Child of Hope's new slum secondary school is open!

NAMABASA, UGANDA:  A historical moment in Namabasa, where the charity's new secondary school, the GILL SHERLOCK MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, is located.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/new-secondary-school-open

Helping his nan

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: Holiday time isn’t all play for 11 year-old Child of Hope pupil, Francis, because he loves to help his elderly grandmother at her home-based grinding mill.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/helping-nan

New photo campaign

The start of a new photographic social media campaign for client Store & Secure self-storage, featuring local businesses packing items into a Store & Secure box. This is Jan Dowding, potter and artist of JED Art.

Slum school excellent end of Primary exam results

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: It's been another good year for Child of Hope's slum school. All 29 pupils passed their important Primary Leaving Exam, seven in division one and the remaining 22 in division two. They are therefore all eligible to continue their education in our new secondary school in Namabasa, although a handful may opt for the vocation route with the local vocational college.

https://childofhopeuganda.org/news/excellent-exam-results

New tailor now boosting slum family income

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA:  Child of Hope student Sharon always wanted to be a tailor, so she transferred – after four years of secondary schoo – to the polytechnic school for vocational skills. She has now completed the two-year course in tailoring.

The first in her family to receive any secondary education, Sharon was eager to become self-sufficient and able to contribute to the family’s income.

https://childofhopeuganda.org/news/new-tailor

Child of Hope's new slum secondary school: construction update 4

Just weeks until the charity's new secondary school is due to open in eastern Uganda, and construction is bang on schedule. For more information, visit: https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/what-we-do/secondary-school

Child of Hope's nutrition advice for slum parents

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: Following discovery of poor nutrition in some pupils, the school's health department invited a nutritionist to talk with parents of those most affected.

A nutritionist from the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Mbale taught the parents about alternative health foods that would help build their children’s bodies. She encouraged them to feed the children earlier so they would not miss vital meals. The health team assisted the nutritionist by preparing sample foods.

If you would like to help sponsor food and nutritional provision at our school, please click here for information.

New video - a day in Child of Hope's nursery class

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: A new short video of a day in the life of our nursery children - these are the youngest in our slum school in Uganda. It shows a little girl called Favour from the time she walks to school with a couple of friends until going home.

Around 40 children from the Namatala slum join our school each year and the cost for running our school (where everything is free for the kids) is helped enormously when supporters sponsor a child like Favour – who isn’t sponsored yet, by the way!

Could you help us by sponsoring a child through school? It costs just £15 per month. You can write to them if you like and you will receive school reports and letters from the child each year. The main thing is, it will help us give them a serious lift-up from the worst excesses of slum poverty.

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Please visit our website for more information: https://www.childofhopeuganda.org

Child of Hope's slum kids' full Christmas Carol!

It’s here today… the entire Child of Hope kids’ Christmas carol with plenty of great dancing! Not quite like any other Christmas Carol you may have sung… it’s certainly got an African flavour and stars a bunch of kids that have never seen snow!

Child of Hope's Christmas video: episode 6

The 6th episode of Child of Hope’s 2019 Christmas video - our slum school kids having a lot of fun starring in their very own Christmas carol.

Watch out for the final episode appearing on Christmas Eve, when you can see the whole Christmas carol in one go, with loads of ham acting and great dancing!

Child of Hope's Christmas video: episode 5

NAMATALA SLUM, EASTERN UGANDA: Here’s the 5th instalment of Child of Hope’s kids' 2019 Christmas video. Not sure if Jesus ever got dropped from the football team, though...

(You can catch up at any time with all the videos on our website here)

Child of Hope's Christmas video: episode 4

Namatala slum, eastern Uganda: Today’s the day of our slum kids’ Christmas party!

And here’s the 4th instalment of Child of Hope’s 2019 Christmas video; we knew some animals would be creeping it at some point...

Today it's our whopping Christmas party for all 600+ pupils and members of their families - it’s a huge affair and they are having a whale of a time! We haven’t yet raised enough money to cover the costs of the party, so if you’d like to help us with a donation (it costs around £5 per child), please click below to donate on our JustGiving page. Thanks!

JED Art's Italian range; new ceramic additions soon

Jan Dowding's first Italian range pots went down so well that she is now making a new batch. They take two days to make, starting with cutting the shapes, leaving overnight to leather harden; then joining together the body; attaching a neck and carving ’til it is nice and smooth. Each one unique.

https://jedart.co.uk/2019/12/10/new-additions-to-my-italian-range-coming-soon/

This is how the first batch looked before selling pretty fast…

Child of Hope's fun Christmas video: Episode 3

Ugandan slum kids continue to star in their Christmas Carol video... here’s the third instalment of Child of Hope’s 2019 Christmas video

You can catch up at any time with all the videos on our website here: https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/home/what-we-do/videos/christmas-videos

Child of Hope is arranging a special Christmas party for all the 600+ kids pupils and members of their families - it’ll be a huge affair and they'll love it! If you’d like to help with a donation to the party (it costs around £5 per child), please donate on CoH's JustGiving page. Thanks!

Squashed home at Christmas?

Self storage is so-ho-ho useful during the festive season when your home can get a bit cramped! No worries… you can hire a locker or small storage room for as short a time as you like, from just £5 a week at Store & Secure in Bournemouth or Basingstoke!

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/self-storage-festive-season/