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CHEC

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Commonwealth Human Ecology Council

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The Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC) is a Commonwealth civil society organisation and UK Registered Charity that promotes,

disseminates and applies the principles of Human Ecology in the Commonwealth and beyond.

It has been a catalyst in promoting sustainability, particularly in terms of human

settlements, fisheries, afforestation and strengthening community action, especially for the advancement of women and youth.

CHEC is highly active in advocating and promoting the role of civil society and

participatory decision making in good governance and sustainable development.

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Message from Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC Commonwealth Secretary-General

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ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC) 4, Hurlingham Studios Ranelagh Gardens London SW6 3PA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 3689 0979 e-mail: contact@checinternational.org website: www.checinternational.org Registered Charity No. 272018 ** NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) ** Accredited to the Commonwealth Secretariat **Member of Commonwealth Consortium for Education (CCfE) **Member of BOND Editors: Ian Douglas Eva Ekehorn Peter Lockwood

Mark Robinson Layout: Eva Ekehorn Cover picture: Valetta, Malta during CHOGM (Eva Ekehorn) Printers: ProntaPrint, Bayswater, London

CONTENTS

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Message from Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC 3 Commonwealth Secretary-General

1. Executive Summary 5

2. CHEC at the Malta Commonwealth 5 Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)

3. Projects 6 a) Nadukuppam b) Bees and Pollinators c) Zimbabwe Fellowships

4. Meetings 8

5. Publications 9

6. CHEC’s Network 9

7. CHEC Governance 12

8. Detailed statement of financial activities 14

Membership form 2016

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1. Executive Summary In 2015 CHEC took major steps to improve the effectiveness of its advocacy and practical action for human ecology and sustainable development in the Commonwealth and beyond. The updated Articles of Association were formally approved at an Extraordinary General meeting (EGM) in March 2015. This will guide the Governing Board in securing CHEC’s present and future interests.

The major event for the year was the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Malta in November. Several CHEC members provided input into lively discussions and activities in events in and around CHOGM.

CHEC is proud of having been able to support a project in Tamil Nadu, India. The Nadukuppam Community Training Centre, being built with the guidance of

the Pitchandikulam Bio-resource Centre, will teach local communities about indigenous forest planting programs, organic farming and vegetable gardening, women’s self-help group income generation programmes and environment education programmes. CHEC support was made possible by a grant from the Heath Trust.

CHEC is building up a programme around bees and the role of bees as pollinators. This led to a large, well-attended side event at CHOGM. A report launched at the event: ‘Bees and Pollinators: a Commonwealth Concern’ was distributed to all Heads of Government and High Commissioners.

Following the publication of its most recent journal, ‘Water’, in time for CHOGM in 2015, CHEC is continuing its advocacy in this area, building networks of academics and journalists to promote action on climate change and the loss of biodiversity at Commonwealth level. The journal itself contains a set of reflections on policy outcomes and future options for global and Commonwealth wide water management.

2. CHEC in the Commonwealth - Malta CHOGM The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held in Malta from 27-29 November 2015. Prior to the Ministerial meetings a number of events were held by Civil Society and related Commonwealth Organisations. These events were the Fora for Youth, Women and Business as well as the People’s Forum. The Commonwealth Round Table held a Summit at the University of Malta, as did the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). The Commonwealth Round Table also hosted the Commonwealth Lecture given by the former Prime Minister of Malta, Lawrence Gonzi.

CHEC’s delegation consisted of Levi Oguike, CHEC’s Hon. President, Donnell Davis from CHEC Australia, and from UK came Eva Ekehorn, Hon Sec., with husband Per, a dedicated CHEC member, Andre Lombard who followed the events for CHEC’s website, Mark Robinson, Jane Samuels and Nicholas Watts. All these CHEC representatives were active in the many events, spreading the word of CHEC through talks and discussions, and also through CHEC publications,

including the latest issue of the Journal and the ‘Bees and Pollinators Report’. Particular thanks should be given to those who organised events, both within and outside the formal Commonwealth structure. Jane Samuels organised a well-attended Bees and Pollinators Event with the collaboration of Paul De Zylva, Head of Nature at Friends of the Earth, England, Wales and Northern Ireland (EWNI) and great support from Friends of the Earth in Malta.

