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Seen and Heard SEEN AND HEARD REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR CHILDREN ON THE EDGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 29 FEBRUARY 2020 CONTENTS 1. OVERVIEW The Year in Numbers 3 Seen and Heard 4 COVID-19 6 2. OUR PROGRAMMES 7 Bangladesh 8 India 12 Kachin State, Burma 16 Uganda 18 Lebanon 22 3. FINANCE FUNDRAISING & GOVERNANCE 23 Finance 24 Fundraising 27 Safeguarding 28 Reference & Administrative Details 31 Structure, Governance & Management 32 Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 34 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF 36 CHILDREN ON THE EDGE Statement of Financial Activities 38 Balance Sheet 39 Cash Flow Statement 40 Notes to the Financial Statements 41 STUDENTS ENJOY NEW DIGITAL LESSONS IN KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, BANGLADESH 2 HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR BANGLADESH: INDIA: UGANDA : 8,900 REFUGEE 71% OF 140 SMALL & SLUM LEARNING BUSINESS DWELLING CENTRE LOANS FOR CHILDREN STUDENTS ARE VULNERABLE RECEIVED GIRLS HOUSEHOLDS EDUCATION BANGLADESH: LEBANON: UGANDA, KYAKA II: 178 TEACHERS 211 SYRIAN 8 PILOT EARLY REPORTED CHILDREN CHILDHOOD FEELING ATTENDING DEVELOPMENT EQUIPPED AND THE NEW CENTRES IN 8 SUPPORTED ZAHLE SCHOOL REFUGEE COMMUNITIES INDIA: BANGLADESH: KACHIN STATE, BURMA: 200 CHILDREN’S 5 DIGITAL 14 PRESCHOOLS PARLIAMENT NEWSLETTERS IN 9 IDP CAMPS MINISTERS PRODUCED & RUNNING WELL PUBLISHED LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD IN OUR CLASSROOMS IN INDIA 3 CHILD RIGHTS CLUB MEETING IN LOCO, UGANDA SEEN AND HEARD As we approach our 30th year working for they can’t vote, they aren’t always included in children’s rights, the UN has also marked 30 decisions that affect them and the outdated years since the adoption of the Convention on term ‘children should be seen and not heard’ the Rights of the Child (CRC). This is surprisingly prevalent. We not only exist for international treaty protects the rights of all children who are most on the edge, but our children to be free from discrimination, work is underpinned by a focus on violence and neglect. It has shaped our work encouraging those children to express from the start, and this year has been no themselves, develop opinions, and for these exception. opinions to be heard and taken seriously. Together our programmes ensure that over Through various innovations this year, we have 15,000 children are safe, protected and been especially struck by what children are provided with access to education. We are capable of when they are both seen and always seeking out and supporting the rights heard. of those children who are most overlooked, which is why this year’s focus was on the - In Bangladesh, children have been development of a new early years education connecting beyond the confines of project, working with refugee children in camps and slums using digital Uganda who have fled conflict in the technology. Whilst half of the Democratic Republic of Congo. With this pilot Rohingya children in Kutupalong completed successfully, we will be scaling up refugee camp are cut off from to work with 4,000 Congolese refugee education, those that can access children over the next year. learning are denied a curriculum in their own language. We listened to One of the CRC’s guiding principles concerns children expressing how they cannot the right of children to be heard. Whilst recognise what is being taught, and human rights apply to children as much as introduced a digital learning system, adults, children rarely have as much power: projecting translated, child-friendly content in every class, every day. 4 - Students not only expressed joy and Thanks to the generosity of our donors and disbelief to finally be able to the dedication of our partners, these understand, but also used this communities were immediately seen, heard technology to create their own video and responded to. We quickly adapted our newsletters, exchanging their thoughts, work, providing preventative training and talents and experiences across delivering vital supplies for many of the most hundreds of classrooms in the camp vulnerable households. and slum communities of Bangladesh. Complete with its own website and Our incredible corporate supporters, YouTube channel, they named this individual fundraisers and grant making trusts emerging digital platform ‘Moja Kids'. have not only invested in the remarkable In the coming year we aim to evolve progress we have seen for children during this Moja Kids as a global online year, but have been critical to our crisis community, connecting children with response in the final weeks. Those who peers living in various challenging faithfully give have enabled us to maintain a situations around the world. reliable presence throughout a time of global uncertainty, making it possible for us to be - In India, 200 children were elected to resolute in our support for those who are most form Children’s Parliaments, trained on the edge. about their rights, shown how to