## **IRFF UK April 2024 to March 2025** ## Overview ## **1 Our Mission & Values** **Vision** : Providing education for, relief to, and improving the health of disadvantaged people as well as enabling sustainable development to as many people and in as many countries as can properly be cared for. ## **Mission Statement** : - •Providing financial support for ongoing programmes run by teams in the countries IRFF works with - Providing financial start-up support for new initiatives which will aid the team/board in a given country to achieve medium to long-term self-sufficiency - •Teaching management skills which a team/board can use locally to more efficiently communicate and manage their own affairs on the road to self-sufficiency There are highly motivated people, primarily volunteers, in the countries we work with, prepared to deliver the services needed and strive to improve themselves to achieve higher levels of self-sufficiency. Therefore, more can be achieved for the beneficiaries, even when funding from the UK may be limited. The programmes IRFF UK supports - such as Primary, Secondary, Vocational Education and health initiatives - are literally life savers and life changers for the beneficiaries. All funds sent to Africa go directly to the people who will spend it charitably - and account for it. It is not channelled through any "extractive" system. ## **Highlights :** ||**Highlights: **||| |---|---|---|---| ||**OUR WORK in Africa**:|**Project Type /**
**Name**|**Persons**
**reached**
**(average)**| ||IRFF UK partners with communities, schools, institutions and
organizations in**three fields**.||| ||1.**Primary and Secondary Education**as preparation for adult life||534| ||2.**Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) for young women**
**and some young men**as preparation for employment in adult
life, bringing advantages for their families and their communities.||38| ||3.**Offering assistance in health care related fields**like teaching
girls in Ghana, South Africa and Uganda about menstrual hygiene
and providing them with the necessary menstrual products.||1,184| ||**4. A soup kitchen in Walmer Township South Africa**||500| ||**5. Past infrastructure projects at other locations**like other
Ugandan schools**+ previous TVET in Gambia + previous**
**projects in Uganda**such as education in prison, MMT (removing
jiggers).
Projects before 2010 and the school in Sri Lanka are not
included.||728| ||**DR CONGO**||| ||1. Primary Education and Secondary Education for previous street
children in Goma
**until 16/05/24**|**Primary/ Secondary**
**Education**
**DR CONGO (HFC)**
**STREET CHILDREN**|60| ||2. Training older boys in carpentry and young women in operating a
bakery|**Vocational Education**
**Part of HFC work**|7included in
the 60| ||**GHANA**||| ||1. Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) of young women in the
_informal sector,_Cohort 2 being assembled|**Vocational Education**
**GHANA**
**VOCATIONAL**
**TRAINING**|4graduated
+6training| ||2. A period poverty project|**Health care**|600| ||**SENEGAL**||| ||1. Channelling funds, received 1:1, to a school in Senegal|**Primary Education**|200| ||**SOUTH AFRICA**||| ||1. Walmer Primary School in Port Elizabeth particularly including
literacy classes to aid “reading for meaning” and therefore
improve a child’s capacity for learning|**Primary Education**
**CHILD LITERACY**|60| ||2. Slovo Study Group, offering online learning at secondary level +
special tutoring|**Secondary Education**|8| ||3. A period poverty project – from March 2022|**Health care**|170| ||4. A soup kitchen project in the Walmer Community|**Feeding children and**
**old people**|500| ||**UGANDA**||| |---|---|---|---| ||1. Provision of a high-quality Primary education at Destiny School
south of Kampala. School children being taught gardening and
planting of greens.|**Primary Education**
**DESTINY SCHOOL**|206| ||2. Provision of proper toilet facilities in schools, especially for
menstruating girls
Previous projects at Butali School (a borehole) and Kigulu Prime
Academy in Uganda (a kitchen ++)|Part of the Destiny
School project|-
200| ||3. GirlChild period poverty project at three schools
Previous girls helped by GC 2014 - 2020||240
200| ||4.Provision of a water well at Busabala School for 1,000 pupils
minus the 200 girls included in “GC period poverty project at three
schools”||800| ||**Previous TVET in Gambia**
