End of September Usage Report, First Quarter's Update and Donors' List

We are coming to the end of the first quarter of the first year of Project Meal on Me.  It has definitely been an exciting and rewarding journey for the two of us coordinating the project.  But we are unable to progress this far without support from the donors, the cafe and the organisations we are partnering.

Our main objective is to benefit the poor and needy in the community.  At the same time, we try to ensure transparency in all our dealings with the donors, organisations and cafe.  If we fail to do so, please let us know immediately.

Below are the report for the current month and the full quarterly report:

September 2013:

Vouchers issued at end September - 90 (30 per organisation)

Money paid to Cafe Aroma and Mosqie Kitchen at end September - £450

Total Vouchers redeemed in September - 24

Saheliya - 10

Bethany Trust - 10

One Parent Families - 4

Total donation this month - £665

The actual donors' list will be reported below as part of the quarterly donors' list.

First Quarterly Report:

No. of vouchers issued - 222 (worth £1110)

Total amount paid to Cafe Aroma and Mosque Kitchen - £1110

Total No. of vouchers redeemed - 48

Total donation - £1363.33

Donors' List

Published Name	Date	Amount	Remarks
Anonymous	12/7/2013	£  100.00
Isniati Ali	13/7/2013	£    50.00
Gordon McGill	16/7/2013	£    25.00
Anonymous	16/7/2013	£    20.00
Anonymous	16/7/2013	£      1.50
Anonymous	16/7/2013	£      3.50
Alex Chai	18/7/2013	£    28.33	(Minus Fee charged by PayPal)
Servant of God	19/7/2013	£    15.00
Anonymous	21/7/2013	£    10.00
Anonymous	21/7/2013	£    20.00
Gordon McGill	22/7/2013	£    10.00
S.B.G	26/7/2013	£    15.00
S.A.	26/7/2013	£      5.00
S.A.	27/7/2013	£    25.00
V.C.	28/7/2013	£    50.00

N.M.	3/8/2013	£  100.00
ClogsTounWillmott	1/8/2013	£    20.00
E.M.	5/8/2013	£    10.00
T.A.	8/8/2013	£    50.00
V.C	9/8/2013	£    30.00
M.S.	9/8/2013	£    50.00
S.A.	21/8/2013	£    50.00
Isniati Ali	23/8/2013	£    10.00

N.M.	4/9/2013	£  100.00
M.S.	8/9/2013	£    10.00
Zikri Ali	13/9/2013	£    50.00
I.K.	15/9/2013	£    25.00
Sadhia Sarwar	17/9/2013	£  250.00
Andrew Edwards	20/9/2013	£    50.00
Norbert Jobst	20/9/2013	£    50.00
Sister A	24/9/2013	£    50.00
S.A.	25/9/2013	£    50.00
Anonymous	28/9/2013	£    30.00

Thank you all for your continuing support and God bless.

August Update - Donors' List

We would like to thank our donors for this month's successful issuance of the vouchers.  Some of them do not wish to be known and we will just put them as anonymous.  Others chose their own moniker or initials.

Published Name	Date	Amount
N.M.	3/8/2013	£  100.00
ClogsTounWillmott	1/8/2013	£    20.00
E.M.	5/8/2013	£    10.00
T.A.	8/8/2013	£    50.00
V.C	9/8/2013	£    30.00
M.S.	9/8/2013	£    50.00
S.A.	21/8/2013	£    50.00
Isniati Ali	23/8/2013	£    10.00

Therefore, this month, thanks to your generosity we raised £320.  The balance of £78.33 from last month brings the balance in the bank to £398.33.  We hope to issue out 72 vouchers worth £360 for this month.

Regards,

The MoM team.

Voucher Usage Report for August

We spoke to Mr Akhbar, the owner of the cafe, on Tuesday and collected 14 vouchers that have been redeemed. 

We are pleased to report on the following:

• So far, Saheliyah has not distributed the vouchers yet because of their admin staff being on leave this summer. They said that they will be distributing the vouchers soon.
• Bethany Trust has distributed to some of their clients and there were three voucher redemption from their clients.
• The rest of the vouchers were redeemed by clients of One Parent Scotland.

Also heard feedback from One Parent Families Scotland and Bethany Trust on the project. The feedback are mostly good but there was some teething problem which we hope to sort out very soon.  One Parent Families Scotland has indicated that they would like more than 20 vouchers.

Thank you once again for all your generous support in this first few months of this project.  Please keep donating.  

New Community Project in Edinburgh

In early July, a few women (us) came together wanting to do something for the needy and poor in their community.  They were inspired by a post on Facebook a few months ago regarding people buying 'suspended' coffee. The way the suspended coffee work, the people will say pay for a 'suspended' coffee and then when a homeless or a poor person comes in to ask for a suspended coffee, the shop will give the 'suspended' coffee to the person.

Thus a new community project is born.  It is called Project MoM (Meal on Me).  How does Project MoM works:

1. You say to MoM that you want to buy a meal and send MoM the money via Bank transfer or Paypal.
2. MoM will then pay the cafe/food outlets it is partnering with.
3. MoM will also distribute the vouchers for the meal to the grassroot organisations it is partnering who would then give it/them to their clients who most need the meal.

The reason that we are issuing out vouchers to grassroot organisations rather than allowing anyone to just 'claim' the meal (which consist of food and drink) is so that we are assured that the system is not abused by people looking for a free meal.  In partnering with the organisations, we hope that the meals will be used by those most deserving.

At this time, MoM is working with Aroma Cafe & Mosque Kitchen. This café is beside the Central Mosque on Potterrow opposite Edinburgh Uni .

We are working with a few organisations to set up the voucher distribution:
1. One parent Scotland
2. Saheliya
3. Bethany Christian Trust

We issue out the vouchers every end of the month and will monitor the number of vouchers collected back.  We hope to publish the list of donors, the number of vouchers delivered to each of our partners and the number of vouchers used in the month for each month.  This is to allow everyone involved transparency of the project.  If donors do not see their names on the list, they can enquire from us at mealonme.edinburgh@gmail.com.

We also have a facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MOM-Meal-on-Me/1379776135576779
and a twitter account: @mealonme

Above all, we need your support by buying the meals for the people who really need them. Thank you for your support.