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Marafiki Trust
Annual Report and Financial Statements for year ended
31 Dec 2022
Registered Charity Number 1187949
PIC•CQLLAGE

MarafikiTrust ATrnu31 Re￿rt 2022
MARAFIKI TRUST
Charity Infomiation
Trustees
Nicola Guise BS¢.BEng
Elizabeth (Liz) Tumbull LLB
Rebecca Smith (from January 2023)
Regist•red charlty number
1187949
Reglstered offlce
Inanda
Church Street
Wadenhoe
PE8 5ST
Independent •xamlner Judie Woods FCA DChA BFP
90 South Road
Oundle
Peterborough
PE8 4BP
ICAEW member
Bankers
Barclays
Leicester
LE87 2BB

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Index
Page referen
Charity infomiation
Trustees, report
Independent examinerfs report
10
Receipts and Payments Account
Balan￿ Sheet
12
Notes
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MaraflkfjTn*Ann401 Re￿rt 2022
The Trustees present their Annual rekK)rt and a¢¢￿Jnts of the Marafiki Trust for the year
ended 31 December 2022.
Structure
ov
rn
nce and mana
structure
Marafiki Tmst. also known as MT (the Charity) is registered with the Charity Commission
with charity number 1187949. The Charity was originally fom)ed in December 2019 and
became a registered charity ￿ 13 Febnjary 2020.
Governance and Management
The Trustees manage the affairs of the Charity. The trustees who held officE during the year
are listed on page 2. The Charity's conslitution requires a minimum of trustees.
The Tnjstees confiryn that they have ￿mplIed with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act
2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidan￿ on public benefit.
'Charities and Public Benefif.
The Charity does not have any employees. The Trustees cary OLrt all day to day
management of the Charity.
ObJects
The prevention and relief of poverty in Kenya or the UK by providing grants, items and
seNices to individuals in need andlor charities and other organisations working to prevent or
relieve poverty andlor provide educational opportunities.
Our Vlslon
A world where all chIld￿n have the 0pFX￿1UnIfy to access a formal education no matter their
age, sex, religion. background or abilty-
Activlties, achlevements and perfomiance
Marafiki Trust was tM)m out of a desire on the part of its founding Trustees (Nicola and Liz)
to support projects in Kenya to provide education and facilities for disadvantaged groups of
children living in poverty in the slum areas of Nairobi. On a trip through Africa in 2016, the
founding Trustees met the founder5 of the Real Hope Community Youth Organisation
I'RHYCO,) and subsequent visits cemented a deep friendship be￿een the Trustees and the
founders of RHYCO, which is currently the main beneficiary of funding from the Charity. In
addition, the Trustees help to fund a small project- Joyful Hearts Centre I'JHC'I
established to support a small group of children with cerebral palsy.
The Trustee5 desire a 'hands on. approach to their support and giving to RHYCO and JHC
and want to ensure that their donations are maximised without overheads in the UK. The
Trustees ensure that all donations and grants are used for the charitable purposes they are

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intended for. The Trustees cover all administration expenses in the UK e.g. the website
hosling fee and the Trustees personally cover all expenses (including accommodation and
food) ￿lating to any trips they make to Kenya.
The Covid pandemic having prevented visits to the projects be￿een February 2020-
December 2021, the Trustees were delighted to resume regular visits and to start a
volunteer programme for sponsors and supp)rters of all ages.
Sponsorship
Of the 109 children in the RHYCO programme at the end of the year, 58 children had UK
sponsors through the Charity. The remaining children arg sponsored through International
Needs UK, Intemational Needs Canada and through RHYCO direct.
During 2022. RHYCO sponsorship in the UK was £20 per month (with Gift Aid where
approprialel and JHC full sponsorship was £40 per month. Of the 12 children registered at
JHC, 1 child has a full £40 monthly sponsorship. and 3 thildren have part sponsors at £20
per month. The Trustees continue to seek sponsors for the JHC children and continue to
look for more sponsors for new RHYCO children needing to join the programme as well as
focussing on dual sponsorship for those children at the top end of Primary School heading to
High School (in the old educational system). The RHYCO children have written to their
sponsors twice this year and sponsors are kept regularly up to date with photos of their
sponsored Children. The Trustees facilitate a letter exchange programme and deliver gifts
when they visit.