**Previous projects in Uganda– education in prison, MMT**||28
500| ||**TOTAL PERSONS REGULARLY REACHED by 30/04/24**||**About 3,800**| _The value of education in African countries_ cannot be underestimated. Poor educational levels frustrate all efforts to raise the living standards of a population above subsistence level and very few can break out of a poverty cycle without higher skills. Education is a human right, a powerful driver of development, and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. For example, the young people in the _**Slovo Study Group**_ are offered online learning at secondary level + special tutoring at a level which they could never obtain locally. Equally the continued work of the _**Destiny primary school**_ in Uganda is growing successful while _**the literacy education being offered at a school in Walmer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa**_ is boosting the ability of children to learn there. and _**education of 60 street children in the DR Congo**_ , unimaginable for them without the efforts of the HFC team in Goma as well as _**the school in Senegal**_ all contributed to giving a quality education to the next generations in Africa– see more in the descriptions below. Regarding _period poverty_ The World Bank estimates that _at least 500 million women and girls_ globally lack access to the facilities they need to manage their periods. Just _in South Africa alone up to 7 million schoolgirls_ do not have access to or cannot afford sanitary products, and many of them must stay home. They often use unhygienic methods to manage their periods which can cause health problems and infections. Often, girls and women must choose between buying food or sanitary products because of the costs. When faced with this difficult choice, many choose to purchase food as it is more of a priority. As a result, many must face the health and social consequences of not having sanitary products. The _**GirlChild project in Uganda**_ had long been supported by IRFF UK from 2015 to finance _education of schoolgirls about menstrual health_ and also _how to make their own reusable pads._ This was paused halfway through 2022 but was re-launched under new leadership from March 2023 and throughout the financial year 2023/2024 ultimately serving up to 400 girls in three schools in Uganda – but this time providing disposable pads because reusables would be too much for the young girls to manage in the absence of adequate parental support. _**WAIT Ghana**_ launched their period poverty project fully in early February 2023 and throughout the financial year 2023/2024 ultimately serving up to 574 girls in a number of villages in Ghana with reusable pads they had made by seamstresses which should last for 2-4 years. Finally _**Walmer Angels South Africa**_ launched their period poverty project in early 2023 and throughout the financial year 2023/2024 serving primary school girls in a school in Walmer, Port Elizabeth, in this case disposable pads because water is so scarce in that area. _**The period poverty projects**_ are in a class of their own but, in part, could be also be seen as a sub-classification of _**Education**_ since the girls supported can gain back the ability, comfortably and safely to attend school also during the days they are menstruating, no longer losing about 20% of their schooling days that they would otherwise lose. There are also other education benefits which the headmistress of Destiny School in Uganda describes eloquently under “ _GirlChild period poverty project_ ” below Under the classification “ _**TVET – Technical and Vocational Education**_ ”, one project had to be dropped at the end of March 2024 and that was GESTP in Gambia, since communication became almost non-existent. IRFF UK was not actively funding the project, but an IRFF UK trustee was from the USA, but still IRFF UK had some management obligations there, so it was decided to move on and find other projects. However, the work under “TVET” continued in a small way on Ghana with training being offered to young women both in baking/bread and cake making and sewing/dressmaking. The Gambia project was rapidly replaced by another classification of projects “ _**Soup kitchens**_ ” after a plea for help was received from the Walmer Angels in Port Elizabeth since they were not able to raise the funds to run a soup kitchen feeding 500 old people and children their one meal a day in the Walmer township. ## **DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO** By May 2024 the hand-over of the 60 street children to a local charity, TAD, was completed and IRFF’s involvement, which had been intense, ended then. All went well after that until the end of January 2025 when the M23 rebels entered Goma and the young men, in particular, were in danger and had to get out of the city. This also included male officers at TAD who dropped the children back into HFCs lap and fled, without leaving any funds. IRFF UK and WCA provided for food costs again as well as the $400 needed by six of the seven HFC male volunteers to flee far from the city but Ben, the HFC coordinator, stayed to take care of the 20 foster families who had taken three orphan children each. He was in danger! _View of the new wooden house_ He finally left Goma mid-March. He believes he owes his life to the small support IRFF UK and WCA could give to pay for his travel costs. The challenge now was to find a way to support the 20 families taking care of the 60 HFC children. It was finally agreed that $3,000 would be enough to have the 