EDUCATION
BUILDING A SCHOOL
When we visited Guinea-Bissau in November 2024, we discovered children gathering every day on a simple village veranda for lessons in an unregistered school. Today, that school has around 70 pupils and three dedicated—but unqualified—teachers.
Our vision is to provide these children with a proper school building. This will mean purchasing land, constructing classrooms, digging a well for clean drinking water, and installing toilets. We also hope to offer pupils a daily meal, provide monthly healthcare days, and use the building as a Sunday school each week.
Beyond the building itself, we want to support the school’s growth by helping teachers gain formal qualifications, developing a curriculum, and printing school workbooks.
We hope to link the school with a local sports ministry by developing a football academy that already exists.
Phase 1:
We have been offered land and are looking to raise £20,000 to purchase it and to wall it in, as per local regulations.
Phase 2:
Design a school with toilets, gardens (to provide food for school dinners), teacher’s accommodation and then build it.
Phase 3:
We want to employ qualified staff and develop the school day to include a daily meal, monthly healthcare day and weekly Sunday school.
Phase 4:
To develop a curriculum with resources that teachers can use for Years 1-6 and to offer staff training.
SUPPORTING EXISTING SCHOOLS
Many schools in Guinea-Bissau face real challenges—limited resources, lack of funding, and teachers who often go unpaid and are forced to strike. This means countless children miss out on the steady education they deserve. Our desire is to support these existing schools to provide consistent education so every child has the chance to complete their Primary education.
TEACHER TRAINING INITIATIVE
By networking with other schools in the area, we aim to share resources and offer regional staff training days.
SPORTS
FOOTBALL ACADEMY
Since 2010, over a hundred local boys have been part of a thriving football training academy. Now, we’re excited to take the next step by formally establishing the New Hope Football Academy, beginning in connection with the school in Canchungo. Here, boys will not only receive quality football training from skilled coaches but also experience mentoring, discipleship, and daily encouragement from God’s Word—helping them grow both on and off the field.
