In January 2017, our group of ten dedicated volunteers from Forefront Church will travel to Kampala, Uganda, where we will teach workshops to students in the African Dream Initiative (ADI). 

The African Dream Initiative is an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of forgotten children in East Africa. ADI finds bright children living on the edges of society – including refugees, AIDS orphans, former child soldiers, abducted girls, and child laborers – provide them with leadership training, counseling, and a support structure of people who care deeply about their well being. Then ADI sends them to the best private schools in Uganda from primary school all the way through university.

With the resources ADI provides, our students are able to succeed against incredible odds. They assimilate, earn top grades, and become leaders among their classmates. Most importantly, the students are empowered to provide for themselves and for others. That’s what ADI is focused on: promoting a cycle of success in Africa by training our students to become leaders with the desire and ability to raise up their own communities. The African Dream Initiative currently educates and supports over 100 students from Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania, and plans to grow and become even more diverse in the future. 

ADI's website is www.africandreaminitiative.org, and a brief video highlighting our work is available at https://youtu.be/u5Mh9IOorD8.