20 foster mothers trained and equipped with goods and equipment so that could run their own market sales business to be self-sufficient in providing for the children in their care. Again, working in cooperation WCA and IRFF UK were able to raise those funds and get them to the families by mid-June 2025. ## **GHANA** WAIT Ghana made more great strides in the year running a period poverty project by having reusable pads made and distributing them, with education, in various villages, as well as arranging for girls to be taught pastry/cake decoration and bread and cake making as the TVET activity. The WAIT Coordinator, Mrs Vivian Nkasia, made a number of trips to various villages, to the community of Wute, Logote, Lawui near the city of Akatsi in the Volta Region donating reusable pads and providing education. The great advantage of issuing reusable pads is that they are to new girls every time which is why we estimate that that WAIT Ghana already reached about 700 girls by the end March _._ Regarding the TVET projects, Vivian wrote at the end of March that the sewing and catering training have gone but then she was for new information to come from a new government in Ghana about TVET in Ghana. _Two ladies sewing reusable pads at the WAIT Ghana location_ A young woman holding pads with Vivian and village male leader behind her _A young lady receiving a reusable pad in fascination_ ## **SOUTH AFRICA** ## SHINE Walmer As the most unequal country in the world, South Africa faces significant challenges. Among 50 countries, South Africa ranks the worst in literacy. 8 out of 10 Grade 4 learners (9-10 years old) in South Africa cannot read for meaning _._ Children cannot learn from one of the biggest sources of knowledge – books – if they cannot read. Literacy education opens up a world of learning to them and contributes strongly to them achieving much more in their lives – what every parent hopes for their children. The number of pupils in the SHINE programme was 73 during the year _._ In November 2024 Pat Hippert wrote: “I need to thank the IRFF Team and her Sponsors for the confident and professional difference you make in our program in our Township school. Keeping it modestly manageable, I repeat the gratitude from my previous newsletter: Your generous IRFF sponsorship has enabled our Centre to run smoothly with sufficient stationery, quality teaching aids, coffee and tea refreshments for the double shift volunteers, a colourful library environment, tape strengthened and coded library books and learner library cards. Each element is subtle but important for the enthusiastic and energetic environment that our Volunteers and learners flourish in”. Pat Hippert with a happy student A heartfelt pupil teacher relationship Deeply into teaching literacy ## **SOUTH AFRICA** ## **The information below tells a lot about the five members of the Slovo Study Group** ## Iminathi Kose ## **INTERVIEW DAY/TIME:** **What subjects are you upgrading?** Business Studies and History ## **Amount left to pay for upgrading?** R1900 ## **After upgrading what are you planning on studying or doing?** I plan on studying a Bachelor of Education course as I aspire to be a teacher. The course would be a B Ed in Intermediate Phase Teaching. I also have a second option in my tertiary studies in the form of a BCom in Transport & Logistics Management. ## **What aspirations do you have for yourself?** My aspirations to graduate in my previously stated Education course and become a prominent teacher that can deliver services in which some educators in my country have failed to deliver as I have witnessed first hand throughout my journey. Upon landing a job I have aspirations of continuing in my studies and going for higher qualifications (B Ed in Senior and FET) should it be achievable at that stage in my life. Essentially, I am not a person that tends to look too far ahead into my future as I prefer to focus on what is ahead of me in the short term but I can say that I want to be in a position of certainty, where I can choose what direction is best for me and those I care for. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ## Thoko Madikane ## **INTERVIEW DAY/TIME:** ## **What subjects are you upgrading?** English HL, Business Studies, History ## **Amount left to pay for upgrading?** R2,842.50 ## **After upgrading what are you planning on studying or doing?** I'm planning to study BA(Law) ## **What aspirations do you have for yourself?** My aspiration is to do side hustling while I earn my degree. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ## Ibanathi Buqa ## **INTERVIEW DAY/TIME:** **What subjects are you upgrading?** Business and History ## **Amount left to pay for upgrading?** None. Fully Paid. ## **After upgrading what are you planning on studying or doing?** I am planning to study Human Resource Management or Education at an university. ## **What aspirations do you have for yourself?