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MySmallHelp Trustees’ Report for the year ended 3 April 2018

Trustees’ Annual Report for MySmallHelp for the year ended 3 April 2018 Charity number: 1123830 Section A: Reference and Administration Details The charity’s principal address throughout the year was: Flat 4 Dorset House Stanton Road Barnes London SW13 0EU The Trustees that managed the charity during the year were Lee Forsyth, Alistair Williams, Kim Karmozyn and Leander Hollings. Josh Stamp joined the Board of Trustees on 20 June 2017. Selection to the Board of Trustees is through election by serving Trustees. The charity is a trust governed by a trust deed. The Trustees met regularly through the year to review progress against the charity’s stated objectives and would particularly like to thank Raju, Binod, Pramila, and Jessica for all their hard work to make this a very successful year to report on. Section B: Structure, governance and management MySmallHelp is a UK registered charity primarily set up as a fundraising arm to support partner projects overseas. During the period 4 April 2017 to 3 April 2018 funds were sent to MySmallHelp Nepal and MySmallHelp Peru. These are separate legal entities from MySmallHelp in the UK, are independent and have their own governance and control structures. Section C: Objectives and activities C1 Objectives During the year the objects of the charity were unchanged:

• To assist children, young adults and families who are living in conditions of poverty, sickness and distress anywhere in the world in such ways that the Trustees from time to time see fit.

• To advance the education of underprivileged children at selected schools in Nepal, Mexico and Peru, providing sponsorship of school fees, educational materials, school uniforms and provision of extra-curriculum educational courses

In planning the charity’s activities, we kept in mind the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. The focus of the activity of MySmallHelp during this period was to find sponsors for individual children in Nepal and Peru to provide access to education to children who otherwise would not be able to go to school. Specific fundraising initiatives were also organised to fund programmes set out in Section D covering achievements and performance.


Section D: Achievements and Performance D1 MySmallHelp in Nepal 1. Child Educational Sponsorship Project

Child educational sponsorship has been a key project since the My Small Help, Nepal was set up. We have been supporting and sponsoring children from different background who are especially poor, single parent and orphans. This year we have around 39 children who are sponsored for education. These children age range from 6 years to 18 years. Out of 39 children, 27 of them are girls and 18 are boys. Below are the list of children that has completed their ‘Higher Secondary Level’ and have supported them according to their interests.

GIRLS (3)

Bipana Educational Support Year : Since 2011 Bipana completed her ‘Intermediate in Science’ and now doing Bachelor’s in Optometry in Christian College in Banglore, India. She is currently in the second semester

Rozy Educational Support Year: Since 2007 Rozy completed her ‘Intermediate in Management’ and received Barista Training and now working in a coffee restaurant

Sunita Educational Support Year: Since 2007 Sunita completed her ‘Intermediate in Management’ and received Facial Beauty Training and working a Beautician.

BOYS (2)

Rojan Educational Support Year: Since 2007 Rojan completed his ‘Intermediate in Management’ and now doing Bachelor’s in Business Studies and he is in first year.


Ashok Educational Support Year: Since 2007 Ashok completed his ‘Intermediate in Management’ and now doing Bachelor’s in Business Studies and he is in first year.

Below are the list of children who has completed their ‘Higher Secondary Level’ education this year

GIRLS (2)

Sarmila Educational Support Year : Since 2007 Sarmila has just completed her ‘Intermediate in Management’. She is currently working part time in a Co-operative Finance Office. Her sponsor wants to take her to Germany for further study so she will be joining German Language.

Hanna Educational Support Year: Since 2007 Hanna has just completed her ‘Intermediate in Humanities’. With the support, she is currently doing Bachelor’s in Theology in Olive Theological Institute in Karala, India.

BOYS (1)

Saroj Educational Support Year: Since 2011 Saroj has just completed her ‘Intermediate in Science’. With the support from Friends For Global Change in the USA, he will be joining Samsung Office, Nepal as IT Technician for Schools. He would like to be an IT specialist in the future.


2. Permanent House for earthquake effected families

Rajesh Rajesh was a small child when his father was killed during the Maoist insurgency. His mother remarried and abandoned him and his old sister. He lives with his grandparents who are elderly and unable to work. They use to live in a small farm and reliant on the land of other to feed themselves. My Small Help has been supporting Rajesh since September 2011. Ramesh and his grandparents has been living in the temporary shelter since 2015 which My Small Help supported in building. Now, with My Small Help and Government’s earthquake relief fund, a four room house is currently under-construction.

Rajesh with his grandmother Rajesh destroyed house Temporary shelter loading on the truck


Grandmother Rajesh Temporary Shelter

B. Pratap

Pratap is now 11 years old and lives with his grandparents and suffers from disability in one of his hands. The family belong to so call low caste, meaning that members of higher castes will not speak to them or even go near them. His parents are thought to be working in bricks factories in Kathmandu but this is not known for sure. He is an only child and currently stays with his grandparents who rely on farm work to provide income. When My Small Help met Pratap he said that he had not been fed for two days. My Small Help has been supporting Pratap since September 2011. They are now currently living in a temporary shelter which was built by our organization. Pratap and his grandparents has been living in the temporary shelter since 2015 which My Small Help supported in building. Now, with My Small Help and Government’s earthquake relief fund, a four room house is currently under-construction.


3. Support for Earthquake effected children

Many children lost their families and became homeless during 15th April 2015 earthquake in Nepal. For these children, the village came non-liveable as there were no one to look after. Out of many, one of the kind-hearted school teacher Saru decided to take care of 5 children who were from very remote areas of Nepal. They are currently living under her care and they go to school everyday and live with the teacher. With hardship, the teacher is doing her best to provide better living her these children. One of our supporter from UK has helped in raising fund for these children. A total of amount: 198 pound (Rs. 25000) has been provided to teacher Saru. We would like to thank her for her generous support.


