About
“father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.”
Our
MISSION
Working with this generation to “bring the fatherhood of God to the fatherless” children of Uganda for generations to come. (Ps 68: 5-6).
The NHU
Model
Integrated childcare: The uniqueness of NHU Childcare Model is its integrated nature.
Integration in the following ways:
- Not separating children in categories. Special needs, age/class groups, orphans/none orphans. Maintaining a real family/community picture.
- Family/school/enterprise all in one setting
- Church and community partnership
- Involvement in real-life situations. Outreaches and family business, etc.
The model can only function with all the elements working together, integrated. Family, School, Enterprises, Church and community.
The desired product of “Servant leaders”cannot be achieved when the components are separated or any missing.
How
we do it
We exist as evidence that a child who was once an orphan can become an agent of hope for generations to come.
Our History
New Hope Uganda (NHU) is a local organization dedicated to bringing the fatherhood of God to the fatherless through holistic Gospel transformation in communities. New Hope Uganda reaches orphaned, vulnerable, abandoned and special needs children and their communities with the Gospel of Jesus and the Fatherhood of God.
Uganda’s continual killings and brutal civil war from 1981-1986 left thousands of children orphaned and hopeless. When the Dangers family arrived in Uganda shortly thereafter, the landscape was filled with darkness. Remnants of the war greeted them at every turn. Human skulls and personal stories of loss served as constant reminders of God’s calling to bring hope to the hopeless and the Fatherhood of God to the fatherless. After two years of trials and hard work, NHU welcomed its first 10 children.
Today, we are a multi-cultural/multi-tribal team focused on bringing the Fatherhood of God and family to the fatherless. We are committed to addressing the root causes of fatherlessness in Uganda: from fallen-cultural worldviews and sinful practices to the breakdown of marriage, family, manhood and womanhood. We are a family that is centered on the true answer to the orphan-crisis of our day: the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
As a ministry, we are committed to promoting biblical manhood and womanhood, Christian education, God-centered self-sustainability, and supporting the central role and calling of the local church. By the grace of God, we are raising up a generation of men and women who stand for truth, defend and care for the fatherless and widow, and live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Uganda and around the world.
Every day New Hope Uganda staff members love, teach, disciple, feed, clothe, and provide medical care for our sons and daughters. Financial sponsorship of children, staff, and programs is our primary means to fund these efforts. Most of our children have suffered multiple losses in their lives. We believe relational sponsorship is an opportunity for them to build meaningful, long-term, and healthy relationships.
These relationships foster growth in healing transformation. We also recognize the great need for sponsors to pray for our children and staff individually. In addition to child sponsorship, sponsorship of our Ugandan staff helps to encourage and bless the laborers faithfully serving these children. Would you invest in a life by committing to prayer, provision, and relationship?
A team of Ugandan & foreign staff and partners around the world are working together to fulfill God’s call to bring the fatherhood of God to the fatherless by providing family for over 600 children.
Meet the Founders
In 1986, Jay Dangers, Vicki, and their 3 oldest children moved to war-torn Uganda to begin a work with orphaned children. It was during their time as members of Deliverance Church Nakasero that they met Jonnes Bakimi and later Gertrude, and together formed a partnership in ministry that has been a source of blessing and hope to thousands of children.