protect their friends and supported to Over the coming year, we will continually campaign for change. These ‘MPs’ monitor the threat of COVID-19; adapting our rapidly began to lead; rescuing friends work, ensuring the charity remains sustainable from abduction, preventing child and that those we work with are provided for marriages, transforming sanitation in in the best way possible. schools and taking responsibility with frontline flood-relief work. They With our sincere gratitude, modelled citizenship in the most inspiring ways and learned how to influence real change. - Child Rights Clubs in Uganda have more than tripled their members this year, delivering a host of workshops for Rachel Bentley Stuart Gallimore hundreds of their peers. They have CEO & Founder Chair of Trustees grown in confidence, working hand-in-hand with local Child Protection Teams and showing they can be just as instrumental as adults in transforming their communities. COVID-19 and the Edge In the last month of this financial year, the rapid spread of COVID-19 had an immediate and devastating impact on the areas where we work. Lacking the opportunity of ‘social distancing’ and rarely considered in sweeping lockdown measures, marginalised groups were quickly cut off from food, income and protection. 5 COVID-19 In the last month of the financial year, the We expect new funding streams to be limited rapid spread of COVID-19 had an immediate and increased competition for grants, and devastating impact on the areas where we especially in the second half of the year and work as well as the fundraising environment. into 2021. However, we are confident that we are financially sustainable based on our levels In the immediate response, we sought to of reserves as well as current funder secure the safety of staff and beneficiaries relationships. Income levels will be both in the UK and abroad. The UK office continually reviewed by staff and trustees. remained fully operational whilst also moving to being home based prior to the UK We are equipped to run our office in a lockdown. continued lockdown situation or with social distancing measures in place. We remain in Our reserves policy and current levels meant regular online contact with all programme we did not face immediate financial danger locations and are able to make and change and have been able to make a calm and plans quickly. considered response to the situation. Should COVID-19 become prevalent in the No UK staff were put on furlough and we have camps and slums where we work, the impact continued to pay all wages for programme would be devastating. We hope this will not staff in all locations. be the case but remain primed to respond as best we can should the worst case become a Funders were contacted and in almost all reality. situations offered flexibility in spending and reporting, ensuring we are able to adapt in the field and not tie up funds. In many cases funders offered increased help and resources enabling us to make an additional response to the situation. Lockdowns in project locations meant that families that rely on day labour wages were unable to feed and provide themselves, so fear of starvation far more than COVID-19 was the immediate concern. Our local partners responded by gaining permission, then procuring and delivering emergency food parcels to vulnerable families in locations around the world. As we look to the rest of 2020-2021, our focus is to secure the sustainability of the organisation in the UK and its programme locations around the world whilst also ensuring we offer the best services to those in our care. 6 OUR PROGRAMMES Children on the Edge exists to help marginalised children, who are living on the edge of their societies. Working in partnership with local communities, we help create safe, child friendly environments and support children to realise their rights “OUR EARLY YEARS SCHOOL WAS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE BEFORE CHILDREN ON THE EDGE AFRICA GOT INVOLVED. THE CLASSROOMS WERE DILAPIDATED AND EVERYTHING WAS FALLING APART. NOW TWO OF OUR CLASSROOMS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND THEY ARE FILLED WITH PICTURES AND NUMBERS ON THE WALLS. THE TEACHERS ARE ALL REALLY GOOD AND VERY FRIENDLY. THE CHILDREN LOVE THEM SO MUCH.” MAURINE - PARENT IN KYAKA II REFUGEE CAMP, UGANDA 7 READY TO LEARN IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP BANGLADESH Cox’s Bazar has been a place of refuge for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people, - Access to genuine learning where fleeing violence in Myanmar since 1978. As a understanding is enabled through breaking result of genocidal attacks in 2017, down language barriers. Kutupalong camp became host to one million refugees. Over half the children here remain - The opportunity to express themselves, unable to access education and those that can grow in confidence, have their voices heard are denied a curriculum in their own language. and connect beyond the confines of their challenging environments.
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