UK Charity Commission Registration Number 1120536
 

About the Luxor Children's Trust

The Little Stars Luxor Trust Fund was formed in late May 2007 by friends who knew of the appalling conditions in which many of Luxor’s orphans, disabled and disadvantaged children exist rather than live. At the forefront of their concern was a young orphaned girl who was about to have an arm amputated, not because the arm was beyond saving but because there was no money available to pay for the costly surgical procedures that would allow her to keep it.

From her plight, it was evident that there was a vital need for a Trust Fund that could help this little girl and other children who were in similar circumstances. In many cases lack of funds for medical care and physiotherapy equipment was leading to lack of hope. A visit to several care homes in Luxor showed that the problem was very widespread but with effort and fund raising could be partially rectified.

The Trust Fund was started with a small bequest from Raymond Hall and Connie Tindale in memory of their brother Derek Hall who was severely disabled after losing a leg in a road accident. In the year June 2007 - 20008 more than £35,000 GBP was donated to Little Stars by worldwide supporters. In the year from 1st June 2008- until 29th May 2009, another £60,000 was added to this sum. By July 2009 over 1,000,000 Egyptian pounds had been donated by our supporters. We use your donations to maintain our projects and to build up the Trust Fund so that new projects can be started. UK and Luxor administration costs are kept below a self-imposed combined total limit of 15% of donations.

A new clinic was officially opened on the 10th January 2009 and the new Nursery School will be opened very soon. Please have a look at our Projects page to see what developments are taking place. When there are sufficient funds a purpose built centre will be created to give the children the best possible care.

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Little Stars Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts

Little Stars' accounts are submitted to the Charity Commission annually after they have been inspected and approved. The accounts are then uploaded onto the Charity Commission site. As Little Stars has a policy of complete transparency of its actions, a decision was made to upload the Report and Accounts here as well as on the Charity Commission site. Just click on the link to inspect the accounts for:-

