Our work through the years
Explore the programmes, the lessons and the people behind Circuit’s work. Each year has a readable overview and downloadable source documents.
Reports supplied for 2016–2025
Charities RegisterService-performance reports describe the work and reported activity. Full signed accounts are also available for 2020–2023. The document supplied as 2024 carries a 2023 date internally; its page explains the discrepancy.
These reports document earlier programmes, including Seed Banks. For the current Fair Market Project, visit Our work.
2025
Year ended 31 March 2025
Circuit’s report describes Seed Banks as the backbone of its work in north-eastern Myanmar. Shared, low-interest borrowing aims to give farming communities more security and a stronger basis for making their own decisions.
Source service report (PDF)2024
Supplied as 2024 · internal date needs clarification
This document was supplied under the filename 24.03.31.pdf. Its heading identifies the year ended 31 March 2023. It includes an executive summary about continued community engagement during conflict.
Source service report (PDF)2023
Year ended 31 March 2023
Circuit continued to work through its Myanmar partners as political disruption restricted travel and affected economic opportunities. Seed Banks and grain storage remained central to the report, alongside the continuing shift towards local decision-making.
Source service report (PDF)2022
Year ended 31 March 2022
Pandemic restrictions and Myanmar’s political situation continued to limit travel. Circuit’s report placed greater trust in local leadership at the centre of its approach, while Seed Banks remained the backbone of the programme.
Source service report (PDF)2021
Year ended 31 March 2021
COVID-19 prevented travel to Myanmar and changed the way Circuit worked alongside its local team. Seed Banks continued, while the report highlighted the value of decisions being made closer to the communities involved.
Source service report (PDF)2020
Year ended 31 March 2020
Seed Banks and grain storage formed the core of Circuit’s work with farming communities in north-eastern Myanmar. The year’s report described community lending as a way to reduce reliance on costly loans and give families more secure livelihood options.
Source service report (PDF)2019
Year ended 31 March 2019
The service report continued to emphasise Seed Banks and grain storage, alongside lessons from earlier livelihood trials. Its account shows why practical learning and local accountability mattered to Circuit’s direction.
Source service report (PDF)2018
Year ended 31 March 2018
Seed Banks expanded while other early programmes revealed the difficulty of making an enterprise self-supporting. The report is candid about setbacks and the decision to favour community ownership and lower-risk activities.
Source service report (PDF)2017
Year ended 31 March 2017
Circuit’s first year as an independent organisation brought together community lending, grain storage, inclusive education and livelihood trials. The common aim was to help communities build their own ways to earn and support one another.
Source service report (PDF)2016
Year ended 31 March 2016
The year ended March 2016 belongs to Circuit’s history as Partners Relief & Development NZ. Its service report records support for relief, education, health and community development, before the independent Circuit identity began in April 2016.
Source service report (PDF)