Annual Report- Hopeful Hearts Charitsble Trust Nl Charity Commission Number- NIC 100 700 a) Purpose of the Charity- 11 The Rewof Poverty 2) The Advancement of Éducation and Healthcare (Are• of i)peratlon- Ugandal b) Trustees for this Period- l) t)kne Lockhart 2) Colln M•xwell 318arbar4 Foster 41 Myfanwi 8olln8broke One Trustee. 6•rb•rn Fostef resned asa Trustee durln8 thls reportlng rknd, Juty,2017. and one Trnstee. CoNn Mamwell reed at end of thls reportln8 perkxl. that & 31• March 2018. A new Trustee, Wanwy Bolingbroke Jolned the Tn dur6rvA th•$ rewtin8 peri to tske 0r the role of Treasurer from 31 Marth 2018. c) Financial Year- Th15 report covers ihe perkjd I" 2017 to 31 Mafth 2018 d) Summary of Activities to further the purposes of the Trust - The purpose ofthe Trust In 201612017 contlnued to be to rekne poverty •mon8 communities in U8anda and In partlojlar to wovKJe educatffi and healthcare for those IMn8 in deprlved drcumstsnces In and 4rLwnd the dty of Kampala and other townshlps In Uganda, In past years throu8h h) and cont4Lts have been up the community in Uynda and. in partKular. in the taiMtsI Kampala. NamUwor15 a nWhb(th0od In Kampala through which a rnllway Ilne runs. To the north 5Kle ofthe rnilway line sits an area called Soweto and this is a recognlsed slum area. ft is an area wthich is home to atwt 40,1? people with little or no access to clean water. adequate toilet facilities orto meanin8fv1 employment. Zone 6 of Soweto Is called Kanyo808a and it is within this zone that the Trust has s• to meet Its object and to èsslst ojerts to develop.
The Trust has contlnued to athieve the releve pmty WOVKlin8 fvnd1 for educatitm and provlslon of a local clinlc wovhJw)B a limited amount of healthcare. TheTrust be8an to provide nursery and primary a8ed thildren eduCatn by workire thro¥h a l(xal primary sthool called Hopeful Hearts Children's ademy. In 21X)9 the sthool VAS a nuffseryfxility with 20 Now the school 130 wpils overall up to P7 Jevel. The Trnst has cortinued to sth to ralse funds and the fvftds pro¥th have enabled to Trust to help finan some of thls schoofs recurrent Costs 50 enabllnB the school to offer Iree edUCatTh along h a daily meal. In addition the Tntrt raised sixne funds to £¢yr Ilmlted healthcare for the pupils and st•ff. This healthcare provlsion comprises acce55 to a doctor and limited medtin ¥then illness arise5. The illnesses suffered lry the children Inche5 malaria. typhoKI and most commonty ga5troenteriti$. Further, the Trust has also been al4e to aS95t with the c05t of teather training Includin8 up helpinatwo staff. on ofwlK)m has ntrw moNtd on lo another school, to achle4e thelr degrtts. The Trust has also funded- il st•ff delOPMent •81lTh reco8Thisin8the ImrtanCe of zood tnlnlwd and educ•tlon as a way m¢wing people from w>verty. 2) some help wlth unifomis forthe wp4sencOurngl wide In thelr xlM>DI and In gettlng e¢•ted. 3) fees to enable the puplls to take part the mandat(xy kxal currIcurn and examlnatlons. In term5 of fundfal to C(f4erthe obJe¢tthe Trust has undertaken the fOll1n8- l) The continuation of a wpil spon5(Y5hip stheme encouraaiw IndNldual$ to spmsor a chlld's education for £10 per m(Mrth. 21 Encoura8ed supportefs to hold fundrn5I e¥ents Genernl- The Trust reco4$e$th1t there h•$ been • drop In Income In thls reportln8 perlod muth of whlch was assodated with 5pec•al fundrnislry In the ye•r before to C4Ner urgent lyJlldkn8 wo$ needed In that year. Funding ralsed 15 now more toncentrated on payIa for direct costs of runnlng the school so asto Sup educatlon. In this period outAandiry Gift AMI has been dalmed and received. l) The Trust alms to raise lurther funds to help the 5dK>oI to u>ntinue to develop and improve the quality of education and the facilities available. 2) There is also • desire for the Trust to become better kthown locally to Increase the p)ol from which lunds are raised.
31 The Trust also plans to continue to work with the Direttor of the 5th001 in Kamp•la to promote lrnwoved mana8ement and to encourage the sthool to wor ttrwards ful fegi5tration within the Ugandan Educatknn system. all with the awn of makn8 the school more self-sufficient. 4) The Tst would also like to yovide better Iwlthcare to the puplls and their famihe5. though this is dependent on additional fundir¥ bein8 fwnd. To With thls alm the Trnst plans to ioiTr with other or8antsations to support a small local health centre, called Amani Famity Centre. This Centre provides free maternity and chIldca to this community with an emphasis on the prevention of ill health. reduction of infart and thild mortalty. also provides heatth and social supportto the familles attached to the school. el In regard to the Commission's Public Benefft requirement- The Trustees are fulfy aware of the need forthe actlvities ot the Twsl to be wholty forthe Publlc Benefft. AccordinBly. the Trustees TAY>rk Ilty for the fvrthefance of the wrposes ofthe Tru51 usin8 all fvnds raised for these purposes. No Trustees benefft persolty from any artivities of the Tnjst. The benefidarles of the th of the Trust are the chlldren In the supported slum sthool, the teachers in the Jth¢)ol who have recel¥ed 5alarie5 #nd trainin& •nd a Iwnited number of associ•ttd Indlvlduals who have had assl#ance with medul tre•tment. fj Financial Positlon - The Tntst began thls wlod wtth a balar of £2.(.[ and ended lth a bnce of £1.015.70 hthnu c¥mred •Th expendllure of £10.69534 o¥erthe same The Trn5¢ only use5 fvnds In its possesslon and does not commlt Itself to fuftdln8 any swogramme untll matchlng funds are ralsed. This means of operation mtan5 that the Trust always acts with • positr¥e balance. 8) Funds in Deficit- The Trust has no fvnds In defidt nor any blndlng commitments that would wt the Tntst In defktt The following Trustees sign this report on behalf of all the Trustees, confirming that the infomiation provided accurately refiects the work of the Trust- Signed Diane Lockhart. date Iq Signed Myfanwy Bolingbroke. date