4. Appointed Teachers for Government School

In Nepal, there is a vast difference in quality of education in private and government schools. Again it is more in village or country side. In these poorly run government educational institute, there is a big lack of equal access to education with a friendly and fun loving children environment especially to children from age 2 to 6. In addition to funds and lack of enough and trained Montessori teachers are some of the major factors. Some of the major objective of this project 1. To encourage parents to send their kids to school 2. To create a friendly and fun loving environment for children. 3. Provide balance food diet for the children. 4. To train children by the Montessori train teachers. 5. To make children socially and morally aware of good, bad and right and wrong. With the support from Friends For Global Change, USA and My Small Help, Nepal, two full time teachers has been appointed for one of the poorly run government school in remote village in Balthali, Napane, Kavre. These teachers teaches children from age 2 to 6 in kindergarten. This project was started from April 2017 and it is ongoing project till date. There is a big positive impact on children.


D2 MySmallHelp in Peru Integral Support Program MSH Peru has been working to continue supporting the beneficiaries part of our Integral Support Program, their families and the communities they live in. Our support consists in securing funds and provide what is needed to accomplish the goals set on their development plans, set according to each beneficiaries needs. The daily and weekly activities of this program include: providing direct care and support for children and young adults who have needs related to physical, social, emotional, psychological and other (special) education needs; assisting the beneficiaries in their home or school setting; providing a variety of classes and general academic support; providing therapies to improve physical or mental skills; accompanying the beneficiaries to medical appointments and follow up of their medical treatments; attending parents and teachers meetings at their schools; among others. For the past years, the program have been supporting 24 beneficiaries, whose ages range from 3 years to 27 years old, plus one 75 year-old lady who is one of the first beneficiaries of the program. From those, only some beneficiaries have been supported with funds provided from the UK. The main activities developed to support the beneficiaries funded by UK donations are:

• Lourdes: registration and payment of the school tuition, as well as providing

school supplies. We also provide weekly academic support, follow up of her

health treatments and provide a monthly allowance so she can pay the rent of

her room and other needs.

• Lourdes Mariana (Lulu): registration and payment of the tuition at the CEBE

San Martin, special needs school in Cusco, where she attends in a daily basis.

We also provide weekly afterschool lessons to improve her educational

development, provide school supplies and fund her daily transportation to/from

school.

• Leonel: registration and payment of the tuition at the CEBE San Martin,

special needs school in Cusco. The donations raised in UK, help fund part of

his daily transportation to/from school to his house in Ollantaytambo (located 2

hours away from Cusco City). Although this expense is high for the family and

local economy (790 GPB per year aprox.), MSH Peru funds it so Leonel can

be able to attend school to continue learning sign language and communicate

properly. MSH Peru also provides supplies and weekly lessons to support his

learning and development.

• Anita: payment of her school tuition and providing school supplies. MSH

provides weekly lessons to support her learning and educational development.

Regarding her health, MSH Peru provided physiotherapies and supports her

medical treatments, funds the purchase of dippers on a monthly basis, and the

monthly transportation to/from her house to the basketball training, which has


helped her to improve her social and emotional skills, as her emotional status

constantly varies due to her constant health problems.

• Cristian: During this year, Cristian had serious health problems which weren’t

treated on time and unfortunately lead to his death. MSH Peru had been

supporting the family during this hard period and funded some of the tests and

medicines that were needed during the treatment. Before that, MSH Peru also

funded the registration and payment of the school tuition, provided school

supplies, as well as provided weekly afterschool classes and follow up of his

educational development.

Section E: Financial Review E1 Policy on reserves Much of MySmallHelp UK's income is derived from non-recurring sources and therefore has no fixed or predictable pattern. Expenditure is based on an appeals system through which funds are channelled directly to the point of need. Based on this background, the reserve policy is to make sure that total cash balances do not fall below £1,000 at any one time to ensure that MySmallHelp UK continues to meet the needs of the beneficiaries and the organisation. At the financial year end, MySmallHelp UK had total cash reserves of £34,917, which was allocated to General fund £833 and projects in Nepal £30,587, Peru £3,497 and Mexico £nil.

Lourdes, Age 25 Osteogenesis Imperfecta (wheelchair)

Lourdes Mariana (Lulu), Age 9 Down Syndrome

Leonel, Age 12 Hearing Impairment

Anita, Age 16 Hydrocephalus + Myelomeningocele

(wheelchair)

Cristian, Age 12 Low income resources


E2 Financial statement review During the year, MySmallHelp UK collected total donations and other income of £49,520 an increase of £17,201 compared to the previous year. These amounts included contributions to the general fund of the charity of £142 as well as specific donations for projects in Peru (£2,481) Nepal (£46,886). Contributions received by the charity are allocated to the general fund when a donor does not dedicate the donation to a particular fund. Reflecting the charity’s success in raising funds, donations of £3,260 and £28,941 were made to MySmallHelp UK’s partner organisations in Peru and Nepal. Operational costs for the year were £1,032, including bank charges of £666. After the financial year end, a donor requested the return of a donation of £10,000 made during the year. The Trustees decided to return this donation on 21 May 2018 since the charity’s plans for projects in Nepal did not match the donor’s requirements as outlined at the time of the original donation. E3 Financial controls During the year, the Trustees reviewed internal controls and financial reporting and concluded that these controls were operating effectively, given the operational limitations that apply to smaller charitable organisations. Section F: Other Optional Information Nothing to report. Section G: Declaration The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above and authorised signature of the report as shown below. Signature: Alistair Williams Full name: Alistair Williams Position: Trustee Date: 29 January 2019

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