Aug 22, 2016, 12:13 PM
A trade show arrived at the football stadium in Mbale, complete with wild animals – and we took our our older children (P4, 5, and 6) along to see it.
Aug 16, 2016, 4:12 PM
Child of Hope have become a charity partner of Christian Legacy, a body which helps people understand the value and purpose of leaving a gift to a charity in your will. It produces a free legacy guide, which can be requested online.
Aug 11, 2016, 9:58 AM
Just for fun... here’s a very short video showing all 460 pupils and staff at our school in the Namatala Slum – standing on the verandas at the school and cheering their heads off for half a minute.
Aug 8, 2016, 3:17 PM
With new threats against educational institutions in our area of Uganda, we've built a secure entrance and fencing all around the school.
Aug 1, 2016, 4:30 PM
It was great to have a visit from Graeme Wheeler, who is the uncle of Martin Hayter, our Uganda-based volunteer who heads up our building projects and our Income Generating Activities (IGA) programme.
Jul 29, 2016, 12:37 PM
Getting dirty hands clean on over 400 children before lunch can take ages!
Jul 26, 2016, 11:54 AM
It’s time for our annual health survey! As part of our monitoring and evaluation process, this involves carefully constructing a questionnaire and then undertaking a thorough medical exam of our own children and then those of similar children in the community (who do not access our programmes).
Jul 18, 2016, 5:16 PM
Here's a terrific new five-minute video about our work in the Namatala slum. Fear permeates everyone's lives in the Namatala Slum... but Child of Hope is working to bring hope, God’s love and release from the chains of poverty to young slum kids and their families.
Jul 12, 2016, 4:26 PM
In order to reduce the amount of dust and mud carried into the school by all the kids coming and going, we have laid paving slabs on our lower playground, which is situated in front of the school. The area was previously flattened soil.
Jul 6, 2016, 11:47 AM
Children at St Mary Redcliffe Primary school in Bristol have some terrific fundraising for Child of Hope, donating the fantastic total of £1229.15 for sports equipment for our slum children.