Jabel is happier at Child of Hope

NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: Life is changing for four-year-old Jabel who had been abandoned at a young age to live under the care of a neighbour. But now he's at our nursery school and has been reunited with his mother. And Jabel has sponsors in Northern Ireland who are supporting his education. Read more... https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/jabel-happier

Best of buddies

CHILD OF HOPE, NAMATALA SLUM, UGANDA: Young slum kids Yazid and Silas are inseparable in school at playtimes. Both are in the top class of the nursery section and have been friends since the time they entered school. They sit separately in class to help them remain focused in lessons but like to seek each other out at any opportunity.

Yazid and Silas happily share any locally made snacks either is able to bring into school, otherwise they sit together, happy and smiling, as they enjoy the break time porridge the school provides. They are always sad to go their separate ways at 12.30 when school finishes.

These boys enjoy having sponsors in the UK; if you would like to consider sponsoring similar children through their education, please click here: https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/what-we-do/sponsorship/sponsor-child

Child of Hope primary pupils are back to school

NAMATALA SLUM, EASTERN UGANDA: Pupils and teachers were reunited at the start of a new school year last week.  The new term officially started in the whole of Uganda on February 3.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/back-school-2020

Child of Hope: Languages for life

NAMABASA, EASTERN UGANDA: These two ladies are our language teachers at our new secondary school. That’s Simon with them; he’s part of the excellent CoH communications team in Uganda which supplies us with news and videos.

Left is Miss Modesta, who teaches Kiswahili language, while on the right is Miss Rita, our English teacher. Both teachers live in Namatala slum, so they fully understand the needs of the students they will be working with and the struggle for a better life in the challenging slum.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/languages-life

Salsa: new painting from Jan Dowding

JED Art, Dorset, UK: First painting of the year and I fancied a bit of colour! It’s in acrylic, nice and big at 36″ by 36″ called Salsa, because I thought it looks a bit hotter than some of my other paintings…
https://jedart.co.uk/news/

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!