TESS

EXTRACT FROM THE TESS GOVERNING DOCUMENT

WAYS OF CARRYING OUT THE OBJECTS OF TESS

Object 1. For the public benefit to promote and advance the education of people living in or originating from Teso, Uganda in such ways as the Charity Trustees think fit.


Ways of carrying out Object 1 may include any of the following:-

• Sponsorship and support for education to levels appropriate for each person selected.
• Sponsorship and support for short courses for those who have dropped out of primary or secondary education for whatever reason.
• Sponsorship and support for those who have become pregnant and therefore been forced to drop out of mainstream education;
• Provision of medical treatment and health facilities for the sponsorship beneficiaries and their families and communities;
• Provision of appropriate emotional, spiritual, academic and careers guidance and support;
• Provision of extra-curricular activities, teaching and resources for beneficiaries and their families and communities;
• Providing and/or facilitating in-service training for teachers in Teso, and Uganda generally;
• Providing and/or channelling resources for educational institutions in Teso;
• Improving educational institutions in Teso;
• Supporting the setting up of new educational institutions in Teso primarily (but not exclusively) for the poorest children which will be of the highest standards and so provide an example and training for other educational institutions in Teso, and Uganda generally;
• Advocacy work within Teso, Uganda and internationally on behalf of educational institutions and students in or from Teso, and Uganda generally, to facilitate change and improvements in education;
• Publicising the needs and problems affecting children, students, educational institutions and communities in Teso, and Uganda generally;
• Enabling and encouraging people to travel to Teso, and Uganda generally, to experience the problems and needs and to assess and assist in the work of the Charity;
• Mobilising people in any country to work and lobby for the benefit of education, children and people from Teso, and Uganda generally;
• Carrying out and publishing research and/or surveys for the benefit of education, children and people from Teso, and Uganda generally.

Object 2. To develop the capacity and skills of people living in or originating from Teso, Uganda in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.


Ways of carrying out Object 2 may include any of the following:-

• Support and training for microfinance initiatives to enable beneficiaries to earn pocket money and start becoming more independent even whilst still in educational institutions or on training courses;
• Support and training for microfinance initiatives in communities where individual beneficiaries live;
• Helping the beneficiaries grow into mature adults of integrity who can provide for themselves and their families and take positions of responsibility within their communities, so bringing about change for the better and lifting themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty;
• Facilitating the setting up of income-generating projects and facilities in Teso, and Uganda generally, for the benefit of the activities and beneficiaries of the Charity in Teso.