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 09-Jun
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Today saw the
formation of our
charity. In order to
complete the Trust
Declaration we had
to state what the
objects of the
charity are - i.e.
its purpose, the
people who can
benefit and any
geographic limits
that apply. Once
agreed the objects
limit what the
charity can legally
spend its funds
on.....
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26-Jun
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There are lots of
online giving sites
to choose from, all
of them giving
different
percentages of your
donation to the
charity. We have
chosen to sign up
with Virgin Money
Giving for the
reasons in the
attached page....
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Mango Tree Goa
Registered With The
Charity Commission
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11-Jul
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It has taken some
time but we were
delighted to hear
today that the
Charity Commission
entered the Charity
on their Register of
Charities. Our
Charity Registration
umber is 1148049.
If you would like to
see the information
that was entered on
the Register go to
the Charity
Commission website
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/index.aspx
and enter Mango
Tree Goa in the
'Search for a
charity' box
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Thank You to Thomas
Cook
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28-Aug
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We would like to
thank Thomas Cook
for confirming that
they will provide
supporters with an
additional charity
luggage allowance to
take items to Goa.
Click
here to read
more about charity
luggage and to
locate the
Additional Luggage
Allowance form.
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Thank You to Thomson
Fly
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29-Aug
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We would like to
thank Thomson Fly
for confirming that
they will provide
supporters with an
additional charity
luggage allowance to
take items to Goa.
Click
here to read
more about charity
luggage and to
locate the
Additional Luggage
Allowance form.
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Thank You to Wonder
Ice Cream
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 03-Sep
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We are very
fortunate to receive
free ice cream every
month so that we can
give the children a
special treat when
we celebrate
birthdays at the end
of each month. We
thank Wonder Ice
Cream for doing
this for us.
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Thank You to Anthony
& Karen Pereira
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03-Sep
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Earlier in the year
we were asked
whether we could
make use of some
computers which were
being replaced in a
Panjim office. We
hastily made
arrangements to pick
them up and are now
the lucky owners of
7 desktop PCs. We
are really grateful
to
Anthony & Karen
Pereira for
donating them to us
and to friends for
letting us know that
they were available.
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03-Sep
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We will provide a
range of services to
support children but
before doing so we
require the
permission of at
least one parent or
next of kin to do
so. Our House Father
Ali is visiting each
family and
explaining the
different ways the
Trust is able to
help. ....
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Appeal for
Second-Hand Books
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03-Sep
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We hope to encourage
the children we help
to have a love of
books and reading,
and currently we are
developing a
library. If anyone
has any second-hand
children's books
that they could
donate, we would
really appreciate
them.
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18-Sep
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Ganesh Chaturthi is
a very important
Hindu festival which
is celebrated
nationwide in India,
but especially so in
Maharastra and Goa.
The festival is
celebrated by Hindu
people with a great
spirit of joy.
During this festival
many people come
together and make
pujas of the Idol of
Ganesha in their own
houses.....
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Happy Ganesh
Chaturthi
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19-Sep
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We wish all those
celebrating this
festival today a
Happy Ganesh
Chaturthi.
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Mango Tree Goa
confirmed as a
Charitable Trust for
Tax Purposes
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19-Sep
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After a wait of over
9 weeks we have
finally received
confirmation from
HMRC (the UK tax
authorities) that,
for tax purposes,
Mango Tree Goa is
recognised as a
charitable trust and
a reference number
has been issued.
This may sound like
a small thing but to
us it is huge.
Without it we have
been unable to
complete our
registration with
Virgin and
consequently have
not been able to
publish our website.
It also means we
will be able to
claim Gift Aid on
all donations made
by UK Tax Payers who
make a Gift Aid
Declaration,
resulting in an
additional 20% on
top of the initial
donation, at no cost
to the donor.
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