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Tuesday 29 October 2019

Extra Christmas storage space for retailers









Bournemouth and Basingstoke retailers, if you need extra space for storing your Christmas stock, come and take advantage of the great business benefits of flexible business storage at Store & Secure!

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/retailers-extra-storage-space-christmas/

Thursday 24 October 2019

Exam prep... in an African slum


In Uganda, Child of Hope's Primary 7 pupils are preparing to sit the leaving exam in two weeks time, which will determine their future educational pathways. For the first time, they will sit the exam at Child of Hope school, following its approval as an exam centre by the Inspector of Schools.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/preparation-leaving-exam

Monday 14 October 2019

Flourishing as a tailor



CHILD OF HOPE, UGANDA: After successfully completing business training, Sarah was enrolled in our Income Generating Activity (IGA) programme, receiving a grant that enabled her to buy new material. She already owned a sewing machine and had been mending and patching clothes in her slum community for small amounts of income. The grant and her IGA training enabled her to move her business to another level.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/flourishing-tailor

Thursday 10 October 2019

Child of Hope's young slum farmers






Child of Hope, Mbale, Uganda: These five good friends love working together as a group called Young Farmers in their free time. During weekends and holidays, they spend time helping on the school farm with our cows, goats, rabbits, turkeys, chickens, guinea fowl, pigeons and ducks.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/young-farmers

Tuesday 8 October 2019

Zebra: New pencil drawing



JED ART, DORSET, OCT 8, 2019:  Dorset artist Jan Dowding said: "My pencil drawing of a Zebra; such a pretty animal, and lovely to draw."

Monday 7 October 2019

Suzan is grateful


Following Child of Hope's slum primary school, Suzan enrolled in the local school of vocational studies last year for a diploma in Fashion & Design and passionately loves everything about it. She is now doing well in her final semester and will graduate at the start of 2020.

She is very happy to have reached this far with the support she has received from Child of Hope. In this short video Suzan tells of her appreciation to all the stakeholders and supporters who have helped her get this far.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/thanks-suzan

Thursday 3 October 2019

Extra support



Child of Hope School, Namatala slum, Uganda: Additional individual support was given to Hope, a child in the nursery class, by her class teacher. The teacher has given her additional time outside of class to help her get to grips with phonics, so she is now able to write down sounds that previously baffled her... more...

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/individual-support