Our Projects - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 30
Our Projects
Our charitable arm, Shared Interest Foundation aims to
improve livelihoods through the development of
sustainable businesses and income generation
initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Working in partnership with local organisations, we
implement projects that aim to:
Over the past year, we delivered 14 projects, which
supported the development of innovative solutions to
strengthen the climate resilience of producers, created
income-generating opportunities for women and young
people, and established enterprises, which generate
vital income for rural communities.
While we support all SDGs, we feel our projects align
closest with No Poverty (1), Gender Equality (5), Decent
Work and Economic Growth (8), Climate Action (13) and
Partnerships for the Goals (17). These areas are
represented in our ongoing projects along with an
additional theme of ‘Youth Engagement’.
This year we launched four new projects:
• Growing fairer futures: Rwanda (Expansion) funded by
Charles Hayward Foundation
• Bees for business: Dakoro Solar Panels in Burkina
Faso funded by a Shared Interest Society Member
• Building resilience of coffee farmers in western Uganda
through agroforestry funded from designated
unrestricted funds
• The Brian’s Legacy SEED Project: Sustainable
empowerment through enterprise development in
Uganda funded by an individual donor
During the year, we concluded seven projects:
• Growing fairer futures: Rwanda funded from
designated unrestricted funds
• Soilless farming: Ghana funded from designated
unrestricted funds
• Soilless farming: Ghana (Drip irrigation) funded by The
Peter Stebbing’s Memorial Charity
• Improving livelihoods through agro-processing in
Burkina Faso funded from designated unrestricted funds
• Seed to stall: Increasing self-sustainability through
soilless vegetable farming in Burkina Faso funded by
Guernsey Overseas Aid
• Seed to stall: Increasing self-sustainability through
domestic soilless vegetable farming in Burkina Faso
funded by Evan Cornish Foundation
• Ensuring environmental protection and biodiversity
conservation through income diversification in Peru
funded from designated unrestricted funds
During the year, we continued to manage two projects in
East Africa supporting coffee farmers, and our Growing
fairer futures project in Ivory Coast. Details of all these
projects and their impact is found in Part II of the Social
Accounts, page 39.
This year, we secured a grant with a total value of
£120,000 from an individual donor who wanted to mark
the passing of her husband with a project in Uganda.
We will report fully on this project in Social Accounts
23/24.
In addition, we received funds as unrestricted income
through individual donations. The Trustees designated a
proportion of this income to launch one new project:
Building resilience of coffee farmers in western Uganda
through agroforestry and set aside a further £200k for
designated projects in 2024.
This year, the Foundation Team had the opportunity to
visit projects in East and West Africa to monitor ongoing
activities and conduct impact assessments. They also
performed due diligence checks on potential partners,
and conducted needs assessments to inform our work
and priorities.
Support the development of sustainable income
generating enterprises to improve livelihoods and
contribute towards a reduction in poverty
Economically empower women and youth to play
an active role in supply chains and earn a
meaningful income
Support farmers to implement climate adaption
techniques to build their climate resilience and
increase environmental protection
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Social Audit Statement - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 6
Introduction - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 7
Our Theory of Change - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 8
Our Outcomes - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 9
The Sustainable Development Goals - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 10
About Shared Interest - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 11
Our Mission - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 12
Part 1: Our Activities and Operations - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 13
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Our Activities and Operations: Online Promotion - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 15
Our Activities and Operations: Social Media and Member Retention - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 16
Our Activities and Operations: Events - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 17
Our Activities and Operations: Ethical Content Gathering - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 18
Our Activities and Operations: Supporting Our Charity - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 19
Our Lending - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 20
Our Lending: Providing a Reliable Source of Finance and Customer and Portfolio Development - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 21
Our Lending: Customer relationships, communication and events - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 22
Products Financed - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 23
Products Financed - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 24
Due Diligence and Management of our Risk Portfolio - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 25
Disbursements - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 26
Lending per Region - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 27
Number of Customers per Country in 2023 - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 28
Where we made Disbursements in 2023 - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 29
Our Projects - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 30
Our Team - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 31
Our Team: Recruitment and Hybrid Working - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 32
Our Team: Internal Communication, Wellbeing and Social Events and Benefits and Salary - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 33
Our Team: Engagement Survey - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 34
Our Team: Our Volunteers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 35
Our Team: Our Volunteers (Case Studies) - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 36
Environment - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 37
Financial Stewardship - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 38
Part 2: Our Impact - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 39
Improvement in the Livelihood of People as they Trade their way out of Poverty - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 40
Improvement in the Livelihood of People as they Trade their way out of Poverty - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 41
Gender Equality - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 42
Gender Equality - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 43
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 44
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 45
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 46
Long Term Outcome 1: Increased Income for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 47
Case Study: CAYAT - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 48
Case Study: CAYAT - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 49
Long Term Outcome 2: Stronger, More Resilient and Sustainable Businesses - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 50
Long Term Outcome 2: Stronger, More Resilient and Sustainable Businesses - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 51
Long Term Outcome 3: Employment Creation for Farmers, Artisans and Workers - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 52
Case Study: EDUCE - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 53
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Increase in Technical Assistance and Producer Support - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 55
Enterprise Development - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 56
Women and Youth Empowerment - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 57
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Building Climate Resilience - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 62
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Stakeholders - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 65
Consultations - Social Accounts 2023 - Flipbook - Page 66
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