Child of Hope: grateful parents

Dad Peter and mum Mary are over the moon with her business in the Namatala slum in Uganda – it has helped them afford school fees for their three children that aren’t at Child of Hope school.

Mary Mayeku (whose other two children Vicky and Isaac attend CoH school) is a mother in the charity's Income Generating Activities (IGA) programme. She was trained in business skills and given a start-up grant. Through this, the family was able to expand their shop.

Using the money that she has earned from her first shop, she was then able to start up a small number of other complementary businesses. She now buys sacks of flour from the village and brings it to sell at her shop and sells clean water to her neighbours. They also hope to do some building work and expand their home.

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