# Annual Report 2023 Action and Compassion for Tanzania
## • WHO WE ARE
• ACT is a registered UK CIO, founded in 2022 and was made up of members who had had previous experience of small scale development projects in Mtwara, Tanzania since 2015. They wished to keep their support going by forming this charity.
• ACT aims to raise and dispense money for development projects within Tanzania to relieve poverty especially in the area of education, healthcare and sustainable income generation
• ACT can take on small projects because it is staffed entirely by volunteers, both in the UK and Tanzania
## LOCATION OF PROJECT AREA
## HOW WE ARE ORGANISED
We have a Board of Trustees with a range of skills, including previous experience and work in Tanzania.
We have partnership links with a Tanzanian NGO called Soma Salama who support and facilitate our work in the area.
Project identification originates from needs identified by Soma Salama, which are followed up with a joint visit from the charity to assess the projects.
The outcomes are then put to the Board for approval and decisions.
1. Maternity ward Many women have no choice but to give birth in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. In Tanzania, over 15,000 women die during childbirth or pregnancy every year. ACT’s big project is to raise £15,000 to fund the build of a maternity ward to be attached to the existing dispensary in Chuno area, Mtwara Municpal Visit to the site by Soma Salama and ACT Members in 2022
## WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2022-23
## Identifying projects for funding 2023-24.
Following visits which were made together with Soma Salama to assess a range of projects, both new and linking to our previous experience in the area, the following 2 main projects were identified to inform our fundraising activities. Further projects and ideas are also considered but these are our main focus
A completed Maternity ward in Mtwara region in 2021 which an ACT Trustee had personal knowledge and involvement in, and informed this decision
## WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2022-23
## Identifying projects for funding 2023-24.
2. HIV Students club
Childrens HIV group There is a widespread HIV issue in Tanzania where also sadly, many young children are infected.
This HIV Students club is a continuation of a project that existed before ACT was registered but temporarily suspended while a new site and teacher were identified Students who will benefit from the club are identified by Mikindani Medical Centre. Previously we had helped with food, a teacher for additional lessons and volunteer visits.
Soma salama have identified a school in Mtwara that is willing to host the club, and they will visit with an ACT trustee in October 2023
## WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2022-23
## 3 Peaks Challenge
As a small charity in its first year activities have also involved the - essentials of setting up bank account, starting website (act tanzania.org) processing safeguarding and gpdr information , and raising funds for the projects we aim to support
## Fundraising activities for the Flagship Projects
Following the identification of projects we intend to fund in 2023-24; As a small charity, a main effort has been going in to organising fundraising events;-
- A quiznight
- 3 Peaks challenge
- Visiting Summer fetes
- ( Dance event set for October 2023)
ACT has used Stewardship.org to receive funds and administer gift aid.
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Quiznight
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## **Where does our Money come from:**
All our income in 2022/23 was from donations (with associated Gift aid) from regular givers, sponsorship of events (3 peaks challenge) and from tickets sold for fundraising events (Quiz night)
Total Income to end December 2023 was £15,623
## **What have we spent our money on in the past Year.:**
Our main spending during the period was on costs associated with fundraising events eg Hire of hall and purchase of food and drinks for the events.
We paid expenses for running a HIV club, we purchased some school uniforms for HIV children in Tanzania and paid for medical expenses for a HIV child
Our major spend in Tanzania has been limited to a £2,400 donation for the building of a borehole in Naumbe , as we are building a fund to support our major project to build a maternity room at a clinic in Tanzania.
Total Expenses for fundraising was £3,296 Total donations to projects in Tanzania were £3,642
## Summary accounts
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||Total Income|||||15,623|
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||Total donantion out in Tanzania|||||3,642|
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||Total expenses for fundrasing|||||3,296|
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||Remainingfunds|||||8,685|