1. Why would a donor wish to support your charity?
2. What are the main sources of income? (graph)
3. Who have been the main funders over the past 3 years?
4. What funds have been raised over the last 3-5 years?
5. Do you run a programme of fund raising events eg raffles, concerts, sponsored events, sales?
6. Are you VAT registered?
7. When is the end of your financial year?
8. Are current audited accounts available?
9. How is the income used? (graph)
10. Do you operate internationally?
11. In which towns/countries does the charity work? What County Council is the Charity located in?
12. Has the charity received or applied for grants in the past? If so, what grants were issued and when were they finalised?
13. How would you spend a grant?
14. Apart from a possible grant from us, where will the balance of the funding come from?
15. What reassurance can you give us so that our money will arrive and be used appropriately?

1) Why would a donor wish to support your charity?
To provide adequate medical facilities in a remote rural area in West Africa, and in doing so to provide an infrastructure for a permanent peace.

2) What are the main sources of income?

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3) Who have been the main funders over the past 3 years?
Over the last 3 years we have been very limited in our fund raising as we did not know if and when the hospital would be rebuilt, or if we would be involved.  
We received £1,000 from the Oldham Trust for years 1999/2000 and 2000/2001.  Covenants/Gift Aid  provided an excess of £3,000 pounds during this time, and interest was approximately £3,000 each year. 
Own Events raised £1,483 in 2000/2001, £1,202 in 2001/2002 and £3,968 in 2002/2003. 

In 2000/2001 we received
  £   200 from talks 
  £   200 from outside events
  £1,500 from own events
  £3,800 from covenants
  £3,500 from interest

In 2001/2002 we received
  £   900 from outside events
  £1,200 from own events
  £4,000 from covenants
  £2,900 from interest

In 2002/2003 we received
  £  5,000 from outside events
  £  4,000 from own events
  £17,300 from covenants
  £  2,000 from interest
  £  3,400 from grant for water supply

4) What funds have been raised over the last 3-5 years?

In 1997/1998 we received
   £11,250 from Comic Relief 
   £  1,000 from Oldham Trust
   £  3,000 from covenants 
   £  1,800 from interest 
   £  3,400 from own events 

In 1998/1999 we received
   £22,500 from Comic Relief
   £  2,000 from RCOG 
   £  9,000 from Allied Dunbar for motor bicycles
   £  4,500 from covenants
   £  2,200 from interest 
   £  3,800 from own events

In 1999/2000 we received
  £   850 from talks
  £3,100 from own events
  £6,500 from covenants/donations
  £2,800 from interest

5) Do you run a programme of fund raising events eg raffles, concerts, sponsored events, sales?
Yes. We have held many events in schools, churches and social groups, eg concerts, dinner with celebrity guest speaker Tom Graveney, auction, coffee mornings (some coffee mornings have raised over £1,500), raffles, school non-uniform days and sales of work. People have run for us in the London Marathon. In addition, static media in the form of collection boxes are sited appropriately, eg doctors' surgeries, hospital wards.
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6) Are you VAT registered?
No

7) When is the end of your financial year?
31st March

8) Are current audited accounts available?
Yes

9) How is the income used?

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10) Do you operate internationally?
Yes. In March 2003 the Appeal received a grant of 5,000 euros from the European Third World Association  which contributed to an educational film.  

11) In which towns/countries does the charity work? What County Council is the Charity located in?
The Appeal is based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but operates internationally. People from Canada and South Africa have visited Kambia through the charity.

12) Has the charity received or applied for grants in the past? If so, what grants were issued and when were they finalised?
The Appeal has received a number of grants from:  
    Comic Relief  (2 grants, finalised in 1998)
    Allied Dunbar  (1999)
    Oldham Trust (regularly, latest one was in 2001)
    William Cadbury (2002)
    European Third World Association (2003)

13) How would you spend a grant?
If the grant is for a specific project, then it will be used specifically for that work. Otherwise, unrestricted funds will be used for projects currently being undertaken. 

14) Apart from a possible grant from us, where will the balance of the funding come from?
The balance will come from international organisations and other grant making trusts and other fundraising activities.

15) What reassurance can you give us so that our money will arrive and be used appropriately?