UK business could help Child of Hope finish its slum school

In a recent speech, UK Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that business has a moral responsibility to society. He rightly applauded some of the great businesses which he believes are showing moral leadership, and gently urged the business community to be more transparent and honest about this. He said that corporate social responsibility has made great strides in recent years.

So, Dorset-based charity Child of Hope – which has buildt a quality school in the heart of Uganda's desperately poor Namatala slum, and is currently expanding it – invites corporate leaders to help them make a huge difference to another 400 slum children and their families by completing its school. Call its office in confidence on (01202) 605082.
www.childofhopeuganda.org

Charity auction raised £2,000 for slum kids in Africa

A charity auction and dinner – for Dorset-based charity Child of Hope – raised just over £2,000 to help complete a school for slum children in the heart of the Namatala slum district in Uganda.

   Guest auctioneer was sports journalist Darren Lewis of the Daily Mirror, Sky Sports and GMTV.

   Lots included a pair of Gareth Bale’s football boots, a Tottenham Hotspur FC football shirt signed by Jermaine Defoe, a VIP day for four at Newbury Races and a Bournemouth beach hut for a week.

   Details of the school’s progress can be found on website www.childofhopeuganda.org       
   Picture by Ben Lawrence

Child of Hope: Looking to the future

Dorset-based charity Child of Hope wants to help more and more of the slum kids of Namatala in Uganda. So it presses on to finish building its school to take the maximum of 600 children (from the current 200) in around four years.

   In the meantime… the kids in Namatala that are lucky enough to come to its school have changed… now when they talk of growing up, instead of a soul-destroying future scavenging food on the rubbish tip, they say they want to be a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer or a nurse. They have lifted their eyes, and you can see life and hope in them.

   The charity is taking a long-term view. The Child of Hope primary school is built to last decades; it’s not a flimsy structure that could collapse within three to four years. As some do. And the local community is taking notice. They know the charity isn't blowing hot then cold, here now, gone next year.

   So looking ahead to 2016 when it hopes to have completed the current school… then they want to build a secondary school – as there isn’t one in the region good enough to match the quality of education they are giving these children. They will have just 12 children of secondary age in four years, so they can start quite small, gradually increasing (as they are doing now) to take 200 secondary pupils within the following four years. 
Picture by Moses Okotel
www.childofhopeuganda.org