Donnell Davis reported that the women’s parallel sessions focused on recommendations to CHOGM, including: political empowerment (in its many forms); child marriage (where Canada

Vandana Shiva

speaking at the opening of

the People’s Forum

Nadukuppam Training

Centre

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Donnell Davis and Mark Robinson in Malta

recently led reform on “girls: not child brides”); and abuse including FGM; enterprise development; gender and youth leadership; and education as key to end poverty and strengthen choice. The synthesis of these varied topics was strong. A ‘Call for action declaration’ can be found: http://bit.ly/2806zpk

Mark Robinson helped to organise the Commonwealth Round Table Summit and the Commonwealth Lecture. His press accreditation enabled him talk about CHEC with the many journalists present from the international media.

Nicholas Watts convened a side event at the Youth Forum and also gave presentations to

the Commonwealth People’s Forum. This CHOGM represented the continuation of CHEC’s advocacy work on fisheries, oceans and the blue economy, promoted by Nicholas Watts, since the 2009 Trinidad and Tobago CHOGM.

3. Projects a. Nadukuppam Community Training Centre

In 2015 CHEC was proud to sponsor Pitchandikulam Forest in the building of a Community Training Centre with funds generously donated to CHEC from the Heath Trust. Pitchandikulam Forest is a major forest reserve centre in India, dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the indigenous Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest of Tamil Nadu, and is part of the Auroville International Community. Established in 1973 as one of the pioneering Auroville green belt communities engaged in reforestation around township areas, it has since grown to a 28 hectare site and it is home to a complex ecosystem with more than 800 species of plants.

The Pitchandikulam Bio-resource Centre provides a focus for the teaching of restoration ecology, environmental science, and the identification and use of indigenous medicinal

plants. With community outreach as a major focus, Pitchandikulam people currently work in 20 villages throughout the Kaluveli bioregion.

The new Community Training Centre is situated in one of the Pitchandikulam outreach centres, at Nadukuppam Village in the centre of the Kaluveli Bio-Region, 30 km from Auroville in Tamil Nadu. The Nadukuppam Community Training Centre’s activities include the teaching of indigenous forest planting, organic farming and vegetable gardening. The centre will host the local women’s self-help group income generation and environment education programmes. It will also support the farming community with a vision of the Centre becoming a local engine of sustainable economic development.

The project was finalised at the start of 2016, after delays due to unprecedented drought, meaning that villagers and builders were forced to prioritise conserving the forest with scarce water. The situation was totally reversed in November and December by the monsoon bringing with it extreme rainfall, the worst ever seen, and this severe flooding seriously hampered the building work. However, CHEC is now delighted that these setbacks have been overcome and the building is complete. The opening ceremony took place on 26th February 2016, and further updates on the use and function of the Training Centre is available on the CHEC website.

Inauguration of the

Nadukuppam Training Centre

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b. Bees and Pollinators Awareness is increasing worldwide that bees

are in trouble. In 2015 CHEC Board Member Jane Samuels set up CHEC’s Bee and Pollinator steering group in order to explore and work towards a project entitled ‘Pollinators Across the Commonwealth’. CHEC was delighted to partner with Friends of the Earth (FoE) England, Wales and Northern Ireland (EWNI) to lead an initiative to protect pollinators across the Commonwealth.

The effort builds on the excellent campaigning achievements in the UK by FoE-EWNI, and was the product of working closely with FoE-EWNI’s Head of Nature, Paul de Zylva, and Katherine Baldock, an expert on urban pollinators and a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Knowledge Exchange Fellow, at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Both Paul and Katherine joined CHEC’s

Bee and Pollinator steering group together with Ian Douglas and Caryll Stephens

CHEC’s ‘Bees and Pollinators: A Commonwealth Concern’ report was first launched at the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Climate Change Network ( CYCN) panel at Malta CHOGM and CHEC’s own major side-event with Friends of the Earth held at the Malta Institute of Tourism Studies to a full audience. The report addresses the urgent need to find solutions to the decline of pollinators in Commonwealth countries and emphasises the impact of this decline on food security throughout the Commonwealth. Friends of the Earth Malta assisted with local planning and it was due to their exceptional efforts that the event was such a success. A special vote of thanks goes to Simone Cutajar, leader of FoE in Malta

