**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** ||**SORP**
**reference**|| |---|---|---| |**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.| ||**SORP**
**reference**|| |---|---|---| |**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** ||**SORP**
**reference**|| |---|---|---| |**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** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| ||**SORP**
**reference**|| |**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** ||**SORP Reference**|| |---|---|---| |**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) = GBP**533| |**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** |**Descriptions of Charities Trust**|SORP Reference|| |---|---|---| |**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| |



|**Gecko on the Move**|**Gecko on the Move**|||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**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||| ||Facebook||||||||||||||| ||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|||