Need Overview

Mr. Smith is running a clinic in East Asia among a largely unreached area. He is currently the only medical provider on staff, but there are 4 doctors currently studying language in a different city and joining their team here in March 2027. The clinic is staffed by 7 locals, 6 of whom are believers and involved in Evangalism and Church planting efforts. These staff include 2 social workers, a pharmacist, a massage therapist, a janitor, a front desk staff, and a clinic manager. Some of the funds provide monthly wages for these staff, clinic rent and medications, as well as supporting more vulnerable, impoverished patients in the community with covering their health expenses.

Need Overview

The request is for an existing ESL Center in the Kyaka Refugee Settlement in Uganda. This Kyaka ESL Center is the model program for replication in other locations, making its strength and stability strategically important to the broader vision of FirstCoach.In Africa. However, the current facility is in poor condition, and ongoing electricity losses and instability significantly undermine effective instruction. These limitations reduce teaching time, disrupt digital learning, and hinder the consistency needed for a strong model program. A particularly important part of this project is the addition of a solar power system. Reliable electricity is essential for modern ESL instruction. Solar power would allow the center to more consistently use computers, projectors, internet-connected resources, lighting, and other educational technology while reducing dependence on an unreliable electrical supply. This investment in the Kyaka Hope Centre would provide benefits well beyond a single Christmas season. It would improve the center’s capacity to serve students for years to come and strengthen its role as a training hub for future expansion.

Need Context

Miss Florence Ekachellan is the Project Manager of our Hope English Centre in Kyaka. She has served with FirstCoach.In Africa for seven years. Miss Ekachellan completed a challenging online ESL instructor course and moved to the Kyaka refugee settlement, where she founded the Hope English Centre. Under her direction, this center served 80 students this past year. Miss Ekachellan is preparing to replicate the Hope English Centre among unengaged peoples. She completed the Mini Bible Course, our full Bible survey course taught by Chaplain Dale Parker, and my online evangelism/church planting training.

Need Overview

Build a worship facility for the Taturu village in the Simiyu region of Tanzania — a previously unreached people group. This Church will act as a forward operating base for future church plants for unengaged unreached people groups.

Need Context

In Spring 2026, New Fire for Christ sent an outreach team into the Simiyu region and saw 31 elders from two unreached Taturu villages make commitments to Christ. The village elders then asked for help building a place of worship. Before moving forward, our Tanzania Country Leader, Luka, worked to identify local individuals who can provide ongoing discipleship once a worship center is built — essential, since our staff and volunteers live over 20 hours away. Those individuals have now been identified, and we are ready to move forward.