With the help of sponsors, the Charity funds monthly joint birthday parties for all the
Ghildren having a birthday in the given month.
BELLA CIAO {meanlng 'beautifvl welcome.):
In December 2020, the RHYCO team t￿k up a 2-year tenancy of new premises ('Bella
Ciao'l in Kawangware. Moving from shared facilities at Kabiro Communty Centre, the team
renovated and refurbished sparious exclusive-use premises in a more desirable location in
Kawangware, which now enables provision for more children to access the year-long
programme at the drop4n centre prior to formal education. as well as continuing with after-
school provision and holiday provision for the children who are registered at the ￿ntr8.
The two year lease contsined provision for RHYCO to purchase the premises by the end of
October 2022. The agreement gave RHYCO first right of ￿fUSal at a fixed price of
30,000,000 KSH (approximately £2(KJ,000). As a 'Community Based Organisalion,, RHYCO
was not legally entitied to acquire and own property so during 2022, the organisation
engaged the sery1￿S of lawyers through a child-focussed legal group {'Legal Sisterf) to
firstly register the organisation as a 'company limit￿ by guarantee. {fo￿edY registered as
Real Hope Community Foundation (RHCFI but still known as RHYCO). Upon successful
completion the process began to purchase the premises which was completed on 19
October 2022. Funds were provided by Intemational Needs Canada and the Charity jointly.
INCA had a single donor ftjnd their half share. The Charity was able to raise over half of their
share of the purchase costs (which in addition to the purchase price included legal fees,
registration costs and stamp duty totalling £117,601.83). The remainder of the funds for the
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protect their identity and is to be repaid (interest free) as soon as ry)ssibl8. when ftjnds are
avallable.
Bella Ciao continues to offer respite residential care in the fomi of a safe house for those
children for whom home lrfe becomes una￿P￿bIY difficult. The safe house can
accommodats up to 25 children who are cared for by a resident housemother and social
worker. In addition to the safe house, the premises indudes accommodation for 2 resident
staff and 2 security guards, a dininglm&eting hall. a library and dassrooms, wash facilsties
and toilets, kitchen and laundry facilities and a¢xommodation for volunteers, which it is
hoped will continue to generate income as well as providing an immersive experience for
volunteers.
JHC continues to operate independently wthin separate accommodation in the Bella Ciao
¢ompoLsnd with both groups benefiting hugely from the interaction belrnn the children and
economies of scale and staff overlap.
Fundraislng
In 2021, the Trustees set up an ongoing JustGiving c2mpaign page - Buying Bricks for Bella
Ciao (www. justgiving.comlcampaignibuyingbellaciao) to raise funds for the purchase of
Bella Ciao. A number of fundraising initiatives throughout the year contributed towards the
ongoing running costs as well as the purchase price and the Trustees are grateful to all
those who have and continue to assist bmth this.
During the purchase pro￿sS, links belween RHYCO and the ovmers of the Organic Farmers
Market in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya grew and evolved such that primary school fees are being
met as well as a weekly Gontribulion towards fruit and vegetables. This has been an
immense help in enabling the Charity to focus on raising fijnds for the purthase of Bella
Ciao.
In De￿rnber 2020, the Sullivan family kindly committed lo finan￿ the provision of
cnunselling services through the Charity for the RHYCO project for 2 years to commence in
March 2021. A counselling room was set up and the professional semces of a trained
counsellor are available 3 days per week. The Trustees are delighted to be able to
support this important and essential service and hugely grateful to the Sullivan family who
have continued to support it.
