Christmas video episode 2

Here’s the second instalment of Child of Hope’s 2019 Christmas video! Hope you’re enjoying it.

There will be seven short videos between now and Christmas Eve, each with a verse of our children’s very own Christmas Carol. Enjoy!

Christmas storage for students: quick and easy

Student can easily store their stuff over the Christmas period, because self-storage is a very simple solution with Store & Secure in either Bouremouth or Basingstoke.

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

Christmas videos and slum kids' party

CHILD OF HOPE, UGANDA: It's December and time for the slightly daft Child of Hope Christmas videos! There will be seven short videos between now and Christmas Eve, each with a verse of our children’s very own Christmas Carol. Enjoy!

And now the children are preparing their party dances, because the COH slum kids Christmas party is nearly upon us!

All it takes for a great COH Christmas party is the equivalent cost of a dozen mince pies and a couple of glasses of mulled wine, around £5 per child! So, this Christmas time, as you enjoy some festive fare, please could you also donate to our Christmas Party and bless not just our children but their families too?

Donate here:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/slum-kids-party-2019?utm_term=wRnvAyNzN

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

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/

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

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

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

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."

https://jedart.co.uk/2019/10/08/zebra-2/

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

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