We work hard for people facing poverty
Providing Support
The charity will support individuals where they have a need that makes them eligible within the charity’s object(s) and that any personal benefit is incidental where (having regard both to its nature and to its amount) it is a necessary result or by-product of carrying out the purpose. Generally, the charity will provide one-off support to meet a specific need but, subject to the submission of a grant report by the beneficiary, the charity may accept a new application for continuing support.
Safeguarding Policy
Our charitable activities will not be working directly with vulnerable people. However, the purpose of this policy is to safeguard them and provide stakeholders and the public with the overarching principles that guide our approach in doing so.
Our Definition of Poverty
We define poverty as not having access to the basic necessities of life which the majority of the people would regard as necessary for a modest, but adequate, standard of living. For example, clean water, adequate food, shelter and clothing, and access to basic school education and health services. In the UK, this typically means households living on less than 60% of median income who go short in some unacceptable way, whether or not they are eligible for state benefits. In Myanmar/Burma, as defined by the UN Development Programme, living below the poverty line in Myanmar means existing on under 1,590 kyats (£0.50) a day who go short in some unacceptable and there are very little or no supports from the state.