REPORT & ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2015 MOZAMBIQUE BOTSWANA NAMIBIA AFRICA SWAZILAND LESOTHO SENTEBALE HOW WE’VE HELPED THE MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN LESOTHO IN THE YEAR 2014/2015 SOUTH AFRICA ’MAMOHATO CHILDREN’S LESOTHO CENTRE IS OPEN ALLOWING US TO REACH 1,500 PER YEAR AT CAPACITY INCREASE2% INCREASE44% INCOMING LOCAL HIV REMAINS RESOURCES CHARITABLE O OVER EXPENDITURE PROGRAMME DELIVERY HIGHLIGHTS NCAUSE OF DEATH1 IN HALFOF THE POPULATION 10-19 YEAR OLDS ARE LIVING IN IN AFRICA Source: WHO Global Health Estimates, 2014 POVERTYSource: UNDP Human Development Report, 2013 GIRLS ACCOUNTED FOR POPULATION OVER 2 MILLION Source: World Health Statistics, 2014 NETWORK CLUBS MORE 58OF ADOLESCENTS% >CAREGIVERS300 WORLD’S SECOND THAN DOUBLED ATTENDING RECEIVED CHILDCARE NETWORK CLUBS TRAINING HIGHEST in CHILDREN1 3 INFECTION RATE IS AN ORPHAN HIVSource: CIA World Factbook, 2014 Source: Lesotho Ministry of Development, 2013 4INCREASE0% COUNTRY, LANDLOCKED BY SOUTH AFRICA LANDLOCKED BY COUNTRY, THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO IS A SMALL & MOUNTAINOUS & MOUNTAINOUS A SMALL IS LESOTHO OF KINGDOM THE SECONDARY 30% SCHOOL INCREASE BURSARIES PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT ON 60,000 PREVIOUS YEAR , ONLY STIGMA PEER EDUCATORS 21AGED BETWEEN000 10 & 19 118TRAINED TO DELIVER IS THE BIGGEST CLUBS AND CAMPS DELIVERED LIFE SKILLS AND HIV LIVING WITH % MORE THAN 60,000 HOURS PREVENTION ADVICE 30 BARRIER OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TO 10-19 YEAR-OLDS ACCESS TO YOUTH ACCESSING % TREATMENT INCREASE66 TERTIARY EDUCATION BURSARIES Source: All in to End Adolescent AIDS – CARESource: Ki-moon, The Stigma Factor, 2008 HIVLesotho Fact Sheet, 2015 LESOTHO 2 3 SENTEBALE ABOUT CONTENTS Sentebale is a charity founded in 2006 by Prince Harry of the United Kingdom and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho. Founding patrons’ foreword 7 Sentebale helps the most vulnerable children in Lesotho receive Our approach 13 the support they need to lead healthy and productive lives. Progress against our aims 2014/2015 15 SENTEBALE’S FIVE PROGRAMMES Our aims for 2015/2016 30 Network clubs and camps for children and adolescents living with HIV These facilities provide essential life skills and psychosocial support to children in Lesotho, Financial report 34 aged 10 to 19 years, who are living with HIV, improving adherence to medication. Structure, governance and management 36 Herd boys’ schools The schools give herd boys an opportunity to receive education and life-skills training Independent auditor’s report to the members of Sentebale 38 while fulfilling their cultural obligation to tend livestock in the mountains. Statement of financial activities 40 Letsema network This network encourages collaboration between organisations caring for children, as well as Balance sheet as at 31 August 2015 42 peer-led HIV prevention, education and life-skills training for adolescents and wider communities. Secondary school bursaries Notes to the financial statements 43 The bursaries cover the costs of school fees, uniform, nutritional support and educational materials to enable children to complete secondary education. Acknowledgements 54 Care for vulnerable children The charity also works with local community-based organisations to ensure orphans and children with disabilities access the care and education they need to lead healthy lives. Sentebale is a non-governmental organisation, The Trustees Annual Report, on pages 6 to 37, covers established as a UK charitable company limited by Sentebale’s financial year ended 31 August 2015. guarantee. It currently works in Lesotho, in southern The financial statements have been prepared under Africa. Sentebale has an independently governed the accounting policies set out therein and comply with affiliate in New York, called the American Friends applicable law and the requirements of the Statement of Sentebale. Both organisations work towards of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting Sentebale’s international aim of providing the by Charities, issued by the Charity Commission in April children of Lesotho with hope for a better future. 2005. The report has been prepared in accordance with Part 8 of the Charities Act 2011 and also constitutes a Directors’ Report for the purpose of company law. 4 5 Prince Seeiso and Prince Harry at the Sentebale offi ces in Maseru, 2013. FOUNDING PATRONS’ FOREWORD The scale of the challenges which comes with working in Lesotho has never escaped us. In 2004, when we fi rst travelled across the country together, we saw the needs of the children and resolved to act. It has been a long journey and we have learned a great deal but also we have accomplished a large amount. Our commitment, however, has not diminished and there is still much to do. Sentebale and its partners have provided HIV remains the number one cause of death residential care for 5,000 orphans over the among 10–19-year-olds in Africa and many past 10 years and a quarter of a