Annual Reports

Annual Report and Accounts 2022

This was the first year that the charity operated without the guidance of Lai See Chew. A new Chief Officer, Stephen Smith, was appointed in January. With the backing of all the Trustees and, most importantly, all the sponsors and donors we got down to the business of continuing the work of the charity as normal. In March we were lucky enough to get a visit to the UK by Uma, our representative in Nepal. This proved particularly useful for the Chief Officer in helping to grow the necessary close working relationship in this, the first year of working together.

In July we held our first live event post-Covid with our 9th AGM combined with an afternoon tea. It was nice to have the opportunity to meet some of our regular sponsors and donors again at Durban Road and to go through our Annual Report and Accounts.

In October we held another one of our very successful KIKN Quiz Nights at the Clarendon Hotel in Blackheath where we raised in excess of £1,000 to go towards our breakfast clubs in the six schools.

November saw the very first visit to Nepal by the Chief Officer and another Trustee, Janet Davies. It proved to be a very successful and enjoyable visit enabling the Chief Officer to see almost all of the sponsored children and visit all of the six schools that we work with and to see first hand all of the good work that KIKN has undertaken. It was also the first time for a couple of years that we were able to take out the sponsors letters to the children. You can read a comprehensive account of the visit in the annual report by clicking on the link below.

The year ended with our second Christmas text raffle, an innovation coming from Covid lockdowns, that seems to have become a very successful fundraiser for the charity. We were also delighted that we received a large grant of £10,000 from Futures For Kids (FFK) charity that enabled us to undertake a number of capital projects requested by our schools, due for completion in 2023.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below.

Thank You.

KIKN Annual Report and Accounts 2022


Annual Report and Accounts 2021

2021 has proved to be a very challenging year for everyone connected with KIKN. It started with the terrible news of Lai See’s illness. Yet again, all our usual fundraising events during the year were cancelled due to further Covid lockdowns and in October the sad news of Lai See’s passing after her brave battle with her illness had a dramatic impact on everyone.

In February we held an online film event showing a documentary film titled ‘I Am Belmaya’ – about the life of a Nepali girl made over 14 years. The proceeds were shared between KIKN, the filmmaker, and Belmaya. With schools in Kathmandu closed for much of the year we started a coronavirus relief appeal in June after receiving reports of how difficult conditions were becoming for the families of the children. We successfully raised over £9,450 in donations including a grant of £5,000 from FFK, which enabled us to feed the 90 children at Ishwor School for a month, funded food and rent for the 9 sponsored children at Lubhoo, as well as funding a number of other vital one off projects.

In September 2021, the Chief Officer, as Founder of the Charity, wrote to all sponsors, donors and major grant funders to advise them that she was terminally ill, and to ask if they were willing to continue supporting KIKN after her death. There was universal support for KIKN and assurances received that funding would be ongoing, with the Trustees continuing to run the charity in the spirit with which Ms Lai See Chew had led it during the previous ten years.

Sponsor’s letters were again sent in a parcel by DHL together with some other items for the children. Despite the pandemic conditions we still managed to provide a full set of clothing for all the children.

In October, an online memorial fund was set up in memory of Ms Lai See Chew, who sadly passed away on the 8thOctober 2021. A total of more than £4,000 was received from all sources.

Our last fundraiser was a completely new event for the charity. We decided to hold an online Christmas text raffle as we had a number of previously donated prizes available. It proved a tremendous success.

Let us all hope that next year will bring a change of fortunes both here and in Nepal.

KIKN Annual Report and Accounts 2021


Annual Report and Accounts 2020

2020 proved to be a very challenging year  for the charitable sector, including KIKN. The Covid-19 lockdown in the country meant that many of our fund raising events during the year were cancelled, thus reducing our income.

In January we managed to increase the number of Breakfast Club places at two schools, Shree Buddha and Adarsha, from 50 to 75. We also purchased 12 new computers and classroom furniture at Shree Buddha School together with refurbishing a Nursery room with money we received at the turn of the year from one of our major grant funders, Futures For Kids.

We held our annual Chinese New Year Open House in mid-February 2020 before a lockdown was declared in the UK. The schools in Kathmandu followed suit and closed a few weeks later in March. KIKN  started to receive calls from the schools asking for help for some of their poorest families in the following weeks.

In April, with the help of a donation from one of the Trustees we provided some food parcels for 9 of the KIKN sponsored children at Lubhoo School. Over the summer with accrued breakfast club money, together with unexpected generous donations from KIKN’s 2 big donors, Futures for Kids and the Horseman Trust, we were able to organise 2 rounds of food relief programmes to all the six schools we support. An appeal was made to KIKN supporters in July and by August a sizeable amount of money had been raised thanks to our wonderful donors and supporters to enable KIKN to make a third round of food relief to all the schools we support.

