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New Hope Uganda Families: Hope Restored

May 8, 2026 by Alyssa Morrow Leave a Comment

Family Children

At New Hope Uganda, our vision is to “bring the fatherhood of God to the fatherless” (Psalm 68:5 6, NIV: “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…”).

Since the beginning, our ministry has embraced vulnerable children into family groups led by married couples who serve as father and mother figures. This family model provides love, stability, and guidance, helping children grow into responsible, God-fearing citizens. Over the years, more than 3,000 children have been nurtured through New Hope Families, many of whom now serve their communities and nation with integrity.

Family Parents and the Support System

Family Parents: The Heart of New Hope Families

At the center of every New Hope family group is an officially married couple who serve as father and mother figures. These family parents embody the fatherhood of God in daily life—providing love, discipline, guidance, and stability. They create a true home environment where children feel safe, valued, and nurtured. Their presence ensures that each child experiences what it means to belong to a family, not just an institution.

Family Parents guide children in morning and evening devotions, oversee daily routines, and model Christian character. They are role models who help children grow into responsible, God‑fearing citizens. Their commitment is the heartbeat of our ministry.

The Support System Around Family Parents

Raising children is never done alone. At New Hope Uganda, family parents are surrounded by a strong support network that multiplies their impact:

  • Family Associates – step in when parents are on leave or need assistance, ensuring continuity of care.
  • Mentors – provide spiritual and emotional guidance, walking alongside children in their personal growth.
  • Teachers – nurture academic excellence and character development through New Hope’s schools.
  • The Church – church leaders help in discipling children through various church programs, such as youth camps, Sunday School activities, and others.

This holistic support system ensures that children receive consistent love, education, and discipleship. It strengthens family parents and allows them to focus on building strong, Christ‑centered homes.

Evening Devotions

A Day in Families

Life inside New Hope Families is vibrant, purposeful, and deeply rooted in faith. Every day is carefully structured to nurture children spiritually, academically, and emotionally—while equipping them with practical skills for the future.

  • Morning & Evening Devotions – Each day begins and ends with prayer and Scripture. Children gather with their family parents to sing, read the Bible, and pray together. These moments set the tone for their day, reminding them that God loves them.
  • Education & Learning – After morning chores, children head to our schools, located onsite. Teachers not only provide academic instruction but also mentor them in character, discipline, and faith. Our partners make it possible for these children to receive an education that prepares them for a brighter future.
  • Chores & Life Skills – Back at home, children learn responsibility through gardening, cooking, and household tasks. They take pride in eating food they have grown themselves, building resilience and self-confidence. These skills ensure they can thrive as independent adults when they leave New Hope.
  • Church & Community – Weekends and evenings are filled with youth programs, choir practice, and fellowship. Many children discover their gifts in music, worship, and leadership. It is inspiring to watch them grow into ministers and community leaders, carrying the fatherhood of God into the wider world.
  • Leisure & Joy – Families also celebrate life together. Movie nights, games, and music bring laughter and joy. Even leisure activities are carefully chosen to strengthen spiritual growth and build lasting memories of belonging.

This rhythm of faith, learning, responsibility, and joy transforms children from vulnerable beginnings into strong, capable adults. It is a joy to see them grow into leaders, ministers, and responsible citizens.

Gardening Time

Opening Doors of Hope: Reviving Families

Currently, our family groups across Kasana and Kobwin are alive with laughter, prayer, and learning—caring for 88 children who are thriving in the embrace of love and faith. Yet, a number stand closed, not because the need has disappeared, but because financial resources have been tight. Behind those closed doors are vulnerable children still waiting for a place to belong and be cared for. They wait for a father’s guidance, a mother’s embrace, and the daily rhythm of family life that restores dignity and hope.

With your partnership, these homes can reopen. Your generosity will not only sustain the families already in operation but will also unlock new doors of refuge for dozens more children. Every gift you give is more than financial support—it is a key that opens the door to safety, education, spiritual growth, and the joy of belonging. Together, we can extend the fatherhood of God to the fatherless, ensuring that no child is left outside looking in. When you give, you are helping us turn closed houses into living homes filled with prayer, laughter, and the promise of a brighter future.

Every Gift Opens the Door to Hope

Every gift you give is more than financial support—it is a lifeline. It rescues children from despair, restores them to family, and rebuilds destinies filled with promise.

Today, we celebrate the families still in operation across Kasana and Kobwin. Because of faithful partners like you, they remain places of prayer, laughter, learning, and love. For decades, they have stood as living testimonies of God’s fatherhood, raising children who grow into responsible, God-fearing citizens. We honor and appreciate the generosity that has sustained them all these years

If you would like to give towards this, you can send your donations here:

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: community, families, family, family groups, fatherhood, hope, parents

My Sponsorship Journey

April 24, 2026 by Geoffrey Britton 1 Comment

In 1995, things with New Hope Uganda were very different. Email was still non existent in Uganda, electricity was a rare visitor, sponsorship and all accounting was handled out of a volunteer’s living room in the U.S., and yet God was using people to bring the fatherhood of God to the fatherless.  

