Trustees Annual Report
For the Period: 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021
Charity Name Gecko on the Move Charity Number 1188327
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To advance the education of school age children throughout the world, particularly, but not exclusively, in the subject of maths, by supporting teachers and by supplying educational resources such as math manipulatives. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public beneft, in particular, the activities, projects or services identifed in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
●Project at Bandari School, Tanzania started December 2020 until 11th Jan 2021 Local Teacher employed in Mto Wa Mbu who supported the Bandari Project School in addition to starting an outreach program in other local schools by training teachers and modelling lessons using the 100 pocket chart. This continued for the whole year. Weekly training in Mathematics across all primary years classes (observation and participation) for the GOTM locally employed teacher at two international schools every Friday in Arusha. Connection made with Twende Education for All in Zambia to form a possible partnership in the Children Cancer Learning Centres in Lusaka and in local schools in the Mpika region. ●ISF Italy agreed to take GOTM on as its school project 2021 however, this did not happen due to covid restrictions and students not being able to partake in any outside activities of school property. There was also a change of leadership at the school and the project was being supported by the Head of school who left in July 2021 |
| Statement confrming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft |
Para 1.18 | All trustees are aware of the public guidance beneft and have read it. |
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| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | Contribution made by volunteers: Celi Harper volunteered at the Bandari Project for nearly four weeks. During that time she trained the new GOTM locally employed teacher, Zawadi Lukamay. Together they connected with local schools and devised a plan for the teaching of mathematics in these schools. Together both teacher’s team taught and created termly plans for the teaching of mathematics. Celi carried out staf inset with the support of Zawadi and introduced the teachers to new materials. No other volunteers joined this year due to covid restrictions. 3 teachers from Australia were due to volunteer but Australia enforced restrictions on leaving and entering the country. |
Achievements and Performance
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the diference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its benefciaries and any wider benefts to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | Achievements and Performance The greatest achievement this year was employing a local teacher in Tanzania who supported the work at the Bandari project school but who also supported other local schools in the training and teaching of Mathematics. Not only did this empower the locals, it also ensured the project continued in our physical absence. Having Zawadi team teaching in each class increased collaboration within the school and allowed the teachers to diferentiate more easily. As a result, mathematical knowledge and understanding has increased across all year groups. Some classes have two maths lessons a day, one in Kiswahili and one in English and Zawadi noted that when she was not there for the second lesson, the teachers still used the manipulatives and if they were unsure they would ask her for advice. The students are now very familiar with the manipulatives and use them more readily. The students also use the materials outside maths lessons. At the start of 2021, Zawadi was employed with GOTM after the position was publicly advertised. In December 2021 GOTM returned to the Bandari Project and together with Zawadi, they refected on the strengths and challenges of the year. We went through all new resources and worked on the training days for teachers to be held in February 2022. We have secured Zawadi on secondment from the Bandari project for one more year. |
The children at the local schools looked forward to Zawadi coming each week to teach mathematics. The teachers were very welcoming and asked questions, sometimes this does not occur if it is a westerner modelling lessons and doing training. The local teachers felt more comfortable around a Tanzanian teacher. Zawadi also searched for maths songs and lesson ideas online to use with the students in her classes. Edx Education donated 100 and 120 pocket charts for use at the local schools. Teachers at Bandari gave up their Saturdays to have additional maths training using the new manipulatives and to clean all resources and trays. Teachers are becoming more confident and are asking more questions if their understanding is not clear. The training focused on the new resources donated by Edx Education but also the importance of translating concepts for students in Kiswahili so the students understand fully. GOTM formed partnerships with international schools in Arusha - United World College and St Constantine's school. Both schools fully supported having Zawadi attend on a weekly basis to observe and partake in mathematics lessons in an international primary setting. GOTM purchased a laptop for Zawadi so she could communicate more effectively with GOTM and share Google docs of planning and feedback. Over the course of 2021, Celi Harper, the founder of GOTM saw a marked improvement in Zawadi’s confidence as a person and as a teacher. She represents the charity well, displaying great initiative. This year we decided to get the trolleys made locally to store the trays and manipulatives in, this way we are saving on environmental costs due to carriage and are putting money back into the local community. The new trolleys were all made of wood by a local carpenter. We connected with an NGO, Twende Education for All in Lusaka, Zambia. We held meetings to see whether it was viable for us to support their projects in the children’s cancer hospital in Lusaka and in local schools in Mpika starting in January 2022.
