Since 2008, Kingsway Christian High School has been providing secondary education in an evangelical Christian setting to orphans and vulnerable youth.
Its first students were young people who were rescued from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in northern Uganda, who fled nightly from their homes to avoid abduction and couldn’t attend school or church for years. More recently, Kingsway has been educating children born to war survivors, including child-mothers raped during these wars.
“Unstoppable with Christ” is the school’s motto, reflecting an earnest faith and awe for Christ who has accomplished miracles in the lives of the students. Some have gone on to attend university and get good jobs, a fate impossible for impoverished youth otherwise.
Vulnerable youth from eight districts across Uganda have graduated from Kingsway and now are shining Christ’s light in their communities. Some are teachers, policemen or business owners. Others work for water mission ministries and the United Nations. They are nurturing families and rebuilding communities destroyed by the war.
Check out the video below for an introduction to Kingsway from the founder:
Kingsway News – August 2026
Having a Well is Wonderful during a Drought
There has been a drought going on in Uganda since April. Most traditional Ugandans are subsistence farmers who live off the produce of their own gardens. That means that a drought quickly turns into famine. Food prices also go up so that even those with jobs struggle to feed themselves.
Milly in her garden when it’s had plenty of rain
Kingsway grows a large garden to defray their food costs, so they are affected too.
We asked Milly about what was going on. On July 27, she wrote:
We have a very severe drought this year! Even at Kingsway, there has been no rain since May up to now!
Due to the long drought, food prices are really extremely high. For example, the maize (posho) we used to buy a 50 kilogram bag at shs 75,000/-; ($19.89) we now buy at shs 130,000/- ($34.38) !
But praise the Lord for Genesis Waters! (who installed a well at Kingsway last year, to their great joy.) We have been watering our vegetables! Our kale and carrots did well. We are now serving them as our only vegetables. The carrots are getting done in two weeks. The kale will take us for some time. But for our cabbage garden and eggplants, they never responded well to the watering. They are just miserably poor! We will get nothing from them!
In the north the drought has been very, very severe! You cannot see any green grass anywhere. The crops which were planted early in the year just dried up completely! Many small streams from which people fetch water dried out. The boreholes are dry, they don’t pump out water! Older people and malnourished children are dying including livestock! The drought has been very severe!
Nevertheless, we are seeing signs of rain in the skies now. The clouds that bring rain appear and disappear without any drop of rain yet. But we are hopeful the rains will come down soon.
Update on Vivian
You may remember Vivian’s testimony from a few months ago. She is nearly deaf, so it’s been difficult to make friends and interact with teachers. Nevertheless, she is very bright and gets top scores in her classes.
Vivian’s deafness began after she came down with severe malaria, which was treated with quinine. The quinine caused her to lose her hearing in one ear entirely, and partially in the other. (Quinine is no longer recommended for treating malaria.) Her father also died, so her family had no money to pay for treatment of her hearing loss.
We shared her story and a few months ago, and one of Kingsway’s supporters asked if she could help Vivian get hearing aids. They arranged for her to see an audiologist who said that hearing aids should fully correct her hearing in one ear and help some with the other.
She has now been fitted for hearing aids and is doing much better. Her teachers report: “Vivian is doing very well. The hearing aid has done wonders. We are all excited and relieved that she can now listen clearly. In the first week the aid was given, she complained that it was too loud so we had to take her back to the hospital so that they could adjust the aid and now it’s perfect.”
Machine Knitting is Coming Soon
During August, we are anticipating that Kingsway will be receiving a gift of several manual knitting machines so that they can have a program in machine knitting. Hand knitting is slow, but machines can speed up the process immensely and produce professional-quality results in a fraction of the time. In addition, manual knitting machines don’t require electricity.
These machines are expensive to buy new, but a friend of Kingsway has some that she’s been wanting to donate to the school for years now. She is the owner of a company called “KnitIt” that makes innovative knitted products – swaddling garments for babies and even adults!
