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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£0.0K
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Spending
£0.0K
Public benefits
1. DESTA Project is involved in raising funds, co-ordinating with the community and outside partners to provide educational facilities. For example, DESTA Project co-ordinated the construction of a library in Degan (using local builders and contractors). As a direct result of the building of this library the Ethiopian government agreed to provide a
secondary school for the benefit of the community. DESTA Project also raised funds and co-ordinated building of additional classrooms in both primary and secondary schools in Degan. The direct benefits flowing from this (and the work of DESTA Project generally) is the improvement of education and skills, the provision of employment in the community and consequent economic improvement. 2. DESTA Project raised funds for provision of an ambulance to serve Degan and the surrounding area and negotiated a memorandum of understanding with the government and community to ensure that the ambulance would be maintained, crewed and fuelled by the government and community, thus ensuring sustainability and ownership. The benefit arising from this is improved health outcomes and reduction in mortality rates of women in labour. The benefit is demonstrable through reports by Concern who act as an independent auditor of the ambulance service provided. 3. DESTA Project seeks to support and educate tradesmen and farmers in the community. For example many subsistence farmers in the area had no access to high quality feeds for their cattle and sold them to a cattle-fattening compound. DESTA Project helped these farmers make links with feed providers ensuring that they can better fatten their cattle on their own farms in order to obtain a better price for themselves for their cattle. DESTA Project utilises local tradesmen in all their building projects. The direct benefits flowing from this include improved education and skills, the relief of poverty and encouragement of economic self-sustainability. 4. DESTA Project has arranged for persons with suitable skill sets to travel to Degan, for example a student doing post-graduate studies at Queens University Belfast to travel to Degan to look at sanitation and water and consider how improvements could be made. He indicated a location to dig for water. Subsequent digging in the area uncovered a large underground water source which now provides water to the community. The direct benefits flowing from this is an improvement in health and sanitation. These benefits are demonstrable from feedback and reports received from those communities, individuals and organisations who have been helped. No harm arises from any of the purposes. No private benefit arises as it is not intended that the trustees of DESTA Project will benefit. The beneficiaries are the people living in Degan and the surrounding rural areas who, for example, previously did not have access to secondary education or an ambulance service.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
DESTA Project raises funds, co-ordinates building activities and other projects to seek to relieve poverty, advance education and promote health in Degan, Ethiopia and the surrounding area. In addition to the examples given in the public benefit statement, DESTA Project provides reference books for the library and schools and sports equipment for
the schools. DESTA Project liaises with the community, encouraging joint discussion of need and consideration of how sustainable solutions can be achieved.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Men
- Overseas/developing countries
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
