Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period to end July 2023 The aftermath of Cyclone Freddy in March 2023 continued to affect southern Malawi well into 2024. The cyclone devastated homes, farmland, and infrastructure, displacing over 2 million people and triggering a surge in cholera cases due to compromised water and sanitation systems. In July 2024, Malawi officially declared the end of its deadliest cholera outbreak, which had begun in March 2022 and resulted in 59,376 cases and 1,772 deaths. This milestone was achieved through a combination of oral cholera vaccination campaigns, public health education, and improved sanitation efforts. In 2024, international tourist arrivals increased by 18% compared to the previous year, signaling a rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic's impact. Malawi’s economy continued to struggle during the year. High inflation made basic goods more expensive, and the country’s heavy reliance on farming made it vulnerable to floods and other climate shocks. Against that backdrop the WMP continued its activities to support a range of initiatives in Malawi, in line with our four themes: ## **Education** - Support for STEKA Skills to build a Vocational Skills Centre. - Continue our support to Open Arms and Nomala Village Nursery. - Supported Colorful Classroom’s School with funding for a garden to grow crops and build an irrigation system. - Continued support to Bolero Palms. ## **Health & wellbeing** - We continued to support Achikondi Clinic with funding for a midwife as well as the initial costs to build a lab testing facility on site. ## **Sport** - Repairs were completed on the netball court that was built previously. This remains an incredibly valuable resource which is used by many different groups and teams. - Due to the success of the first court, another netball court was built in {insert location here}. - We have continued our support for Scores Football team and 4 Netball teams. ## **Environment** - We continued our support of the Zomba Treez initiative. - With our connection to the Mulanje CCAP Hut, we provided funds to help restore and improve the water pump for all hut users. - We developed our link with Mulanje Conservation Trust providing them with funding to purchase, grow and replant cedar seedlings on the Mulange Plateau. one of our Trustees, remains on the Board of the Scotland Malawi Partnership which has strengthened our role in the network of Scottish organisations working with organisations in Malawi. Fundraising and donations saw our funds rise to £57,228.01. The bulk of this was distributed to the projects summarised above but we retained a positive bank balance at the end of the year of £13,122. We have been able to make a number of long term commitments for larger projects and thus retained some funds until the organisations required them for the next steps in the projects. We are confident our fundraising and donations will continue to reflect this so are in a position to commit to more longer term projects with the organisations that we support. ## Watson’s Malawi Partnership (WMP) Minutes of a meeting of the Trustees’ held on 30 April at 20:30 at George Watson’s College The purpose of the meeting was to review and approve the Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for a 12 month period ending 31* July 2024. The report and accounts had been prepared e- behalf of the WMP. ## The following was noted: - e The accounts had been prepared on acash receipts and payments basis. - e Total receipts for the year amounted to £57,228.01 and total payments £44,105.91 resulting in a surplus of payments over receipts of £13,122. - e The bank account balance at the start of the year, at 31* July 2023, was £14,507. - e@ The bank account balance at the end of the year, 31st July 2024, was £27,629.30. - e The Trustees considered that the accounts had been prepared in accordance with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and that the audit requirement did not apply. - e The accounts will require an independent examiner’s report to be completed. The Chair reported to the meeting = indicated once again a willingness to complete the examiner’s report for the WMP for the period under review on a no fee basis. The Trustees agreed that ii should be appointed as the independent examiner. The Trustees approved the report and accounts for the period ending 31* July 2024. The Chair will submit the report and accounts to the independent examiner and subject to the completion of the examiner’s report was duly authorised to sign and file the report and accounts with OSCR, the Scottish Charity Regulator. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Watson's Malawi Partnership $C050890
Receipts and payments accounts
Scottish‘ Charity5 Regulator For thea period Tuesday, August 01, 2023 to Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
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Watson's Malawi Partnership SC050890
Section B Statement of balances
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Bi Cash funds Cash and bank balances at start of year | £ 14,507.20 | | £ 14,507.20 | |{
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payments account € 13,122.10 £ 13,122.10
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14507 i : 1 i H ’ OSCR Accounts WMP 2024.xisxStatement of balances December 2007 APPENDIX 3 OSCR Sccltsh (j￿rty RewL*cf Independent examIne￿S report on the accounts R8POrt to the Ch•ity n*h* truStO981mem￿rs of Watsons Malawi Partnership Roglst0r8d charfty SC 050890 numbor On the accounts of the Period stsrt date charity for the perlod ._ Peric#J end date 08 2023 31 07 2024 Sot out on pag0S 1-6 R•sp•ctlvo The ¢hanVs trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance rnsponsibilrtws of with the term$ of the charrb.es and Trustee Investment IScoUand} 2005 Act and the tru8to08 and examinor Charrt]es Accounts {Scottandl Regul*"ons 2(j￿ {as amend&l}. The charity ￿$teeS conshler that the audr( requirement of Regutab"on 1011} {dl of the Accounts Regulab"on$ does not apply. It is my resFrf)nsibilty to examine the ac¢ounts as requi￿ under seth.on 44{11 {cl of the Act and to slate whettw partthtar Matte￿ have ¢4yne to my attention. Bas18 of Independent My examinabon is ￿rried out in accordance with RegUlat￿)n 11 of the 20C6 Accounts examinerfs statement Regulab"ons. An eXaMinat￿n includes a review of the accounting records kept by the chanty and a comparison of the ￿lUnts presented with those recoftls. It also indudes cOns￿erstion of any unusual iterns or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explana￿nS from the trustees con*ming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that ￿l)Uld be required in an audit ￿d. ¢onsequentty, I do not express an audf( opin￿n on the vmv gNen by the accounts. Indepondont 9xamingVs In the course of my examinat*)n, no matter has come to my attention [other than that statsmont disclosed on the atlachgj w3e1 which gives me reasonable ￿use to believe that in any material reS[￿t the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordan￿ se¢th)n 44(11 (a) of the 2005 Act and RegUla￿n 4 ofthe 20[￿ Accounts Regulations. and lo ryepare accounts whth accord vrith the ￿l￿nting records and Compty with ReguEath)n 9 of the 20C6 Accounts ReguLqtions have not been meL or should be drawn in ordgr to enabb a pn)P8r Slgnetr" Name Relevanl professiona quallflcallonl$) or body Ilf any): ele nts of ￿dand Address: 'P￿￿Se deleteth?words in the rftr¢y dor*)t oppty. IFtt*wdsdo *. set tyAIITh8 Tht18rs io your*ntknn oft tha followhig page. )SCR will accapt dfvJitkl ortyyed S¥Jm*Jms. APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only comp￿￿ rfthe examiner ne* to high1￿ht material wjbths. Give here brlef detalls of NONE any items that the examinor wishes to disclo8•