At the start of the year, folkjpunk band Ferocitws Dog held a ￿nCert in their hometown of
Warsop delighting fans and raising over £6000 towards the purchase of Bella Ciao. Lead
singer, Kenny Bonsall gave an emotional speech about his visit to Kawangware. Huge
gralitude to his wfe Karen who did so much behind the scenes to organise the event. band
members and support acts, Luke Wheatley (lighting and sound) and to Bob Cheatham (a
child sponsor) who through VicsGigs facilitated advertising, ticket sales and a video shown
on the night.
Thank you to newly appointed Trn￿tee, Becky Smtth for her Tansor Snowdrop event in
February 2022 and as always to Margaret Hunter who continues to support the Charity
through sales of her fairies and other sewing items.

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Vince Hayward has made regular additional donations and now funds the Charity's share of
monthly birthday parties.
An Educational Empowerment JustGMng campaign succeeded in funding secondary school
fees for the first of the MarafikF sponsored children to graduate to High School in January.
The Kajatswa Foundation generously donated £20,(KIO towards the purchase of the Bella
Ciao premises and the Charity also re￿[Ved donations from the Hudson Trust and Fo￿ester
Foundation during the year.
Farah Sharp and Caroline McEvoy entertained a delighted audience at Oundle's Stahl
Theatre during their .60 MINUTES to SELF DESTRucf comedy night raising funds for the
purchase of Bella Ciao.
Rob White completed a cyde ride from Crays PoThJ to Lands End raising funds for the
Charity.
Child sponsor, Jane Booth held a hula hoop fundraising challenge and inspired the children
at Bella Ciao to do the same in September. (knr £3CKIO was raised in these combined
initiatives.
Welland School of Ballet donated a significant amount of ball8t clothes facilitated by Laura
Hector, a former student.
Helen and lain Russell held a fabulous tennis tournament furKJraiser in September.
The Trustees spoke at the Oundle Rotary Club AGM. after whith a £100 donation was made
to the Charity.
Links between Uffington Primary School and Bella Ciao grew with ZlM)m chats and
ndraisers as well as pen pal letter exchanges.
Oundle Primary &hool had a fundraising day, triathlon event and children have also been
writing to children at Bella Ciao.
Oundle School held a Christmas concert with proceeds from ticket sales and donations on
the door being generously donated to the Charity.
Sue Wood donated the proceeds of weekly yoga classes in Wadenhoe, and a Wadenhoe
resident received donations for plants that were offered outside his home.
Tom Jelpke's 'Christmas lurkey trov in Nottingham pised funds at the end of the year.
Throughout the year. funds have been re￿iVed through 'Amazon Smile. and 'Give as You
Live, customers nominating the Charity. Disapp)intingly Amazon Smile have recently
stopped this service.
The Trustees would like to express our huge appreeiation to all our supporters, child
sponsors and donors without whom this valuable work woukl not have been px)ssible.

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Volunteers
Our volunteer programrrE got off to a great stsrt with 18 year old school leaver Oscar
Hughes's planned 4 week visit in January being extended to 4 months because he was
enjoying his expertence so much! He was joined by Olliy Barron and Ruth Warwick at Easter
and the three of them (by wrtue of a fundraiser organised by Ruth) took a large group of
children from RHYCO and JHC to the giraffe ￿ntre in Nairobi.
Camille Kynoch and family also visited over Easter arKI provided yoga equipffEnt and
'Young Yogis, training during a number of sessions at Bella Ciao.
Oliver Cunirffe and Evie Phillips Msited in JU￿ and t￿k a group of children on scout camp.
other visitors, in addition to the T￿￿tee$ induded Amanda Lovett, Nick Tumbull, Amelie
Holtby and Tom Denny.
'My experience of volunteering was one of the most inspiring things I've done. Within the first
few hours of an7ving and meeting the kids, I was already looking to extend my stay.1 I've
been following the work the Marafiki Tnjst are doing fora few years now. but I wasnt aware
of the full impact that the Charity has had unhl I went out to see it first hand. Everyone was
so wolcoming and l instantly Unde￿tOOd why the Trustees refer to th8 staff as their Kenyan
family,. I was only there for 3 weeks but in that time it felt like a s&cond home and I will be
back., Olliy Barron
Financlal Review
Total income received during the period was £ 131670. Total expenditure during the period
was £151872. induding grants of £145433 to RHYCO and £1696 to JHC. totalling £147,129.
