Annual Report

2021
Brass for children brassforchiildrenug@gmail.com
https://brassforchildren-org.mystrikingly.com
Reg No;2023/2021
 We are dedicated on
Empowering Underprivileged children and
impoverished Youths with music skills to
develop their God's Given gifts and talents
for brighter Futures.

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About Brass For Children
-Introduction from
Founder/Director
-What we do
Our Achievements
-Music education
-Brass band
-Livelihoods
- Other Activities

Our Team, Supporters and Partners

Financial Overview
Future Plans
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Introduction from Founder/Director
The journey of development since our humble beginnings in 2018 is
almost unbelievable. We finished 2021 with a vibrant and fun welcoming
party for the tourists and friends of BFC on our offices which is our home.
In 2018 we started with 8 children and now support over 50 children
and youths in music education.

After being lucky enough to purchase our own used brass instruments, we now host at
least over 12 children and youths per day during school times and during holidays we
host over 25 children and youths per day.
Our mission is to help the underprivileged children through by spreading love and joy
of music to the orphans and poor kids of our community. Currently, we have 50
beneficiaries. We also have plans to expand our provision more widely through
implementation of brass music education for young people on site. Whilst it is becoming
increasingly challenging to find new sponsors, we are hopeful of continuing to obtain
new supporters for our work. We look forward to what 2022 has to bring.

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 What we do
Brass for children is a non-Government , Nonprofit organization established in 2018 in kanungu western
Uganda.

Our mission is to help the underprivileged children through by spreading love and joy of music to the orphans
and poor kids of our community. Currently, we have 50 beneficiaries. We are dedicated on
Empowering Underprivileged children and impoverished Youths with music skills to develop their God's given
gifts and talents for brighter Futures.
Our Achievements
This year we achieved a significant milestone as we
managed to raise 2000$ dollars on our giving way page
campaigns and also on our PayPal account, and the
registration of our community based organization (CBO) was
successful.
We continued to offer our work on improving the lives of
those living in Butogota Kanungu. Because of us, more
children are has the opportunity to play music, and day today
basics. We want more women to be socio-economically
empowered through small-loans and more young people to
be supported to receive basic skills or vocational training.
We want also reach out more widely to the whole community
through our brass music and regular trainings on various
topics.

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Project Highlights – Livelihoods
Livelihoods
We managed to procure local foods and supplied in the communities and also,

In vocational training, young people attend training and study to learn a relevant skill within a
specific occupation that they can use to make a living in the future. Several of our children who
were attending vocational training finished in 2020, the young people on our afternoon program

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Project Highlights -
also continued to make candles which are sold locally at various shops in Buotogota to help us
raise additional funds.

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Project Highlights – Brass Band
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This is our core activity at Brass for Children with many children coming from the community we
work from. Mostly those coming from the poorest families to join the organization with Hope of a
better future.

√ The brass band has helped our children and youths to keep focused other than being idle.

√ This brass band helps young and youths to learn musical instruments to build their talents.

√ Some the children and youths have been able to earn scholarships in schools to play in school
brass bands as they pursue the education
Throughout the year we also welcomed many volunteers, both for short and long term stays and
are grateful for the work, fundraising and awareness raising they have done, both in Uganda and
are grateful for the work, fundraising and awareness raising they have done, both in Uganda and

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Our Team,
In 2021 we had the pleasure of working with

and being supported by a wide-range of

Exceptional individuals businesses.

Supporters and Partners

We would like to thank all of
them for their unwavering support.
Our thanks also extend to those who

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Continue give support for us to offer music education to child or make donations to BFC. This is
the bedrock of our organization and we are grateful to our many supporters - our work would not
be possible without you.
Finally we wish to thank our amazing staff,
volunteers and all our supporters
Boards for their hard work and dedication to BFC
over the last year. Offering a vast range of expertise
and a passion for helping the most vulnerable
Ugandan children, we are especially grateful for
their contribution.

Thank you.

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Financial Overview
Shown Below is a summary overview and breakdown of our finances for 2021.
Through generous support and fundraising, we are now able to provide music
education for over 58 children and youths.

Summary Overview in USD

Rentals & Utility Costs of USD

Brass instruments 981.00
COSTS
USD
Instruments 26 % Instrument repairs 231.00
Repairs
Costs Costs USD
20% 350.00
Rentals & Utility USD
Costs
546.00
Costs of brass USD
Instruments
54%
Total
2,108.00

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Future Plans
As we have grown in brass music, so has our reach and our impact on the community of Butogota
Kanungu. At the same time, the organization has stayed small in size and intends to remain as such to
maintain the personal community involvement that has become the trademark of BFC. If we own our land,
building and the basic groundwork laid, we will have to set further growth activities and consolidation of our
own operations as well as the sustainable development of the community we support.

This includes plans to increase local income generation, introducing vocational training in house as well as
supporting exit strategies for those children we support who are now above 24 years and finishing their
secondary education. We also intend to continue with the development of our new building and land,
including additional rooms and spaces which will allow us to introduce new programs to further support the
community of Butogota kanungu.

There are many exciting ideas and activities planned for 2022 and we hope you will join us on the journey
towards achieving them.
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