We are very grateful to all the sponsors and donors who play such a vital role in our work of reaching out to vulnerable children and communities. Hope Ndoto Africa is a registered non–profit organization which is playing a role of addressing issues related to poverty, primarily through supporting poor families and promoting access to education.

Ndoto (meaning ‘dream’ in Swahilli) believes in emphasizing holistic care for each child, within the context of the child’s family and community.

The strength and togetherness I see in the Hope Ndoto Africa family and community amaze me each day.

In Uganda, the community is important. When times are good, there is nothing better than celebrating with family, friends, and the entire community. When times are challenging, we all step in to help. This is what Hope Ndoto Africa Community does through your generous support. This is how we have been able to thrive through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Our newsletter shows you the impact of working together, how your support is helping us reach more with the gospel of love and hope through club 3:16, changing lives and bringing back hope to homes through education support, and the excitement about our upcoming team [ The Upendo Team ] from the USA to Uganda.

Thank you for being such an important part of our family and community, your support helps make things more possible. Let’s continue causing the ripples of hope through the communities we serve.

John Kiboneka                     
Founder and CEO
Hope Ndoto Africa.

Education is a basic human right for every child. However, for many children in Uganda, poverty is the key limiting factor in enjoying that right. At Hope Ndoto Africa we are passionate about providing access to education and we work in partnership with communities to achieve this. To date, we have partnered with three schools where children can gain quality education with well qualified and dedicated teachers.

The reality in Uganda is that from an early age, many children have to work by fetching water, carry firewood, or dig in the fields. Food can be scarce and the threat of disease makes their lives unbearably hard. Parents often cannot afford to send their children to school but given the opportunity, these children will gain the skills they need to enable them to break out of the cycle of poverty and hardship and reach their potential.

Hope Ndoto Africa Child Sponsorship program strives to help the most vulnerable children from the neediest families to access and complete basic education. We work in partnership with schools and communities to identify those children in most need of our support. Parents, extended family, and caregivers of sponsored children continue to have overall responsibility for their child’s well-being and agree to attend school meetings to discuss their progress and are actively involved in developing their child’s profile for potential sponsors. We currently have around 60 children supported through our sponsorship program with another 200 waiting for sponsors and a chance to go to school

Sponsoring a child with Hope Ndoto Africa means playing a significant role in shaping his or her future. That child knows they are unique, valued, cared for, and loved.

As a sponsor, you are also able to follow their progress, and watch them grow and develop ( HOW?). By sponsoring a child, you are also changing the lives of those around them. Sponsorship means positive change for a whole family and community. It brings parents the hope of a positive future for their child and gives them dignity and pride. Sponsorship benefits an entire school as Hope Ndoto Africa adopts a community-based approach that ensures the sustainability of the wider school community. Our quality education program empowers and supports our partner schools with intentional teacher training and development, so every child can receive the best start in life. Being in school means that children are safe, flourishing, eating well, are keeping healthy and will grow up to be change-makers in their community. Some of our sponsored children are the first in their community to make it to Secondary School. By partnering with us this way you help pay staff salaries, provide scholastic materials, a hot meal at school every day, mentorship, and discipleship through our club 3:16.

At Hope Ndoto Africa, we love using education as a way to fight poverty, but we also realize that the families we support need additional skills and income avenues. Simon through his sponsors received a goat in 2019 as a gift. He and his family have been enhancing their goat rearing skills, they have done such a good job and now they have kids from the first goat. As a family project, the children in the family all take turns to clean, milk, and feed the goats. Through such micro-enterprises, we are sure we can support these families to support the other unsponsored children in the homes by the incomes they receive from selling milk, young ones, and using the drippings in the gardens as fertilizer. We now have three families in this skill development project.

We want to say a BIG thank you to all who have supported our response to COVID-19 in Uganda. Below are some pictures to show you some of the ways that your donations are making an impact.

In addition to sponsorship, Hope Ndoto Africa provides support through partnerships with different primary schools, in various districts – Butambala and Mityana being the main two. Hope Ndoto Africa does this primarily through helping with building projects so that the infrastructure is in place for each school to effectively provide education in the community.

Together with Oak Meadows Elementary school and its Interact club in Murrieta, The Rotary Club of Menifee, and other generous givers, we were able to cement the floors of 7 classrooms and 2 offices at Grace Primary school in Kampala. We are currently raising $5,000 to construct proper bathrooms for the same school.