The document is the 2014 annual report of Mvule Trust, an NGO that provides scholarships to underprivileged students in Uganda. Some key points: - In 2014, Mvule Trust supported 238 students (124 female, 114 male) across 20 institutions in Uganda. This was lower than previous years due to many students completing their studies. - Cumulatively since 2006, Mvule Trust has funded 10,877 years of education. The majority (64%) was for secondary education. It also supported tertiary education and skills training. - In 2014, Mvule partnered with the National Forestry Authority to provide a paid internship program for 30 forestry college graduates. It also

1. ANNUAL REPORT 2014

2. Cover photo:
Akudu Grace (left) an NFA- Mvule intern at a
nursery in Kagora Forest Reserve in Kyenjojo
district with her supervisor Mercy Namparia
(centre) also a former beneficiary of Mvule
and their colleague. Mercy like Akudu studied
forestry at Nyabyeya National Forestry College.
Mvule is the name of the
endangered African hardwood,
Milicia excelsa.
This Annual Report was prepared by Cathy Watson,
Betty Okot and Josephine Abalo.
Layout and Design by Michael Kalanzi (MeBK)
CONTENTS
Director’s Message 1
Mvule Trust Objectives 2
Background 3
2014 Objectives & Achievements 3
Cumulative Years of Education 4
Student Enrolment 4
Forestry Interns 6
Continuing Education 8
Mvule for Ghana 8
Finance 9
Expenditure Statement 10
Director’s Message
The year 2014 was our ninth year, and it
felt like it. How the students have grown! For
the first year since we gave out our first bursary
in 2006, we only had one secondary student, a
young adolescent living with HIV -- just one of the
challenges young people often face in Uganda.
Another challenge is joblessness -- no matter
whether you are in the fortunate 6% that have
completed high school or the extremely fortunate
2% that have completed university - finding or
creating employment is extraordinarily hard. So
in 2014 we started our first large preparation-
for-work programme, partnering with Uganda
National Forestry Authority (NFA) to absorb 30 of our forestry
college graduates across 15 government tree nurseries. The
interns were mostly placed in pairs. The outcome was mixed.
We were dismayed by the nurseries’ relentless focus on raising
exotic tree species but we were thrilled that nine out of the
30 had obtained jobs either with NFA or an NGO or private tree
growers by the end of the 12 month opportunity.
The fall in the number of secondary students from 41 in 2013
to only one in 2014 is because the balance obtained their ‘O’ or
‘A’ level qualifications. We are supporting five on professional
trainings and are working to enroll many of the others.
We were more international in 2014 than in previous years
--funding delegates to the World Congress on Agroforestry in
Delhi,part of continuing education for six Ugandan foresters
all with links to Mvule; making a grant to a Mvule-like NGO
in Ghana to scale up our best practices; and sending our
programme manager to study in the UK (see below). We also
kept our classic focus on bursaries, however. We had 238
students on our books, one tenth of the 2338 at our peak
in 2008, but every student matters. We thank our donors --
especially Lisbet Rausing, Peter Baldwin and the readers of The
Guardian newspaper-- for helping us to change so many lives.
Catharine Watson,
Director
Josephine now in London
It had long been the plan and the promise
to send Josephine Abalo, who has run Mvule Trust
day to day since 2006, for a Master’s degree. We
identified the Masters in Education and International
Development at the Institute of Education in London.
Josephine was accepted, leaving her husband and
three small children in Kampala in September
2014 to take up the challenge. The cost of travel,
accommodation, a computer, living expenses and fees
amounted to $51,368 for 2014/15. It will be money
beautifully spent. When Cathy visited Josephine in her
residence in the historic Bloomsbury area in early 2015
for a traditional Acholi meal, she found Josephine
deep in conversation about research methods with
classmates from Kenya, Cyprus and China. In her
absence Mvule Trust has been managed by Betty Okot.Director Catharine Watson and Programme Manager
Josephine Abalo in London, February 2015.
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• Fund bursaries for young adults,
primarily girls, who are not able to
pursue a post-primary education.
