We think we've been hard done by in lockdown, but the situation in Uganda looks quite desperate - not because of Coronavirus directly, but because the lockdown is causing massive poverty and starvation. The school is shut, but doing what it can in the community. The telling phrase I picked up from the appeal page on their website was, "Rats have almost been wiped out from the slum – nearly all have been eaten." Please give generously to help the school in its community support.

Here's what the school has said:

Virtually everyone has been affected in some way by Coronavirus and we hope you are managing through the difficulties. The slum families of Namatala in Uganda are in a desperate situation and so we are asking if you could help us with a donation.With Uganda in total lockdown from Covid-19 fears, the situation in Namatala is becoming dire and there is a sense of desperation gripping the entire community. Crime is going up as people become increasingly desperate. A woman was killed and robbed about 200 metres from our school. The school buildings and equipment are vulnerable as desperate people seek to steal anything they might be able to sell.The urgency is not only that the children can no longer get the daily meals they used to get at school, but that mothers are unable to leave their houses and cannot earn anything to put food on the table for their families. Hunger and starvation are the greatest challenges currently facing our Child of Hope pupils.