Patrons: The 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon

Lord & Lady Carnarvon, 8th Earl & Countess of Carnarvon

The Trustees

Connie Tindale	Connie Tindale (Chairman) Connie is a long-term resident of Luxor and spent four years living with an Egyptian family in a small village on the west bank of the River Nile. Following a career in horticulture at the ancestral home of Lord Walsingham she spent twenty years as a Senior Lecturer in Business Studies teaching accountancy and statistics to degree students in the UK. She is registered disabled and is a published author who now devotes her time to designing websites, writing and raising funds for Egypt’s disadvantaged children. Connie visits Egypt each month to check on Little Stars' projects and developments.
	Jane Nash (Honorary Secretary) Jane was once a teacher-trainer who worked with both gifted children and those with learning difficulties. She spent her childhood in Southern African countries and later spent five years training teachers on the more remote islands of the South Pacific. Jane now has a base in Australia where she runs a successful practice as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Neuro Linguistics Master Practitioner. She is also a published poet and course writer for Colleges in UK and USA. Her love of Egypt matches her love of children. She is at present working towards a PhD.
	Flt. Lt. Mick Tindale (Rtd) (Honorary Treasurer) After travelling the world during a career flying with RAF Bomber Command and Victor Tankers, Mick became a teacher of Technology in a large comprehensive School in the UK. At present he is a Set Designer for an amateur Theatre Group and works closely with two Schools' Drama Groups. He understands the needs of children and has extensive experience of the Middle East. He is a frequent visitor to Luxor and keeps close eye on all of the Little Stars' projects with a particular interest in the family sponsorship scheme..
	Janet Hall Janet joined the Board of Trustees of Little Stars in June 2009. Now retired, she had a varied career spanning both education and business. She was a Deputy-Headmistress and Welfare Officer of a Comprehensive School in South-East England and ran a successful Garden Centre specialising in the growing of orchids which were supplied for gardeners showing at Chelsea. She now spends time developing her own garden. Her expertise in welfare and education will bring an added dimension to Little Stars which she has supported since its inception.
Janet Hall
	Monaghan Tindale Monaghan Tindale joined the Board of Trustees of Little Stars in January 2010. He is a chartered engineer working as a specialist advisor on the decommissioning of nuclear reactors. He is married with a young son and lives in the Lake District area of the UK. Monaghan is a proficient climber and has conquered the highest mountains of several continents plus Cho Oyu which is the 6th highest mountain in the world. He is also a successful iron-man competitor. He is a trained Neuro-Linguist therapist and brings his counseling skills as well as his enthusiasm to Little Stars.
Monaghan Tindale
	The Luxor Team - Volunteers
	Staff Organiser - Nagar Khalifa Nagar is a local businessman and is married with two small children. He has freely given his valuable time to the development of Little Stars' projects in Luxor and has acted as Little Stars' official spokesman when dealing with local authorities. His knowledge of Egyptian systems has been invaluable in getting the necessary paperwork in order for Little Stars to work effectively in caring for disadvantaged children in the whole Luxor area. Nagar has volunteered to become a Trustee of the Little Stars Egyptian Foundation.
Nagar Khalifa
	Translator - Aamer Ibrahim Aamer is a graduate Tour Guide who speaks fluent English and is proficient in German. He is the son of a Luxor hotelier and is familiar with all the local charitable Associations. He has volunteered to be our interpreter and coordinator between Little Stars and Luxor’s charities which will extend the provision we can offer. His contribution to Little Stars is invaluable.
Aamer Ibrahim
	The Luxor Team - Staff
	Manager - West Bank Clinic - Abdul Hamid Ramadan Abdul oversaw all the building work of the new clinic and is now responsible for its day to day running, the management of its staff and keeping records of the children who attend the clinic for treatment. He is also overseeing the west bank food distribution and sponsorship programmes which is managed by Nasser. Abdul will have responsibility for the new nursery school when it is completed. He is married with a young son and lives close to the clinic.
Abdul Hamid Ramadan
	Physiotherapist - West Bank Clinic - Dr. Yara Dr. Yara is the senior doctor in the west bank clinic. She has extensive experience of treating disabled children and is a great asset to the clinic. She is caring and tender with her patients and is loved by them all. Initially she shared her time with the International Hospital but she she works longer hours in the clinic and is there six days per week. She lives on the west bank and is familiar with its culture. Little stars is fortunate to have her services.
Dr. Yara
	Speech Therapist - West Bank Clinic Madam Dowlet has left to get married and a new Speech Therapist will be appointed soon.
	Needs Assessor - West Bank - Nasser Nasser first starting working for Little Stars on a volunteer basis but as our demands on his time grew, he became a member of staff. He has a wife and children and lives close to the clinic. His knowledge of the west bank villages and their inhabitants is extensive which enables Little Stars to reach those who are in the most need. His links with the mosques gives him a network of volunteers who accompany him to remote villages. Culture dictates that male staff cannot enter the homes of women alone and his network provides female volunteers to accompany the male staff on their 'rounds'.
Nasser
	Nursing Assistant - West Bank clinic - Aidah Aidah is a welcome addition to our staff and replace Hend when Hend left to get married. She is being trained by Dr. Yara to provide basic treatment for disabled children through massage and manipulation. She lives locally with her husband and her small son and works in the clinic six days per week from 1.00 pm until 7.00 pm. Her duties will extend when the nursery school opens.
Aidah
	Housekeeping - West Bank Clinic - Samia Samia is a local girl and takes care of the cleaning of the clinic and the laundering of its linen.
Samia

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Registered Charity Status

Little Stars is a fully registered Charity - UK Charity Commission Number 1120536 and is bound by UK law. Little Stars is also registered with the independent UK organisation Charity Check.

Governing Documents

The Trustees have adopted the UK Charities Commission’s own standard Governing Document (GD2) as the charter by which this Trust Fund will operate. The (PDF) Document can be viewed here: Charity-Commission.gov.uk/library/publications/pdfs/gd2text.pdf. The Governing Document calls for three Trustees to administer the charity but four have to been appointed to ensure the widest range of expertise: the Trustees are shown above.

Little Stars Foundation

Little Stars has grown beyond all expectations and in January 2009 work began on the legal procedures of making Little Stars into an Egyptian Society (Foundation) as well as a British Registered Charity. The process will take several months to complete as we will keep you updated on the progress made. This is a major step forward for Little Stars and will enabled us to undertake projects that we would otherwise not be able to tackle. However, without your support we will not be able to achieve anything at all.

Update: February 2010. All the paperwork has now been completed and 50,000 le placed in an Egyptian bank account. We are now waiting for 21 government signatures for final completion of registration. In accordance with Egyptian law there are five Trustees in the Egyptian Foundation, four of whom are Egyptian. Connie Tindale will be chairman of the Egyptian arm of the charity as well as the UK arm.

The two charities will be separate entities with the UK charity financially supporting the Egyptian charity which will have little opportunity for fund raising. It will make little difference to how the charity is run but will be cost and tax effective and will enable Little Stars to work completely within Egypt's licensing laws.

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