Bulesa, Uganda

Educating children. Empowering girls. Equipping pastors.

Hope58 empowers pastors, girls, and children in Uganda with Christ-centered training and education.

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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

Why this work matters

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)

A student at the Hope58 Girls Skills Center

Three programs, one campus

How the work happens.

Each program runs from the 42-acre campus in Bulesa. All three operate as partnerships with the local church and Ugandan staff.

A preschooler smiling at New Beginnings Nursery School

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.

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A student practicing hairdressing at the Girls Skills Center

Girls Skills Center

Vocational training, leadership development, and Christ-centered life skills for vulnerable girls. Practical tools for independence built on biblical character formation.

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Pastor Erasmus at his Bible Training graduation

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.

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By the numbers

Steady fruit, faithfully reported.

Concrete numbers, not headlines. Every figure ties back to the work happening on the ground in Bulesa.

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 Training

42acre

Campus in Bulesa

Boarding, classrooms, Nursery School, the local church, and farmland. The working hub for every Hope58 program and partner activity.

About the campus

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Programs, one ministry

Girls Skills Center, New Beginnings Nursery School, and Bible Training. Each in active partnership with the local church and led by Ugandan staff.

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A welcome from Bulesa

Meet 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.

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An introduction to the team.

A look at the daily rhythm of the Hope58 campus, from the local team who lead the work in Bulesa, Eastern Uganda.

Matt & Shelley Actis

Matt and Shelley have given their lives to ministry in Uganda.

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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.

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With two graduates in Uganda

Amanda Rehfeldt

When Amanda traveled to Uganda in June 2024, she expected to stay for only two weeks—but the Lord had different plans.

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Tax-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.

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Local leadership

The Ugandan church and Hope58's local staff lead the work in Bulesa. American partners come alongside what's already happening.

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