WALEZI-CAREGIVERS KENYA

Registered charity 1204235 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We help to develop and support self-help groups of caregivers of children and adults with disabilities. We encourage caregivers to support each other financially and emotionally and to gain skills. We give funds to enable groups to embark on money-making capital projects. The profits are used to benefit the health, education and wellbeing of loved ones with disabilities.

Objects

1. THE PREVENTION OF RELIEF OF POVERTY IN KENYA BY PROVIDING: A. GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS; B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DISABLED FAMILY MEMBERS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. 2. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS RESIDING IN KENYA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. 3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY FOR WOMEN, AND FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN KENYA BY ENCOURAGING A CULTURE IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £15,348, exceeding the trustees' aim to maintain three to six months of expenses. The charity reports no liabilities and relies on committed funding from its principal funder for the next two years, providing a degree of financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Walezi-caregivers Kenya (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Karen Teresa Bunning PhDchair
• Dr Lesley Ann Docherty
• Joseph Patrick Waring BA, DIP SW
• Kanchan Kapoor

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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