Aman UK AR 2016

32 Pages·2017·0.83 MB·English

Annual
Report 2015 - 2016
FOUNDATION UK
TRANSFORMING LIVES
Content
03 Chair’s Message
04 Our Trustees
05 Our Objectives
08 Our Key Activities
11 Independent Examiners Report on the Accounts
12 Statement of Financial Activities
13 Balance Sheet
14 Notes to the Accounts
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Chair’s of emergency medical services in Pakistan; raising
awareness and funds for vocational training for
Message
marginalized youth in Pakistan; and co-funding a
creative art educational project for young people
in hospitals in the UK.

It has certainly been inspiring to see the positive
impact our support has already yielded. Over the
past year, I have met many beneficiaries whose
lives have been saved due to the emergency
medical services that we have supported in
Pakistan - stroke patients who would not have
made it to the hospital in time, mothers who
have coped with emergency labor and delivered
healthy babies, people who had been in horrific
accidents and were provided critical care in the
The fiscal year 2015-16 was a pivotal year for ‘golden hour’. I have also met many young
Aman Foundation UK, full of positivity and students and their families whose lives have been
progress. Having obtained registration in England turned around due to the vocational training and
& Wales as a Charitable Incorporated educational initiatives that we support.
Organization in 2014, we went on to welcome
new Board members, create a plan to guide us, This impact is a testament to what can be
and build strong alliances with like-minded achieved through partnership and collaborations.
organizations and individuals to further our We hope to continue to build on our successes
vision of transforming lives in underserved and our ability to convene organizations on a
communities. global scale and advocate on behalf of
underserved communities.
As the global socio-economic crisis continues, it
is ever more important that we find innovative We are very thankful for all your support. Your
and collaborative ways to support the support helps us be an active presence in the
advancement of initiatives that align with the lives of youth, women, and families who are
Sustainable Development Goals and engender exposed to social injustices and poverty. In the
systemic and scalable impact in marginalized years ahead, our focus will firmly remain on
communities. building the long-term resilience of marginalized
communities, delivering hope and transforming
To this end, we have undertaken strategic the lives of thousands more. With your
activities and made critical investments to build continued support, I am confident that this is
support for key initiatives in the fields of health possible.
and education in Pakistan and the UK. This
includes a partnership with the global network Thank you.
(including Great Britain) of United World
Colleges to fund scholarships for underprivileged Fayeeza Naqvi
Pakistani students; convening partners in support Chair of Aman Foundation UK
03 Aman Foundation I UK
Our
Trustees
Dr. Saadia
Fayeeza Naqvi Sivendran
Quraishy
(Chair) Vettivetpillai
Nisha Pillai P e r v e z Akhtar Mikael Zoghbi
(Treasurer)
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Our
Objectives
Vision:
Transforming lives in a
manner that is scalable
and capable of creating
systemic change in
underserved
communities.
Our Mission Statement:
Supporting initiatives that provide access to
services and build the capacity of poor and
marginalized communities in high need
geographies; with a focus on health, skills, and
education.
Our Values:
• Transparency
• Empathy
• Mutual respect
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What We Support: • Building partnerships to fund new
healthcare initiatives with other
Advancement of Health:
charities and not for profit entities
• Advancement of healthcare access
• Improving the provision of
through grants to fund existing
healthcare in some of the deprived
healthcare programs run by other
communities in the UK
charitable organizations, including
(but not limited to) Aman
Foundation Pakistan
• Providing funding to equivalent
programs in other countries
where there are economic needs
and limited access to healthcare
services
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Advancement of Education geographies, to support
and Skills Development: continuous development of
educational institutions
• Grants to increase access to
quality educational and • Providing funds to existing
vocational training institutions education and training programs
operated by other charities and
• Grants to fund research into
not for profit organizations,
school effectiveness and
including (but not limited to)
education policy in partnership
those run by Aman Foundation
with recognized UK educational
Pakistan
institutions
• Replicating programs, which have
• Forging links between
been successfully implemented
educational institutions in the
by Aman Foundation Pakistan for
UK and Pakistan and other
the advancement of education
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Our
Key
Activities
In the first year of Student Scholarships:
operations, Aman Aman Foundation UK initiated a
multi-year partnership with the global
Foundation UK conducted
network (including Great Britain) of
a number of strategic
United World Colleges (UWC) to
activities including investing support scholarships for young
Pakistanis to attend a pre-university
in initiatives (that are in line
program. In the Academic Year
with Aman UK’s vision), 2015-2016, Aman Foundation UK
supported two students at UWC St
raising awareness about
Donat’s Castle contributing
critical socio-economic £56,000/annum.
challenges in marginalized
communities in Pakistan,
and garnering support for
vital health and education
initiatives.
Also, Aman Foundation UK provided
a need-based scholarship to a student
to complete his first year of education
at Westminster University by covering
a portion of the tuition fee.
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Supporting Vocational Training at individuals contributed £347,847. In
Aman Tech: addition to this, four organizations
donated a total of £19,889 while
Aman Foundation UK supported and
another organization made an in-kind
raised funding for Aman Foundation
donation of one ambulance (worth
Pakistan’s vocational training initiatives.
£42,000). In total, donations worth
Donors contributed over £76,000
£409,735 were raised by Aman
towards scholarships for students at
Foundation UK as part of the EMS
Aman Institute of Vocational Training
Ramadan Appeal. Collectively donors
(Aman Tech) and to support other
contributed to:
educational initiatives at Aman

Foundation.
Supporting Emergency Medical
Services in Pakistan Through Aman
Healthcare Services:
Aman Foundation UK supported Aman
Foundation Pakistan’s Emergency
Medical Service (EMS) by launching a
Ramadan appeal campaign in March
2016. As part of this campaign, Aman
• Purchase of 4 ambulances for
UK was able to spread awareness about
operation for five years

• Lease of 10 ambulances for one-year

• Additional 960 life-saving
interventions
Also, as part of diaspora outreach
activities, Aman Foundation UK hosted
an Iftar dinner with United Bank UK
(UBL) at the Pakistan Consulate General
in Birmingham to raise awareness about
critical healthcare concerns in Pakistan,
amongst Pakistani diaspora. This event
was well attended by community leaders,
emergency medical services in Pakistan business owners and other members of
and managed to get substantial support the community.
from the diaspora - more than 43
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National Portrait Gallery:
Aman Foundation UK, in collaboration
with DIL Trust UK, supported ‘Magical
Journeys’ a three-year creative arts
project for young people in London
children’s hospitals, with a grant of
£26,000.
This project was implemented by the
National Portrait Gallery in partnership
with Evelina London Children’s Hospital at The Gallery also commissioned children’s
St Thomas’ Hospital, the Activity Centre at illustrator Lizzy Stewart to design and
Great Ormond Street Hospital, Vital Arts illustrate a new high-quality activity book
at the Royal London Hospital and for the ‘Magical Journeys’ project. This was
Newham University Hospital. This project to ensure both long-term arts provision
aimed to provide much needed creative after the workshops and arts engagement
arts activities for young people in the with young people at those times when
children’s hospital through workshops the Gallery is not delivering activities at
engaging both short and long stay patients. the hospital. With the first print run of
These workshops reached 121 children 3,000 copies, the books were used during
and their families (from October the Summer Holidays of 2016 when
2015-May 2016) and helped encourage another 42 workshops were delivered to
the development of art, creativity, visual 222 children and their families.
literacy, ideas, and communication skills
amongst the young patients and support
enhanced health, well-being, and happiness
of patients.
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