Why The Buwan Kothi International Trust Was Set Up
In December 2005, friends and relatives of Gilly Mundy and Debbie Quargnolo travelled to Buwan Kothi in Haryana from the UK in order to celebrate their wedding. They were overwhelmed by the warmth and generosity of the welcome they received from the village and resolved to put to good use the wealth of skills and experience they could draw upon, to develop and strengthen friendly links between people in the UK and Haryana.
In March 2006, the Buwan Kothi International Trust was formed to raise funds for projects in Haryana aimed at rural regeneration and building closer ties with rural communities in the state, directed at all times by the priorities of the people living in these communities. Its Trustees are based in London and Leamington Spa.
The major objective of the charity was always to raise funds to build a primary school in Buwan Kothi, but this has been given an even greater impetus by Gilly's sudden death in March 2007, aged only 36.
After raising just over £52,000 in 2007-2008, the Trust was able to fund the completion of the first phase of the The Gilly Mundy Memorial Institute, with the opening of the Gilly Mundy Memorial Community School in April 2008. The school now has over 200 primary age pupils and we now aim to raise a futher £50,000 to complete the next stage of building work and start on the construction of a Community Resource Centre.
Our Objectives
Major Appeal 2008-2009
Raise £50,000 in order to build the next phase of the Gilly Mundy Memorial Institute near Buwan Kothi in memory of our brother Gilly Mundy
Other Objectives
- Create links between schoolchildren in the UK and Haryana
- Set up education projects aimed at teaching about health issues, including nutrition and disease prevention
- Installation of a filtering system to provide clean drinking water to the village
- Set up art project to develop young people's creative and communicative skills
Annual Report and Finances
Download a copy of our 
Annual Report 2007-08 (287kB)
Download our Accounts and Financial Report for 2007-08 (220kB)
Transparency and Accountability
On 24 February 2008, Trustees formally adopted a Transparency and Accountability Statement, setting out the principles that will govern our activities in the areas of accountability, women's rights, children / young people’s rights, power and transparency.
You can read the statement by clicking on the link below.