Slum mum makes bricks by hand

CHILD OF HOPE, NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: Spare a thought this Mothering Sunday for young mums like Miriam, who is lifting her family out of terrible poverty by hand-making bricks in a Ugandan slum.

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Child of Hope's water well transformed by solar-powered pump

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: Fetching clean, safe water is now much easier for our primary school – because we have fitted our well with a solar-powered electric pump!

Over the last few years, our primary school installed a rainwater harvesting system and an underground well, thanks to help from our supporters in the UK. Both have helped our school drastically cut its safe water costs.

Read more: https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/solar-powered-pump

Child of Hope: Exam teacher training

NAMATALA SLUM, EASTERN UGANDA: Teachers receiving training on how to construct exam questions, which will save the cost of purchasing them.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/training-teachers-set-exams

Artist Jan Dowding: new work

Liquid Gold: I went for some different colours this time; thinking this would fit well with grey furniture or decor. When in sunlight or a well-lit room, the gold vein really pops out. Acrylic on box canvas 24×24″.

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Child of Hope: mountain conquered!

MBALE, UGANDA: Climbing a Ugandan mountain to raise money for our school.

Advantages of self-storage for a small business

Social media post and photography for Store & Secure self storage, Bournemouth and Poole.

Child of Hope: slum business success

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: Since joining the charity’s Income Generating Activities (IGA) scheme in 2017, mum Harriet says her business enables her to be more debt-free than before, enabling her to take care of the her entire family while her husband is far away in South Sudan – and she even saves a small amount every week for the future. Read more

Child of Hope offers sponsorship of our Income Generating Activities scheme from £15/month, which helps pay for start-up grants and for our IGA staff that provide training and ongoing support to mums like Harriet. If you’d like to sponsor this highly-effective project – which helps lift families out of the worst excesses of poverty very quickly – please click here for details.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/harriets-business-success