Over 100 people attended the panel and

launch - ordinary Maltese citizens, beekeepers, students - interested in how they can help bees, to professional academics involved in teaching agriculture. International delegates came from the many CHOGM fora, with invited representatives of five Maltese government ministers, including a special message from the Minister of Sustainability, as well as Elizabeth Stephen, the Political Officer to the Canadian High Commission to the UK attending.

Jane Samuels was joined on the panel presenting and discussing the report by Clive Harridge, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Association of Planners, Paul De Zylva, Head of Nature at Friends of the Earth UK, Dr Mario Balzan, an eco-systems and pollinator professor at the Malta Institute of Applied Science, and Peppi Gauci, the Chairman of the Maltese Permaculture Research Foundation. http://www.checinternational.org/projects/the-commonwealth-bee-summit/pollinators-across-the-commonwealth/

c. Zimbabwe Fellowship During 2015, CHEC was asked if it would consider applying to the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) to administer the Zimbabwe Fellowship scheme and this was accepted, along with a grant provided by the

CSFP. Accordingly, CHEC was pleased to receive three medical fellows in October. These were a medical doctor Felix Chamunyonga from Mutare; a district medical officer Tapiwa Mutuka from Harare; and a pharmacist Shamiso Zamba from Hauna. They came to the CHEC office for an induction meeting with Eva Ekehorn and

The panel at the bee event in Malta: Jane Samuels, Clive Harridge, Peppi Gauci and MarioBalzan

Zimbabwe Fellows are welcomed

to CHEC’s Office

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Mark Robinson along with Yahya al Witri who administered their finances. The Fellows were placed mainly in Hampshire and Dorset, although Shamiso attended a course at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London. They arrived at the start of October and stayed until just before Christmas. Their programmes were intensive and they were well looked after by Laura Broadhurst, who had had experience of dealing with fellows in previous years. CHEC is indebted to Laura for the work

she undertook in arranging their placements and ensuring they arrived when and where they were supposed to.

Eva Ekehorn and Mark Robinson met the Fellows for tea just before their departure and sought their impressions of the course. The fellows explained some of the conditions in their own country. In the UK, they had had an experience they would never forget and the lessons learnt during their placements would be invaluable in their work in Zimbabwe.

4. Meetings a. Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), Bahamas, June 2015 Nicholas Watts, CHEC’s expert on small scale fisheries and the Blue Economy, was invited by the Commonwealth Foundation to a Commonwealth of Learning consultation with Ministers at the CCEM in Bahamas in June, where he successfully promoted the blue economy message. This was followed up in the stakeholder meeting. Nicholas also spoke about the blue economy at the Youth Forum, focussing on employability and entrepreneurship. b. UN World Conference on Disaster Risk

Reduction (WCDRR), Sendai, Japan 13-18 March 2015

Representatives from 187 UN member States met in Sendai (Japan) and reached the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, a far reaching new framework for disaster risk reduction. The significance of DRR to global efforts on development and poverty reduction can be gauged from the very estimate that the UN provided of the losses and damages from disasters in developed and least developed countries. The cost of these disasters is over 25 times the total global financial assistance to development and poverty reduction.

The framework outlines seven global targets to be achieved over the next 15 years: 1) a substantial reduction in global disaster mortality; 2) a substantial reduction in numbers of

affected people; 3) a reduction in economic losses in relation to global GDP; 4) substantial reduction in disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services, including health and education facilities; 5) an increase in the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020; 6) enhanced international cooperation; and 7) increased access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments.

Ripin Kalra, representing CHEC wrote: “Human ecology issues are increasingly relevant to risk reduction and irreversible climate change in the context of food security, resource consumption and bio-diversity. However systematic knowledge of how to understand these as a cross-disciplinary system,

build a robust governance approach and policy and monitor impacts has failed to emerge. In other words Commonwealth policymakers have a crisis of visualisation on how to deal with these complex frameworks within day-to-day decision-making and governance”.

