{"id":797,"date":"2019-11-17T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pluginspoint.com\/chariton\/\/?page_id=797"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:21:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/?page_id=797","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\nTeen Challenge Uganda began in 2015 and now operates in four facilities, the men and women's home both in Kampala and in Gulu. Teen Challenge Uganda has planted two churches in Gulu- Hope community church Tegot and Corner Mega. Each year, Teen Challenge Uganda serves hundreds of thousands men, women and children through its resident and outreach programs.\n\nTeen Challenge Uganda is a non-profit organization that relies entirely on the generous donations, funding and volunteer efforts of individuals and organizations throughout Uganda and our partners in order to offer services at a low cost to the individual. We know that community involvement and support is an essential component of recovery and necessary to providing services that address the specific needs of the communities involved.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What started out as a dream of overflowing orchards in 1999 has blossomed into a ministry that has touched the lives of thousands of orphans, volunteers, staff, and supporters. Today we are focused on fulfilling our original mission to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Together with our staff we steadfastly devoted to our calling to build God's kingdom through this platform of orphan care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The mission of Teen Challenge Uganda is to offer life transformation through a Christ centered approach to provide youth, adults and \nchildren an effective and comprehensive faith-based solution to drug and\n alcohol addiction as well as other life-controlling problems. We are \ncommitted to enabling and equipping those we serve to find freedom from \naddictive behavior, to become socially and emotionally healthy, \nphysically well and spiritually alive. Teen Challenge reaches out to \npeople from all backgrounds and gives back to local communities with \noutreaches, events, after-school programs and much more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our organization is committed to support individuals overcome addictions and life controlling problems through discipleship, dealing with the root cause, for recovery and change through providing residential care, outreach programs, counseling, sustainability initiatives, and vocational projects to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people in Uganda through the following programs;<\/p>\r\n\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Taking Hope Beyond our walls Hope Outreach delivers hope beyond our walls by partnering with existing communities, schools, and organizations. Our efforts focus on compassion, evangelism, discipleship, and prevention. While our residential programs<\/p>\n\t \t\t\t\t Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Healing Hearts. Restoring Minds. Renewing Lives. Life Renewal is the counselling and emotional healing department of Teen Challenge Uganda, dedicated to guiding individuals and families through deep, lasting transformation. We understand that behind<\/p>\n\t \t\t\t\t Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Florella Christian School was founded in 2025 by Pastor Didas Mwesigye, who serves as the school’s Director. The vision for the school was born after years of serving in the community through Hope<\/p>\n\t \t\t\t\t Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Women’s program The Women\u2019s Program at Teen Challenge Uganda is a life-transforming residential and outreach initiative designed to restore hope, dignity, and purpose to women facing life-controlling challenges. These challenges may include addiction,<\/p>\n\t \t\t\t\t Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Our History Teen Challenge Uganda began in 2015 and now operates in four facilities, the men and women’s home both in Kampala and in Gulu. Teen Challenge Uganda has planted two churches in Gulu- Hope community church Tegot and Corner Mega. Each year, Teen Challenge Uganda serves hundreds of thousands men, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template\/blank-page-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3467,"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions\/3467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenchallenge-uganda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}