We supported the following programmes:
- House building: two houses for vulnerable children.
- Peer education: refreshments; payments to 8 peer facilitators; graduation ceremony.
- Worker payments: supporting food parcels, kitchen staff, housebuilding and administration.
- Food parcels: both regular and one-off supplies.
- Office costs: towards electricity, insurance and bank charges.
- Transport for food parcels and peer education.
- Workshop/support group: one-off training workshop for orphans and vulnerable children.
- Emergency allocation: for after school feeding programme when another donor dropped out.
We received a total of 12 narrative reports over the year about food parcel and peer education beneficiaries; 5 house building reports; and monthly financial reports.
We were in regular contact with the CEO of MHBCP and other officers
- To discuss and agree use of grants
- For current news
- To advise and assist with their grant applications to other bodies
- For prayer topics
We have sent a monthly email prayer letter to our supporters, plus other news; and posted regular updates on our website, Facebook page and Twitter.
Summary of the other achievements
- Made one presentations to an interested group.
- Kept our supporters and other interested people informed of our, and MHBCP’s, activities, by email and other media outlets.
- Raised over £14,000 in donations and grants.
- Funded the relief of hunger; the delivery of peer education; new housing; transport and admin. costs (at MHBCP).
Trustee meetings
The trustees met three times. The Trust Deed was revised to meet Charity Commission requirements. Audit tracking of donations to the Project was initiated. Trustees receive regular account summaries from the treasurer [now monthly]. It was agreed the Trust did not yet have the capacity to send teams out to South Africa. We monitored the two new houses funded in 2015-16 but built this year, and agreed we would like to be able to fund a further house in 2017-18. We are investigating several fund-raising avenues, and continuing to explore applications for grants. We discussed but did not agree on how annual reports and accounts should be made available to supporters. We have now found someone to support the treasurer in monitoring the accounts and records.
How money was spent
Below is a summary of how the Masoyi Trust UK donations were spent during the year 2016-17. Whilst these figures provide a condensed financial view of the impact, the personal stories of how our supporters’ donations are making a difference to the daily lives of people in the community are what really inspires us. You can read many of these stories in our regular news posts here.
Masoyi Trust (UK) Donations 2016-17:
Please view the Project page, for more information on how the Peer Education Programme benefits those that take part in the programme, and also serves the wider community as a result of the programme’s outcomes.
The figures above are shown below as a percentage of donations spent.
Masoyi Trust (UK) 