The full text of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 can be downloaded from: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/43291_sendaiframeworkfordrren.pdf

Ripin Kalra

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5. Publications a. Journal 26

Journal 26 was produced in time for Malta CHOGM, with the theme ‘Water’.

This issue of Human Ecology concentrates on problems of water supply, use and disposal. It begins with a discussion of the future challenges facing all people, from decision makers to families, in ensuring adequate water for growing urban and rural communities. While there are technology and skills to deliver adequate water everywhere, it is not always possible for society and government to organize that. Perhaps this arises because not enough thought is given to the ways in which all aspects of water use and waste water disposal are interconnected, although most people should have been taught about the water cycle in geography and science lessons at school. http://bit.ly/1MACLIa b. CHEC Points 43 Malta

An extensive report from the Malta CHOGM covering all events and the many contributions from CHEC delegates was produced in December 2015. Ian Douglas made a much appreciated editing of all reports from delegates, and CHEC Point was published within a month from the Malta events. http://bit.ly/1sOkqPv

c. Bees and Pollinators: A Commonwealth Concern

An extensive report about the situation of bees and pollinators in the Commonwealth was launched in Malta in a side event. Pollination is natural resilience at its best. Action for bees and pollinators underpins Commonwealth concerns about resilience, food security, biodiversity and functioning natural ecosystems. The Commonwealth, its member nations and organisations can be at the forefront of action to reverse bee and pollinator decline. ‘Bees and Pollinators: A Commonwealth Concern’ shows how the Commonwealth can start leading action to secure a vibrant, healthy future for our pollinators. The report contains case studies from ten areas of the Commonwealth.

http://bit.ly/1lHN5lw d. CHEC’s website The website is continuing to engage with the online debate and flow of news on sustainable development on Twitter @CwHumanEcology.

The Human Ecology page has a new article about Oceans written by Eva Ekehorn. CHEC hopes to extend this page over the coming years. www.checinternational.org

6. CHEC’s Network During 2015, Rhonda Cox, CHEC’s membership secretary thoroughly updated and re-organised CHEC’s membership list. CHEC welcomes the new members who joined in 2015 and thanks all existing members for their continuing support.

In addition to CHEC’s Commonwealth-wide contacts, we have several independent local Chapters which work closely with CHEC HQ in London. CHEC greatly values its long standing

relationship with Commonwealth intergovernmental and civil society organisations including the following local CHEC affiliates:

CHEC Australia: Donnell Davis, leader of CHEC Australia, is active as the main CHEC contact in the Eastern Regional Organization for Planning & Human Settlements (EAROPH), an Asia Pacific NGO partnership, focussing on women’s

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education in sustainability, especially concerning cities resilience in climate change and access to affordable housing. Donnell has been concentrating on Climate Sensitive Cities and better urban governance through in-house training and master classes and design innovation arising from interdisciplinary urban professionals in concert with local communities. She is active in the next generation planning and in the South East Queensland region planning that implements 12 agreed sustainability principles.

Donnell was a dedicated and highly active member of the CHEC delegation to the Malta CHOGM, engaging in many fora, particularly those concerned with women’s issues as identified in the first ever Commonwealth Women’s Forum, which included sustainability and human settlements. CHEC Gambia: Although The Gambia is no longer part of the Commonwealth, CHEC continues to keep in touch with CHEC Gambia and its leader, Badara Bajo. The organisation supports work in the Bolongfenyo community wildlife reserve. CHEC looks forward to our Gambian friends visiting London to discuss our common work on crucial mangrove swamp preservation. CHEC India, established in the 1990s, holds regular conferences, usually related to UN Environment Day themes. In 2015 a major tree planting event took place at the Government Senior Secondary School, Banasthali, Niwai. Talks were organised on such topics as ‘Climate Change and Forestry Management’, ‘Save the House Sparrow’ and ’Stemming Population Growth’. CHEC India members have organised and participated in international conferences and training workshops both in India and overseas.