• Where possible, provide Mvule Trust
beneficiaries with personal materials
crucial for academic progress, such as
school uniforms, medical and health
supplies, writing or trade tools and
transport allowances.
• Finance the development of school
facilities such as libraries and science
laboratories.
• Develop a support network for
beneficiaries that will encourage
them to pursue their studies.
These efforts include Adolescent
Reproductive Health (ARH) and
life skills training, meetings with
beneficiaries’ parents, teachers’
workshops and dialogue with
community leaders to promote
education.
• Help graduates to secure employment
once they have completed their
education.
• Support efforts by other organisations
or programmes aimed at increasing
quality and accessibility of education
in Uganda.
Mission
The Trust’s main organisational
goal is to improve the lives of
underprivileged rural Ugandan
families by providing young
people - primarily girls with
scholarships.
Vision
Mvule Trust envisions a cadre
of young people who are
educated, self-confident, self-
sufficient and able to engage in
sustainable livelihoods in their
home areas.
Mahogany seedlings thriving in the VSPT nursery in Kyambura (October 2014)
Adokorach Sunday at Mbarara NFA
plantation and nursery, (August, 2014)
John Osidi, a former beneficiary of MT, now owns and runs in partnership with two others
(Emmanuel Egoru and Emmanuel Egaru) Arise Nurseries in Kaberamaido (August, 2014)
Mvule Trust Objectives

4. Background
visiting them at their duty stations,
and reporting on their progress.
• Funding continuing education for
Mvule-associated foresters to attend
a congress in India.
• Supporting a girls’ education NGO in
Ghana.
• Supporting Mvule Trust’s programme
manager to pursue a masters’
degree.
2014 Achievements
Mvule Trust achieved the following:
• Directly administered 100% of the
scholarships to 238 students (114
males and 124 females). Of the
238 students, 160 successfully
completed training in 2014.
• In March 2014 Mvule Trust signed
a one year Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the
National Forestry Authority to
support a one year paid internship
programme for approximately 30
young foresters whose education
Mvule had supported. The Trust
disbursed a monthly stipend worth
approximately $83 per month per
intern. In addition, Mvule Trust
signed a second MoU with the NGO
Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust
to take on a young forester, whose
education had been supported
by Mvule, to establish a large
tree nursery and embark upon a
community forestry programme
around Kyambura Gorge. Overall
UShs 130,775,250 or $51,284 UShs
was spent on forestry programmes.
• Using funds worth US $17,631 from
the UK account, Mvule Trust also
paid for eight individuals – six of
them associated with Mvule Trust
in Uganda – to attend the World
Congress on Agroforestry in Delhi
in February 2014 as part of their
continuing education.
• Similarly using funds from the
UK account, Mvule Trust granted
GBP10,300 to the Ghana Education
Project in the north of that country
to upscale some of the learnings of
Mvule Trust, such as the importance
of sex education, and to pay towards
its first intake of 90 girls into
secondary education.
• Finally, the Trust disbursed $51,368
so that its programme manager could
commence her studies for a Master’s
degree in September 2014.
In January 2005, Mvule Trust was
established with a five million dollar
grant from the Swedish philanthropist
Lisbet Rausing. Its major aim was to
enable underprivileged girl children
from remote districts of Uganda to
attend secondary school by providing
them with bursaries.
Mvule Trust registered as a charitable
organisation in the United Kingdom
in September 2005 and as an NGO in
Uganda in October 2005. Between
1 January 2006 and 31 December
2014, Mvule had sponsored young
people on 10,877 years of education
-- from secondary to vocational
(e.g. carpentry) to professional (e.g.
nursing) to university courses.
2014 Objectives
In 2014, Mvule Trust’s objectives
included:
• Drawing up 2014/ 2015 provisional
budget(s) and work plans.
• Updating the Mvule Trust-Guardian
database.
• Disbursing tuition fees to the
institutions where its students were
studying.
• Renewing staff contracts and
conducting staff appraisals.
