Hope Education Scholarship Fund
Together, Strengthening and Preserving Families to Live Out Their God Given Potential
Amiina Ministries is restoring hope, rebuilding lives and raising up a generation to break the cycle of poverty, preserve families and bring sustainable transformation to communities.
With Amiina, a single gift can change the trajectory of someone’s life forever. By investing in our education and community development projects, you’ll empower the next generation of leaders to create healthy families and thriving communities throughout Africa and beyond.
CREATE LASTING CHANGE
Our Current Programs
Each program of our ministry is designed to work cooperatively with the others in order to further the gospel. Your donation will go to supporting a holistic ministry. The four legs of our ministry are: Hope Education Fund, Family Empowerment, Amiina Discipleship/ Vocational Skills Training Center, and BAM (Business as Mission) Venture
All children have the right to a quality education, when children get that education, their safety is also often secured.
In Uganda, many parents struggle to pay school fees, and vulnerable children commonly drop out of school, making child labour, exploitation, early marriage and teenage pregnancy more likely.
It may seem obvious, but
education has a dramatic and transformative effect on lives and communities.
Family Empowerment
Family preservation programs empower and equip vulnerable families and youth to create self-sustaining futures for themselves.
Family Empowerment provides education, guidance, spiritual mentoring, training, medical help, and employment opportunities for entire families, not just one or two children.
Amiina Discipleship/Vocational Skill Training
Poverty, poor education, a broken infrastructure coupled with an enormous lack of opportunity have left many Ugandan children/youth/caregivers without an education and without hope for a future. The Amiina Community Center is in the heart of this impoverished region.
Sustainable, generational change is emphasized through education, vocational training, business development, and financial fluency, all Christ Centered and Biblically based.
Business as Mission (BAM) Venture
Amiina Ministries desires to offset ministry costs. One key way to do this is through business as mission (BAM). We believe another way to reach people for Christ is through business. We have started our first income generating project of raising pigs. This project will not only offset costs for the programs we run at Amiina, but also provide jobs and discipleship opportunities. We are looking to expand to other income generating projects in the months and years ahead.
EMPOWERING FAMILIES
Hope Education Scholarship
All children have the right to a quality education, when children get that education, their safety is also often secured.
In Uganda, many parents struggle to pay school fees, and vulnerable children commonly drop out of school, making child labour, exploitation, early marriage and teenage pregnancy more likely.
It may seem obvious, but education has a dramatic and transformative effect on lives and communities.
Children who have had an education tend to be healthier, earn higher incomes, have fewer children, marry at a later age and, their children are likely to be healthier and access an education themselves.
Together, all of these factors help children to end the cycles of poverty and abuse. We think that is worth investing into.
That’s why we identify those with the greatest need and arranging financial support for families to provide their children’s primary and secondary education is vital.
Your monthly Partnership allows Amiina Ministries to provide:
- Primary/Secondary/University education
- School uniforms and supplies
- 2 meals and snacks daily
- Medical care
- Teacher training/ Christian discipleship for Ugandan teachers!
2.4
Million Orphans
in Uganda which is about the size of the state of Michigan
55%
Of the Population
in Uganda is 18 years and younger due to the AIDS crisis.
33%
Of Adolescents
have a child before the age of 18
80%
Of Children
in orphanages in Uganda have living parents - this is why we focus on families!
6.2
Million Children
aged 5-17 years were involved in child labour excluding household chores
10%
Of Population
are able to use the banking system in Uganda according to World Bank
THRIVING COMMUNITIES
Village Savings Fund
Our VSLA program is growing! This program empowers caregivers to come together and save their money in a safe place. With less than 10% of the population in Uganda able to access the banking system, this is a significant need. The group is able to save their money and offer loans to group members at a low interest rate to help them start and build their businesses.
The VSLA program has helped caregivers be able to send their children or grandchildren to school, provide for their families and allowed them to be able to dream again.
AMPLIFYING CHANGE
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Since 2014, we have a track record of working with donors and partner organizations to bring lasting change to communities in Uganda through transformational education and social entrepreneurship projects. Your gift makes it possible for us to continue this legacy.
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