CHEC India arranged a lecture in September 2015 by Prof. Dr. Ashwani Kumar,

CHEC India’s current President, on ‘Climate Change and Forestry’. Over 250 students, accompanied by teachers and the Principal of Parishkar College, heard a highly motivating and informative address.

CHEC Kenya: Norbert Sangura, leader of CHEC Kenya, has participated in several Habitat meetings in Nairobi. He is now working together with Oscar Mann, the son of CHEC Kenya’s founder the late Erica Mann, on the Toloso River Basin Rehabilitation Programme. CHEC New Zealand: CHEC NZ’s long standing leader, Norm Stannard stepped down in early 2015. He has accepted a role as an Honorary Patron of CHEC, and we are delighted that he will continue to support CHEC. CHEC NZ is now run by the Theatre of the Impossible Charitable Trust (TOTI), in which Margaret Evans CBE, former Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand and a Trustee of the Human Ecology Foundation, plays a major role. TOTI focuses on integrated projects bringing together art, culture and the environment and with emphasis on collaboration, community engagement, education, and multi-media frameworks. TOTI is alliterated and translated into English and Maori concepts uniting human spirit with creativity and art – Tō tī, tō tā, tō toi. This comes from Waikato-Tainui leaders and academics Tom Roa and Dr Ngapare Hopa. TOTI is registered with the NZ Charities Commission, see: (http://www.toti.co.nz/the-toti-story). CHEC Nigeria: In summer 2015, CHEC was saddened to learn of the death of the Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of CHEC Nigeria, Chinyere Asika, at the age of 75. CHEC’s Hon President, Levi Oguike from CHEC Nigeria continues to give CHEC strong support and was a dedicated member of the CHEC delegation to the Malta CHOGM. CHEC Uganda: CHEC Uganda has been reconstituted and is now working on a proposal for establishing a vocational training institution in Kampala. Caleb Kakuyo and Sam Mbabala are working on developing plans to take CHEC Uganda forward.

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School children learning about tree planting in

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Partnership a. EAROPH – ICLEI - HABITAT - CHEC CHEC continues to build partnerships. Donnell Davis, CHEC’s Australian Governing Board member, has taken a strong lead for CHEC in the partnership between Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Human Settlements (EAROPH, based in Malaysia), the International Council for Local Environment Initiatives (ICLEI) and UN Habitat (Region of Asia Pacific). A Memorandum of Understanding has been formally agreed. The partnership focuses on resilient cities that are in Commonwealth

countries within the Asia Pacific region. It participates actively in UN Habitat discussions in Nairobi and New York. b. Friends of Earth – CHEC Bee Steering

Group The Bee programme has brought CHEC into a new partnership with Friends of the Earth, England and Wales, through the expertise and generous help of Paul de Zylva, their Senior Nature Campaigner. The hard work and dedication of members of Friends of the Earth, Malta, helped to make the Malta Bee and Pollinators event a great success.

CHEC Chapters: Australia Dr Donnell Davis Envirobusiness PO Box 2029 Runcorn 4113 Australia donnell@envirobusiness.org

India Dr Gerda Unnithan Communication Officer University of Rajasthan Jaipur – 302004 Rajasthan, India gjunnithan@hotmail.com

The Gambia Mr. Badara N. Bajo PO Box 21, Banjul The Gambia Fax: +220 4486026 Tel: +220 4486301/9955063 gepadg@yahoo.com

Nigeria Hon. Levi Oguike No. 6, NWAFOR Orizu Close, NASS Qrts. APO G.P.O. Box 12303, Garki Abuja, FCT, Nigeria Chec_nigeria@hotmail.com

Kenya Mr. Norbert M. Sangura PO Box 1702-50200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 735 409867 Chec.kenya@yahoo.com

Uganda Mr Caleb Kakuyo, Mr. Sam Mbabala Plot 3-5 7EL Street, Industrial Area PO Box 659, Kampala, Uganda ckakuyob@yahoo.com , smabala@yahoo.co.uk

Malta Foundation for International Studies Old University Building St Paul Street Valetta VLT, Malta Tel: +356 – 212 234 4121

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8. CHEC Governance In 2015 the revised CHEC Articles of Association, updated to be in line with today’s rules and laws, were unanimously approved at an Extraordinary General Meeting of members in March. The Memorandum of Understanding remains unchanged.

