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 edu￿tIonal and reCreat￿nI1 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 lo￿1 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 I￿n 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. d￿ldrerf5 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 fr￿81th 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 cOm￿rtMents 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 a1￿ut
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 bu1￿1n8 a new house for M•th and her son,
Ghearyhe, wha Ilb*d 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 exceWk￿llY 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•quIr￿nent. 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 Ac￿￿rtanCY 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