This was when we first began our sponsorship relationship with the then young organization. My wife, Mary, began sponsoring a girl after seeing the needs in the community first-hand. Her time serving with New Hope in 1994 was deeply impacting, and when we married in 1997, I was brought into the relationship. I remember sending our child a wedding picture announcing my entrance into this long-distance relationship. I wish I knew where that young girl is today, she ended up dropping out of the program in 1999 due to morality issues.  

We were sad to hear the news when the letter came in the mail, but that did not deter us, and we requested to be assigned another child that we could support and do our small part in bringing the fatherhood of God to other fatherless children. I am happy to say that we know exactly where the new child assigned to us is today.   

Fast forward to 2006

When we made our first visit to Uganda as potential staff members, we were excited to see New Hope, the work that was happening, and meet the girl we had been sponsoring for the past six years. We had read her letters, seen her picture, but now we were going to meet the real person. It was quite exciting to meet Nabukeera and being able to experience the world that she lived in. Not only did we meet her, but we were able to meet her grandmother, siblings, and visited her home.  

NABUKEERA, MARY, AND ME IN 2006
GRANDMA, NABUKEERA, AND LYDIA, THE ELDER SISTER
NABUKEERA AND SAM, THE YOUNGEST OF THE THREE

That visit was a part of God solidifying the trajectory that he had for our family. When we moved to Uganda six months later, God joined us at a deeper level to Nabukeera’s family and actually made them our family. As we got to know them better we became more involved in their lives, joining our two families to be one.  

That little girl brought us her family, and in one way or another we ended up sponsoring each one through various stages of life over the next twenty years. We had the pleasure of the youngest moving into our home and living with us for seven years. We were able to take part in the education of her older sister as she because a licensed educator. We were invited into the grieving process when their grandmother passed away and the birth of the next generation of the family. And a big one, we had to joy of celebrating with Nabukeera when she graduated university.  

2026 TODAY

Who would have thought that something as simple as sponsoring a child through New Hope Uganda could have impacted our lives so much. But that is exactly what happened. So, 30 years after entering the New Hope Uganda family as sponsors, my prayer is that more people experience the joy of investing in a life, or three lives, through the sponsorship journey.  

OUR “FAMILY” IN 2019
Geoffrey Britton - President

Geoffrey Britton

President – New Hope Uganda Ministries

Geoff, his wife of 28 years Mary, and his three children, served at Kasana Children’s Center from 2006-2019 before returning to the U.S. In 2019. Their lives have been intimately intertwined with Africa for more than 30 years. Geoff began serving as President in 2025 and deeply desires to see young Ugandans fulfill their God given purposes in life.

    Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: fatherhood, hope, sponsorship

    Welcome to the NHU/NHUM Blog

    April 8, 2026 by Geoffrey Britton Leave a Comment

    Ugandan children waving hello

    Hello and welcome to our blog! I am so glad you have taken the time, followed the link, and are visiting us.  

    This space is intended to be a place to connect to what is happening within the ministry of New Hope Uganda but also what is happening with the family abroad. If you have been around New Hope Uganda for long you understand what I mean when I refer to us as family. If you are reading this then you most likely have been impacted by the Ugandan people, the children from Kasana or Kobwin, a experience at Musana Camps or the ministry as a whole. That is what makes you a part of the NHU Family. 

    What is your story? 

    Maybe God used you to become a sponsor or take a short-term trip to NHU and you found that you came away from the experience changed. Think back to that beginning and consider what God has done since then. How has God used NHU to reveal Himself or HIS heart for Uganda? 

    I think back to those early days of being involved, considering all that we have seen and learned. Thinking of the girls and boys that we sponsored over the years and I cannot help but believe I am closer to God because of it all. 

    In this new season of the ministry, A NEW DAY AT NEW HOPE, as we have been calling it, I want to see us reconnect not only from a ministry to donor perspective, but as a family. How do we connect around the common vision that we have for the Fatherless? How do we reconnect with the experiences that brought us into the family? How can we tap into what God desires to do in this season and the next? 

    So many questions… 

    Hopefully, you check back often and feel this serves you and the ministry well. Reach out, give us some feedback and most of all ask how does God want to use NHU in your life and use your life in Uganda? 

    Blessings, 

    Geoffrey Britton - President

    Geoffrey Britton

    President – New Hope Uganda Ministries

    Geoff, his wife of 28 years Mary, and his three children, served at Kasana Children’s Center from 2006-2019 before returning to the U.S. In 2019. Their lives have been intimately intertwined with Africa for more than 30 years. Geoff began serving as President in 2025 and deeply desires to see young Ugandans fulfill their God given purposes in life.

      Filed Under: Family Tagged With: community, family, fatherhood, hope, orphancare

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