Our Vision
Our Next Step Begins Here
Nine planned spaces. One design for a 3-acre campus where work and faith will grow side by side.
This is our plan for the NextSteps Skilling and Discipleship Center. We have not broken ground yet. Here is what we want to build, space by space, and why it matters for Ugandan youth.
This is our plan for the NextSteps Skilling and Discipleship Center. We have not broken ground yet. Here is what we want to build, space by space, and why it matters for Ugandan youth.
The Master Plan
We started with a clear blueprint for this 3-acre property. The plan lays out dedicated zones: administration, computer labs, trade workshops, dormitories and a central chapel. It also plans for the infrastructure that will let the campus run sustainably for years: solar power, water harvesting and biogas.
The Campus Grounds
This aerial view shows what the finished campus will look like. Warm burnt-brick buildings and covered walkways will connect the whole community. From the central lawn to the roof-mounted solar panels, every building is designed to be efficient, safe and welcoming for the young people who will live and learn here.
The Innovation Lab
Inside the planned digital zone, high windows will keep the space cool and bright. On one side, students will build digital skills on modern computers. On the other, a small group will gather around an open Bible before the day’s lessons begin.
The Center Chapel
This open-air chapel will sit at the heart of the compound, ringed by green Ugandan hills. Once it is built, students will gather here on simple wooden benches every week, singing and reading scripture together before their classes begin.
The Tailoring Workshop
In the practical trade zone, young women will learn fashion and garment creation on both treadle and electric machines. Stacks of vibrant Kitenge fabrics will line the walls, and scripture reminders will encourage them to pour dedication and quality into every stitch.
The Hairdressing Salon
In the salon workshop, students will practise braiding, styling and hair care at custom wooden stations. Modern washing sinks and organised product shelves will recreate a real salon, so the skills they leave with will be ready for paying customers from day one.
The Girls' Dormitory
The residential zone will give students a safe, peaceful place to call home. This dormitory is planned with sturdy wooden bunks, mosquito nets, personal teal lockers and scripture art on warm sand-coloured walls, where the young women will share a floor, a routine and each other’s company every day.
The Boys' Dormitory
Bright morning sunlight will fill the young men’s wing. Clean concrete floors, wooden bunks and organised storage are planned to make a disciplined yet warm environment. Here, students will start each day together in shared prayer and fellowship before heading to trade classes.
The Central Courtyard
At the centre of campus will be a green courtyard and thatched gazebo, the banda. Throughout the day, students from every trade track will gather here to study, share meals and join discipleship circles led by mentors.
Be part of the next step
Every classroom, bunk and workshop above is still a plan on paper, waiting to be built. It will become real because someone chooses to invest in a young person’s future. You can be one of them.