2022-12-31-accounts

Sainted Roots 2022 Annual Report Charity Number: 1184408

Contents

Executive Summary	P 2
How We Make A Difference	P 3
2022 Delivery Summary	P 4
2022 Achievements	P 5
The Sainted Roots Theory of Change	P 6
Programme Challenges & Lessons Learnt	P 7
Impact Since Inception	P 8
2022 Financial Review	P 9 - 10
Meet The Team	P 11 - 12

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Executive Summary

“For ourselves and for the benefit of our communities &

families”

It is very sad to realize that Africans today, live without the realization that they can change their current circumstances. This default mindset blinds us to the riches that lie within us. The change that we want to manifest can only start within every individual.

Sainted Roots aims to help rural communities develop themselves, starting with the individual. Our programmes have been shaped based on the teachings of past masters including principles from The Bible & Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. By nurturing individual independence and community interdependence, the villagers grow themselves away from an aid dependent mindset.

As we embark on our journey called life it becomes evident that we are all interconnected as beings and in turn linked to our environment. Our behaviors are not without consequences to our environment or to other living creatures in our ecosystem.

We cannot afford to sleep, because when alert we can make our journey more enjoyable and beneficial to the whole ecosystem; reducing unnecessary suffering and pleasing God.

Life and the environment is continually changing -creating opportunities, generating challenges.

Faith Nyababdza - St Francis Co-Founder & Chair of Trustees

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How We Make A Difference

Objectives

Sainted Roots, a community led development system, works in Makoni District in Zimbabwe partnering with rural communities to lead their own development out of poverty.

• I. To support sustainable livelihood options through provision of skills and inputs.

We currently operate in 3 villages (Shenayeguta, Njanike and Murewa) and have another 5 in the pipeline.

• II. To provide support for economic growth and regeneration through capacity building.

We take advantage of agriculture to generate an income that can be reinvested into community and individual projects.

• III. To engage and strengthen communities in implementing viable gender sensitive projects.

Aim

• IV. To train communities in entrepreneurship and value chains.

Promoting sustainable development in the rural community.

Activities

• Identifying community champions and developing them into future leaders

• Training villagers to become independent and start their own projects

• Using sustainable farming as a means to create employment, generate an income and feed communities.

• Fruit & ingenious tree grafting and planting, helping to improve the local biodiversity.

• Child and Vulnerable adult safeguarding.

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2022 Delivery Summary

Operations Summary

The focus for Sainted Roots in 2022 was on continuous development. We began the year with a list of challenges that needed to be addressed (page 7). Many of the challenges faced were connected to a breakdown in the relationship between communities.

Our goal as an organisation is to design a development system that can foster changes within communities led by strong community leaders. We found that Sainted Roots was leading many community projects, this strategically wasn’t the best way to use our limited resources but most importantly left the villagers with a feeling of dependency on our organisation.

This lead the development of our theory of change (see page 6), we needed to understand how we could manifest the change that we wanted to inspire in order to build independent communities.

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2022 Achievements

Summary of Programme Delivery

We continue our work with 3 key villages, Njanike, Shenayeguta and Murewa. We have been working with all communities for at least 2 years now (7 years, Shenayeguta). Over this time we have made great leaps in understanding how to work with communities. Tackling challenges such as safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, gender-based violence and corruption. We have identified that working with proactive leaders, will harness the best results.

We are excited have found local leaders in 5 surrounding villages who are already delivering interesting projects and have the foundations required to become a strong community champions. We call them our “Big 5.”

Building Strong Local Partnerships

This year we have built strong partnerships with ZWLA (Zimbabwe Women’s Lawyers Association), One Stop Shop, Makoni District Police and Prison Commissioner. Having dealt with 4 serious safeguarding incidents, we wanted to educate the community about their rights, the law and how to get help. As a result, we ran a successful community education event attended by 300 villagers from the local area.

Achievements Include:

• 2.3 tons of crops harvested in the 2021 - 22 farming season.

• USD 1, 200 community income generated for investment into additional projects.

• USD 800 Individual income generated by community champions who are leading the way in being proactive and using resources available to them.

• 6 Employees Trained in Sainted Roots Theory of Change, Mission, and values

• 2 Leadership Workshops delivered impacting 30 people (14 men & 16 Women)

• 2 Community Events attended by 600+ adults and children

• 10 Workshops delivered impacting 300+ Adults

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Sainted Roots’ Theory of Change Creating Lasting Change