As a result the Charity has generated a net deficit of £20202.
A major part of the expenditure in the later part of this financial year were grants to fund the
purchase of the property that the projects were leasing. to give secured premises for the
fvture.
As a registered charity Marafiki Trust is exempt from corpcration tax and income tsx on the
charitable aGtivities.
Reserves Policy
The Trustees, policy is to aim to maintsin a Suffic￿ level of general reserves to enable the
Charity to continue to support at least three months running costs in the general RHYCO
and JHC Funds. In addition, the Charity hold monies allocated for unrestricted Marafiki Trust
use. The estimated free reserves required, on a prudent basis. is £5,000.
As at 31 De￿rnber 2022, the Chaiity held £2,308 of unrestricted reserves and £1,586, in the
RHYCO and JHC general funds. This is lower than Mleal but funding was very tight to
support the purchase of the premises and addttional efforts to raise funds will be made in
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As anticipated. donors in Canada (through Intemational Needs Canada) are supporting the
full running costs of JHC beyond the monthly sponsorship money pledged by Marafiki
donors.
Rlsk Assessment
The Trustees regularly monitor risks at each meeting. The cost of living in Kenya has
remained high Sin￿ the Covid pandemic.
The Future
The hope for Ihe future is to acquire ftjnding to pay off the purchase loan for the Bella Ciao
premises in Kawangware as soon as possible whilst continuing to meet the ever increasing
running costs of the centre. A (xp has been put on new children joining the centre until
sponsors are secured for all existing children. Due to cost of living issues in the UK a few
sponsors have had to suspend their contributions during 2022. Costs of secondary school
education are significantly higher than primary and are not covered by the gonerous OFM
donations so dual sponsorship or asking sponsors to increase their donations is the only
way to meet Ihese costs and make support sustainable in the long term.
"To make a drffernnce in someone s lrfe, you dony have to be bnlliant. rich, beautrful or
perfect. You just have to Ca￿.- MANDY HALE
This ￿port was approved by the Trustees on 13 September 2023 and signed by
Nicola Guise
Elizabeth Tumbull
Trustee
Trustee

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Inde
ndent Examlnerfs Re
ort to the Trustees
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Marafiki Trust {the "Chariv)
for the period ending 31 December 2022.
Respert5ve responsibillties of trustees and examlner
As the Charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Charttie5 Act 20111the Act).
I report in respett of my examination of the ChariWs accounts carried out under sertion
145 of the Act and in carrying out my Èxamination I have followed all the applicable
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515){bl of the Act.
Independent examlnerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I can conflrm that no material matters have come to my
attention in connection wlth the examlnation giving me cause to belleve that In any material
respect:
accountin8 records are not kept In respert of the Charity as required by section
130 ofthe Art, or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records
I have no concerns and have come acr055 no other matters in connection wlth the
examination to whlch attention should be drawn In order to enable a proper understandln8
of the accounts to be reached.
Judie Woods FCA DChA BFP
13 September 2023
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Receipts and Payments Account
For year ending December 2022
Charity Number 1187949
Yearendknl
311121202Z
Unrestrkte R•strttsd Totalfvnds
Yearendkni
3111212021
In￿[r*fron￿.
Dr￿￿tionS
Fundraisir
8.no
82,792
40,168
91502
40,168
17525
17510
Totsl kn￿m￿
122.960 13L670
35.oa6
ExpendI￿r# on:
Ralstn8 Funds
tharitable actNttiÈs
175
14,716
175
136921 151.697
37571
Total eJwdltur•
14,951
136.921 15L8n
37.S71
Net ir*thnellexpend*ture
162411
1139611 1202021
125361
Bakn£È brou8ht foThrdr.
17.
