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Gateway of Hope Ministries (GOHMI) is a Christian charitable community development organisation committed to advancing the Kingdom of God and rebuilding the living standards of the unprivileged communities in rural Africa.
The Ministry’s main thrust is not only spiritually inclined but also geared to tackling a wider scope of community developmental needs including education, health, the environment, decent housing, Agro-based development projects, Digital empowerment,infrastructural and social enterprise projects.
Vision: A people totally changed in soul, spirit and body by the loving and saving power of God, empowered and equipped to live a more fulfilled life.
Mission Statement: To minister love and hope in Christ Jesus to the hopeless, hurting, needy and underprivileged rural communities of rural Africa through the word of God and provision of much needed social-economic amenities.
GOHMI currently operates in South Western Uganda in Rukungiri district, with the aim to extend her operations to the neighbouring districts of Kanungu and Kabale.
In partnership with Liberty Christian Fellowship (UK) on 5th July 2009, GOHMI planted a church in deep in a village called Kyeizoba – Kyeizoba Community church which now has a membership of about 250 people.
In the past year, the spiritual atmosphere of the area has been tremendously charged with open air crusades and church seminars which have resulted in the total transformation of many men, women and young people. They have come to know the saving knowledge of Christ through the various programmes Kyeizoba community church offers.
GOHMI’s activities and planned projects include the following: Reaching out, evangelizing and spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ through crusades, church seminars, missionary work, outreaches and other similar possible methods of extending the gospel of Jesus Christ. To assist, provide, render support and encourage widows and orphans (due to the HIV pandemic) in issues concerning food, clothing, shelter, education, health care and self help projects for their personal and family benefit. To provide, grant and offer medical services comprising: immunization, eye sight testing and correcting, and dental services, testing for illnesses like malaria, typhoid, HIV/AIDS, child and maternity care, counselling among others. To establish a community centre, a primary school, secondary school and a vocational training institution that will cater for the children, orphans, youth, school dropouts, and widows among many others, to equip them with skills such as tailoring, carpentry, bricklaying, metal work, motor mechanics, cookery, computer skills and knowledge to mention but a few. To network with local government and international agencies in provision of safe, protected, fenced as well as clean drinking water in the local community
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