Minutes:
TRUSTS FOR AFRICAN SCHOOLS
MINUTES OF MEETING OF TRUSTEES ON 13
SEPTEMBER 2022 – by ZOOM from Canada .Thank you Sangdeep!
Present:
Sangdeep Bakhshi, Norma Empringham, Tom Marshall-Andrews, Gill Marshall-Andrews, Lissa Campbell, Johnnie Morris, Douglas Pinto (poor connection).
Apologies: Ben Taylor, Will
Jones, Luke Morris,
Invited but no connection - Stephen Kameti
1.Minutes of the meeting on 29 March 2022 were agreed.
2. Matters arising - Tony Fitzjohn’s death was noted with
sadness. His work in Kora National Park
will be continued by his wife Lucy and son Mukka.
3. School and
country update
GMA presented
Stephen’s reports which gave an update on Kenya and the
schools.
Key points concerned:
Mitamysi Secondary School started back at the end of lockdown with a
full Form 1. It is hoped that a new Form
1 will be enrolled in January and the school will build itself back to full
numbers within 2 years.
Asako Primary The new borehole for Kora Secondary School
will now be in the Primary School compound and discussions are taking place to
agree a contract between the schools.
The Principal is excited about the supply of water and wants to
concentrate his efforts on developing the agriculture curriculum. We have said we will consider matched funding
to progress this goal.
Kora Secondary
school is still growing fast and they are excited about the borehole even
though it will now not be on their compound.
4. Finance and
Bank
Sangdeep is
still not a signatory to the account .
He plans to go back to the bank – again – and see what else has to be
done. In the meantime GMA has managed
to send funds to Eburru Primary School Trust for the refurbishment of their
courtyard. They wanted this urgently to
see if it could be done before the rains but the rains have come early so the
project will now be delayed. Funds from
the Property Race Day are expected to be known in November. It will be necessary to ensure that Mitamysi
is a going concern before any further funding is applied to their project. SK is in discussion with the Ministry about
the new Principal who is still drinking.
5. Proposals
for funding
It was agreed
to send funds for a dormitory at Kaseluni when we have an updated proposal and
quote – if the funds we have in place allow.
6. Next meeting
The next meeting will be on 21 November
2022, We hope the next
meeting will be face to face and maybe dinner afterwards at the Conduit Club!
