Parikrma Humanity Foundation rikrma / HIfr¥AIIITY trOtiriDATIO Parikrnia Humanity Foundation UK Trust Trnstees, Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 Scottish Charity Number SC037254
Current trustees Contact ad(Iress Recruitment and appointment of Trustees All of the Tru5Ys trustees are appointed or reappointed by the members at our annual general meeting which this vear was held on 5 November 2022. There were no changes to the TnS primary Offi holders this year, with Stuart Macintyre being reappointed as Chairnian, and Paul Edwards as Secretary. Dr Anna Macintyre and Shukla Bose were reappointed as Trustees, and Vasant Chari was also appointed as a new Trustee as of 3 January 2023. Stuart Macintyre and Paul Edwards are also Trnstees of the Trust. Governing document The charity is constituted as a Trust and the purposes and administration arrangements are set out in our deed of Trust. dated 28th February 2006. Charitable PUTpose5 Our purposes, as recorded in our deed of Trust, involve the relief of poverty and the advanrnent of education amongst diildren and young people in developing countries with a particular focus on India.
Activities in the UK During the year 2022-23 we continued to support the work of the Parikrma Humanity Foundation (PHF) in Bangalore, &)uthern India. PHF Bangalore was established in 2(K)3 as a non-profit organi7Ation committed to providing high quality education for children from under-served urban communities in the local area from kindergarten through to LX)llegeluniversity. PHF UK Trust continued to re]ve generous donations from a number of individuals and organisaiions who have raised funds on behalf of PHF, or made ongoing contributions thmugh child sponsorship and one-off donations. Finanaal Year 2022-23 saw a small in(Tease in the value of donations from the prior year, although still not at the levels seen prior to the pandemic. Donations in 2022-23 were £32.981, and an increase from £29,210 in 2021-22. with recent years, there were notable donations from Dr. Melissa Esposito (£11.117). Fotis - an educational charity based in Switzerland (£4,743). and we also received a donation of £4,373 from a long-standing German donor Ulrich Baeumer. During the year PHF UK Trust was able to make a further £34,( donation to PHF in Bangalore. bringing to £567567 the totsl donated Sin PHF UK was established. With the exptiOn of SI[fiC student sponsorship, all funds Taised and donated have been provided to the PHF in Bangalore to support the continued running and expansion of the schools and curriculum, further details of which a contained in the update below.
ACtitieS in India Parikrnia Impact 2022 Zero suicides! When Paiikrnia began its schools in 2(X13, one of the critical issues faced was the suicide rates in the slums we work with. We are proud to say that the number of suicides has decreased to zero because of our ongoing counselling of students and families, despite the turbulent years we all faced because of the pandemic. The success of NIOS ro We launched the NIOS program a couple of years ago for some of our students who have challenges followins the regular curriculum but have extraordinary talent in art, music and a few different subjects. We believe that all diiIdren have unique skills and should not be straight-jacketed to follow a pattern that discourages them and affects.their self-esteem. Impact: We recently distributed rtIfiCateS to our students who did amazingly well in the Board exams with l(K) percent pass. ram Parikrnia Inside As part of the Parikrnia Inside Progra we inaugurated the summer school at the gOVernmt schools in Bashetihalli and Ellupura - A 10-day program combining education and fun! The Block Education Officer BEO addressed the students. Parikrnia Foundation has so far adopted several government schools, where the Parikrnia Way model is being implemented to aid the teachers and students and make learning experiential and wholesome. Clinic on Wheels IndiaAssetz and the Pariknna Foundation launched Prana - Clinic on Wheels: a primary augmented ne(Trmedical aid. The model (with six beds) will serve as a Mobile ICU with oxygen support - the faality has already
been used to vaccinate hundreds of children and families from the slums. The mobile clinic will Servi thousands living in over 110 slums in Bengaluru-a bis shout out to Sai Narain and Selco Foundation. Solar We inaugurated a solar energy system at our Jayanagar School - supported and funded by the Selco Foundation and Wells Fargo. This shift will ensure energy reliability for Staff and residentslstudents, redu future electiicity bills. increase climate resilien. and redu C02 emissions. Amon the to 10 in India Parikrnia Sahakarnagar knool is ranked India's 10th Most Admired Philanthropic School by Educationworld India 2022-23. To compile EWISR 2022-23, 11,458 sample respondents - educationists, prinapals, teachers, SECA {socio-economic category A) parents and senior school students - 28 cities countrywide were interviewed by 118 C fore field researchers over four months (June-september). The annual EWISR is the world's largest school ranking survey. Parikrnia Football Clubs The Pariknna Girls Football Club now has girls from Temote regions of Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Manipur. Madhya PradeslL and Karnataka playing professional football. Tara Anand won the Best Defender award at the Karnataka Women's Super-Division tEague 2022- 2023. Two Pariknna Boys Football Club players- Bhanu Prakash and Tharun 11 represented Karnataka in the National League 2022. Awards: Three years in a row! Parikrma Foundation is a Great Pla to WorkTM certified for building Hish-Tnt & HIgh-Perf0rnian CultureTM We are Ttied among India's Top 75 mid-size organisations, "Best WOrkplaS for Women."
