Essentially cyber

Store & Secure self-storage has achieved certification for cyber security across its two facilities in Bournemouth and Basingstoke. It now has Cyber Essentials certification, an initiative of the National Cyber Security Centre.

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/certification-cyber-security/

Smart in their uniforms

These are some of this year’s Primary 1 children at Child of Hope's slum school... loving the new uniform...

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/new-uniforms

Sam Dowding on Palawan: Handing over the keys

The block of innovative new housing we designed for the Badjao – and built alongside some of their men – is now finished at the new Badjao village. We have just had a dedication (house blessing) and invited the whole community.

Most excited of all were the 18 young families that now each live in a brand new home. Part of the dedication included officially handing over the keys to these families, who were carefully chosen as those most in need. They are predominantly young families with young children who are unable to build there own homes.

After the prayer blessing and a short time of sharing, everyone enjoyed some special party food. It was a joyful time for the whole community, most of all for those who had no hope of building their own houses, but are now enjoying a new home!

https://samdowding.blogspot.co.uk

It's de-worming time!

At Child of Hope, the health team has been de-worming at the slum school, with lots of benefits to the children... https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/nice-de-worming

Nutrition helps concentration in class

Slum kids can't concentrate too well in class when they're hungry, but that's hard for many Ugandan families because of poverty – which is why Child of Hope feeds all its pupils.

But one district has passed a by-law to punish parents who fail to pack a lunch for their school-going children...

childofhopeuganda.org/news/raising-attainment

Groveley Precision Engineering: SC21 silver renewal x5

Groveley Precision Engineering’s SC21 Silver accreditation has been renewed for the fifth time – current SC21 rating: 100% on time delivery and 99.99% quality.

http://www.groveley.co.uk/latest-news/articles/SC21-silver-fifth

Still boosting nursery standards

Staff in the nursery section at Child of Hope's slum school are getting great results in innovative teaching of literacy and numeracy – so that after their three years, pupils enter primary phase with reading ages comparable with English the UK... read more...

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/high-standards

Fluffy pup

Latest drawing from artist Jan Dowding:
Peanut as a puppy: http://jedart.co.uk/2018/02/27/peanut-as-a-puppy/

Child of Hope: it's a model school

Child of Hope's slum primary schoo often hosting teachers wanting to develop; it has an unusually high staff-pupil ratio; a holistic approach to children’s development; and awesome parental participation.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/recognised-model-school

Slum subsistence farming

Child of Hope, Uganda: harvesting sweet potatoes created a degree of local sustainable income in Uganda itself. https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/potato-farming-great

Slum nursery kids play to learn

These children from Child of Hope's nursery baby class are using activity-based learning rather than rote learning to keep them actively engaged in a mixture of hands-on and written activities.

http://www.childofhopeuganda.org/latest-news/play-and-learn/

Wise choices for life

In Namatala slum, Uganda, Child of Hope's older children have been learning life skills, including that controlling their sexual drives will give them some control over their circumstances in life.

http://www.childofhopeuganda.org/latest-news/extremely-wise-choices/

Nearly back to school

Click to see pictures of staff at Child of Hope's slum school in Uganda preparing for the start of their new school year next week.

http://www.childofhopeuganda.org/latest-news/back-school-nearly/

Groveley Precision Enineering's MD is a county ambassador

Peter Bennet has been appointed a voluntary ‘Invest in Dorset Ambassador’ – an initiative by the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership.

For more information see: http://dorsetlep.co.uk/invest-in-dorset/

http://www.groveley.co.uk/latest-news/articles/ambassador

JED Art: Zebra

Dorset artist Jan Dowding has posted this drawing on her new website – which is now live...

https://jedart.co.uk/galleries/drawings/