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Zambezi Working Donkey Project UK Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 10 June 2023

Registered Office. Charity Name Zambezi Working Donkey Project UK Charity 118998 New House Farm Village Road Christow

Trustees

Sarah Harvey (Founder and Trustee)

With a lifelong passion for and some knowledge of equines, first became aware of the plight of working donkeys on a visit to Zambia six years ago and along with her daughter who lives there knew something had to be done to help these animals and so founded ZWDP.

Anne Penney (Trustee)

Also with long term experience of equines and having much travelled worldwide, well understands animal welfare issues in poor countries and has spent much of her free time volunteering including for the RDA.

Tania Wedin (Trustee)

Established and runs her own successful business . She also runs the HOCL trust and launched a campaign providing free antiviral sanitiser to frontline workers during the covid pandemic.

Meryl McLaren (Trustee)

Has had a long term love for equines which she has been surrounded by since a young age and continues today. She has an MA in archaeology

Bankers Lloyds Bank Oldham

Structure and organisation

Zambezi Working Donkey Project UK is a registered charity that was founded in October 2018 and registered as a CIO with the UK Charties Commision on 18th June 2020. Registration number 1189998.

ZWDP operates according to its constitution and is managed by its trustees who meet quarterly to discuss progress, direction, finances and fundraising.

ZWDP supports its partner Zambezi Working Donkey Project in Zambia The two are separately registered organisations in their own countries but the two boards work together towards a shared strategic plan.

Zambezi Working Donkey Project Zambia is a registered Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee (reg no 120190001631.

Our Vision

Is a Zambia where working donkeys are free from suffering, treated with compassion and truly valued by those whose livelihoods depend on them.

Our mission

To relieve the suffering of working donkeys and other equines in Zambia and to promote humane behaviour by providing appropriate treatment, care, protection and security for these animals which are in need due to sickness, maltreatment, Ill use or poor circumstances and to educate their owners and public in general in regard to donkey welfare and prevent further suffering.

How we work

Since founding the ZWDP in 2018 we have undertaken multiple outreach clinics visiting rural villages and have made significant improvements to the lives of the donkeys and thereby those of their owners. We have done this by removing the heavy and entirely unsuitable wooden ox yokes and provided new harnesses made in our workshop, modifying carts for use with harnesses and removing excess weight and installing shafts making them lighter and easier to pull. We also advise on loading these carts correctly for balance.

We tend to wounds , often many, treat skin parasites and deworm, teach about hoof care; crucially we have introduced education on the care and wellbeing of these animals. This has been well received in the main and the level of interest and willingness has exceeded our expectations.

Our achievements

Up to the end of financial year ending 10th June 2023

We have undertaken 23 community outreach clinics as well as multiple follow up calls and markets visits with 572 people in 72 villages benefitting from our help with their working animals. We helped many others who came to our ‘drop in’ centre at our base at Maramba Farm in Livingstone and the 2 open days held there.

We have treated 1843 donkeys, provided 187 new, replacing 3. harnesses, modifying 12 + carts. We have ‘ Community Livestock Officers’ in key villages who help with coordination, monitoring and evaluation and training to empower farmers to care for their donkeys as well as through our Education Project.

We have rescued a further 25 donkeys in need during the year which we brought back to our base at Maramba Farm for treatment, 18 being released back to their owners once we were assured would care for them correctly. Those deemed too old or unable to work again are now living their dream retirement in adoptive homes. We currently have 16 in long term care at the farm.

Table 1

	ZWDP Accounts	2022 - 2023
Date
	Details	Paid In	Incoming Fees	Paid Out	Outgoing Fees	Balance
11/06/2022	Opening Balance					2,258.52
13/06/2022	Correspondent fee				20.00	2,238.52
	Foreign Payment			1,000		1,238.52
	Bank charge				15.00	1,223.52
03/08/2022	Payment	9.61				1,223.13
16/08/2022	Payment	29.94				1.263.07
	Payment	799.75				2.062.82
31/08/2022	PayPal Payment	723.49				2.786..31
05/09/2022	PayPal Payment	494.61				3,280.92
15/10/2022	Amazon Payment	27.00				3,307.92
06/12/2022	Foreign Payment			840.11		2,467.81
	Bank charge				15.00	2,452.81
12/12/2022	PayPal Payment	550.80				3,003.61
	Foreign Payment			2,600.00		403.61
	Correspondent fee				20.00	383.61
	Bank Charge				15.00	368.61
31/01/2023	Amazon Payment	43.09				411.70
13/03/2023	Payment	100.00				511.70

Table 1

	ZWDP accounts	2022 - 2023 cont
Date	Details	Paid In	Incoming Fees	Paid Out	Outgoing Fees	Balance
13/0/2023	Forwarded Balance					511.70
	Foreign Payment			426.69		85.01
	Correspondent Fee				20.00	65.01
	Bank Charge				15.00	50.01
12/04/2023	PayPal Payment	391.64				441.65
	PayPal Payment	1,502.94				1,944.59
13/04/2023	Jumblebee			191.75		1,752.84
17/04/2023	Foreign Payment			1,700.00		52.84
	Correspondent Fee			20.00		32.84
	Bank Charge			15.00		17.84
24/04/2023	Amazon Payment			21.81		39.65
09/05/2023	Payment	40.00				79.65
17/05/2023	Payment	156.04				235.04
19/05/2023	Amazon Payment	66.85				302.54
26/05/2023	Payment	38.96				341.50
31/05/2023	PayPal Payment	46.43				387.93
10/06/223	Closing Balance					387.93