Life at New Life.
Photos from the campus and the community in Bulesa.
Educating children. Empowering girls. Equipping pastors.
Hope58 empowers pastors, girls, and children in Uganda with Christ-centered training and education.
Tax status
U.S. registered 501(c)(3)
Location
42-acre campus, Bulesa, Uganda
Pastor training
12 Bible schools, 250 pastors
Founders
Matt & Shelley Actis
Long-term ministry takes faithful presence.
In Eastern Uganda, children begin life without access to early education. Vulnerable girls finish primary school with no clear path forward. Most village pastors lead churches without formal biblical training.
Hope58 partners with the local church in Bulesa to address each of these. Children given an excellent educational start. Girls equipped with vocational skills and Christ-centered life coaching. Pastors trained over three to four years. The work is steady, local, and built to last.
Then your light will break forth like the dawn. Isaiah 58:8 (NIV)
How the work happens.
Each program runs from the 42-acre campus in Bulesa. All four operate as partnerships with the local church and Ugandan staff.
New Beginnings Nursery School
Literacy, numeracy, and Bible stories woven into a nurturing daily rhythm. Christ-centered early education that prepares children for primary school and beyond.
Learn about the Nursery School
Girls Skills Center
Vocational training, leadership development, and Christ-centered life skills for vulnerable girls. Practical tools for independence built on biblical character formation.
Learn about the Skills Center
Bible Training
Twelve Bible schools serving 250 pastors in training. A three-to-four year curriculum meeting every two weeks, with ongoing mentorship and storytelling-based teaching tools.
Learn about Bible Training
New Life Farm
A working, productive farm growing maize, beans, and vegetables for students and employees, and teaching agricultural practices to students and community workers.
Learn about New Life FarmSteady fruit, faithfully reported.
250
Pastors in training
Across twelve Bible schools in Eastern Uganda. A three-to-four year curriculum, in-person every two weeks, with ongoing mentorship.
Bible Training42acre
Campus in Bulesa
Boarding, classrooms, Nursery School, the local church, and farmland. The working hub for every Hope58 program and partner activity.
About the campus4
Programs, one ministry
Girls Skills Center, New Beginnings Nursery School, Bible Training, and New Life Farm. Each in active partnership with the local church and led by Ugandan staff.
Support the workMeet the team.
Prisca and the team walk through the daily work on the Hope58 campus: New Beginnings Nursery School, the Girls Skills Center, and Bible Training.
Matt & Shelley Actis
Matt and Shelley have given their lives to ministry in Uganda.
Read their story
Matt & Kristi Scales
Matt and Kristi Scales serve with New Life Ministry Center in Uganda, using their professional skills to share Christ and strengthen the surrounding community.
Read their story
Amanda Rehfeldt
When Amanda traveled to Uganda in June 2024, she expected to stay for only two weeks—but the Lord had different plans.
Read her storyTax-deductible giving
Hope58 is a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) (EIN 47-1764851). Gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Ways to give →Local leadership
The Ugandan church and Hope58's local staff lead the work in Bulesa. American partners come alongside what's already happening.
What we believe →Be a part of the mission.
Whether through giving, prayer, or sharing the work with your church, you help make long-term ministry in Uganda possible.