• Meeting with internal and external
auditors.
• Preparing the 2013 annual report.
• Visiting educational institutions
and delivering fees payment slips,
cheques or collecting fees bills and
verifying students’ presence.
• Issuing students with scholarship
award letters and other
communication from the Trust.
• Implementing a paid internship
programme in collaboration with the
NFA as well as an NGO, Volcanoes
Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT)
• Providing NFA interns with a monthly
stipend and health insurance,
Njoke Julius, a Mvule
beneficiary at Nyabyeya
Forestry College, is studying for
an express Diploma in Forestry.
Yeko Proface, a Mvule beneficiary
at Nyabyeya Forestry College,
also on a Mvule sponsored
Express Diploma in Forestry
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Student enrolment
In 2014, Mvule Trust sponsored 238 students. Of
these, 124 (52%) were female while 114 (48%) were
male. Ideally, MT seeks a female to male ratio of
75:25. This was not achieved in 2014. Although, 83%
of the students sponsored at university and 68% of
trainee teachers were female, boys outnumbered girls
at the forestry, agriculture and business colleges and
technical schools. Equal numbers of boys and girls
studied health-related subjects.
Just one of the 238 students supported in 2014 was in
secondary school, a student carried forward from 2013.
The other 40 secondary school students sponsored
in 2013 have since completed their ‘O’ or ‘A’ level
studies. Over half were girls from Katine sub-county
funded by donations from readers of The Guardian.
Beneficiaries by gender and type of institution attended in 2014
Educational institution Males Females Total
Ordinary level 0 1 1
Agric/forestry/environment
studies college
11 10 21
Teacher training college 9 5 14
College of commerce 7 14 21
Technical training institute 6 4 10
Health training institute 7 2 9
University 1 65 66
TOTAL 41 100 238
Educational level 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Years of
Education
0 Level 1,382 1,307 1,405 858 174 117 47 41 1 5,332
A level S5 255 118 452 9 2 836
A level S6 218 112 431 5 1 767
Vocational 137 333 470
Technical 29 19 26 20 10 104
Agric/Forestry/
Environmental
50 49 144 95 88 127 91 61 705
Business 49 36 77 93 45 43 343
Teaching 1 118 93 191 125 44 27 27 626
Health 154 215 314 255 195 153 73 18 1,377
University 21 47 93 78 78 317
Grand total 1,382 1,904 2,338 1,576 1,365 1,108 590 376 238 10,877
Since its inception in 2006 and through 2014, MT
funded a total of 10,877 years of education. The NGO
made its greatest investment -- 64% of the years of
education it supported -- in secondary education. About
half of the 10,877 years (5,332) represent students
studying at “Ordinary level” – the first four years of
secondary school (S1-4). A further 1603 years represent
approximately 800 students who were supported for
their final two years of secondary school (S5 and S6, the
Advanced or A level years).
A total of 3051 years were funded at a level of tertiary
education that occurs in Uganda at medical institutions
or in colleges, such as teacher training colleges, colleges
of commerce (where students can study subjects like
accounting), and specialized colleges where students
can train, for instance, to be game wardens, surveyors
or fisheries experts. Such institutions award certificates
and diplomas. In this category were 348 young people
who were funded for a total of 1377 years of education
to become nurses, lab technicians and other health
professionals.
MT also supported over 700 years of study in forestry and
agriculture, over 600 in teaching, and over 300 in business.
Eleven percent of the years of education (1237/10,877)
were students funded at vocational/technical school to
learn skills such as carpentry and tailoring. A further 317
years of education were funded at university.
Modest though this may sound, these represent about 100
students obtaining degrees, the great majority of them
female. Not shown on this table are six Mvule staff who,
over the past nine years, were supported either fully or
partly for post graduate diplomas or masters degrees, all
of them in Ugandan institutions, with the exception of
the programme manager who enrolled in the Institute of
Education in London in September 2014.
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6. Beneficiary Jimmy Ocero at Ngora
Hospital School of Nursing & Midwifery.