Independent Examiner's Rert to the Trustees of Parikrma Humanity Foundation UK Trust Report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023 Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's truslees are resrM)nsible for the preparntion of th¢ accounts in accordance w]th the tern ot.the Chariti¢s and Truslee investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Rcgulalions 2006. The charity lrnstees consider th the dit requirement of regulation l O(l) {d) of the Accounts" Regiilations does not apply. It is m) responsibility to examinc tbc account4 as requircd under scction 4411) (c) ot tbe Act and io stale whether particular matters have come to my atiention Basis of independent examiners statement My examination is carried out in accordance M'ith Regulthion I l of the CForilies Ac¢ounls (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review ol the acc()unling records kept bv th¢ Lhdriij a comparison of the accounts presented ith those records. It also includes consideration ot"anN' unusual ilems or disclosures in the accounts and se£ks ¢xplanations from the trustees coiiccrning an). such mallers. The proLedures undertaken do noi provide all tbe evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an <iudit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent examiner's ststement In ihe ¢OUTse of Tny examinatioo no mattcr has come lo my attention which gives me re&sonable cause 10 believe that in any material Tespect the requiretnenls: to keep accounting recordg in OrdanCe with section 44(1) (a) ofthe 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2(X)6 Accounts Regulations. and to Prepare accounts H'hicb accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 AccounLs Regulations hail¢ not been mel Signed . Name . QuaIification aster of BsIn¢SS Administraiion Address Date I" June 2023
Parikrma Humanlty Foundation UK Trust Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March 2023 cei Donations Bank Interest £32302 79 £29,210 £10 Total Receipts £32,981 £29.220 Donations- Parikrma Humanity FoundatKJn Bank Cha rges E34.(MXJ £49 £31,000 £67 Total Payments £34,049 £31,(67 Surplus l(Deficit) forthe year 1,068 1,847 I l The Accounts have been prepared on a Receipt5 and Payment ba&s 21 The Donation5 for 2023 contain £538 relatirE to the reccNery of histor31 Gfft Aid12022= £11811 CE1AtRf1ts6 Ao" Ikr& IOA7
Parikrma Humanity Foundation UK Trust Statement of Balances as at 31st March 20Z3 2023 2022 k & Cash in Han Opening Balance SurplusllDeficitl For the Year £11,717 1.068 £13,564 -£1,847 Closing Balance £10.649 £11.717 Reserles General Funds £109 £11.717 Closing Balance £10.649 £11,717 10- fv901013
Our teacher, Swetha from Parikrnia Nandini Layout School, reiVed an award and reco10 from the government for her hard work and dedication. AshwathIakshmi from Sahakarnagar School - recognised as a great teacher by the Karnataka Primary Schwl Teachers knociation of Bansalore North. Founder Shukla Bose received the Education 2.0 - Outstanding Leadership Award, Dubai and the Bengaluru Women Lifetime Achievement Award - Bengaluru Women Achievers 2022 from B.Pac CLIP Alumni Association. Our Cham Hrushikesh. our grade 11 student selected to attend the Student Enrichment Program at Irr-madras At the 14th State t£vel School Olympics, nine of our students won gold, silver and bronze medals. Parikrma School won the champiorLship at the Ryan International School Minithon Power Play Champions Football Cup: Parikrna reached finals after defeating Sri Lanka in the seniis. At Invision, organised by the Inventure Academy, Parikrma children won first place in the dan competition. Whays new? Tech-driven future: We are using technology to advan best practices and governan Blended learning (dassrooms with projectors) Gamification of modules Quiklrn - a sch(M)I manasement app that promotes better learning COLA software- stores longitudinal data on students and families Tracking of individual child perfornwi Tracking the impart of Parikrnia's model on family welfare Infornied de(isions about teaching methods and t(K)Is
Saleslorce to IKKt operational efficiency Better donor manasement. timely automated generation of receipts etc., and accurate reporting The Market Readiness Pro am The program is a practical project designed for Grade 12 business study students. Split into teams, the groups ideate on a product or service. The busine idea is meant to be innovative and practical and offer a solution for existÈng pain points of custotners. Market research goes into the project with test marketing of prototypes and feedback. A team of internal and external judges from aIt walks of life review the ideas and products. Several leaders from diverse fields have held workshops and talks as part of the program. Annual event Festival of len 2022 Hundreds of students from sch(x)Is across the country, including government sChls, got an opportunity to understand one of humanitys biggest crises today: Climate Change. akers:
The speakers covered various topics: Music and climate awareness, biodiversity, climate change and cities, Migratio climate refugees & rnacroeconomic fallouts, climate and readin& climate change in the high mountains, changing weather and food, warniing in the oceans, tracking climate change through trees and multiple stories of hope. Education Transf0mtiOn Centre 151)0 teachers from Government Higher Prinwy khools across Karnataka trained in Teacher Sensitivity and Pedagogy. ETC has been implementing a Whole School Improvement Policy in five Government Schools adopted by Parikrnia (two in the Bangalore North district. two in Rural District, and one in Bangalore *)uth). The program intends to make a qualitative change in creating a safe and sensitive school environment, transforniing the teaching and learning pro5S, and increasing student achievement and parental involvement in the next five years. Alum stories s back in the mainstream rW5. announcing her third Karuiada movie. She says her intr(Kluction to acting happened in our school morning a&semblies! She is irnmensely talented and natural. We wish her the very best. graduated with a Law degree from the prestigious National Law School. Bangalore. He is the only lawyer from his village in Manipur. He plans to take the judiciary exam and 1coMe a judge in his state.