Light a Candle Uganda

Transforming Lives Through Education, Healthcare, Faith, and Opportunity

Other Amount

School Fees: K - University

$60,000

Education Supplies

$20,200

Katanga Slum Meals Program

$14,300

Kizito Meals Program

$16,700

Kibibi Meals Program

$18,400

Medical and Dignity Needs

$6,400

Vocational Training and Micro Loans

$7,800

Spiritual Discipleship

$2,400

Program Office Expenses

$16,600

5 Program Staff

$27,400

10 Support Staff: cleaners, cooks, guards

$9,200

The Uganda Community Center

A Place for Growth and Transformation

The new Community Center will be a vital hub, creating opportunities for youth and families to thrive in Kibibi. Here’s what it will offer:

  • Vocational Training: Equipping youth with practical skills to build brighter futures.
  • Business Coaching: Empowering entrepreneurship and economic growth.
  • Savings Club Expansion: Strengthening financial stability for families.
  • Spiritual Discipleship: Nurturing faith and community connection in dedicated classroom spaces.

Phase Two

In the future, bedrooms and bathrooms will be added to accommodate Mission Teams and visitors, enhancing the center’s capacity to serve the community.

transforming lives in kibibi

Kibibi, Uganda faces deep challenges—poverty, limited education, and few opportunities for youth, leading many to leave their families in search of work. Forward Edge’s Light A Candle Uganda (LACU) program has already begun transforming the community with programs like a school feeding initiative, a new kitchen, and a Savings Club. The new Community Center has built upon on this momentum, offering vocational training, business coaching, and spiritual discipleship to equip youth and strengthen the future of Kibibi.

Because of your generosity toward the well and the Community Center, school enrollment is up 80%. This evening, we invite you to continue the work by fully funding a year of transformative care for children at Light a Candle Uganda.

Building Brighter Futures

Bring hope and love to vulnerable children and their families living in extreme poverty in the slums of Uganda.

Together, we can empower youth, uplift families, and create thriving futures for the children of Kibibi.

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, Forward Edge’s Light a Candle Uganda program has already:

  • Impacted the lives of over 600 children across six communities.
  • Established five community and school feeding programs.
  • Constructed a new kitchen to expand the feeding initiative.
  • Empowered families through a women’s craft and savings club.
  • Provided school supplies, fees, and uniforms to ensure children’s education.
  • Offered mentoring and spiritual discipleship to nurture young lives.
  • Launched an agricultural project to enhance nutrition for the feeding program.
  • Built a well for access to safe drinking water.
  • Constructed a community center to amplify the impact.
Christina
Christina
Mother of two

“Create Hope Ghana had helped keep my children in school, which was a heavy burden on me after the death of my husband...I do not know the words to say than to say I am grateful to them for helping me and my kids in our physical, spiritual, mental and emotional growth...Our lives have been transformed through their support.” 

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About Forward Edge

Who We Are

Forward Edge International exists to partner with God in bringing hope and lasting transformation to vulnerable children, families, and communities worldwide. Through Christ-centered programs that address urgent needs like food, education, and healthcare, we empower people to overcome poverty and thrive.

With a focus on holistic care—meeting physical, emotional, and spiritual needs—we strive to see lives restored and communities strengthened. Together, we can create a world where no one is forgotten, and everyone has the opportunity to live out their God-given potential.

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Building Brighter Futures

Bring hope and love to vulnerable children and their families living in extreme poverty in the slums of Uganda.

Together, we can empower youth, uplift families, and create thriving futures for the children of Kibibi.

You can trust that you're making a real and lasting impact.

85% TO PROGRAMS

Only 15% of your gift to our programs will be set aside for administration and fundraising costs.

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REAL TRANSFORMATION

Our children’s programs have proven effective towards long-term, holistic transformation.

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