Help bring God’s Word to more people across East Africa. God’s Word transforms lives, yet many Swahili speakers still have limited access to a Bible that is both faithful to the original languages and available for unrestricted ministry use.

At Kibidula, we are translating a new Swahili Bible directly from the original Hebrew and Greek texts while carefully comparing the King James Version, using multiple translation platforms and a thorough review process to produce a translation that is accurate, clear, and faithful to Scripture.

This translation will allow us to print and distribute Bibles, create audio Bibles for those who cannot read because of limited education or vision loss, develop discipleship resources, and quote Scripture freely in evangelistic materials without restrictive copyright limitations.

This project has two major goals: complete the translation with prayerful care and precision, and print and distribute an entire shipping container of Bibles throughout Tanzania and beyond. Every gift helps move this project forward — together, we can place God’s Word into the hands of students, evangelists, churches, families, prisoners, and others eager to study the Scriptures.

Put God’s Word in Someone’s Hands. Everywhere we go, people ask for Bibles in their own language. From 2021 to 2023, we were blessed to distribute over 3,500 Swahili Bibles to those who could not afford them.

Having a Bible empowers new believers to grow in faith, share the love of Jesus, and discover God personally through His Word. The joy on their faces says it all — receiving the Bible in their own language is life-changing.

For $9, you can help us get a Bible into the hands of someone who longs to have God’s word for themselves. Thank you for helping others read and know God’s truth for themselves.

Kibidula’s Bible Workers — also known as Lay Evangelists — are our frontline missionaries, bringing the everlasting gospel to some of the most spiritually underserved regions of Tanzania. They go where hope is needed most, into communities where few others are willing to go.

Through home visits, personal Bible studies, and prayer, they share the truth of God’s love and the promise of Christ’s soon return. They also walk alongside families in practical ways — connecting them with vocational, agricultural, and health programs that bring wholeness to daily life.

We receive continual testimonies of lives transformed — families restored, faith awakened, communities renewed. When you give $100/month to sponsor a Bible Worker, you’re helping one dedicated person open Scripture in family homes, build relationships with neighbors, and point people toward hope — body, mind, and soul.

God is blessing Kibidula’s School of Evangelism with remarkable growth. Just a few years ago, we averaged about 22 students per training session. Today, we are training approximately 60 students, and the number continues to grow as more people answer God’s call to ministry.

Our current men’s dormitory has reached its capacity. To continue welcoming future evangelists, we are launching an expansion to build eight new dormitory buildings, providing housing for 64 additional students at a time, and increasing our capacity to approximately 100–110 men.

Because the School of Evangelism offers two six-month training sessions each year, these dormitories will help provide housing for approximately 128 additional students annually for many years to come.

Your gift is not simply providing a place to sleep — it is helping prepare gospel workers whose ministry will impact lives for years to come. Project goal: $79,000 to construct 8 dormitory buildings and toilet facilities, providing housing for 64 additional evangelism students every 6 months.

As Kibidula continues to grow, so does the number of students, staff, volunteer mission teams, lay missionaries, and guests who gather on our campus for training and service. Our current cafeteria was built for a much smaller community and is no longer adequate to meet today’s needs.

This project will expand and improve our dining facilities, providing a welcoming space where people can gather each day for meals, fellowship, and encouragement. A larger, more efficient cafeteria will better serve those preparing for ministry while accommodating the increasing number of groups who come to learn, serve, and support the work.

This project expands more than seating — it expands opportunity.

Help equip a worker to share the hope of Christ where it is needed most. Kibidula’s six-month Evangelism Training Course prepares students to become effective disciple-makers through a unique work-study program. Each day combines Bible instruction with practical ministry, vocational training, and community outreach.

Our students are trained to reach people from all backgrounds — including those who have never heard the gospel — using Christ’s method of ministry. They learn to open doors through health education, practical skills, entrepreneurship, and compassionate service.

Everything they learn is designed to be practical, affordable, and reproducible, so they can faithfully serve wherever God calls them. Many graduates go on to become Bible workers, church planters, self-supporting missionaries, and leaders in their local communities.

