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 Mug*ton 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 t*thol• 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 ch*ty'$ cxganisBlwThl struclurv arnj ￿Y whyer nolvéY)rf¢ with tho chanty worts; rplats(rti* wilh any welaled . trustees. (x￿$*I￿ati(￿ ol maior nsks tho $￿ern and Fxcrnlufes lo man•Je Ihem. Section C Ob'ectives and activities For benefft. religf (rf Ihoge in need Yb Uganda by way ol bul t¥Jl 6Xd￿Ivety reliebing ¢wty ￿￿1 ts adva￿ment of ￿lUCat￿￿ arKI health through ￿ proyM￿ of fin￿cial assislarKe. 3ummary of the obl•cts of th• ch¥lty 8qt out In fts gov•rnlng docum•nt 2012 To suwcrt the purw)8es crf klwcy Hands UgaTrJa IMHU) Av Ihe putrAic benefit in the preVentk￿ abd reliof of F*)verty, Ihe advancémènt of trJucatlCXl 8ThJ hgalth. thD rolief of Ihose In fwd by reasm of youth. a9e. ill health, dlsablkty. financial hardshsp. olher disadvanlage. Ibving in ruTrl der*kved ¢(Ynmunilies u9￿da. The relief ol ¥th"n (xxnrnniIb￿ aTrJ amcry thp wofhy's deprived and ngoty pe￿Iey. wilh partKular ftjcus on Uganda (K as del8rn1in•J by the Trusteas from tr) time. To raise aw8rw)ess, gather 8rnJ send funds and resources to MHU them io pfovmfjo biikJing¥. fadllil8s and items inclvdbThg dothing, lu￿. educatI￿al resource5, payment of start arwj tOa(S￿fs. and other sorvic8s arKI gits 7•Yefe ma(18 to Ugar¥Ja dufing th*$ 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 av*latAe 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 b*ng 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 (xrtcur*s 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. aox4nnM*ation 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 com*ted 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 t*tW8 tt* ￿13 are huge aThJ dk¥efse. aThl Sup￿1 the prr4ecl sacrificialy and finanaally frcffi) thdr Chicken & plg farm. IF￿19h tw UEate srr*ll 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￿ krwy*n arKI w th8 furrfjs we wisety and ¥mlh dl*wKe. 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 m*ing 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 r*arty: cOjec*ives 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 IJAlailB Deiail* D•lwl chw*y'• o*n S•an•d DY om or InAI••• O• 24 02 202) Ftsknth Jw ￿Xhal 4.02.20