Minutes:
TRUSTS FOR AFRICAN SCHOOLS
MINUTES OF MEETING OF TRUSTEES ON 21
NOVEMBER 2022 – IN THE CONDUIT CLUB
Present: Sangdeep
Bakhshi, Ben Taylor, Luke Morris , Tom
Marshall-Andrews, Johnnie Morris, Douglas Pinto, Gill Marshall-Andrews, Norma
Empringham (on zoom)
Apologies: Will Jones,
Lissa Campbell
Invited but no connection - Stephen Kameti
1.Minutes of the meeting on 13 September 2022 were agreed.
2. Matters arising - GAWPT will continue Tony Fitzjohn’s work in Kora
National Park and are likely to continue
to need the services of Stephen Kameti to deliver their outreach work.
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 class 9 of 40 students. In January the school is expected to receive
2 younger classes (Years 7 and 8) as
part of the implementation of the new
2-6-6 curriculum. This should
mean that the number on roll in January will be around 130 with an expected
full roll of around 250 by 2024.
Asako
Primary The new borehole for Kora
Secondary School has now
been located in the Primary School compound.
This means that both schools will have access to good quality water. The donor has just funded the solar pump that
will pump water from Asako to Kora Sec and the additional piping is being
funded through a saving in the drilling cost.
Now they need
help to improve the fence so that trees and a garden can be planted.
Kaseluni
Primary The girls dormitory is nearly finished and
just needs bunk beds.
Boka
Primary The exams have just started and
the school has become a regional centre.
TAS has funded subsistence costs for visiting candidates.
Jarajara
Primary The washrooms and toilet block are almost
finished.
El Rar Prinary It
is expected that there will be a new headteacher in January.
4. Banking and
accounts Sangdeep has filed the Annual Return. He presented the accounts which showed a
balance of £38k in the UK account.
Douglas
suggested that we gradually close the Karui sub accounts starting with those
that do not have an active secretary ie Boka,
or where the secretary has been having problems with the account ie Mitamysi.
Sangdeep reported that World First no longer are able to offer transfer facilities to TAS so he has set up alternative facilities with XE and GoodFX,
5. Proposals
for funding
It was agreed
to send funds for bunk beds for the dormitory at Kaseluni when we have an
updated proposal and quote. Also agreed
were Solar pump for Kora borehole,
fencing for Asako, Study banda
for El Rar,
6. Next meeting
The next meeting to be arranged hopefully
in March 2023. Also to be discussed was
a visit for trustees to schools in September 2023.