Your gift of $500 provides one student’s tuition, training, and practical ministry experience for the entire six-month program.

Your gift to the School Bus Fund helps provide reliable transportation for students at our three schools in rural Tanzania. Each day and week, students travel to nearby communities to share the love of Jesus through outreach and service.

The bus also provides transportation to practical training activities where students gain valuable skills, build self-reliance, and prepare for future ministry and employment.

A generous supporter has offered to match every donation, dollar for dollar, until the cost of this much-needed bus has been raised. Your gift today will have twice the impact in helping equip and transport the next generation of Christian workers.

Help build Kibidula’s Health & Wellness Training Center — a place of healing, a center for training, a tool for outreach. We’re building a 10-room guest facility that includes treatment rooms, counseling spaces, a triage room for acute needs, and a commons area for health guests and students.

This center will provide hands-on training for our evangelism students as they learn to serve others through simple, reproducible health methods that can be used in any village, home, or city. Working alongside health coaches, students will learn how to minister to both body and spirit.

While our Bible workers and students already offer health help in people’s homes, some cases require more intensive care. This new facility will meet that need — while also serving as a vital learning lab for future missionaries.

Your gift helps children at Iva Werner Primary School in Kibidula learn, grow, and thrive by supporting quality teaching, learning materials, good nutrition, and a safe classroom environment.

It costs about $400 per child per year to provide this Christian education with breakfast and lunch during school days. Parental support and school projects help cover about 12% of expenses, and our avocado farm has committed to sponsoring about 70%. As a result, we only need to raise about $70 per child per year ($5.83 per month) to keep this school open.

Your sponsorship helps provide two nutritious meals daily, Christ-centered character-building education, hands-on skills like farming, sewing, and music, and English-medium instruction — which matters because government primary schools teach in Swahili, but secondary school and higher education in Tanzania is taught in English. Our graduates are known for strong academics, excellent behavior, and practical life skills.

For $70 for the year or $5.83/month, you’ll receive a student photo and updates throughout the year.

Your gift helps provide clean drinking water from a deep-water well to Kibidula’s agricultural school for at-risk youth. Reliable, clean water for the school, student dorms, and staff houses will be a long-term blessing.

With this well, students will have access to safe, sufficient drinking water without having to manually haul water from other sources, allowing them to spend more valuable time learning sustainable farming, growing their own food, and gaining skills that support lifelong self-reliance.

Every contribution directly supports practical education, health, and dignity for young people in rural Tanzania.

Our agriculture school is actively reaching nearby communities — especially on weekends. Already, this outreach has resulted in baptisms and lasting impact.

But transportation is now a major challenge. With the rainy season here, open pickup trucks are unsafe and unreliable. To continue this vital work year-round, we need a Suzuki Carry outfitted with an enclosure to safely transport students and supplies.

Your gift — large or small — will keep our outreach going strong, rain or shine.

Kibidula’s mission work is growing — and so is the need for dedicated workers. But one major challenge is slowing that growth: we do not have enough staff housing.

For many key positions, we need workers who come from other parts of Tanzania or from other countries. Unlike local staff who may already have homes in nearby villages, these workers need a safe, suitable place to live. Right now, limited housing means some staff are doubling up in student dormitories with little privacy, and we cannot bring in additional workers even when the need is great.

Your gift toward staff housing helps remove a very practical barrier to mission growth. We need to build one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom houses. The cost averages $15,000 per basic house.

As Kibidula continues to grow, so does the need for a dependable water supply. Our expanding campus — including the School of Evangelism, student dormitories, and the new Wellness Center — depends on consistent access to clean water every day.

Without a reliable water system, even basic needs become difficult. Students and guests may be without running water for bathrooms and handwashing, and essential health ministries such as hydrotherapy cannot operate effectively.

This project will help develop a sustainable water system through a new borehole and related infrastructure, ensuring that clean water is available for students, staff, volunteers, guests, and the growing ministries of Kibidula.

Every act of kindness, every dollar, and every moment of your time brings us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world for all.

Every dollar counts toward reaching our goal — and your support helps fund whatever is needed most across Kibidula’s many schools and ministries, from Bible translation to health training to student housing.