imwovo the P7 exam (xrtcurs by W0￿dIng tJOa￿kng for Ihe 16 dudng lh8 months loa(ling to thelr exams. Often Ihe9e ch41drw are senl to work the fields after. or instead ol. s¢hcd. at the detrlmenl ol tsir educalion. The bOard￿g ha$ 01￿1red gocd 8upp(Kt. rews1¢￿, extra lut(xkng, and for Ihe exam wpls aroufmj athool times, the provlsion of ftxxl 8TrJ rAacg to sleBp. all of whth has le8d lo bgttor exam results and a natK)nally recogniS￿l level l(y Lewng Primary S(JKJd. kn lum Ihis Increasos arnj Cf)kX)rtunity tr Ihe next stage, be thal S9coThlary S(KK)l ￿ some voc8tKThl skills training. In 2024 scmg 85% of the puplls altonding the MH F¥imary Schfx requKed sm srA)nscnhip lo enatdo th￿ to receive ￿U¢•￿'￿. thk8 r8mains crn ol wr kay a￿$ dvrfeh)piwit ol mcyo r9gular dc¥wliMS lo suprYJrt children andlor teacher3 al fv schwl. Je lo the remote woa ol rKoject, all 15 staff werv h(Mtsod (xb site. S¢xng of thoso staff are paw1n￿r￿j wilh F¥ovlslon d free educalk)n, unrfcThi and ffy)d lor thelr dwklrw. aox4nnMation and a meal aath day. Being dose lo trte ewatrr rneans a yoar r￿nd ni9htl811 by arrxjnd 6wn each evening. For te¥her5, bvho often tgach thr￿gh to 5pm. this added d4llongos preparing fry thwr next leSS￿S markirvJ wolrt, as wo11 as C￿￿￿1n9. ￿ kjw Iyht.11 was Ihoreth ￿Thderful lo send some fwKls lo pay for s(xne oloctrical intrastruclure and a yearfs worth of 91gCtncity. as Ihe govemmenl had finally laid ihe eabllry ￿ the village. Electhuty in the dassrwm3 leachgr's t￿Me& has m8kn.ng a huge differw lo ¢walty of lrfe ts slaff and wpils. ry of the maln ivvements of the ¢harfty ring th• y•ar oirKaal Inspth att¥ised MHU that Ilw needed to fence ￿0F￿rty, and we were ablg to send significonl fijnds trj ￿ IhDI comted thi MHU rOPC￿t￿l 2023 as belng a 'challengirwJ yei prrxl￿t￿è year,. wth pupll numbers having irmased to more than 270, ¥Ath SO￿ 80 t*wwJ of nurnery age. Tr nursery tAcKk was deemed lo be too small for Ihese numbefs. yet Ihg no8d ID pr(Nlde ￿lUCati￿ ts thwn was un ueslKThNg. ThÈr8lrAe MHU UK nd￿ in March 24 tt) the 2012

Section D Achievempnts and performance iirsenl requesl for funds io slan build1ng a ground ffwr nursery blo K)fE fft fijr the frAndath)ns had been laid some yearn The Wathjirrth arnl a lean ol vcdwws the grwnd in Nnu ttW8 tt ￿13 are huge aThJ dk¥efse. aThl Sup￿1 the prr4ecl sacrificialy and finanaally frcffi) thdr Chicken & plg farm. IF￿19h tw UEate srrll oppcrftunitigs and TranslDrng o)mmunty and giving hcpe. This ye¥ the I￿rn the crnalive (XffriCU￿rn cdebrd19d chihtron's achievemenb Ihrw9h a musr. da￿¥. FMxtry 8nd drama - tho pnze b￿n9 a go8tt The ovent sh￿A￿ased rn￿Y h￿den lalonts alcmg a debut ￿￿rcY Chilthw's Choir. ai ot which was eTr￿ by Iho (xrnunty. s a granl m"ng (), MHU LM< C￿1￿u0S to be inwred by the w of ts Kalumu pYciKt and is bery ￿e1vI for Ihe Wathdimba farnify arwj toam (rf I￿AUnteerS WtK) make ne￿ krwyn arKI w th8 furrfjs we wisety and ¥mlh dlwKe. The cl the Kafunw cfmtinue lo te vasl ¥+d MHU UK Is onty able to mak8 grants as and f￿￿leS Crrfl￿ in. We are very gratotul to dOr￿AS lor gMrvJ fuThJkng whith is sorrt IixrA in 10 s(ufic aspects of Iho prg'gct as they arise. We YxJld kNe b) irKre85e the numtw ol regular ¢*)rny5 k) SU￿(￿ more slaff and help with schc runniThJ costs. as wel as fundraise for pr(yts as the nthls

Section E Financial review MHU UK does rK)I InlwKI to hold r8s8rbEs as all d(ffi8tscn5 a￿ I0￿r(led to ￿ benefiuaries in line wbth tr grant ming arwj in a ts'rrEIy 8rl•f stal•ffl•nt of tIM Al ￿e￿dUal funds held al the end of th8 last financial year- 22 to 23 - hav8 b9￿ sont this fErKing. exam cwtre registrath"(￿. staff Detalls of any m•t•rlalty in defi¢lt Further lkn•n¢lal r•vl•w d•taMs qopllon•l infornwtlon) athJrtK)nal infrKmalkn. vknefo relevant al￿1. the chanly's winctyl sources of fimd5 {irK4 any fvndrnisiTrJ how expendtture ha5 the rarty: cOjecives InclUd￿g any ethThl inveslrrwnt adcpled. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration 81gnthif•(s) nW$) pos11k￿ {•9 SKTelwy, Chair. •tcl Andrew Waxhall Ehsabeth Jo Pjathi Char of TrwleES ￿ MHU UK 25.LY22LY25

CHARITY COMMISSION FNfil AND ANI) WALLS Receipts and payments accounts CC16a T• ? (14 2Q23 05 04 2021 Section A Receipts and pa menls T•tslfvnd• L•1 F••r fvnd fvnd A1 IJ Sub LbrAR) b•• l•b AJ i 741 741 srt4 1& purch•b••. (••• tab Section B Statement of assets and liabilrties at the end of the period lund• funds 81 Ca•h YY P• rY1¥in￿ IVII Totslc•sb

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