** I want to be an example for my siblings and show them that education is key to success. I want financial freedom and stability for me and my family. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ## Iphelele Baxana ## **INTERVIEW DAY/TIME:** ## **What subjects are you upgrading?** Geography, Mathematics and Physical Science ## **Amount left to pay for upgrading?** R2,900 ## **After upgrading what are you planning on studying or doing?** I am planning on pursuing Physiotherapy and BSc in Applied Geology as a second choice. ## **What aspirations do you have for yourself?** Since I love helping and being of help to other people, I would really enjoy doing physiotherapy as I can also take it further with indulging it with sport, which I love. I like being outside and I enjoy learning about the world around us I find it interesting. That is why my second choice is BSc in Applied Geology. I am also passionate about writing screenplays but for now I've been doing it as hobby on my spare time. My priority is to get into university and study the course I'm passionate about. So this is a chance to prove to myself that I can get what I want and that it's not impossible. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ## Ayabonga Mkuhlu ## **INTERVIEW DAY/TIME:** **What subjects are you upgrading?** Mathematical Literacy, English FAL, IsiXhosa HL, Business Studies, Economics & History ## **Amount left to pay for upgrading?** R4,000 ## **After upgrading what are you planning on studying or doing?** Human Resource Management ## **What aspirations do you have for yourself?** "Graduating in university and get my HRM degree. Developing my writing skills. Trying new things like theatre work, acting, scriptwriting, etc. (Anything that has to do with filming)" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IRFF UK provided funding for the required upgrades and continues to finance travel costs and books. ## **SOUTH AFRICA** ## Period poverty project At least 3 out of 10 girls miss school every month because of period problems in South Africa so the Walmer School decided to do something about that. They were obliged to offer disposable pads because of a lack of water but that could change. In 2024 IRFF funded the project from January providing disposable pads at a cost of £0.90 per girl per month; this includes menstrual health education given to girls, and boys, by a trained nurse. This is changing their lives for the better, removing a major reason for them missing school. Glenda Brunette who founded the Walmer Angel Project wrote in March: “I've just been to The Walmer Lower Primary school and handed out sanitary towels to four grade 7 classes. Each girl received 2 packets each for the month. I will hand out next month again. I spoke to the teachers and students to ask them how they felt about receiving the assistance. None were shy and said they really appreciate the help as most families cannot afford to purchase personal hygiene products. Thank you once again for your continuous support in helping us to make the young girls more comfortable. I had a meeting with the Headmistress and Deputy Headmistress yesterday and they said I must convey their appreciation”. Girls being shown sanitary towels in March Jessica Lillian Bredenkamp ## **SOUTH AFRICA** ## The soup kitchen project The simple funding of the soup kitchen at the Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth continued since we cannot see 500 children and old people go hungry. The journalist Estelle Ellis wrote on 9th Nov 2023: “Children are dying of hunger in the Eastern Cape – declare a disaster, urges Human Rights Commission”. People receiving food from a soup kitchen Children receiving food from a soup kitchen ## **UGANDA** ## **Destiny School** This school was established by IRFF UK in 2008. During the annual period the average number of pupils taught increased to 206. Once again it was a very dynamic year at the school; IRFF UK sent £13,800 to run the school and £12,500 to fund infrastructure projects such as 01/11/24 biodigester toilets, 25/02/25 To Destiny School account for the Busabala School water well £4,500.00. Previous years had seen a camera security system there, more fire extinguishers, completion of the security wall. About the head teacher Jesca who has been dedicating her life to children in Kibiri just south of Kampala: - she is passionate to impact the education of poor community children and give them all the best possible primary level education possible (classes P1 to P7) - she is very passionate about the protecting the young girls in her school who have tendency to get involved with boys and men even from the age of 11, get pregnant or catch HIV/AIDS which is why she is so concentrated on the GirlChild project (see below). There are currently 206 pupils at the school, but she tells us that it has capacity for 400, and she is ambitious to reach that number _._ Regular reports provided by the headteacher Jesca about 2024 tell us: • In April they reported they still have a big challenge