Trustees‘ Annual Report
Thandadani – love one another
Registered Charity No. 1197152, registered on 15.12.2021
Aim and Purposes
Thandanani is committed to preventing and relieving poverty as stated in our charitable purposes. We seek to advance education for girls and women in Europe and Africa by providing them with free re-usable sanitary products in order to enable them to carry out their usual daily activities during their monthly periods. We also provide humanitarian aid, food, educational equipment and personal hygiene articles to people in need.
Objectives and Activities
We launched the project called “Vulnerable” in order to make people aware of the global problem of Period Poverty. Statistics show that not having access to sanitary products causes girls to drop out of school during their vulnerable days. Dropping out of school on such a regular basis deprives girls of getting a quality education.
Fundraising Strategy
Thandanani never asks people for a donation. We create Fundraising Packs for all our Projects and ask people to raise funds instead.
The Fundraising Pack for “Vulnerable” contains information about period poverty and how girls are forced to cope with periods without access to sanitary products. It asks individuals to raise £18 for a period kit containing 6 re-usable pads, 4 pairs of underwear, a bar of soap, a small towel and an information card for menstrual health.
The Fundraising Pack contains numerous ideas of how people can raise funds including hosting a Period Party. It can be a simple or a fully catered party with activities where the guests donate what they would normally have spent of a hostess gift.
Achievements and Performance
This year we have been able to purchase and distribute 80 period kits to girls in the secondary school of Silobela, Zimbabwe called Zvibomvu Secondary School. We worked together with the principal Mr G. Moyo who helped us identify the girls in need.
One of our trustees, Sithandazile Moyo (not related to the school principal, even though same surname), visited the school on 29 September 2023 in order to distribute the period kits to the girls. The girls and their families expressed their gratitude as well as the school principal. The principal asked whether the charity would consider to help boys with school uniforms, shoes and fees in the future.
A further 19 period kits as well as face cloths, bars of soap, groceries, clothes and first aid kits were donated to a residential care facility for adults with disabilities in Silobela. The first aid kits were donated by members of the Harvest Centre Church in Brandon, UK.
Motivation and Vision
The word “Thandanani” means “Love one Another” in Zulu and represents the faith foundation of this charity. We believe that each one of us can make a difference just by giving what we have which includes time, attention, energy, relationships, mental capacity, talents, and sometimes money.
We would like to thank everyone who helped raise funds, you truly made a difference in people´s lives
Structure and management
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The trustees are responsible for the overall management of all projects as well as fundraising. All trustees give of their time freely and no remuneration or expenses were paid to them. No trustee or a person connected with a trustee received any benefit from this work.
Funds collected & spent
Year 2022 – 19.02.2024
| NAME | Amount in £ |
|---|---|
| Samuele Corciulo(17.04.2022) paypal | 5.00 |
| Samuele Corciulo(08.05.2022) paypal | 5.00 |
| Rachel Henry (03.06.2022) paypal | 90.00 |
| The Harvest Centre(22.08.2022) paypal | 200.00 |
| The Harvest Centre(26.09.2022) paypal | 80.00 |
| The Harvest Centre(07.11.2022) paypal | 55.00 |
| Ma Christina Laporta(10.11.2022) paypal | 50.00 |
| Jip Moyo (27.11.2022) paypal | 90.00 |
| The Harvest Centre(28.11.2022) paypal | 55.00 |
| Piu Vicino Production(10.01.2023) paypal | 45.00 |
| Jahleel Adams(06.09.2023) paypal | 100.00 |
| Jahleel Adams(07.09.2023) paypal | 40.90 |
| Lennie Smith(25.09.2023) paypal | 18.00 |
| Cash raised (Heidi baby shower 78.94, Mary 20, Andrea 20, Mark 20, Pat 35.68) |
174.62 (Cash paid into Anastasia´s account on 05.12.2022 then added 216.54 sent from paypal on 05.02.2023 to Samuel´s paypal in order to transfer 391 for Palesa Pads) |
| TOTAL collected: | 1008.52 |
| EXPENSES | |
| Palesa Pads | 391.16 (including 174.62 cash paid in and 216.54 sent viapaypal) |
| Period kits exluding pads Towels, Soap, Kit, …. |
137.26 |
| Shipping from Southafrica to Zimbabwe | 111.61 |
| Transport cost | 21.69 |
| Transaction fees including Paypal fees | 88.38 |
| TOTAL spent | 750.10 |
| Total left | 258.42 |