Drosafrica
Registered charity 1179756 Registered since 2018
Operates: Cambridgeshire, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tunisia
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- No commercial or business experience on the board
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Contact
| Website | www.drosafrica.org |
| I.PALACIOS@QMUL.AC.UK | |
| Phone | +44 7503 530767 |
| Address | DrosAfrica, c/o Prof Tim Weil, Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 3EJ |
Finances
£531 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £61 | £1,040 |
| 2022 | £676 | £0 |
| 2023 | £2,256 | £1,580 |
| 2024 | £676 | £214 |
| 2025 | £531 | £160 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchCharitable objects
1. THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:- SUPPORTING AND GROWING RESEARCH CAPACITY AND IN PARTICULAR USING THE FRUIT FLY DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS A RESEARCH MODEL (WHERE DROSOPHILA HAS AN ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR AFRICAN BIOMEDICAL STUDIES AS A POWERFUL SYSTEM FOR MODELLING HUMAN DISEASES AND INSECT-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS WHICH ALSO ALLOWS FOR RAPID, CHEAP AND THOROUGH SCREEN OF DRUGS, PLANT EXTRACTS AND OTHER COMPOUNDS IN THE SEARCH FOR DISEASE TREATMENTS);- ESTABLISHING A HIGHLY SKILLED AND MOTIVATED COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS DOING BASIC RESEARCH AND MAINTAINING A WELL-CONNECTED COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS WORKING WITH DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER IN AFRICA;- CREATING AN INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS AND TEACHERS INTEGRATED IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS; - BUILDING CAPACITY IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS BY HELPING THESE INSTITUTIONS TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE INTELLECTUAL AND MATERIAL RESOURCES;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST SCIENTISTS) IN THE TOPICS OF GENETICS AND HEALTH INCLUDING BY PROMOTING LOCAL RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF GENETICS AND HEALTH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF APPLIED SCIENCE USING DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS A MODEL TO STUDY LOCALLY RELEVANT DISEASES.
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 27 DEC 2017
Trustees (4)
- Dr Isabel Palacios Chair since 2017
- Dr Maria Dolores Martin-Bermudo since 2017
- Dr Silvia Munoz-Descalzo since 2017
- Dr Timothy Thomas Weil since 2017
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