A total of £36,000 was spent  delivering the much needed food to 2,400 families, benefitting  just under 6,000 parents and children inclusive. It was an excellent example of effective team working and efficient organisation orchestrated between UK and Kathmandu. KIKN is very proud of the achievement.

We also provided 11 hand sanitiser and temperature reading machines for the schools and were able to help set up a new engineering course at Shree Buddha School.

KIKN now has 2 graduates and 5 undergraduates going through the education system. The degree spans from Teaching, Nursing, Charted Accountancy, Hotel Management, Pharmacy and Business Administration.  There are 4/5  pupils poised to start in 2021, dependent on their results. The courses will include Law, Journalism and Teaching.

With the lockdown restrictions, Lai See was not able to make the annual trip to Nepal in September. 2 big parcels with sponsors’ letters and gifts from sponsors were sent to Kathmandu via DHL so the communication between the children and their sponsors was maintained. They were well received as always.

KIKN looks forward to a better year in 2021 with the easing of lockdown restrictions, returning the country back to a new normal.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below. Thank You.

KIKN Annual Report 2020


Annual Report and Accounts 2019

KIKN has had its most successful year yet. Through diligent housekeeping and successful fundraising  during the year, KIKN  was able to take on 2 additional Secondary Schools. They are Shree Buddha Secondary School and Adarsha Secondary School.

KIKN set up its 7th Breakfast club, sharing  the resources between the 2 new schools in September. Shree Buddha School has over 650 pupils with a very large under 4 population. The school has over 60 young children in its Nursery class – they call it ‘play group’. They age from 18 months to 6 years. The school management board is forward thinking. They have been successful in canvassing the local businesses to support the school. Funding for free uniforms for the 650 children was secured. KIKN’s funding for 50 children’s breakfasts  is being stretched to feed 100 children!

Adarsha Secondary School is an inner city school with just over 300 pupils. It has a small nursery class of approximately 25 pupils. It has limited play space in the school grounds. Cooking utensils and eating bowls and cutlery were purchased for the schools.

Lubhoo School started its vocational training in April. KIKN had class furniture built in readiness and contributed to a new Reference library required by the course.

Ishwor School was given 90 sets of uniforms at the school’s request. The annual food distribution took place for the third year running. In view of the feedback and possible violence ( from a handful of poor desperate mums), KIKN will replace this annual event with giving warm winter jackets in the future. The request for help with safe drinking water for the children  and electricity bills were acquiesced .

Neel Barahi School was given funding to purchase 10 new computers to start the process of replacing computers purchased 9 years ago.

Saraswati School  was given funding to furnish a multi- purpose room with furniture and carpet. It is used for school activities and serves as a room for part of the Breakfast club space for the older children. New class room furniture was built to replace old broken down desks and benches.

To date, KIKN has its second graduate in July 2019.  2 new entrants for University, one to study Pharmacy and the other Hotel Management since October. The third one is being assisted by an American charity to enable her to embark on her ambition to be a doctor. KIKN now has 4 undergraduates with 14 in the pipe line at  A-level classes. A challenging   year ahead.

During 2019 the Trustees and friends and supporters have organised numerous successful fund-raising events.

Last but not least, KIKN is very proud to announce that we were nominated for Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services ( QAVS ) in November. This award is similar to an MBE for individuals. KIKN will be informed in May 2020 if we have been successful.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below. Thank you.

KIKN Annual Report 2019


Annual Report and Accounts 2018

2018 proved to be another highly successful, if challenging, year for the charity. With increasing financial costs from the educational success of more of our sponsored children reaching 6th form and university level, we have not only been able to maintain sponsored children numbers but also increase the number of breakfast clubs at the five schools we are currently working with. We have a case study on the impact of increasing 6th form and higher education numbers in this years annual report. We had three young women continuing their studies at university with a further four in the 6th form.

Our fundraising was again very successful during the year as we managed to increase the number of our regular donors. We again received a sizeable grant from Futures For Kids (FFK) charity, together with some other sizeable donations which enabled us to increase the number of children at our breakfast clubs. We now have five clubs feeding about 500 pupils. With the aid of the grant funding we were also able to invest in providing some sports and play equipment at Lubhoo School.

During 2018 the Trustees and friends and supporters have organised numerous successful fund-raising events.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below. Thank you.

KIKN Annual Report 2018


Annual Report and Accounts 2017

The year 2017 was another very successful one for the charity. We moved to a calendar year accounting period for the first time.

