Minutes:
TRUSTS FOR AFRICAN
SCHOOLS
MINUTES OF MEETING OF
TRUSTEES ON MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2016
Present: Norma
Empringham, Guy Cowley, Ben Howland, Gill
Marshall-Andrews, Johnnie Morris.
In attendance: Tony Fitzjohn
George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust.
Apologies: Lissa
Campbell, Will Jones, Steve James, Luke Morris,
Ben Taylor, Tom Marshall-Andrews
1.Tony was
welcomed to the meeting. He spoke about
how TAS’ investment in schools around
Mwingi and Kora is complementary to his work to re-generate Kora National Park.
A message from Stephen Kameti was read out. He sent best wishes and thanked trustees for their hospitality whilst
he was over for the party.
2. Minutes
of meeting on 9 May 2016 were
agreed.
3. 10th anniversary party
The party was deemed to have been a great success. The safari raised £3500 (John Spiers was the
highest bidder) and the film was well received. (Thank you, Will, for both of
these). And thank you to Ben T for
arranging the wonderful venue.
The party was an opportunity to say thank you to our
supporters and to celebrate TAS’ achievements.
3. Schools
update
Gill reported on the progress of projects in schools. The two girl’s dormitories are almost
complete at Mitamysi and Jarajara. The
balance of funds are ready to send to the new accounts which have been set up
by the secretaries Hellen Ndeti and David Kombe. The status of these new accounts was discussed
in the light of new banking regulations in Kenya.
The 3 classroom block at Eburru Primary is complete and
fully paid for. The next block of 3
classrooms will hopefully be started when the MP and Clifford Dann of HSK have
formally agreed to share the cost with TAS.
Following the departure of Joan Dickie, Loldia School
Trust has a new job - share secretary – Ben and Wanja Arentz who live on Green
Park. This is excellent news. The girls toilet block has been
finished. Johnnie reported that access
to water is still a problem for the school.
Hopefully the local trust will pursue this.
4. Finance and fund raising
Guy presented the income analysis for 2012 to date.
The last 12 months have been a time of transition to new
schools so income and expenditure have been lower than usual.
For the first time we have insufficient funds for
projects that are ready to go. We have
around £30k in the bank and projects to the value of £60 that are ready.
Every effort will be made to broaden our donor base. Trustees agreed to search for new individuals
who might be likely to offer support.
Guy and Gill are assembling data required by donors which
hopefully will demonstrate that the investment in schools has yielded positive
outcomes.
5. Marathon
Lissa succeeded in her marathon yesterday. She got round in 4 hours and 30 minutes and
raised £1000 each for TAS and Just a Drop.
Congratulations!
6. Proposals for funding
Proposals to the value of £25k were discussed and agreed
for immediate funding. A further £4500
is expected soon so projects to a total of £30k will be funded now. If and when further funding is acquired
projects at Kaseluni and Eburru Primary schools will be funded.
7. Next meeting
Many thanks to Ben H for the meeting room and refreshments at
Kingly Street
The next meeting
will be on Monday 20 or Tuesday 21 February 2017 6.00 pm at Luke’s office (to be confirmed)