Financial Review
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| Review of the charity’s fnancial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Money in the account at the start of the fnancial year 2021 = GBP 2989 Ingoings (donations and sponsors) = 4729 GBP Outgoings Jan to Dec 2021 = 3441 GBP Money left in the account in Dec 2021 = GBP 4366 |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The money held in the account is to be used for further projects in January to March 2022 in Tanzania and Zambia. We need to obtain more co-ordinators for each project, the salary and transport costs of our locally employed teacher and trolleys for storage. Website and Ict costs need ot be covered each year. |
| Amount of reserves held |
Para 1.22 | Amount of reserves held = 4366 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.24 | N/A |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | In the foreseeable future it is still uncertain if we are able to obtain more volunteers and recruit co ordinators due to restrictions put in place by governments due to pandemics. |
Additional information
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Private sponsors and donations Edx Education |
| Breakdown of Spending | Total spening = GBP 3441 On the ground costs in Tanzania including Local teacher salary for 12 months) = GBP 2908 Admin costs (website, ICT hardware, stationary, shipping) = GBP533 |
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| A description of the principle risks facing the charity |
Funding - applying for grants Covid/pandemic travel restrictions Obtaining volunteers and coordinators |
Structure, Governance and Management
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| Type of Governing Document | Para 1.25 | Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted | Para 1.25 | CIO- Charitable Incorporated Organisation |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | No new trustees added |
| Relationship with any other parties |
Para 1.5 | ● Edx Education ● Grantells Uk ● St Constantine's School, Arusha ● UWC School Arusha ● Twende Education for All ● Smalls for All |
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| Balance sheet Jan- Dec 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||||
| Receipts | |||||||||||||||
| d Me (after fees) | 67.47 | 256.56 | |||||||||||||
| Pal facebook etc | 946 | 1,074 | 40 | ||||||||||||
| ecific Donations | 2,345 | ||||||||||||||
| neral Donations | |||||||||||||||
| Gift Aid | Total | ||||||||||||||
| Total Revenue | 946 | 1,074 | 40 | 2,412 | 257 | 4,729 | |||||||||
| Local Teacher | 850.00 | ||||||||||||||
| M Coordinators | |||||||||||||||
| Flights | 710.89 | ||||||||||||||
| Accommodation | 67.00 | 114.65 | |||||||||||||
| Visa Costs | 42.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Transport/Petrol | 98.00 | 63.00 | |||||||||||||
| Covid Testing | 44.50 | ||||||||||||||
| Food /water | 65.00 | 45.00 | |||||||||||||
| Phone/Internet | 7.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Excess baggage | 251.00 | ||||||||||||||
| ICT | 170.00 | 113.00 | 11.51 | 94.16 | |||||||||||
| Advertising | |||||||||||||||
| Misc | 123.00 | 7.00 | |||||||||||||
| Insurance | 279.00 | ||||||||||||||
| tional resources | 214.00 | ||||||||||||||
| al Development | 72.00 | ||||||||||||||
| rofessional Fees | |||||||||||||||
| Trustee Costs | |||||||||||||||
| Other costs | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| Total Expenses | 523.00 | 0.00 | 286.00 | 850.00 | 113.00 | 251.00 | 0.00 | 11.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 94.16 | 1,313.04 | 3,441.71 | ||
| Profit and loss | 423.00 | 1,074.00 | -286.00 | -810.00 | -113.00 | -251.00 | -11.51 | 2,317.84 | -1,056.01 | ||||||
| pening balance | 2,989.07 | 3,412.07 | 4,486.00 | 4,200.00 | 3,390.00 | 3,277.00 | 3,026.00 | 3,014.49 | 3,104.49 | 3,104.49 | 5,422.33 | ||||
| ng cash balance | 3,412.07 | 4,486.07 | 4,200.00 | 3,390.00 | 3,277.00 | 3,026.00 | 3,026.00 | 3,014.49 | 3,014.49 | 3,104.49 | 5,422.33 | 4,366.32 |