million hours countries across southern Africa face similar of psychosocial support to children living challenges - a high prevalence of HIV and with HIV, as well as providing secondary limited access to treatment. Sentebale is school bursaries along with night schools hopeful that the ’Mamohato Children’s Centre for herd boys. will become a centre of excellence for the region, which will allow us to share this However, the scale of the challenge remains valuable model and our experience with signifi cant; Lesotho still has the second partners in other countries. highest prevalence rate of HIV; UNAIDS estimates that only 30% of adolescents Over the course of the next decade, it is believed to be living with HIV in the country our aim to change the tide of this epidemic. are accessing medication. The newly At Sentebale, we are ever more committed completed ’Mamohato Children’s Centre to play our part and use all our resources will enable Sentebale to reach many more to help and support many more children living children than in previous years and will with HIV, and to help further generations to Research showed us that children living with HIV increase the number of children accessing stay healthy and hopeful for a better future. our week-long residential camps from 400 received little support to help them deal with the to 1,500 each year, which will give them social and psychological challenges of their condition. the education, care and support they need to enable them to lead healthy lives. As a result they felt isolated and afraid to face up to their illness. The theory of our ’Mamohato camp is simple – if children have the chance to share with each other how HIV aff ects them and how they cope with it in a safe and accepting environment, PRINCE HARRY PRINCE SEEISO they will lead healthier, more well-adjusted lives”. PRINCE HARRY, SENTEBALE’S ’MAMOHATO CHILDREN’S CENTRE OPENING, 2015 7 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Sentebale is a small organisation, but one with much potential to change the fortunes of many young people. The past year has been a landmark for the development of the charity, having completed the build of the ’Mamohato Children’s Centre – on time and on budget – and, while doing so, continuing to extend the programmes to reach more children in Lesotho. Our local programme expenditure has once again increased – this year, by 44%. I believe the results this year demonstrate We were delighted to welcome Tsitsi Chawatama amply the hard work and commitment on to the Board in July 2015. As a paediatrician, of the teams in both Lesotho and London. Tsitsi brings professional expertise, focus We saw strong growth in the number of on HIV treatment and a wealth of knowledge children accessing our programmes, and in international child health issues. increasing levels of support through our We are extremely grateful for the many years campaigns and events such as the World of service given by Sophie Chandauka, who Aids Day #FeelNoShame digital campaign retired from the Board in March after two and the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Hope three-year terms. Special thanks also to In Vulnerability garden, which helped to Khanyisile Kweyama, who steps down raise awareness of the challenges facing this year following changes to her role and children who are living with HIV. pressures of work. The Board is united behind our strategy to I would like to thank the Board for their expand the programmes and, to this end, constant support and for the many hours we have started looking at a number of they give, over and above the Board meetings, other southern African countries with similar to contribute in their own ways to the needs to Lesotho, where the camps and development of Sentebale. clubs programme would provide the care and support that many thousands of young Finally, huge thanks go to our donors, people living with HIV so desperately need. supporters and friends, for all they do. Together we are making a difference to the lives of so many young Basotho people. PHILIP GREEN, CBE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES A child smiles for the camera at Mants’ase Children’s Home, December 2014. 9 COMPANY REPORT DIRECTORY CHIEF EXECUTIVE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUDITOR This has been a remarkable and busy year. The programme in Buzzacott LLP Philip Green, CBE (Chairman) Lesotho saw continued growth in the numbers of children attending 130 Wood Street Tim Boucher London EC2V 6DL our network clubs, and the number of clubs grew to 45, covering all 10 Dame Nicola Brewer districts in Lesotho, with more than 1,400 children attending each month. The Rt Hon The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey BANKERS Mark Dyer, MVO HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited We have delivered more than 60,000 hours of Our fundraising events started with a Sentebale psychosocial support to children living with HIV Polo Cup in Abu Dhabi, followed by a successful Johnny Hornby 78 St James’s Street London SW1A 1JB this year.