During 2017 we maintained the number of sponsored children at 40. The Trustees have agreed that 40 children is the maximum we can support at any one time given our level of resources. One young woman, Asmita, graduated in her Business Studies degree during the year, and also became a local councillor in the Nepal elections. We now have two other young women studying at university, one in accountancy, and the other teacher training.

Our fundraising was again very successful over the year. We received a further grant from Futures for Kids (FFK) charity and together with several other sizeable donations KIKN was able to assist a fourth school, Ishwor Adharbhot, serving an extremely poor community where there are many beggar children. We started a breakfast club for 50 children in September and in December from grant funding from FFK we purchased flooring and equipment for the beggar children’s classroom. Setting up the breakfast club has increased attendance at the school and we intend to expand the breakfast club to the whole school population in 2018. We have a case study on the impact of the breakfast clubs we have set up in this years annual report.

During 2017 the Trustees and friends have organised numerous successful fund-raising events.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below.

KIKN Annual Report 2017

Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16

The year 2015-16 was another very successful one for the charity.

By the end of December 2016 we were able to increase the number of sponsored children to 40 from 32 in the previous financial year. The Trustees have agreed that 40 children is the maximum we can support at any one time given our level of resources. We now have three young women studying at university.

Our fundraising was again very successful over the year. We received a further grant from Futures for Kids (FFK) charity and together with several other sizeable donations KIKN was able to assist a third school, Lubhoo, in a poor district east of Kathmandu. We have been able to purchase a total of 20 computers together with desks and chairs and the solar panels needed to run them and also set up a breakfast club for 100 of the children at the school. Of the newly sponsored children, 7 attend Lubhoo School, one of whom is on the front cover of the annual report.

During 2015/16 the Trustees and friends have organised numerous successful fund-raising events.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below.

KIKN – Annual Report 2015-16

Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15

The year 2014-15 was a challenging one for the charity. On the 25th April 2015 a powerful earthquake hit Nepal, with its epicentre near to Kathmandu. KIKN set up an appeal to raise emergency funds and with the help of an immediate donation of £5,000 from the Futures For Kids charity and donations from many other people nearly £16,000 was raised by the end of June 2015.

We were able to increase the number of sponsored children to 32 from 29. Our fundraising was again successful over the year.

We received a further grant from Futures for Kids (FFK) charity and together with other funds raised KIKN was able to support the ongoing work to the two schools Science Labs as well as purchasing an additional 12 computers and associated furniture.

Over and above the donations we received from regular sponsors we also received some sizeable one-off donations from friends of the charity.

During 2014/15 the Trustees and friends have organised numerous successful fund-raising events.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below.

KIKN – Annual Report 2014-15

Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14

The year 2013-14 was another successful one for the charity. We were able to increase the number of sponsored children to 29 from 27. Our fundraising was also successful over the year.

We were fortunate to receive a further grant of £7,000 from Futures for Kids (FFK) charity to buy solar panels for the computers at Shree Neel Barahi School. FFK is a charity established by City of London futures traders with the aim of funding small charities in the UK and abroad.

Over and above the donations we receive from sponsors, we receive some smaller regular donations, and some sizable one-off donations, from friends of the charity.

During 2013/2014 the Trustees and friends have organised several fund-raising events.

To read the full report and to see the details of the annual accounts please click on the link below.

KIKN – Annual Report 2013-2014

Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13

The year 2012-13 saw the charity increase its funding streams again. During the year we increased the number of sponsored children from 22 to 27.

We had considered that we might not have the voluntary administrative capacity to manage more than 25 sponsored children, but we have already exceeded that number.

We were fortunate to receive a grant of £7,000 from Futures for Kids (FFK) to buy computers for the Shree Neel Barahi School. FFK is a charity established by City of London futures traders with the aim of funding small charities in the UK and abroad. We met a director of FFK at our 2012 charity cricket match, and he suggested that we make an application for funding for school computers. In 2012, our Chief Officer completed a sponsored walk to support FFK’s fund-raising efforts.

During 2012/2013 the Trustees and friends have organised several fund-raising events.

To read more about these events in the full copy of the Annual Report and and to see the Accounts of the charity please click on the link below.

KIKN-Annual-Report-2013

Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12

This year saw Kids in Kathmandu Nepal established as a charity.

In this first year the charity was sponsoring a total of 22 children up from 18 in the previous year.

During 2011/12 our main vehicle for raising funds to support extra-curricular activities and to purchase goods for the Save Lives Foundation Orphanage and the Shree Neel Barahi School has been through fund raising events organised by the Trustees and Friends.

To read more about the successful first year of operation of the charity please see the full copy of the Annual Report and Accounts by clicking on the link below.

Annual-Report-2012