Store & Secure staff all gain forklift licences

Forklift service releases customer time: now when our business customers need a forklift facility for moving their stored goods, they don’t need to book a time slot, just simply turn up!

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/forklift-service-releases-time/

Child of Hope staff vigilance reverses malnutrition

5-year-old Maria was barely surviving due to poor health but is now thriving, thanks to our slum school's all-round care system. It kicked in after she entered the nursery class this year, having been identified by our welfare team as a very needy child.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/vigilance-reverses-malnutrition

Child of Hope's new video: Look at us now

Take a look at our latest 3-minute video that gives a really good round-up of the breadth of Child of Hope’s work and its impact. You’ll see where the children have come from and the entirely more positive futures that education and intervention are producing for them. Lots of very happy children and teenagers!

Soundtrack is used with permission.

Ben helps mum at work

This is Ben, one of our primary 5 pupils spotted helping his mum cooking cassava chips. She sells them every day to raise money to help sustain the family and meet household daily necessities.

He was happy with what he was doing and said: "I am helping mum to make money for us.”

Child of Hope has helped over 300 mums set up a small business in Uganda's Namatala slum over the last few years and most continue successfully to gradually raise the families from the worst extremes of poverty. To read more about this, click here.

Micropack appoints Automatic Systems Engineering its distributor in Poland

Flame detection specialist Micropack has appointed Automatic Systems Engineering (ASE) to distribute in Poland its full range of visual and multi-spectrum IR flame detectors, fire and gas mapping and consultancy services.

micropackfireandgas.com

Child of Hope's slum lessons in life skills

It might be school holidays in Uganda, but Child of Hope takes the chance to run workshops for secondary school and vocational students. Their purpose is to empower the youth with life-changing skills.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/life-changing-skills

Child of Hope: What’s this young guy looking for?

In Namatala slum when the rains come, children rummage in running water and shallow streams to search for scrap metal which often rises through the mud. It's a relatively safe way for them to earn themselves small amounts of money without being drawn into gambling or theft and the negative effects these would have on their young lives.

It usually means searching around rubbish pits and motor vehicle garages for scrap metals they can sell to local dealers. They can earn between 1,200 and 1,500 Ugandan shillings (24p–31p) per kilogram of these scrap items. In the main they use this pocket money to buy snacks that most of their parents cannot afford to buy for them. Occasionally they may buy soap or clothing.

Store & Secure to open extra storage rooms at Basingstoke

Store & Secure's Basingstoke facility is creating additional rooms ranging from 25 sq ft to 500 sq ft, especially useful for businesses needing to store stock or small online businesses needing somewhere to operate.

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/extra-storage-rooms-basingstoke/

Child of Hope: Rain ends slum drought

After six months without rain, leading to water shortages across Mbale, the people of Namatala slum are very happy that the rain has returned.

Read more: https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/rain-ends-drought