Mission for Disability
Here I am. Send Us
Isaiah 6:8
Our Journey Begins
Our first mission field was Mukono, a rural town about two hours from the capital city.
There, we served at a community called Friendship Village, where marginalized women lived together; women with disabilities, women living with HIV/AIDS, and those who had lost their homes and families. Among them were many children suffering from severe food shortages. Beginning in 2015, we committed to providing consistent food support and caring for these children. This became the foundation of our mission.
Later, God led us to Busia.
In 2018, we received a renewed calling and moved to Busia, a border region with a population of over 200,000. Busia faces unique challenges. Many people live with disabilities due to the lack of access to vaccinations, resulting in high rates of polio. As a border area between Uganda and Kenya, frequent movement across borders has also contributed to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Environmental factors, poverty, and limited access to medical care further increase the risk of disability.
Because people with physical disabilities struggle to find employment, many migrate to border regions seeking work transporting goods between countries. As a result, Busia has become home to a large population of people with disabilities, often overlooked and excluded from society.
Building a Community of Hope
In Busia, a remote district 350 kilometers from Kampala, they encountered a community where disability was often seen as a curse, leading to the abandonment of many children and youth.
The mission began humbly, focusing on the essentials providing food, hygiene, and care, restoring hope in hearts that had long been forgotten.
The mission established a special education school for children with intellectual disabilities. Alongside it, we opened a vocational rehabilitation school for adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. Through skills training and discipleship, students are not only learning practical skills but are being equipped to become bearers of the Gospel sent out as witnesses and evangelists.
We also began building homes for families with disabilities who had no place to live. These homes became more than shelter, they became worshiping communities where families gather to pray and share life together.
Through support from Shalom Disability Ministry in the United States, we received wheelchairs and mobility aids. As we distributed wheelchairs and Bibles, we shared the Gospel meeting both physical and spiritual needs. All of this takes place within a growing disability community village.
Lives Transformed
One of the children we met is Adrin, who was born with polio. Each morning, he begins his day praying beside his bed. He learned shoemaking skills through our vocational program and now sells shoes to support his family especially his mother, who sacrificed so much for him. Adrin dreams of becoming a full-time evangelist. He prays daily and shares the Gospel with everyone he meets.
But perhaps the greatest transformation we have witnessed is this, smiles returned.
When we first met many of the children with disabilities, their faces reflected deep exhaustion and sorrow. Life had been unbearably hard. Over time, we began to see something change; smiles, laughter, and genuine joy.
Children who once felt cursed began to experience the love of the Father and the reality of God’s Kingdom. Every evening, they gather to read the Bible together. They attend early morning prayer.
Children who had once been hidden away forced to live outside their homes or even confined to animal pensare now worshiping in local churches.
Some serve on worship teams. Others share testimonies or preach. Those who once only received help are now giving, serving, and sharing.
Not only were lives transformed, but the surrounding community began to ask, “How is this possible?” Their lives became the Gospel itself.