As of August 4, the team with these machines to Kingway has just arrived! We will share updates as we receive them. More details about our plans are in this post. It is exciting to think that Kingsway could have an innovative program that gives students an unusual opportunity to learn useful skills.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for Milly’s son Hope, who had a severe fall in their home late one evening a few months ago and fractured several bones in his face. Everyone was terribly concerned when he was found unconscious in a puddle of blood. Hope is a physician but he resigned his position at the hospital. Competition is high for medical positions in Uganda, so it will be challenging to find his next position. Please pray for his healing and the Lord’s next calling on his life!
Please pray for Milly’s mother, who is in her mid 80’s and is about 9 hours away in Arua, in the rural north where her extended family lives. She was hospitalized for quite a while but now has been released to be home with family. The family is certainly affected by the drought, which is very hard on everyone.
Please pray for the writing that Milly and Lois Tverberg are doing together on their upcoming book. (More details at this link)
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(Credit: Kari Tverberg for video editing)
Trinity Yikiisi
Here is Milly along with Trinity Yikiisi, who graduated from Kingsway in 2014.
Trinity’s father died when she was a baby and her mother had no money for school fees. Her education would have ended in the 7th grade but Milly sought her out and enrolled her at Kingsway, where she did very well.
When extended relatives heard how well Trinity did, they pulled together the money for her to attend university.
Trinity has since attended university and is looking for her first job.
Vivian Gift
I (Faith Letaaci) sat down with Vivian , who is a new student at Kingsway. She is in Senior Five and studies history, economics, geography, and entrepreneurship. Vivian’s favorite subject is history, in which she got an A. Vivian wants to become a journalist when she grows up.
I asked her how Kingsway is different from the schools she has been to before. “I have experienced something I have never experienced anywhere else. I love Kingsway because it allows you to express yourself.”
Vivian is a student with a disability. She is totally deaf in one ear and partially hears in the other ear. (But see update below.) Despite this, she is a jolly and confident student. She is refreshingly full of life and optimistic. It was a delight to sit down and interview her. One of the most exciting things we talked about is the Christian life she has found at the school and the way she has been impacted by the Bible. Vivian is now born again and experiencing the joy that is found in Christ Jesus. Vivian says, “I did not know who God is, but Kingsway has taught me about God.”
Bullying is common in Ugandan schools, especially of students who have a disability. It’s wonderful to hear Vivian say that there is no bullying at Kingsway. The student body is so close-knit that it fosters fellowship among the students. This is the testimony of a truly Christian school.
At Kingsway, both girls and boys play sports. There is no sport for only girls or boys. Both equally play soccer, basketball, volleyball, and netball (a game like basketball). Vivian is happy that she was encouraged to take part in a sport just like any other student. Although she was initially hesitant to take part in sports, one of the teachers told her to look beyond any personal impairments or disability and try. Now it’s one of her highlights at school.
On a sad note, Vivian is an orphan who has no parents. She lives with her grandmother in the village. We are excited to be able to give Vivian an education which she would not have without the benefit of a Kingsway scholarship. This is a testament of our motto, “Unstoppable with Christ.” We are excited to be able to share in the things that God is doing in Vivian’s life and the time of high school she has left.
UPDATE on Vivian: We shared about Vivian and one of our supporters asked if she could pay for hearing aids for her. She was fitted and now is doing much better!
During her exam she explained that her deafness began after she came down with severe malaria, which was treated with quinine. The quinine caused her to lose her hearing in one ear entirely, and partially in the other. (Quinine is no longer recommended for treating malaria.)
Hillary Mukenyuhaki
Hillary joined Kingsway in March 2024, as a Senior 5 student. She had been living with her father because her mother went to work as a domestic worker in the Arab world and didn’t come back. Then Hillary’s father died, and she lost all chance of going to school. Some people who knew about Kingsway told her about our school. So, being a courageous and independent girl, Hillary came looking for Kingsway. Without knowing where our school was located, she took a bodaboda (motorcycle) ride and found us all by herself.
With such courage and determination, Hillary was given admission to Kingsway. She never complained or asked for anything, even when she had nothing. Hillary has worked very hard in academics and was active in games and sports.
Hillary’s Testimony
I have experienced life both good and bad in life. Of course life is not a bed of roses. I have loved my life in Kingsway. Kingsway had a great impact on my life. I enjoyed discussions with my teachers and my classmates, which have taught me so much.
