Educate The Orphans Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023 The Trustees present their Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023. Reference and administrative details The charity name The legal name of the charity is.-. Educate The Orphan5 The charity is also known as, ETO Ministries The charity's areas of operation and UK charitable registration The charity is registered in Northern Ireland the Charity ComTnission in Northern Ireland (CCNI) with Gharity number 102736 Legal structure of the charity The charity Is Gonstituted as a an unincorporated charity, established by Trust Deed. The governing document of the charity 15 the Trust Deed establishing the charity. There are no restrictions in the goveming documents on the operation of the Charity or on its investment powers other than those imposed by Charity Law. The trustees are all individuals. The principal operating address, t8lephone number, email and web addresses of the charity are:. 27 Neills Hill Park Belfast BT5 6FL Web address wwM.eto-ministries.org The Trustees in office on the date the report was approved were:. Mr J Lander Mr R Moffett Mr K Smyth The following persons served as Trustees during the year ended 31 December 2023 :. The trustees who served as a trustee in the reporting period were as shown above, and there were no changes during the year, or in the period between the year end and the approval of the accounts. All the trustees are also members of the charity. Educate The Orphans Trustees, Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023 Objects and activities of the charity The purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document The purposes of the charity are to promote the Christian religion, relieve poverty, and advance education among poor, disadvantaged or orphaned children in the area of benefit and in particular.. to promote religion through practical demonstrations of Christian charity. The main activities undertaken in relation to those purposes during the year EduGate the Orphans is a small Christian Gharity vrforking in Kenya with orphaned and needy hildren. Our goals are primarily to feed, clothe and educate destitute children, with the emphasis mainly on education. We have been active in Tharaka, Kenya since 1990 and in that time we have built and run seven schools which currently educate and feed over 3,000 children. Educate the Orphan5 do not run an orphanage but instead we assist wider family circles to take the orphanedlneedy children into their homes to give them a family upbringing, whilst Educate the Orphans shoulder the financial burden. We operate a family orientated charity sponsorship being our main source of funding, where the children are'adopted" by our donors. We encourage communication between our sponsors and the children. Most of the children educated by Educate the Orphans are now fully employed- some of them as teachers, pastors, dressmakers, shoemakers. etc. with some even working for Educate the Orphans. Others are in the government, police and army and some work for the office for the President of Kenya includinq Shadra¢k (Chief Financial Qfficer for the GQL4ntv of Tharakal, Eluid (Deputy Governor of Tharaka) and John (a bishop in EPAC). Educate The Orphans Trustees, Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023 The main activities undertaken during the year to further the charity's purpose for the public benefit 2023 was a very difficult year for the Kenyan people due to sustained drought and high inflation, howeverwe are pleased to report that thanks to God's provision ETO was once again able to feed, Clothe and educate the poor and needy orphans of Tharaka, Kenya. Many of our children continue to excel in their studies, at schools, colleges, and universities. Livingstone our ETO Kenyan director reported that, °all our ETO children received their school fees as per the budget and we had no case of drop out due to lack of school fees,. We continue to publish photographs of former ETO children on our website, showng the prominent jobs and positions they now hold in industries which as in Business and Government. Many of our children continue to leam horticulture and agriculture as part of their school studies on our two ETO Farms. This year we also purchased an additional 6 acres of land right beside our School in Mungana Anna which will be used forfarming, increasing food production (to help u5 feed our children) and a5 an additional resource to continue to teach Horticulture, Agriculture and ETO'S programme 'farming Gods way, to our children. During this year we have been able to increase food production on our farms. This has helped to protect ETO from rising inflation and food costs while at the same ts'me ensuring our children can eat a more balanced diet. Thanks to the amazing generosity of ETO sponsors and donors we were able to meet the needs of many hundreds of people. Obeying Jesus's command that'you feed them.. Having sent over £129,000 this year the ETO trustees are satisfied that all elements of Public Benefit requirements are being met and adhered to. Educate The Orphans Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023 Direct Benefits flowng from the purposes include: The provision of free education, such as the teaching of basic literacy, numeracy and life skills ich can enable the beneficiaries to find employment in the future or, at a minimum, to be able to read and vffite, from nursery school up to and including seGondary school, under the Kenyan Govemment curriculum. We also help support some students through technical college or university, where appropriate. This education a150 includes a greater understanding of the Christian faith. The teaching of agricultural and horticuftural skills, which aid self-sufficiency and food production that also leads to health benefits. The direct provision of food and sustenance during periods of drought or famine. We have an ongoing policy that we wll provide at least hvo {2) meals every day, for every child who attends any of our schools. The meals consist of a grain cereal, Sorghum porridge at breakfast time. Boiled maizelmillet, chickpeas and beans, which is the stable diet of the local people, which now includes our home grown fresh fruits.. walermelon, bananas, oranges, groundnuts, and mangoes (Sometimes a little meat is provided, when and where possible,) other direct health benefits through projects such as the provision of fresh water through our vRter treatment plant. The benefits can be demonstrated as tangible through the practical building and existence of 7 schools, a 10 bed maternity unit, a water treatment plant land the supply of clean water to many hundreds of people from it) and through reports, photographs and other resources available at eto-ministries.org as well as feedback from those who have visited the work in Kenya. We fail to see how any harm could come to any of the children in any way by our work and v would not be involved in it if there were any chance of harm to any child wth the beneficiaries from our y￿rk are orphaned and needy children, and some oldfinfirm people of Tharaka. Kenya. There are positively no private benefits to any personlorganization involved in or connected to the Y￿rk of Educate the Orphans which are more than incidentsl,. some Kenyan staffing is employed to look after the children in Kenya, helping to feed, teach and care for them. The payment of such stsff is incidental to the fulfilment of the purposes. Otherwise, we are all volunteers and pay all of our own expenses. No fees are charged - we operate a completely free service to all our beneficiaries, who are all the neediest of children, and old people in the bush area of Tharaka, Kenya, who would have absolutely no chance of any kind of life without the help of Educate the Orphans. Tlie Li u&lee¥ Ii