Community Transformation
Educational Scholarships
Currently, K.L. Dickson scholarships are currently offered to various students at secondary and later tertiary levels of education. Secondary scholarships are offered through King of Kings College. It is a registered Mixed, “O” and “A” Level Day and Boarding Christian School founded Dr. K.L Dickson in 2004. It has grown to a population of over 800 students and over 30 staff members. The School though private sponsorship provides opportunity to children from poor families with bursaries through the K.L Dickson Scholarship Scheme as well as charging affordable tuition fees.
The actual tuition for students is $163 and $54 for boarding and day students respectively. However, K.L. Dickson ministries Int’l offers scholarships to disciplined, academically good students and vulnerable students from needy families; to encourage good academic performance, offer education to the needy, develop talents/skills and promote discipline as follows:
❯ Academically sound students - scholarship equivalent to 75% on tuition
❯ Vulnerable Church leaders and Pastors’ Children - scholarship equivalent to 25% on tuition
❯ Excellent students in Games & Sports - scholarship equivalent to 50% on tuition
Donations
K.L. Dickson Ministries Int’l since its existence has supported a number of churches through donations both in cash and kind to help church be established in an area. Donations in kind have included cars, land, human resource support/ leadership support.
Medical missions
In order to reach out to our needy communities with affordable health services, K.L. Dickson Ministries Int’l partners with local government to have medical missions in vulnerable communities with sick people that are unable to pay for their medical services.
Part of the children ministering during Covid 19
Community Advocacy Programs
93.8 Life FM with its flagship Motto of “the trumpet of life” has breathed life in areas of South and Western Uganda, Eastern DR. Congo, Northern Tanzania and the highlands of Eastern Uganda. The Gospel is preached during the early morning program, the Lunch Hour Program, the Evening Gospel of the Kingdom Programs. Inspirational music also add a great deal of impact in the communities the radio serves.
Beyond the Gospel, the radio is used as an advocacy instrument for the communities as far it reaches. Educative and sensitizing programs are aired to enhance community development and awareness hence impacting the communities the radio serves.
Child, youth and Women empowerment
The child, youth and women empowerment is a program implemented directly by Kabarole Child Development Centre under Kabarole Christian Fellowship church. It has existed for eleven (11) years, and since then, it has cared for 350 children registered at the age of 3 - 9 years, over 1000 siblings and over 200 parents; 95% of these are women. To-date, over 80% of beneficiaries are youth.
In partnership with Compassion International, the centre’s major focus is in 4 thematic areas of economic/ cognitive, physical/ health, social emotional and spiritual growth of all its beneficiaries. Over 100 youth in different skills for self-sustenance and five have been awarded with Diplomas and certificates. The rest are still in school ranging from nursery to tertiary. The Centre provides school fees, scholastic materials, medical care, Spiritual care, emotional development activities such as tours, talent development, psychosocial support skilling/ income generating activities/ vocational courses, child protection and offer extra support to members who are HIV positive and in highly vulnerable conditions.
The program has a package of parents/ women- entrepreneurship trainings and sensitisations, skilling women, market for their products, saving groups, psychosocial support and providing income generation knowledge and funds.
K.L. Dickson Ministries Int’l is in process of expanding the child care centres to reach even more needy children within the communities.
Community Micro-finance and Women empowerment
Under mobilization of Dr. K.L. Dickson, a community microfinance was started known as “abundance SACCO”. The SACCO currently has 200 registered members.
The SACCO empowers its members through entrepreneurship trainings, encourages saving and borrowing for investments.
cathedral architectural design
The ministry foresaw the growth of Fort Portal into a City over 23 years ago and purposed to build a multi purpose church complex befitting a city status. Since the early 2000s the church has been engaged in this project. This multipurpose complex that will accommodate the Christian fellowship church auditorium but also include multipurpose halls (including children’s church etc), office space, etc. The headquarters for K.L. Dickson Ministries Int’l and World Evangelical ministries will be hosted herein.
So far this is what has been accomplished:
❯Church land was located and purchased
❯Land title was secured
❯Plans were drawn and approved by the city authorities and NEMA certificate obtained.
❯Raising the building to roofing will cost another 2 billion UGX. After we shall embark on finishing the building.
It is a major investment and we are confident that the God who started the good work will accomplish it. The funds for cathedral construction are raised by the congregation, partners and well-wishers during different pledge commitments, Sunday collections and special fundraising activities.