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Inputs Activities Outcomes Impacts
Getting Ready To Work Together Phase 1 Healthy People Individuals
Resources
• Establishing Community Champions • Knowing themselves • Proactive & healthy
• Money to invest into • Create village committees Individuals with
programmes • Complete Community Self-Assessment • Learning and sharing independent mindsets
• Money to run the • Define SMART Goals skills
organisation • Strong Community Leaders
•• TimeTechnology Working On Projects Together Phase 2 • Embracing new ways of thinking with ability to influence long-term thinking & bring
• Materials and i. Using communal lands to produce about change
Guidance cash & stable food crops • Feeling physically and
• Community Assets ii. Growing and planting fruit and mentally well
indigenous trees
iii. Creating a shared community space
Healthy Homesteads Homes
for meetings and community events
People iv. Improving community access to clean
• Skilled, motivated & v. water for irrigation & household useEnsuring Animal Welfare • Continuous improvement • Strong families, with the knowledge and ability to
fulfilled staff of homes instill positive habits into the
••• Technical AdvisorsCommunity ChampionsEngaged Communities Supporting Community Champions • Train proactive individuals and help them Phase 3 • Taking advantage of home business • next generation.Independent households
• Invested Partners set up their own projects. opportunities with increasing capacity to
• Support proactive individuals to become generate wealth
community champions and share • Growing your own food
learning. and eating well
• Provide resources for projects that align
with SR Mission Healthy Communities Communities
Research Phase 4
Village Independence
• Physical Context • Looking after nature • Flourishing local plants and
• Community Capacity • Carryout a series of self-assessments to wildlife
• Existing Boots on the Ground understand how ready the village is for independence. • Planting of ingenious Trees • Interlinked communities,
• Local economic • Plan and deliver exit strategy. sharing assets and benefiting
environment Connected Communities Phase 5 • Improving roads and from improved infrastructure
services
• Thriving local economies
• Build a network of independent • Encouraging enterprise providing opportunities for all
communities working together. and people’s Market to find their fortune
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Programme Challenges

A summary of the challenges faced with delivery/scaling of programmes and improvements that will be made as a result.

Challenges

Lessons Learnt

• Low Attendance to Village Meetings . Reasons may include travel distance and lack of transport. This excludes those who have limited mobility from engaging on programmes.

• Reduce scale and restructure projects to allow for smaller groups working together.

• Resistance to Change. Challenge faced in changing community’s mindsets from donor focused to being proactive and working with existing resources. Villages with historic conflicts found working together challenging.

• Develop the Community Champions programme further and integrate a strong change management strategy.

• Managing Interpersonal Conflicts. Issues ranged from gossiping causing relationship breakdowns to safeguarding concerns and criminal offences, such as domestic and substance abuse.

• Establish a Conversation Café to get people to communicate more effectively.

• Climate Change. Low rainfall has impacted yields; compounded by the communities lacking irrigation facilities to compensate.

• Strengthen relationship with police and other agencies to increase community awareness of safeguarding issues, relevant laws and support available.

• Overlapping Programmes. We need to be mindful of existing programmes such as the Pfumvudza government farming program.

• Be prepared for climate change by providing a borehole to each community.

• Lack Of Resources. Limited availability of farming tools means over reliance on animals. Bio-engineered seeds and the restriction of seed production / distribution also have an impact.

• Develop Tree planting program and encourage the use of drought farming methods such diga-u-gute and zero-tillage .

• Economic Conditions. Local currency instability and price fluctuations have been a challenge. Rural farmers are struggling to find a profitable market in a challenging economic context.

• Develop clearer pathways to market and to improve the profitability of rural farmers.

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Impact Since Inception

Data: Activities delivered between Nov 2015 - Dec 2022.

School Fees Funded For 175 Children (including 35 orphans), supporting the education provision of 600+ children from surrounding villages

Improvement in health of 20 adults living with HIV

3 Villages immersed in the Sainted Roots development model

$42,000 income generated and invested back into the community

40% of villagers surveyed were reported to have access to 3 meals per day & further 54% had access to at least 2 meals per day

Support given to 2 children and 2 vulnerable women experiencing abuse

20 Hectares of communal land donated to support our work

1,600+ Adults impacted through training provision

$55,000 Donated to SR programmes and invested in rural communities

40+ seasonal jobs and 6 part time jobs created to support delivery of our work

44 Tonnes of produce grown

1,000 Trees budded & grafted

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2022 Finance Review

2022 Charity Commission Report

Sainted Roots - 1184408

For the year ended 31 December 2022

2022 Charity Commission Report Sainted Roots - 1184408 For the year ended 31 December 2022	2022 Charity Commission Report Sainted Roots - 1184408 For the year ended 31 December 2022
Net Income / (Expenditure)		Unrestricted Funds	Restricted Funds	Endowment Funds		Total Funds
Income
						0.00
Donations & Legacies
	Donations and Gifts	11,260.92	760.00		0.00	12,020.92
	Total Donations & Legacies	11,260.92	760.00		0.00	12,020.92
Charitable Activities
Sale of Charitable Goods & Services		118.50	0.00		0.00	118.50
Sale of Beneficiary Goods & Services		177.00	0.00		0.00	177.00
	Total Charitable Activities	295.50	0.00		0.00	295.50
Other
	Bank Interest	0.16	0.00		0.00	0.16
	Total Other	0.16	0.00		0.00	0.16
						0.00
Total Income		11,556.58	760.00		0.00	12,316.58
Expenditure
						0.00
Raising Funds
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and publicity		(481.73)	0.00		0.00	(481.73)
	Total Raising Funds	(481.73)	0.00		0.00	(481.73)
Charitable Activities
Delivery	of Charitable Goods and Services	(6,983.30)	(92.93)		0.00	(7,076.23)
	Governance Costs	(1,279.62)	0.00		0.00	(1,279.62)
	Total Charitable Activities	(8,262.92)	(92.93)		0.00	(8,355.85)
Other
	Connectivity, Phone & Data	(344.35)	0.00		0.00	(344.35)
	IT Software	(624.21)	(60.00)		0.00	(684.21)
	Computers and other equipment	0.00	(609.98)		0.00	(609.98)
	Motor Vehicles	(1,273.92)	0.00		0.00	(1,273.92)
Loan Repayment to External Funder		(400.00)	0.00		0.00	(400.00)
	Total Other	(2,642.48)	(669.98)		0.00	(3,312.46)
						0.00
Total Expenditure		(11,387.13)	(762.91)		0.00	(12,150.04)
Total Net Income / (Expenditure)		169.45	(2.91)		0.00	166.54	9

