Budding slum entrepreneurs

CHILD OF HOPE, UGANDA: Following their primary leaving exams, Joseph and Sunday had a great idea for earning pocket money towards a better Christmas. Instead of staying at home or wandering the slum, like many of their peers, they pooled their resources and bought a tray of twenty-four eggs.

After boiling their eggs, they took them around in a transparent bucket to sell, first to school staff, then to other customers they found around Namatala. Their investment of 9,500 Ugandan shillings for the eggs brought them an income of 12,000 shillings by the end of the day. They are learning the culture of Child of Hope, where effort and investment bring rewarding returns!

At Child of Hope, it's exams again

End-of-year exams have started at our slum primary school in Uganda. The children know this is their most important annual exam, determining whether or not they progress to the next year’s curriculum after Christmas. It is set externally, ensuring the teachers work hard to help the children reach the required national standards.

Students - easy storage this Christmas

Store & Secure self-storage says that University and college students can benefit from fast and flexible short-term self-storage at its Bournemouth and Basingstoke facilities – without a deposit and with no need to give notice before completing. Easy in, easy out.

Self-storage can be a great help over the winter break, or if you’re changing accommodation. It enables you to keep things safe and have easy, fast access to it. It’s ideal for just a few nights or even the whole holiday period.

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/easy-storage-students-christmas/

JED Art: expanding Italian range

Some new pots I have made in my Italian range. Because of the way these glazes work, I never know how they are going to look till I open my kiln; how exciting!

Slum secondary school construction: update 3

Child of Hope Uganda: construction is progressing on the charity's secondary school in this 2-minute video, due for completion in time for the new school year in Jan/Feb.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/secondary-school-construction-update-3