Beneficiary Jennifer Amulen at Jinja
School of Nursing & Midwifery.
Mvule beneficiaries were enrolled in 20
different institutions of learning:
1. Busitema University Arapai campus
2. Busitema University (Tororo)
3. Grace Early Childhood Development
Centre (Soroti)
4. Hoima School of Nursing and
Midwifery
5. Jinja School of Nursing & Midwifery
6. Jinja Medical Laboratory Training
School
7. Kyambogo University (Kampala)
8. Lira Medical Laboratory Training
School
9. Makerere University (Kampala)
10. Makerere University Business School
(Jinja)
11. Makerere University Business School
(Nakawa)
12. Mbale School of Hygiene
13. Mbale School of Nursing and
Midwifery
14. Nyabyeya Forestry College
15. Ndejje University (Luwero)
16. Ngora Hospital Nursing School
17. Rubaga Girls’ School (Kampala)
18. Soroti Core Primary Teachers’
College
19. St. Kizito Technical College Madera
(Soroti)
20. Uganda College of Commerce
(Soroti)
Verification Visits
Between January and November 2014,
Mvule made seven trips to verify
the presence and attendance of the
beneficiaries. The visits also offered
Mvule Trust the opportunity to validate
fees bills, engage with students and
administrations one-on-one, and deliver
scholarship award letters, fees payment
receipts and other educational -related
services to its beneficiaries.
Figure 2 Beneficiaries by profession/ type of institution attended in 2014MT is continuing to support or is in
the process of enrolling many of these
young people for further studies. From
Katine, these include Salome Anyingo
at the Florence Nightingale School of
Nursing & Midwifery in Apac; Christine
Imorioit at Agule Nursing & Midwifery
School in Pallisa; Selina Abiyo at
Primary Teachers College in Kapchorwa;
and Helen Adong at St Pius Technical
Institute in Soroti. Sara Atayo will be
enrolled Uganda College of Commerce
Soroti while Salome Atim will join Soroti
Core Primary Teachers College later in
the year. Betty Acimo is already there
and in her second year. According to her
tutors, she is “performing very well”.
Finally, MT is actively working with
Abraham Oluka, the only boy supported
from Katine and the top primary school
pupil in the sub-county in 2009, to find
him a place on a medical course. MT
remains open to supporting more of the
secondary school leavers from 2013 and
urges them to be in touch.
One hundred and twenty two (51%)
of the bursary holders in 2014 were
on two or three year courses to
study for professions such as nursing
and midwifery, medical laboratory
technology, forestry, agriculture, and
business. The 78 university students
on bursaries (33% of the total) were
also taking diverse courses of study,
such as Water Resource Engineering,
Information and Communication
Technology and Business Administration
and professional courses such as
teaching. The balance of the students
were in technical training. All told,
Agric/forestry/envi
ronment
26%
Teaching
12%
Business studies
18%
Technical
4%
Health
7%
University
33%
Beneficiaries by professions in 2014
University 33% Agri/forestry/
environment
26%
Business
studies 18%
Teaching
11%Health
8%
Technical 4%
Ordinary
level 0%
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Males
48%Females
52%
Beneficiaries by gender 2014
Females
52%
Males
48%
Figure 1 Beneficiaries by
gender in 2014
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Forestry Interns
• Support the interns to actualize
the skills and knowledge gained
from the forestry college,
• Help the young foresters to gain
experiential knowledge about
forestry management,
• Encourage the interns to set up
their own forestry developments.
In turn, the interns were to:
• Support NFA to create a vibrant
network of large, productive and
quality tree seed nurseries.
Below is a list of the internship
stations:
1. Arua NFA Forestry Reserve and
Plantation
2. Banda-Namanve, NFA nurseries
3. Fort Portal-North Rwenzori NFA
nursery and plantation
4. Gulu NFA nursery
5. Jinja NFA Kyoga Range
6. Kabale NFA nursery and plantations
7. Katugo NFA Forest Reserve,
Nakasongola
8. Kyenjojo NFA Nursery, Kagora Forest
Reserve,
9. Masaka NFA nursery and Forest
Reserve
Paid Internship Programme
In March-April 2014, faithful to
its desire to support science and the
environment in Uganda, Mvule Trust
initiated a paid internship programme
with two partners, the Uganda’s
National Forestry Authority (NFA) and
Volcanoes Safari Partnership Trust.
