School Aid Romanla 8 The Wlllows, Mullaghmore Road. Dungannon. Co Tyrone, BT70 IQH Nl Charlty CommFsslon Number- 100954 TRusfEES ANNUAL REpoKr THIS REPORT COVERS THE YEAR y4118- 3y3119 Truste•J who durlw th• yar. Andrew Ulfford, Mary Ho8& JlmMcQu•ld, Paul Carson. Glennls Doherty, Nlcola Mccreesh. Kelley McKenna. Truiterf on th• d•t• thh r•port wal 4pwov•d: Andrew afftrd, Mary Ho8& Jlrn Mcauald, Paul Carson. Glennls Doherty, Nlcola Mccreesh, Mrs Kelley McKenna Ch•rltmbl• ObJ•rtI. Advance the educatlon of chlldren In Northern Ireland and Romanla. Provld• and secure the provlslon of edutIonal and reCreatnI1 opportunltles and practlcal ass)stJnce for young people and thelr tucher5 In Northern Ireland to come together In non-sectarlan contexL Relleve poverty and slckness amon8 chlldren In Romanla. Secure and provlde, byjoint ventures, materlal asslstance to relleve the poverty and therebv Improve the well-belng of the youn8 people of Romanla. Ch•rlty Artlvft1•4 and knl•w of Yar Sthool Ald Rom•nl• w•s ethNtshed th 1991 and ts • Northern Irel•nd cross communlty sthool based ch•rlty whlch qlrns to relleve poverty and deprfv•tlon In Rom•nl•. E•ch year Lower Slxth students from a number of schools travel to Rom•nl• over i number of weekn In Janupry and February• spendln8 • In the clty of Brnsov. Before tTrvelln8 the students are IrM>l¥ed In • number of fund ralsln8 •Ctlvltles In thelr lo1 communRle& Sthool Ald Roman •ppreckntes the fundralsln8 efforts of the students Ind Is Brnleful to the Contlnued supm of thlr parent418uardlaTr5 and local communttles and buslnesses •cross Ilorthern IreknrKI. As each pownger Is •ll0%d 32k8 Iu88a8e al1mn the stwlents tske out • conslder•ble •mount of ald In thelr sultc•se5. Thls ald was sorted on the flr5t full day In R(xnanl•. A lot of It Is In to the Nearty New shop In Harman. It proves very popul•r wlth the locals. Proffts from the shop help SUStaln the SFR houses that we support. Durln8 thelr tlme In RomJnla the students vlslt an okl people's home. dldrerf5 homes, SK*d•l Needs Centres, hospltsls, xhools and • Klnder8arden. The 8mups also prov food and other necewry ald to a number of poor famllles In tsvo remots vllla8e& The staff v151ted the adult psychlatrk In Mlne Un• Mal and dell¥ered parois of ald to the pltlents. Before departure, pennls51on Is obtslned from the Department of thVAI Protectlon and Dewrtrnent of Pubk fr81th for these vlslts.
A number of years a80 School Ald Romanla purchased • mlnlbus and subsequertty a van. The mlnlbus Is used on a dalty basls to transport 4)Éclal ed$ chlldren from one of the h(xnes that we support to the speclal xlKJoI. The Is used to asslst In the runnlry of the three SFR homes that we Support. It Is also used to pro¥lde Oryilng ajd to the pwr famllles Irt the remote vlllagei. Both vehlcles are wdllabje to us when we are In Romanla. The van has been partkuknrty usefvl durln8 ihe wtnter trfp. Each afternoon the students. In 8roups. are responslbfe for the purchase of ald for the follo& day. They load the ald Ii)to cOmrtMents In the bKk of the aThl they are respDnslble for delherfn8 the ald tg the •pproprlth destlnth next d•y. Mrs Mary Ho8& from Cookstown HIBh School trmlled to Brnxw In Juty 2018 to prepare for the wlnter trlps. She or8anlsed a number of recre•tlon•l ¥lslts for the people In Harnian. She brought wlth a number of prottttfve sheets for the Old P•opVs Home In S•cele. The xhools Involved thls January and Febr4Mry 20 re: St. PatrkV5 College. Mash. Methodist College, Behst The Hlsh Sch¢x>l, Cookstown; St. P•trlcVs GrammarSth00I, Ami•8h: St. Patrfcys Hl8h School. Ke•ty. Each even1 after dlnn•r the rtudents rellert on the e¥nts of the dty and m•ke suwstrons a1ut how thelr money could be speftt In February 2014 the sludents su88ested th•t we Invest In pavlni outslde 5• Sf Patrfck that the olrls In the house. who are In wheelch•lN Uld be •bl• to spend tlme outslde. The woth stsrted th•t summer ind In •utumn 2018 the project flftalty ¢ompktsd wlth the entlre yrd belry p•ved. The p•vln8 contslns the 2014. Durfn8 reknn two of the Iroups su81e5ted bu11n8 a new house for M•th and her son, Ghearyhe, wha Ilbd In • tumbled down house In Comon•. The students re horrffied •t the ondltlons they w•rn Ihlr¥ In. Thls project completed usln8 lo¢•1 workers durln8 the summer 2019. Group$ 2 and 3 were In¥lted to vlslt the Bllnd Center•rrfl a treadmlll w•s wrth•sed. The students %iuested that we contlnue to purcha wood for tMI ojd l•dles In D•d• and Comln•. One hundred and Trliieteen studerts •nd fourteen sr•ff t(k prt In the 2019 pr(wmme. On the vlslt to Dad• each lool pupm 8lven 4 of food to tske home. Thu5 lar8er farnllles recefved • proportlon•lty larger amourt of food. The students helped the srnaller chlldren carry the food ba8S to thelr homes. We dIs¢er •n exceWkllY poor famlty wlth fi chlldren Ilvlng In the vllla8e and extra ald was pnwkled to tl aothe& n•pples and • food parcel le wovkled to IS poor famllles ITr Comona vlll•8e. The students carrled the ald Into the howes •lknwlry them the opportunlty to see lrto very bask homes In • poor vllla8e. All of the youn8 people1kn8 In Cw Irknda •re stHI In pald emplryment and are able to rhe rebtlvety Independent lffE. They all use publk transport and have thelr own bank accounts. Life for them ha5 certalnly chaw from thelr In the orthrH
Ch•rlty Commlsslom Pubnc B•nefft A•quIrnent. The trustees In settlng the obJectlve5 and plannlng the activltles for the year have 8fven careful conslderatlon to the Charlty Commlsslon for Plorthern Irelands 8uldance on publlc benefft to ensure that the acuvttles have helped to athleve the charfvs purposes and provlde benefft to the beneftclarfes. Flnandal R•vl¢w: The flnanclal rnport for the year was presented at the 2019 AGM and accepted and approved by the trustees. Brlan Roblnson AcrtanCY Ltd has carrled out a revlew of thes• ccounts and has completed an Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts. Income for the year was £120.179 and expendlture for the year amounted to £99,706 8lvlnB an overall net surplus of £20,376 forthe year. At the year end funds at bank amounted to £L749. The Thistee5 can conflmi that the charlty doe5 not hold any fvnds that were materlally In delldt at the end of the year. 518ned on behalFof all Trustaes by. JIM McQuald Dats: 25ioin019