regarding furniture and seats across our classes. Also, with students getting minor accidents and being sick at school, they are looking at getting a school nurse to assist, especially the very young ones in pre-primary and those that stay with teacher Jesca. • On School Academic Day the children displayed the skills they had learned in class and vocational skills like tailoring, there was making of sweaters and cooking, art and craft plus farming, poultry for their parents. • They were able to do their end of Term 1 examinations successfully, the general performance is fairly good, though they still have many children who are struggling with reading and writing. They still need to assist these children in reading and have few reading books in the library but hope they will be able to get some more over time, to help the children practice and develop their reading culture. • In June they did beginning of term exams to seek to bring to speed the holiday makers back into school mood; these exams were done successfully. • They had to host a couple of visitors such as inspectors of school from Ministry of Education and Municipality. They also hosted the Buganda Kingdom administrators from the Kabaka (King of Buganda) Palace visitors who were so happy with the school administration and the way Destiny Junior School is teaching Ugandan children. • They feed the pupils at school with the most balanced diet they can, including own-grown produce. • They had their mid-term examinations on 30th July 2024, a very important examination to do assess the pupils and the teachers by examining the study syllabus content taught and to see whether the pupils have picked up the content and can interpret or understood the taught concepts. They then invited the parents to review and as well to see how far the school has reached in the different aspects of education and learning. They also held Music Dance and Drama in July which was so colourful with creativity; it was and interesting to see how pupils expressed themselves in music, poems and dance to pass on very educative information to the parents and community. 6 November was the first day for the Primary Seven candidates sitting for their Primary Leaving Examinations. They prepared well starting with Mathematics in the morning and Social Studies in the afternoon. Successful graduates with their school leaving certificates with a proud Jesca surrounded by her “children” Education in the open for the school pupils ## **PERIOD POVERTY PROJECTS** Period poverty projects involving education of menstruating schoolgirls in menstrual health and also supplying them with pads were developed by local teams during the year in **Ghana** , **South Africa and Uganda;** funding was acquired for these from FFWPU UK. The projects run by **WAIT Ghana** and in **South Africa** are discussed above _._ **The GirlChild/WAIT team** in **Uganda** immediately catered for 30 girls at Destiny School, then about 200 more at the nearby Busabala School and even began to look after girls at a third school, Jjungo Church of Uganda Primary School, with approx. 150 more girls involved. The effect of this work, particularly in Busabala School, went far beyond menstrual hygiene training and receipt of pads. As Jesca, the head teacher at Destiny School reported: “ Busabala Primary School. The program has impacted the girl child so much and at every visit that we do and there is a reported increase in the number of girl child we assist. The girl children are studying better, are not losing days off school, are particularly Feeling cared for and loved. Jjungo Church Of Uganda Primary School This is extremely in a village set up, the parents and guardians do not value education as much as elsewhere, and the pupils are also less caring towards education, enter into early childhood marriages and stay away from school during the rainy sessions, planting and harvesting seasons. Much work to do there. After doubling its pupil numbers partly due to GC WAIT work Busabala Primary School needed a better water supply, which IRFF UK funded. Children with new knickers. Not many in Uganda have more than one pair _Jesca teaching children at Busabala School, Uganda_ Children receiving pads at Jjungo Primary School ## **2 Our organization** ## **2.1 Trustees and WB** The current trustees of IRFF UK at the time of writing (in alphabetic order) are: **Charles Cachia** – general support / donor **Edward Hartley** – accountant/Treasurer, General Manager of IRFF UK and Chair of the Working Board. Also Country Coordinator for DR Congo, Ghana and Uganda **Tessa Thonett** - director and manager of our invaluable charity shop, the Tricycle Shop in Alton. Country Coordinator for South Africa These volunteers are very ably supported by seven people, most of whom are modestly remunerated: **Grahame Bennett** – advisor, newsletter writer **Chantal Bezuidenhout –** social media coordinator **Nathaniel German** – Search Engine Optimisation / website improvement **Patrick German** – social media facilitator **Natania Kobayashi** – content writer for newsletters and leaflets, Tricycle Shop Gift Aid claim preparation, Slack coordinator, Instagram marketing with Faith **Terry Sweeney** – analyst and business advisor; a valuable fundraiser **Toby Suda** - our website manager These ten persons make up our UK Working Board, which manages all UK operations and also relates to the executive team acting in each recipient nation. ## **Financials** ## This report covers **the period April 2024 – March 2025** . The total income was £54,491 and total spending £53,784, sub-divided into ## **Incomes of:** |**Incomes of:**|| |---|---| |General donations-mainly from Tricycle Shop|22,239| |Gift Aid reclaimed|8.868| |Destiny School (infrastructure) project|4,589| |Destiny child/teacher sponsorship project|12,816| |DR Congo HFC|658| |Ghana TVET|200| |New period poverty projects|9,411| |Senegal school project|22,412| |SHINE literacy S.A.|1,167| |Slovo Study Group S.A.|242| |Walmer Angels soup kitchen|-| |Fundraising costs|-| |IT and FR assistant funding|-| |**TOTAL**
|**82,602**| ## **Expenditure of:** |**Expenditure of:**|| |---|---| |
General fund|2,494| |Destiny child/teacher sponsorship|13,800| |Destiny School (infrastructure)|12,500| |DR Congo project|1,810| |Gambia GESTP project|-| |Ghana TVET|2,400| |Joe Slovo Study Group S.A.|2,546| |Period poverty:Ghana, S.A., Uganda|8,595| |Senegal project|21,609| |SHINE Walmer S.A. literacy classes|4,625| |Walmer Angels soup kitchen|2,400| |Fundraising costs|5,158| |ITandFRassistantfunding|4,320| |**TOTAL**
|**82,256**| The significant differences in the financials in the year 2024/2025 compared to the previous financial year were: ## **On the income side** 1. **The overall income** in 2024/2025 was £28,111 greater than in the previous year due to a reduction in the funding for Senegal of £21,609 which meant that the core funding for other IRFF projects rose by £8,655. 2. **General donations** , mainly from the charity shop and Gift Aid, both healthy. 3. **Destiny School sponsorship** income was very slightly higher, and the **Destiny School infrastructure** project income increased by £3,926 4. Other items for South Africa like **SHINE Walmer School P.E.** , **Slovo Study Group** and the **Walmer Angels soup kitchen** increased while some income arrived to offset the high **DR Congo** costs and the incomes for **period poverty projects** rose significantly. ## **On the expenditure side** : 1. **The overall costs** in 2024/2025 rose by £28,472 partly due to passing on of donations to **Senegal.** 2. An increase in costs was seen for **fundraising** , **DR Congo** and **Destiny School infrastructure projects** . 3. A few projects experienced a decrease in costs. IRFF UK finished the year ending 31[st] March 2025 with £16,969 in reserves consisting of: £13,183 in **General Funds** , £942 in the **Destiny School fund** , £103 in the **DR Congo project fund** , £130 in the **Ghana TVET fund** , £1,796 in the **period poverty projects fund,** and £796 in the **Senegal fund** and £19 in the **SHINE fund** . The overall figure was just £346 more than last year’s figure. ## **Plans for the period 1[st] April 2025 to 31[st] March 2026** This period will be characterised by: - ➢ **Primary and Secondary Education** as preparation for adult life; _possibly adding more project_ s - ➢ **Vocational Training of Young Women** as preparation for employment in adult life; _possibly adding more projects_ - ➢ **Health related** (and **education related** ) **projects** like menstrual hygiene management and providing girls with menstrual products - having projects in 4 or even 5 countries by end of March 2026. - ➢ **Raising the number of persons currently supported in Africa** from 3,800 to 5,000+ - ➢ **Possibly paying for building of more water wells** . - ➢ For the projects using up General Funds from the Tricycle Shop, **at least £18,000 more to be found** for the Ghana TVET project, the Slovo Study Group, SHINE Walmer S.A., the Walmer Angels soup kitchen, Destiny School Uganda as well as £ **3,000** for new projects. - ➢ **More fundraising capability** , whether through grants, online fundraising, corporate fundraising, snail-mail mail outs, individual giving, including establishment of a substantial social media marketing team (which occurred in midJune 2025). - ➢ **More management capacity** with at least two more people ready to be a trustee / join the Senior Management Team. We welcome all offers of support to serve current and future beneficiaries and thank you all in advance for any intentions in that direction. IRFF UK trustees July 2025 **International Relief Friendship Foundation** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/24 31/03/25 **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
General fund
**31,107**
Destinychild/teacher sponsorship
DestinySchool(infrastructure)
DR Congoproject
Gambia GESTPproject
Ghana TVET
Joe Slovo StudyGroupS.A.