The mission of NFA is to manage
Uganda’s more than 500 plus Central
Forest Reserves on a “sustainable basis
and to supply high quality forestry-
related products and services to
government, local communities and the
private sector”. It has 335 employees
countrywide. In an agreement with
NFA signed by Mvule director William
Pike, MT was able to place 30 of its
beneficiaries with diplomas from the
National Forestry College in 15 NFA
stations across the country.
The MoU with NFA stipulated that the
aim of the internship was to:
• Introduce the recently qualified
interns into the world of forestry
and improve their employability,
Happiness is a bursary at Uganda’s National Forestry College: ten of the 11
beneficiaries studying at the college in 2014 share a fun moment.
Mvule director William Pike and NFA
Executive Director Michael Mugisa sign
the memorandum of understanding for
the one year internship programme
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10. Masindi NFA nursery
11. Mbale NFA Kyoga Sub-Sector
12. Mbarara NFA nursery and plantations
13. Mubende NFA nursery, Forest Reserve
and plantations.
14. National Tree Seed Centre,
Namanve, Wakiso
15. Soroti NFA nursery and plantations
Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust
(VSPT) exists to enhance “the livelihood
of local communities through great
ape eco-tourism”. It operates around
Kyambura Gorge, a tropical rain forest
that is home to over 20 chimps, in
Bushenyi in Western Uganda. It also
has programmes in the mountains
of Southwest Uganda, home to the
mountain gorillas as well as to the
highly marginalized Batwa people. In
working with Mvule Trust, VSPT sought
an experienced young forester who
could set up a community forestry
programme.
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8. Former Mvule beneficiaries David
Odokonyero and Stella Anyao interning at
the Jinja NFA nursery, Kyoga range
Mvule-supported interns Rose Apio and
Alfred Elyabu at the Soroti NFA nursery
An apiary set up by Mvule beneficiary
Agnes Adiope at Mbale NFA station (July
2014). At the time of the visit, the hives
were already colonised by bees
After MT signed an MoU with VSPT,
VSPT was able to interview two former
Mvule beneficiaries. An important
criterion was that the person be able
to speak the local language. Ambrose
Tumukunde, who had been sponsored
by Mvule Trust to obtain a diploma from
Uganda’s forestry college in 2009, was
offered and accepted the placement.
Right, he can be seen directing young
people to help build a nursery of
indigenous tree seedlings for planting
out around Kyambura gorge.
Internship Achievements
• The VSPT nursery raised more than
100,000 indigenous tree seedlings
of species such as Sesbania sesban,
Maesopsis eminii, Markhamia lutea,
Sapium ellipticum, Prunus africana,
Albizia coraria, Bridelia micrantha,
Antiaris toxicaria, and Ficus spp.
• In Mbale, the interns introduced
apiary (bee farming), the first such
undertaking at this NFA station.
They also propagated more than
3000 seedlings of Indian Teak, which
can be a water resistant building
material.
Ambrose begins the 2 acre tree nursery. Within a radius of 2km of the nursery, he and
co-workers went house to house, educating neighbors on agro-forestry and planting and
caring for trees. They handed out over 17,000 seedlings.
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• In Jinja, the interns propagated
native Bamboo and a variety of
tropical fruit trees and indigenous
trees like Mvule and Mahogany.
• In Gulu, the interns were often
contracted by the community to
work in their tree plantations. Gulu
municipal council took them on to
beautify the town.
• Every intern was visited twice by
Mvule in the course of their 12
month contract.
• Nine of the interns were offered and
left for employment opportunities
while one went on to pursue a
degree at Makerere University.
