Watoto Trust - Annual Report

Categories: Trust

Trustees' Annual Report
For the period 1st October to 30th September 2007

Watoto Trust
Registered Charity Number 1111551

Trustees
• Sarah Green Founding Trustee
• Jo Shapiro Founding Trustee
• Laetitia Pienaar Founding Trustee
• Bruce Nightingale Kenyan Trustee
• Oliver Nightingale Kenyan Trustee

The charity is a Trust with Trust Deeds as the Governing Document.

Watoto Trust is small charity set up by enthusiastic amateurs – we have strived to keep overheads low in order to apply donor funds solely to the aims of the charity. Our donors are mainly friends and family and express their pleasure at being able to know that their donations go straight to the beneficiaries’ needs as opposed to administrative costs, etc. When expenses arise, they are more often than not met from specific donations earmarked for that purpose.

All the work of the charity in the UK is carried out by the three founding trustees.. Committees of friends help to fundraise. In Kenya, direct involvement by the Kenyan Trustees ensures financial accountability and transparency and a real link with the projects.