Mobile First Aid Project
Periodpoverty: Ghana,S.A.,Uganda
Senegalproject
SHINE Walmer S.A. literacyclasses
Walmer Angels soupkitchen
Fundraisingcosts
IT and FR assistant funding
**31,107**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 31,107**
**A3 Payments**
General fund
**1,683**
Destinychild/teacher sponsorship
DestinySchool(infrastructure)
DR Congoproject
Gambia GESTPproject
Ghana TVET
Joe Slovo StudyGroupS.A.
Periodpoverty: Ghana,S.A.,Uganda
Senegalproject
SHINE Walmer S.A. literacyclasses
Walmer Angels soupkitchen
Fundraisingcosts
IT and FR assistant funding
**_Sub total_ 1,683**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 1,683**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 29,424**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**- 29,975**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**13,734**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 13,183**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**12,816**
**589**
**658**
**-**
**200**
**242**
**-**
**9,411**
**22,412**
**1,167**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,495**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,495**
**13,800**
**12,500**
**1,810**
**-**
**2,400**
**2,546**
**8,960**
**18,420**
**4,260**
**2,400**
**5,157**
**4,320**
**76,573**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,573**
**- 29,078**
**29,975**
**2,888**
**3,785**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**31,107**
**12,816**
**589**
**658**
**-**
**200**
**242**
**9,411**
**22,412**
**1,167**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,602**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,602**
**1,683**
**13,800**
**12,500**
**1,810**
**-**
**2,400**
**2,546**
**8,960**
**18,420**
**4,260**
**2,400**
**5,157**
**4,320**
**78,256**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,256**
**346**
**-**
**16,622**
**16,968**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**|**31,107**|**27,502**| ||||**12,816**|**12,663**| ||||**589**|**663**| ||||**658**|**1,561**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**200**|**147**| ||||**242**|**354**| |||||| ||||**9,411**|**6,537**| ||||**22,412**|**2,500**| ||||**1,167**|**1,966**| ||||**-**|**600**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**78,602**|**54,491**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**_-_**| ||||**-**|**_-_**| |||||| |||**-**|**78,602**|**54,491**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,683**|**1,625**| ||||**13,800**|**13,910**| ||||**12,500**|**6,073**| ||||**1,810**|**4,890**| ||||**-**|**1,256**| ||||**2,400**|**1,242**| ||||**2,546**|**2,918**| ||||**8,960**|**5,755**| ||||**18,420**|**2,496**| ||||**4,260**|**3,741**| ||||**2,400**|**1,224**| ||||**5,157**|**4,320**| ||||**4,320**|**4,336**| ||||**78,256**|**53,784**| |||||| |||**-**
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**-**|**346**|**707**| ||**29,975**||**-**|**_-_**| ||**2,888**||**16,622**|**15,915**| ||**3,785**||**16,968**|**16,622**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**13,183**
**3,785**
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**13,183**
**3,785**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
EDWARD HARTLEY