Rose Auma, a Mvule beneficiary who is
pursuing an express diploma in forestry at
Nyabyeya Forestry College
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Report by Benjamin Hozi, Headmaster
The performance of the pupils at the newly established Kyabobo School for
Girls is amazing after such a short period of engagement. This has triggered
many more parents to rush to the school to seek admission for their wards to
come to the school next academic year. Kudos to my indefatigable teachers!
The girls who could not read at the start of the school can now read with
some level of confidence and solve simple problems in mathematics. Many of
those who were average students are now performing wonderfully.
When we started the school, most of the girls were quite timid and reserved,
but have now become bold in whatever they do - both inside and outside the
school. They ask challenging questions in lessons, which has made the
teachers prepare well before they enter class and started a virtuous circle
that we believe will bring excellent results.
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KYABOBO SCHOOL FOR GIRLS HAS COME TO STAY… HOORAY!
Kyabobo Girls on the Radio by Priscilla Melebor, one of our students
Our local radio station is called Beyond FM, it gives us information to help to develop our
town, region and nation - and their motto is Information for Development.
They run a club called Beyond Kiddy Club & Kyabobo girls are a part of that. The radio
programme is on air from 7.30 to 9am every Saturday. During the week, we discuss and
practise our topics for the weekend so that we are well prepared. At first, we could not
speak well in public, but now we can. Doing the broadcast has helped us to overcome
shyness and to be bold and courageous, covering different topics each week.
We have educated listeners about hygiene, performed a play about broken homes and had
discussions with some parents about how we feel in the home. We also had a debate
about mixed and single sex schools.
People enjoy listening to us and many call in afterwards to ask questions.
SPORTS RELIEF
This year GEP was chosen by the British High Commission in Ghana to be the beneficiaries of fundraising
through the Sports Relief Programme. On 1st March, a keen group of athletically dressed people met at
one of the main sports stadiums in Accra. The first event was to pull a car for 100m heavily decked with
Union Jacks, which was no mean feat. This was followed by a 1 mile run, where some aimed to break the
world record, while others were pushing their children in prams - but we all made it round in the end. The
final event was a football match against the Ministry of Sport. Neither team challenged the Black Stars for
their place in Brazil but the competitive spirit was clear.
Some British Businesses had sponsored the event and cocoa exporters, Armajaro, donated GHC
20,000 (£3400). A paint company gave us GHC 8000 (£1360) equivalent in paint and Blue Skies
Continuing education
World Congress on Agroforestry 2014
Mvule Trust founder Cathy
Watson now works full time at the
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
in Nairobi. So when the planning
began for the 2014 World Agroforestry
Congress, she determined to use some
Mvule funds to enable foresters from
Uganda who are important to the Trust
to attend the meeting, which occurs
once every five years. Ugandan forestry
focuses almost entirely on plantations
of exotics rather than agroforestry --
the integration of multipurpose trees
into farms and other human managed
landscapes, and she felt that attending
the Congress would help to shift this
mindset.
Some of the Mvule-sponsored team at the World Congress on Agroforestry.
From L to R: SP Amunau, I Chelangate, G Kiyingi, C Watson, G Gasana and J Otim.
Mvule for ghana
Mvule Trust has learnt much in
its nine year history, including the
importance of sexuality education,
close follow up of students, and
eventually conducting a tracer
study. Accordingly, In 2014 it made
a grant to the UK charity Ghana
Education Project to adopt some
of these practices as it starts and
expands its secondary programme.
After the NGO received the grant,
its newsletter stated “A big thank
you to the Mvule Trust for their
generous donation of £10,300 that
will fund the costs of supporting
our first intake of 90 girls through
their first year of the Senior High
School in 2016.”
Interestingly, the Mvule tree
(Milicia excelsa) is also important
species in Ghana, where it is known
locally as Iroko and its seeds are
spread by fruit bats.
Imede Everline former beneficiary now
interns at Mvule Trust.
