AFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Africa New Life Ministries International exists to transform lives and communities through preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and acts of compassion. Our goal is to break the cycle of poverty for families in Rwanda and to share the freedom and hope found in Christ. At the heart of our model is educational sponsorship, while we recognize that children also need healthy bodies, growing faith, and developing communities to thrive. Our small team in the U.S. supports more than 300 community workers, teachers, pastors, and more in Rwanda.

We address these issues through our four main areas of focus: Educational Sponsorship, Growing Faith, Community Development, and Medical Care.

Educational Sponsorship: More than 11,000 students that are sponsored through Africa New Life are working toward a high school degree. Every year, 50 of the most vulnerable unsponsored children in Kigali receive tutoring, meals and discipleship through our Dream Kids program. We also currently support over 750 post-secondary students in Rwanda.

Growing Faith: Our New Life Bible church hold services in each of our communities, serving thousands of members. We also ensure a growing faith through our Africa College of Theology which provides theological training to around 350 pastoral students each year. We also provide monthly center days and year end camps to give our sponsored children the opportunity to grow in Jesus' love.

Community Development: We provide millions of meals to children and families through our programs each year. Every child at schools we manage receives consistent, nutritious meals. We also offer a one year vocational training program that provides employable skills for women living in poverty. Additionally we help with community development by helping build clean, safe water sources and small family gardens; community members learn about sustainable nutrition and farming.

Healthy Body: Nurses in each community provide medical assistance for sponsored children and thousands of people are seen by visiting medical teams from the U.S. each year. Additionally, the Dream Medical Center, which opened in May 2018, provides full service medical and dental care to the people of Kigali and beyond, and particularly to those in poverty and need.

We have built an incredible team of men and women who are faithfully committed to the cause and mission of Africa New Life, that is, to ensure Africa New Life exists to transform lives and communities through preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and Acts of Compassion. There are many things which make Africa New Life so unique, including that we are focused solely in Rwanda. Our commitment to a single country allows us to have greater impact for its people. Also, Africa New Life was founded by Rwandans and the majority of our staff is Rwandan, which enables us to focus on ministry without cultural barriers. Our Rwandan-led ministry has allowed us to truly ensure we are transforming the nation of Rwanda through the eyes of the Rwandan people, not just the American people. We have over 300 full-time Rwandan staff and just over 20 American employees who are faithfully working hand in hand everyday to ensure this nation is transformed.

Additionally, Africa New Life is extremely committed to accountability to ensure our goals are being met each year. Therefore the board of Africa New Life Ministries operates on the Board Governance model. This means that the Board governs the mission and operations of the ministry by policy, setting the parameters for the U.S. Executive Directors to operate within. This provides the fiduciary standards and protection of the integrity of the organization, while giving the Executive Directors the freedom within those boundaries to pursue the fulfillment of the mission and vision of Africa New Life without micro-management.

The board currently has ten members. The board supports and advances Africa New Life's mission by governing Africa New Life through the U.S. Executive Director and through its policies, budget and strategic plan, for which the Board carries ultimate responsibility.

More than 11,000 children are now sponsored through Africa New Life, receiving education and spiritual nurturing through sponsorship by friends in Rwanda, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and Northern Ireland.

Students are being educated for ministry at Africa College of Theology through its various programs. In early 2024, 166 students and ministry leaders graduated from certificate, bachelor's, and post-graduate degree programs at the college-- one of only a handful of accredited theological training colleges in the nation.

Several million meals are served every year to our children within the communities of Rwanda.

We have nurses serving sponsored children and families in 6 communities, providing a first line of health care and acting as liaisons when families need to work with hospitals or seek care out of country.

We support more than 750 students pursuing their post-secondary education.

Around 90 women are being equipped through vocational training programs each year, while 40+ of their children attend Africa New Life's Dream Daycare Program and get a healthy, nurturing early start to live.

Our New Life Christian Academy was named the top secondary school in Rwanda in 2011, beating out 1,060 other schools. As a result, the Rwandan government has asked us to run two different public schools.

Africa New Life continues to launch new sponsorship communities each year around the country, and to plant and support churches that now minister to 217,000+ Rwandans each year through services, livestreams, and other events.