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||EDWARD HARTLEY|23/06/25| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of International Relief Friendship Foundation On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 281776 Set out on pages Page 1 and 2 I ￿pOrt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust'} for the year ended 31103 12025 Responsibilities and As Ihe charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the aGGounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the ACV) I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accoLtnts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in, any material respe¢t: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statsmant I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: Name: Sohaib Akram - Axis Accountants Ltd Relevant professional qualification(sl or body (if any}- ACCA Address: 8 Deer Park Road London SW19 3GY IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Int8matlonal Relltf Frlèndshlp Foundation Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe ￿rfo￿ from P8riod start dats 0llQ4124 Period 8nd date To 31103125 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•strlet8d funds to th• noar88t Re¥tricted funds Endowm•nt funds Total funds Last ygar to th• neare•t£ to near••t£ to I￿ noartst£ toth• Mawst £ A1 Receipts Gener81 fijnd Oesbny childneaL*er SPDn5orship Desiiny Schrd linfr8s1iucturei DR Congo project Gambia GESTP project Ghana TVET JOÈ Slovo Slud¥ Crouo S A knbile Fiisl Project Penod poverty" Ghana, S A. Uganda Senegal prqecl SHINE Walw S A literacy classes WalmerAn9el8 $¢up kilGhen Fur¥Jraising costs IT and FR assistant ￿ndIn9 Sub tot81 (Gross income lor ARJ 31,107 31.107 12.816 27.502 12.663 663 1.561 12,B10 $89 65B 658 200 242 147 3Y 242 .4t1 22,412 1.167 9.411 6.537 2,500 1,966 600 1.167 31,107 47.495 78.602 5V51 A2 Assèt and in￿tment sal￿, 18•• tabl•l. Sub total 31.107 47,495 78.602 54.491 A3 Paymènts GÉnÉr81 Destiny childlteacher sp¢nsor8hip Desbny Sthool linfrasiru¢tuttl DR Congo prqecl Gatnbia GESTP pro￿¢1 Gh8n8 TVET siovo Study Group S A Period poverty" Ghana, S A. Ug8nd4 Seneg81 project SHINE Waimer S A literacy dasges Walw &ngels soup krtchen Fundraising ojsts ana FR 8S¥lSt8ni funding 1.683 1,683 13.800 11500 1,810 1.825 13.910 6,073 4.890 1,2S6 1.242 2.916 5,755 2.496 3,741 1.224 4,320 4,336 53.784 fJ,lQQ 12.500 1.810 2,400 2.546 8,960 1¥.4?0 4.2eo 2.400 S.157 4,320 76.573 2.546 8.960 18,420 4.260 2,400 5,157 4.320 78,256 Sub total 1,683 A4 AJ5et and Snvestsn•nt u￿haSe8, Isoo tabl• Sub tot•1 1.683 76,573 78,256 53.784 Ilot of recglpts/{paym•nts) AS Transfers between funds A6 Cash lunds last year &nd Cash funds this year end 29,424 29,975 13,734 13,183 29.078 29,975 2,888 3,T85 707 18.622 16,96fj', 1S,915 16.622 Pa90 1 Section 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to n￿108¢ £ Restrictsd lund$ to r*arg* e Endovlment fund to noare•t £ Calegori¢$ Detalls B1 Cash funds Bank 13.103 3.785 C88h Total Cash fvnds 13.183 3,78S 14wee WwrA• r￿￿￿Said p+m￿S Cc￿511 OK Unrestrlcted funds noare8t E OK OK Endowmgnt fund¥ to i)￿rest e R•itriet•d funds to neare$t £ Detalls Fund towhi¢h asset belon DetaS1s Co*tlopth)nall Current valug 83 Invgstment a88ets Fund to whl¢h 888et belon Detai18 Cost loptlonall CurreThtvaluè 84 Assets rgtsined for tho harlty's own uso Fur￿ to which relates Amount due dug liona Detsils B6 Llabllltle8 SKJnèd by onè or trustees on behalf of all the trustee$ Signature Print Name Dale of n>V81 EDWARD HARTLEY 2311)612S Page 2