Everline Imede was one of three interns working in the
Kampala office of Mvule Trust in 2014. Speaking fondly of its
contribution to her education, she said, “Mvule Trust funded
my secondary education at Dr Obote’s College Boroboro in S5
and S6 where I studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Pure
Maths (PCB/M) in 2008/2009. I joined Makerere University in
2010 pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering,
and Mvule Trust paid my accommodation fees at Makerere
International Students’ Hostel in Kikoni. I graduated on 23
January 2015 with an honors degree in Software Engineering,
and I am a proud beneficiary of Mvule Trust.”
The Mvule board agreed to this use
of funds, and Cathy was able to bring
former beneficiaries (I Chelangat and
J Otim), and four employers of former
beneficiaries to the Congress in Delhi in
February 2014. These employers were
S Amunau, G Kiyingi, G Gasana and
N Simmons.
Speaking of the experience, the former
beneficiaries said it was rewarding and
eye-opening. A total of US $26,353 was
allocated for this activity, but a balance
of slightly over $8000 remains. This will
be used to fund internships for Mvule
beneficiaries with ICRAF.
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10. In 2014, Mvule Trust had a total
income of Ushs.1,235,271,784,
of which the LisbetRausing and
Peter Baldwin Trust (LRPBT)
provided Ushs.1,050,021,000
and readers of The Guardian
Ushs.180,478,284. At an average
exchange rate in 2014 of US $
1= Ushs.2550, this income was
the equivalent of US $484,420,
of which US $411,773 (85%)
came from LRPBT and US
$70,776 (15%) from Guardian
readers. These funds were
accumulated over the previous
years, with LRPBT donating an
additional £250,000.
Total expenditure was
Ushs.668,901,539 or US
$262,314 in 2014, of which
Ushs.218,466,252 or US $85,673
or 31% came from the original
US $5 million Arcadia grant.
Thus 2014 was the year in which the
original grant was fully spent and
completed. The expenditure of US
$262,314 in 2014 was less than the US
$347,996 expended in 2013. This can
largely be explained by the drop in
the number of students on bursaries
from 376 in 2013 to 238 in 2014. In
addition, one term for 160 of the
students supported in 2014 was “paid
ahead” in 2013 and so came under
2013 expenditure. Overall, Mvule
Trust spent 75% of its 2014 income
on bursaries, innovative programmes
and staff development and 25% on
administration and staff remuneration
as indicated in the expenditure table.
Specifically, in 2014, Mvule Trust
dispersed Ushs.129,107,200 or
US $50,630on fees to the various
educational institutions that the
beneficiaries attended. This was
18.8 %of total expenditure or US
$649per student for fees. A total of
Ushs.16,360,000 or US $6,416 was
spent on school visits.
Mvule Trust spent Ushs.130,775,250
or US $51,284 in total on the total
forestry internship programme. This
cost included a monthly stipend
of Ushs.212,407 or US $83.30 for
each NFA intern as well as medical
insurance, re-location funds and an
orientation training workshop carried
out by NFA staff. The grant to VSPT of
Ushs.32,330,500 or US $12,679 for a
community forestry programme is also
within this sum of Ushs.130,775,250 or
US $51,284.
The cost of remuneration of Mvule
Trust’s two full time staff, three
interns and the consultant amounted
to Ushs.82,119,000 or US $32,203,
about 12% of total expenditure.
Overheads (e.g. Audit fee, office and
vehicle running costs, bank charges
and exchange losses) amounted to
Ushs.80,114,244 or US $31,417 about
12 % of total expenditure. Mvule Trust
paid no rent in 2014 as it was hosted
gratis by the Ugandan NGO Straight
Talk Foundation.
About 20% of all expenditure in
2014 went on staff development:
Ushs.130,989,045 or US $51,368. This
was the Master’s degree course of the
Programme Manager and, since the
course stretches from 29 September
2014 to 1 September 2015, covers
expenses in 2015 as well.
Other expenditure made directly out
of Mvule Trust’s UK office included
£16,000 or Ushs.67,200,000 or US
$26,353 to support Mvule Trust-related
foresters to attend the agroforestry
congress in Delhi and of which only
US $17,631 was spent on this activity.