791
Balantè carrled ￿Th￿rd
3.746
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Balance Sheet
For year ending 31 December 2022
Charity Number 1187949
Balance Sheet
3V121202Z
3111212021
Current assets
Cash In bank ènd In hand
6.054
26,256
Credltors: amounts falllnl due
within one year
Nei current assets
6P54
26256
Total •ssets
Funds
Unrestricted income lund
Restrkted income lund
2308
3.746
4.092
21164
Total funds
6,054
26,256
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Notes to the Accounts for the
ear to 31 December 2022
l. Accounting policies
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial
statements are set out below.
Charlty Informatlon
The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis and are presented in
sterling which is the functional currency of the Charity.
Funds
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in
furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been
designated for other purposes.
Designated funds comprise unrestricted fundsthat have been set aside by the
Trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out
in the notes to the financial statements.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with the specific
restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for
particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged
against the specrfic fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is Set out in the
notes to the financial statements.
Income recognition
All incoming resources are included in the Receipts and Payments Account when the
Charity receives the cash or monie5 directly into its account.
Donated professional services are recognised in income at their fair value i.e. The
amount the Charity would be willing to pay in the open market for such facilities and
services. A corresponding amount is recognised in expenditure. No amount is
included in the financial statements for volunteer time.
Expenditure recognition
All expendrture is accounted for on a cash basis and has been classified under
headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Support Costs
Support costs are those that assist the work of the Charity but do not directly
represent charitable artivtties and include administrative costs. They are incurred
directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the Charity. allocated to
expenditure on charitable activities.
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2. Control
The Charity decisions are made by the Trustees as a body which is detailed on page 2
of this report. No one trustee or group of trustees has dominant control.
3. Analysls of Inc(yne
12 monthsto
Dec 2022
Total funds
12 months to Dec
2021
Total funds
Income from:
Donations
Child Sponsorship
Events
Raffles
Grants receievd
76.859
14.643
14,668
17,525
12.286
79
1,745
3,400
25.5(K)
Total Income
131.670
35.036
4. Payments to Trustees
The Trustees cover trip costs and any other administrative expenses like website
charges, printin& postage etG themselves.
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5. Analysls of funds
UN¢siiitttd Marafiki
tr&tEd RMYro
4.IP)2
4.158
&S34
176
&7W IW
113461
IJm51
L746
562
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RKICO Childsr•wsllp
AHYCO¥tntral
924
1758
ILini
{ts21
fL375}
PEP
1176
{1.350J
826
359
97
IL2
Grfts
8*113 tiaowrlk75e
L312
10.ts7
102.461
17.Th IIUSI
Il3251
IiU5991
iO.U81
I￿960
roTA FiifiDS
4054
Notes on funds
Unrestricted Marafiki= Funds with no restriction than for our charity. l.e., could be used
for a project other than RHYCO orJHC {Joyful Hearts Centre}. We aim to keep a
minimum of £500 in this fund for unforeseen issueslprojects.
Unrestricted RHYCO JHC: Funds that can be used for any aspect of RHYCO or JHC
RHYCO child sponsorship: Funds donated specifically for RHYCO children sponsored by
individuals1£20/month per child). Most donors give monthly though some donate
annually so there is money carried forward each month.
RHYCO general: Funds raised for any aspect of RHYCO but not JHC or other projects.
JHC child sponsorship= Funds donated specifically for JHC children sponsored by
individuals1£40/month per child divided between two sponsors)
JHC general: Funds raised for any aspect of JHC but not RHYCO or other projects.
Parental Empowerment project {PEP)." Funds raised by a grant to cover a year of
support in the programme to enable families (usually Mumsl to set up in small
businesses allowing them to start providing for themselves.
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Counselling: Funds donated speclfically to provide counselling in the new centre,
particularly for children who have undergone significant trauma and abuse through the
recent period when the centre had to be closed because of the pandemic.
Children gifts: Funds donated for specific chlldren orfor birthday parties or Christmas
gifts.
Bella Ciao Purchase: Funds donated speclallyto support the purchase of the new
premises. Some of these funds were donated specifically after the purchase to help pay
off the loan.
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