## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 08/07/2020 **Period start date To** 31/12/2021 **Period end date**
## **Charity name: The Happiness Project Ghana**
## **Charity registration number: 1190295**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1. Advancing the education of the pupils at
Kankaboom Children’s School by providing
and assisting in the provision of facilities for
education
2. Helping to prevent or relieve poverty in
Ghana, West Africa by providing or assisting
in the provision of education, training,
healthcare projects and all the necessary
support designed to enable individuals to
generate a sustainable income and be self-
sufficient
3. Creating a world in which all children are
free to develop and flourish. Helping to
shape a society in which all children have
access to education and medical care.
4. Supporting families struggling with various
challenges and give them the assistance
they need to encourage self-sustainability|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The charity supports the community**
**through:**
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**_High quality education_**from
kindergarten 1&2 till basic 3 in
Kankaboom Children’s School which
is built by the charity and is regularly
adjusted to meet the needs of our
students, staff and the local
community.
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**_Family social support_ **to encourage
families to help themselves in the
long run, e.g., by us providing micro-
grants, loans, or resources to start
businesses to support their own
families in the future.
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**_medical care for families in rural_**
**_communities_**_(after assessment and_
_if logistically and financially possible)_
to provide transportation to hospital
assist in purchasing treatments to
most common illnesses. Where
possible the Happiness Project|
|||Ghana will take community members
to the hospital and covers their costs
as well as educating them on how to
spot symptoms in the future and the
importance of health care. The
charity also organises clinics to be
run through the community to test
community members for illnesses
such as HIV, Malaria or Diabetes for
free and provide treatment if tested
positive.
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**_Guaranteed free medical_**
**_insurance_**, for students and staff of
Kankaboom Childrens’s School:
Which does not cover all
treatment/medication but does
reduce the cost of most. The cost of
medical insurance for a child is £2.50
per year. Every student is enrolled in
the Ghanaian medical insurance
system.
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**_Implemented feeding_ program**
which guarantees every student a
healthy and nutritious lunch during
the school day.
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**_Constant access to clean drinking_**
water for students and staff of
Kankaboom Children’s School which
is not accessible in rural
communities. Clean drinking water
protects our students and staff from
water-borne diseases that can be
fatal when ingested, such as typhoid,
cholera, and Hepatitis A & E. The
charity ensures, that the access to
clean water is constantly given for
our staff and students.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have been provided with
access to the Public Benefit Guides
produced by the Charity Commission.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Due to the pandemic, the Kankabooom Children’s School was closed for most of the
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|here covered financial period. Accordingly,
the charity had no paid staff during this
financial period. All tasks to maintain and
continue the charity were fully performed by
volunteers. Volunteers in the UK and
Germany took care of the administrative
work such as managing and promoting the
charity and public relations and volunteers in
Ghana took care of the maintenance of the
school even while it was closed.|
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|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the work
of the charity, but we were still able to
achieve the following during the financial
period:
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Conducting different and regular
meetings on zoom with all volunteers
and trustees
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Collecting material donations and
preparing them to send out to Ghana
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Finalising the new website and
charity design after renaming and re-
registering it
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Ongoing promotion of the charity
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Staying in good contact with the
volunteers in Ghana to be able to
react to different medical and
financial needs of the community
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Development of new guidelines and
plans to reopen the school after the
pandemic
-
Supporting a child from the
community, Amina and her family
with a skin graft surgery and the
medical costs incurred by her
treatment during that time|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s financial position is healthy
and, as all work was carried out by
volunteers during the pandemic, remained
small|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Since the school was closed during the
pandemic, there were hardly any running
costs during this financial period. No salaries
had to be paid or materials for the school.
Thus, it was clear that the income would
have to be saved as reserves so that the
charity could guarantee a proper running
school for the students and pay the salaries
of the newly hired teachers without major
difficulties after the pandemic. It was also
clear that after the pandemic the school
would have to be expanded and some parts
of the school would have to be renovated, so
reserves were set aside to be able to effort
these construction costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The total reserves that were being held after
expenditures in this financial period, to start
the new year after the pandemic, were:
£7,310.38|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal sources of funding are:
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Donations of individual and private
donors
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Cooperation with an institution:
Kindergarten|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Charity was exposed to the main risk of
the pandemic during this financial period.
The pandemic could have resulted in
significant losses of donations from private
donors. By closing the school, the charity
was exposed to the risk that students would
not or could not return to school after the
pandemic.
These risks were actively discussed in
meetings and contingency plans were|
developed. Saving funds was also a big part of risk management. By actively responding to the risks and working to ensure that these risks did not cause great harm, the charity was able to withstand the pandemic well. Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopting the Charity
Commission’s model constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|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|New trustees are appointed by a decision of
the charity trustees. The decision is based
on skills, knowledge, experience and
passion towards the charity’s purposes,
work, and visions.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Happiness Project Ghana is led and
managed by volunteer Trustees. In the
financial period there are 3 volunteer
trustees and volunteers in Ghana, working
for the charity.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|The charity works independent and is not
related to any other party.|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Happiness Project Ghana|
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|Other name the charity uses|HPG|
|Registered charity number|1190295|
|Charity’s principal address|290
Andover Road
RG20 0LL
Newbury|
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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Gerayesh-Nejad|Chair|||
||Hannah Meyer|Treasurer|||
||PhilipLLoyd|Trustee|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Hannah Vanessa Meyer **Full name(s)** Shadee Faye Gerayesh-Nejad **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair, Trustee Treasurer, Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 18.10.2022
|**The Happiness Project Ghana**||**No (if any)**||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|June 2020
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|December 2021||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1.939**
**5.372**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7.311**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7.311**
**86,4**
**30**
**2.646**
**1.130**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3.892**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3.892**
**3.419**
**-**
**-**
**3.419**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1.939**
**5.372**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7311**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7311**
**86,4**
**30**
**2646**
**1.130**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3.892**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3.892**
**3.419**
**-**
**-**
**3.419**|
|Individual donations|**1.939**||||
|Institutional donations (Kindergarten
cooperation)|**5.372**||||
||**-**||||
||**-**||||
||**-**||||
||**-**||||
||**-**||||
||**-**||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**7.311**||||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||
||**-**||||
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|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||
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website hosting& domain|**86,4**||||
|school materials|**30**||||
|Payments to Ghana for renvation costs|**2.646**||||
|Skingraft treatment costs|**1.130**||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**3.892**||||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||
||**-**||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||
||**3.419**|**-**|**-**|**3.419**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**3.419**|**-**|**-**|**3.419**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|Date of
approval|
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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Print Name
Shadee Faye Gerayesh-Nejad
Hannah Vanessa Meyer||
|||Shadee Faye Gerayesh-Nejad|18.10.2022|
|||Hannah Vanessa Meyer|18.10.2022|
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