charitable organization founded 1998 headquarters witney oxfordshire uk key people basil eastwood co founder and former chairman alison eastwood co founder and trustee william powlett smith chairman website http www.cecilysfund.org cecily s fund is a uk based charity that enables impoverished children to go to school in zambia with a particular focus on those orphaned or made vulnerable by aids . the charity is registered at the charity commission for england and wales as the cecily eastwood zambian aids orphans appeal . 1 the charity also operates in america as a 501 c 3 non profit organization called american friends of cecily s fund . contents 1 founding 2 programmes and influence 3 awards 4 see also 5 references 6 external links founding edit cecily s fund was established in september 1998 in memory of cecily eastwood who died in a road accident whilst working with aids orphans in zambia . the charity s logo is based on the signature from cecily s letters to her family . the charity was created by her parents as a necessity in order to fill the gap in education funding for children in zambia who could not afford to attend school . 2 programmes and influence edit as of november 2009 working in partnership with local non governmental organisations bwafano hodi and chep copperbelt health education project the charity enabled over 9 500 children to go to primary and secondary schools by paying their tuition fees and purchasing supplies like uniforms and books . 3 in june 2010 it was recorded that 11 000 people are being funded or have graduated as a result of cecily s fund with the charity having an annual turnover of 400 000 . 4 it also funds a peer health education programme run by chep that educates young children about how to prevent the spread of hiv and funds hodi to run a teacher training programme that sends school graduates to local teacher training institutions . as of march 2010 the charity annually funds 36 people to train as teachers and 50 to work as peer health educators . 5 awards edit the charity has twice won online charity accounts awards for online transparency from the institute of chartered accountants in england & wales and the charities aid foundation . in 2009 it won first prize in the category charities with income between 100 000 and 499 999 for its 2007 08 annual report and accounts 6 and in 2008 it won second prize in the same category for its 2006 07 annual report and accounts . 7 see also edit zambia education in zambia references edit charity commission . the cecily eastwood zambian aids orphans appeal registered charity no. 1071660 . interview with co founder basil eastwood cmg for the british diplomatic oral history programm pdf cambridge university . retrieved 2010 06 02 . linking zambia cecily s fund zambian economist . retrieved 2010 06 02 . caf helps cecily s fund to support children orphaned by aids charities aid foundation . retrieved 2010 06 08 . zycko s md singlehandedly raises over 13 800 so far for zambian orphans tmcnet . retrieved 2010 06 08 . charities online accounts awards winners 2009 icaew . retrieved 2010 06 08 . 2008 charities online accounts award winners announced retrieved 2010 06 08 . external links edit cecily s fund official website facebook group copperbelt health education project website hodi website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cecily % 27s fund & oldid 726131224 categories organizations established in 1998child education organizationscharities based in oxfordshireforeign charities operating in zambiaeducational charities based in the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from may 2015use british english from may 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 june 2016 at 06 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view