ChristAid Academy began as a primary school with just a few students and one teacher meeting under a tree. The first building with four classrooms was started in 2004 and, although it was not completed until 2008, it served the students throughout that time. The second building with four classrooms was built in 2009. The school has continued to grow, and 550 children attend there today.  

Because the cost of operating the school was greater than the funds available from the parents of Kicuna, a sponsorship program, known as Ahadi Kids, was developed to link needy children with U.S. sponsors who would commit to pay their school fees. Today nearly 200 Ahadi Kids from preschool age to those attending universities are sponsored. Hundreds of Ahadi Kids have already graduated from universities or vocational schools and are serving as leaders in their communities.

In 2017, Grace Karungi Mugasa was introduced as the new Country Director in Uganda. Grace directs in—country staff and oversees all of ChristAid’s work in Uganda.

In 2017, a solar power system and sanitary restrooms were added to ChristAid Academy. In 2018, the grounds were improved by the addition of a hard surface between the buildings to make the campus safer and cleaner for the students.

In 2018, we opened the ChristAid Preschool, which currently serves 150 children ages three to five. These youngest children receive a head start in their learning, in a loving Christ-focused environment.

We opened the ChristAid Secondary School in 2022. With this school, we don’t need to send sponsored Ahadi Kids to boarding schools. As both a day school and a boarding school, it provides children from nearby villages and those who live a distance away with a quality secondary education. The school currently serves 450 students in six secondary school grades. We have also built teacher housing, which helps attract and retain the best Christian teachers.