At Kingsway English was compulsory, while in my former school it was individual decision whether or not to speak English. This totally challenged my life because I wasn’t used to speaking English only.
At Kingsway, we live our lives as a community, while I was used to living alone after the death of my father. We did all the school work and everything in groups. In Kingsway I learnt to work in groups, whereby we talk and share our experiences. I learned to dig and work in the garden. Now I can dig very well. We always worked together as family. For example, in groups we cleaned our dormitories, classrooms, restrooms and the biggest was cleaning our compound and the playgrounds. We really enjoyed working together.
Our teachers and our director, Madam Milly, taught us different ways of working to make money and how to survive in a difficult world. We learned that in every situation in life we must seek to do what is good. The roles which parents play in their children’s lives, our teachers have played in our lives by Kingsway because they teach you about every part of life.
What I enjoyed most at Kingsway was the times of games and sports, where we played football, netball and all the children’s games. We played among ourselves and with our teachers too. We even played with other schools and emerged winners.
I enjoyed sessions of prayers, praising God together and even learning how to share the message of the Gospel with my fellow students. I used to pray, but my prayer life died when my father died. On one Sunday in church, after praying for my father to get well, because he was sick, and my father died that Sunday night, it killed my prayer life. Because I was living with my father without my mother, my father was everything to me. But when I joined Kingsway I was taught that in everything situation in life, I should not forget God, and my spiritual life revived. I have been revived in my faith again.
Kingsway has changed my life and has created a memory in me which I will never forget in my life.
David Kisaliita
David Kisaliita is one of our most admired students, even though he is from a very poor family in one of the poorest communities in the Byikwe district, near the Nile river. He is born-again, having accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior at Kingsway.
David is a very brilliant student in academics. He is well-mannered, and has excellent student leadership skills. In 2025 David finished his Advanced level studies, majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and ICT.
David’s Testimony
I was selected for admission at the beginning of 2021 and elected to be a student leader in March of 2021 until to the end of 2025.
I have no words to express my gratitude to have gotten the opportunity for admission at Kingsway, when many who tried were not taken in. To me and my fellow students, Kingsway has been a better place for life, where life-skills have been taught, spiritual nurture has been emphasized and an academic environment has been fostered for excellence.
I appreciate the director, Madam Milly, for sacrificing her all for us. She is a great lady who has done everything to prepare us for life through many activities and occasions. With her vision for young people who have no direction in life or hope for their future, she has become a beacon of hope to the students of Kingsway. She should be called a hero for what she has done in Kingsway to lift us up, children who had no future, but who now look ahead for advanced studies and better life.
Kingsway has prepared us by acquiring different skills in different occasions of life in Kingsway. We have been taught us to work with our hands to make this world a better place to live in, a nurture which has prepared us for life.
Kingsway nurtured us spiritually. Most of us became born-again in Kingsway. We were also nurtured to minister the Gospel to our fellow students and to the wider world. At Kingsway, students who came with bad characters were nurtured into people who could now fear God, and their behaviors changed. Such students were put under counseling and corrective activities until significant change was realized. This is something our parents could not even do to correct our wayward brothers. I salute Kingsway for this determination to change bad children into God-fearing children in order for them to have a future.
I appreciate all the administrators, Madam Comfort and our teachers who worked very hard to teach us and prepare us for the Uganda National Examinations (UNEB). The love and passion of our teachers to make us succeed is incomparable. Even during the UNEB this year, Madam Comfort’s tireless running of the exams, was reassuring. Me and my friends are forever grateful.
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You may remember 
Please pray for Milly’s mother, who is in her mid 80’s and is about 9 hours away in Arua, in the rural north where her extended family lives. She was hospitalized for quite a while but now has been released to be home with family. The family is certainly affected by the drought, which is very hard on everyone.
Please pray for the writing that Milly and Lois Tverberg are doing together on their upcoming book. (
I (Faith Letaaci) sat down with Vivian , who is a new student at Kingsway. She is in Senior Five and studies history, economics, geography, and entrepreneurship. Vivian’s favorite subject is history, in which she got an A. Vivian wants to become a journalist when she grows up.
I was selected for admission at the beginning of 2021 and elected to be a student leader in March of 2021 until to the end of 2025.
