Nicola Lathwell

Child of Hope's Covid-19 emergency appeal

Fundraising for Child of Hope
£930
raised of £1,000 target
Jump for Hope, 4 June 2020
Covid-19 emergency appeal
Campaign by Child of Hope (RCN 1136068)
Donate here to help Child of Hope in its support of slum families during Covid-19. With Uganda now in total lockdown, the situation in Namatala slum is becoming dire and desperation gripping the entire community.

Story

I was shocked to find out how tough it is right now for the pupils of the Child of Hope School in the slum of Namatala in Uganda. 

With the country in total lockdown because of Covid-19, people have become increasingly desperate and crime is escalating. A woman was killed and robbed about 200 metres from the school. The children aren’t getting the daily meals they used to have at the school and their mothers are unable to leave their houses to work so they have no money to buy food with. As a result, the children are so hungry they have been eating rats - but they are even running out of those!

So I wanted to try to do my bit to help and decided to 'Jump for Hope'.

Why jump? Well, the main tribe in the school is the Karamajong, who are known for their jumping style of dancing (the higher the better!) It's actually pretty tiring. But I thought that if the pupils are going without food, the least I could do was 'jump like a Karamajong' in my break times to try and raise money to help them. So I'm going to jump for the whole length of every morning break for the whole of the 2nd half term of Summer.

I've already started, and you can see the picture from Day 1.

Please help me to keep on jumping by donating to the Child of Hope charity.  

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About the campaign

Donate here to help Child of Hope in its support of slum families during Covid-19. With Uganda now in total lockdown, the situation in Namatala slum is becoming dire and desperation gripping the entire community.

About the charity

Child of Hope

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RCN 1136068
Child of Hope is producing a huge social impact for children and their families in Eastern and Northern Uganda through free education, healthcare, clothing, food and welfare. Each donation goes to our work in the slums of Mbale and Karamoja and gets straight to work improving lives and communities.

Donation summary

Total raised
£930.00
Online donations
£930.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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