The aims of the charity are:
- to alleviate poverty
- assist in the provision of medical treatment of the sick
- feed the hungry
- assist in education
- help provide clean running water wherever it is required
- providing sports equipment and funding for the enhancement of public participation in sport.
Basically, where there is a need, the Yusef Abubaker Memorial Trust will endeavour to be of help.
This year our Action Plan includes
Continuing with the provision of reference books to enhance education;
The funding of 10 Cleft Lip surgeries in Morocco at a cost of £1,500;
Funding £2,000 towards a project to eradicate River Blindness in the South of Cameroon;
Feeding the hungry;
Providing sports equipment and funding locally;
Further Education Grant of £1,000. Applications welcome from S5/S6 pupils of Harris Academy.
We also plan to continue with our support for British Heart Foundation. Last year we managed to raise over £3,000 for BHF;
We are in talks to fund research into cancer at a local level.
The Yusef Abubaker Memorial Trust welcomes suggestions from the public as to needy causes and our promise to you is that each suggestion will be scrutinised before a decision will be made by the Trustees.