Another UK £10,300 or Ushs.43,260,000
or US $16,965 was granted to the
Ghana Education Project.
Finance
2014 Income Statement Total Income in UShs Total income in US $
UK income (Arcadia) - -
Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin Trust (£250,000) 1,050,021,000 411,773
Guardian Readers Support (donations) 180,478,284 70,776
Creditors written back 4,772,500 1,871
Total Income 1,235,271,784 484,420
Income Statement Exchange rate UShs2550 = $1
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2014
Mvule
Report
Nicole Simmons (VSPT, Kyambura) talking to
Betty Okot, then standing in for Josephine
Abalo of Mvule Trust in October 2014

11. MVULE TRUST Annual Report
M v u l e Tr u s t 2 0 1 4
2014Report
Expenditure Statement
The Mvule Trust Team
Cathy Watson and William Pike, Directors
Josephine Abalo, Programme Manager, Fred Mwesigwa, Transport Officer, Betty
Okot, Consultant, Lydia Nuwagaba, Everline Imede, Winnie Mbabazi, Interns
Mvule Trust Trustees: David Lyon (chair); Richard Dowden: Joel Kibazo
Ivan Onyinge, a Mvule
beneficiary at Jinja Medical
Laboratory Training School
Mvule beneficiaries at Uganda College of Commerce Soroti. From left to right are
Acam Jane, Aguti Mary Goretti, Apio Elizabeth, Angole Susan Sarah and Itoko Loi.
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2014 Expenditure Statement
Average exchange rate at the close of the year: 2,550 to 1 US $ and Ushs. 4,200 to 1 UK £.
Item Total cost in UShs. Total cost in US $ Percentage
Expenditures
Secondary scholarships 3,246,500 1,273 0.52
Vocational and tertiary scholarships 125,860,700 49,357 18.82
Support to beneficiaries 11,217,000 4,399 1.68
School visits 16,360,000 6,416 2.45
Forestry Internship Programme 130,775,250 51,284 19.55
Agroforestry event/Ghana Education Project 88,219,800 34,596 13.19
Staff development (UK) 130,989,045 51,368 19.58
Administration 28,283,450 11,092 4.23
Staff costs 82,119,000 32,204 12.28
Motor vehicle running expenses 21,435,704 8,406 3.20
Audit fees 21,000,000 8,235 3.14
Bank charges 2,330,389 914 0.3 5
Exchange loss on the US Dollar Account 378,081 148 -
Exchange loss on UK bank accounts 6,686,620 2,622 1.0
Grand total of Expenditure 668,901,539 262,314 100

12. Mvule Trust
Governing Documents:
Charitable Trust Deed signed between
the two founders and three trustees
on 1st March 2005.
Trustees: David Bowes Lyon (Chair);
Richard Dowden, Joel Kibazo
Principal Office:
Highfield House, Park Road,
Combe, Witney, OX29 8NA
Auditors:
Carr Stanyer Sims and Co.
Certified Public Accountants
PO Box 6293, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-04140258458
Bankers:
Stanbic Bank, Crested Towers,
Corporate Branch, PO Box 7131,
Kampala, Uganda
Barclays Bank PLC
Pall Mall 2, London, UK
Solicitors:
Lex Uganda
8th Floor Communications House
PO Box 22490, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-414-232733
Taylor Wessing, Carmelite
50 Victoria Embankment
Blackfriars, London EC4Y ODX, UK
Tel: 44-207-300-7000
Arcadia:
5 Young Street,
London, UK W8 5EH
Tel: 44-207-361-4907
UK Charity Commission No.
1111410 (22 September 2005)
Government of Uganda
NGO Certificate of Registration:
S. 5914/6093 (28 October 2005)
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Uganda Address
Mvule Trust
c/o STF 4 Acacia Avenue,
PO Box 22366, Kampala, Uganda
Email: cathyhwatson@gmail.com
or jabalo256@gmail.com
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