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Peris Mootain, Girl Child Network and Anne Cleary, Aidlink with Rights of the Child Club patron, Kabulokor Primary School, Turkana, Kenya (February 2020).
echelon of similar organisations. This year, the Charities Regulator requires charities to report on their compliance to its new code. It was gratifying to me that well over half of the Aidlink Board and staff attended three nights training on complying with the code. We then formed a subcommittee of the Board
to identify what we needed to do to comply and to report back to the main Board. With this level of effort and focus on best practice, I believe we will continue to improve our standards.
We are very encouraged by, and grateful for, the recent announcement from Irish Aid that Aidlink has secured three-year total funding of €1.14M for our project in Kenya, partnered with the UNESCO award winning Girl Child Network. This is a 23% increase on the previous Irish Aid funding level and we believe is testament to:
• Aidlink’s vision which aligns with many government policy objectives.
• Our strong partnership model.
• Our track record of delivering long-lasting
change.
• Our standards of governance.
One thing that the global pandemic
has reminded us, is that we are one
human family, highly interconnected and interdependent. The need for an organisation like Aidlink has never been greater, and I wish to express my personal thanks to all those who’ve given so much time and effort this year.
John Lynch
Aidlink Chairperson
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