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Year ended 31 March 2019

Investing in the programmes that showed promise

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.

Reported activity

6village communities reported
800acres reported planted
01

Backing community lending

The report recorded $122,286 against Seed Banks and described shared borrowing for seasonal farming inputs. Its narrative repeats the six-community and 800-acre figures in the preceding report; these are not presented as new growth.

02

Preparing viable livelihoods

Coffee remained in a preparatory phase, with the time before a first harvest a major obstacle for subsistence farmers. Grain storage remained intended to improve sale opportunities and support future programmes.

03

Learning remains part of the work

The report revisits the difficulties of livestock, education-enterprise and storage projects. Its stated lessons favour plant-based activities and community ownership, where members can hold managers accountable.

Reading the record

Much of the programme narrative repeats earlier experience. The report states total expenditure of $400,951 and separately describes additional field expenditure from funds retained in earlier years. Allocation percentages are the source’s figures, not a complete reconciliation of the accounts.

This reader edition summarises the supplied Statement of Service Performance. It is not a complete set of financial accounts and has not been independently reviewed. The original PDF remains available below.

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