The office is run by Yahya al Witri, who manages the accounts and keep us up to date on mail and messages. His loyalty is greatly appreciated by all trustees and members.

In 2015 CHEC was fortunate to have two part-time staff members based at its Putney Bridge Office: Rhonda Cox and Peter Lockwood (Communications Officer) who joined through CHEC’s Transition Grant funding from the Commonwealth Foundation and has been continuing his predecessor’s work on the website and running CHEC’s social media. Rhonda has now taken up work at the Trinidad & Tobago High Commission and Pete has returned to university to study for a PhD in anthropology at Darwin College, Cambridge. CHEC thanks them for their

dedication and good work and wishes them the best for the future. Andre Lombard, who in 2014 worked for CHEC as a Communications Officer, joined us again as a consultant to keep the website alive and in good shape. He also came to the Malta CHOGM as part of the CHEC delegation. However, his day to day workload has forced him to give up this role which has been taken over again by Peter Lockwood. At the Annual General meeting CHEC’s longstanding Education Officer, Dr Nicholas Watts, decided not to seek re-election to the Board after serving for more than 30 years. He remains a member, continues to work with other Commonwealth organisations and we all thank him for his great contributions and wish him well for the future.

Martin Galea de Giovanni and Simone Cutajar from Friends of the Earth, Malta at the Bees and Pollinators side event during the Malta CHOGM

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CHEC Governing Board (by 31 December 2015): Members of the Governing Board Nov 2014 Honorary President: Hon. Levi Oguike, CHEC Nigeria Patrons: Dr Aisie Lucan, Sierra Leone Mr Norman Stannard, New Zealand Prof TKN Unnithan, CHEC India Chairman: Caryll Stephen, Foundation for Water Research, UK Honorary Treasurer: John Bonham, CHEC UK Company Secretary: Eva Ekehorn, CHEC UK Governance: Mark Robinson, Commonwealth Consortium for Education Other Members of the Board: James Allie, Former Deputy High Commissioner, Sierra Leone Dr Norma Bubier, Pro-Natura UK, Hon. Sanusi Daggash, CHEC Nigeria Dr Donnell Davis, CHEC Australia Emeritus Prof Ian Douglas, School of Environment, Education and Development, Univ. of Manchester, UK Dr Morteza Honari, CHEC Australia Patricia Kabatabazi, CIANEA, Uganda Ripin Kalra, University of Westminster, UK Dr T I Khan, Indira Gandhi’s Centre for Human Ecology, Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India Dr Michael Mutter OBE, University of Westminster Norbert Sangura, CHEC Kenya Jane Samuels, Tools of Change, UK Ganesh Supramaniam, CHEC UK Narelle Townsend, CHEC UN Representative, New York

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9. CHEC Financial Statement 2015 31.12.15 £ 31.12.14 £ INCOMING RESOURCES

Voluntary income Donations 10,950 - Subscriptions 410 845

11,360 845

Investment income Investment income received 21,503 21,508 Deposit account interest 291 785

21,794 22,293

Total incoming resources 33,154 23,138 RESOURCES EXPENDED

Charitable activities Project expenditure 21,265 4,624

Governance costs Wages 18,220 12,905 Accountancy 2,400 2,358 Legal fees - 9,593 Professional fees - 1,145

20,620 26,001

Support costs Management Trustees' expenses 4,368 4,525 Rent, rates & insurance 8,698 8,499 Light and heat 243 209 Postage, telephone & fax 521 468 Printing, publications & stationery 1,656 484 Sundry expenses 828 1,408 Travel, conferences & administration 2,278 2,751 IT consultancy 150 195 Fixtures and fittings Bank interest & charges

511 164

597 188

Information technology 19,417 19,324 Repairs and renewals - 108

Total resources expended 61,302 50,057

Net expenditure (28,149) (26,919)

Statement does not form part of the statutory financial statements

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