OLD MACDONALD’S FARM - ANNUAL PROJECT OVERVIEW - APRIL 2011
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Date of Overview – April 2011 compiled by Phil Bailey
a) Who is responsible for managing the ministry?
Don and Christine MacDonald. This Scottish couple manage the Children’s Home on their farm (OMF) in the Ibex Hill area of Lusaka, Zambia.
b) What oversight of the ministry is there by people other than the management?
The Children’s Home is overseen by a Board of Trustees which consists of eight Zambian and two International Trustees.
c) What are the aims of the ministry?
To provide a home for street children (mostly boys) and, as appropriate, provide school education and/or life skills training. The farm operates to provide food to the home and a place for the children to gain agricultural experience.
d) What is the doctrinal basis of the ministry? If none, what assurance can be given that the ministry is run on Christian principles by people with Christian beliefs?
The Reformed Christian faith.
e) What are the accounting systems for the ministry?
The Children’s Home is a registered charity with the Zambia Registrar of Societies and thereby has to submit audited Annual Accounts to the same.
f) ZMS Involvement
ZMS receives funds for the Children’s Home under the fund heading of OMCH. These funds are then transferred direct to the Zambian bank account of OMCH.
OMCH is a charity organization in Zambia registered as such with the Registrar of Societies No. ORS/102/35/3865. All the funds sent overseas from ZMS to OMCH are used within this organization and therefore all these payments are used for charitable purposes.
g) Future Developments/Aims
The future developments and aims of OMCH are to continue to help vulnerable children in Zambia in whatever way they can. Their Vision Statement is “To help street children and other vulnerable young people build themselves secure futures by providing assistance now”.
h) Public Benefit Requirement
The aims and work of OMCH meet the ‘Public Benefit Requirement’ as required by ZMS as a Charity in England and Wales. The benefits are to the general public and restricted only to the sections of the community that are specifically in need according to the aims of OMCH. The benefits are in providing a home, education and Christian welfare to vulnerable children in Zambia. The benefits are not restricted unreasonably by geographical location or the ability to pay fees.