Emergency appeal update: Covid-19

NAMATALA SLUM, EASTERN UGANDA: Child of Hope's Covid-19 emergency appeal to support slum families through the coronavirus crisis to date has attracted £54,344, which is helping many hundreds of slum families survive through a long period of total lockdown. The charity will continue to support them until the crisis and its after-effects are over. Read more:

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/covid-19-update

Amazing fundraiser, at age six

Child of Hope, Uganda: Running off into the distance is six year-old Ezra, who last week ran his first-ever 5K to raise funds for slum children and their families during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Ezra originally set his target at £100 but that was broken within days, thanks to generous friends and family. Now the total funds he raised has reached £2,000… well done Ezra!

And that has helped our emergency appeal overall total to reach £41,000, which is helping slum families in Namatala enormously.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/ezras-run-boosts-our-emergency-appeal

Cassava chips boost slum income

NAMATALA SLUM, EASTERN UGANDA: One of our primary school teaching assistants started a small business while stuck at home to sustain the small basic needs of her family – every morning she fries and sells a local snack of cassava chips.

Suzan says her temporary business is helping her buy soap, sugar, salt and food. More..

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/chips-boost-income

Playing games in the slum to pass the time

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: CHILD OF HOPE... A good thing about homes being very close together in the slum is that kids aren’t stopped from playing with their close neighbours during Uganda’s current lockdown.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/playing-games-pass-time

Child of Hope: Covid-19 video update

NAMATALA SLUM, EASTERN UGANDA: Here in Namatala, most of the active men (who normally work as casual labourers) cannot now earn money on a daily basis to feed their families. Most of the active women have small businesses. But right now, nobody can work and all of the women’s businesses are at a complete standstill. Our IGA mums are using up their hard-earned business capital and savings to keep themselves and their families alive. Hunger and starvation is a far greater danger to our mothers and their children than the virus at this point.

This short video (2.5 minutes) includes interviews from one of our primary pupils, a slum community leader and CoH staff.

If you'd like to donate to our emergency appeal to help slum families during this crisis, please click here.