2022 Finance Review

2022 Spend Breakdown by Function / Programme

	d Roots - 1184408 year ended 31 December 2022 4% 14% 32% 21% % Communications IT Operations People Personal Growth Sustainable Farming	d Roots - 1184408 year ended 31 December 2022 4% 14% 32% 21% % Communications IT Operations People Personal Growth Sustainable Farming	Grand Total Communications £482.73 Video Production £481.73 IT £1,608.63 Computers and other equipment £609.98 Connectivity, Phone & Data £314.44 IT Software £684.21 Operations £3,713.12 Delivery of Charitable Goods and Services £1,063.76 SR Rural HQ Building Project £277.00 Governance Costs £898.44 Loan Repayment to External Funder £400.00 Motor Vehicles Repairs & Tax £1,273.92 People £2,357.17 Wages & Salaries £2,357.17 Personal Growth £229.42 Leadership Training £100.63 Governance Costs £128.79 Sustainable Farming £3,130.99 Delivery of Charitable Goods and Services £2,393.6 Purchasing Community Champion Crops £628.00 Governance Costs £109.39 Grand Total £11,521.06
2% 27	21% %	4% 14% 32% Communications IT Operations People Personal Growth Sustainable Farming
	£0.00 £1,000.00 £2,000.00 £3,000.00 £4,000.00	£371312	£2,357.17 £229.42 £3,130.99 People Personal Growth Sustainable Farming
		,.
		£1,608.63
		£481.73
		Communications IT Operations

Sainted Roots - 1184408

For the year ended 31 December 2022

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4%
Communications
14%
27%
IT
Operations
People
2%
Personal Growth
32%
21% Sustainable
Farming
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Meet The Team

Think Long Term: Do not eat the seeds of the fruit, instead plant them and grow your own orchard.

Trustees

Ms. Faith Nyabadza-St Francis (FNS) Chairperson Overseeing and organising programs & safegaurding on the ground. Developing structure and capacity building programmes.

Ms Tendy St Francis (TS) Secretary Accounting, Operational procedures, Architecture & Infrastructure Program, Governance and Reporting

Zimbabwe Board Advisors

Mr Simon Matsvai Sustainable Farming Programme Advisor

Ms Rumbidzai Chijiri Personal Growth & Education Programme Advisor

Mrs. Mercy Hatendi (MH) Safeguarding-training strategies, Operational Procedures and Governance.

Ms Chi St Francis (CS) Treasurer

Accounting, Operations & IT, Programme Development, Digital marketing, Fundraising, Governance & Reporting

Mr David Nyamurera (DN)

Operational procedures, programme development and registration

Ms Ruth Tapfumaneyi Entrepreneurism Advisor

UK Board Advisors

Ms Christina Adetiba (CA) Operational procedures, Governance and Reporting

SR Volunteers and Interns

Mrs. Tsitsi Masukume (TM) Safeguarding advisor.

Miss Chantelle Shaw Data Analyst Intern

Ms. Tamuka Chitemere (TC) General Guidance

Mrs. Annette Mashingaidze (AM) General Guidance

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Meet The Team

Sainted Roots Rural Team

Mr Stanley Makoni Rural Farming Projects Manager

Mr Enoch Chibika Shenayeguta Farming Projects Supervisor Tree Grafting & Budding

Mr Enock Marara Tree Projects Manager

SR Support Team

Mrs Amaria Masukume PA to Chairperson Project support and recording

SR Shenayaguta Consultants and Support

Mrs Mashaya Agriculture Specialist

Mrs Enock Nyabadza Project support - on standby

Mr Enock Nyabadza Assistant Shenayeguta Farming Project Supervisor

SR Shenayaguta Support

Mrs Melodious Gudoricharima Homestead Maintenance and Hospitality Supervisor

Mr Bismark Odd Jobs as needed

Miss Rumbidzai Nyabadza Homestead Maintenance and Hospitality Assistant

Mrs Mery Matindini (Mai Love) Project Care of the elderly, Broadcast and feedback, Community Coordination and Health Secretary

Mrs Chipo Nyabadza (Mai Tapi) Project Care of the elderly, Broadcast and feedback, Community Coordination and Health Secretary

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