Angellah: A Story Still Being Written

When Angellah was 11 years old, her story almost stopped. Her mother was doing everything she could to raise her children alone, but the burden was too heavy. School fees piled up, and by Primary Five (5th grade), Angellah had missed so many classes that she began to wonder if her hopes of receiving an education were over.

At church, her Sunday School teacher, affectionately called Aunt Sweet, saw both the struggles her family faced and Angellah’s bright curiosity and desire to learn. Aunt Sweet, a Hope Alive! mentor, told site leadership about her, and after an interview, Angellah was welcomed into the program and enrolled at Masaka Baptist Primary School.

At that time, her faith was faltering. She had given her life to Christ when she was young, but by the time she joined Hope Alive!, she was tired and unsure. “I was thinking of leaving the church,” she admits. “I felt like God had forgotten us.”

But what she found in Hope Alive! was not just academics; it was proof that Jesus really does see her, care about her, and has a plan for her life. 

Through the care of her mentor, Saturday Club, youth conferences, and discipleship classes, Angellah’s heart was refreshed. She began to study the Bible seriously for the first time. She learned to pray with confidence and to see God’s hand in her daily life.

“Hope Alive! taught me how to live as someone who belongs to Jesus,” she said. “Even when things are hard, I say, ‘God is with me. The Holy Spirit will guide me.’”

Her mother, too, was transformed. She began attending caregiver meetings and learning how to support her children emotionally and spiritually. “My mother doesn’t miss any meetings,” Angellah smiles. “She puts what she learns into practice. She calls us to be God-fearing and humble, to not leave God behind.”

The change spread through their home. Her brothers, who once resisted church, saw the care and consistency of Hope Alive! staff and began to believe that love like that must be real. “They saw hope,” Angellah said simply.

When the COVID lockdown came, Hope Alive! stood with them again, providing food, encouragement, and prayer when everything else had stopped. “That time made me realize,” she says, “God really provides, and He uses people to do it.”

“That time made me realize, God really provides, and He uses people to do it.”

Today, Angellah is the first in her family to reach university. She’s studying visual communication, design and multimedia. “I want to tell stories,” she explains. “I want to create media that encourages faith, teaches truth, and reaches people who feel unseen.”

She dreams of working in a media house one day, using visual storytelling to inspire good decisions and godly living. But her goals go beyond a career. “I want to mentor young people, especially girls,” she says. “I want them to know their lives have purpose.”

Leadership already comes naturally to her. She’s led in school, church, and now in her university fellowship, where she’s part of a small mission community that studies Scripture, prays, and shares life together. “I love seeing people grow in faith,” she says. “When someone talks about God’s goodness, I feel like [heaven] gains another teammate.”

Her education isn’t just about her; it’s about lifting others. She hopes to help her brothers continue their schooling, support her mother, and one day give back to Hope Alive!

This Giving Tuesday, you can help Angellah continue the next chapter of her story.

Your gift will help cover her university tuition, meals, transportation, books, and basic living needs—essentials that make education possible.

Supporting Angellah means more than helping one student finish school. It means investing in a young woman whose life is already a testimony to God’s faithfulness, a storyteller whose very story gives glory to the Author of all hope.

Because through Hope Alive!, Angellah isn’t just learning to tell stories. She’s living one.